Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-08-02
GOrham.

GOrham.
Rev. Geo f. Tewksbury, on the
18th inst, preached discourse on
the "Sin of Intemperance" from the
text, Eph. 5: Is, to a full house.
Space forbids our giving review in
full. This discourse arose from the
recent murder of young Peabody. In
answer 10 the question who was re-
sponsible for this bloody tragedy,
the speaker would be understood as
believing and saying, not only the
assassin himself as principal but those
who furnished him with intoxicating
drink, as accessory, and also Indirect
ly all who uphold the rum traffic
either by patronage or by entire neg
lect of both suasive and legal measures
to put it down-the same principal
that municipal and sanitary COM
mittees are responsible for the preva-
lence of pestilence, or any alarming
and deadly contagion, if they neglect
to apply the appropriate measures to
suppress or hold it in check. The
speaker traced out the causes and evils
of intemperance, among them the
dram shops and open bars, holding
out the temptations to the young and
all classes to come thither and drink.
He claimed there could be no greater
nuisance, none more demoralizing
and dangerous to society than such
places, urging that wherever they ex-
listed, it belonged to influential, lead
ing citizens, if they are not in a great
measure responsible for this criminal
ity and wrong doing issuing from
them, inasmuch as they haze 1t IN
their po,cer, to break then, up! This
was strong point and one which
should have fast hold on the con-
sideration OF the people. AT the close
the evils of intemperance were illus
trated in its dire and destructive eff
fects upon the drunkard himself and
his family, and its enormous cost to
the nation in the liquor itself, and the
pauperism and crime consequent up
ON its use.
We have noticed several Sabbaths
a number of lads in charge of a hand
Car, driving it up and down the track
in the vicinity of Dublin, so called.
This is risky business 70: boys of
inexperience, and would not be toler-
ated by the Company if known.
Parents should see to this.
We saw a box car pass this station
the other day numbered nearly 1000.
If these cars were placed ON line,
consecutively, they would reach from
here to North Stratford, distance of
forty three miles.
The Billiard room of Mr.. U. Briggs
was entered on Thursday night by
thieves and the money drawer rifed
OF its contents. A valuable revolver
was also taken. The supposed lead
ing rascal is spotted.
Mr.. U. Shorey, J. w. Greenlaw,
F. Smith and their families have left
for the Islands in the vicinity of Mt.
Desert to be absent few weeks. This
is the way to enjoy a general camp
ing out time.
Our venerable and much respected
citizen, John F. Peabody, Esq, fell
recently, in his grape winery. several
feet to the ground, and sustained
injuries from which he is still suffer-
ing, though tits hoped not seriously.
Great quantities of hogs are pass
ing over the railroad from the West.
Chief engineer McDougall of the
Revenue Cutter McCullock was in
townlastweek. In descending Tucker
mans Ravine he fell over root TO
tree and stuck a stub into his cheek
which nearly penetrated through a
stitch or two was taken by DIR. Torrey
and he went on his way rejoicing
that it was no worse.
A party of six ladies and gentle
man passed through here lately and
tented few miles east of US. They
had been around the mountains a
foot tenting wherever night overlook
them.
Any person anxious to see dog days
any day in the year should come to
Corhop,