The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1858-03-03

.Ul al. Tie lecturers, raised ..up, bykghe
great temperance reform in. our. oountay,
few are more extensively, OF, fayorebly
known, than the above named gentleasD.
and none have been more laborioussor spn-
sistant. During the last seventeen, yqsrs.
he has visited almost every states inIthe
Union averaging more. than three hgnd.
red lectures eachyear /; besides 'heinaatii.
wise in labors more. abundant thpugtEess
public, in promoting, the cause.and, rSscu.
ing the victims of intemperapnea ~ "a
We deem the, Yermont StatcsT eInpee.
auce society peculiarly fortunsteip sssur.
ing the .serviceslof this .devoted.anfelo.
quent advocate Of the cause. sBdtiwS Fear
that unless the friends of reform see 10 it,
the arrangements will be more Advantage.
Gus TO the State than to the lecturer, In
many Of the back towns, and smalleS pla.
ces, intemperance prevails in its worst
forms. But these are not the plades to
give lecturer lib eral collection. And
an engagement which obliges him to visit
every town without distinction, instead Of
passing from one prominent point 10 an
other, is likely to be losing business, un-
less the friends of temperance in every
place combine to prevent it.. 8.
We are sorry to say, that 30 far in his
mission, though favored with crowded hous-
es, he has not been overwhelmed eitherby
hospitality or generous collections. : 1t
does not speak well for us, that be is SO
often obliged to find his Accommodations at
the Hotel, and has alreadybeen subjected
to an expense Of thirty or forty dollars on
this account. % In some places the eollec.
tions have scarcely met his current expen-
ses. And his remuneration upon the
whole has been exceedingly meager.
The State Committee have placed Mr..
Hawkins in the hands of those who may
give him hearing, for the support of him.
self and family. and all other expenses and
pecuniary consideration. And a GENEROUS
and highly grati6ed public will not betray
the trust when the case is set before them
unless an idea should obtain that the lee
turer is receiving from the collections an
unreasonable compensation, and il shining
to amass wealth. And here we deem It
our duty to enter upon somewhat deli.
cate point, for the publication Of which
the writer alone is responsible, having
drawn the facts in the case, from the sub.
ject of this article.
Mr.. Hawkins is poor man. Attimes
his travelling expenses have amounted to
six or seven hundred dollars per year and
after seventeen years of excessive labor
with bodily inf,mity and old age Close
at hand, he finds himself poor. Never
having been able to do more than meet bis
travelling expenses, and support himself
and family. Even within two years be
has been reduced to such pecuniary straits
as to involve much perplexity and sacrifice;
and but for the timely aid of generoui
friends, would have been obliged to quit
the field!
The people of Vermont are able to Civ.
this faithful! public advocate a generous
compensation. And there Is no earthly
reason, why he should not be in mnch bet.
ter circumstances at the close of his mis-.
sion in this State, than at the commence
ment.
E Temperance men and aoonen of Yer
mont! Let us erery aelere meet TIL
self denying, eloquent, and laborious Her
aid Of Temperance VIII general hos
pitaiity and liberal contributions.
St. Adams, Feb. 2Sd 1858. 80.
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