St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1868-10-23

ably surprise you to learn that 1,05G
women were arrested for assault and bat
terry. Just think of it, lovely woman
pounding us at that rate Sixty-two
were arrested for felonious assault-that
is, with the intention of doing deadly
mischief, such as cutting your throat, or
some tritle Of that kind. Six women
were arrested for robbery. Six women
were arrested for murder. 1929 women
were arrested for disor'lerly conduct.
Laughter. l am glad you take such a
pleasant view Of the matter. 4,1Oj wo-
men were arrested for intoxication. To
give the ladies a chance TO laugh at the
men, | will just mention that 1,G0l
men were arrested for intoXcution and
Is 233 men for di~orlerIy conduct For
iItoxication and ,li,orderIy conduct com
bined there were ., POI women arrested.
Somc superficial person might argue fl orn
this that, ina>much as there were only
3.29l women arrested for INVESTIGATION
ami di>orderly conduct combined, and
I,J29 for di>orderly conduct when they
were sober, that drunkenness i provoc;,-
tive of gool conduct on the part OF wo-
men. There were ,lg9 women arrest
ed for petty larceny, and 49l for grand
larceny. There were also eight clergy
mcu and thirty editors arrested during
the year.
mention these facts t. give YOU some
idea how il is that 50 many OF these deS-
titute and outcast childrcn come about.
People who pass Il great portion of their
time in Jail are not apt to look very
sharply after the welfare Of their chill
drcn.
Let Us group all these facts together.
Please 10 remember or houses OF i'll
tame, -, OpO destitute and outcast chill
drcu. G,92H cases of assault and battery
III III and women both. 50, ,J32 arrests
taEd. by the way, there l. another item
OF interest the amount Ot propeay and
money stolen and robbed from is owners
duriu. the year j., 81, lSl ,36S -, the
.relicr portion OF which wa, recoyered),
- murders. Isl rohhrri"~. Now. Hrtar
-llliu. out all the different kinds OF
houses which have mentioned. - a
,.H, ~ repeat :, house twice-Drcause
.oiaetim,- a billiard saloon il also :,
Ir,Alu- ,uup and i gambling shop ali in
pAc-but sitting them ont, and placing
t4v.u ia Il street rIght along on both sides
pi the WAY, thry would just about ill Il
street reaching from the CItv Hall TO
Waite Plains->;y a distance OF 2i
mll,~. Now We VIII take i nights work
on that street. II would give Us Il muir
der every half mile, Il robbery every
seventy rods. Il house OF ill-tame ON every
block. gaming in every second den cic.l
through. Eighty thousand persons ar
rested remcmDcr-that would give Us
twelve Of those VagahonIs, thieves, and
robbers in every one ot these building,
clear through. with So, 900 OF ''swag. -
is they call il, or booty, 10 be divided
among the dozen; SIX destitute and out
east children. who are caused maInly bv
such places, >hlvcring GA every doorstep
and fight going ON III every house, with
the eight arrested cicrgymen 10 preacl
tor the ungoIly herd, and lie thirty ar
rested editor, Ia describe the >ccno.
At 81 Cherry street, j. john Brauni.
gAn's bucAct-,hop. Perhaps You wou.,
ike 10 % down AMI see ii. You vii
Iui John Il good .ciiow-tor buckrl-
shop keeper. They are all good fellow:
/ IN their way-wn.ch i not a cummenda-
/ bic way. however.
! John Braunigan Is the original buckle
shop keeper. y buckr; shop is IL rccl
! tylur dj>;l.ltry and liquor store, 10 which
peop,c come bringing buckets - caIry
away the liquor in. They are very ID
cral down there in tncir Interpretation o
/ the word bucket" ARvthing that vii
hold fluids goes tor Il bucket. Il ycu .,
down there some Saturday night. about
! . or 1 o'clock. and stand in the door
vou will see strange sights. 1t yo,
choose, You cau 20 inside. Just say t,
/ irunmg;tn Il havc come down her.
to look around and see how they 90 on,
and lie will give you Il polite reception
Or you may 20 down to Mars Lanni
ran ;, in james street, who Is Il Blaci
Republican bucket shop keeper.
You Will see all kinds oi people com
ing t!ere-old, tottcring women. ricbett,
and shaking all over, coming perhap
with teapois wiki the spouts broken off
TO get their whisky in another come
with Il tin cup another with Il pail
with perhaps no handle to it, which sh
has TO carry betore her, pressed again>
her stomach; another has Il te;l-cup: an
other 4 bowl another a vegetable dish
auI some even have utensils which
won venture to name here. There the
come and get their whisky, and carry
home OF Saturday might.
once saw an old blind man com
there-ied by a little tottcrng girl am
whisky; and, having got 1t, the clIll
led him OFT, he carrying .he tea pot wit
tremOing but eager hands. You Wi
lind little children coming there, fou
years OF aye, with their cups, or thei
buckets OF some kind, buying whisky.
Mr.. Van Meier, who is here present
could tell you Il story of one of his littl
mission girls. who, having taken til
pled1c, when her mother wished her t
20 out to bucket shop to get som
, whisky, refused, and said: Mother,
have signed the pledge, and cannot go.
The mother said: ..Iou must" III
child said: Il can't" And the mott
er began to whip her, and whipped he
to death, because she would net 60. Nj
: Van Meter could tell you another story
] lie was sitting in the Mission one nigh
when he was going to make a temper
t ance speech up in the Oliver stree
q church, wondering what he should ia
f about, as he could not think of anythin
!, | ,a,,, ~ u,,, He started In On IN IL