The Brookhaven leader., 1886-04-08

welcome" you all here this evening t.
this the first entertainment of the kline
given by the little band of women Tenn
perance workers in our town, assisted by
some of the kind ladies and gentlemen
who do not belong to the Union, and
very much assisted by the little folks
We celebrate, this evening, the first
anniversary of our Union. Although We
have been in your midst twelve months
it may be that some are unacquainted
with us; that is, with our obj ct, plan OF
work, sc; it may therefore be proper tn
explain ourselves little before proceed
/ ing with the entertainment.
The w. G. L. U. of Brook haven was
organized March 9th, 1885, by Mrs.
NJ. l.. Wells, of Indiana, one of the Vice
Presidents of the National Woman $
Christian Temperance Union. 1t has en-
rolled during the year about seventy-hve
members and is only very small factor
of the $50, 900 Christian women who are
at work in the great cause of Temperance
in the United States.
"Toiling on mid the ripened grain
OF the yellow and bending fields,
Many skillful laborer cleaning
sickle yields.
Shineth the sun at morning hour
On busy hearts and hands
| The nOontide glow, the westering beams
/ Light myriads of tOiliug bands.
| Nor tarr ieth long enough the day
| For the zeal of these workers true;
In the morn's clear ii sht and in sombre
night,
| They are round at their tasks anew.
strength,
And forms of giant mold?
Does the harvest they CLEAN bring rich re-
In wealth of shining gold
Why, look We we'll! They are woman
kind
Who are toiling night and day,
And the harvest gains they eagerly crave
An the souls of men, they say"
Intemperance is our foe. When we
shall have trampled that hideOus monster
under our feet, then, and not till then,
will our zeal in the cause flag; then we
will lay down our armOr, for our main
object will be accomplished.
Now as to TIE object of the w. c. I. T..
in detail as set forth i'll its Constitution ::
First to educate public sentiment up to
the standard of total abstinence, which
we try to accomplish first by example,
pledglng ourselves on becoming members
of the Union to abstain from the use of
wine, beer, cider, and such; second, by
trying to impress upon others the truth
that total abstinence is the only safe rule.
We also seek to train the young by
teaching them the effects of alcohol upon
the human system, and by organizing
them into Bands of Hope. There are
many such bands of little Temperance
workers in our State, and we hope soon to
have one in our own midst. Further, we
seek to save the inebriate, and to secure
the legal prohibition of the liquor traffic.
Yes, gentlemen, we even go so far as to
carry these petitions round, begging yon
to help lis rid our town of this great evil
If yor could have been present at some
of our meetings and heard the timid Il
will so" in response to the Presidents
call for volunteers for this work, you
would appreciate the sacrifice we make
in seeking to accomplish this object, and,
although we Nay have met with little, or
no apparent success, we have the assur-
ance that we will not lose our reward,
and we never lose hope that our cause
will finally succeed.
We hold our meetings weekly with
open doors. The gentlemen are welcome
to be present at these meetings to hear
how we ladies conduct business. We
talk a great deal at these meetings, but we
always give any gentleman who may be
present an opportunity 10 say few
words. Whether these meetings are con-
Quoted according to the strict rules of
parliamentary usage or not, we always
break up feeling better for having met
and talked together about the great work
in which we are engaged.
Any lady may become a member of the
Union by signing the pledge of total alb
stinence, and by the payment of fifty
cents annually into the treasury. Any
gentleman may become an honorary MEM
Der by the payment of one dollar, and
this entities him to the privilege ofwear-
ing the white ribbon.
We ladies have privilege at these
meetings which We do not always have.
We vote. We had an election last week.
We voted for President, for three Vice
Presidents, for Corresponding-S Secretary,
Recording Secretary, and Treasurer.
But, gentlemen, we are perfectly will
ing to confine our voting to these little
meetings of ours, and to leave all the
other voting to you, but We want you to
vote for God, for your own beautiful
homes, for the little ones around your
fireside, for this beautiful sunny land of
ours,-''For God, and Home, and Ma
tive Land, and not for King Alcohol.
We call the attention of ladies of fami-
lies to our complete line of FRESH NEW
and PURE groceries which we are selling
cheap.
Try our fresh breakfast bacon, homeless
hams and smoked sausage.
Try our fresh roll beef and dainty pig
pork.