The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1884-09-25

v, is ssss so~u on resd Iercusa FrissI
sna jail weik vac sad record Of Ian,
impsao.si o. sceenhs 81 drasaesssss
Ia Rapniusios 80 ncn snd boys we're 10
csrvsrsi.s snd the sfelce, 10 svsfy case
Vas essssd airsetiy o. Indirectly by rum
Who has neglected biz suiyf The Lsrt
will not hold him euililsss. The hossr nis
sisn. the beautiful ihougbt OF helpless
inrslid, Miss JsaKis csrrsiy Of Louisville
Ky, caesr.d many hearts sss awakened
pleasant memories. The prsssn and many
jsils and aims houses have been visited BY
ladies daring tho year. uho carried
flowers. Temperance lssilsst sEd ol,inei
re:reshmenis ~ the Inmates In seine
icwns the O. A. IL Was furnished with
flowers on their public days.
Juvenile work shows that many Bsndi
Of Hope aoI children's societies have
taken ,hs triple plsdgs County fair
tia, a large sum Of money can b. made
by having tempersses restaurant o. the
grounds and their influence would pre-
vent the sale Of istoxicAnta
Drawing Room work reports v1iess
pleasant ways BY which membership asd
interest could be increased by social eater.
tsinmonis. The relation Of intsmPsrAncs
10 capital and labor showed hsw the liquor
traffic effects business and the necessity Of
employing men Of temperate habits. Ssv.
ersl sections Of the prohibitsry law were
read, and We wish that svevy .a.is Psssss
IN ths State vas familiar with them. We
cannot separate Temperance frsm svasgsl-
istic work but the latter is . special Dept
We feel that none cas- do effective TEN per.
ancs work unless led by lhs Holy Spirit.
The Sundsy-schssl Dept. sas Of the most
important. did not report a. fsvorsbly IS
desired. but there is an iscrsasing inter.
est, some Of the schools using temperance
leaflets aud holding temperance coacsrts.
A greater effort should be made to pledge
the S. s. children. The report - uHfer.
msnted wine shows an decrease Of churchs
using IT, The papers upon hygiene and
heredity were extremity interestingly
latter by DR.. Mary Partridge Of Bsnning.
ton was received with marked faver.
The Socretary's reports show an i'm.
meuse amount Of work accomplished dur
ing the year The treasurer reported
balance on hasd OF over $1,000 90 which
increased to 5000 by the thank offerings Of
the Unions. The presidents annual ad.
dress was written in her usual fine style,
and was full Of good Suggestions.
Thursday afternoon the exercises we're
varied by accepting cordial invitation to
visit the college grounds. The delegates
were Rraciously received by Pres. Hamlin
and the professors. The campus, said to
be the finest in New England, has won
derful growth Of rare and beautiful trees
The library under the management Of Dr.
Hanlin has been greatly enlarged and
besutifed. The buildings are mostly old
but are in an excellent condition. The
new dining hall is q very attractive feature
TO the students, and the view from the
cupsls. Of one Of the main buildings,
well repaid us for the weary climb.
Beautiful harmony prevailed during all
the proceedings Of the convention with
one exception. The Troy Times states,
that with characteristic fckleness the
women Of Vermont endorsed ST. shn
Thursday and rsscindsd the endorsement
the next day." The facts are these: Prob.
ably every delegate 10 that convention is Q
strong prohlbitionist. but when resolu-
ton was offered by the president Of the
Women's Suffrage association OF the State
stating that we endorse our beloved No.
tional presidents movements in gsisg be.
fore the political conventions Of the day.
etc, there was q difference in opinion.
Ali who have read the prohibition plat
form are aware that it heartily endorses
woman's suffrage. And some Of our far.
seeing ones, knowing Miss Willard to be
a streng suffrsgist, and that great effort
has been made to add franchise Dept.
to our state list-felt that in adopting that
resolution we really advocated suffrage.
every union before coming to the convsn.
tisn voted upon this question, whether
or not We should the franchise Dept added
as3 a large majority voted negatively.
The vote wM taken upon this resolution
aud was carried because there WAS mis-.
Of its full import. The
nsst morning II Was rescincd, the clause
relating 80 the prohibition platform was
stricken cut, aHd tho resolution was con-
sidrfei simply a. a token OF s,apatby to
Miss Willard III her efforts to Introduce
temperance plslk Into the political plat
forms.
Dr. Boob ri Brooklyn stated not long
siucr, tnat be might br obliged to vote to
give Woman the ballot in order 10
save the nniioa from the curse OF run
W hen Deborah told Barak to 60 up against
the enemies Of Israel he said, iii thou
wilt 90 v it'll me then wall 60, but il thou
wilt not 60 Nitn me then will net GO. |
She said, / will surely 90 with thee. new
ertheless the journey that thou takest
shall not be for thine honor. de mignt
have to vote 10 give woman the ballot
fearing the strength Of the enemy. but
when he had done il. he would 60 and
hide himself for very shame.
TWAS voted that the last page Of the
Natioaoe bulletin published at Brattlsbors. |
be devoted to our State work. The cid
board OF officers was almost unsnimously |
reelected. The Office Of corresponding |
secretary was dropped and one secretary
chosen With power to noninsts her assist