Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-11-26

TEMPERANCE The lODg-predicted reaction
-. not vet - put in an appearance" No
- either ofinterest or attendance, is as yet
,,iest at the meetings. That held Sunday
r.,ioc. filed Village Hall, many standing
-.,,rb the entire evening.
rJ 4. c. Brown presided.
psz If. A. Spencer brought cheering
counts Of the progress of the cause in Great
p.,,jn. \ report of convention held re-
..o,lv in Manchester, England, attended by
.b,nsand delegates, had just been received
III most agreeably confirmed a statement
l.. had made at one of our meetings few
-.sts since-thata new and deep interest in
,.-.subiecris springing up, not only through
,rt urge part of our country, but also in
r,,land and to some extent on the continent
.fFarope. The fact that thousand deieg ateS
...smbled in the interests of temperance,
%. he for itself. Another fact, Mr.. Spencer
.s,nrbt of still greater significance the fact
,l,, nco thousand of the clergy of Great Brit
.;o both of the Established Church and
,,bsrs, were now enrolled among teetotalers,
MANY of them already zealously advocating
he principles of total abstinence. Here was
new cause of JOY and praise.
Nj Spencer added further to the pleasure
# the meeting by introducing Mr.. Castle Of
Burlington, who spoke at some length of the
general progress of the cause during the half
century past. Mr.. Castle rightly commend
ei the work prosecuted in Montpelier, as
.grns US that We shall always have the Capt.
ri if We will always do such capital work
He minated that we should do we'll to senC
amissionary to his own city-reminding Us
that we had once sent them the Word of God
BY Onion River, and asking if We couldn't d.
something for them in the way of temper
a1ce
We trust our good friends in Burlington
share in Mr.. C's cordial good nature. W
accept and will endeavor to fulfill the capita
conditions of retaining the Capitol, but W
beg that hereafter, that city will send on
.tsunch temperance men-and women-t
REPRESENT them therein.
Mr. George Bradshaw followed in mos
excellent address, which was listened
throughout with the closest attention. Hi
words served not only to cheer and encoul
age all temperance workers, but they mu,
have impressed his hearers with a deep an
abiding sense of individual responsibility
and the imperative duty of ceaseless actlvlt
10 the good work begun. As we shall ne
hear Mr.. Bradshaw again, until the warn
season brings him back to us-which Go
grant it may not fail to dove shall do we
to heed his parting words.
1t is not probable that any but the old
portion of the audience understood what So
cal work Montpelier had ever undertake
for the evangelization of Burlington. Pc
haps the old story will please younger pc
pie To Berlin, however, rather than OF
own town belongs the credit of the work a
] uded to. Among its " old inhabitants
was the family Of Judge Buckley, who live
ius, across the river, in the brick hOu
known as the Beedy place, DOW occupied
] Messrs. Hutchins and Guptil. Judge Bulkl'
had a son-unlike, as he seemed to US in OF
3 childhood, every other son ever born to ma
liotic and singular at that he was neve
] ,he!ess accredited with many sayings al
doing that were considered laughably d" cute
and never-to-be- forgotten Mrs. Buckley,
s true mother ever manilesting the tendert
j care for her unfortunate son, was also dee
4 " religious woman, and fonder of her Bit
] than was quite agreeable to 6 Frank > as
j son was called. One day the good Bo
4 was missing. Search was made for it vainl
! Frank was suspected of having hidden 1t
] plague Miss Buckley" as he always call
] bis mother, no one doubling that he wor
] produce it after while. But on being ask
] what he had done with it, answered withO
] reluctance, and truly, as it proved-that
j bad thrown it in Onion River. When ask
] Why he had done SO, Replied he want
] 70 send It down to Burlington, to convert
] leathen.' Like " bread cast upon the v
ter, the story comes back to us g al
! many days" in both pleasant and sad
] hinder.