St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-12-25

the several classes of artizans Five
hundred men are toiling in the various
rooms. The work is mostly hard in
some departments vcIy hard. The heat
Is often great. From seven o'clock till
twelve. from one o'clock till siX-ten
hours each day-thc men are ut their
posts. The range of heat and cold is
trying, for the summer sun is fierce. the
winter frost is kecn. Your ordinary
citizen cannot live through the summer
heats without Il trip to Lake Champlain
and the Adirondack mountains Yet
the men engaged in these manufarto-
rirS of scales are said to drink no beer,
no whisky. and no gin. Drinking and
smoking aIe not allowed on the premi-
SeS. Such orders might he only meant
f"l discipline, bat am told that these
tive hundred workmen really never
taste Il drop of either beer or gin. Their
drink is water, their delight is tea Yet
everyone assures me that they work
well, enjoy good health. and live us long
aS persons of their class employed on
farms. These men," ask. "who rake
the furnaces. who carry the burning
metals, and who stand about the cruel
h''S can they go on all day without
thrir beer p ''ThcN never taste drop.
and never ask to have - drop Thnro
i II can of water near them: they like
the taste of water better than the iumc
of ale. and do their work more steadily
without such fumes"
In fact. | find that these intelligent
craftsmen are the warmeSt advocates of
the prohibitivr liquor law. They voted
for it in the outset they have voted for
it ever since. Each year of trial makes
them more fanatical in its favour. Since
the Act came into force. new CLAUSES
have been added 10y the State Lcgi>la-
turc. Party questions often turn or,
thi> liquor law. and these intelligent
Wnrkmrn always vote tor those who
promise to extend its operations. They
would gladly crush the sale of intoNi-
eating liquors once for all. and | am led
Ia fancy that some of them would not
hesitate To make the sale IL capital of
fence.
..Ohli.c me-" cntrcat my sober host .
V hen going to bed. with Il glass of
>"da-Watrr. "N"lN. sir: We have IL"
soda water in the h"u>r." "a glass "t
>rlrZcr-watcr or corgIt>>-Watcr ''Sor-
~. >Ir: We have none III the house.
"Whl NOT Arc these Intoxicating
drinks prohibited 10y law - "Oh. no :;
they sell them al the druggists shop.
"Thrn rlc;~r T." get me some. Ky
cII>c me. >lr. ii l. too late: the drug
%i>t'> shop is closed" The fact is 50.
Turning to my host. | ask him why hc
docs not keep such Things a> >"da-wa-
tel and >cltIcI-watcI tor sale. ''Nr
have no customers for them. Guc>> i, :
people Who drink brandy that mostly
ask tur soda Water
should Il tip>N stranger hc taken III
the street t;I~ sometimes happcu>.
though the case j. rarc). he l. seized
like a stray donkey. run into pound.
Ind kept apart till he has slept away
/ lhr fumes OF his ahumiuahlc dram. An
officer then inquiries Whcir ir got his
drink. Ga telling. he i set tree. and
! the prr-uil vino sold the liquor is aII,'>t =
ed, tlri amd punished t"I the man of
fence. The vendor. not the buyer. l.
{ lc~puu~lhl,. iur this breach of moral or
+ der. 1t l. iu~l the same. whether til"
person supply ing the liquor sells it 81
4 .i>,- il away ~ that II rhu ,ut'-t tai"
it,. hi> friends at dinner has t" stand
hri"lc the Magistrate and answer t"r
the post -prandill conduct of his several
guests. Onr can imagine how this IUl"
/ l. lihcll /" promote GOOD fellowship
round the mahogany tree.
Ih,.>,' draw backs may he taken of
IIr sum Of public hcmclit>. W hat then
remains The W"rl,mIu> paradise rc-
mair>: Il Village which ha> all tho Is
poet of a garden: Il village in which
many of the WoIkmcu aIr "WnclN "i