The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-11-16

striction has been made. The work of sup
pressing the saloon and its infamous busi-
ness has taken a long stride forward A
more thoroughly goddess traffic than the
saloon has been plying in this town does
not exist. Persons who have not been in a
position to see the traffic and its results in
all their abandonment and repusiveness
have no adequate conception of the utter
beastliness of the saloon business and the
depravity of those engaged in IT, But the
work OF crushing out the saloon and its
allied evils has only been begun. The first
serious onward movement has ended sue
cessfully. For the first time in generation
the courts have done their full duty. They
heard the prayers of the people, sustained
faithful and efficient officers of the law and
administered the law in its letter and spirit,
in the fear of God rather than of man, or that
part of mankind that in one guise or another
has been the faithful and ever ready de-
fender OF the saloon and the merciless as
sailant OF every man or officer that has
sought to do his full duty as a citizen or
public official. Now because a few rum
sellerS-and some of them the very worst
and most dangerous of their class-have
been convicted and sent to prison. temper
ance men, law and order people, the officers
OF the law, should not suspend their vigil
lance or intermit their efforts. The serpent
has been scotched, not killed. Two of the
saloon-keepers who have gone to Rutland
are other open saloons, and though all are
managed with great care to avoid detection
there is no doubt liquor is illegally sold in
them. Liquor is still sold in violation of
law in Montpelier. New ways to cover the
traffic have been devised. Videttes stand
guard at the saloon doors and scan the
streets for the approach of officers There
Is the pocket vendor-the guerilla, the BUSH
whacker, the sneak of the traffic-who
merits the same mercy from the law that
custom accords to his counterpart in war
fare. Keep up the movement all along the
line; tighten the grip on the monster 8
throat. 1t is the boast that the men who
have gone to Rutland have left their GIN
mills so that they will not cease to be
sources of revenue. When their proprietors
return it is averred that they will recoup
themselves from society for the sacrifices
and faithful activity will be the price of
future success and permanent progress in
the we'll begun work Of suppressing illegal
liquorrselling in Montpelier
SEMINARY HILL.
SCHOOL closes next week
Mr.. HAMMOND recently entertained his
younger brother.
Miss BLAIR has been visiting her sister
Miss Hall, this week.
Miss MARY EDDY is clerking through the
holidays for Gleason & Co.
FRED MOVES left school last week to
enter preparatory school in Ithaca, n. Y.
Miss II. BELLE HENRY is taking the place
of one of the teachers, who is i'll, in the
Barre public schools.
The football game between V. NJ. S. and
Goddard was cancelled, last week, on ac
count of the snow and absence Of some OF
the players.
Miss INEz HAYFoRD entertained few of
her seminary friends at her home, last Sat
urday evening. A pleasant evening was
reported by all.
REV. GEORGE NEWTON Of johnson, for
merly a student OF V. NJ. s., gave very
interesting lecture in the chapel, last Fri.
day evening. Subject: Peasantry of Eng.
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