as a body in bringing under the notice of the land any
retailers of ardent Spirits. Yet divers of there
have been admonished which use trust has had
a good effect for knowing the existence of
such an association it puts them more on their
guard in this neighbourhood vicinity. There still however
is reason to fear the unlawful sale of Liquor
is too freequently practised at those called nurseries
of vice call’d tippling houses, but the difficulty of
procuring of procuring evidence from such as are
concern’d in the violation of the law at such
places is often a great barrier in the way of bringing
those hardy offenders to that punishment they
justly merrit. Our views have been to do more
by example and precept, than by any
coercive measures, to lessen the prevalence
of this evil of intemperance, and that For by
convincing the Judgment of these who
may tho not considered intemperate themselves,
may nevertheless may be in the practice of useing
it as an ashote of drink, and handing it out
to such as use it to their own destruction -
a great object is gain’d, and one of the sources
from which the streams of intemperances flow
in a great measure cut off and thus many some