Burlington tri-weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1852-1855, 1855-02-27

The Enquirer also quoted some remarks
from the aforesaid Hartford Times which
went to say that even Sunday school scholars
were becoming drunkards under the new law.
Wishing to know all we could about these
''drunken Sunday school scholars,' nd about
the jail table under the new and cid law W.
addressed note to gentleman of high
standing and admitted veracity, residing in
Hartford, for the facts in both cases. His
letter and the documents asked for in tn,
premises are before US. We furnish the fo.-
loving:
/. Under the old law nearly all the COM
mitments were to the work house, and not TO
the Jail. At present all comm TIM rnts under
the Liquor law, by justic or the County
Court, are to the Jail the statute requires it,
and there Is no optlon.
2. Under the Old law few pros cutions W r.
brongh for mere unkeDn SIS; the fine wa,
only 81, no. covering the cxpens Of the tri-
al. Hence. ses of intox cat IN were rarely
presented. Unless there was breach of the
pence. disord r ~ conduct, assault and bat
terry, or something of that kind, growing ont
of the drunkenness, whereby The oihc could
extort 81 and costs. then and not till then
was action taken. Now, 1t should be under
stood, every man found drunk is invariably
arrested. The $40 and costs present strong
inducements, and if man gets d unk now
the public is very apt to hear Of it. The lin
and costs average 1913, and The detention in
the county jail is fourteen weeks, at s. per
week unless the money is sooner ras d in
some o;her way.
1t is fact which can not he disproved,
TINT drunk mess under the new law d
or aSed immensely in Connect cut, as well
also as the CASES of assault ana battery caus-
ed by men under the influence Of Liquor. The
Old law was in operation for wars, and let
the new on. have only one ear for S tr al,
and we doubt not that ut thu clos of it tlerr
wiiib ad.ier III urg from IN 'prcseat about
crank rds' widows, and drupxards' children
and thair rags.
Now for lie drunken Sunday school chill
dren. We wish 20 conc al moth NJ. There
We're some bnys unk IA Ii rtford Sabbath
school, rea Ter. and / occurred in til " Sc
Some we'll meaning Chr stan mn took il
into their hearts. NOS many months sincr, to
rent an upstairs back room, TO wa.ch bays |
and girls of any character or descr pton
could come on Sunday after Moons for instruc-
ton, instead of fighting Or playing about
towns. No restra was to DO laid on any |
such as would see fit to enter this Sund y |
ScnooI. ANY boy OF girl cOufu say "a long
as he or she pleas d, and then go where h. I
pleased. Almost every Sabbath afternoon
some rowdy fellows, na.f drunk or othe. " Sc
Chamber up stairs and stamp into the room,
in quest Of little fun. Sometimes they |
their folly, and sober down somewhat, and
behave well and som times III do not. The |
men and women who work as superiptend-
mt and teachers in the school d, it out Of love
for their kind, and they are cheered wi h |
many cases of ''hop, reformation.''
Such, in brief, reader, are th- fac in re-
gardto the young drunka ds alleged to have
b en- created uni r the work ngs of The new
law. We leave them foi your reflection, with
out any comments from our pen.
Our correspond mt, in his note to US, SAYS
that the Name law in Conntc lcut, instead Of I
10 NJ ia lure, is working like Charm. And
SO the law WORKS in every place where it hts
fair play. TO where there is no prob b.tory I
law, and there you will md whi,key shant es,
SUNDAY broils, broken noses, broken hearted
women, and rag enciicied children. Go
where there isa good prohibtory law, and
you will find well Kept dwelling houses, quiet
Sundays, clean faced and warmly dressed
boys anc girls, smilng faced an happy heart
ed women, ard decent and industrious AMI
money making men, Western Christian Al
Ocate.