St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-10-07

w. Z. Il. u. began mere on w eunesuay
evening of last week with a reception
at the residence of Mrs. Emerson Hall.
The delegates had not all arrived, but
those who were here had an exceeding
ly pleasant time.
Thursdays Meetings.
The regular sessions of the cOnven-
ton were holden on Thursday and
Friday. Those on Thursday were
held at the South church, beginning
with a conservation service at 9 a. m,
led by Mrs. r. J. Hyde of Bakersfield.
At ten o'clock the business meeting
was called to order, the President,
Miss Anna C. Park, in the chair after
the appointment of committee on Gre
dentials, and other rOutive business
Mrs. J. L. Perkins of st. JOhnsbury,
welcomed the ladies of the union in a
few fitting remarks, which were neat
ly responded to by Mrs. j. B. Reynolds
of Rutland. Miss Josie Gill of Mont
pelier, then read well written essay
on "Water y after which came the ap-
pointment of various committees.
it'' AFTERNOON.
The meeting was called to order
again at 2.3O p. m, and after some
routine work, Mrs. Cole of Burlington,
the treasurer, moved that the secretary
be paid salary in future, and not be
asked to give time and trouble
gratuitously to the work. She didn't
think it right to expect so much work
done for nothing. The motion was
laid over till Friday morning.
The treasurer then presented her
report, showing S279.32 received dur
ing the year in membership fees, and a
total in the treasury during the year of
SAY %. The union contributed to the
HAYES Memorial fund ten dollars. The
disbursements during the year were
S3I6.44, leaving a balance in the
treasury of S112,60. The president
made few remarks about VermOnt's
being an honest state and never failing
to pay her dues in the national organ
izatiOn.
Following this came the report of
the corresponding secretary, Mrs.
Greene of st. Adams. This report
showed that the past year had been an
encouraging one in temperance work
in Vermont, and a great deal of prog
ress had been made. The number of
unions had nearly doubled, and great
deal of credit is due the state organizer
for her faithful work. GLOW the dear
Lord has honOred and blessed our
work :" The way has been opened in
several directions, and representatives
of several new unions were present at
this meeting. The young ladies are
coming forward in the work. There is
room for them. and we are happy to
find them ready for the work. Ben
ningtOn county has three unions, Ad-
olson four new ones and seven in all
w WV anu "a
young ladies' union, Windham three,
Windsor one, Orange three, Caledonia
fifteen and the report says there are no
saloons in st. JOhnsbury, Chittenden
six unions, Franklin three, Grand Isle
two, LamOille four, Orleans five, and
Essex one. Last year the state organ
ization had Cos members, and it has
more this year. There are now 62
unions, an increase of % over last year,
and $500 have been raised and used
in the years work. County cOnven-
tions have been held on several Occa-
sions. The secretary recommended
the holding of these conventions as
productive of organized effort, which
is always desirable and powerful. She
said the forces of the temperance army
are now well organized in Vermont,
and should go on to the accomplish
ment of all possible good in this line.
Mrs. Sturtevant, the state organizer,
then spoke briefly. She said the work
in the organizing department was well
inaugurated, and more than ever has
been done this year. She had worked
127 days and visited 81 towns; formed
% new unions and revived about 1;
old ones addressed 2 county conven-
tions had travelled 5000 miles, 500 by
carriage had held lI2 meetings and
brought nearly 500 new members into
the work the northern part of the
state had overbalanced the southern
part so far as work was concerned; the
support of the state organizer had moi
depleted the treasury to the amount
of penny.
Music during the afternoon was fur
nished by Miss Laura Brooks, who SANG
solo and by company of children
EVENING SESSION.
The evening meeting was public
and a fair audience met at the churel
not as large a one, however, as the
interest of the proceedings warranted
After trio sung by the choir, ant
scripture reading and prayer, the pres
ident, Miss Park, delivered her annua
address. Temperance pioneers, sh'
said, have done their work and open
ed up the dark places of the earth
and the world is opening its eyes Il
the horrors of the traffic in liquor
When the real dangers and curse of tn