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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-05-16
FRED A. IyuAM.
Former Clerk Tells . Temperance
Story.

A Former Clerk Tells q Temperance
Story.
Fred A. Isham, clerk in the Burlington
postofics, said that he was clerk In the Van
Ness house something like three years, end
Ing In September, 1890 or 1891. His exam
ination continued -
@. Doyou know Mr.. Stow, who now lives In
Mlldlebury? A. have met him, but
don't know him; wouldn't know him II
met him here.
Q. Haven't met him now for some years?
A. No, sir:
Q. And when you were employed at the
Van Ness house, did you know him oy sight,
A. couldn't tell whstherI did or not; have
known Of him and have met him there,
and guess knew who he was at the time.
@. Do you know his folks or anything
about bis people? A. No, sir. met him
there when he wa, = guest Of the house;
who be is or much about him.
Q. And you never dfdf A. believe
have had an introduction to him at the hotel.
@. Is that the extent Of your acquaintance
with him at any time! A. Yes, sir.
@. Do you recall bis coming there on the
az :. day y, Of July morning. 1882 A. No. sir;
Q; Coming there on the morning train'
A. No, sir.
Q. Coming to Burlington on the morning
train and coming to the Van Ness house? A.
No, sir; don't remember.
@. Did you ever wait upon Mr.. Stow in
the morning at the Van Ness housef A.
Not that remember Of.
@. In any particular? A. No, sir.
Q. Did you ever furnish him or procure
for him any intoxicating liquor? "A. No,
sir.
Q. In the Van Ness house or elsewheref
A. No, sir.
bringing any intoxicating liquor in, while
you were theref A. imagined that, but l
didn't know for certain; never saw 1t
brought In.
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O. You have lust testified % TO whsf
instructions you did not give. want you
TO tell us what instructions you did givel A.
Whom tor
O. Men that were running that hoteii A.
I gave instructions to them not 70 deal IN
intoxicating liquors. A..
Q. VIVA did you mean by that' A. Meant
O. Ever give them any other instruc-
tions? A. Nothing, only ! have often SAID,
'.You must be obedient to the law"
o, There has been talk about III A. VI
@. Talked It over from time to timer
AM, Drew would speak Of 1t occa-
tionally. He would say TO me; recollect
once or twice he said to me something like
This, "Colonel, we have got the house IN
n. city good shape now and all we need 10 q
bar" Ny reply was: "Your ideas and mine
are different about those things. II It was
MT against the law l would be willing to
have soft drinks for guests, but we must Dc
Ol,edient to the law" ...
O. What did you mean by "soft drinksr'
A. I meant by that ale, II 1t was not 9n.
lawful. Although never would keep q par
I have made this remark to him, that 10 the
b It summer time II q guest should come 10
hot and dusty would have no objections, II
II were not unlawful, to letting him nave
bottle of lager In the room.
O. So your objections to the use OF ana
traffic in Intoxicating liquor would not ex.
tend to lager beery A. 1t would not In that
way, It would In o bar In the ordinary way,
hut mean Just what l said.
O. You think II mans temperature
was all right, high enough, and he was dusty
enough, you could get him bottle Of ale or
lager beer, do your A. do, sir.
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EDWARD JOHNSON.
what Gov. woodbury. Said at the
Howe Hearing.

what Gov. woodbury. Said at the
Howe Hearing.
Edward johnson said that he was one of
the editors Of tho Burlington News and was
present when tho St. Johnsbury committee
presented to Gov. Woodbury. tho petition for
B. G. HoWe's pardon His examination con-
tinued:-
@. And were you one Of several gentle
men who waited upon Gov. Woodbury. In
behalf Of Mr.. Howe. B. q. Howe. shortly
before the publication In TIE RUTLAND
HERALD of the article on which this suit 10
basedf A. was.
Q. Who were soms OF the gebtlemen In
that party, or Of that board besides ourself!
A. Mr.. King, Mr.. Hows's sou-in.law: Mr..
Blodgett, another counsel, and one or two
others.
Q. Mr.. Bates was scting - counsel for Mr..
Howell A. Yes.
@. And you were there - ono Of that com.
mittes In behalf Of Mr.. Howe, yourself!
Q. In The course Of the oenversatien did
Gov. Woodbury. ny anything with reference
to the dI6loulty Of keeping hotel without
Ing 8 rood deal OF backbene, or anything
that you reeallt A. / don't recall the details.
Q. You remember bis saying something Of
that sort, somsthingin that connectionf A.
Yes, sir.
~ XoS !, ~; = Sou are not able to cay "''''
Q. Do you remember In that connection
whether BE- said anything about his own
hotel, The Vaa Ness house. srnssi A. Yes,
be did.
@. Can you eay what - aid d thst cen.
poceioni 4. Not n detail, -.
9. WIN MI yoQ thls quos<3oo-dd - ~
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DIR. j. HENRY JACKSON.

Says He Did Not Have Lager Beer I'm
1857 With DR.. Goodwin.
j. Henry Jackson said that he lived 10
Barre and had for 10 years been one of the
professors In the medical college at Burling-
ton. His examination proceeded
@. Do you remember young man by the
name Of Goodwin who graduated in 1882 A..
! do not.
Q. Do you recall whether you were pres
ent ct the graduating exercises In 1887: A.
/ was.
o. And attended the collation. and recep-
tion ut the Van Ness house afterwards? A..
/ did.
o. Tell their honors whether on that occa-
sion after the collation., you, together with
others, drank lager beer or other stimulants
with Mr.. Goodwin In the reading room back
of the main Office In the Van Ness house :
A. did not.
@. Did you on any occasion Of that kind
when . collation. was served there drink
lager beer afterwards In that room or any
other room round about the office theref A.
did not.
Q. Did you on that occasion In 1887 order
any lager beerf A. did not.
Q. Or were you present when any lager
heer was ordered and brought In therei A.
was not.
Q. Or were you present in any other year
when lager beer was ordered or brought In
therei A. No.
Q. Did you ever on any other graduating
occasion have occasion to order beer or other
LIQUOR brought into that room back Of the
main Officer A. Never.
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HERBERT WOODBURY..
The Van Ness House CO. Manager
TsstiAsO.

The Van Mess House CO. Manager
TsstiAss.
Herbert Woodbury. said that he wa5 Gov.
Woodbury. brother sud co-manager Of the
Van Ness house with Mr.. Clark. He had
been In the house four years. His examine
ton proceeded
Q. During this time, what have been your
general duties? A. Well, overseeing the
whole house, outside from the ofilce-hiring
the help; buying supplies for the house, and
In the winter time have relieved Mr.. Clark
In the Office, when he goes to bis meals or
Q. In the winter time, you have no assistant
clerkf A. No assistant clerk in the winter.
@. Winter or spring, that IL during your
dull season? A. From the middle of Septem-
Der till the middle Of May, do Office work
for Mr.. Clark, though he 10 there most OF the
and stay till be eats his dinner, and II q night
clerk 10 gone sometimes stay on for him.
@. Then the help In the Office consists Of
Mr.. Clark and yourself as assistant, mean
during the dull season, and the night clerkr
9: Who L the present night olerks A. Mr..
A. g. Spicer.
Q. And during the summer, what addi-
tional Office help do you havef A. Assistant
clerk to Mr.. Clark.
@. Have you been asked by the guests oc-
casionally or at any time for hquorsf A.
A great many times.
@. And " hat has been your answerf A.
Don't keep any thing nor never did since the
present proprietor owned It; never have
kept It. l have been asked within two
weeks by guest, who was stranger, where
our bar was. told him We had none. He
says, "Can't get any thingr and i have
said, ave have never had anything Of the
kind for 10 years. Never kepta bar" That
ID the reply make them.
Q. Have you ever been asked where they
could procure intoxicating liquorf A. Very
often.
Q. And have you told tn EN- where they
couldf A. Yes.
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+ La Fountaine's; I think go; I won't Say
positive, but think It was.
q. Where was It that you usually got the
stun with which you accommodated thess
inslstent guests that wouldn't take mo" fol
an answer.
Objection interposed.)
Q. You testified that II a man stuck to Il
long enough you sent out and got some thing
for him. 4. didn't testify that.
@. Ordinarily when you sent out, where
did you send. A. As rule, or rather l sent
the boy as q rule,-my own boy; II not,
sent bell boy.
q. Did YOU tell the boy where to go. A
No, sir, did not.
Q. The boy went where he wanted to-
A. Yes, sir.
Q. So you can testify with considerable
comfort that you don't know where it was
got. A. Yes, Sir.
Q. You have testified several times that
you would send out your own boy, what dc
you mean by that. A. That Is the boy that
works In the dining room:
@. Did you ever send any other boy
A. On very rare occasions l have.
@. About how many times do you think
you have sent the other boy. A. coul int
tell you.
@. just run back over the last three years
and say how many times you sent out the
other boy for this liquor. A. couldn't tell
you.
@. You have stated that during the first
seven or eight weeks you were there, when
ever man asked you for anything to drink
you made speech to him and finally took
his m. ney and went out and got his beer for
him and served It, and you have stated thai
after that seven or eight weeks you didn't dc
that with reference to lager beer, but you
didn't do II with reference to claretand wine
What was the reason that you left of making
that speech about lager beer and continued Il
make 1t with reference to claret. A. Because
it was very rarely that got any calls fol
claret, and 1t was usual for some one to ask
for beer.
@ Was there any reason why you should
have served claret and not beer. A. l sup
pose not In regard to the law.
@. l am not asking about the law. Was
there any reason why you, In your capacity
as head waiter, did kerve claret and did no
serve beer. A. Yes, sir.
@. What was 1t. A. Because there were
several calls for beer and very rar, y calls fol
claret or wine. didn't wish to deal with II
more than l had 10; II was rarely called for
@. SO yon knocked off on the beer and
kept on with the caret and wine. 1 think
you have testified, l may be wrong, that the
great majority Of people who called for any
thing there In the summer, called for claret
A. Yes, sir.
Q. And they are tourists. A. The major
ity of them.
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have with Col. Woodbury. respecting the
tra6ic In Intoxicating liquor in the Van Ness
housed A. Well, cir, We were both OF one
accord in regard TO that. Neither Of us
wanted TO have anything to do with .selling
rum.
proprietor OF connected with the Van Ness
bouse was there any selling Of rum in the
Van Ness housei A. No, sir.
Q. Was there any ntoxicating liquor kept
for sale theref. A. No, sir.
o. Were there some liquors kept for
culinary purposesS A.. Yes. sir.
@. And where were those keptl A. Under
/ kept all my groceries, that Is fancy
groceries, canned goods, raisins,, nuts,
ETC., under my own control; I had no
steward, was my own steward, and l
carried the key myself unless my wife had It.
@. Was there Mr.. Aubrey among the
bell boysi A. Yes, sir; l hired him:
@. Did you know Of Mr.. Aubrey bringing
In Intoxicating liquor into the Van Ness
house during the two years that you were
there for any purposef No, sir.
O, Did you ever see him bring In any
thiny that created In your mind suspicion
that he might DO bringing in Intoxicating
liquorf A. No, sir.
ployees Of tho Van Ness house bringing In
intoxicating LIQUOR into tho house during the
two years you were there-I mean aside
from this that was kept for culinary pur-
posesi A. No, sir; 1 did not.
@. Who had the general supervision OF the
house during these two yearss A. did,
sir.
O, And you spoke Of hiring Mr.. Aubrey !;
did you hire all the help A. think all Of
It, nearly. Sometimes with the assistance OF
Mr.. Clark, we would talk It over together,
but think hired nearly. every one Of the
servants of the house. Perhaps some of the
girls were hired by my wife.
@. Did you have any talk or give any
directions or any information to the bell boys
and other employ ees at the time you hired
them, respecting the traffic In intoxicating
liquors A. Yes, sir.
Q. OF what nature was that information or
Instruction. A. That there was no liquor
kept or sold on the premises nor In the house,
and none must be furnished by them.
Q. During the time that you were there,
did any guests apply to you for intoxicating
liquor OF any klndf' A. There was OCCASION.
ally that they might ask for drink, as they
often would around hotel.
they couldn't get II In the house; we hadn't
got II; might have told them that they
could get.it over across the way, else where:
knew that Mr.. Drew kept bar at the tims
think.
O. Do remember any special work Mr..
Aubrey had to do while you were there!
A. He was bell boy. answered all the bells;
l don't remember particularly Of any special
work more than bell boy would do nat
urally.
Q. Usually bell boy, I suppose, In large
hotel has some side work TO do, some partic-
ular line Of work to do, something to look
afterp A. Yes, gathering up the glasses and
bringing them down and putting them In
their proper places.
@. Variety of those thingss A. Yes.
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anything about the bell boys Of that hotel,
anythinS about the bell boys bringing In

anything about the bell boys Of that hotel,
anything about the bell boys bringing In
liquorl A. No.
b. Did you leave the governors Office with
this party Of gentlemen whom you have 'po'
o. Aud where did the party 20 from the gov.
ernor's officer A. Down to the Van Ness
house.
O. Was there any comment made upon
what had been said by the GOVERNOR. A.:
Comment on bis refusal to grant the pardonY
@ Any comment Whatever upon anything
that he had said with reference to the manage
ment of bis own houses A. have no re-
membrsnce of 1t.
@. Would you remember It II there mad
been anything said! think would.
@. Did you hear the dispositions read OF
one or two witnesses In which this CONVEX
sation was referred tor A. No, didn't.
Characterization by Mr.. Prouty:-
@. You don't undertake. to state what was
said al that conversation A. Not IN detail
now. =,
@. And when you say thing was not said,
you simply mean to say that you don't
remember what was saids A. mean to say
that II such q thing has been said, couldn't
possibly help remembering 1t.
@. II you couldn't possibly have helped
remembering 1t, how can you possibly help
remembering what was said9 A. Because
had heard the governor say what he did state
at the hearing, great many times, and II ne
had said anything that was radically dinerent
from what he had before, l couldn't possibly
have helped remembering 1t.
@. You are the editor of the News here,
are you? A. Yes.
@ One of the papers In Burlington that Is
championing the governors causef A.
don't know that the paper Is, no.
@. Simply YOURSELF A. 1 am, yes, sir.
@. Mr.. " lids wants me to ask what 1t was
that the governor had said to you 80 many
timesy A. That It was difficult to keep q
temperance hotel; that he had tried to and had
succeeded, although he thought liquor might
have been brought in. l am not quoting his
words by any means, but that was the gen.
eral idea.
@. That was the general idea that 1t was
difficult to keep hotel, and that he thought
liquor might have been brought In! A. Yes,
that Is the general idea.
Redirect examination by Mr.. Haselton =
@. What understood you to say was. 1t
was difficult to keep hotel; that he said 1t
was dificu to keep a temperance hotel, but
that he had tried and succeeded, although
liquor might have been brought INF A. That
WAS the general idea.
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MANAGER CLAR x
The Man 30 Often Referred g Gives His
Evidence.

The Man 30 Often Referred - Gives His
Eyidsnce.
HIN. Clark said that he was manager Of
the Van Ness house and had been there As
clerk or manager ever since Gov. Woodbury.
owned the house and some years before.
The house used to have rs, 900 guests q year
or so. but now had IS. 900 or 10000. His ex.
animation proceeded thus
Q. What talk had you, II any, with Gov.
Woodbury. at the time you went Into bis EN-.
ployment res oecting the traffic In intoxicat-
ing liquor. A. The talk when he came In
with Mr.. Bowman was there would he no
liquors kept or furnished In the house what
ever, no intoxicating liquors to be used or
furnished the guests or anything kept at all.
That 10 "a understood 1t, and it has been
carried out.
@. Since that time has there been any In
toxicating LIQUOR kept for salel A. No, sir.
@. Or sold In the Van Ness house. A. No,
sir.
@. Whenever wine has been served at
banquets at the Van Ness house, what con.
neotiou, II any, has the Van Ness house had
with the wine. A. No connection whatever
@. Who has sold the tickets for the
banQuets there. A. The treasurer OF the
assoi iltion-secretary Of the association solo
the tickets.
9. DID you ever ell . ticket. 4. Not "a
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From Harper's Weekly.I

l. The president and cabinet are al law.
yers, except Mr.. lamont and Mr.. Nor.
ton. who are editors.
The vocations followed by senators
are indicated as follows: Lawyers, 81;
business men, Is; farmers, 8; doctors,
L; clergymen, L; editors, 2; no data
given, g.
The occupations followed by repre-
sentatives are as follows: Lawyers,
24S; business men, II; farmers. 10;
editors, O.; doctors, 6; preachers, 4;
printers, 3. Five give no data as to W
cation. More than three-quarters Of the
Senate and more than two.thirds Of the
House are lawyers.
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0ev. Woodbary's First Manages
TestlAes.
w. +. Bowman said that he lived at New
ton, Mass., and had long been In the hotel
business. His examination proceeded
@. And you went into possession Of the
Van Ness house and operation Of the Var
Nsss house Immediately after its purchase BY
Mr.. Woodbury. A. As soon ~ / was well
enough to. was sick at the time, but very
soon after, only few days after.
q. Were you In partnership with thu
colonel at that timer A. was, cir.
9. During the two years that you remained
Dherei 4. Yes, cir.
@ Whist arrangement, Il any, did yoQ
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occurred my Judgment 10 that.
@. You didn't examine the register v It'll
reference to Mr.. Clement, 30 you are not able
to testify-y0u are not able to toll what time
was covered BY tho examination. A. No.
there has the Van Ness house. had any
glasses, whiskey, wine, champagne glasses
or any except the ordinary table water
glasses. A. No, sir, not TO my knowledge. .
@. During tho time that you hsve been
there, have you had or have there been any
poker chips about tho hotel to your knowt
edge. A. Yes, there was Q box Of poker
chips found up 10 room one day, and the
chsmbermsids have orders to return what
ever they lind in the rooms after the guests
have gone away, and the chips were sent
| down. never saw them before; they may
be there now, don't know.
Q. Have you ever played poker. A.
never had the reputat on Of playing poker,
Play cards anyway only once IN 2 great
while; have played game Of whist. !
have not played Q game Of cards ID four
years, not since was married, and never
haven't played.
Q. Was you ever party to game Of poker
S %ne.e you gave Aubrey charge OF the poker
| Y. Or did you ever give any poker. chips
into the charge Of Aubrey. A. No, sir, not
10 my recollection.
| z. Did he have any other privileges there
| No, he did not.
Q; Are you able to state as 10 whether he
could read or write. A. used to call him
as l do sometimes when my relief Is not
there, 80 could ga my dinner. I would ssy
TO one OF my bell boys, ''You watch my
omce while RUt my dinner.~ Dinner Il
called at half-past 10, % I would 90 Ia early
SO as to get out before any Of the guests 0ot
out 70 settle; AMI remember Of speaking
70 Aa !,%, ana saying, Erred, watch my
Il don't think be could read Or write when
he was with me there, 90 understand, i0
Q. Was that your understanding st the
time. A. Yes; be never made . tcfstchi Ia
my. cash book; be didn't know tie combi.
nation Of ny money dnwsr, sAd & b even
took 10 csuo Tor dinner, told him 70 pui
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But i want to find out something about 1t
myself, and simply inquired whether you
were allowed to disclose those secrets. My
to Gn sss viii DO fdS yo
Of conscientious scruples, . man that
wouldn't fsll-By Gov. Woodbury.: Why
don't you use the witness decent. By Mr..
Prouty: He doesn't use the case decent.
What 10 that charm that YOU have got on
there. A. A Masonic charm.
@. What order docs It represent. A. Free
Masonry.
Q. Anything more than that. A. No, air.
Q. Something was said about the 32d
degree. A. Yes, sir.
Q. Is that the emblem Of the a2d degree'
Q. am not familiar with these technical
terms, 10 the 32d degree Of the Mystic
Shrine the same thingi A. No, sir.
@. The Mystic Shrine IL something differ
enti A. 1t is.
@. How IL 1t about tho temple Of Mount
Sinai, IL that different or the same thingl
A. don't know anything about that.
@. How far up-h0w much does . man
have to DO able to drink before be can belong
to the Mystic Shrine. A. don't know any
thing about that.
sd degree. 1. I don't know ~ that has
anything to do with the case.
@. 1t seems to have something to do with
this fellows getting . drink Of whiskey
down there. A. 1t 10 above.
@. The Mystic Shrine 10 above. A. Yes,
sir.
Q. Let me ask you, Is there anything about
the tenents to which yodr subscribe when
your are initiated into the sd degree that
requires you to provide . man with some
thing to drink II he looks sufficiently thirsty.
A. don't know as 1t does.
@. But you say because he held up this
chsrm-I don't know whether he winked or
not-you went and got him . bottle Of
somebody else's wine. a. did yes, sir.
O. How much does 1t cost to belong to the
SD degree. A. don't know % have got
to answer that.
Q. You say you took that with the idea
Of Immediately replacing u. A. did, sir.
Q. Did you do 70. A. Yes, sir.
Q. Where did you get what you replaced
II with. A. I gotit where Il was kept fol
sale.
G Where was that. A. Several places
whore you can procure clafet.
@. want 70 know VII ore you rot Thu
particular bottle. 4. ! think it Wss st NJ,