Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-05-20


TE1IPERANCE.-The meeting Sunday
evening was opened with prayer by Rev.
Mr.. Spencer Dr. Brigham presided, and
invited Dr. H. P. Hoyt. of Hardwick, to
address the meeting. DIR. Hoyt said he
had no Gift as a public speaker, and but
one quality to fit him for SO pleasant a
privilege us this-that was an earnest
spirit. Forty years he had been temper
ance man. and now a veteran in the ser
vice. he was still anxious to do all he could
for the promotion of the cause. He had
been intently watchful of the work in
Montpelier during the last two years, and
blessed God for it. Much praise he thought
due the women by whom it was Inaugural
Ted. and brought forward up to this time,
and he was not sure but it had been more
than preparation for the later " move
ment~'--perhaps an incentive. The
speaker approved all efforts made by wo-
men for the cure of intemperance, and
conceded it their right to work in the great
contest, and illustrated his own position as
related to theirs, by the story of the
hunter who, in an encounter with bear,
prayed God to. deliver him, but added, if
He could not help him, he besOught Him
not to help the bear. So if he could help
bat little. or none, he would do nothing to
help the enemy. This he felt he had re-
Trained from doing at a sacrifice of thou
sands DIR. IIoyt spoke rapidly and at
lcn@th. manifesting his earnestness and
sincerity, which was certified by Mr.. Spen-
Ger. who said the Doctor was one of the
few druggists who had found it neither
lawful or necessary to sell intoxicating
liquors for beverages. Mr.. Spencer also
spoke approvingly of the work of the
women confessing, however, that at first
he had questioned the appropriateness of
the innovation. He had come to consider
it a. specially theirs-a field for their eff
forts perSuasions. and prayers.
The chairman called upon Mr.. j. W.
Clark. who responded saying he thought
the cost Of adhesion to temperance princi-
pies was overestimated. For himself, the
sacrifices of his earlier years were in the
interest of the ''bear the enemy of
temperance These. it would be difficult
to estimate. but no sacrifice of dollars and
cents was too great to secure sobriety and
q conscience void of offense toward God
and man.
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was "a pleasure to be present, but the pleas
ure Of speaking he would pass along to
the gentlemen around him. whom lie
thought better able to satisfy the audience
than himself
Mr.. LuIl spoke briefly. and alluded to
m. praverful phase of late given to the
work He could not trust the interests of
the cause entirely to these means. When
going into battle, he did not fail to ask
God to give him the victory over the enc
my: neither did he neglect to supplement
his PRAYER with forty rounds Of cartridges.
Mr. Poland read an affecting incident of
the work in town in Ohio, and the chair
man sharply criticised an editorial of the
Springfield RePuJIican. as a sneering
thrust at the praying movement of the
women. The Republican had spoken of
it a> vu@arizing prayer" As if said
the doctor. prayer from suffering women
could be vuI@arized-eve if uttered in
the lowest hells." He would that the in
fucnce might be east over these, and show
To or people the efficacy of prayer.
BURGLARS IN MONTPELIER-Ther was
considerable excitement in Montpelier last
Thursday morning, caused by breaking
open and robbery the previous night OF
the safes of Messrs. Keith, Peck & Co,
and of Messrs. \. & F. Johonnott. The
Me-SrS. Johonnott's store was entered with
fJl~c keys, the safe bored and blown open
with powder. Around the floor were
found scattered an iron bar, Il sledge,
wedges, etc, which had been stolen from
the shops in this village. The burglars
secured some three hundred dollars in
money. They left quantities of Montpelier
town bonds and other valuable papers, the
possession of which might have led to their
detection, lying Promiscuously about the
room. Two watches in the safe were left
untouched.
The robbery of the Messrs. Keith's safe
must have been by the aid of parties famil
ilr with the place and the habits of the
managing partner \. T. Keith, Esq. His
residence was entered, and, unknown tc
him, the safe key WAS taken from his pants
pocket lying on the bed in his room, the
store key purloined from the pocket of his
oyercoat, and thus easy admittance OBJ
tanned to the contents of the safe. Only
some twenty-eight dollars in bills and =
little scrip was carried off from this store
The store key was found inside the door
lock, and the safe was left unlocked.
Late in the afternoon previous stranger
purchased n small quantity of powder at
the store of Messrs. Bancroft & Son, which
powder was perhaps used to blow open
the -afe at Johonnott's
IEoUT SCPPER.-Sunday afternoon
Ne editor dined off fine large trout caught
Saturday last in the North or Worcester
branch. Il few rods above where that
stream empties into the Winooski in this
Village 1t was Il very fine-favored
~peekIei beauty" nicely dressed, and
''', OF ALL presented by that enterprising
anu worthy dealer in fresh fish, John r.
Ne"'er- Mr.. Seaver. whose clean and
"ei'-S''plhed market is in Camps Block
gust across Union House bridge, has now
III sore Il fine assortment of fresh salmon
haIi5nt, cod haddock. mackerel. etc. tc