The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1859-12-28
Annual NeeeIrg of the Vermont
Temperance Society.

The President Rev S. Chamberlain in
the chair.
Prayer by Rev F. W Olmsted OF Bird.
port.
The proceedings of the last meeting
were read by the Secretary
On motion a COMMITTEES Of I'VE On
Overtures was appointed by the chair
Hon. W. c. Kittredge, Hon. Zimri Howe,
Rev. F. W. Olmsted, Rev. l.. Il. Stone,
and j. g. Simpson Esq,
Voted to refes certain resolutions,
which were laid on the table ut las.
meeting to be taken up at this, to the COM
nittee on Overtures.
Oh motion the chair appointed Com
mittee on Nominations Hon. j. D. Bell
Prof ". H, Parker Rev b NJ Tall.
Rev Il. F, Leavett and Rev J, F. Hyde.
On motion the chair appointed j. G
Stlmson Esq, Rev. F. ". Olmsted and
Rev L. H. Stone Committee to 6x the
place Tor holding the next Annual Meet
ing llsJ Rev. b VI Hail Rev. DR..
Labaree, Rev, j. F. hyde Committee
on Public Service.
Voted to have the report OF the Execu-
tive Committee at O'Clock p VI.
The Committee on Public Service re-
ported that DR.. Jewett be invited to adj.
dress the citizens of Middlebury and this
Society at 6 ~ p. ", in the Congrega-
tional Church
Voted that when We adjourn it be to
l-2 o'clock P. NJ.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Met according to adjournment The
report of the Executive Committee was
presented by its Chairman Rev. C. G.
Parker. and accepted.
Voted to refer the Report of Executive
Committee to Committee of Eve, to re.
port some plan of future operations of the
Society.
Commdttee, Rev. c. c. Parker, Rev.
W. Chamberlain, I. G. Simpson ESQ.,,
Hon. z. Howe and Rev. Dr.. Labaree.
The Committee Oh Nominations re-
ported as follows;
For P,ssadent, Hon. ". q. KiTrRIps1
Of Fair Haven,
For Vice Presidents, Rev. s. D. steb-
bins, Of Burlington. Hon. ]. D, Bell, Of
Maldin, Jason Steele, Esq. of Windsor.
Secretary, B. F. Winslow, of Pittsford,
Treasurer, ]. B. Page, of Rutland.
auditor. Hon. 2 Howe, of Castleton.
Executive Commute.
Rev. A. Walker, Jas. Barrett,
W. A. Burnett, DR.. L. Sheldon.
Rev. c. A. Thomas John Howe. Jr.
Col. F. Parker
Who were severally elected,
Rev. N. Bishop presented the following
resolutions, which was unanimously adop-
ted.
Resolved, That this Society would ex.
press its sense Of obligation to the Rev.
8. Chamberlain, its late Pr sident, for bis
constant attendance aud valuable services
for the past three years,
The Committee on Overtures reported
as follows on the resolutions referred to
it !; to wit,
LIST That the sale and furnishing al
chohol, in all the forms in which it ca1be
used as beverage ought to be prohibited
by law-and that the same ought not to
pass. On motion this resolution was dis
missed
I'd That the sale or furnishing OF in-
tO1icsting liquors in every form and for
every purpose ought 10 be prohibited by
law Laid on the table and subsequently,
rejected.
Sd That our present system Of Liquor
Agencies, as generally practiced, is an
odious License System, wrong in principle
and wickedly mischievous in its operations,
as under it every moderate drinker in the
State and almost every drunkard is able
to obtain all the alchoholic stimulus his
appetite may crave, and thus the manifold
evils and ravages Contemporaries continues
to afaict society.
For the above the following resolution,
was subsequently substituted;
That, the practice of our local agents,
OF selling intoxicating liquors to men for
purposes not contemplated by the statute
is subversive of the great object we aim at
as friends Of Temperance, and should re-
ceive the indignant rebuke of an injured
community and should be visited by the
penalties provided by law.
On motion adjourned to half past nine
A. NJ.
THURSDAY.
Convention convened according to ad.
jonrnmsnt.
: The following resolutions were adopted:
That the Constitution Be so altered that
the terms Of membership shall be; sub.
scribing The constitution and paying one
dollar annually, and also that the EIscu.
tive Nnunpo,&Aaa he ,-.@onl 6 G.