Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1866-03-07
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GThe following was received too late
for insertion last week. but as 1t may Dc
interesting to some We give it now.
Mr. Ep1roR-PIease indulge me in
looking again at "Lanoille River" since
the late naval conflict (as we suppose "
mnst have been one Of that character
since it is concerned with water The
shot fred at us showed that the gpDs
of our adversary were badly manned. as
their shot and shell fell entirely west OF
us. and we are still aaoat in good order
for another trial, and lest we forget it, we
we will say to our friend l.. K. that
we do not live "a few miles west OF
johnson but very near its geographic ceh'
tire, aud although it is dreadful to endure
being laughed at. we say this for your as
sistance Mr.. l.. r in bringing your guns
next time directly to bear uDon us. for we
not only have residence here but feel the
same Fatherly care for johnson. that it
shall have good name, as town Of good
morals, and that it may stand on a par
with its neighbors, as temperance town.
and while we humbly confess that
VIC may not be. and are not in these
respects all that we could wish. yet We
believe that it is our prerogative to say.
Physician heal myself and when We
say that laughing at us, or calling us a
.'rumselling' town will not heal or reform
us. we still depose and say that our
NERVES" are as steudy as ever, for our
wounds" IRE not rendered painful from
using something little stronger than
pure cold water for we Can make the
proud boast of having lived from the day
Of our birth, till the present, without using
the demon alcohol in any form as bsv-
erage, Nay farther we joined the first
temperance society formed in the town of
former residence. ard have by the help
Of God lived up to it, by not having
drank. manufactured. sold or touched the
damnable thing, and more, intend to use
all laudable means to influence our neigh
bors and fellow townsmen and especially
the gros0,ng pride and hope. of our coun-
try. viz. our young men to toyever abstain
both from its use and sale. and to do this
we propose to deal with all such. with
the kindness of our nature, and leave the
driving and threatening process with those
who like it best. aud when we get through
let some one who has kept the lally say
which is the beet way. and we beg leave
to say as an opinion humbly expressed
that in ell the reforms of the day the use
Of kindness aud sound reaeon, will accom-.
plish the most good, whether in matters
of temperance or any other work of re-
form. Men are mistaken in always "ns-
ing the sledge when the hammer would do
the work better" ..a m
Sometimes reforms are only imaginary
beings. They may be creation Of our
own fancy, and we may fatter ourselves
that we are reallJ doinga bold and cour.
ageous act such an act, as all other good
men and women are shuning because
afraid os the anathemas of their neigh.
bors, and thereby bringing upon ourselves
the persecution of the world arrcnDd' we
may after all be very much mistaken, and
instead of being prosecuted for righteous
ness sake while exposing moral deformi-
ty. the persecution may all have been
aimed at the style, and the spirit we we're
doing orr work IN. and not at the work
itself Now friend l.. X. we leave you
aud your medical prescrihtion to admins.
ter to some one more needy. Very truly
truly yours in good cause. H.
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