Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1838-01-12
Annual Meeting of the windham County
Temperance Hociety.

. temperance 5OC1etys
The Windham County Temperance Soci.
ely held their annual meeting at Roclin CHAM
on Monday, the first day OF January. 1898.
The meeting was called to order by the
President. After the usual Introductory ex.
~ercises, the meeting was highly entertained
with a very able and appropriate Address
from the Rev. Mr. Hodges. Of Chester.-Af
Ter which the Society proceeded to business.
The Secretary being absent, DR.. David
Allen was chosen Secretary pro tenn.
The following Resolution was proposed
and adopted unanimously:
Resolred, That the thanks OF this Society
be presented TO the Rev. Mr. Hodges for the
able and appropriate Address which he has
delivered before them this day.-and thai a
copy be requested for the press.
Chose DR.. Dove Of Rockingham a Com.
mittee 10 wait on the Rev. Mr. Hodges for
the purpose specified in the above resolution.
Forty-one signatures were then received 10
the constitution of the Society.
The Society then proceeded to the choice
OF officers for the year ensuing, and chose
Hon. PHINEHAS WHITE, President.
Rev. THOMAS Fl. WooD, Vice
Adm THAyER. Esq. Presidents.
ANTHONY VAN Doom, Secretary.
DIREcToRs.-J. c. Holbrook, ESQ. and
Rev. J. l. Stark, Brauleboro; Philip Martin.
Esq. Guilford; Ed. Samuel Fish, Hall.
fax; Ed. Amherst Lamb, Whitingham:
Dea. iona. Ingraham, Marlboro; Eli Cros.
by, Esq. New Fame; Asa Boyden, ESQ. Dunn
inerston; Doct. David Allen and Doct. Pliny
SnHnrd Waot,.. H.. D-----l C."
bury, Townshend Rev. Nelson Barber,
Rockingham s. Stebbins. Esq. Brookline !;
Dea. Emory WheeIock, Wardsboro -
-, Wilmington; Dea. David Bancroft,
Grafton iona. Cotton, Esq. Athens; Tim.
thy GoodaIe, Esq. Jamaica; Dea. -
Grout, Stratton Eld..-- Pierce, Lon.
donderry; Rev. Selah r. Arms, Wind.
ham; Dea. Laban Jones, Dover; and
- -, Putney.
The subject of the new Pledge MS a sub.
stituie for the old one, proposed for consid-
Grafton at a meeting Of the Society at Towns.
bend, June l4th, 1886, was brought forward
and unanimously adopted as a substitute for
the Sd Article in the Constitution Of the So
ciety. 1t reads as follows, viz:
PLEDGE.
The Members Of this Society severally
agree not 10 use intoxicating liquors as a
drink; MOI provide il as an article of refresh.
ment Tor their friends, or for persons in their
employ nor will they use. manufacture, or
traffic in the same except for chemical, me-
d%icinal, mechanical and sacramenta pur-
poses"
Resolved. That the societies auxiliary 10
the Windham County Temperance Society
be requested to hold district meetings in their
several towns, during the presen, winter, for
the promotion of The Temperance Reforma-
lion.
Resolred, That village and town societies
be requested TO send delegates to the annual
meetings Of the Windham County Temper
ance Society.
The following Resolution was brought
forward and proposed for consideration at
the next meeting Of the Society, viz:
Resolred, That the Annual Meetings of
this Society be held hereafter in connection
with the anniversaries OF other County Soci.
cites.
Resolved, That the printers OF the several
newspapers in this County be invited TO pub
lish the doings of this meeting.
RESOLVED, That when this meeting ad-
journ, it stand adjourned to the last Thurs
day Of the present month at Westminster
West, at / O'clock, p. M.
Adjourned. Attest.
DAVID ALLEN, Sec'y pro tenn
The meeting was well attended by the
citizens OF Rockingham. and will doubtless
leave a salutary impression. d. A.