St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-04-11

-Messrs. Moore and Streeter. on
Railroad street. had their windows Cr'Ia
mcntcd with show bills, bottles, ctc.,
last Saturday night They were 10th
witnesses III a late liquor complaint.
and testified to obtaining liquor of the
accused. in one uI two Instances. fOl
family Use. and in their testimony did
not have it mixed with sulphur, cam
phor or schclac. etc. They may have
made a mistake i'll not doing it. Those
that had it mixed, have not, as we have
heard, found their windows thus orna-
emptied Il large number of bottles or
who had a plenty on hand for some
purpose. a board was also nailed
across the door. labelled police head
quarters"
A paper is being circulated i'll this
place, calling upon the authorities to
suppress all illegal traffic III intoXicat-
ing liquors, and pledging the sympathy
and aid of the signers i'll the work for
its suppression. We cannot but hope
that every body in the place will OBJ
serve the law, and sell no more of that
which is the cause of 50 much evil In
society. The duty every citizen owes
/ the public prompts to this. Why then
should it not lie SO, that there be no
more occasion for prosecutions
We have felt good measure of con-
fidence that all the apothecaIies in the
| Village would hereafter strictly respect
the law, and we are not without some
reason for believing that such is their
intention.
Orleans county has been we'll lee
turcd the past winter, by men, without
reference to what the women may have
done. The two CIRCUITS have lectured
upon Greeley and Rurns-;ind very ell
tcrtainiugly too. as we hear-while our
promising Young friend, George Fletch-
or. of this tuwn-mow reading law i'll
/ Judge Stcclc's office at llartland has
/ been up to Orleans and given Il lecture
/ upon Lord Bacon. His subject WAS Il
/ GOOD one, and no doubt the lecture was
I likewise. for new hand on the public
platform. Suggc-tiom-why not us,
our home talent instead of sending
away for 800 hairy men to entertain
us i'll our winter evenings Hair may
have been of account i'll Sampson
days, hut that time is evidently past
/ except with the ladies.
AT the Ministers Meeting last Mon
day. Rev. +. h. Fisk read an incomplete
report OF the religious status of thi.
county. His blanks had not all beer
returned and some that We're returned
were not property filed ont, but 10y tie
report of Il out of the JG Evangelical
churches il appears that the church sit
tings are more than sufficient for the
accommodation of the largest number
Nlldl llstN q A''tlI III ~ a. ''i
time during the year. and that only
about onc-halt the population of III,
county are 10y amy stretch of the tact'
to be counted AZ habitual church g"crs
while i'll one town the proportion Is no
over one fourth. The report also i'll
timuted that there We're quite numhe
I, III !,
any suitable support of preaching, O
any very ealutary influence i'll the com
muuitv until the various ismS shall pu
away petty non-eSScntial consideration
and unite together i'll the support of on
minister of the gospel. After some dis
cussi"n the report was accepted as
, report of progress and Mr.. +. was re
qu, stcd to pursue the subject ia
enough to he sure of it, accuracy. |
is desirable that he should kn"w--mo
by guess, but 10y actual co'mt the de
nominatioItl name of all the churches
Evangelical or not, and the lame q
the pastor OF preacher. The number &
families III the parish. lie nllmh"r q
souls in those families. The number :
members OF the church ami the numhe
of professors of religion besides thu,
are 81 situated as not likely to lie other
wise reported. The largest Sahhat
audience for the year. The average fc
the wear. The number of sittings i
the church building, and whatever wor
2 is done in OUTLYING districts. Let som
a one i'll every parish take the trouble
E count up the items and send t" Rev.
j b. Fisk, of Lyndonville. Let us kno
= if it is Il fact that only about half III
n people are church goers i'll Caledoni
Il county.
q Advent Meeting.
- Elder l.. c. McKinstry and wife wi