Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1864-03-04

nan Monday evening was very FULLY
: attended, the Hall being filed
I, Judge Bennett presided and Rev. u
E Mix opened the meeting with prayer
! "Why should every friend of TEN
-Iperance sign the Total Abstinence
: Pledge was announced as the topic
of discussion.
This was opened by Prof NJ. II
Buckham, who argued that every
, man should be total abstinence
man, because he has no right, by
moderate indulgence, to run the risk
of ruin to himself and his family, and
that the pledge should be taken, as
a valuable help which enables us to
carry the virtue of our best moments
into all our lives.
Rev. L. G. Ware alluded to the
progress Of the Temperance Cause ;
to the good done by the Washing
Itonians, and others; and showed
that the snake was scotchcd, but not
killed.
Rev. Mr. Mix urged the impor-
lance OF signing the pledge, as an
encouragement and help to others
moro easily tempted than ourselves.
Capt, John McNab was called out,
as an old total abstinence shipmas-
ter. lie said that he had seen all
lands aud had known nati0As ruined
by intemperance as well as indiyid-I
uals and families. lie had rather bel
the captain of leaky and sinking
ship in mid-ocean than the wife of a
drunkard. He called attention to
the danger Of imparting an appetite
tor stimulants, by the use of medi-
zines soluble Only in Alcohol, and
earnestly and impressiyely urged all,
especially the young men, to place
themselves on the right side by sign
ing the pledge.
Mr.. Huntington called the "mod-
crate drinkers who profess to be
such strong temperance men, the b0r-
ter States 0scR Of the cause, and said
t was ridiculous-not infamous, as
he Itm1s reports him-for a man
o claim to be a temperance man,
Who did rot abstain from liquor.
A. r. Duncan of Winooskiin some {
hearty and straight forward remarks {
arrated some of the good effects
i a Society Of the Sons of Temper
nee in Winooski; it had given i
ONES to those who before had none t
ut the poorhouse and the Jail. They fl
ad sent from their village 35 Sons t.
Temperance into the army, and u,
!, SO far as they knew, who we're
wing were keeping their pledge,
bile those who had died, his own cl
ave son among them, had died true m
their principles. The pledge was T
en- circulated and number of adj NJ
tional signatures added. The meet NJ
g was cnlivened by a number Of fl
'mperance glees, sung by quar- 70
tie club, consisting Of Messrs. tn
imp, Story, Tenant and Minis, of
lich were received with abundant ne
tisfaction and applause.-F re G dc
reSs. to
Mr.. HAGER's LECTURE.-The Lee
re by Albert D. Hager Esq, State
eologist before the Young Mems A
Geological and Debating Society, gi
st Wednesday evening, was the GU
me as The paper read by him be- m,
re the recent meeting of the His ba
ricai Society at Brandon. His sub q.
ct was Ancient Mining on the v,
ores of Lake Superior" and the
otnre was one of universal inter va
t. Mr.. Hager has visited the Lake SOL
perior Copper Mines, and the mat 1t
OF his lecture was mainly the re- pa
1t of his own observations. He es
tablished beyond question the fact bet
at these mines had been worked mr.
a race of men older than the alb ;no
lglnes. The Indians who now in. 20
bit that region, have no knowledge
tradition respecting them, and vet We
3 evidence Of their having been ,p'.
'rked IS unmistakabIe, though in In
me instances trees four hundred hor
ars old have grown over the deser- ed.
| excavations. The lecturer was fan
the opinion that these ancient tire,
ners were of the same race and beh
1bably the same persons as the ,ro,
und builders Of the Ohio Valley -,
1 the oldest inhabitants of Mexi. p"
we
Mr.. Hagers style is characterized VIII
viyacity and clearness; and he IRE
enthusiastic in his love, study and Slri
probation of Geology.-Freeman. fore
> hay
FIRE IN SOUTH LONDONDERRY 90 =
, learn that the village school hoe
lse and seminary at South Lon o. C,e
lderry, was destroyed by fire ear >'e'
Thursday evening of last week.
e school books in the lower room :,
re mostly saved, but those above, III
lch of course were of the most stat
nc, were all destroyed. The bell fell
ch hung in the cupola was melted will
} fragments. The fire took from enti