Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-06-12

Run AND P0uTICs N BURLNGTON.-Ihe
question. "Do YOU ever take anything now
a-davS2" i still heard occasionally, and
the response 10 this question, q grleve u
say IT'D. j. not always 10 the negative. II
is not unusual 10 see TWO OF three male per
sons. obviously in q state of health too
vigorous 70 require artificial stimulus,
mount a staircase. open private door with
private key. or enter after mysterious
knock and an ''open sesame What do
those healthy men in this secluded apart
ment2 Your correspondent mas no means
of determining ty personal observation, but
report SAYS that without physician GER
tifcate. they consult together over what
thew yulgariv cal "a prime thing in gin,
or more ian excellent thing il bran
DIS. " imported n the Original package
Vigorous war Is still waEed upon all per
sons engaged in tins neiarious traffic Inc
seizures are IN small quantity, being con-
fined In the main 10 pint bottles OF bad
spirits Claimants make bold % appear n
court and swear that they are wont al times,
o. take nip themselves. and that the liquor
ia question l. their private property. The
attorney ior the defence decaims against the
unconstitutional and damnabie system OF
search warrants. Tie liquor j, adiudred TO
ftHNil- July 90 N4IA IAu4A444At~ AA-~ j.
commonly. though not always. the result OF
q raid anu ~eizlraat the present time. The
fnaI fact thar | have 10 record upon that
topic is thas The sales o. liquor at retail are
very few here. compared with the sales Of
sIz months ago.
s. much for the rum question; but the
question still remains, 80 VINO shall be Gov
ernor2" There are some who think though
] 90 n0t.that these questions are substan-
TALLY identical. The most influential
Journals in the State have declared for
Judge Peck Bat TINS fact does not seem
a. W0rry Mr.. Taft and his friends. They
say-and they say II rightly, tOo-that
there are ways enough of securing votes.
without securing the favor of newspapers.
And what they are after Is votes. and in
my judgment. vote, they viii get, II not
@ sufficient number Tor success, still enough
u make "a very respectable showing IN
convention 1t the friends Of Judge Peck
wish u see him Governor they must work
for him. Asahel Peck mas attained to the
highest dignity thata public man can reach,
that O! a learned judge. But what do the
boys care tor that They know the
amiabie ana generous qualities of Mr.Iatt
and for him. they, AMI the managers and
whIpper--ln I'd the Republican party IN this
neighborho0d, will work and vote. Judge
Peek j. already beginning to be spoken of as
old, a. stlngy, "a ungenerous IN his attitude
toward railroad projects. a a man who holds
himself alooi from the people, and so on.
We shall soon have raked up against him
innumerable arguments that only the in
genuity of d political canvass could discover.
1t Is expected that MIR, Taft will carry his
city and county. The Sprague delegation
Is counted Oh for MIN. 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 US do not
profess TO know anything about all this
simply report the common talk about town.
-BUriH0ioH Cor. Advertiser