The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1882-09-15
Temnernnce NO.cs.

Kansas are l'rulibiiiutistS Kansas
takes mo steps back ward.
The annual National Christian TEN.
pcrancc Union Convention will b. he'd
in Denver, C"lnralh, D.iubcr %, u
and 20
Mr.. Spnrgcnn hes slad.cucd hr
hearts at the temper incc workers ui
Great Britain by publicly dDnning he
blue RIB II.
Three / the four candidates now be-
fore the G pie 20 ..ovrinIr of Penn
sylvania are SAID Ia hr pronounced
tcnprIa' cr nirn.
The indianapolis Jnurnn say {:
1.-The attitude of o liquor interest in
lnlaia, and ~ nil { % states, is maxi
i y prohibit N woes exc \ dM."
Ii WA resolved 1T ll, recent state
temperance cnsVcniiui i,cih in Ravens
wood, Nirgingia, Ia dcinlnd u prohibit
tory constitutional auirnd : eat fl jnl
the Leg islaure
The New YORK Curt OF Appruis has
de sided II, i even the phrrnz, e. men
tai alienation caused iv drink : no c.
cuss lar murder nr either crime com
miitcd while n,uicr its influence
The people OF Ncbraska are moving
for prohibition clau,c in their state
constitution, aud when lhrv ire per-
mitlcd to vote on the question, there is
scarcely doubt that they will vote in
!Avor of prohibition.
A son Of HE late President Tyler
was lately arrested in Washington for
drunkenness. "Allhough poor, be-
sotted creature" says Syracuse Jour
nal correspondents, she is one of the
most cphr,ly and polished men, in de-
meauor and conversation, to be found
in Washington.
Thirly-two members Of the British
Parliament, among whose names occnl
those of John Bright, Sir Charles
Dixie, Sir W. Vernon lIArcourt, Sam
uel Morley. JOSEF h T. wen, and II. G.
Il. ChiIdeis, have adopted total absti
ncncr.
Iuiu"i- I'"Nr tf'rtU ''.N ~ ~, ,Is-.
any other state ~ the Union, Sc 80 ne,
capita. OHIO pays 81 30; Conuccli
cut. 81 30; Nrhraskn, 81 so; New
York, $l.45; Missouri, 81 %; Colora
do, 81. 20; Iowa. 80 cents; Kansas,
cents: Vermont. > cents.
a Young jnan rfoposcd Tor the hant
Of - beautiful girl. AS she hcsiiatct
alb our replying. ho said: 81 await youl
answer with hnlcd breath" The girl
who is good deal of humorst. said
"Wcll, Mr.. N, Yon will have 10 bal
you, breath with something besides
high wines Ia catch Your humble ser
want. Good night. =
The first temperance meeting ever
held on This continent look place jus
twenty eight years after the lnnting Of
the Pilgrims, a. Il small trading pos
near Quebec The orator of tie da,
was an lndiam chief. recently convert
ed, whose plea, HAT all his tribe should
take the total abstinence pledge, met q
hearty response from the swarihy red
-. - 10 bod "l-n"dy learned the dire.
hi elects Of fire water.
You advance public morality when
va" drivn virn into nrivany ns 10
tircmcnt from the light is tribute Ia
correct opinio I. When vice, once
public: becomes private. The vice Ii, s
not in its privacy but in its own urel
nal viciousness. ! is all nonsense to
say that privacy br2cls more vice.
The very fact HAT vice dare not seek
The light. convlciS the sinner and
warns those VIII, fall into temptation.
Society takes long forward step
when law prohibits II sin and drives it
into dark places. q
TIE prohibition Of the liquor traffic
in the United States is of vastly grcnter
Importance to the people, even in n
secular point of view, than any other
issue claiming their attention., bur
when considered in its moral aspect,
prnniincHt among which is the crim.-
naliti oi the governments, both stale
and ha'ipIiai, Involved in The licens C
system, il seems almost Incredible ihat
thoro si,'nld l." E.unL un,nnu Ehii.-
ilau> and noral ciiiz"us Il siu..le- on.
Willing that The iniquiluns tn m s
should be- longer tolerated by law
Star ~ Hope.
We grant II; "mcn will drink more
IN private because OF prohibition
That is bui saving that many
men who row drink in public
viii drink some IN private. laws
against murder compel privacy in muir
der, but not necessarily murder in pri-
vacN. The sober man will not drak
IN public or private. Drinking men
viii he driven tn privacy, bnt not nee
essaiily Ia drinking. 50, too. with the
pet companion lie: ''mnrc men will
use opium" Very likely. When
poor fellows cannot get liqnor SD easily
HEY %ill procure substitute, if posi-
Bile The besotied must drink private
~, or get opium il they can, but the
main fact remains - salnons are Illegal
and the growing scrVraiion is deliv-
Fred Irrm temptation. We deliberate
and pei haps moi the greatest evil IN
saloons. Nulgarity, Sabbath breaking,
profanity, conspiracy, brutality. Gle, =
ton dcbnnchcry aud crime Ill go out
Of The saloon with the Liquor when
Ihcse fostering hot beds of moral lepro-
~ case.-[N. W. e. 4.
This year seems Ia many who both
observe aud think, ia be The crisis wear
of the temperance cause. After half II
century of experiments, often futile,
generally only half successful. we la w
COKE a. see that civic force backed 10y
righteous lcgi-lalion must snpplemc nj
all mclsnrers originating on the phil
anihrop'c or purely religion, side.
We have forced The issue into the pn-
liiical life Of the country; il has cunc
into fine arena and the question is,
shall IL he sustained there, or host z
This Vray iii decide Iha answer la
the words at amoihcr: cit is high tide
tor prohibition; pavly irins are lnnsc,
aud there is nUIhing Ia iishlrn them
this Year; political corrupIinn .lisgus's
aud alarms every sensible man; the
most incompetent, drunken Congress
llai ever disgraeel the country is be-
tore them, aud thousands see lipt there
mnsi he reconstruction or rnin."
I,ni all temperance men aud women,
iken, al y balrycr wing. march shout