The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1880-11-05

stance, the provisions of the Car ada
Scott Act, whereby the indicted rum
seller must be witness, and cannot
appeal his case 10 q higher court,
should be. carefully studie9l by us.
Again, there are serious flp. WIS in the
prohibitory statutes of New Hampshire
and Vermont; the WomY.n's Christian
Temperance Unions should petition
the legislature for amendments. In
many localities in these states the con-
stituted authorities shamefully neglect
the sworn duty of enforcement: our
societies, instead of helplessly bemoan-
ing this infamous fact, should crystal
lie the righteous Indignation of the
temperance people into a public and
efficient protest. A commission of
inquiry into the results of the liquor
traffic should be appointed in every
state, and ours are just the societies to
set this work in motion. At many
state and county fairs, and other public
gatherings, strong drink is sold, but
we can secure the passage of laws
against these outragcs.
The system of exploiting unmarried
women to the far west was perhaps
well enough in its day; but thousands
once called "spinstcrs" (bccause So
ciey had found nothing for them to do
but SPIN; thousands more, whom
death, or that death in life called dissi
patton, has bereft of their strong staff
and beautiful rod; and yet other
thousands who, when their nest was
left unto them desolate because the
birds were fledged and flown. once sat
with folded hands through lifc's long
afternoon--arc finding place where
their activities exactly fit into the
varied and musical machinery of our
beautiful and blessed work. tit
TO empty hearted Young women in
homes of luxury our Unions come with
loving invitations; to the dormant tai.
ent in Christ's church the call is
"Arise, We who are at case in Zion
hear my voice, ye careless daughters"
to the over crowded ranks of teacher
dom land here can speak out of long
experience) our message is, Come will
us; we need each other. Hard as oui
work is, a teachers occupation il
harder still. Though could point yor
to score of women in our work who
speak ON an average once a day all the
year round, who organize, write, anC
travel without respite, and nearly al
4 of whom were teachers once, their con
current testimony would be that they
are stronger, healthier, and in change,
the inspiration of variety have much IL
do with producing this result. More
over, if one is in earnest, and has some
thing to say, the average audience neet
, have no terrors for a woman who cal
instruct and hold the interest ola higl
!, school class. Indeed, the former re
quires more stress OF nerve, for you
f class instinctively matches Its united
, intellectual vigor against its teacher
F and is full of questionings; while al
T audience is In receptive rather thai
combative mood, is also TO the las
F degree good natured and cannot an
swer backl Let the voice of invitation
!, go forth, then, to the teachers and TIN
, young women in our colleges, certify
ing to them that in delightful servic
for Christ new vocation is open Il
the persuaders of the race. Nor do
hesitate to predict the day as not ia
distant when we shall have scores o
educated women, where we now hav
one, engaged in the sure and stead
occupation of educating and refining
i public sentiment, with voice and pen
, against the use of poisonous beverages
;, Fields are waiting for them in half
dozen states to day, as | know b
, urgent applications from leading off
GERS. They will be welcome and be
6 loved, the sisters of all homes, sOcie
ties, and people, for their works sake
=. Customs pinched lips have ceased t
mutter their tyrannical "Thus tar, n
father" which in less Christian centu
ries checked the buoyant steps of VIC
man, and Gods fathcrly" Thus far, II
farther" written in our nature, assert
/ its kindly sway.
5 Concluded nert Teek.