_There are also several very light and airy single
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AT THE GED STANCE} GE‘
BLAOKhiai‘i & BETTS,
Contains a good assortment of Go
THE subscriber consi'.ltin_: the intei'est: of
bfiflili‘! ST. NSPRWALK,
eds recently purcliased, and Cheap.
his Customers, and his own iiiterost. in
p:u*ticuIa|', is constrained to issue the following
EBEGT !
BE it known unto all MEN (and Ladies,)
that from and after this date, and until the full
mid triuinphaiit opening of the 8:5’ =’.i~'.’ENG ’E‘lf€ -1 DE for 1S-17, I will offer a good portion of
my stock ofDry Uoods at tt('l\'t:0t\ lodged
E..%.P.C~i-=
AIMS!
Stair Carpeting, at cls. \\~:'iiitorSlinwls, at. cost
1«‘]om- (1,, ” 30 ” Fine Cain ll.'dkf's, worth ‘2:'ic “ 1;’-_’,(:
Mum, ” cost Calii-oos, worth 12}, “ 8c
Sattinetts, (good) worth 50c ” 37$ ” Miisliii D‘lanes, “ cost;
do fine black, ” $'1.1‘2.;‘, ” S1 ” Casliiiiei'es, “ cost
Fancv Cassimeres, ” 1.12% ” 81 ” Mcrinoos “ cost
Broadclotli. fine bl’k ” 3,31) ” :',$;’.;‘-:3 \\-"li':tc cottonliosc worth 1:47,‘ “ 10c
All wool Flaniiels, (‘Uit)l‘t¥tl, ” 23 ” I Brown do “ (ii:
Boys‘ Caps, ” 13.} ’ Cotton (iloves worth 15: “ Gt:
Comforters, ” cost. l Col'd hid do woith G9 “ ‘25
And divers other artic-le.-7.. and rle.-ir:-ible, which space will not permit to be mentioned but
nevertheless are to be seen and had at the
Mainniotli Sign R
Norwalk, Feb, 1i3tl1,1S~l'/.
.—.—..._..___..__ _.4._.._. -7 _._._ ._.?_ .._..__
SADDLES, IE.-.1 JEN E3335-E-EES, :.'t'.'('..
UBLIC Attention is invited to the large and
elegant assortment of Harnesses, Saddles,
Bridles, \Vhips, Trunks, &c. to be found at the
establishment of the subscriber, einbracing, as it
does every variety of article and style ofinanii-
facture. Among the lot are several sets of
double Harnesses, which are worthy the atteii-
tion of those fititng out pleasure equipages.—
harnesses, designed for ne:-itness but mauatiictur-
ed ofthe bestniat.ei'ials, and embracing the double
merit of security and tastefulness. Every article
needed in the line, may be found here, of the
best quality, and on very moderate terms. {.0-
pairing as usual. \V.=‘.i. B. Swxx.
Norwiilk, Jul ' ‘.29, 18-16. 18
3
BRUEN’S
THE undersigned would "respectfully iiiforn
his friends that. he has on hand a few choice
Horses & Ca:‘|'i:Igc._~' which he will let on
very reasonable terms. Be intends to keep
none but the best kind of horses, and having pur-
chased a number of New Carriages and Harnes-l
ses of fashionable and genteel styles. he would‘
invite those who may want an establisliment. al
little superior to those usually kept in a common
livery stable to give him a call.
MARCUS BRUEN.
Norwalk, Nov. 2, 18:16.
44
CHE.-\P!
ENRY Haudes has just received his stock
of Fall and \Vinter work, which is unusu-
ally large. superior and cheap. Men’s Boots,
Shoes and Brogaiis, and wonions and cliililreiis
shoes comprise the leading articles of his assort-
meat.
India Ruf)f)r:i's.—A fine assortment of various
sized India Rubbers suitable for men, women
and misses. Those who call first will stand the
best chance. They will be foiind as cheap as
they are superior. Oct. :3, 1846..
NE\V C].{0<1.1l&ERY
AT PECK’S BRANCPI STORE.
UST Received a large and splendid assort-
ment which will be sold cheap for Cash.
Oct. 13, 1846.
LOCUST POSTS.
SMALL lot of Long Island Locust suita-
4. ble for Fence Posts. For sale by
T. L. & J. R. PECK.
‘ Oct. 1846.
THE GIlEA'l‘l3S’l‘ I=.\’VEN'l‘l0N
- OF THE AGE.
MORTON’S LETI-IICON.
Teeth cxtrac_teal w.=.t,!ioai: Pain,
l§L.~’nC§{ .‘s't‘i.ll'l‘ll.’S COA I.
at the Steam Boat Lzriiuliisg
SOUTH NOR\VALK.
L. &. J. R. PECK will be discharging
0 this week a cargo of Superior Black-
sniith’s Coal; those in want. oftlie above Coal
will do well to call and examine the saute.
VI‘ HE subscriber km-ps constantly on hand,an
assortinent: of Sliaker's lierhs and prepar-
ations,vi7,: Sage, Siiininor Savory, 1)igit:ilis.
Fennel and ."v'.lastv.-,1'woi‘t S-coil, Tliynie, lCx’t.
Daiidalioii, Cicuta, Belladonna, (;‘-nrtian, r.\’c.
Canary and H eiiip Seed, for sale by
J. A. \Vi_:i-In.
10
BUSIIS’ Turks Island Salt, for salt-
cheap by Gi-zo. \V. S.\ii'rn.
.7 '
Heyei. s Pills.
THE AMERICAN IMPROVED
I-Lvgeian Veg.-table Medicine.
THESE Pills are one of the best Modical "Coin-
pounds in use at the present day. As a common
family physio, for adininistraloii in all temporai'_\
complaints of the stoinach and bowels, head-ache.
colds, &c. they may be fully depended npoii, and ii
prompt use oftlioni on the first appearance of indis-
position will iiivziriably save inncli sickness. The_\
are peculiarly adapted to all cases of weakness and
z.-neral deliility—aiiy derangeincnt of the systeni.
and especially with fenialc:—aiid a steady, uninter-
rupted use of them, in strict conformity with the di-
rections will very soon restore the organs of tin
stoinacb to their natural tone and acti. n. and regu-
late the lJOWQl$,all(l renovate the whole system
There is no dispositton to give extravagaiit coin-
inendations of them. What is here suited, is the re-
sult ofactlial experience with them, and that through
a period offiftceii years. It is not supposcd.orpre-
tend:-d,that they will raise the dead! neither are
they designed to be used as we use our food! Such
is not tlietriie purpose of medicine. Its only op-
propriiite ofliceis to assist initure in l‘(‘S10l'l1lg thi-
sy.<ti.-iii to a proper tone and action, when unavoid-
ably. or through carelcssiiess or excess, it bccoines
deranged. Many are careless and hence ticcd this
aid. And the most careful are liable to irre;,'ularities
ofthe systeiii It is needless almost to say, that a
prompt use of safe and effective remedies, on the
tirsl appearance of illness, is the p:ir_t of wisdom.
Such a Medicine the Proprietor knows tliesc
Pills to be. And he is certain that in forty nine ca-
.-es out offifty, where ii fair trial is made according to
the directioiis,t|iey will be used again as a standard
medicine. He has never known an instance, where
they have been thus used, in which they have not
met with unqualified approval!
Niiiiicroiis iestiiiioiiials may be seen at the general
Offi. e of sale, and refcreiices will be giveii to sub-
staniialliviiig witnesses of their valuable curative
properties.
The Pills are purely vegetable, arc of two kinds.
stimulant and purgative, purifying the blood, and
producing a hcaltli_v action llirougli the entire sys-
tem; are a valuable Anti Billions Medicine. and
eminently useful in all lingering coiiipl:iiiits—-VVeiil«:-
iiess, General Debility, Dyspepsy. Pulnionary Af-
fcctions. Liver Coniplaiiits. Rheumatic and Spas-
inodic Alfections, Fcinale Complaints, Palpitations.
I\"o_/innxily, aflcr (1/‘air trz'al,wi'll f2cwi'.t}iout(licm..
They are put up in FIFTY CENT &. DOLLAR
pack:ige.<, each having a pliainplilet embracing xi
valuable 'l‘i'eati.-‘e on Disease, with l'ull directions for
'[)R. MORTON of Boston has discovered an-
- article by means of which surgicai opera-
tions may be perfornir-.d -wit/tour, pain. Di-s.
Warren, Hayward and Biglow of Boston; men
who stand preeminent in t.lic pro-fe.ssioii of Med-
icine and Surgery have pronounced itone ofthe
greatest discoveries ever made. Dr. Morton
has used it in several hundred cases ofDentistry
with coniplete success ; and also in the perform-
ance of several capital operations in the Massa-
chusetts Hospital.
The Hon. Edward Everett; L. L. D. Prest.
of Harvard University, at the opening of the
New Medical College of Boston, Nov. 6th 1846
pronounced the highest eiilogy upon it. See
also the report from Dr. llervi-y J. lligelow and
Dr. Wai'ren, in the late inenibcrs of the Boston
Medical and Surgical Journal.
The uiidersigned having piircliased the ex-
clusive right for the county of Fairfield, of Dr.
‘Morton, (who has taken out letters patent for
this invention) is now prepared to administer the
same, in all cases where it may be required.
He has also taken the agency for the State of
Conn. and is prepared and authorized to sell
rights to Dentists and Surgeons througliout. the
State. All communications must be post paid
to insure attentioii. A Hill L,
Fellow of the Ainerican Society of Dental
Surgery. ’
Norwalk, Deceiiiber 28, 1846.
(s)
5
In BROVVN, Fulton Market, N. Y,
ORMERLY of Ridgefield, Ct. will sell on
coimnission, aall kinds of Poultry, Pork,
Veal, Eggs, Dr'ied _l.<‘ruit &c. on mostrea'sonable
terms. All consigniiients punctually attended
to.
,L,EAND.ER BRO\VN, Fulton lllarket.
New York, Dec. '7, 1846.
49
use. The Dollar packages ai'e the cheapest to the
purcha.-er.
As you value l[ealth—-Try Them!
* " From a persoiiai knowledge of, and use
of the above Mediciiie in iuy fauiilv.for about 15
years.lcan commend it in the niost unqualified
,in'.iuner. P, PR[CE,
l Sold by NOAH S. BAILEY, west side the
* Bridge, Noriv.-ilk. Conn. 43
Opposition to Imposition!
Old Line and No Humbug!
Old “Ii’oi(gh and Ii‘cad_i/” in £hc_/ic.’cl.’.’
Tl-IF. subscriber offers to the
public at large, ladies’ and gen-
tleinens’ SLIPPICRS, at reduc-
ed prices; also, ladies’ Buskins;
also Gaiters of all kinds, which he will sell at
wholesale or retail. Those wanting the above
articles will do well to call before purchasing
elsewhere. Come one, come all and behold the
reduced prices.
_ AARON S. BENEDICT & CO.
A. S. B. wouldinform his old friends to not
, forget the old stand.
Norwalk, Nov. 20th, 18-If‘. 47
N P THE Subscrilier takes this
o ) o method to inform those indebted
to him that. he will keep his accounts in his
hands four weeks longer for settloinent. lfthey
are not settled up by that tiinetliey may expect
to pay it cost. This is the third and lasi call.
The subscriber may be found at his oldstand
at So. Norvvalk, where he is ready to wait on
all those in want of Clotliing, both cutting and
niaking, which will be done in the best style,
and at the shortr~.st notice, for cash.
S. \V. R.-n'i\io.\'ii, Mercliant Tailor.
So. Norwalk, Jan. 18, 1846. 31:151-
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From f/IC ..'l).'!(’7‘fC(U2- RC-rir.n.
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\\'lien I was a little tiny boy,
In the happy vernal time;
And life was but an idle toy,
in t.lie fresh hours of prime;
0 then ’twas pleasant far away,
\\-'hcre the sweet: birds inight sing,
In fields and forests all the day,
Making the echoes ring,
To sport. among the flowers so gay,
Tlirowing the ciiislcss hours away.
But Spring has iill too short a date,
And sultry Siiiiui'ier comes;
They will not for wisliing waitt——-
Spring goes, and Suminer comes :
’Twas pleasant. [lien in shade to lie,
Tlirougli all the sultry day,
And idly gaze upon the sky
\Vhere the silver clouds did stray ;
Then watch the closing of ,l)a_v’s i-ye,
\Vliile he on golden couch dotli lie.
Then came the cold Noveinlier winds,
in the fiill oftlie leaf so di'ear,
And l)i'ot,'g'lit a chill to S(;l)L‘l' iiiiiids,
In the sad days of the year;
For now the grape dropped from the wall,
in the gloom of the le;-‘sciiiiig days,
And the last few golden apples fall
Naile s:iddei' still the ways;
And all the paths were brown and chill,
And leaves went flitting o‘er the hill.
Then \Vii:tci' came. so blue and cold,
In the days of sleet and snow;
The naked woods look sear and old,
And all things hoary grow:
In icy caves the waters lie,
The drift o‘ertops the wall,
And snows come sliding through the sky
\Vith a whirling wliispering fiill:-—
0 now, ’twas sweet at home to stay,
And waste in mirth the tedious day.
0 Spring of life! O golden time!
The circle of your sweet,
Froin sober fall to lnippy priuie,
Did always kindly lllt‘(‘l’;
From wiiiter’s bea rd to pluck ii joy,
Young hearts are bold eiiow;
And suinnier’s rage is but a toy
To make them braver show :-—
Or frosts below, O1'll1‘(3S above,
Youth turns them all to sport and love.
biomass‘
ON TEM_l:l-;RANCE-
1’.~tIt’1‘lll.
Let us now call your attention, for a few
moments to the ravages of strong drink in
society. And,
1. Physicians all agree, that iritemperate
diinking, has a direct tendency to ruin
health and shorten life This opinion is
supported alike, by theory and by facts.
“Ardent spirits,” says Dr. Rush, “dispose
the body to every form of acute disease.
It is an interesting fact, that the yellow
fevers of our cities, the presciit alarining
epidemic in the midst of us, and the fever
-f the northern army, have all been aggra-
vated and rendered peculiarly malignant,
in multitudes of instances, by the free use
of ardent spirits. For evidence oftlie first,
see Dr. Bush's Enquiry, &c. p. 5. For
evidence of the sci-ond,‘go into any town,
where the fever has prevailed, and ask the
first man you meet. It is matter of public
remark, that an attack of the disease is
;ilHl0st certain death to the intempeiate.
For evidence of the third, see the official
statement of Dr. Mann, (hospital surgeon
of the U. S. army) which appeared some
months ago in the newspapers. “It has”
says he, “ba-en well ascertained, that the
disoriler (viz. the fever in the army) was
so
so
most fatal to them, who had been previ-|
ously seized with the meazles, but more
especially to those, who were in habits of
intemper nce.
Let none flatter themselves, that because
they are not di'iinlcai'(ls,tliey are in no
danger from what they are pleased to con-~
sider, as a generous use of the glass. Dr.
Rush has given a solemn caution on this
point which cannot be too‘ often repeati-d.
“l have known” says be “several per-
sons destroyed by ardent spirits, who were
never completely intoxicated, in the whole
course of their lives.” Has not yonrown
observation, cliristi-.in brethren and friends,
furnished you with similar examples?
\'Ve should think, that every person who
attends to what is passing around him,
must be convinced, that many whose
sobriety is scarcely questioned, are hurried
prematurely to the grave, by the free and
regular use of strong drink.
Go to the sick bed of some friend or
neighbor, who has for years been laying
in fuel, for the fever that now consumes
him. Perliaps no one ever tlioiiglit of
calling him a drnnkard. It may be, that
he was never seen intoxicated in the course
of his life. But he drank often: he drank
freely. He was frequently seen at the
drain shop, or loitering about the tavern.
He was, in lll(‘._Sl.ylC of his companions, in
joival, good hearted fellow. But now be-
hold him, shifting from side to side, on
his bed, a mi erable picture of distress.
His blood is inflamed, his tongue parched
and his brain disordered. Ilis disease,
which in all probability he might have
escaped by temperance, or which, had he
abstained wholly from the use of strong
drink, might have yielded to the power of
medicine, is now incurable. His days are
numbered and finished. He struggles, he
gasps,§be expires, and where is he '!
Shall we go on, and point you to ten
thousand shadows of human existence, in
the last stages of wasting diseases, brouglit
on by excessive drinking’! Shall we no-
dertake to count the miserable wretclies,
who in one place and another, are iinceas
ingly tortured, by this prometliean vulture’!
Shall we urge pliysiciuns to point out to
us the iiuni.-s which are inscribed on our
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CT. VVEDNESDAY, IVIARCPI 10. 18-17.
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this fell destroyer.
iiins lie beneath them '!
strong drink, upon life and health.
that tarry long at the ‘wine: they that go
to seek mixed wine. Hard (ll'll1l-ll’fg',
whether of \\ ine oi distilled liquors,involves
men in endless quarrels and difficulties,
which terminate in bruises, black eyes,
and broken bones, and sometimes murder.
(tr if one drunkard in a bi min (1 should
escape all these evils, (which is not to be
expected) a host of other dangers would
stare him in the face and anibusli his ]‘~£tll1.-
ls the wrcteh returiiing from his brutal
revels—he reels from side to side, challen-
ges some drunken companion to it iace,
bsnvls through the streets li e a madman,
falls from his horse, and how often into
eternity l .
Or is be on foot—-bow many falls and
wounds does he experience. How often
;is he found, stretched by the way side, on
‘the cold and damp earth, dead driink ;
l€.\'|')OSl d to the wheels of the hasty travel-'
ler, drenched by rains, wet with the dew
of llC1l\'€'l1,$lllV|.‘l'll)g under the piercing
blasts of winter, or perhaps lying still, in
the iron slnmliers of death.
2 The effects of hard driii‘.inr_r_ upon
the temper and disposition, We often
dreadfu'.
yearly bills of mortality, by the hand of ed at home.
Shall we go from 000 ofgal'ons of rum, and other foreign-deduct one fourth part; that is, we will
grave to grave, in the fields of the_ dead, distilled liquors were imported into the go upon the supposition, that less by one
. and as'- tombstones, how many of its vic- United States, which being added to the:qnartcr,:according tothe number of inbab- .
. Ali! iftoinbstoiies tahove ‘l5,3(i5,5‘29 produces the enormous
ll'1lgl1l.t'tlW-:I._VS tell the truth, how aflecting,iamoum of 33,365,529 gallons for our home ‘of our country,
bow zil:iririing won'd be their testimony..con‘spmption. What the annual amount,western districtof _F.-iirfield county, some-
Blit llt|S Is not the only view which sboul 1 lnf imports has been since 18.10, we have,wbat more than 80,000 gallons for our
l‘0 !“l\'€‘". Of the (leslrnciive effects 0f§l101. been able to ascertain; but we pre-lannual consumption.
_ , t, R H‘ } 1 i ?\Tli0.’,Slltt'lC that during the last year at least, it'appertioned antotig the several towns,
sail I to oya ’l'(.‘:tc icr, int 1 woe . w io-
hath sorrow‘! who bath contentions’! \\llO;for domestic distilled spirits, it admits not land the result‘ will be nearly as follows.
bath babbling’! who hath woimds ivitheutlof a il.-ubt, that there has been a rapid in- iiFi1ll‘fll;‘l(l, 14,119 gallons; Norwalk, 9,905;
caii:-e7. who had redness of eyes’! They crease, from year to year, so that tlielStamford, 15,240;
It changes the gentleness of the lamb,
into the ferocity of :i tiger. lt lets loose
without controul It often vents the most
outrageous abuse upon the nearest rela-
,_tions and the best fi'ieiids. Under its run-
ilignaut influence, persons who have been
idistingznislicd for the sweetness and equa-
_niinity of their dispositions, become ex-
l('eSSl\'Cl_V more.-e aid irritable. We appea‘
filo you, cliristian brethren and friends, how
very often strong driu drowns conjugal,
parental, filial, and fraternal affection.-—
Under its influence the husband becomes
la brute; ‘l1(:‘ wife, a serpent in the bosom;
land the child, a son of perdition.
3. lntemperate drinkiiig greatly impairs,
5and sometimes destroys the iindcrstan ing.
l Dr. VVaters, of the leiinsylvania hospi-
'tal, some years ago, assured Dr. Rush,
that one third of the patients confined in,
‘the assylum, on account of madness, had
‘brought upon themselves that terrible
‘disease, by the use of ardent spirits. if
this was an extraordinary fact, it does not
stand alone. Loss of iinderstanding, by
:bard drinking, is not, and never has been,
confined to the miserable tenants of the
_Pennsylvani'.i hospital. Many such self
;made maniacs, might, we are persuaded,
;be pointed out within our own state, and
gwitbin our own limits. Freqiien‘. intoxi-
cation cannot fail to impair the intellect.
.It must gradually enfecble, and ultimately
éprostrate the noblest powers of the mind.
l How affecting it. is to see brilliant tal-
ents clouded, and strong powers en
crvated by ardent spirits. How melan-
choly to behold the opening buds ofgenius,
blasted by the fumes ofiutoxicating liquors.
But alas! such instances are frequent in
this christian land.
4-. Bretheren, we appeal to your own
observation. Have you not known men,
vvho were once numbered with the wise,
i
all gvjtlie bad passions, to rage and range‘
gradually reduced almost to a level with.
.ideots, by intemperanre'! Have you not"
seen the masculine and discriminating nn-1
(lerstanding, dwindle into premature old.
age and second childhood, by the same
means? We doubt not, you can recollect‘
more than one promising youth, tender
and well beloved, of high hopes and flat-
tering prospects, who has been snared and
taken by the insidious enemy, of which
we are speaking. You beheld, and the,
eye which lately beamed with intelligence‘
grew dim. The doating parent aware of
the cause, began to tremble and weep over
his son. Hope and comfort fled from the
bosom of the father who be-gat, and of the
.mother who bare him. His decline was
steady, and it was rapid. livery faculty
was bennmbed, or enervated by excess;
and he sunt. away into insignificance and
contempt. Or perhaps, he sunk into an
early grave, and you l1t’t1t‘d the agonizing
lamentatioii over it, “O my son, my son,
would God that I had (lied for thee, my
son, my son.”
Brethren, when we extend our view, and 1
think how many thousand persons, of ex-'
cellent talents, have been destroyed in the
;same way, it reminds us ofsome noble city ,-
in ruins. . VVe walk over the ground where
it stood, examine ~witli painful retrospec-i
tion, the fallen columns and broken aicli-
es, survey the broad fOltn(l‘¢1[it)ns of mag-
nificent I difiees, now no more—an(l sigh
to think that. the glory is departed for
even
5. The enormous consumption ofardeiit
spirits in this country, involves an incredi-
ble waste of property. ‘
‘Vb:-n the Marshals tool: the census of
the United States in 1>~]0, they were di-
rected to collect and return to the Secre-
tary's office, the amount of all domestic
irianiifzictures of any considerable impor-
tance in the Union. From these returns
it appears, that 25,498,381 gallons of ar-
dent spirits were distilled that year, of
\\’lll('l-I were exported 1-13,853 gallons;
leaving 9.5,355,5‘29 gallons to be consum-
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must have been considerably larger. As
quantity now mannfactiired, and of course
consumed, is much greater than it was in
1810.
lint not to insist on this, let ilie amount;
of foreign and domestic. spirits stand as
above, at 33,3ti5,5'.'9 gallons, & it amounts
to :23. ,.‘)3'2 hog.-lic-ails, which supposing
one team to carry two liogsheads, would
load l‘2~l-,-l-fit)’ carts. These, allowing three
rods for each team. would reach more than
115!) miles, or nearly the whole length of
the United States, from north to south!
The number of hogslicads necessary to
contain the liquor, would cost not far from
600,000 dollars, or almost ciioii,c_:l'i to build
two ships of the line, and would, if placed
in a row, so as to touch each other, reach
more than 178 miles, or almo.~t twice the
lengtli oftliie state of Connecticut.
Or to present the subject in another
li_-zlit, 33,3f55,‘."2.9 gallons of spirits, is suf-
ficient to fill a canal 4-2 miles long, 10 feet
wide and 2 feet deep, affording conven-
ient navigation, that whole distance for
l.lOI1lS()f$€‘V(-’I'Ill tons burtlien! The same
quantity, if brought together, would form
a pond G8 rods long, 4-0 broad, and 6 feet
deep!
Again; according to the last census,
the number of inhabitants in the United
States, and tlieirt riitorial governments,
was 7,930,514-. Divide 4--'1-,365,5‘l9 gallons
by llllS:p0pUlflIlO[l, and it gives an average,
of not far from four gallons and ti half to
every man, \\‘01h?tn,t1l.d child in the na-
tion. But we have in our country 1,185,
000 slaves, whose enviable privilege it is,
with few exceptions, to be wholly denied
the use of ardent spirits. They must.
therefore be substracted from the grand
total of our population, which will lcavea
little over 6,000,000. From this reduced
number, we must si.-bstract all the chil-
dren umlei 6 years of age, being probably
about 1,000,000; and then we shall have
left, hardly 4,500,000 people to consnine
33,3ti5,5r;5 gallons of ardent spirits, be-
sides very large quantities of wine, ale,
&c; and producing an average sl are to
each consumer, of seven gallons and one
third.
We think it likely that some of our read-
ers will pause here, and exclaim it is im-
possible! There must. be some grand mis-
take in the calculations. As the result
stands, it falls little short, of proving us,
to be a nation of tipplers and drunkards.
We must confess, brethren, that we too
are astonished and alarmed at the result ;
but we cannot help it. Facts and figures,
are stubborn things Few people are
aware how fast those truth telling rules.
addition and multiplication mount up. it
must be remembered, that gills make
quarts, quarts make gallons and gallons
make hogslieads. A single glass, or half
gill, taken every day, amounts at the year's
end, to more than five gallons and a half;
a gill to more that eleven gallons; half a
pint to upwards of twenty tivo gallons;
and a pint to the enormous quantity of
forty five gallons! this short and simple
process explains the mystery. How many
people, who think themselves extremely
temperate, drink a gill daily; how many,
two gills, a pint, or even more; that is,
twice or thrice their proportion of the 33,
000,000 of gallons annually. Set aside
all the slaves, and all the children under
ten years of age, in the United States: let
the remainder, about 4«.500,000 drink less
than two thirds of a gill, upon an average
daily, and they will consume the whole
before the end of the year.
From this general view of the subject,
et us come liome to our own State. and
County, mid submit a few plain arithmeti-
cal calcnlations to your serious considera-
tion. The average proportion to Connec
ticut, of 33,000,000 of gallons, is about
1,1.‘-6,583. The proportion to the county
of Fairfield, estimating it by the number of
inhabitants, 187,111 gallons. The popu-
lation of this county is forty thousand nine-
llt1lI(ll‘P(l and fifty souls, of wliom more
than twent_v three thousand belong to the
western district; considerably more than
half of the 187,111 gallons, must. therefore
be put to our account.
Here, perhaps, some may be ready . to
queslioii the fairness of the preceding
distribution. It may be said, that Connec-
ticut does not consume that proportion of
the 33,000,000 of gallons, which has been
aSSlQllt’(l to it.
\d"c sincerely hope, brethcren, that this
remark is true But when you consider,
that in maxing out the above average, we
have included the slaves,and thereby ma
terially reduced what would otherwise
have been our proportion; when you look
round and count the stills; when you eiiu-
merate the drain shops within the circle
of your acquaintance; when you see bar-
rels of cider brandy rolled into your
neighbors cellars, and think how ‘many
kegs and gallon battles, to say I10lh_“’*g °f
smaller vessels, are constantly .-‘I0'".‘.1 l‘-’
and from stores and distilleries; when you
take all these and other obvious facts into
consideration, you may pearhapsg tied rea-
son to believe, that our estimate is not too
high.
The same year, about 8,000,]
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However, to be on the safe side, we will
gitants, is drunk here, than in other parts
This will leave to the
Now let this be
,according to the number of inhabitants,
Greenwich, 153,179;
New Canaan, 5,345; Ridgefield, 7,197;
Weston, 8,960; and VVilton, 5,811 l
But we liastcn from the enormous quan-
tity, to make a few remarks respecting the
=ai'inual expense of ardent spirits in this
;_country. Considering the high price of
all ‘mported liqiiors-——consiileri:ig how
much of our own manufacture is in vari-
ous ways, disguised and sold for Frencli
brandy, llolland gin, &c.; considering
too, the very liberal dilutions which both
foreign and domestic spirits experience on
their way to the consumer, and the great
atlvances made from the original cost, by
tavern keepers and other retailers, the ul-
timate average expense cannot be less
than one dollar a gallon, or $33,365,528
annually.
But not to insist on a few hundred thou-
send dollars, let the amount stand at the
round suni of 3'} iiiillon. What a vast
sum to be paid out in twelve months for
liquid fire, and slow poison; and all this
to be accounted for at tliejudginent of the
goat day! One half the amount levied
upon the United ttates, by direct taxation,
would produce revolution in the govern-
ment. Ai.d think how much good might.
de done by exrending this money which
is so n.aiy- tliousancl times worse than
wasted, in building colleges, supporting
schools, improving roads, encouraging
n‘lfl11:if:1C.1tll'e.°, extinguishing the national
the t, increasing our navy, fortifying our
seabord, sending out missionaries, and dis-
seminating the scriptures.
Less than a fifth part. of it would stip-
port 7,230 ministers of the gospel, with
an average salary--of seven hundred dol.
la s, supplyiiigevery tlions-and inhabitants,
with one minister. A little more than one
.tbird pait of the whole amount, would pay
113,380 school teachers, giving each a sail-
ary of three l.un ;lred dollars, and allowing
six schools to every thousand inhabitants.
The remainder, would. we believe, more
than defray all the ordinary expensesboth.
of the general and state governments. Or
the \\ hole in m of 33 iniliion of dollars,
would purchase 52,750,000 barrrels of flour,
at 12 dollars a barrel, which would sup-
ply 4-58,333 families with bread for the
year, allowing six barrels to each family.
Or it would found one hundred and ten
colleges, apportioning to eacli three hun-
dred dtllars; or it would biiild,.a’ city of
between five and six thons_and houses, at
an 3.VtI'.‘1g8 cost of six thousand dollars.
Or according to an estimate, submitted to
Congress sometime last winter, by the
Secretary of the Navy, it would in a sin-
gle year build one hundred ships of the
line. Or it would handsomely support
one liurid.ed l.ll~.'llSi1I1d students at public
.2-eminaries. Or it would establish between
fifty and sixty manufactories, with an ave-
rage capital of 600 thousand dollars. Or,
if applied to the improvement of roads,
and making canals, the one half of it
would complete 135 tiirnpikes, each two
bandied miles in length, at a cost of six
hundred dollars a mile; and the other half
would cut fifty canals, one hundred miles
long, costing six thousand dollars a mile.
Or, if devoted to that object, 33 million of
dollars would esta‘ lish sixteen thousand,
five hundred young families, in our new
settlements, on the same number of farms,
at an average cost of two thousand dol-
lars. Or, finally, if expended in the great
and good work of cliristanizing the heath-
en, one halfof it would support. twenty-five
thousand missionaries in foreign lands,
and the other half wotild purchase from
15 to 520 millions of bibles.
\’Ve have saicl,that npoii a very moderate
computation, eighty thousand gallons of
ardent spirits are consumed yearly,in the
western district of this county; and that
the average cost cannot be less than one
dollar a gall. Eighty tlir-usand gall’s l.llt'l'l
costs eighty thousand dolls, of which Fair-
field pays according to the present esti-
mate 1-1-,l18; Norwalk 9,905; Stamford
15,24-0; Greenwicli 12,179; New Canaan
5,3-15; Ridgefield 7,197; Weston 8,960;
and Wilton 5,91-1-! .
Now what would be thought,what would
be said, if these towns were required to
pay half the sum, for the public service!
Why, every man would cry out against
the burden as intolerable. Your tax gath-
erers would be mobbed at noon day in the
streets. And if there were no other way to
get rid of paying such unlicard of taxes,
from year to year, would you not i|b8nd0n
your establishments, sell your farms, and
remove to some distant region '!
Bretberen and friends, we invite you to
calculate for yourselves. Take eigty thou-
sand, or even forty thousand dollars annu-
ally, and think how much good might be
effected, by expending it in public im-
provements, within our own limits, or by
devoting it in a wider field, to the advance-
ment of arts, sciences and religon. Then
reflect, that so farpfrom doing any essen-
tlul good, as now laid out for ardent spir-
its, it actually goes to buy gout, apoplexy,
fevers, consumption and a host of Other
fatal diseases, together with shame, pov-
erty, stupidity, distraction, death and per-
diticn.
Norwalk Chronicler