The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1850-02-02
Meeting Of the State Temperance
Society.

From the reports made By Delegates IN at
tendance upon the annual meeting 81 the
State Temperance Society, recently holden Al
Windsor We make lhe following cElracts,
from which the reader viii ascertain the opin.
lon oflcmPcfanec men Of the operation Of the
law regulating the sale Of spirit We copy
from the Chronicle,
Judge Howe Of casleton stated -
ITO what extent the consumption Of Alec.
=. hole dLnks--ln-l bc eauRLg ~ RRilaal--Azs
been diminished, BY The No License system,
must be a matter Of conjecture. lt,sptc.um,
ed to be not lees than twenty-five per cent.
The difference, at Any rate. 10 yc;y great
The e'aeulty of prosecuting, sucecssfully,
volaiofa Of thu License Law, has also dimin.
ishcd AZ the last September Tern of Ahc
county court, tho grand jury, for the county,
ehccffully and feaflessly performed ihcff duty
| Witnesses testified with lees reluctance, aud
the people seemed more disposed 20 aid the
prosecuting bfhecr, Ia the execution Of his
sFdaous duties About forty bits were pre-.
sented for selling liquor without locnae A
large number Of these have been settled, by
Ihc respondents paying fine aud cpsts, aud
some have been continued, 10 be- disposed Of
al the neat Apnl Terra. Some sf these :, ~
probably Do tired
According 10 the statements made by Gen
Fletcher, the average sales or distillrd liquors
IN cavcnd dish eight or ton years ago usrd 10
be some 5000 gallons annually, at an average
Of 90 cents per gallon the last year, he sup.
poses that they did not amount to 100 gallons.
la 1915 the town gave majority Of ~ votes
for licensing "a ] -la. n uaiatity of Ia GA the
other side, showing gain Of i3s votes a.
gainsi licensing Aud the gain the last year,
amer years experience ofunrcstricicd hocns.
lngl Was ctchict than Of any previous lime.=
namely, %. Tho only licenses now given are
IN the hsrds Of two physicians
--ME Pholps of wa,tsacld reported the sales
from March, lsi-, 10 Jan H., ls50, TO supply
a population Of 2626, in waisGcld, warrn,
and f0ysIon, as follows alcohol Is0 gallons,
gin ~, brandy %, wine T. Exclusive Of the
alcohol, ihis is at the rate Of about BALI a gin
a year 20 each inhabitaut,--or about one g56,h
part as much az the average to each inhab.
tantin Reading ten yrarssg Vote last March,
no against, and 10 for licensing
A very signal victory in the town Of War
rem was repuricd as having been secured with,
in two yeas
The delegate ffe'a- Burlington reported
that the results of the vote of last March had
been extremely beneficial. There was intcni.
pcrunoe still,-vilc houses where intoxicating.
drinks are sold in sccrct but there is vas,
difference between this and having the temp.
iatIon TO dtuk thrust boioro every man IN all
places Of public re,ort. Tho quLntiN of in.
toxichling drinka sold in Rurl,at tea-ysa--..
netenth as great as the year before, when
there were 40 licensed sellers Mr StansbuTy
had made the necessary examination at the
Burlington wharvcs, and found that tho guam.
tity landed thcrc IN lsI7, No License year,
was NOT a siTth part as great in is4s, when
licenses were given.
A delegate from Orleans county stated that
during isds-thc licepsc year-drunkenness
was very prevalent in his town Charleston
but very rare in lsia The opinion was that
the consumption of intoxicating drinks in the
county this year was not one.eighth, probo
bly, not onc-tenth, as great as last year.
delegate from Essex county reported that
very little regard was paid to the law in his
vicinity. Large quantities. of intoxicating
drinks were sold, and men cared little for the |
vote, so long as i, may be changed in year
MIR Barrett of Rutland believed II true that
the consumption had greatly decreased, al.
though the sales in his town were decidedly
greater.
a delegate from windham county stated
the sales there to be this year not one. fteenth
part so great as last year. The law had been
enforced, Grand Jurors were not afraid TO
prosecute offenders, nor deSs the states attor.
ncy fail to discharge his duty. In all parts Of
the county there was great decrease in the
sales.
The delegate from Mddlebury reported thu
there had been dcoided advance under the
influence of last year'svote. There WAS still
much intemperancc, but the quantity Of intox.
icating drink consumed was by no means so
great as tho year preceding