Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-12-10
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WHOLE NUBfBER 1914.
TenlperanCeDepartment


terly meeting Tor the current year OF the
W. Q. T. u. Of Ashtabulo county was held
At the Congregational church in saybrook.
on Wednesday, Nov. n, 1890 Morning
session a II q. m. Devotional exercises
conducted By the President, Mrs. @. W.
Pbinney, after which the regular business
Of the dag was taken up. Reports from
local unions we're first in order:
Ashtabdla, reported by Mrs Morrison.
Temperance work Is a life work. There Is
more interest IN the monthly meetings held
! On Sunday, than formerly. There Is unity OF
/ spirit between the two Unions. We are
/ encouraged 10 hold on, though there is
/ seemingly an increase of drunkenness on
our streets. Austinburg, reported by Mrs.
| Scoyille. But few workers; we are trylngto
/ get Hiss COleman's eatechism in our school,
] have committees appointed in every school
| district IN town TO raise funds Tor the cause
-are hopeful Of success. Conneaut, re-
| ported by Mrs. Bonney. We maintain our
| semimonthJ cottage prayer meetings.
Miss COlemans manual is one department
Of The high school. Union services every
month, in the churches, in the interest Of
| temperance. There are earnest temper.
1 ance workers in town. Weare hopeful for
the future. Dorset, Mrs. Chamberlin re-
ported by letter. A rival union which has
been organized on the basis Of volunteer
work, without money to oil machinery, has
interfered with the work Of the regular
union, 20 what extent not stated. Miss Sui
llivan reported Geneva as vide awake on tenn
perance, yet there is seemingly more drunk
enness than fofmeriy Temperance text
books in all their schools. have held a
Hayes tea-partys net receipts $23,68.
SaybrOOk, reported by Mrs. Fouts. Local
union not active but are -rousing up; do
not keep up our meetings. The Young
Peoples Christian Temperance Union
meetings were well attended 50 long as
kept up. Are now preparing for an enter
tainment TO be given soon. There is ci-
der mill in our midst and cider is more I'm
our way than all things else. q The only
way TO reach this evil is to cut down the
surplus apple trees. Our saloon is blown
either up or down. South New Lyme, re-
ported by Mrs. Ward by letter. Maintain
their monthly meetings aud have added to
the members Of the local union. No spe-
cial statement Of things, on the whole.
Windsor, local union organized, temper
ance sentiment Oh the increase, are hopeful
for the future.
Adjourned to the town house, where the
temperance women and girls Of Saybrook
had spread table that could have tempted
the appetite Of President Garfield. All
who attended the convention we're seated
at the tables.
p. NJ. Session. Minutes Of the morning
session read by the secretary and approved.
A plan Of work prepared by Mr.. Thorp
to secure the passage Of stringent local
option law was read by Mrs. Sullivan.
Theplan in brief, proposed in lieu Of pc
titions TO the Legislature to secure pledges
Of temperance voters to vote for no can
didate who is not a thorough temperance
man, and will use all Of his influence to
secure the passage Of wholesome temper
anee laws, While the motion TO adopt this
fplan, by the union, was pending II was
briefly touched upon by Mrs. Morrison,
Mrs, Kinsley, Mrs. Bonney, Miss Sullivan
and Miss Haight and approved by them.
Mrs. Fouts thought the petitions and
pledges should go together. Revs. Fee
man, Barber and Bliss heartily endorsed
the plan, which was then adopted by the
Unions.
Reports from editors Of the temperance
columns: Miss Sullivan has edited a tenn o.
peranee column in the Times for three
years. Mr.. Spencer is very kind and does
not restrict to one column, and does not re-
fuse to print some things extra. Mrs.G. W.
White reported, by letter, the editor Of the
Express accorded space cheerfully, though
limited to less than a column, ordinarily.
Mrs. Fricker was not denied space by the
Standard, the column was vacant because
she had nothing more to write and would
no. select clippings. Mrs. Eames was ap-
pointed in her place, by the union. Mrs.
Sperry was appointed to edit temperance
column in her husbands paper, the Ashta-
= l..
Mrs. Cowles was appointed to edit col
umn in the jefferson Gazette. Mrs. Bon
Uey said the editor Of the Reporter had al
ways been kind and obliging, always ac-
cording space and more than a column if
wanted. As your reporter is not woman
he was not called upon to give an account
of the ablelmanner in which he had edited
temperance in the TELEGRAPH. iaS
The President brought before the union
the plan. OF the Hayes testimonial. Five
dollars entities any person or society to q
steel engraving Of Mrs. Hayes portrait.
And also the plan Of raising funds by
Thanksgiving collections for temperance
literature, one half the money sent retain
ed by publishers the other half sent back
to a society in leaflets, papers, sc. Mrs.
/ Bonney offered a resolution which was
! adopted by the unions H
G.. T. Union. of Ashtabula county, in con-
veUtion assembled do heartily endorse the
plan Of action recently proposed by the
Ohio Anti-Liquor Alliance in its issue Of
Home Protection Law.
p Miss NJ. j. Sullivan was appointed q
delegate from the union TO the mass meet
ing to be held in Columbus, under the au-
spices OF the Ohio Anti-liquor Alliance.
! Adjourned to p. m. Mass meeting in
| the evening, when Mrs. Phinney gave a
very interesting and instructive report Of
| the National Convention, recently held in
I Boston, giving facts and statements that
are not within the reach of all. In addi-
tion, the convention was addressed by ReVs.
Barber and Bliss in short, pity speeches
| full OF good things. 1t was decided to
hold the February meeting in Geneva.
. Neither Mrs. Woodbridge nor Miss Jen-
ny Duty were present at the convention, as
had been announced, to the disappoint-
ment Of all. f..i.........i,,. S,