The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1898-03-18
NEWBURY.

and high sheriff, but we have not heard
ANYTHING said about states attorney.
WHAT'S the matter with giving Hale *.
Darling a second term. Although it
has not been the custom in this county
to Give a states attorney a second cleo
tion. but it works well in other coun-
fies it would work well in Orange
county. especially when so able young
LAWYER as Mr.. Darling is willing to be
a candidate. His two years admins
tration of the affairs of the office has
demonstrated his fitness. Newbury
has Young and rising lawyer just adj
mitted to the bar, who we believe Will
make a worry successor to Mr.. Darling
fiji to hold the office four years; pro
yided the present statess attorney is
conceded a much deserved reelection.
The Sunday Globe correspondent
from St. Adams has prepared very
interesting article under the head OF
Enormous Amount of Medicine Used
in 1897" The article gives detailed
returns from II towns IN vermont
There are 11S towns and cities in the
state having a population OF 1000 and
upwards, the data is taken from II OF
the us towns that is, III the lis largest
towns and cities there is maintained a
town liquor agency, and it is with these
II agencies that the Globe article deals
These agencies dispensed Sl67, l56.o4
worth of liquors being nearly 81 cents
worth of liquor for every man, woman
and child living in the II towns. These
agencies made profit of $15, 1861 on
the sales: few towns reported a loss
aggregating S475.10. The towns re
ported as making the greatest profits
were Burlington S2G43 3d. Brattle bOro
1922. 43. st. Johnsbury SS91.33, Rutland
SS47.11. Montpelier SG40.S5, Benning
ton S557. 20. The II agencies paid
agents salaries amounting to Sl4, 5S7.62,
five towns pay salary of S4OO each,
St. ,Johnsbury $500, Rutland 5000,
Brattleboro $72O and Burlington $500.
Towns in Orange county given in the
list are Bradford population 1929, sales
S3425.52; Chelsea population 1890, sales
1908 66; Newbury population 2OSO, sales
S1O69.52; Randolph population 1892,
sales S4379.4S; Thetford population L.
2S7. sales SIO2O: Williamstown pOpula-
ton 1888. sales $685. 8. Sales report.
ed from Bradford show S1605,48 worth
to nOn-residents and S1S20O4 worth to
residents Some of our well, known
towns show up as follows: Brattleboro
population 6S62, sales Sl0,30392; Bur-
Iington population 1880, sales So
4S755; Hyde Park population 1888
sales S319S.07; Montpelier population
AGO, sales $6S21.50; Mortified pOpula-
ton 1928, sales S3339S7; Rutland pop,
ulation 11,76O sales SS523. 10; st. AL
bans population TIL, sales $99S.30; ST.
Johnsbury population 6567, sales SS,.
97S.73. When we stop to think that
this aggregate of figures represents less
than half the towns in the state, and
only the liquor which flows through
localized agencies, not taking INTO &C
count the open bars, the closed bars,
che club rooms and dives, the drug
stores and wines for home cOmSump-
ton, the packages by freight and eX-
press finding their way into nearly
every neighborhood in these II towns,
to say nothing of the occasional pack.
age of choice article, forwarded by a
friend. We can come to only one con
clusion and that is, that some one is
consuming more strong drink than is
for their moral and physical well be
ing. A glance through the Globes list
of II towns discloses that the average
liquor agent receives salary equal tC
the pay of Vermont's average schoO
teacher. While the great educationa
centers like st. JOhnsbury, BrattlebOrC
and Burlington are paying their rum
agents more money per annum thar
the average high school teacher OF
preacher of the Gospel receives TO,
their labor in this state. There is more
food for thought in the Globes article
on the Medicine Question in Yer
mont" than in all the sermons that cal
be preached, or hymns sung, or prOhi
bitiOn pratings produced. This Glob,
article brings you face to face will
dreadful facts vitalized in cold type
The Globe article ought to be publish
ed in every newspaper in Vermont, /
should be read in every home. ltwoulC
set the people to thinking. 1t would
make the rum guzZler ashamed, l
would mortify the moderate drinker, i
would make the occasional drinke
curse the day he first turned rum int
his system. One hundred and siXt,
seven thousand dollars for legalizet
rum in II Vermont towns in one year
How many years would it take, at thl
rate, to build new and comfortable
school houses in these II towns in tn
place of the old tumble down shacks
How many years, at this rate, would
take to plant good library in these Z
towns? One hundred and siXty-sevel
thousand dollars in II towns mostly TO
medicine unuef Une prOululColy u"
How many lies does it represent? How
many fights can you see i'll it? HOY
much sickness to the drinker, and Sol
row to the drinkers family does tina
amount of money represent? HOY
many lives has it saved? How mucl
health has it conduced? Strike tn
balance, draw your own conclusions.
After so long Uncle Sam has remem
bered our esteemed townsman, e. ii
Farnham: $500 back dues and six dol
lars per month.
The high and grammar department
of the town central school began tn
spring term last Monday with sam
teachers. The other departments be
gin two weeks later.
The schools in the town school dis
trict excepting the town central schoo
begin Monday, April 25th.
From the Newburyport Evening
Herald of Feb. Goth we clip the follow
ing. it being a portion of somewha
extended obituary notice.
BENJAMIN Hale, Jr., the youngest son o
the late Cyrus X. Hale died at Mt. Rura
=, 4b;e o;lry Fob d 1903 AGED "a wears.