Litchfield enquirer., 1878-05-23
Temperance in the County.

l instance on good authority, that Old Salisbury is reformed community. Over 1900 per sons have signed the pledge, and the sale of liquor there has substantially ceased Only two of the almost hopeless inebriates who have attempted reformation have thus far failed In 1 Winsted the sale of liquor has diminished two thirds, and the community is awakened ss it was never awakened before to the dangers of 1 indulgence. Wolcottville has become a tenn perance village while Thomaston, Woodbury, New Preston, New Milford, and even Kent show splendid results. We give below facts and extracts from our county papers, showing how firm a hold the movement has taken among us:
 At Winsted, on Wednesday evening of last week, the City Hall was well filled to listen tc addresses from Rev. A. N. Benedict.o of Bridge port, Judge Harrison of New Haven and oth- ers Judge Harrison said that during his three l or four years term over the New Haven City Court, of the four thousand persons brought 1 before him, fully seven-eights were there in consequence, directly or indirectly, of liquor | posed upon them for the maintenance of jus- | tice, he had no doubt that these people suffer | ed pecuniarily by loss of time, expense of tri- als, etc. to an amount not less than half a mil lion of dollars! In fact the city expenses of $150, 900 year are largely due to the demor- alization caused by intemperance. The Rev. Mr. Sheriden lectured at the Catholic church on the same subject, the evening before. l. The movement is reported progressing fa- vorably at Thomaston. Messrs. Love and Miller have been there several evenings recent ] ly. There are regular weekly gatherings, and last week there was Temperance meeting at the Catholic church addressed by noted speaker of that denomination
 Wolcottville is doing splendidly. The sale of liquor is said to have almost ceased in the village, and the efforts of Wolcottville Tem- perance missionaries have been extremely suc- cessful in Bakerville, Torrington, and Harwin- ton. At Torringford, thirty new signatures were obtained on one of these visits, short time since In Bakerville the list of those wearing the blue now exceeds 130. New Hartford has Christian Temperance Union which numbers nearly 300 members, and which has rented reading room for the use of it's members. They have frequent lec- lures, and are to be addressed, on Thursday, of this week, by Rev. Father Walsh, of Wa terbury, who was formerly pastor of the Ro- man Catholic church at that place, who has many admirers there, and who is an eloquent | speaker and an earnest worker in the cause of temperance. He comes under the auspices of the ''St. Mary's Total Abstinence and Benevo- lent Society,"" Says the Herald correspondent from that place:
 The Blue and Green Ribbon movements l have worked wonderful results in this village, and still the field is open for a greater harvest. | When drunken man is seen upon our streets now, there is almost certainty that he is from some other locality than the village of New | Hartford.
 Riverton is also aroused on the subject of Temperance Out of population of less than 3OO says the Herald, 225 have signed the pledge. A Christian Temperance Union has been formed and every effort is being made tC ensure a success that shall be as permanent as | it is sweeping.
 Colebrook, says the Herald, had the largest gathering seen in this place for years at the temperance meeting on Tuesday evening The house was literally packed" It was addressed by gentlemen from Winsted, Rverton and | elsewhere.
 l At Tolyn md mass meeting on Wednesday oflast week, and another the day following at the Center, ad dressed by Mir. D. G. Lawson, of Williman tic.
 The Sharon Temperance Union was address ed, last week, by Rev. MT. Pratt, Secretary o the State Temperance Union. An unusually
 large audience was present.
 The Kent Temperance Union was also ad
 dressed by Mir. Pratt. last week. and rousine Temperance meeting was held the week before
 at which efficient assistance was rendered by
 friends from New Preston.
 New Milford keeps the ball rolling, having
 been addressed by Mir. Pratt, and also by
 Mrs. Whttemore, of whom the Gazette say
 that besides being an able lecturer, ''as bus
 mess woman her executive ability is regarded
 as among the highest, while her christian vir
 tues are reflected in her genial countenanc
 and devotion to the cause of temperanc
 throughout our entire domain.
 Bethlehem has been waking up in the Fem
 perance cause. Mir. Geo. B. Graves, of Wa
 terbury was at work there three nights las week, and the way was prepared by unio meetings in behalf of Temperance in the Con
 gregational church. Says the Bethlehem col respondent of the New Milford Gazette, , This is a very temperate place at ,best ther
 being no place where liquor is sold. l don think it would have been possible to get drink of the ardent in the town for a year past Some of our farmers have been in the habit C
 putting up keg of cider to drink sweet in th , fall but we all expect to knock in the head ( the keg now. Morris has been having very successful st ries of meetings, and the proportion of signel
 to population in that place is reported to e very large. At latest reports the number wf had taken the pledge was two hundred an | nine.
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