Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1877-12-12

conscious since Monday, and is not
expected to live the week out
We give up considerable OF our
space this week to religious discus
sons. They will interest somebody,
Beautiful weather and shiny
lilo snow to speak Of yet. Remark.
ably mild weather for the season and
latitude.
Tramps are numerous, but they
must look out and not die here. They
pray over EN-, box 'em aud sod EN-
here before they are fairly cold
Rattle his bones over tho stones,
He's only tramp that nobody owns.
The LIQUOR LAW NuIsANCR.-
The Grand Jury of the County have
been in session here for the past week.
The number of witnesses in attend
ance before them has been immense
mostly, we are informed, in liquor
cases. Nearly one hundred, it is said,
have been summoned from the towns
Of Cavendish and Ludlow. II the tax
payers of the State Of Vermont could
only know to what base uses the liquor
law is put, and how much the prose
cutlons under 1t cost the State, they
would sweep it from the Statute book,
and enact in its place judicious and
stringent license law, the same as has
been done in Massachusetts. 1t is no
secret that IN the opinion OF the best
citizens of our State, earnest temper
ance men, the liquor law Of the State
hes proved q failure. Prosecutions
under this law COSTS the tax payers
over one hundred thousand dollars
every year, and to-day intemperance
is more prevalent throughout the
State than ever betore-crime is more
rampant and more abundant than
ever. Our jalls are tiled-onr State
Prison was never before so crowded
with inmates high crimes and mis-.
demeanors have become the order OF
the day. Since the year 1854 we have
been trying the experiment OF legls-
lating our people into the precepts
and practice Of temperance, or total
abstinence from the Use Of liquor
The prohibitory law has certainly had
u fair trial. Its results have been dis
astrous. 1t has proved a failure as a
whole, and such is the unbiased yer
dict Of tho great body of the intell,
gent, and candid temperance men, and
tax,paying citizens of our State. We
happen to know, that we here speak
the sentiments Of several members of
the Grand Jury who have been i'll at.
tendance here this term; one of
them said to us, "the law seems to be
made use of more for purposes of
private revenge than any thing else"
Good, order,loving citizens are charg-
ed with the crime of furnishing liquor,
and fines fastened upon them, by
class of worthless toadics, who are
often times the paid tools of some
malicious reighbor or townsman, who
sees in this law good opportunity to
crafty grudge and as the law now
is, he too often finds in the prescott
ing law officer, willing accomplice,
in extorting all the money possible,
inasmuch as one fourth of all the fines
imposed, goes, not into the State
Treasury, where it should, but into the
pockets Of the already soel salaried
States attorney, who has charge OF
the prosecution. The liquor law de-
serves to be well ventilated before
the people, and when ever it is we'll
understood in all its workings, the
good sense Of the people will demand
its repeal, and the substitution in its
place of some law better adapted to
the wants and requi rements Of the
public interest.
WHEELER OUTDoNE. Brat
tleboro Retormer says, Hollis Town
and two other hrutes, recently tied
vicious horse to tree and literally
beat him to death.
Severely Windsor boys were be-
fore the Grand Jury Tuesday, to tes-
tify where they bought their rum.
SHOULDN'T recollect" was generally the
answer. In the evening they were
very much reflected but we suppose
the air did it, as this is a strictly tenn
perance town.