West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1886-01-20

hHOh youAS iduy was asked to
send, in the afternoon, a lnnoS
consisting of candy, nuts, oraneoa
&c. The Union furnished ~
cream. The gentlemen when inv;
ted were apprised of the fact tbat
there would be an auction.
Accordingly before going ort
for refreshments each vonna
lady was disguised by yelling bass
head and draping her body with =
curtain. She was then bronebs
into the room AID mounted on ~ Nv
auction-block, which consistsd
of a stool for the short girls and
the floor for the tall ones. Tbo
auctioneer would then praise bs,
many good qualities and so forth
such as, weighing so MANY hund
red pounds, having SO many teeth
and giving an advanced age and
finally she would be knocked dow
to the highest bidder. The limit
in price was 80 cents SO that the
gentlemen need not feel thew had
paid too much for the evening.
pleasure. The gentlemen wfrs
then requested to take the ladies
for whom they had bid to the din.
ing room, where the gentleman
saw the result of the auction. Thew
found they had not succeeded IN
bidding in their own sweethearts
One gentlemen had his sister
which of course caused some mer.
ryment.
A lively auctioneer of course add,
very much to the righteousness of
the affair. These young ladies Of
Grafton under the wise leader
ship of their President, Miss Anna
Jarvis, in this way not only gave
their friends pleasant evening
but put some money into their
Treasury.
| do not often have two good
things to tell at the same time but
[ certainly have this time.
THE NEW CUMBERLAND UNION.
The Secretary of the New Cum.
berland w. G, T. u, Mrs. J. A.
smith, has sent me such very
interesting report of their organi-
zation and work, that | mean to
give some of it to you.
This Union was organized about
seven months ago, by Mrs. TregO
IF Ohio. She has been with the
Union twice and done a good work,
I am sure she ought to feel proud
Of the result of her effort.
They have now forty members
and meet every Thursday in their
own room.
Every other Saturday evening
hey hold meetings especially for
young people which are very well
Since their organization they
have held four mass meetings, the
asst one of these being addressed by
Mrs. Buell. who delighted everybody
as she always does.
Over 300 pledges have been sign
ed.
Under the auspices of this Union
q Young Mems Christian Temper
ance League has been formed with
a membership at the present time
Of over one hundred and tl0enty'
Crusade day was observed and a
dime collection OF S346 sent from
the Young Mems League. Il
Friday the 8th was also observed
as a day of special prayer. On THIS
day was held one of the largest
meetings they have ever had
The ladies all feel that these
quiet prayer meetings have been
great blessing to them and thS
deep feeling Of this special service
at the beginning Of this New Year
made them all feel that the mo''o
of each of the Lords daughters
should be, "The whole a0orSG 10.
Jesus" I was delighted to near
that this w. G. T. U. has just or o.
ganized Band of Hope with o.
members. -,
The children are the hope OF INT
world and | am proud of this new
Band and of the work that may No
accomplished through it. ALA.
I feel very much like congraIuia
ting West Virginia on the posse.
&c n,aL "a Anrric IA n q mon ~