St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-06-12
Rum and Politics in Burlington.

The question, do You ever take
ANYTHING now-a-dayS ?? is still heard
occasionally, and the response to this
question. Il grieve to say it). is not al
ways in the negative. 1t is not unusual
tn see two or three male persons, obvi-
ouSly in IA state of health too vigorous
to require artificial stimulus. mount Il
staircase, open IA private door with Il
private key, or enter after Il mysterious
knock and an "Opcn sesame" What
do those healthy men do i'll this seclu
ded apartment Your correspondent
has no means of determining by per
sonal observation. hut report says that
without physicians cert icate. they
consult together over what they vul-
carly call "a prime thing in gin" or
more IAN excellent thing in brandy"
imported in the ''orignal package"
Vigorous war is still waged upon all
persons engaged in this nctarious traffic.
The seizures are in small quantity, be
ing confined in the main to pint bottles
of bad spirits. Claimants make bold
to appear in court and swear that they
are wont at times. to take nip them
selves. and that the liquor in question
is their private property. The attor-
nev for the defence dcclaims against
the unconstitutional and damnable sys-
TEN of search warrants. The liquor is
adjudged to belong rightfully to the
claimants. This is commonly, though
not always. the result of Il raid and
seizure at the present time. The final
fact that | have to record upon that
topic is that the sales of liquor at re-
tail are very few here, compared with
sales of six months ago.
So much for the rum question but
the question still remains, ''WhO shall
he Governor ~ There are some who
think. though do not, that these ques-
tiOnS are substantially identical. The
most influential journals in the State
have declared for Judge Peck. But
this fact does not seem to worry Mr..
TAFT and his friends. They say-and
they say it rightly. too-that there are
ont securing the favor of newspapers.
And what they are after is votes. and
in my Judgment, votes they will get, if
not sufficient number for success. still
enough TO make very respectable
showing i'll convention. If the friends
of Judge Peck wish to see him Govern
| OF intI HliSl WOfk LOT MIN. ASanel
Peck has attained to the highest digni-
ty that public man can reach, that OF
Il learned judge. But what do the
"boys" care for that They know the
amiable and generous qualities of Mr..
Taft, and for him, they, and the mana
gers and whippers-in of the Republican
party in this neighbOrhood, will work
and vote. Judge Peck is already be-
ginning to he spoken of as old, as stingy,
as ungenerOus in his attitude toward
railroad projects, as Il man who holds
himself aloof from the people, and so
on. We shall soon have raked up
against him innumerable arguments that
only the ingenuity of political canvass
could discover. 1t is expected that Mr..
Taft will carry his city and county.
The Sprague delegation is counted on
for him, also Bennington county. The
friends of Mr.. T. expect also that many
prominent men who dwell beyond the
mountains, will respond to the cry of
'.come over and help u.s." l do not
profess to know anything about all this
| simply report the common talk about
town.-BurlingtO Cor. Advertiser.