Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1871-03-01
County Convention.

The friends of Prohibition met in Convention
at tho Court House yesterday at 10 O'Clock, t,
nominate a candidate for County Commissioner
elect county and town committees, etc. Tn,
Convention was called to order by Clark King
Chairman Of County Committee, and ORGANIZED
by the election of DR.. p. d. Bradford, of North
field, President, and n W Gilbert, of Mont
| pelier, Secretary. The President being calleC
away before the Convention adjourned, Col A
Q. Brown was elected President pro TEN. Tn,
Committee on Resolutions, Jeremiah Carleton
Chairman, reported as follows;
WHEREAS The adulteration of liquors has be.
come so general, and such adulterated liquors
have found their way into town agencies as well
as other places, therefore
ReSotued, That the County Commissioner be
requested to subject all liquors to be sold in the
County 10 analysis by an experienced and reliable
chemist, thus furnishing pure liquors to the town
agencles-and that any agent selling liquors not
so tested, should be removed from such agency.
AND WHEREAS, The training Of children 10
love religion, temperance and every virtue and
TO shun vice in all its forms, is the only hope OF
the complete triumph Of the temperance cause
therefore
Resolved, That the town committees are hereby
requested TO appoint committee Of one in each
school district in their respective towns, whose
duty it shall be TO circulate and solicit signatures
to, pledge Of total abstinence.
A nominating committee consisting of one from
each town represented in the Convention was APP
pointed, and presented the name of Don p Car
penter of Middesex, for County Commissioner,
and he was nominated by the Convention.
The following committees were elected for the
ensuing year
COUNTY COMMITTEE
Clark King, East Montpelier Jeremiah Garlic
ton, Plain6eld; DR.. NJ. McClearn, Mortified /;
John w Smith, Berlin Josiah Wood, Barre.
TOWN COMMITTEES.
Berlin, A. H. Holt, II. Alexander, j. w.
WSeelock, Samuel Wright, Josiah BENJAMIN !;
Cabot, B. W. Hale, Paul Dean, Q. NJ. Seabury,
O. NJ. Fisher, W. X. Abbott Calais, s. II. Eos.
ter, A. p. Hicks, O. Dwinell, w. NJ Pelton, C.
5. Bennett Duxbury, NJ. J. Graves, Hazen
Morse, Abel Lewis, Hiram Ward, Abel Glllett !;
East Montpelier, A. j. HOLSTER, N. Davis, Il.
b. Stevens, A. d. Arms, w. Dillon Fayston,
Geo. o. Boyce, A. d. Bragg, d. S. stoddard,
Willard Porter, Hiram Boyce Marshfield, j. O.
Packer, s. A. Carlton, A. d. Sanborn, ID. X.
Loyeand, W. w. Buchanan Middlesex, VIM.
Chaplin, James ii. Holden, Sylyanus Daniels,
George Wiley, C. Q. Putnam, jr. Mont
pelier, w. r. Waterman, Medad Wright |.
II. 7, Rowell, A. Johonnott, Henry Mutt !,
Mortified, Leander Foster, W. Ii. H. Clafiin, Il.
H. Jones, D. W. Gould, Charles Tilden !, Plain
field, g. Reed, Charles Batchelder, Spencer Law
renee, Cheney Batchelder. Stephen Spencer |;
RoIbury, o. W. orcutt, A. j. Ayerill, W.
circuit, j, M. Bailey, Edmund Pope waitsfeld,
Hiram Carleton, John Richardson, j. II. Has
tings, Dr. H. g. Hooker, A. A. Holmes; War
rem, VIM. Drew, A. p. vanDeusen, ID. Upham,
IL. W. Lyiord, George Cardell Waterbury,
VIM. p. Dillingham;, George Arms, ii. Mofitt,
j. Colby, j. Woodward; Woodbury., +. q. Put
nam, Hiram Wells, s. @. Wells, A. s. Wheatley,
T. @. Fisk; Worcester, Allen Vail, IL. Hancock,
VIM. Bruce, Thomas Hutchinson, Henry johnson.
The Convention instructed its Secretary to pre-
pare the record of its proceedings for publication
In the newspapers, and at half past two O'Clock,
adjourned N. w. GILBERT, Secretary.