Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1847-02-18

10 years. Not single keeper had prospcred, and
most OF them became drunkards. In one, three
successive occupants died of deHrium fremeHs.
One hundred and fly Of the prisones in the
State Prison Of Ohio have been liquor sellers
Such are some Of the fearful results OF engaging
in this unhalIowed traffic. Says Mr. Chapman,
Gould we collect the wives and children Of drunk.
en- husbands and fathers in great amphtheatre,
place in outer circle the manufacturers and the
vendors, and fix them there, until each mother and
child had told the history Of their grefs Of their
downward course from afiluence, or competency,
from responsibility and domestic happiness TO pow
erty, misery, and wretchedness could the scenes
Of the domestic discord be all acted over could the
blow Of the sword aud once loved cherished pro.
iector, nov transformed TO mailman and brute,
be made 10 sound in their with the shrieks Of
these wives and mothers, and the waIlings of their
innocent children, could they for the occasion, be
furnished with the power Of language TO describe
their days Of toll aud misery, and their nights Of
unmitigated, uhmngled, sorrow and anguish could
they throw into their countenances all the agony
which has often wrung their SOULS all the terror
and trembling, all the disgust aud loathing which
the conduct Of their husbands aud fathers has
ed them could these men hear the prayers Of
these wives for their husbands that the temptations
which had so besotted them, might moi again be
thrown in their way and finally, could the secret
tears, which they have shed, be made TO flow in
full view OF this circ.e Of makes and dealers that
surround them could all this be done, is there
soul, not absolutely in league with The great adyer-
sary and lempicr himself, who could for another
day or hour continue in his unholy business! Yet
all this is by the eye OF Omnscence aud
these groans and wailings and prayers have entered
into the ears OF the Lord Of Sabaoth.
TAX PAYERS OF VERMONT DO you wish longer
TO sustain the burden imposed on YOU by the pau
perism and crime, which results from the use Of
L.. l..1 al.
burdens should be indefinitely increased, by null
tipying the sources whence they flow! Are you
not rather DESTROYS restore the poor inebriae TO
industry and competency that instead Of bringing
additional burdens on you he may unite with you
in sustaining the expense Of government II so,
then be exhorted to go TO the polls the LIST Tues
day of March and vote "No LICENSE"
Fathers You doubtless often tremble for
your children, in view of the dangers and tempta-
tons Of which they are exposed, and you strive TO
guard them against these dangers and preserve them
from these temptations But what danger is more
dreadful, what temptations ensnaring, than
those which flow from the intoxicating cupl What
| place more corupting than the bar.room and the
! grog-shopl And can you think, without shud-
der, of seeing these places opened, and in greatly
increased numbers, holding out their attractions to
allure and destroy your children Can you lend
| your counienance, or your vote, to traffic which
has perhaps done TO break the hearts ofparens
than all other causes combined No, you cannot.
You WILL for your chdren's sake vote, mo Ii
cBNsE."
YoUNG MEN OF VERMoNT-In you are bound
up the hopes and the happiness of the coming gen
Grafton. Most of you, it is believed, have been
trained in the principles Of temperance, and we
shall not therefore appeal to you in vain. Il is Of
immense consequence 10 you just entering on the
active duties of life, that you take right ground on
the subject of intoxicating drinks. They are the
deadllest foe TO character, responsibility and sue.
cess in the business Of life. BE exhorted them to
adopt the principle Of total abstinence yourselves
and endeavor, by personal effort, and by your vote
to Danish the dangerous poison from society Oh
incur not the fearful responsibility of aiding to
iasten on the generation, Of which you constitute
a part, the dreadful curse, which those who have
gone before you have suffered Could Vermont
now free herself from this vile traffic. and the train
OF evils consequent upon 1t, how rapidly would she
rise in virtue, wealth, and happiness
DISCIPLES OF CHRIST, of whatever denomination
} -Ye who pray, "lead not into temptation,
} need we urge you TO endeavor to remove tempta
ton from your fellow menl The use of intoxica
ting drinks is prominent among the obstacles Il
the progress Of religion. Would you see mel
, brought under the power Of truth and training fol
heavenl Would you witness the triumphs OF th,
gospel Of Christ over the hearts of meni Then
as an important means to this end you will Civ,
your influence aud your vote in favor of "No Ii
cENsE."
: We cannot close our appeal without invoking
; to the aid Of this the influence of WOMAN
1t is not, indeed, her province TO vote on this i'm
} portant question: but she has much at stake on il
5 decision. The SORROWS, that the traffic iI noxi
eating drinks infcts woman. none but womaI
can appreciate. The published statistics of intem
J perance do not and cannot set forth the silent ag
ony which rends her heart, in consequence fthi
Y cause. Let the wives and mothers of Vernon
g exert the deserved influence, which they possess
, for the prevention Of these dreadful evils. Oh, 70
your chdren's sake, for the sake of the wives am
Y children of the incorporate fathers, enlreat thos
who will listen 10 your entreates to vote "No Ii
= oENsE."
In conclusion, may we not entertain the hope
that the vote ofthe Freemen, the coming crisi:
will set final seal OF Reproduction upon a license
traffic in intoxicating liquors, as a beverage! H0
d not the time come TO make such a decision, an
: would it not be worthy of the people of Vermont
g But to produce such result, there is need nc
}, merely of majority of votes, but such an oye
whelming majority, as shall show, that il is to
: the settled policy of the State. Let, then, tn
o friends of order industry, morality and temperate
do their duty in relation to this great cause an
e success will crown and reward their exerlions.
d January 20h 1877.
5. SnEIP.-One of the most troublesome and ce
il tanly mos, loathsome disease with which sheep al
|. affected is the "foul nose For This 40 kno,v