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The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1888-07-04
FULL PROCEEDINGS
fifth Annual Geaveatie'
WEST VIRGINIA
Woman's Christian Temperance
Union.
Parkersbury, June 81, %, 20, 1888.

Parkersburg, June 81, %, %, 1888.
The Fifth Annual Convention Of
the oman's Christian Temperance
Union of West Virginia met in the
Baptist Church, Parkersburg, June
81, at 9 a. M, and was called to or.
der by the President, Mrs. Jane A,
Johnson, of Parkersburg, after the
opening devotional exercises,
led by Mrs. Justina Stevens, Of
Buckhannon.
The first business was the read.
ing of the minutes of Executive
Committee meetings of March 81,
1888, AID June 26, by Mrs. Jennie
McClurkin, of Roney's Point.
The minutes were approved, and
next came the
Roll Call Of Officers.
The officers answering to the call
were:
PRESIDENT, Mrs. Jane A. John.
son.
VICE PRESIDENT, Mrs. J Smith,
OF New Cumberland.
TREASURER, Mrs. II. B. Hubbard,
of Wheeling.
DISTRICT PRESIDENTS First Dis
trict, Mrs. J. A. Smith; Third Dis
trict, Mrs. W. L. Moore; Fourth
District, Miss Minnie Hutchinson.
The Corresponding ana Record.
ing Secretaries were absent, and
Mrs McClurkin was made Secretary
of the Convention.
Appointment of Commit
The following committees were
duly appointed:
On Credemtials-Mrs. J. A. Smith,
New Cumberland Mrs. J. G. Jacob,
Wellsburg; Mrs. E. F. Nine, Keyser.
Courtesaes Misses Eva johnson,
Sistersville, Bertha Timms, Par
kersburg, Mrs. Justina Ste vens,
DuCKnannOn.
Observation-Disclosures Jennie Sis
son, Roney's Point, Ella Parsons,
Keyser, W. l.. Moore, Charleston,
J. N. Williamson, Ravenswood.
Question Bon - Misses Minnie
Hutchinson, Parkersburg, Mamie
Hall, St. Marys, Mrs. Jennie Sulli-
van, Leon.
Plan Of Work-Mesdames Jennie
P. Sisson, Roney's Point, Ella Par
sons, Keyser, J. P. Walker, Charles
ton, Miss Lucy Shaw, Parkersburg.
Resolutions -Mesdames l. H. Du-
val, Wellsburg, Lorinda Herr,
Grafton, Justina Stephens, Buck
harmon, D. M. Sleeth, Cairo.
By appointment OF the Chair,
Mrs. J. A. Smith and Mrs. w. l.,
Moore were added to the Committee
on Revision of Constitution, ap.
pointed at last Annual Convention,
and on motion of the Chairman,
Mrs. I. Fl. Duval, the time fixed
for reporting was postponed till to.
morrow at 2 p. M.
Address of Welcome.
Mrs. A. II. Merrick, Of Parkers
burg, who was to welcome the Con
vantion, oeing absent on account
of i'll health, Mrs. j. W. Carter, in
brief, well chosen words, welcomed
the delegates to the hearts and
homes of the city.
On motion of Mrs. Swaney, an
appropriate message of sympathy
and regret for her enforced absence
was directed to be sent to Mrs
Merrick.
On motion of Mrs. Hoffman, oil
Guyandotte, 8 like message was or
dsred sent to Mrs. M. W. Rider
who also was kept AT home by sick
ness.
The next order was the reading
of the
Constitution and Bylaws
And general drill for the instruc
1
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4th of July Booms on last page.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1888-07-04
Constitution and Bylaws

And general drill for the instruc-
ton of the delegates on their pro-
visions and requirements.
This was followed by a discussion
of the objects and methods of W.
c. 7. U. work, and drill on the
duties of the several officers, con-
duoted by the President.
Next came the
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1888-07-04

It's hot, politically and other
wise.
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Addressed the Convention, on
Field Notes." taken at the front
IN the Amendment conflict. The
address was replete with valuable
Iacts and suggestions, gathered
from experience and observation in
Amendment work under the w
~. L. U. Lecture Bureau. The
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1888-07-04

Resolution recent
Republican COnUentio
(ft CVicu0O.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1888-07-04
Presidents Annual Adj.
dress

Was delivered, which msy be found
published in full in last weeks
FREEMAN.
Report of State Organizer was
called for, and Mrs. McClurkin
came forward, as she said, to report
the work of
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1888-07-04
TWenfy-three Weeks in One
Minute.

Here's the report:
IL have spent twenty-three weeks
in the work, visited thirty-t three
counties, addressed 1872 audiences,
travelled $500 miles, organized
thir9y-eight Unions, with 45O &C.
tive and 301 honorary members, or
ganized twenty-seven Amendment
Clubs, with 807 mem bers, collected
for the work in cash S472.S9,
pledges S23 25, and stock subscrip,
tions s8S; incurred travelling ex-
penses, s11l.80, salary s12O75,
leaving net collected for the work,
$23144.
Respectfully submitted,
JENNIE MCCLURKIN."
The report was, on motion, ap-
proved, and after inspiriting music
by the orchestra,
RpV r.. r. pnfa-,s nf A,u-u
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-04-19
A Bug Harnessed with Gold and Silver

A large throng was gathered around
the wine dow of jcwelry store in Broad
way, between Berry street and Bedford
avenue, Brooklyn. The cause of so
much attention was an insect about one
and one quarter inches long, and half an
inch wide. On the back was q small
gold and silver harness, to which was
attached miniature dog-cart. The bug
dragged the cart all around the window,
much to the amusement of the onlookers.
An inquisitivc spectator went into tho
store to nquirc about the strange steed.
The proprietor, Mr.. E. Hollers, said
that the bug originally came from Yucca
tan, and is very rare around these parts,
as they cannot live owing to the frequent
changes in the climate.
"This one," he continued, "is first
class specimen, and l think it will live.
l have trained it, you see, and in short
time Twill have it climbing up and down
a ladder"
"What does it feed on2" was asked.
"Rotten wood" was the reply.
The skin of the insect is very bcauti-
full. 1t shows this best, however, when
under a microscope, when it looks mot
tied, like an alllgator's.
The value of the bug is from $40 to
SIS outside of the harness, which can be
made as costly as desired. What few
there are in uso are owned by ladies,
who use them as ornaments. = New York
Times
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-04-19
Rabbit Plague in Australia.

Americans have dual reason for con-
Germ in the treatment of the rabbit pest
in Australia, asserts the New York
Star. Upon the abatement of the pest
depends in q very great degree the
sheep-raising industry of the South Sea
continent which plays such an impor-
tant part in tho wool market of the
world, and what is the pest of Australia
today may threaten large agricultural
area in the United States tomorro ow.
Some idea of how sheep raising in Aus
tralia has been interrupted by the
plague of English rabbits may be gained
from the following facts: At one sta
tion in Victoria, which under skillful
management pastured 110, 900 sheep,
the incursion of rabbits reduced the
stock to 1900 sheep found by the visitor
"dyi ing in paddock at the homestead"
The rabbits had to account for the de-
ficiency. All that good management.
backed by abundant capital, could do
had been Intellectual to stay the progress
of the rabbits. They had eaten up and
destroyed all the grass and herbsge;
they had barked all the edible shrubs
and bushes and had 'iatterly themselves
begun to perish in thousands"
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-04-19

A Lonesome Region,

A stop of day or two at pionees
settlement in Assiniboia, say Western
traveller, afforded an explanation of the
marriage between white mon and
squaws. Loneliness is the especial curse
of the region. The houses are often
five miles or ten miles apart, at little
distance from the railroad, in Western
Manitoba, Assiniboia, and Alberta, and
many Of the pioneers are bachelors. Tho
prairie is very like the sea, fiat cx-
panse, often without trees, and there
fore the surroundings OF new-made
homo are apt to strengthen the feeling
OF solitude. Dogs arc plenty along the
railroad, but are said to fetch high
prices, regardless of their quality, in the
back country. Cats, on the other hand,
are very scarce, and in such demand
that cat will bring from 50 to S. at
the smaller stations.
Men 60 stark mad from loneliness out
there, and Others, fearing that they may
become so, run away from their claims
at times and try to get work in the settle
meuts. The English, Irish and Scotch
give frequent parties during tho winter,
and men ride fifty miles to attend them.
1t is amoug these nationalities that the
bachelors and the terrible solitude are
found. The others, Hungarians. Ger
mans, Mennonites, and the rest, herd to-
gcther in little villages, and every man
has wife and children.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-04-19
A Thief's Loss.

A young lady govorncss was sitting
in horse car in an English town when
stylishly dressed man entered, who
displayed prominently valuable dia-
mond ring on one of his fingers. lie
soon after got out, and the young lady
on getting to her stage on her way homo
stepped out as well, and found on put
ting her hand in her pocket that her
purse was gone. She, however, found
a strange article in her pocket, which,
to her astonishment, turned out to DO
the identical ring which her fellow trav-
eler had been so ostcntatiously display.
ing. Examination proved that the ring
was no flash article, a jowelcr apprais-
ing it as of tho value of at least $3.50.
Fortunately for the lady, there was only
two shillings in the purse which she
lost. The ring had evidently slipped off
the pickpockets finger when he was in
the act of abstracting the purse.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-04-19
Southern Summer Resorts.

General A. w. Greedy, Chief Signal
Officer, says in Scribncr's Magazine:
For a very dry climate, not too hot in
summer, the White, Green, and Adiron-
dack Mountains afford tho best avail
able, while but slightly inferior in this
respect are such parts of West Virginia,
Virginia, North Carolina, and Tennessee
as lie between the Blue Ridge to the
eastward, and the Kanawha Ridge,
Cumberland, and Clinch Mountains to
the westward. The summer advantages
OF the broken, mountainous country last
referred to, are hardly known to the
general public, but with succeeding
years and increasing facilities for travel
and entertainment, this comparatively
unknown section will be resortcd to in
summer by tens of thousands from the
south and southwest, and in winter from
the north and northwest.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-04-19
The Ages Of Criminals.

Most criminals arc young. 1t is sell
dom that grave crime, provided it be
the first, is committed after tho age of
thirty. A careful statistician has
proved that of the entire population of
England and Wales the largest proper
tion Of criminals is found between the
ages of twenty and twenty five. Five
times as many crimes are committed in
the five years between these limits as in
the ten years between the ages of fifty
and sixty. Dividing the whole popula-
ton into groups of those from ten years
to fifteen, from fifteen to twenty,
from twenty to twenty-five, from
twenty-five to thirty, from thirty to
forty, forty to fifty, and from fifty to
sixty, it is found that from the age of
twenty the tendency to crime deer eases
at each successive term thirty-threo per
cent. in the case of women, and twenty
five per cent. in the case of men.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-04-19
After the Battle.

It was after the din of the battle
Had ceased in the silence and gloom,
When hushed was the musketry's rattle,
And quiet the cannon's deep boom.
The smoke of the conflict had lifted,
And drifted away from the sun,
While the soft crimson light, slowly fading
from sight,
Flashed back from each motionless gun.
The tremulous notes of bugle
Rang out on tho clear au, umn air,
And the echoes caught back from the noun
tains
Faint whispers, like breathings Of prayer.
The arrows of sunlight that slanted
Through the trees touched a brow white as
snow.
On the bloody sod lying, mid the dead and
the dying,
And it flushed in the last parting glow.
The dark, crimson tide slowly ebbing
Stained red the light jacket of gray;
But another in blue sadly knelt by his side
And watched the life passing away.
Said the jacket in gray, "l've q brother
Joe Turner-he lives up in Maine.
Give him these-and say my last message
Was forgiveness" Here low moan OF
pain.
Checked his voice. Then-"You'll do mo
this favor,
For you shot me"-and his whispers sank
low.
Said the jacket in blue, "Brother Charlie,
There's no need-Im your brother--I'm
joe"
Nv. Stuart Mosby
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-04-19
The Curious Little SeaIlorse.

The seahorse is q curious little crea-
ture. 1t is not an animal, but fish.
1t is bony, has tufted gills and belongs
to the pike family. 1t grows from six
to eight inches long. The snout is pro-
longed and III, head elevated pos
teriorly, very much embllng the head
of Q horse, the ears being represented
by spiny coronet on the occiput The
tail is long and whiplike and without a
fin. 1t is with the tail that the fish sus-
pend themselves to seaweeds and other
submarine objects. The eyes are promi-
nent and can be moved independently
of each other and in opposite directions.
In swimming these fish always assume
an upright position. .-lForest and
Stream.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-04-19
Fruit Storage.

We must aim for fruit storage houses
above ground. You will never get
what you want in building underground,
where there is always dampncss. !
think you can erect wooden build
ing with walls thick enough to keep
out frost. Fruit kept in the cellar
with other fruit and vegetables is not
what it ought to be; thcro is taint
to the flavor, and a great deal of fruit
is injured by being kept in this way.
A person living in the city ought to
have house to preserve the fruit he
wants for the table. If we do not soc
fine fruit on tho table every day
through the winter, it is sure mark
of great negligence on the part OF
somebody. l do really believe that it
is not an impossible thing to build a
fruit house above ground, simply by
having walls lined with hay, straw or
sawdust, and provided with dead air
spaces. -TVick's Magazine.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-04-19
Uncle Sans Conscience Fund.

A letter signed with initials and
mailed at the Washington Post-office
was received the other day at the Post
Office Department. The writer en-
closed two-cent stamp, with the fol-
lowing explanatory remark for the ben
fit of the Postmas ter General:
Il received letter through y our office
yesterday; the cancelling stamp failed
to cancel the stamp. tore the stamp
off and used it. Now my conscience
has got the best of me. You will please
find enclosed two.cent stamp to go to
the "Conscicnce Fund"
As it was not money the stamp was
not sent to the Treasury Department,
where there is special fund for the
benefit of those who are overcome by
the pangs of conscience. The letter
was sent on the official round and rs
much ink and good paper was consumed
in recording its reception in the depart
ment and its final disposition as if it had
been $40, 900, instead of sickly two
cent stamp. 1t was first of all recorded
in the book OF letters received in the
Postmaster Generals office, and was
then sent, as endorsed by the chief
clerk, to the Third Assistant
Postmaster General. When it reached
the latter office it was referred
by the Third Assistant Postmaster
General to the Finance Division. An =
other record was made in the book of
the office Of letters received and jacket
ed. Then it found its way to the fin
ance division. The chief of that divis =
ion pasted the stamp on the letter, drew
two crossmarks through the stamp with
his pen and marked under it the word
Cancelled" and signed his name. This
operation was witnessed by clerk who
affixed his name as witness, and then
the letter having reached the end OF its
red tape journey was duly and properly
deposited in the files, where it will re-
main as an evidence to future genera
tions that this petit larceny upon the
government was regularly and officially
atoned for. In case the citizen whose
conscience was disturbed wishes to es-
tablish the fact that he has made resti-
tuition he can refer to the documents in
the case which the postoffic, depart
mcnt will kindly preserve for him with
out charge Washington Star.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-04-19
How a Horsehair Becomes a Snake.

DR.. Page asked us if we didn't want
to see a horschair that had turned to a
snake. We did, and he drew a bottle
from his pocket, filled with water, in
which was what appeared to be a dim
inutive snake, five or six inches long,
writhing and twisting, as if anxious to
escape from the bottle. When put in
the bottle it was nothing more than a
hair from horses tail. DR.. Mathews
says the hair does not undergo change,
but that invisible animalcues that gen.
crate in the water collect on the hair
and make it twist and squirm after tho
manner of snake or worm. 1t is hold
by good authority that many OF the So
called animalcules have been shown to
be plants, having locomotive powers
something like animals; the motion,
however, is not supposed to be volun-
tary. But the horsehair makes first
class snake all tho same. Il Hartwell
Sun.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-04-19
PRICE THREE CENTS.

capes, but they're rather tiresome to
tell about. Do you know we have to be
very careful in handling snakes that
have just been fcdf They swallow their
pigs or chickens without chewing them,
and if they are handled within few
days after dinner the bones are apt to
come through the skin and kill Mr..
Snake. They are very delicate, poor
things, in spite of their great strength"
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-04-19
A Forty.Foot Monster,

The petrified remains CT a huge ami
NAL have been discovered lying beneath
the earth's surface, on the bank of the
Des Moines River, near Percy. Iowa.
The length of the monster, without the
head, which was detached from the
body, measures over forty feet. The
remains were In bed OF dark blue stone
surrounded by petrifed insects anil re-
mains of otho. animais. 1t i, supposed
that the animal belonged to tho carbon.
iferous age.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-04-19
She Had Him

''The happiest moment of mans
life," hc said tendcrly, sis when he
knows that he has won sgirrs heart"
rs it2" she shyly asked.
Yes ho replied; 'now tell mo
what is the happiest moment in
woman's life.
She blushed and hung her head.
Tell me, he whispered.
'You won't think me too holdf'
Certainly not"
"when she's asked TO name the day.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-04-19
HUMOROUS

A taking fellow-The photographer.
An international Bill-William F.
Cody.
The French bawl-"Vive la Bou-
langer.
A waterfall knows how to do tho
cataract.
Teacher---In what battle was General
Blank killed. Bright Boy-.-His last
one.
An old woman may be an incorrigi-
BILE gossip, but when you come right
down to facts the peacock is the great
est tail-bearer of all.
1t is enough to take the romance out
of the most ardent wooer to discover
that his best girl has set the clock an
hour fast when lie calls.
"Pa," said BERTHE the other day,
"why do they call ship she2' !" "Be-
cause, my son, she is always on the
lookout for some of the buoys."
"How must l take these pills. doc
to?' asked patient. "You must take
them in water" "Take them in water9
Why, we haven't got any bath-tub."
A worn-out society belle is like old
maple sugar. l. has a certain kind of
sweetness, but has to be laid on tho
shelf when the new crop comes out.
'T say, Bill" said one London street
urchin to another, on seeing dude pass
by, 'that feller looks as if is 'ead had
been fitted to is 'at, not is at to is
'ead."
Mother-And do you really feel SO
very bad, Bobbic3 Bobby-Yes, ma,
l amt quite sick enough to need any
medicine, but Pm little bit too sick
to 60 to school.
Cod liver oil is now adulteratcd with
petroleum, according to Washington
paper. That's all right, though. Any
scheme to disguise the taste Of cod liver
oil is permissible.
A young lady, visiting for the first
time in the country, was alarmed at the
approach of COW. She was too fright
cncd to run, and shaking her parasol at
the animal, she said in very stern
voice, "Lie down, sir! lie down.
A city girl, writing to her cousin in
the country, said she thought it might
be nice enough on farm in the summer
time, but she didn't imagine it was very
pleasant in the winter, when they had
to harvest the winter wheat and pick
the winter apples.
There is tablet in an English ceme-
terry with the following inscription:
"Here lies the body of -, who for
many years conducted highly respect.
able general business in an ad joining vii
lagc, which is now continued by his
widow. IN. B. No trust given"
Lawyer-My clients present position,
Your Honor, ms been brought on him
by rum. Rum, your Honorl That en-
CINE of destruction which is bringing
this fair country to everlasting ruin.
Ito witness)-What is your business
young manl Bartender--rm an en-
gineer.
First Club Man (heatedlO-All 1
have to say is that consider you
puppy.
Second Ditto (coollO-It that wcro
the case could take the first prize at
the dog show, and that's more than you
can say. First Man-How sol Second
Ditto-You lack the necessary pedigree
and breeding.
Tramp (politely)-Madam, will you
be kind enough to give me something
to eat1 Lady-Im sorry there isn't
thing in the house except a crust; but
If you want that you can have it. Tramp
with courtly bow)-If it is the upper
crust, madam, will be pleased to re-
ceive it; otherwise, 1 hope you will
pardon me If / decline.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-04-19
A Blowing Well,

Looxahoma, Miss, has blowing
well over which the people there are
very much interested. It is 100 feet
deep and five and one-half inches in
diameter, and just before a rain it
emits current air that carries the
sound of a harmonica 800 yards
IOlarkyiIl Tenn Chronicls.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-04-19

Spring Morning.
Sweet the air,
Sky how fairl
Day doth break;
Misty cloud
In a shroul
Winds the lake.
Mountain peak
Heaven doth seek,
Crimson tipped;
IT'S a maid
White arrayei,
Cherry-lippedl
Chanticaer
Croweth near,
Oxen low,
Birdlings cali,
On the wall
Squirrels go.
Sun is up;
Full the cup
OF our day;
Homeward walk,
CHEEKY talk
All the way.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-04-19

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