St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-08-05
Temperance Campmectimg.

crmont began at LyndonVllle ON
Wednesday. The weather was unfa-
vOrahle and the attendance ON the first
day was consequently small. Miss
Moore of st. JOhnshury, president of
the w. G. T. t., of Caledonia county,
prcsidcd-the opening meeting being
under the auspices of the WOmm'S
Christian Temperance Union of the
state. Addresses were made by Rev.
c. b. Hubert of Lyndonvillc. Mrs f.
G.. Greene of st. Adams, Rev. c. ID.
Hills of Lowell, Mass, Mrs. Z. a. Stur-
tevamt, and Rev. |. McAnn, DR.. l.. Gil
man and Z. =. Brainerd of st. Adams.
On Thursday morning Rev Z. Fol
som of Lyndonville presided. y pleas
ant social service was held at $40 II.
m, and ut 9::}0 the addresses began.
Col. j. b. Mead was detained by i'll
ness, and in his stead Rev. |. McAnn
of st. Adams spoke. He was followed
by Rev. c. w. Wallace of Manchester
y. II. In the afternoon, social ser
vice was held, and X. O. Sturtevant
presided. Frank Plumley, Esq, of
NOrthfield, made an excellent address.
which was followed by one from Rev.
W. J. Johnson of Waterbury, At 7:30
p. M, Rev. \ Is. Truax of Brattleboro
addressed the people
Friday was known as Governors
day. Gov. Bell of New Hampshire
WAS unable to he present, and sent a
letter of regret. Gov. Farnham was
present, and presided over the rxcrcis-
cs of the day. On the arrival of the
/ special from the south in the morning.
| il procession was formed ut the depot,
| led 10y the st. JOlmShurN band. and
marched to the residence of ex-senator
| Thompson, where Gov. Farnham was
Il guest. The band rendered him ser
enadc, and Rev. c. b. Hubert fcicit-
ously welcomed him in behalf of the
citizens of Lyndonvillc. GOV. Farnham
responded briefly, thanking the people
for the honor done him, and congratu-
lating them on the assembling of So
many earnest temperance workers in
their midst. Referring to President
Garfield, he said "Lct me congratu-
late You and all the country that we
may hope that our President is rccov-
all feel, no matter of what party or
section. such sympathy as never was
felt for aiPrcSidcmt before, unless it
was for Abraham Lincoln. He is cS-
tablishcd more firmly in the hearts of
the people than he could have been
under any other circumstances and
we shall always look upon and revere
and love him The governor was
then escorted to the grove, where Il
large number .had assembled. After
music by the band Rev. J. k. Bartlett
introduced Gov. Farnham. who went
OH to say that in this matter of tenn
pcrancc he thought hc represented the
feeling of the people of the state. The
state and general government hc said.
are gradually showing IN interest in
temperance, and we havcmadc great adj
ymccmcut in popular government.
We begin To believe we have voice
in the government. and as the advo-
Gates of temperance we have made at
least some progress. The Governor
then read extracts from the laws Of thi.
country in va, when the people of
town were given the right to say who
should bc their motel keeper. and when
cavern -hauntcrs" were posted. He
questioned whether We had not gone
backward i'll some of these things. !
Speaking OF the prohibitory laws, hc
said they had been made possible he |
cause the rising generations of years |
ago had been educated To So" their de |
STABILITY, and these laws could lie en-
forced if more was done to build up
public opinion in the right direction. |.
The lack is just here.
The Governors speech was followed |
by an address from Rev. NJ. w Prince.
late of Haverhin, y. H., who spoke |
cloquently and effectively in regard to
what intemperancc was doing for Us as
a nation, and the earnest. persistent
effort that was necessary to conquer
the evil.
In the afternoon occurred the elec-
tiom of officers. resulting as follows |
President, F. Plumley of Mortified A: /
Nicc-presidcnts, Gov. Farnham. Rev. /
c. =. Taplin, Rev. Z. Folsom of Lyn- /
dOnVille; l.. Gilman and Mrs. T. G. /
Greene of st. Adams Secretary. Geo /
II. Richmond of Mortified Treasurer.
c. w. Wyman of Brattleboro Finance
Committee, o. ID. Edgerton of North
field, l.. c. Grandey, Geo. T. Drew
Executive Committee, J. Batcheldcr of
Waterbury, Mrs. Z. g. Greene. VIM.
Embry and l.. Gilman.
The location of the next meeting
was left To the executive committee.
Addresses were then made by Rev &.
b. Pitblado of New Hampshire, and
Rev. ID. w. Lelacheur of Maine. the
Latter speaking in the evening. The
Association may be congratulated on
the success of the occasion. The
weather Friday was all that could he
desired, and everything passed off
smoothly. On Friday evening the
grove was lit up with lanterns, said 10
be the same that were used at Grants
reception in Japan.