Morning journal and courier., 1888-06-07
womEN,s TEMPERANCE RALLY.

Haven County Held I'm Fair Haven
 The officers EIected-Favorable Re-
 ports. : The Women's Christian Temperance union al convention at the First Congregational church, Fair Haven, yesterday. Delegates from two New Haven unions were present,
 and also from Milford, Bethany, Cheshire,
 Branford, East Haven, Guilford, Meriden,
 West Haven, Naugatuck, Niddlebury, Stony
 Greek, Seymour and Wallingford.
 The morning session was called to order by
 the president, Mrs. M. L. Durand of this
 city. The meeting opened with devotional
 exercises led by Mrs. J. H. Morris of East
 Haven. The roll call showed that there were
 about 150 members present. The minutes
 of the semi-annual meeting held in East
 Haven last November were read by Miss
 Lillian V. Stoddard of Cheshire and were ordered placed on file. Mrs. Downs of
 Bethany and Mrs. Blatchlsy of Guilford were appointed committee on credentials, and other committees were appointed to look after the comfort of the delegates during the session.
 An increase of membership was shown by the reports from various unions. The work in Cheshire was shown to be progressing un- der many difficulties. Ladies of the union in that town had visited the several saloons and endeavored to reform the frequenters by personal persuasion.
 Mrs. Jerome of this city made motion that every lady present be made member of the convention. which caused discussion in which Mrs. Andrews, the corresponding sec. retary of the State union, took an active part. Through her advocacy the motion was unanimously passed. After ashort ad- dress by Mrs. Andrews, the reading of the .1,< kIAk x1,af a>Nf the last annual convention held in West Ha- yen in June, 1887, there was balance of $9. .49, which was increased $522 by the col- lection at the semi-annual convention last fall. The expense during the year was $14. 20, which left balance of ffty-ene cents in the treasury.
 Mrs. "A. H. Downes read the report of the Bethany union, which was founded three years sgoswith five members and now has seventeen.
 The report from Branford was read by Mrs. Bartholomew and that from Cheshire by Miss Hattie Beach. Miss Lillian N. Stoddard, of Cheshire, then invited the delegates to hold the next eoun- ty convention in Cheshire, which was &C., cepted unanimously.
 After prayer by Mrs. Wheeleck and Mrs. Holmes, of Meriden, the morning session ad-
 journed.
 Papers on different departments of the work were read at the afternoon session by Mrs. A. M. Chapman, of Meriden; Mrs. M.
 L. Rogers, of South Manchester, and Miss E.
 E. Miles and Mrs. J. H. Leeds, of this city. Officers were elected for the ensuing year,
 after which Mrs. E. Smith, of West Haven, read an interesting paper on Enhance" and was followed by Mrs. E. A. Leeds, of this city, who spoke on the 'eUnion Signal" The evening services were opened with song and prayer. A few words of welcome were
 addressed by the president, in which she con- ko T II to the beauty and freshness of youth by
 earnestly embracing the work of temperance,
 and asked the blessing of God to aid them in the holy service.
 The report from the West Haven branch
 stated that their society was formed March
 3, 1888, with membership of six, which
 was now enlarged to twelve. Only one church is represented among these, and they
 hope to add others to the roll before the next session. Guilford's report was short, but showed an increase in membership.
 The report from New Haven stated that 8 reading room had been opened with $50 raised by the members and library of fifty volumesS for which $25 was raised by sub- scription.
 After the reading of reports a recitation, 'The Rising Tide of Temperance" was given and the president introduced Mrs. F. J. Barnes of New York, the national superinten-
  ing speaker and in beginning said that her remarks might be well classified under the three titles, Hearts, Heads, Hands," She spoke of the tendency of young people to overlook the cause of temperance and of the sorrow-into which families are thrown when ! marriages are made without due regard to this matter.
 All women should sympathize with the unhappy mothers and sisters whose thresh- | olds are darkened by this shadow of hell. They are your sisters; your hearts should be I touched. We should seek them and bear the precious drops ot joy a sympathizing ! soul may offer. My dear girls, look into ! this matter; carry on our work for the noble ! cause of temperance, and you will be sought by the best young men in the world and be 8 blessing to mankind. For the children's sake love our labors. God has placed the little ones into our lap and blesses our re- sponsihility and our prayers. He it was that ! said "Suffer little children to come unto I me, and shall we leave his dear ones to a | drunkard's homea Sign the pledge. You do | it to help somebody, and God only knows how much you help yourselves. Mrs. Barnes was presented with bouquet | of flowers, among which were many forget me-nots, at the close of her address. The State secretary, Mrs. Andrews, then
 said a few words, after which 6 contribution
 was taken and the services closed with a tenn perance doxology.
 The officers elected for the ensuing year
 are: President, Mrs. M L. Durand, New Haven; secretary, Miss Fannie M. Richards, West Haven; treasurer, Miss Lillian N. Stod- ! da I'd, Cheshire.