Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-03-10
Orange County Commissioners Report.

Orange County commissioners Report.
In performing the duties of the office. |
visited, in the month of May. all the towns
in the county except Fairlcc and Stafford.
| had no intimation that AN agent was
wanted in those towns; on the contrary.
WAS crrlibly informed that the people di!
not wish for IN agent.
BEooKFIELD has had no agent for wears.
and tie citizens agreed with the authorities
tn It they would have none. | understand
that the Good Trmplars are doing Il good
work in town, and they with others strong
lv protest against having any liquors sold
in town for any purpose Whatever.
BRADFORD has had an agent for years.
and | do not know that the town has ever
been without one. Every one seemed to
suppose, rs 4 matter of course, that AN
agent they must have. Some had been
dissatisfied with the agent of the previous
years, and public bid, had been made for
the agency. This dissatisfaction arose
from two causes: LIST. it WAS thought the
proceeds of the sales We're not put into the
treasury of the town this class We're affect
cd in their pockets. ID. many felt that the
agent WAS very injudiciou> in his sales.
Instead Of 4 petition for the ~r.-Ippoint-
ment of the agent, there WIS 4 rcmon-
STRANGE n ain>t him in Il petition for an
other. who tad publicly made bid for the
agency. Upon this petition there We're
sixty names. The gentleman WAS inter
viewed and positively declined to take the
agency ;9the particular friends of the old
agent then pressed his claims. bat | refU>-
ed to appoint him. Report says he %contin-
ucss. to sell. | appointed Mr.. Charles Rog-
crs at the suggestion of all the resident
clergymcn. and several of the leading men
of the town. understand the >cIrrtmcn
have not furnished him. and consequently
no liquors have been sold accorGinyl To law
in the town. | am informed that there
has not been, for several wears, so little
liquor sold and drank in Bradford, ~ IUr-
me the present year, and | do not learn
that the town has been visited by diseases
that have not been >ubdIcd by allpptlhv
or : little pills"
B@HAINrEtE has had an agent who h1~
given general satisfaction. Fire comm;>-
sionerS in convention agreed that the law
requiring the town agent TO give Il bone
of six hundred dollars. houil be enforced.
The gentleman selected to sell refused to
sign the bond. and the town WAS without an
agent until June 2l,h, EWhrn he concluded
to take the agency and sim the bond.
The sales have been small. | have heard
mo- rn,unl,int bur hay. been tnLI And be-
lirv, ,h,t ifHroiutrr, must have an ,r.u,.
| could not have made Il better selection.
Tin, linnnr. have, been sold At SunwviIlr
near Erooktirll. have reason to fear
that upon the railroad in the west lrrt of
the town. liquor, are sold and drtnk. 1t
seems to me to be more difficult II enforce
the law i'll snrh places. than in towns more
remote from Railroads..
CHEL>EA.-l found in this town no OPP
position to the former agent. and he WAS
~rc-appointcd. The sales have been l'r-r.
very much larger than | hoped they W"Hlt
nay pecn: 90 Il. ''', ~, 'I'!' N."i
se'.lns iiJn''',o">N ~ "I WYNN, -,
"nrn' a 7noi inn!ff -. win nf,m j.. ,i,n
;,;hi u"'I ,m,,i'n - a.. ..L.' h'r.
- 81. n,. N;u &c.. .,. ,n,
been Tor other tpWil>- VIII Try ana lNl
this n1tfrr in itS irlr nuht in rpDUtinU
=
sales
CprIHru In thi. TOWN liul1rs vr1r
r
Soli EAST year. l Wis hNIl'" ny tI' ~'4''t-
men L" \lIlu ''t t""n' 'h" was lniol 'iit''
~ '"o'N ~ T'"
u eAP:','"' =" y "IO',''.: Il
Il person MY Mo"'" Nv -
inc peopt' 81 ~ VOW" ., nn.S'.I Mno
"o",' ~ MINNIE
n''. - ,m' -.U' lr0l. u.,hD,, ~
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quantity !" ''i''' "'>''' '"'
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FAIRlEE.-i am not aware that th!s
town has h:d an agent tor years. and | d'
not hear OF any Illegal sales | nave +;
very good opinion OF the temperance
principles OF faiiiet people: l 90 n"
know tllat any "r"ef OF society Tor '''
suppression ol ntcnpcralce tAI>.> IN town
NEwIuKY.-I received a coiv of 4 re =
~olution passed at a public mtrtInr hullr,
If Newbury Street. Dated March 20. 1874
which rcaI * fellows.
/, Resoir.d. That We. lit rs of \cwhuiv Street an,
vicinity, ii" hereby eNim's- "n' I"ne-i drSie tn
| ert,hl,"h"I in our ml,i.t. ~
] Reso'red' That ne foregoing ''>"i"n n he en-
I'm. meeting, a.'i torwar,ie It, tt county com
4 mis>i"nr'.
These. resolutions | Received d. will
=; seveuty-tiv,. SIGNATURES. also receive,
+; three netiliops all dated March. and writ
! ten by the aren't of last year. These w,.r
, sent me with a letter from the AGENT. date,
i Anril 9TH a,kinr for 4 "rc-onnointn,er
! pIil -tiI tNhIIS W - it-il IoilillIltIli
+ Upon the three petitions were ON
J hundred and sixty-four names. con
j cludcd not to make :n APPOINTMENT unit
| visited the town l found the agent ha
d held the position Tor several years. but +"
;: the last year, at least the safe had beer
lett to tw" young sons under tl2ht'e
i years OF age the fatilrr beng absent.
IL portion OF the time L ais" found that tn
selec'iiei '"'' n''e' '''' any "'oe, q
q ,"ii'9nI" any N1oS' "''n'' ''"i"
learn ''i'' t"e 'o"i 'ietsulN h"' ever re
ceivea any PtpeeGus ot 'lt sues. No'
w.i.?'an"i" ,nJ ons nl,,es uPo
l.,.;". ~. @nI ro = Il u,"S .oi'
appoint '"o ," '2oh'' an, ~ ot''tr nam
r. annointmen, lave not since hr,rJ fro,