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Ninth Annual Convention. NJ N's'
Randolph.

The pleasant village of West Randolph was
the scene of the ninth annual conventional the
Woman's Christian Temperance Union oil
Vermont. The preliminary exercises were
happily opened by a reception at The house
Of Mrs. Willard Gay. About forty delegates
were present aud enjoyed the kind hospital
tiles of the cstimable lady, and all speak oil
the reception as IA delightful occasion.
The ninth annual convention OF the Wo-
mans Christian Temperance Union oil YER
mont began Thursday morning at y O'Clock
with conservation meeting winch iasttu
one hour at which were present large num-
Ter OF delegates
AtlOa. III. the business meeting was
called to order by the President, Mrs. h u.
Green ST. Adams. The usual appoint
mcnt of committees preCe ded the address ol
welcome, which was by Mis-. V. Nj. hardy
and was 50 hearty aud cordial that IL lpunu
its way to the hearts of the delegates. II
was responded to by Miss Nina ii Morgan
in f,l,cituus manner The president thth
introduced Miss Franc L. Willard to the
convention ami she spoke in her usual earnest,
happy way, giving the convention start
that promises to last the SESSION through
The rrpur,s of the department supcrInlrh-
dents on "CommuuiOn Wine by Miss
!.
by Miss Ellie Walbridge, on Union signal
by Mrs. N l.. r. Hidden closed the iOie'
no N session. ,
Tie afternoon meeting began ny Blbc
reading, after which the unions not hereto
fore rep ,rted were given places on commit
tees AMI / lc reports of tine secretary anu
treasurer followed. These papers snow Inc
State ortaulzuiun to be in Il nOurlshln2 clh'
dition ii doing large woik all "eF INC
State.
Before the close of the afternoon session
the question OF iilauCcs was discussed 10
some extent, after hearingi the report OF
the finance committee. Ole Of the happlest
solutions of the question was reached by the
voluntary contributions amounting ID ABOUT
$3.50. Ine question Of employing woman
to canvass the state was discussed ut lcpgtll
and finally left with the executive committee
Superintendent of departments as iOl-
lows then made their report Holiday
Book" 10y Miss Nina ii. Moigan:. "ReM,
ton of temperance to Capital and Labor
by Mrs. i. Hastings !" Influencing the
Press" by Mrs. T. b. Lund. The conyen-
ton thea adj burned Til $50 p. H.
Evening session.
A devotional meeting was held lasting 20
minutes.
The report Of tue superintendent Of sun
day-school work." Mrs. II. King of Lowell,
was an interesting paper, aud was followed
by a paper by Mrs. NJ. L. Ilamlin of Mid
debury which was read by Mrs Monroe OF
Nidilebury.
The address of Mrs f. G. Green, the
president, occupied the greater part of the
evening and held the close attention OF the
audience which quite filled the church. Her
theme was mainly the educational ques-
,on," aud it was ably presented.
The choir of the Christian church furnish
I'd acc eptablc music.
Second Day-MOrning Session.
Praise meeting at 0 a. m. led by Mrs. NJ. L..
T. Hidden. A general attendance of the
delegates made the morning praise meeting
an interesting one.
Before the opening of the morning business
meeting the president, Mrs. Greene, called
the attention of the convention to several
minor matters such as the subscription for
the national minutes, women al work, coun-
ty unions and treasurers, prompt report Tor
publication by superintendent OF departments
and copies to be at once sent the National
superintendent.
The business session was begun by roll
call, 40 delegates answeriu. to their names
Mrs. Lund moved that the executive COM
mittee prepare a plan of work for county
institutes. Adopted. The question was
referred and quite discussion was had as TO
plans.
The regular order was changed by vote
giving the nominating committee more time,
and the reports Of superintendent OF depart
ments ", re presented as follows; "Prcsent-
n m hlf DnIips
G. Greene prison and Jail work." Mrs.
e. Robertson, read by Mrs. House Evan
gelist,c work." Mrs. A. d. Collins 'Lcgij-
lalive work." Mrs. S. Toward.
Mrs Hyde Of Bakersfield spoke, as she
said, 'for minority, regretting for year
past our position as a temperance society in
opposition to almost all others and TO the
mass OF voters We secured the defeat of
constitutional prohibition and the w. {. 1.
7. must bear the glory or the shame Of it,
This action has been II wall before me and
l think Is he occasion OF the neglect of So
macy Unions to report here"
Mrs. Greene spoke, correcting some of the
points ma lie by Mrs. Hyde. drawing
Room Meetings" The superintendent: Of
this department being absent the president
called on Mis-. Stanwood Of St. Albans,
who not only spoke of the
work, but also of the St. Albans
Reform Club, giving a favorable account of
its work and results. Miss Morgan of Ben
Button Of Mddlo6ury, Mrs, King of Lowell
Mrs. Kinsman of Alburgh, Mrs. Day OF
Underhiil, Mrs. Seaver of Montpelier, Miss
Hutchinson of Swanton, Mrs. Chds OF
Wcy bridge, Mrs. Hidden of Craftsbury, all
spoke in brief terms of the success of this de-
partment. The president announced tec-
gram from the Middlebury w. G. r. U. as
follows; Greeting, Exodus "a, 10, LIST Cor.
~, 25 aud 20; Genesis "a 20" The presi-
dent called on Mrs. Button of Middlebury to
interpret the telegram, which she did as fol-
lows, being the president of the Mddlebury
w. c. II. u.
There appears writing on the wall
which Mrs. Green, our honored president,
asks me to decipher. Elk. a. 10. This must
refer to something terrible to come to you
LIST Cor ~, 2j and 20. This must refer to
our Christian Love one to another. This ter
rible thing to happen must be felt by all each
for the other Gen. "a, %. This must refer
10 the reason why must say this terrible
thing and what it must be. She said more
over unto him we have both straw and pro.
vcnder enough and room to lodge in. The
Interpretation give of this is that the Mid.
dleGury W. G. T. U. extend to this honorable
body greeting and a cordial invitation to come
to them to hold your next annual convention.
This interpret DO unto thy servant as
seemeth to thee good"
Thanks were voted the president for her
able address of the previous evening and to
Mrs. liamlin for her interesting paper read
by Mrs, Monroe,
Afternoon Session
In the afternoon devotional meeting
was held lasting 30 minutes and very
generally attended. AT $50 p. M, the
convention was called to order by the
president and opened with prayer by Mrs
b. Scavcr The records of the morning SEES