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

IoPsHAM.-There has been an agent at
East Topsham. Sales verv small, and
Contrary to my expectation, mostly confined
/" tn town. The old agent r%e-appointed
without opposition.
TtNHEIDGE.-Quite early I received 4
communication from some forty persons,
asking me not to appoint an agent in town,
neither made appointment nor visited
the town. June %, | received IA letter
from the seleclmen. asking me to appoint
the old agent. | knew that he had been
In trouble the previous year. and concluded
not to appoint until l visited the town. |
wrote them that | had received a remon-
strance against appointing any one and
could take no notice of their petition or re-
quest because they signed their names as
selectmen. They concluded to make the
petition strong, and sent it to me again
signed by n hundred and forty names.
| then visited the town, and founl that
there was Il great deal of bitterness and
strife. | investigated the matter as well
as ! was able. | came to the conclusion
that the agent was the Selcctmcn's a1ent.
He had sold in the last live months, fifteen
gallons Of alcohol to one man who has
sold II through tie town and vicinity. in
essences. camphor. and by the pint and
half pint rs he could find customers. and
the agent furnished it by the written order
OF the >electmen. This found upon his
books. | told the selectmcn l would defer
the appointment a little. They were very
urgent, rs people were sick or likely to be.
After whiting some two weeks longer: |
appointed. August Sth, Il man not recon-
mendel 10y the selectmen. The town sud
denly became healthy, and they refused to
furnish HIM.
NEE>TIIRE.-This town has not had an
agent Tor about seven Years. Little liquor
Is u>rd IN the northern part, i drunken
man being but seldom seen. About the
mines they are plenty, and it is Il grief to
the northern part, but no prosecutions can
hc made, from the fact that ncurlY all
drink.
The president of the mines. is, | believe,
a tcelOttler. but this cannot be said of very
many Others who are connected with the
mines IN any responsible position. There
may he some honorable exceptions, but we
can never look Tor any radical reform in
that quarter of the town as long as the
over>rcrs indulge in their frequent drains,
and set the example before those who are
under their authority, | hope the day is
il't ltl tilSlftIll W lei they Will IAtI the I'M
portlnce of first reforming themselves, and
then wipinw out those sinks of pollution in
their midst.
N~AslIINEroN has had IN agent until
June or July, lS13, when he WAS removed.
\ few leading men proposed to have an
agent sell the Liquor now on hand; but the
mljorltv SAID better spill them in the street
than to have those. scenes re-enacttd that
had been So frequent when liquors were
sold. They could not, OF would not. agree
upon any one to sell, and the matter was
postponed Indefinitely. understand that
the town has been for the most of the time
quiet since the agent WAS rclnove in 1873.
and other places have ceased to deal in it
where it WAS plenty when the agent was
selling.
WEST FAIEIEr.-Thi> place has, for
years, been notorious for It's tipping. and
the rum-holrs nave only been shut for a
few days when they became 50 outrageous
that SlnH threatened to cast out S,tan.
The >clectmrn wished to make Il revenue
for the town by the sales of liquors: to this
| objected, and .lIcy We're left without IN
agent for three weeks.
During this time bat little if any liquor
was sold al West Fairlee or vicinity, but
~ soon - there WAS An agent, some four
othI places opened. and unless some Of
lhc Nr~idcnt> >llndcred themselves, a man
need not 60 away from the place sober be-
cause he cannot find lenty of rum. |
believe til" agent intends to sell strictly
according to law.
WILIlAM>rnwN has had an agent some
time: the last one was removed for ILLEGAL
>e,l.nE. and the good people told me when
they wanted an agent they would send for
me.
have gun" over the towns in this re-
port without bitterness toward II one. |
htv" cnlravorei To report faithfully, and
act faithfully and con>cientiouSlv. | have
done what | thought was duty without fear
or favor of any man.
| will now give the amount of sales As
given in their quarterly reports to me. by
the five agents now selling in the countv
Brain,rre has sold u l. gallons; OF
this about - gallons has zone to other
towns. Chelsea has sold la J-> gallons;
q to other towns. Randolph has sold
- gallons; Il t" other towns. Top~lam
has sold ll6 gallons; II to other towns.
West Flirlrr has sold SIS gallons: 80 to
o;lIcr towns. Value Of the liquors sold in
thr county (accor,iiny t. law.) during the
l.t>t ninr months. S}jG6 -.
Braintrr.' has consumed in town. an
average, of ID pint to each inhabitant
Chelsea. 50 pint to each man. woman and
child: Randolph, 10 pint; Top>ham. II
pint: West Fairlcc. about l LIS pints.
The above report respectfully submitted.
4. +. KINNEY, Co. Commissioner.