Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1858-03-19
TEMPER ANCE ITEMS.

Mr.. Hawkins, in the Vermont Chronicle,
speaks cncouraglngly of his labors in this
State. lie says,
81 have found the people vide awake IN
the cause, and prompt and ready to rc-orsan-
i2o Temperance Societies every where. have
thus far, met all my appointments promptly
The audiences have, as a general thing, been
larrc--many coming from three to ee4cr
miles. | have spoken in thirty-onc places,
and obtained on the pledge, in eleven places,
one thousand one hundred and thirtytwo
names. In all these towns. without cXcep-
ton. they adjourned the meeting to an early
day for the purpose of forming II Temper
ancc Society. In Willanstown IA signed /;
in Waterbury 30; in Charlotte lS4 in
lIincsburgh 1870 in Richmond l02; in Tn
dcrhill 30; in other towns ranging from 80 to
20. am really of opinion that there if not
dStatc in the Unon in which the cause is in
SO healthy a condition as in Che state Of Yer
mont.
~ find in the towns have visited, grow
ing and decided disposition to enforce the
law. In many places all the necessary ar
rangcmcntS are now made to make the rum
scH,rS feel that they shall not be permitted to
tramplc ON the statute with impunity.'
In Brookfcld, Total Abstinence Assoc
cation has recently been formed, mainly
| through the efforts of man, who, with the
| habit of drinking, had good sense enough tt
resolve to break off the use of liquor, and in
hucncc enough to induce his associates to Join
him in the effort at reform. " The result,
says correspondent of the Mortified Mes
srugcr, - has been that about 800 signature
have been obtained to the pledge, and amoni
them are the names Of most Of those in thi
part Of the town, who have been accustomed
t. use spirtuous liquors as a beverage"
The following sensible advertisement ap
reared in late Christian Messenger
WANT WORK
And will not drink any more Rum from thi
time. HARVEY Benton.
Witness, George Sturtevant
Mortified, Feb. "a, 1858.
That man should have all the work he wants
Four barrels of liquor were recently seize
in the depot at Roxbury, Vt twas directc
to the Town Agent at that Town, but as
would not own it, and no owner appeared,
was turned out The Repository understand
that it is common all over the State for
quor dealers to have their barrels directed
some Agency.
OF the liquor sold in Buffalo, \. Y. Il
Advertiser, Of that city says :-"Ihe brand
is poison the whiskey of that variety know
> as "hardwarc,' strychnine would improve
and the gin is kept in glass JoHies simply b
cause II rouid cm hrough the Norcs Of n ba
rcH IN htte'n minutes.
= NEW NAME FOR An OLD Thing. \ color,
woman was called to testify in court in We
cestcr the other day in trial of damages
the collision of two carriages on the highwa
p To the question whether one of the parti
was intoxicated, she answered that she d
not know, hut she ,ccnt as though he had
: bill of sale Of roth SIDES of The road. y
The power of the rage for strong drink w
| furcibly illustrated at one of our Pittsfc
! saloons the other day. 1t seems that &C
tain old soakcr had been building 'b
sled for the proprietor, wetting his whist
, pretty freely at the bar con account as t
d work went on. At last the barkecper
marked - "What, - you here agar
Why, you We drank the sled all up exec
the pole, now ~
: The customer wasn't taken back for
= moment, but leaning resolutcly over the b;
ii cxcaimcd-"Wcll, look here, old fello
l., ! give us the pole, will ycr?" And the pc
tt wa, swallowed. - Berkshire county EHglc.