Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1867-04-26
ANOTHER BURGLARY.

Oser $1,000 rorM Of good, STOLEN.

D. Saturday N 0rning carly II was discovered
N that three stores in I.eavcnworth Block hat
n been broken orcn and robbed during th,
y night Frederick Smiths flour store, H.
y Clark tobacco store. and Edgells furniture
I. and auction store The thieves appear to
" have cntcred Smith 5 store FIRST. by the base
IS ment door. whence they got access to the
n main door BY bursting Of the bolt and latch
from the door At the head Of the cellar-s,airs.
b. Mr.. Smith Office and decks were thorough
G ly ransaokod, and two or three dollars in
PENNIES, revenue STAMPS and postage cur
4 rency taken. No disturbance Of the grain
? or A1ur was made.
: Clark's store was CnicIcd also from the
: Easement. aud the trap door IN the loor
which Wa not fastened was lifted. The
burglars locked carefully over all the draw
ers and decks in the office, found little
p-stsge eunerey ard silver, and two meers-
eLaum piIo>,-rutaTs ten dollars worth in
ALL
Mr. EdScll suffered serious loss. Entering
hIs -loic about eight O'Clock, he found
tie rear door open, and bis goods strew-
e. ail o'cr the counters. The bur
slai- Lad got IN at the cellar, as IT
'io "ih'r stores, bursting open the doors
by t,'I 90 " box-scIaIer taken from
CiaIk's storc-whieh they !clt 90 one Of the
coun,ci--and taken watches. iewelry. boots.
Dry sood-, and other articles, probably of
tie value of one thousand dollars. The
goods 'hey probably packed into truuk
and took out at the rcar door \ number
oi c'ncelled checks on various tauk. were
taken, and some attempt made to rry oren
Tie safe. 4 little change IN one Of the .
drawers was overlooked bat evidently
pretty careful search was made
IheIe is 10 clre whatever To show who
committed the bLrslaries. Mr Clark v,.
in bic store at II p. N. Friday. and lel,
eTeIythiug quiet No attempt was made 20
break into Gregory & Meade, store, between
Ejgcll's and Clask's, the robbers being afraid
probably Of rousing the clerk who slept m
the upper story.
The job was an ''unprofes.ional' one. eyi-
IDENTIFY, as were tue church rollcri,.. and
very possibly by the same persons. The
quantity taken from Mr. Elscll would ind,-
cite that more than one person was cns,eol.
IrErlEANcl MEzrIsc lN Bo,r.>-A big
reception was given by the various temper
ancc organizations Of Boston, .a NgpIlv
evening, to Hon. Henry Wilson. m rcclgni-
iion Of his efforts to Promote the cause of
Temperance in Congress. Mr.. Wilson made
an eloquent sIcech, from which We eztrsc.
tue following testimony 20 the efficiency Of
the Trohibi.5ry law. as compared with any
license law
tell you, gentlemen, that What the ptoule Of
Massachusetts, the great masses, cannot pray
Col for, cannot 20 On the siatute-bock Of tbs
state AID stay there. prolonged applause
serve notice tonight on the men who are
sskins for license liquor law in Massachusetts
that Massachusetts, will never give il while
Bunker Hill stands. (ReneEed applause
an not insensible 70 the strength Of this
movement. You, sir. have told Us under what
professions il came TO the State House that the
present law canno, be enforced therefore. give
Us license law Cannot he enforced viii
tel you what the matter i. The natter Is.
they iesr il will be enforced. / have memory
that goes back only little while, when found
the causes piled up in your Courts waiting for
dt tcision az Washington. | remember the law
yerf who went 10 Washington. ami were very
confident the Supreme Court was to over-ruie
the law. | knew there was no earthly chance
Tor them, and It never gave me any anxiety.
on have got your decision in favor Of the law.
and now that you sre moving on to its execu-
ton, 10 ioreclose the mortgages and enter iudy-
ment, you are met with the complaint that the
cause Of temperance is not promoted By existing
laws that the law cannot he executed | saw
understand this. There Is another thing thst
understand, and that If, the potency Of the
money power. | know how potent that is, es-
pecislly over US Yankees, who are said to see A
SILVER dollar great ways, and greenblck al
considerable distance. know. too the power
oi the yitiaied and deprayed appetit5s AMI pas
slons OF our fallen humanity and know, too
how Indifferent large classes Of our fellow men
Sre 10 this question. understand all this and
/ know, furthermore, that there are great
many politicians, waiting. ike Mr.. Mcawber,
i1r something to turn up, and there seems 10
be an idea among them that something will
turn up on this question. | tell you, ladies
and gentlemen, there will be great deal more
turning down than NJ. Laughter and ap-
plause.)
Now, do not want to see this QUESTION
brought to the ballot box in this State. think
the question was settled there. We passed
prohibIiory law in 1852. In 1865, better law
than that was passed-an improvement on tnat Z;
by vote Of the whole Senate, believe, and
OF iour-hiths Of the members Of the House A q
pretty strong expression and there it has >
stood. II has not, admit, done all that its
friends hoped it would do not all that the ends
Of the State required but measured By the u
standard Of the operation Of license laws in other
S;ates, It has been Triumphant success Gap ,
Plause.) You may travel nearly all over Maine
without seeing drop Of ardent spirits sold any e.
where, | remember two or three years ago, =
d uendlng fifteen large political gatherings IN
mat state, and seeing only one drunken man s
went from that State to Pennsylvania, and K
there, was about 70 say, saw nothing else
Nill not say that, however, but | saw at an 7
immense gathering in that State several hun v
ired drunken men and, mentioning the fact
to gentlemen, he said 81 wish ycu had been o
AZ great Democratic meeting yesterlsy down y
IN berks There you would have ,cen what a
does You may travel, say.
uearly all over Massachusetts, without seeiug :
any hquor sold 50 it is in Maine 90 in YER o.
mont so in New Hampshire. But 20 into the 81,
states where they have license Law, where they "
sell under the protection Of law, and you will al
see Aqlor chops in the most prominent places, al
l9e s1 lights put 30 as to throw the night Of :,
these tempting wine cups into the very faces Of CT
your children as they pass along the streets cs
you VIII see at the crossroads the little shanties -
put up. and the poor ragged drunken men -
hanging about them. When you talk Of the IN
allure Of the liquor law In Massachusetts,, Jus, "
90 10 the states where they have license law, =,
ihd you viii come back and say your law is II
magnificent success (Applause.)
cay, ssain, understsnd this power aud do
not want to see il enter the political field but la
I there is anybody IN Massachusetts, who does, it,
welcome the contest (spplause). and the b
'eople Of Massachusetts will welcome the con- he
est They will not seek it, but they will not to
hun It. They are not accustomed to ,hun such Of