The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1881-12-23
The Convention Of the w. @, T. H. Of
Vermont.

Inc Convention Of the w. @. T. u. OF
| Vermont.
The annual convention, held in 81.
Johnsbury, September 80, was n pros
porous one, we'll attended and the new
Unions well represented. There was
o reception OF delegates on the eve of
the convention which was very pleas.
ant indeed.
Thursday morning at nine o'clocl,
there was conservation meeting. led
by Mrs. Hyde, of Bakersfield.
AT ten o'clock the convention was
called to order by Miss Annie ParL,
the president. One hundred and sew,
en- delegates were present. The dele
gates were welcomed in an earnest and
impressive address by Mrs. j. l.. Per.
kins, OF st. Johnsbury and Mrs. ]. II.
reynolds, president of the w. G.. II.
OF Rutland, gave the response. Miss
Josie Gill, of Montpelier, read nm
essay on "Water, Adams ale, the ac.
cepted drink of ALL" An anthem wos
sung, so rest in the Lord, Wait pafi-
emily for Him." INV p"''
AT p. NJ. the ladies met for praver
80 the convention came m or
der, when the minutes were rood
after which the secretary, Mrs. T.. G.
Greene, gave her report as follows.
FIRST district comprises seventeen Tn.
ions, and one yonng ladies Union at
montpelier. 1t was well represented
ana dong good work. The Older Tn,
ION hau recently made q seizure of for
ty barrels of liquor. Middlebnrv TN. In
ION mas ffty-seven paying members
three hundred signatures In favor ~,
prohibition. Whiting Union, recentIv
revived has eight members. Shorc,
nam Cnion mas twenty-eight members
ana holds its own. Bridporf haS
thlriy-ionr members, doing good
work. Burlington has eighty ,5ow Man,
oers, hve hundred voters pledoeJ 70
sustain the Union and fifteen hnndrod
women, They have made some cot
ures and have established coffee rooms
IN place of grog shops. They hire .
nan, mold parlor meetings and have on
tereu protest before the commiss;on-
ers. Essex Junction Union has tbirtv-
Two members and fifteen gentlemen oo
honorary members. They have tea.
parties, nave Sewel's Stomach Plates
i1ey nave mad one picnic, also a boat
ilae oy tne courtesy of Burlington Tn.
.on. OF Aioans Union has vi ited sixtv
eanines, distributed illustrated tracts
oaxtohs hlver Union has introdn ,oi
eemperance instructio into the pnblic
S1nooi py the teacher and his wife
Iinty-lpree Uuions were reported
thirty Oh them new, with one thonsani
and eighty-eight members. "'''
Inc annual address by the President
MISS fark, was rcplete with GOOD
cneer ana iull of inspiration.
1uVenlle work was reported bv Misc
NINA morgan, of Bennington.
mrs; Dr: Lund, of Burlington. cx.
bloited and explained SewelIs Charts
MIs. hyde spoke on interesting
cnildrcn, enlisting them for tcmner.
suits. 'Apeo' great re-
FRIDAY afternoon there was a memo.
RAJ service for those who have heen
called from the church militant 10 thn
church triumphant since last conven.
uon. among the valued names stand
tnose OF MRS; Il. ID. Rockwell, Mrs. e.
~. LUCIA ana Mrs. Taplin, Scrinturc
was read, prayer offered, anthems
sung ana poem was delivered bv
Miss Ellen Benton. "
Miss Willard, President of tho Ma
tional Union, was present on Friday
una spoke OF the Temperance tales pnb.
nsneu Dy David e. Cook, of CHICAGO.
.neir marvellous adaptation TO the
ZINES, their low price, &c. "With his
hanus upon the keys of poetic tbouoht
ne mas sown broadcast the seeds of fem.
perance inspiration, and who can csti-
landr '0"'ii Vi our
Inc superintendent of prison and
Jaii work said, "Let us 90 on our labor
OF love well supplied with reading
matter; we must visit aims bouses
ana lalls, not with words of blame mn
on our lips. The inmates need onr
sympathy. They are the wrecks of
Wnat were created in the image of
Oou. Ihose in whose keeping thew
are, care for their bodies, but as far rs
spiritual instruction is concerned thew
Mlght as well be in a heatben land ne
IN vermont. Should we not think
enough OF Christ to seek for him even
committees on nominations renort.
ea ana the following officers were duly
9,ec,e1 ior the year: President, Mrs.
-. W. oreehe, of ST. Albans; secretary
anu STATE organizer, Mrs. E. A. Stur-
,eVaht, or Middlebury; treasurer. Mrs.
u. Y. Cole, of Burlington; auditor.
Mrs. M. f. Perkins. '
Miss Park, who has served as nresi-
ueht lot TWO years, offered her resiopa-
tlon, which had been necesitated by i'll
health, and expressed her thanks and
appreciation of the kindness of the la
dies, and also for an expression of a
wlsh to retain her in office.
FRIDAY evening we had the pleasure
oi hstening to an interesting address by
our national president, Miss Francis
Il. willard, giving us glimpses of her
temperance work in the South. where
she was received with great kindness
and cordiality in all the cities that she
visited, OF the clasped hands of North
and South over political issnes. She
gave us sketch of our late president
as she saw him at the White House in
March, after the Inauguration. She
spoke OF the presentation of the testi-
monial of Mrs. Hayes to him, of his re-
ply aad also added her tribute to his
memory.
"A rising vote of thanks were tender
ed 10 the citizens of st. Johnsbury for
their hospitality, to which Rev. Ed
ward Fairbanks, pastor of Suuth
church, responded in words of apprecia-
uon, and thanked the ladies for their
presence and the enthusiasm they had
received, and hoped the day was not
iar distant when the citizens of st.
Jonnsbury would have the pleasure of
welcoming them again.