St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-01-31

the Temperance cause, and that tenn
perance men should exert themselve
in every proper way to counterfeit tn
evils above named.
8. That special efforts should b
made to hinder drinking among young
men, and that the use of domestic a
well as of imported liquors, including
wine, cider and beer, should be dis
cOuntenanced.
9. That one of the worst features il
the use of ardent spirits is the SLAYER.
of the drinker to the cup, and his ina
bility to govern himself; and that nj
one has a right to call himself tenn
perance man who is tied to cigar
pipe or teapot.
10. That the Executive Committee
of this society cooperating with thu
various vice presidents, be instructed
to arrange as far as feasible, for tenn
perance mass meetings, with the view
of assisting 10 the formation in eact
town of a permanent temperance OF
ganization auxiliary to this society.
The following additional resolution
was offered by S. c. Otis of Sheffield
Resolved, That this convention recog
nizes the fact that the use of Other
stimulants, creates an appetite for in
| tOxicating drinks. and that especially
the use of tobacco, is promOtive of suct
appetite, and that, therefore we pledge
ourselves to discourage the use of to-
baccO in any form, especially among the
young.
No discussion arose until the 9TH res
olution was read, when M. Montgomery
Esq, said the Oft-repeated assertion
that there never was more liquor drank
in Vermont than now was untrue and
should be stamped as "A falsehOOd; and
the fact that the member from Rutland
attempted to get the prohibitOry law
repealed and license law passed by
the last Legislature, should put every
temperance man on his guard.
Rev. II. w. Jones supported the reso-
luton. and gave some interesting facts
us brought out in the working of the
law in Maine.
Rev. H. F. Austin followed in some
remarks about the temperance habits
of Vermont and New York, compared.
The difference was amazing, and all of
it in favor of Vermont and he urged
that we hold on to the prOhibitOry law.
The resolution WAS further discussed
by Alex. Stewart, who gave some sta
tistics of amount of money spent for
liquor before and since the passage of
the prohibitory law, both in Maine and
Vermont,-by which it was demon
strated that not One-tifth of the money
was spent for liquor now that there was
before the passage of the prOhibitory
law TIE resolution was not adopted,
however because the sentiment was
embodied in another which had already
been adopted.
The Sth resolution was discussed by
Henry S. Wright, Geo. K. Drew, and
Others, and adopted.
The tobacco and teapot resolution
(9th) was supported by S. C. Otis. Ed
ward p. Allen thought that it was re-
solving about self-evident fact, which
was useless and suggested substi-
tute. j. p. Otis wanted the resolution
as it was. Charles Gates supported the
part of it with zeal; aud
Geo. r. Drew would also adopt the tea
part. Mr.. Drew made il good point
against the tobacco users. He said
fourteen gospel workers went up to No.
Danville to hold religious meetings,
aud twelve of them used tobacco. He
said even North Dauville sinners knew
better than that and he advised that
Ill t0bacco-using gospel workers re-
main ut Jerusalem until purified.
A. j. Willard and Rev. Austin
thought the convention was in danger
IF weighing a good cause down too
heavily, and the ninth resolution was
rejected, after which meet
ng adjourned. The attendance was quite
small in the forenoon, but fair audi
nee was out in the afternoon, includ-
ng quite number of ladies.