The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1843-03-14
TEMPERANCE MEETING.

n Meeting House, st. Johnsbury Plain, on Thurs
d,v afternoon, March 8, to consult upon measures to
,,omote the temperance cause. The meeting was
,.mpourly organized by tho choice of VIM. Sanborn,
# st. Johnsbury, chairman. After the communication
Intelligence by gentlemen from different towns,
,spec,ing the present condition of the temperance
cause committee consisting Of II. II. Deming, G.
r Peck and II. Cobb, were appointed to nominate
officers for the permanent organization of the Conven
ton, which committee reported the following named
gentlemen, who were elected:
slas Houghton, President, Theron Howard, Sec
,eay. Mr. Howard, being otherwise engaged, was
excused from serving Secretary, whereupon A. G.
Chadwick was appointed in his stead
On motion of Rev. Mr. Patterson, of Lyndon, com
mttee of three were appointed to propose business
for the action Of the Convention whereupon E. Fair
banks R. C. Benton, and DR.. Taylor were appointed
said committee The business Committee gave no.
lice that they in possession of letters from gen.
lemen Of the medical faculty, in inquiries
respecting the necessity which they found for the use
oarden spirits in the treatment of the prevailing ep
lemc( eryspelas) and their opinion upon its use, SC
and were ready to report IN part Letters then
read from Doctors Spaudng and Adams of NIontpe-
Her. and Hatch, Of Burlington. = The correspondence
and the subjects embraced therein, on motion of E.
Fairbanks, referred to committee consisting
GRevAIr Patterson, Rev. J. H. Worcester land The
ron Howard, Esq. with instructions to report at tie
evening session.
The subjects Of the correspondence, together with
The subject of temperance generally, were discussed
by Rev MIR Patterson, DIR Taylor, Theron How
ard, F. Fairbanks, Rev. j. III. Worcester Reuben C.
Benton and others.
EVENING. Rev. J. II. Worcester, in behalf Of
the committee appointed to report upon the cores
pOndence with several medical gentlemen, and the
of ardent spirits in the prevailing epidemic, repor
ported the following resolutions, which after discus
sion by Aessrs. f. fairbanks, Theron Howard, DIR.
c. Jewsu DIR L. C. Worcester, and Rev. J. H. Wor
cester. were adopted:
Resolved, That this committee view with much
alarm and grief the recent greatly increased Of ar
dent spirits in this vicinity, under the impression that
nay not only cure, but preventive Of the pre-
ming epidemic
2. Resolved, That this Convention have listened
with great pleasure communications from medical
men of mu oh experience ir thereatment of this dis
ease, and in whom we have great confidence in which
they express the opinion that ardent spirits
Iy useless but particularly injurious when taken a
preventive and by no means to be used ndiscrm; nate
lynn the cure.
3. Resolved that committee Of three be appoint
ted to publish such extracts from this correspondence
asthey may judge proper.
a. Resolved that this committee be requested TO
correspond farther with the medical faculty in this
and other sections ofhe country, and TO publish such
portions of the correspondence they may deem ad
vsable
The annexed resolution laid on the table in the af-
ternoon called up and passed:
Resolved, That it is right, and other things be
ing equal, that it is duty to give preference in our
patronage to those merchants and tavern keepers
who do not traffic in ardent spirits
The following presented by Fairbanks, Esq
and adopted:
Resolved, That the Committee of correspondence
be farther requested to efforts for procuring
ganizaton Of the Cold Water Army in every town in
the county of Caledonia, and throughout this section
orthe State.
Resolved, That the Committee of Correspondence
he requested to enlist far possible the active and
united efforts of the friends oftemPerance in staying
Me progress of intemperance and in rescuing the
hing community from the threatened evil.
E. Fairbanks, Moses Kttredge and Theron How
ard were appointed the committee as contemplated in
the Sd resolutions Voted that the proceedings Of the
meeting be published in the papers of the County.
SILAS HOUGIlTON, President.
A. G. CHADWICK, Secretary.
"The following are the Letters presented to the
Convention by the Committee
Burlington, March 6, IS4S
MIR Dear I'll received yours
two or three days ago, but other engagements have
prevented my giving earlier attention to it, nor do
feel able to answer your inquiries SO fully as
should wish to do on this interesting subject. In
regard to the opinion that spurious liquors are either
apreventve OF Eryspelatous fever or any 9th
or disease, unhesitatngiy give my opinion that they
are neither preventive cure. To this concln-
sion have long ago arrived, both from Physiological
principles and from observation and experlence-
when say, that Alcohol mot a cure or remedy
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