Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1904-10-21
HiNsDALE.
Anti. Union Alliance Of Paper Mills
Mo. license Meeting.


formed among the four paper mills
from Ashuelot down 10 the Bright
wood mill and to include the iifth min
building, to suppress all attempts q.
union control of these mills
A fair audience attended the meet
ing held In Calvary NJ. Il, church
Tuesday evening In the interest OF
no license. Hon, Dan {. Remick OF
Littleton was the chief speaker ana
made an energetic and thorough adj
dress. He claimed an increase OF
drunkenness all over the state where
towns have changed from prohibition
TO license. In this town the records
show I'm 1900 10 arrests; 1901, IL;
1902, II and 1908 from Jan. / TO july
II. | arrest while the 5ia months
following in 1908 show 20 arrests, and
the 9ib months I'm 1904 have iS on
record He scored the arguments
that these were caused by kitchen
dives and cider joints when the larg.
est number under the lax enforce
ment of the prohibition law showed
but 10 arrests in any year Of the
last four. Also that the licensed sa-
looms would prosecute the blind
tiger, when they were still open after
licenses had been in force for over a
year He lays part of the license ma
jority TO temperance men voting for
license and license men under the ar
gument from the politicians that. IF
you don't the republican party will go
to smash" Mr.. Remick has over
looked few points that apply TO
this town at least First, the fact
that there have been two paper mills
under construction during the past
year, causing an influx of the lowest
class of laborers, and in matter of
fact most of the recent arrests have
come from that class; second, the IL
cense law has not been enforced.
Kitchen dives have thrived and most
all the Sunday DRINKS have come
from the vicinity of these dives third,
the places holding licenses have lived
up to the law, many having been
turned away who came in drunk. Bars
are strictly closed at 10 o'clock and
Sundays and there have been no
people kept all night because the bar
keepers dared not turn them out, no
all night parties in the bar-rooms,
nor any all day Sunday card parties
behind closed doors; fourth, while the
saloons were shut down tight from
Jan 1 to July IL, 1908, and only one
drunk was arrested it was a noto-
rious fact that Sunday beer parties
fourshed in the groves and fields
surrounding Also the express bust |
ness was greater than ever before on
this class of goods. No families have
felt obliged to move out of town that |
the man might get away from the !
gang" he had fallen into, as in more |
than one instance under prohibition;
fifth, that in almost every case where |
this question is discussed the cart is |
put before the horse Legislation is |
Of no use without public opinion; no I
permanent temperance work is ac-
complished by legislation; the STAN
dards of individuals and communities
are only to be raised by constructive
work as by education, mental and
spiritual filing mems minds and lives
with the love of better things.
Rev. Father Ling has returned from
his vacation,
Tyler Bliss Of Missouri is visiting
at A. w. Bliss.
C. r. Hildreth was in Springfield
Mass, over Sunday.
Louis Dickerman is through work at
G. A. Robertson & Co.'S.
Mrs. Will KimbaN returned to her
home in Boston this week.
Mrs. Quigley of Wilton is visiting
her daughter, Mrs. George Kibbe.
Mrs. Ella M. Burbank of Winchester
is visiting her sister, Mrs Fetch.
A. r. Rice of Brattleboro has pur-
chased the fish route of n. C. Baker
HI. c. Titcomb of Boston visited his
old classmate W. F. Robertson, this
week.
Susie Packard is in town and will
perhaps remain with her father for
the winter.
W. G. Booth was called away sud-
denly this week by the death of his
wife's mother.
Mrs. Maria Bancroft, a short time
cook at the hotel, has returned to
Springfield, Mass.
Fred A. Crockett of Keene is start
ing a local weekly paper here, the
first number appearing to-day.
Cleophas Chavonelle died Sunday
afternoon of pneumonia at the age of
80. The body was taken to Canada
Monday morning, relatives accom-
panying.
Mrs. Maria A. Spooner went Tues ;
day to spend the winter with her
daughter, Mrs. George Greenwood, at
Fitchburg, Mass. Miss May Spooner i;
will live at Rev. w, F. Whites.
Leon V. Aldrich and bride of Keene
are in town visiting Mr. Aldrich's I'M
Gle, Valmour Aldrich. They were
married in Boston by Rev. Mr. Drew
who was so long a pastor in Keene.
Frank Robertson and family re-
turned from st. Louis Saturday G.
A. Robertson coming the next day. !
Miss Elizabeth remains in Boston |.
for few days with her sister, Mrs. /.
Nat Butler
A daughter was born to Prof and
Mrs. Charles A. Patterson of Nor
gantown, w. Va, on Sept. TO- This
is the fourth child. Prof Patterson |
was a popular high school principal
here for five years. :
At the Congregational church Sun
day evening Mrs. r. E. Metcalf gave ,
an interesting half-hour report on the i
state Sunday School convention
which she attended recently in Man :
chester as delegate.
In police court yesterday morning
the case of George Billedeau, who |
was arrested on Church street We'd $
nesday night was tried before Justice {
G. S. Howe. After a plea of guilty
he was fined So and costS apoountirey r