The Rutland weekly globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-03-13
Mf0dfebUry.

Two yorng fellows week ago last Sat
urday night ettHmptcd TO cnler Mrs. La
Flowers house, and were refused admis-
sion. The inmates raised the neighbor-
hood by their cries and screams. The
neighbOrs went 20 the rescue, and the fel-
lows fled. They were arrested one day
last week and brought before Justice
Knapp. They were fined 50 that costs
and fines amounted to over $50. The hncs
were paid, and they went back to work at
Bclden's Falls. If they are not better they
will be wi.er men.
This is the time of year for change in
Mddlebury. ! don't mean money, but all
those that intend to change their residences
do it about these days, as the almanac says.
1t is generally rainy and muddy, and al
most always attended Iby squalls. What is
more tiresome than to tear down what YOU
have put up, and put up what you have
torn down? How dreamy and repul,ve
house seems to be that has been left ten
antlcss few days. AS an old lrshwoman
said when the house was shaken by an
earthquake, - II makes me think of 6jh ~
LETTnAHGY IN TEMPERANCE.
Our Middlebury temperance society
was awakened out of sound sleep on Sun
day evening by the Rev Mr.. Granger
state agent of the temperance society.
The body of tlfe town society is trans
ported from the Methodist to the Con-
gregational church and back again once
month and some body is ap-
pointed to shake and kick the lifeless
and snoring body to bring 1t to con-
sciousncss 1t generally partially orouses
to sense of its situation, rubs Its eyes,
and asks what's the matter whats broke
out anew? lie is told that intemperance is
on the increase, land strong drink is
raging In his half wake condition he
scratches his head, and with his accus-
toned energy says, ''let it rage - and
falls back to sleep another month.
Those who sell liquor, like such tenn
perance Gulliver as that? ? They like a So
ciety that will sleep so sound that they can
entanglc it with their flimsy net work of
security and make him sleep on regardless
of danger that is on every side.
The next month the executive commit
tee attempt to wake up the sleeping So
ciety gives him a tremendous shake and
say, "wake up" "We have secured Rev.
Mr.. So and So to give us lecture upon
the evils of intemperance. lie is roarer =
This lifeless body rubs its eyes and falls
back again regardless OF all DANCE: and his
last words is ''let him roar u never
drink {? don't see the use of this cuss
1t won't do to 90 too fast-moral suasion
in homeopathic doses is the great lever &c
break up this gigantic evil Moral sua
sion is good thing, no doubt, but this so
ciety has been running about two years
and 1t is not known that one drunkard has
been reformed by it, or made better by III
even having an existence. 1t has on it
list 20 or 80 names-men, women and chill
dren and that is all Is it a wonder theI
that drunkenness is on the increase II
Middlebury Think of this ye professet
temperance men9 Let temperance mer
learn that organizing a society and talking
good things and thinking good thing
about temperance will never accomplish
the work. Neither will spasmodIc effor
do it. If ever drunkenness is done ava,
with it will be by united s;ea ly effort oil
the part of the people. A.