The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-06-14

ton. There is no intempcrance among them
and their health is better thsn in previous
years. Religious interest is very good; one
old Indian walked fifteen miles to solicit q
meeting among his people. The committee
have expended $636.18.
Francis T. King, John D.. Lang, Eli
Jones, JAS G.. Arnold, and others address
ed the meeting upon the Importance of this
subject. The report of the committee was &C.
cepted and the same committee continued,
Eight hundred dollars was appropriated for
this committee.
Francis T.. King addressed the meeting in
regard to the large field for work in North Car
DINA.
The committee on the Mosher fluid made a
favorable report and the committee was con.
tinued. This fund is for the distribution of
Friends books.
Adjourned till p. m.
AFTERNOON.
The session was opened with prayer by Bar
clay Jones.
Amos M. Kenworthy very pointedly showed
some of the evils in the church and their rene.
dies.
The report of Representatives Meeting was
then read. This meeting is chosen each wear
to transact any business that would legally
come before the Yearly Meeting; its members
are chosen by the Yearly Meeting, and thew
meet quarterly. The report gave complete
account of the business transacted at the diff
ferent. sessions of the Representatives Meet
ings. Among these items was this query from
Salem Quarterly Meeting: To which Monthly
Meeting does child belong, when the father
Is member of one Monthly Meeting, and the
mother of another? The meeting was of the
opinion that the child belongs to the same
monthly meeting as the father, .and the clerk
was requested to inform Salem Quarterly
Meeting of this decision.
One of the suggestions of this report called
out lively discussion, on the question of
woman's rights In the church; participated in
by Obadiah Chase, Eli Jones, Augustine
Jones and many others. During this discus
sion Allen Jay expressed desire to visit the
women's meeting. Liberty was granted. The
report was approved, except the question men
toned above, which was referred to the next
Yearly Meeting.
The committee on nominations report the
following committees:
Committee on Observation-Disclosures Jones.
Matthew Rowland, John f. Tucker, Carrie
Alice Jones, Asenath Tetlow, Rachel S. How
land.
Committee on Bible Schools-CharIes Taber.
Harriet N. Jones, Thomas B. Nichols, Geo. II.
Farr, Henry Winslow, Elizabeth I'll. Taber,
Lizzie P. Nichols, Phebe N. Wadsworth; 5000
was appropriated for this committee
The report from the meeting of ministers
and elders, and the answers to the queries
signed by the clerk, John Paige, were read.
Assistant Clerk Henry 7. Wood then read
z. S. to the epistle from the North Carolina
yearly meeting, stating the condition of the
work in that yearly meeting. Allen Jay,
Robert Haynes and others addressed the yearly
meeting on the same subject. The matter was
referred to committee, of which Alfred Il.
Jones is chairman.
A letter on foreign.missions was read from
the committee on that subject for Indiana
yearly meeting. This was referred to the com
mttee just appointed.
A proposition was received from the women's
meeting, stating that they had decided to hold
two business sessions, one of them pablo, at
7.30 p. m.
The committee on missions desire the yearly
meeting to recommend the appointment of a
committee on that subject by each monthly
meeting. Agreed to.
The report of the committee on freedmen wa,
read.
The report of the Treasurer of the Freed
mems Fund shows balance of $3,471.29.
The report was accepted and the committee
continued, with the exception of Edward
Earle, deceased.
1t was proposed and agreed that the present
committee of arrangements should bold over
till next year.
Adjourned till o'clock to-day
A large audience assembled in CITY Hall last
night to attend the meeting held under the
auspices of the Total Abstinence Committee of
the Yearly Meeting. Tho committee had ar
ranged fine programme, as published yester-
lay morning, which was faithfully carried out.
The speakers were all we'll received, and the
numerous sallies of wit enlivened, the meeting
rather more than has been the ease with the
other meetings during the week.
The meeting was called to order by James p.
William Jacob read portion of Scripture,
after which Neal Dow appropriately,welcomed
the Friends to the city.
COMMITTEE REPORT,
The chairman of the committee then nre
sented the report for the year. j. William
Jacob has.beenl employed to visit and hold
meetings throughout the yearly meeting. Mr..
Jacob has been very successful, and has done
much in rousirg the Friends to realization If
the Importance of this question. The com
mittee advise the Society of Friends to issue a
call for all religious societies to unite with
hem in an attack upon the liquor interest.
Mr.. Boyce supplemented the: report of the
with few pertinent remarks and
introduced Eli Jones, who believes in object
teaching. You have heard of Eli Jones. You
can see his length and breadth. You have wel-
coined us, the Qaakers, to the emporium of
the leading state in the Union. (Annlanse
Nothing has brought Portland into moro
notice IMAM the name of your distinguished
either, Neal Dow. The Maine law has ex-
cited great interest in the Eastern world
Portland has always taken the lead in tom.
perance, but you must look out or the Quakers
will get ahead OF you. In closing Friend
Jones referred to the troubles of Person Smith
Quakers as recorded in his iournal
and mentioned in the PRESS few davs since
'But," said BIZ, Eve are not afraid of each
other now"
Mrs. Stevens of Deering, next addressed the
meeting with strong words Of announcement
Charlotte d. Holmes of r. l.. said, am here
rot to meet Neal Dow, or any great men, but
because L believe lntemperance is a gigant ic
evil. am here to lift my voice against larper
traffic. A battle may sweep off thousand.
but intemperance carries awa5 bow manv
thousands? Don't attempt to build CD your
constitution on Quaker Bitters.''
Susan Ann Clifford of Mass, addressed the
meeting with earnest words, which showed
how deeply she is interested in this great
cause