Litchfield enquirer., 1847-07-29
TEMPERANCE STATISTICS.

The following Statistics we copy from the
last Annual Report of the Connecticut Wash
lngionian Temperance Society,"
Li,chGeld.-3OO members, 5 temperance
stores, 3 liquor taverns death from lntomper-
ance.
Bradleyvile-1 100 members, | temperance
tavern, temperance store, rum tavern, |
rum Store and deaths from incompetence.
Mllton.--15U members, rum avern, rum
store.
South Farms-3OO members, liquor taverns
and liquor store.
| Mortified -265 members, | temp. store,
l death from ntemperance, l disiiiery.
| Baykhamscd- Il 50 members, | rum tavern
rum store, 4 distilleries, 2 deaths from in.en-
I perance.
Pleasant Valley 200 members, l temper
ance lavern,2 temperance stores
Observation-Disclosures members, l temper
ance store, liquor store, liquor tavern.
Bethlem-I members, 3 liquor taverns,
liquor store, dlstllleries, death from inteH-
perance.
North Canaan.-42 members, temperance
stores, 3 liquor taverns, rumslores.
South Canaan.-7UO members, temperance
tavern, , rum taverns, temperance store,
deaths from lntemperance.
Colebrook. 400 members, l distlllery,
grog shops, / temperance store,
Colebi ook Rlver.-l54 members, temper.
| ance tavern, 2 temperance stores
Cornwall bridge.-425 members, temper>
ance store, temperance tavern luth stone
| rum tavern
West Cornwall.-325 members 3 temper
ance stores
Goshen $50 members, temper ance tavern
5 temperance sores, , rum taverns.
| Harwinten 300 members, ) temperance
stores 2 temperance laverns, l death from IN
temperance, / private house selling liquor
| Previous to 1882, Is dislllers had abandoned
their manufactures. There were at that time
l6 in operation. and IN lS47 there but one
dislllery in the town -
kcnl-35O members, temperance tavern
, rum la2ern, u liquor stores, distlllery
New Hartiord.-25O members, 100 cold wa
Ter army, deaths from intemperance, dIstl-
leries 10 operation
Bakervllle-- 100 members, stores and tav-
/ erns selling rum, temperance tavern
New M,tod.-2OUO members on the pledge
in town, including Brldgewater, and Gaylords
Bridge.
Norfolk.-5oo members, liquor taverns A
| Temperance stores
| Plymouth Hollow.-329 members, rs cold
water army. temperance store and | rum tav
! ern.
! Plymouth Hill-2s9 members, rum store,
rum tavern, 2 temperance stores.
| Terryville-2Ou members, l temperance
store, | temperance tavern.
| East Plymoulh.-l members, rum tavern
| ana one rum store.
Roxbury ,-UOO members, rum & tempeT>
ance Store
| salisbury. $50 members, rum tavern, one
rum store, two temperance stores and one distll-
lery.
! store.
! Chapinville. 900 memebers, 2 temperance
stores, | rum store.
( LYME Rock.--l5O members, rum tavern,
rum store.
Ore Hill 100 members.
| Snaron.-365 members, so cold water army
| | rum la ern, , rum stores, l death from IN :
! temperance.
| ElIsworth.--l75 members, n Temperance
store and tavern, man burned and | frozen
| from inlemperance
Torrmsion, -A30 members, temperance
store, | liquor store, death from inlempc'-
ance, Expense to the town, from $3.50 I"
| $500.
wolcottville,--Some 400 namesl have been
pledged 70 the cause OF temperance IN ms
village, but ior same cause or other the socie,!
| is nra,l, broken up. temperance tavern, J
liquor taveIns. rum stores, and temperance
stores, death from intemperance.
| Torrinytsrd -2tU members, rum store,
dislilisry.
Warren.--265 members, 1877 cold water ar
my, : Temperance stores
Washington -ioo.
New Preston. $50 members, 4run, stores
and laverns, 6 dislilleries.
4 Walertown.--4S5 members, cold water arm.
j, 262. rum tavsrns, | rum stoIe, Temperance
stores,
d Wnsted 500 members, rum stores AM
! Itaverns, temperance stores, 2 dislIllerles:
Woodbury. 800 members, rum stores,
Ernm taveras. 4 temperance stores, death b.
n incompetence.