The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1890-10-15

scribed most prominently were the Bank Of
England, the Tower, st. Paul's cathedral,
Westminster Abbey, Shakespeare's birth
place, Leeds, Liverpool, Inverness and Ed
inburgh. He gave the impressions made
upon him by the people he met and their
customs, and by the places of historical in
terest visited He had seen the queen,
heard Dean Stanley and Spurgeon preach,
and Gladstone, Z" the old man eloquent"
give specimen of his oratOry as he de-
nounced and silenced the tory leaders. Sem
ator Patterson has most excellent com
mand Of language and an aptness of Illus
tration The lecture was interspersed with
bits of wit and humor, and several eloquent
passages drew forth applause from his hear
ers. Music by the Montpelier orchestra
added enjoyment to the occasion. About
six hundred were in attendance. At the
close of the lecture an informal reception
was held in the reading-roOm, where many
townspeople paid their respects to the dis
tinguished speaker. The next entertain
ment will be a concert by the Ariel Quartet,
October 81.
REV G. w. GALLAGHER gave a temper
ance lecture, last Sunday evening, on the
subject of " High License, or the Devil
in Clover" There was a large audience in
attendance. Mr.. Gallagher took as his text
Matthew xvii: 6, And the chief priests
took the silver pieces and said, 1t is not
lawful for to put them into the treasury,
because it is the price Of blood" Mr..
Gallagher said he would specialize or focal
ize the ideas he had brought out in previous
lectures. The prosperity of the country de-
pends on the home and the ballot so that
whatever harms these is dangerous to the
country. Referring to the proposition to
have a high license law, he said that If Rut
land should be allowed to license, the towns
about it would demand the same right, and
the change would spread all over the state
Once give Rutland the right TO license, and
it would be next to impossible to take it
away. This is the last hope of those who
stood by slavery and have always been in
the way of progress But the change will
not be made. What are the reasons given
for asking for change? First it is said
the present law is a sumptuary law To
this he would say that it is designed to pro-
mote the public welfare. II does not inter
fere with private rights, but it does pro-
mote public order. The state has no more
right than an individual to promote crime.
Speaking of the effects of liquor-drinking,
the speaker said that the man who causes
this misery is given public contracts by the
town. Again, it is said that because the
law is not enforced everywhere, it should
be repealed The same argument would APP
ply 10 repeating the law on murder. III the
tlood-gates are opened by license, rum will
flow over the state, and the noble country
towns will cease to send out the men that
they have. Look at the men that have
gone out from the little town of Calais.
liquor in these places? The men in the
larger places who are advocating license do
not know what they are doing, License
will not eXtirpate the liquor nuisance, but it
will bring a fearful experience to the state.
| If you can not enforce the prohibitOry law,
no more can you enforce license law.
The two great ways of overcoming the de-
sire for liquor are by educating the people
and suppressing the traffic. Mr. Gallagher
spoke very earnestly, and the audience
seemed deeply impressed with his remarks.
AT the meeting of the State Medical So
| ciety Thursday afternoon, it was voted TO
discontinue the semi-annual meeting. A
resolution was presented which provides for
| holding the annual meeting in years in
| which the legislature does not meet at some
place to be decided on at the previous meet
! ing, instead of at Burlington. This resolu-
| ton is to be acted upon at the next meeting
| After the business of the afternoon, the fol-
! lowing papers were read: " Pneumonia"
by DR.. A p Grnnell, Burlington; "The
| Utero-vaginal Angle and Its Influence on
the Mechanism of Labor" by Dr. j. G.
Rutherford, Burlington; "Ossitic Deposits
| in the Substance of the Gall Bladder" by
/ Dr. S. 7. Brooks st. Johnsbury; Three
! Cases of Pertityphilitis, DIR. NJ. Il. Grain,
! Rutland; "Puerperal Fever" DR.. George
| Dunsmore, St. Albans. Throughout the
| day the exhibition of pharmaceutical prepa-
rations in a room at the Pavilion was in
| spected with interest by the physicians
| The exhibitors were Higgins & HYDE of
Rutland, the j. II. Bush Manufacturing
Company of New York manufacturers of
" Bovinine '), and William X. Warner &
Co., of Philadelphia. In the evening the
president of the society, DIR, III. S. Brown
of st. Johnsbury, gave his annual address,
| after which the banquet was served at the
| Pavilion. About hundred gentlemen
were present, and most enjoyable feast of
physical and mental cheer was had DR..
/ II. ID. HOlton of Brattleboro presided, and
speeches We're made by Governor Page,
President Brown, Rev. G. W. Gallagher,
DR.. Mooer of Rhode Island, DIR. Draper of
| Brattleboro representing the Vermont
| Southern Society, Hosea Mann, Esq, of
| Wilmington, DIR. Caverly of Rutland, DIR.
Campbell of Bellows Falls, Hon. IL c. Ide
of st. Johns bury, DIR. Rutherford of New
New Hampshre), DR.. Branch of Newport,
DR.. Stoddard of Sheldon, DR.. Phelps of
Bellows Falls, DIR. Shipman of Nergennes,
General Kingsley of Rutland, DR.. Ruther-
ford of Burlington, Mr. Alfred of Newport
and DR.. Goodale of Bennington On Fri
day these officers We're elected; President,
j. n. Jenne of st. Albans; vice president,
w. II. Vincent of Orwell; secretary, ID. q.
Hawley OF Burlington; treasurer, D. G.
Kemp of Montpelier, auditor, c. f. Chand-
Ter of Montpelier executive committee j.
n. Jenne, ID. c. Hawey and f. Il. Camp
bell of Bellows Falls; license censors, c. 5.
Caverly of Rutland, &. Il. Branch of New
port, ii. Il. Wilder of Swanton; publication
committee, j. NJ. Clark. j. IL. Woodward
aud j. b. Wheeler, all Of Burlington; ami
versary chairman, j. III. jackson of Barre
substitute, O. w. Sherwin of Woodstock
Dr. Kemp was elected delegate to the
Connecticut association convention
The Kellogg will Case.