
          in the highway he shall be arrested
 & not released till he shall have sworn
 out a warrant against the man that
 furnished him the liquor. I board with
 the justice who is perhaps the main man
 in the Ch though old, a democrat and an
 ex-rumseller. I saw a man drunk in
 the streets a worthless vagabond & I
 called in to our house our two deacons
 & the most zealous temperance man in my
 congregation. All declined acting and
 I told them that if the law was not enforced
 by them I must either enforce it or
 leave. They protested against either of
 these things, told me that the majority
 of the people were opposed to the law [crossed out: and]
 but further gave me to hope that the man
 wd be arrested next day on complaint
 of another person. [crossed out: Sever] He was not
 and several other cases of drunkenness
 have since occurred. I have
 seen none of these except a respectable
 member of my congregation

        