Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-06-19
Rutland missionary Association.
ANNUAL MEETING, 1878.

The annual meeting of the Rutland
Missionary Association, was held ac-
cording to previous notice, at the Mis-
sion House, ON the afternoon of Thurs
day the 18th of June.
After the reading and acceptance. of
the reports of the Secretary and Treas
urer, and some general discussion of the
best means of extending and increasing
the influences of the Association, the
meeting proceeded to re-elect the officers
of the proceeding year, as follows;
President Mrs. A. NJ Seaver.
Vice-P readent-Mrs. James B. Porter.
TreGsurer-Miss Julia Pierpoint
Recording tSecretary-Mr. L. ]. W.
Strong. .'
Corresponding secrStary-Mrs. John
N. Baxter.
Managers-Mrs. Luther Daniels, Mrs.
Charles Sheldon, Mrs. j. NJ. Haven, Mrs.
l.. G. Kingsley, Mrs. w. H. B. Owen,
Mrs. W. Y. Ripley, Mrs. Briggs, Mrs.
Henry Clark, Mrs. George A. futile,
UOIlu 1Oul.
The thanks of the Association were,
unanimously voted to.Nliss Terrill for her
faithful, conscientious, and efficient su-
perintendence of the sewing school,
during the past winter, congratulations
were exchanged on the very satisfactory
disposition which had been made of the
two little girls, who for more than a
year had been benifcaries of the Asso-
citation, and after some unimportant
business, the meeting adjourned.
The following is the
SECRETARY ANNUAL REPORT.
The Rutland Missionary Association
having reached the eleventh year of its
existence as an organized body, it seems
unnecessary for the Secretary, on pre-
senting her annual report, to enter into
any detailed statement of the object of
the Association, embracing, as they do,
the vital subjects of Christianity and
humanity, and having 50 often been
brought to the notice of. the public, by
the annual sermons in our different
churches, through the columns of the
daily press, and from our previous re-
ports, it would seem as if no good citi-
zen could plead ignorance in regard. TO
them. Its work for the past year has
been carried on by the old board of Off
GERS who, with one exception, were all
reelected at the last annual meeting,
and healthy progress can safely be re-
ported, as great, if not greater, than
that of any former years, with an amount
af contributions to its treasury, which
is gratifying. To Hon. Ii. III. Baxter we
are indebted for the liberal donation of
one hundred dollars, while others have
made generous gifts of both money and
clothing and would also desire to make
grateful mention of the annual sermon
of Rev. H. F. Austin, delivered in the
Methodist church, whose earnest appeal
called forth collection of over seventy
dollars.
The Saturday afternooR sewing school
held its session regularly during the
winter season, commencing the first
week in December and closing the latter
part of April. The attendance was much
larger than usual, there having been
about fifty pupils in the school, The
small number of teachers willing to de-
vote themselves to the work, has been
amy W ITO cuISSSS, dlltl ICD-
dered much more laborious the duties of
the earnest and competent superintend~
ent and her few faithful assistants, but
the results, on the whole, were quite
gratifying. For a more detailed state
ment of the working of the school, you
are referred to the report of its superin- |
tendent.
We regret the circumstances which ne
the suspension OF the adult
evening school, but here, as in former |