St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1869-02-12
Results Of LiqUOI. Prohibition.

1he thriving young community known
as Nineland in West Jersey was founded
on to fundamental principle: l. That no
land should be sold except in small tracts
to actual settlers, under stipulations
which obligc the purchasers to enter at
once upon its improvement ,. That
there shall be no grog-shop, lager-beer
saloon, or other place licensed or per-
mitted TO sell Alcoholic Liquors, unless
the people, ut 4 regular election, shall
otherwise decree (as they never do nor
willD The settlement i now some twelve
years old, and has about ten thousand
inhabtants-all of them, but some half
dozen families, immigrants in moder-
ate circumstances, including widows with
vounL children, and the usual proper
ton OF disabled or intrm persons. Aside
from the founder, Mr.. {. h. Lands, we
believe no one of them could be con>id-
cred rich, and not twenty would be term
ed ''torehandcd' in New England. Most
OF them live by tilling the soil. which Is
part OF the well known Jersey bar
rems," formerly de, oted to the produc-
ton of charcoal, and covered, from time
lmmemorial, with Il thin growth mainly
OF stuntcd pitch pines and scrub oaks.
Naturally, many We're utterly without
experience i'll agriculture. and not well
adopted to the new career on which they
entered late in life. Surely, if there
should be pauperism anywhere, we might
reasonably expect 1t TO be developed
among the pioneers OF Nincland, many
OF whom brought no more means than
sutilccd TO pay for their land, and had
to clear. build. tertilize, and plant, from
the proceeds OF their daily labor. Yet
the overseer of the poor (N1r. I. I. Cor
tl>) reports as follows:
Though we have Il population Of 10,
600 people, for the period of six months
no settler or citizen of Nineland has re-
quired relief at my hands rs oversccr OF
the poor. Within 20 days, there has
only been enc case among what we call
the floating population, at the expense OF
81.
During the entire year, there has only
been one Indictment, and that a trItiing
case OF assault and battery among ON
coIored population.
so few are the fires in Nneland that
we have no need of a fire department.
There has only been one house burn,
down i'll year. and two slight fires
which were soon put out.
I'VE practically have no debt, and oul
taxes are only one per cent. on the v1lu-
alton.
- The police expenses of NinelanC
amount TO SO per year, the sum paiC
to me and our poor expenses a mer
trifc
Il ascribc this remarkable state o
things, 50 nearly approaching the golder
aye, to the industry of our people an,
the absence of King Alcohol.
''Let me give you, i'll contrast TO this
the stale OF things i'll the town from
= which | came, in New England. Tin
, population OF the town was $500
! little less than that Of Nineland.
maintained forty liquor shops. Thes
kept busy police Judge, city marsha!
! assistant marshal, four night watchmen
= six policemen. Fires We're almost cor
tinual. The small place maintained
: paid fire department of four companle:
!. OF 40 men each, at an expense of -, 90
! per annum. belonged to this depar
!, ment for six years, and the fires average
= one every two weeks, and mostly inccl
! diary. The support OF the poor cost -
y 800 per annum. The debt OF the towI
g ship was Sl20,0OO. The condition
y, things In this New England town is ;
>. favorable i'll that country as that
> many other places where liquor IS sold.
, We challenge those journals which NJ
: hold liquor license and the liquor trail
: to set these facts before their readers AZ
= then argue them down ii they can.--'
u Y. Tribune.