The Republican journal., 1874-06-04

Jognac and French Brandy, Madeira
Lisbon and Malaga Wines, and Cordials.''
One of the craft, Il little in advance of his
leighbors, advertised g Is punchcons of
nigh proof jamaica spirits" 1t was no
more disreputablc then to offer this spc-
ccs Of merchandise for sale than il was
to offer pork, flour, sugar, tea, &c. Ii
was not disrcputable to drink Intoxicating
liquors; tie few who did not, occasionally |
at least, were exceptions to the general |
rule. \ wonderful change has been |
since them the conventionalltles |
of society now do not call tor nor approve |
Of the use Of them rs beverage; what |
was then Il majority. so far as the habit |
uAl use is involved, is now d minority
There were hard drinkers" in those
days; it the history of man is to be relied
on there always have been; it is Il matter
of fear and regret that there always may
be. Looking back, the concession must
be made, although reluctantly, that the
number of victims to the inordinate appe-
tte for Intoxicating drinks, not forget
ting the Increase in population, was less
then than now BY the term victims
Is meant not those captured by the enemy
but those slain on the field How hap
pens 1t The question is lett to be an
sWered by those who have made the sub
.ject matter for moral and scientific inyes-
tigation. We contribute our mite to the
mass of facts already before them by
simply suggesting that the Intoxicating
liquors used by the men Of fifty wears
ago, temporarily or Unexpectedly WeT2
what they purpoltcd to be; the Juice Of
the Vine, Or Of the still, pure and unadul-
terated. American Gin" % American
Brandy" and, still worse the villaiuous
compounds now known and sold a. ''whis,
key" were unknown. The men of those
days knew OF were not indifferent Us to
what they were drinking the simpletons
OF these DAYS know not, or are indifferent
a. to what they drink provided il etjnu-
lates. Poor idiots! StiIl greater IDIOT
they who close their eyes against the
light that Is streaming and has -trraued
from the throne of Godhead and illumi-
mated humanity ) pathway for centuries.
On the night of July 9th, the plar" was
visited by u severe thunder storm; the
house now occupied BY Captain ". d.
Alden was struck by lightning and set on
fire; the fire was eXtinguished, however,
with but little dptrimrnt TO the building.
There We're two families occupying the
house at the time, hut none of its inmates
We're materially injured.
Under the Constitution oi tine new State,
Belfast and NOrthpOrt constituted one Re
preventative District; Ralph {, johnson,
Esq. was elected Representative. At the
same meeting at which he was elected the
election of a member Of Congress AMI ot
Presidential electors came Off the whole
Of J,o1 "a, NJ
was lO7 in Northport 40. The two towns.
however, were in different Congressional
Districts; Northport being in the Third,
Belfast in the Fourth.
On the 10Th Of September. a ''Marine
Bible Society was organized. the sole
object of the Society being, as expressed
in its Constitution, Ito circulate the Holy
Scriptures without note or comment
among seamen' The payment OF seven
tv-tiye cents annually constituted any one
u member of the Society; the payment
Of five dollars at one time constituted the
donor a lifc-membcr. Col Daniel Lane
was elected President, DR., Ebenezer Poor
and John s. kimball, Esq, Nice-Prcs-
idents, Ralph c. Johnson, Esq, Treasurer,
Rev. VIM rockingham, Corresponding,
and Bohan F. Field, Esq, Recording
Secretaries There was also Il Board Of
Directors and a Committee to solicit sub
scriptions The entire official board con-
sisted of thirty individuals; the only one
now surviving is the Treasurer. The
cNigencies OF the day demanded such an
association, doubtless, in the estimation
of those who took an active part i'll il, and
it was productive of good to the class for
whose benefit it was organized; but like
too many other schemes of a philanthropic
nature ii was spasmodc in birth and short
lived rs a natural consequence.
The number OF entries at the Custom
House in this place from foreign ports
during the year was - clearances to
foreign ports. ~ The value of export
to foreign countries was So, s94 80 being
all of domestic product on manufacture
except =, 10000. The number of deaths
during the year was tWcnty-threr. The
town voted at Its annual SPRING meeting
to raise $4,000 for the purchase ot 4
hearse it was the tirst one owned here
The market value of leading articles III
trade as embraced in q Price Current of
Dec 18th, wa a. follows merch boards
per NJ s. to : shingles, : to 2.5U; clap
boards, $40 to Il; wheat per bu@hrl NI
to 81 rye, 60 to - cts. corn. 81 cts. ,
beans, 81 to ~ butter per b, ~ H., to
|. cents; cheese, 5 to 10; beef. ) 10 I Z:
poultry, / to 6; potatoes, per hr~hcl, -
cents; cider per Dbl. $40 to 8 JAMAICA
rum, per gallon. 81 10 to 81 20; molassea,
9! to st cts; tea, souchon@, per H., i@ to
GO; Turk island salt, per hoT;hrad -
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