Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-02-27
TEMPERANCE SCRAPS.

The total abstinence pcaple in Maine c,i-
IDENTITY suffer from the absence of Neal Dow.
m, convention. at Augusta. last week. was
rI.... smallest Tor ,a1r~. The resolutions at
,-,b.tr -tbc reaction which l. taking
r,.r.'- a.tin-t tle.r movement To- th, indil-
terence ot church members and men of in-
aaenr. demand the rcresl of that section
.p which the law allows the manufacture
and sale of domestic wine and cider. and
commend the movement in Congress Tor the
Investigation OF the temperance question.
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.au-ei by the ac.ur-ci habit have been re
Ig.eI tremendously. Maxim, allowance for
iarrca-. OF population and the influx OF
Foreigners Ni-i the di-.rscetul habit already
la.,li-.-l. and tie he-,ttei IDEAS that under
Iic th, ad.o-lcy ul free uuaor. and it Is not
i,rlrei I.lt tlltuf the same class of people
,.at Is referred to a~ dwelling here fifty
years ago, there is uot one-tenth as much in
temperance a~ then. Strike out Of the ac-
count to-day tie liquor drinkers and dealers
ri foreign extraction al. over the nitci
States and IN the Eastern. Northern and
old Western States there i-npt on an average
10 pcr cclt rt the iutemperiucc there WAS,
when every tavern was rum-hole and every
grocery shop -r'g-hlp. and license to sell
ruled the jav--fI| R'cer N',rs.
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lu the general term oi the supreme court
Buffalo. case has been recently reported
which may be interesting to drinking men
1 Eek To recover money tnr""h away
WINE lacy are 'h a spree =, Inc '''~e ol-
'-Iaied IN W alert'"n- VhS l''Se''" hiail
100 Wealth. oI lntrln 'r"'e naoIE' wa Nr'-
'''' I'D >lr,eeN' W"'en S,,ie'ii''e9 i'N.o1 ioI
"e'H' an" months i' Nl'! ne S'' oi o'o
li iheS' ahtrnhl-' urihkiiG an" '"Iou9i''S'
nNtnS every BODY 10 drlhN' ~o,nc.''ne ,ii TWEEN.
il-iye &" thlrty al "a time lhN spree
continued until Inc i'-t "i Ju'l- itl7 ""i
at the tavern where ue had mus carried "il
amounted 10 S9oo, ana llAyeC n'd gwen
checks ana notes IN payment " lleh u so5
over ms drunken ir'lir' he @ncl lhe h9Vel
Keeper to recover the money WHICH t'e lit-
Ter had drawn on the notes anu cnecA7 In
iHe course oi The trlai II came OUT no" huG1
drink the piaintil had consumed during the
iorty days he was thus IN the wilderness
"l maudiln insanity. lhe evidence shoWed
lllt he had consumed III that iihe as l1i-
lows pne hundred and >eyenty-sN hott!ee
oi liennes>y brandy hiteen bottles oi WINS
by, three hundred and fourteen drinks ol
whisky. ana lonr hundred ana eiSuty-Selei
drinks OF ale ana porter The court decided
he could not recover the money. lnaSmuch as
1t appeared the GneefS ana notes were gwen
mornings wien Hayes was sober
The CinsiHH0ii Go-ctc tells how a woman
or that city dealt with her husbands very
wicked partners Her husband was social
weak-minded fellow. and was led into drunk
cnnesS solely l,y his partners in conyiyialitv.
who were intolerablv wicked. The wife