Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-03-06

The song OF the women out In ONO Just
now is ''Sweet spirits, hear our prayer. y
Graphic.
Rev Henry Blanchard, of Worchester,
thinks prayer is very good thing in its way,
but it is 4 very poor broom to sweep the
food-tide Of intemperanee out with. F)r
there will be flood after flood, and prayer
may lose more than temperance will gain.
An English gentleman the other day,
who was addicted to tb exceedingly repre-
hensible habit of alway skiing his friends to
partakc of casual stimu.IntS, had ON several
locations invited a teetotal friend, who had
refused. but who wished to return the COM
pliment in some way. One day, therefore, the
Good Templar seized his companions arms
when passing post Office, and said, ''Come in
here, my dear boy, and have six-penn' -orth of
postage stamps"
Kentucky seems to be going back on its
whiskev record Petitions to the Legislature
for a more stringent liquor law have been
signed by 0,oo0 persons, whoit is thought,
cannot quite satisfy their feelings without
nominating state officers
The Quebec Temperance and Prohibition
League was in session at Montreal last week
Reports Of the General Committee recommend
that all ministers of the gospel deliver at
least two sermons each year to their congre-
cations on temperance, and that congrega-
tions hold meetings often to discuss the sub
iect that public meetings be held in all the
school houses for the same purpose; that
united meetings for PRAYER to invoke divine
blessing in the cause, be held. and that all
Sunday School teachers be urged to impress
temperance principles on the minds of their
scholars. The question of holding Il conven-
ton of the Ontario, New Brunswick and
Quebec Temperance Leagues at Ottawa dur
ing the ensuing session of parliament was
LETT in the hands Of the Executive committee.
| Mr. Manning assured the meeting that the
subject would he taken up by the Dominion
Government on the meeting Of Parliament.
Pennsylvania opposes prohibitory
law by making over two million gallons of
wine every year.
The devious and winding ways of the
drunkard Of the future. if these woman cru
sadcS continue, are likely to take the shape
of a private bottle and corkscrew.- Grdph'c.
Do says to the ladies, "Now You let me
prey, and then YOU shall pray as long and
hard as you please. - Graphic.
According to the DuNin correspondent Of
/ the New York Tathf. intempeunce Is ON
rapid increase in that city. One Of the
county Judges in addressing Jury, -aid
that he had seen geutlemen-or men who
| called themselves rentlemen->o drunk in
the jury box that he had been Obliged to
turn them out. lie had often seen wines
| 6 lying drunk on the tables. and in one ease
/ he had seen a Jury in the iIry box trying
3 ..f q
/ they had to De discharged and the prisoner
put back for trial.
The Illinois Senate las passed a bill max
/ ins drHnkenuc~~ OF railroad officials during
/ their hours of employment a criminal of
| fence.
Local option has been defeated in the
New Jersey Legislature.
Il is ~lil that the rrohihit,ry law is to le
/ vigorously enforced in Portland, Me. and
/ that the arethccaric- and other supposed
/ sellers have been warned TO stop the sale.
4 Kcntacky legislator wa~ recently miss
/ ing for three DAYS The fourth found him
/ be- replied that he had been sick. Being
asked what the matter was. well" said
he. .'~omc folks call it nervous chill- Others
pronounced tia Kind of affection of the
/ heart Lpt. Z, be candid. | call itarlain
ease of oii-ia~hioned drunk
Effort, are making to repeal or modify the |
| Civil Damages Liquor Law of Wisconsin. /
The result will probably be % compromise as
a bil. has been proposed in the Legislature
which reti-,- and cuu-oli dates existing laws. |
and 81 far re~train~ the sale Of intoxicating /
liquors as To forbid thcir sale To minors. /
habitual drunkard-. or To those who are /
rartlv intoyicatei. fye, bond, nj $500 in |
stead of - 600 and makes il the duty of I
local officers Of the law 10 prosecute for viola
tions of the act.
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t,c-o fnIi.A ....,;,,.,. WOW. ,;r'. ..+ ~, c.,t
;.'.,'..,I ,t,.
ruiity of trc.ra,,inr. and some lc-al stef.
were taken to- cheek the prorrc-- of their |
movement. Later accounts show that cx-
/ Ieriencc has taught them discretion, and |
tnat they are now taxing good care not 10 I
Nio,a'e 'he i'" IN any ,H~Pe't' lheS en'er /
NJ houses lncN are l''o'dleh 70 enter nIt /
hold ther religious services "n the sidewalk ]
ana aiter re- lae>''hS the proprietor TO piedse
hiilr''' To sell iio more they PASS on 10 come /
asain.
Mapr JoncS, i'rmeTly at the head oi the |
S'a'S ''iN'a' 'Ni'Iy i'r'e IN Massachusetts
mas ma become a convert To- the license pohcy. /
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Boston tuesday. That lac believed q ~trln- |
s.pnf lesn-e f,,v ,v,,fl lao ,.,..r, an,.-o1 ~,
/ 'uNdi'ihG lht cause ui temperance il'lh So |
called prohibition.
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| Inc saloon kctf frt- 90 Bangor are trrlui- /
/ linz I'm fear of one of those crusadt- of the |
1ojio- n,,.r .f..,.. ,,...- a. C
'"'t "' 'i t','"' "ti''- &" l'lC ''''i'f
p0i that he would rather face all the mar