Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-06-16
On the Corner.

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first thought which came into my mind
last night as l stood on the steps OF the
office of the Williams Granite Company
and listened to the wouldbe orators OF
son the Corner" as they were discuss
inc the latest information given out by
the Inspector as to the matter they now
have under discussion. After the men,
bers had given expression to their
feelings they again took up the matter
Of the River street dives, and of the
deacons who Owns the joints. The
members did not take any steps back
ward but passed another resolution
which is as follows.
NOTORIOUS CHARACTERS, ATTENTION.
"The members of this club owe one
duty to humanity, and that is to drive
from our fair city the hungry and de-
graded lot of characters who are crowd
ing our streets and attracting attention
on all sides. The author of the book
eff Christ Came to Chicago would be
shocked if he should visit our River
street dives. And it is hereby resolved
by the members OF this club that every
! member will devote his attention to this
vital question. Church deacons and
other real estate owtlors shall BIO given,
rough treatment if they continue to al
low these dives to be maintained on
their property. Now then you idiots
and other ruffans get out of town with
in week or the Club will use club
and put you out. Wake up city .coun-
Gil, send your police on the run, and
"On the Corner" shall rise up and call
you blessed"
For once the Inspector believes the
Club is right. These circus perform
ers, these wre.chcs who fill young boys
with liquor and teach young girls to
smoke and use profanity should be
driven from this city in short order,
and if the task can be accomplished in
no other way, then it might be proper
to call out the "Whitc Caps" and give
these outcasts, these unwanted and un-
called for characters, good coat of tar
and feathers. Too long have we delay
ed. Come old fogies and would-be re-
formers, fall in, and either act as YOU
pray and do something, or, in the words
OF an elder brother of the Inspector,
"Shut up" The Inspector believes il
IS time that these miserable River street
dive keepers We're either sent ont of
town or given term at Windsor. The
police have the names of these mucb
watched and likely to be "pulledr char
ac'ers, so you better all get out of town
and save yourselves trip to Rutland or
windsor. Ticket yourself for some
other place, but leave the River street
olves or you will soon find yourselves
IN the arms of the law. Why do mo-,
our local reform societies take hand in
'his work. Here is a good field, and if
'he good citizens of Barre doubt t,c
wre'ched conditions and the black River
street dives. just let them 90 "slun,-
ming" some night and see if tbc In
Spec'or ana the Club have misrcprcscnt
eo anything, Indeed that would be i'm
POSSIBLE One woman on River street
Is bringing up her children and trainino
them IN her ways, in order that tho
"''o ''''y commune If the sold lady" has
10 depart for new fields. Now tA.n
people of Barre, better spend ,ho nav,
It" DAYS to celebrate the dc,ur,urc
iro" our streets of this recently import-
ed gang, They are going sure Now
SUM " pm III that and watch the efforts
OF the police and the Club in This D;,o,
street crusade. But as the Climb woro
all mad over the slowness of the wop1J.
DC 'rolly, they could debate but LITTLE
d ana went on bicycles TO the Office y,
Ian blsbee for some accident insurance
o'lore commencing the attack on Rito,
street IN order toplcasc the Critic or his
alleged enemy. '
! The INSPECTOR.