St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1883-01-26

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to tbe station,bousa Inv o+Ler ofticers
An ambulance yas sen+ for and ne.
lIanev as Le walked ont IN II looked
at McGowan,S hodv and did 70 Cant
Pettv ..Cantain tbat,s tLe man sbo,
me and sbnt hin, I did NOT ;ntond
to 1se INV nistoI hnt I had to do II >
At tho LoinitaI tb, snro,aons fornd
two cuts made by TN. butf of McGow-
ans nistol ON DeIanev,s face The
bnIIet vent tbrongL tie nnner r;gLt
evelid. ploupbed into the eveball. and
| lodged i'm the right cheek
On the same dav we had in the daily
papers reports of other bloody scenes
in other parts of the city. A witness
describes one scene in these words
1.-TWO men came into the saloon and
insisted on having drinks, and Paul
said to the bartender. with an offensive
epithet, If you don't give me drink
| I'll turn the house upside down. He
then seized pewter pitcher, filed
with water, and threw it at DOnnelly.
| The latter lodged, and Paul next
raised large kettle, which contained
boiling water, and also hurled it at the
barkeeper. At this juncture | arose
and told Paul that that was no way to
carry on ; whereupOn he kicked me in
the pit of the stomach. and | was
rendered senseless. On regaining con-
seriousness, | saw Paul and Donnelly
| fighting behind the bar. They were
III a clinch, and Paul broke away, and.
coming from behind the bar. began
| tiinging chairs at the bartender. The
latter had Il pistol in his hand.
which he fired, shooting Paul and kill
ing him.
Yet another, on the same dav. WAS
! in vet another saloon where the tipbt-
| ing was general with whatever Wea-
pons came to hand. Frank F. Kelly
was struck on the head with a bottle
| bv John Nevins. and his skull was
| fractured. In return. Nevins was
stabbed i'm the back Inv Frank KelIv's
brother John. and laid low. HAVING
lost the knife in fine struUple Job1
Kelly seized an axe and dealt Mozart
| land a blow on tbe head tbot stra+cLed
him senseless When the noIice ar
rived ON fine scene tIe fnht v-a, o,,e,.
| but several arrests were made
Scenes NOT mike thesa nccn, neorI,.
every day in the ve,r i'm the s,loons of,
| this city If +bey- ,vero ,,.no,toJ fro,,,
the dens of vice in new settlements. ON
the outskirts nf civilization we vouId
wonder that anybodv ooes tbere to
| live. or rather to RIM the risL, of beinp
Il 4
But tbev form , narf nf tLe daiI,, iifa
of the rreot mrtronoIis of the contil
nent. While INTELLIGENT CL,istion iii
zens are eniovinr the Injuries that ra-
ligion and wealth and education fnr.
nish, they are able to reflect. if they
will think of it. that within nistol shot
of their houses and churches coIIaraS
and schools. these scenes are oImost
constantly in nrooress And tho SOD.
ond reflection is. that all off these tr,r-
edies are performed under ono insniro-
tion-that of stronu drink RiIl, Nc
Glory and Companv are licensed Inv
the city authorities to keen and soil
the material which is the insni,ino
cause of this violence and bloodsbed
Thus the city. the constituted poy-
eminent of the people. which repre-
sents the average civilization of the
great community, is a party to the
state of things which we are now de
plOring. 1t comes to lust this and
nothing less. There is no nearer con-
nectiOn between any effect and its
cause, than there is between the lin
uor-saloons and crimes of blood. And
us the government maintains these sa-
looms, and takes money for the Der-
mission given Billy McGlorv and Com
pany to furnish the fuel for these fires.
the government is morally responsible
for the mischief that results.
1t is hardly possible to imagine q
subject more stale and flat than this
and can hear Won saving, ..This is
not the entertainment to which | WAS
invited" Just so; but | have often
told you, must write of that which
is for the moment the most pressing
on the mind. And sit is borne in up-
on me-" that the most serious, impor-
tant, and mOmentous question of the |
day is involved in the matter of tenn
perance or intemperance in the use of
Intoxicating drinks. There is no par
ty issue so nearly vital to the welfare
of this country. The tariff. the cur-
rency. everything dwindles. when
compared with the ripantic nronor-
tions of the increasing evil that comes
from this one pestilent source. | do
not pretend to nronose = soln+ior ofI
WLara tborn :, ',I.I;, Wv ','ou' IT.