St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-07-09
Temperance Notes.
Many Links One Chain.

True temperance work is done il
the home. in the church. in the Sun
day school, the kindergarten. the day
school, the academy, the college, th'
ship. the barracks, the markets, the
courts, the ballot box. Let DO on,
despise this or that phase of effoIt
Each one is link in the chain that i,
10 bind the great dragon, Intemper-
ance, aud if you forbid the forging o
one you weaken the strength of all
| Union Signal.
Strength of the Liquor Element.
Some indication of the strength OF
the liquor element is given in the fact
that 1900 delegates were present at the
recent convention of United States
brewers in New York city. The May
or gave them an "effusive welcome
They voted All appropriation of Sl0,-
600 for n literary fund, also to grant
aid tn the brewers of Kansas and Iowa
in test cases before the court of APP
peals. The Union Signal says: These
men believe in the power of the print
ed page, in thorough organization and
in the almighty dollar.
BlOOmingIlale, Mich. has fixed sd
loon bonds at $4,000.
Six thousand men and women of Al
legheny county, Nd, have petitioned
for prohibition.
A prohibition club has been organ
lied in Cumberland, Md. with Mr..
John l.. Thomas as president. At the
recent city election one ward gave 23
votes to the prohibition candidates for
city council. The same ward gave st.
John e votes.
This ratio of increase in the nation
would give the prohibition ticket 600,
900. According to the same ratio, in
fOnr years the prOhibitionists would
have 4,S0O,O00.
Fourteen states have adopted the
scientific Temperance education bill,
largely through the influence of the
w. &. Il. II. The first five, Vermont,
New Hampshire, Michigan, Rhode
Island and New York, prior to the
dawn of 1885, and the last nine since,
Alabama, Nevada, Nebraska, Kan
sas, Oregon, Maine, Wisconsin, Mis-
souri, and Pennsylvania. 1t does not
look like "set back" but rather set
forward of the temperance work.
The following resolution was passed
by the Washington county conference
of Congregational churches.
Resolved, That this conference ex-
tends its greetings to the Woman's
Christian Temperance Union of Yer
mont, and assures them of it's warmest
sympathy and cooperation with the
Christian women of the state in the
work for Gospel temperance. This
conference recognizes the prominence
of women in all fields of Christian eff !
fort, and expects the same rich harvest
from their work to promote temperance
and sObriety and the education of the !
young in righteousness, that has at
tended their labors in other directions |
of Christian effort.
The w. G. +. u. ladies of Boston,
Mass, have been gathering few facts
rs to the cost of this luxury of liquor
in that city, and find the fol-
lowing: "The appropriation for police,
hospital and court eXpen-
SEES, nine tenths of which are produced !
by the liquor business, amount to 81,
}24 ,3tj6. Nine tenths of this is paid
by the taxpayers. Citizens of Minueap-
oils and Minnesota, what is true of
Boston holds good here. How much
longer are you willing to be taxed to
keep in existence dens of death to ruin
your own boys. Licenses are ordered
by the people at the ballot box. Be
careful on depOsiting yOur ballots. -
Minneapolis paper.