St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-01-25

pretty cledD Vi Cle evil. uoTt was HI
agency in town. S. C. Otis of Sheffield
said they had no agency in town, whicl
he considered good thing. There wer'
!, some drinking men in town, and Their
: had been some instances where the Law
} had taken hold OF them. Henry S
Wright did not know as there wa
liquor sold at either st. Johnsbur.
hotel, and if it was it was done very
slyly. Some liquor was sold in private
houses and holes, and it used to be solo
largely at the drug stores; he did no
know how it was now, however. Ht
thought older people were drinking les
liquor and the young men more. One
only needed to go on an excursion from
this place to be satisfied of this. A. 5
Laughlin of Barnet, said that when they
found any one selling liquor in thai
town. they went for him. He thought
their reputation for drinking consider
able liquor was largely undeserved
They had no agency, and wanted none
Some liquor was struggled i'll through
the express, mainly at McIndOe's Falls,
whence it was distributed. There was
Il wholesome fear of the law, however,
and no one can get liquor unless he will
perjure himself to screen the seller.
After some other appointment OF
committees, the convention adjourned.
AFTERNOON.
The report of the nominating COM
mittee was read as follows:
Presidential. S. Laughlin, Barnet.
Secretary and Treasurer w. San
born, Lyndonville.
Vice Observation-Disclosures, Rev. n. r.
Nichols Burke, Rev. H. P. Gushing !;
Danville, C. L. Morrill,; st. Johnsbury,
Rev. H. II. Fuller; Peacham, L. R.
Varnum GrotOn, Thos. B. Hall Hard
wick, A. E. Judevine Ryegate, Har-
vey Dunn; Walden, Harvey Foster :;
Wheelock, VIM. Chase; Sutton, H. A.
Blake; Sheffield, S. C. Otis; Lyndon,
Jeremy Pearl Newark, Alonzo Taft !;
Kirby, j. B. Gorham Stannard, Peter
Blair; Waterford, iona. Lawrence.
ErecutiUe COm.-Edward P. Allen, St.
Johnsbury Joseph p. Otis, Sutton; E.
w. Clark, Barnet.
For County Com.-Ephraim II. Stone.
st. Johnsbury.
After temperance song by the choir,
the report of the county commissioner
-Ephraim Ii. Stone-was made. The
number of gallons OF liquor sold ut the
six agencies in this county, for six
months OF last year, we're l,0l7, at Il
total cost of 1878. AT this rate, over
81 800 worth of liquor were sold in the
county last year which in the view OF
the commissioner was at least twice as
much as should be.
The report of States Attorney Henry
c. Ide was called for. He said that
in his duties as prosecuting officer he
had found that much of the intoxicatiOn
came from alcohol bought at agencies,
About five times as much money had
been received by the county clerk TOR
fines as i'll any previous year since he
had been county clerk. Over $4,000
had been paid over the past year in this
way. The greater part of liquor drank
i'll this place is peddled upon the streets
in pint bottles after dark. These cases
were exceedingly hard to reach. In
every case where complaint had been
made to him of violation of the law,
and evidence furnished, conviction
had been made, except in one case. A
Newark jury found man not guilty,
after the most direct proof to the con-
tIary.
At this point report was made from
the Woman's Christian Temperance
Union, of this place, by Mrs. Walter P.
Smith, who gave brief summary of
the work done by this organization dur
ing the past year. A word also was
given from the Woman's Temperance
Association of Barnet.
Mr.. A. S. Laughlin of Barnet, said
that the stand some of the temp erance
and Christian people had taken on cider
and beer drinking, had been great
clog upon the work in that town. He
said the trouble was not with the young
men who had been drinking they were
ready not onl y to give up cider and
beer, but tobacco also; and it was Il
shame that temperance people could
not keep pace with them.
The committee OH resolutions report
ed through H. c. Ide and H. Z. Fuller,
IT'S follows:
[. ReSOlUed, That we now reaffirm the
total abstinence from the use of all in
tOxicating liquors is the only safe rule
for right living, right preaching, and
right legislation.
=. That we recognize the public
avowals of temperance men, the tenn
perance sermons of our clergymen, the
efforts oftemperance societies and clubs,
the publication of temperance litera-
ture, and earnest, kindly individual la
Dor by men and women to save the
Incorporate, as the great moral powers
upon which we must depend for the
promotion of our cause.
3. That the prohibitory law of this
state is correct in principle, and in
practice, and if rightly sustained by
public sentiment and by public officials,
is capable of destroying the rum traffic
in this state.
4. That it is the duty of all good
citizens, not only to encourage proper
public sentiment in their respective