The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-05-15

containing Whishes anu onc Containing
say they bought within week In the Van
Ness house In the ordinary way and without
the smallest difficulty. 1t has also one bottle
of whiskey which the purchaser says was
bought at Lyman II Halls drug store, in the
building owned by Gov. Woodbury., within
week. The purchasers of the liquor In the
hotel have signed written statements OF the
facts which the HERALD has. With the
names, room numbers, ETC., left blank, here
they are:-
"RUTLAND, VT, Aug. ., 1895.
$40 The Editor of he Herald -
~ was In Burlington, VT, yesterday and
registered at the Van Ness house, where |
took supper last night and breakfast this
morning.
SAT 10 80 last night | went to my room
No. blank-and ordered a drink of whiskey
To be sent up. The hotel porter, who took
the order, said that it was getting rather late,
but he said that he could get bottle Of Bass
ale for me. preferred whiskey and he went
down stairs and was gone about IL minutes.
He returned with a small bottle of whiskey
and some ice water. He charged me % cents
for the whiskey, which | paid him on the
spot. | drank portion of the liquor and the
rest is in the bottle which accompanies this
communication. ''Yours truly,
BLANK DASH"
"RUTLAND, VT, Aug. 5, 1895.
$40 the Editor ofthe Herdld'-
81 went to Burlington Saturday forenoon,
August 3, and registered at the Van Ness
house. | was given room dash.
Before dinner rang the bell, and when
the boy came told him that | wanted some
liquor. He asked what kind, and finally
told him A pint of whiskey and pint OF
beer. He went away and in little time
I'LL 81, I
paid him 81 % for it. drank a part of the
contents of both bottles, and hand the bottles
with the remainder to YOU herewith.
"BLANK BLANK"
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Inese statements, win the SIGNATURES a'lu
me Dottles, are READY lor Inspection ny uoN.
woodbury. himself OF ny an! man ne may
sehd 10 lhe HERALD oiilce ioL lne PURPOSE
me WITNESSES are unlinpeacnaole' Wv
woodbury. douotiess KNOWS SOME OF theih
personally. lie Wouio hatuiy question the
Woru OF any one Oh Iheli. Anu tue iEhALD
has within reach more evidence OF the same
sort.
1t is perfectly true, as the HERALD under
stands, that the Van Ness house has no bar,
and for long time has been without one.
1t is also true that there Is no law against
keeping bar. The law Is against selling
rum. And the Van Ness house has sold rum,
straight along. Apart from bar 1t has sold
1t precisely as hotels all over the world sell
it; sent 1t to guests at their rooms anG served
it to them at the public tables. 1t has done
this straight along, day after day, and days
and nights and Sundays--lt WILDE noted That
one of the purchases described. above was
made Sunday-and week after week ana
year after year. There has, to be sure, been
some hocus pocus and beating the devil
around the stump in the business, but
nothing has lnterfered win the regular
and prompt service of rum to guests OF the
Van Ness house, as guests OF hotels are
served everywhere. Because OF the peculiar
law of the state not every man who knows
the fact cares to make statement in pubic,
but mountains of evidence can be procured
if it is wanted. Hundreds OF men are IN
position to swear TO the TACT IL Is a matter
of common notorlety. There Is not single
man connected with the Free Press who
does not know all about it.
| In fact the selling there has been more
notorious and made more talk IMAM IN any
| ether hotel in Vermont because of the
absence bar. Inc impression mas oeen
abroad that Mr.. woodbury. reared tnat the
existence Vi par might soilenUM VA N nm
| poiitlcahy. we peileVe that the an NGss
house IS alone anon? tne larger noVels oi Inv, nv
state IN Delng ehtltely Witn1ul pai, ouI
NOBODY win the sha,lest hhoWleuSe Vi sucn
matters heed De loIu that II couiu noG pos
sloiy De run successfully without pioN'olpS
us guestS WIN llluol III sollle "as ,,o, :,
The Van Ness ana American houses III
burlington were rlvals years ago VIZ I'LL MI.
| woodbury. owning ana running Ihe iol lnei
aud L. ). Drew leasing ana running tue
| other. Mr.. woodbury. DouSht the American
house lease, MIR. Drew Went INTO business
! with nm ana lot a tlme the Two houses were
run together. Inc American mousse wa
hnaly closed ana " Inc building louna new
uses, "hile the van NESS house Wemu VI,
Mr.. Woodbury.. II we are rightly informed
was never the actlVe man OF oetaiis IN run
ming the van Ness mouse, as there mas always
been partner or STARRED manager 10 takt
that work, but he has all along been the SUP
stantiai landlord back OF everYtnlhS as WI
as the owner OF the building ii Is hardiA
necessary to say that the SAFE OF llquor Dy I'm, M.
| agents ana employees Is Selling ny MN. Ia
is true in reason, and the statute speclilcali!
makes it true IN law. Inc law also make
the owner of building In which liquor Ii
sold liable as seller.
Across the street from the Van Ness mouse
is Lyman ~ Halls drug store, IN building
owned by Gov. Woodbury.. The HERALD un
derstands that 1t Is at times IN effect wldt
open saloon, while at other times liquor sell
ing is 'stopped' there, by which it is under
stood that the selling to strangers is stopped
1t is notorious rum hole. Burlington PEG
pie now say that 'the Van Ness house bar i
in there" meaning that the hotel gets II
liquor there.
We had no disposition to crltlclse COY
Woodbury. simply because OF any liquor sell
ing he had been concerned in, but in tryinI
to show some of the weaknesses OF the pro
hibitory law we incidentally referred TO nj
case. We were led to make the referenc
especially by the curious parallel that ap
peared between his case and that OF Mr.. How
of st. Johnsbury. Let US suggest lev
points =
MIR. Howe was man OF large means am
varied business interests, and active in affairs
So was Mr.. Woodbury.. Mr.. Howe was
man of high social standing and in genera
way one of the most highly respected an
useful citizens of his town. SO was MI
Woodbury.. Mr.. Howe was active in beney
client and other affairs of public nature