Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1908-01-06

sups. G. ]. Ferguson Of the Sernions
A ntI- Saloon League.
TIE following Il summary OF the
records OF each connty Ill IN Yer
mont and also some large towns To-
Gated az such a distance from the
county iaiis as TO need local "sock'
up for temporary commitment OF
parties Intoxicated or committing
breach OF the peace. III person 10
arrested for either of these offsnses In
= large toxin or city not the county
seat and committed 10 local lookup,
trial ia usually had nexE day and II
inc and costs are paid the party Is re-
leased and the case never appears al
county Jail or house OF correction
record OF such cases IL therefore nee
e-szrv TO secure a fairly complete d.
geat of the drink record of the state.
There are usually from one 10 three
such large towns in each county Not
| all such town records have been Sc
| cured. but a sufficient number Tor a
fair comparison viii be found IN the
following tables.
The tables cover exactly four years
of state prohibition and four years OF
local option. They are the same
months of The four years, beginning
! May /, 1899, and ending May /, iso3,
for the prohibition period and from
the latter date which was the date OF
b beginning OF license ID May /, 1907,
for the four years OF local option
The following are records of ii
county jails:
Addison County-Pour years prohi-
bition, Ii druuks; four years local OPP
ton, S. DRINKS; 277 per cent increase
Bennington County-Four years
prohibition, 50 DRINKS; four years To-
cal option, 3s2 drunks, $40 per cent
Increase.
Caledonia County Four years prohi-
bition, - DRINKS; tour years local OPP
ton, II DRINKS; - per cent increase
Chittenden County $500 Fonr years
prohibition, 5i5 DRINKS; four years
local option, ,si7 drunks; 25i per cent
| increase.
Essex County-Four years prohibi-
bition, II DRINKS; four years local OPP
ton, II DRINKS; 55 per cent increase
Franklin County-Fonr years prohi
bitiou, 3as drunk; four years loca
option, 677 DRINKS; ~ per cent in
crease.
Lamoille County-Four years prohi'
bition, II drunks; four years local OPP
ton, - erunks; sos per cent increase
Orange County-Four years prohi
. bition, ii drunks; four years local op
ton, OF DRINKS; t42 per cent increase
Orleans County-Four years prohi
, oition, 81 drunks; four years local op
!. ton, 30 DRINKS; i66 per cent In
crease.
!. Rutland County-Four years pro
h hibition, $40 DRINKS; four years loca
. option, l.IiT DRINKS; iss per cent in
= crease.
. Washington County Four years pro
n hibiuop, ass drunks; four years loca
II option, 5fi drunks; IL per cent In
:, crease.
!. windham County years pro
d hibition, II DRINKS; four years ioos
option, 2li DRINKS; los per cent In
: crease.
= Windsor County-Four years prohi
q bition, 1t DRINKS; four years local op
$ ton, 2ei DRINKS; 297 per cent In
y crease.
Average increase 2i3 per cent.
# Grand Isle County-Four years pro
= hioition, DRINKS; four years Zoe
e option. . DRINKS; 100 per cent de
:, crease.
e Total OF Is county jsils, omi;tin
= Grand Isle-Four years prohibition
= :. l75 drunks; four years local option
II ) ,55s drunks.
y The official report of the director
of the house OF correction TO the la.
a legislature in order that the bod
II might understand the dilemm
: which the institution was in for &C
re commodations, etc, gave for com
parison the records OF total commit
ments for biennial periods coverin
le the previous II years. These wer
n as follows for two years ending Jun
: 80 in year named:
1892, prohibition 50
l. 1891, Il
IN 1896. I" a
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