Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1866-12-26
STATE TEMPERAst e xoc.,,y

perance Society was held at ST. Albap
ion Tuesday and Wednesday last. /
The meeting was called to order at /,
O'Clock A NJ Tuesday, by Rev. L. A
Dunn of Fairfax Hon G. H Chapman o
Cavendish was elected Secretary pro ,rx Ten,
! Verbal reports were received from III
delegater from the several counties, which
indicated that the Temperance cause wa,
in prosperous condition throughout tn,
State.
Reports were read from Mr.. Atwate-
the Agent of the Society. and P. II. Whit,
Statistical Secretary, which were ,is,enec
to with great interest. The report ofth,
Treasurer showed a balance Of S22, 60
Nr. Atwater stated that during the las,
year he Mad organized about one hundred
itowa societies, with total membersbi,
of about 20000. MUCK has been done
by tie various religious denominations in
in the State, by the Good Tcmpars, and
various other Organizations. $50 .1.-. q.
On Tuesday evening addresses we're de.
Iivered by Hon, c. N Willard. of Castle.
ton. and Prof. IL. +. Parker Of Dartmouth
c,lleges, of which The y!essenye, says.
"Jndgo Wizards brief address was en-.
incntly practical, full of sound, thought.
jul suggestions for the temperance sup.
porters, and left little doubt in the minds
of his beareru concerning the efficiency Of
the prohibitcry law. It was the word for
the hour, earnest, aggressive ard practic-
al.
Judge Willard was followed by Prof
H i. Parker, Of Dartmouth. in fpelv
written essay upon the past and present
progress of the temperance reform. His
subject was wildly introduced BY an H..
lusion to the rebel raid into st. Adams,
and the murder Of one Of our citizens and
the robbery of our banks. CONSERVATION
filed our citizens, alarm spread through
our borders, and the whole country was
excited with the indignation at the muir.
der of one man, and the theft Of zoo. 900.
Yet to the nroads of intemperancc, which
entalcd upon our country such burden
of vice and VIC. we are comparatively in.
different. Thence the speaker proceeded
to the Development of his subject, the or
igin and progress Ct the Temperance re-
form, with such hopeful and encouraging
.piiit that his audience were held en-
ranced to The close"
The following it list of the officers Of
he society for the ensuing year
Rev. l. A Damn, of Fairfax, President.
Samuel Huntington, Burlington. Vice
President c II. Chapman, Of Ludlow,
Recoldlng and Corresponding secretary.
J. W Scott, Of Montpelier, Auditor.
Executive Committee-E. d. Warner,
If New Haven, VIM. A. Burnett, of Rut
and, 9. NJ. Willard, of Castleton, B +.
Ray. of Hartford. Hiram Roberts, of Bran.
lon, G. &, Tlldch, Of Wddlebury, W. r
3lxby, Of ycrgcnncs.
The following resolutions we've unani.
nously adopted by the society.
ReSolced, That Intoxicating liquors
onStituc an agency for evil, greater than
my other that preys upon the human
amily, "i as '-a
Res9lred, That the cause Of temper
nee therefore, commends itself to the hu
naue patriotic and christian judgment of
II rejecting men. ard its prosperity
ught TO be considered as among the most
alural and certain things to be.
Resoiccd, That our confidence in the
rohIbi'oiy liquor law, is not in the least
,uken, hut rather Increased. and the
ope of suppressing the crime of in,cc
erance by its agency Is as reasonable as
he hope Of supprcssipg other evils, such
g. 3 sors'arys copnlerfciting, theft and
nufaer' against which laws are made and
.''P PROVIDED