Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-05-23
WOOD COUNTY W. 9. II. o.
CONVENTION.

| WOOD COUNTY W. c. II. q.
CONVENTION.
The First Session of the Convention
win be held Monday evening May 9th
at Centralia City Hall. The address of
welcome will be given by Centralia
lady and responded to by Mrs J. NJ.
Robinson President of 9th District w.
c. T. .. Music for the evening under
the leadership of Mr.. Theodore Tyler,
sufficient assurance that it will be
appropriate and good. All members of
the w. c. T. U. invited to meet at Hall
at 6 o'clock P. NJ. and with delegates
who arrive from Dexterville via G. B.
& w. R'y, Monday P. NJ meet Marsh
field delegates, who are expected on
Valley train from the north. All will
repair to the Hall where lunch will be
served and social time enjoyed until
s o'clock when the following program
will be carried out:
Tuesday-Morning Session-Will be
held at the Methodist Church Grand
Rapids, will meet at 10 o'clock From
10:30 Devotional exercises led by Mrs
Raymond. All are invited to give
passage of scripture, word of testi-
mony or an experience in this half
hour; 1880 to IL, address of welcome to
Unions by Mrs. Eva Fontaine, response
by County President Mrs w. HI.
Upham; IL to IL 80, report of Unions
and Loyal Temperance Legions by
chosen delegates.
| Tuesday-Afternoon Session-At l 80,
| from 80 to Bible reading and Devo-
tional exercises led by Mrs. w. H.
Upham. This meeting will be largely
devoted to essays and readings on the
different lines of Woman's Christian
Temperance Union, Young Woman's
Christian Temperance Union and Loyal
Temperance work, Question Box and
Free Pariiment; Organization of Co.
and Y. w. c. T. U. all children (boys
and girls of L. t. L. and young ladies
especially invited to be present after
4:30 P. NJ.
Tuesday-Evening Session-Interest-
ing program by Mrs Follett, of
Spencer, Miss Gertrude Tyler, of Cen
| tralia, and others; Music made up by
Mrs. d. j. Cole w. G. 7. e. Chorister.
This Convention is not only entertain
ing but educational in object, and it is
honed that every w. G, T. U. member
and all whose interests are ''For God
and Home and Native Land'' will make
it point to be present at every session.
Mrs. STELLA BAKER, County Cores
ponding Secretary.
| The women of Rhode Island alone
are paying taxes on about seventy mil
loins of dollars, and yet the vote of the
most idle drunken profigate, who has
never contributed one iota of either
brain, muscle, or money, to the uplift-
ing Of humanity, will 60 farther toward
making the laws for the protection of
the homes of these women, than all of
their combined efforts. Surely the
liquor fraternity understand full we'll
the power Of the ballot, and they dare
not trust it in the hands of women.
And the women are learning meanwhile
that more thorough work must be
accomplished with the children. That
the young men must be taught that to
| love and reverence mother, is to unite
her hands and give Eel the power to
assist in the protection of the home.
AT a recent meeting heldby brewers in
Sandusky, it is reported, one of the
notices stretched across the walls of
the place of meeting bore these words:
Down with the white-livered clergy
and the Sunday Schools
A wonderful instance of horse sense
comes to us from Vincennes, Ind. A
drunken man deliberately plunged
knife into the neck of a horse standing
tied to fence. The poor creature,
plunging about in agony broke his hal
ter. On finding himself free he went
directly to drug store, walked in and
through to the prescription counter,
neighing piteously. The clerk washed
the wound with a sponge, staunched the
blood which was flowing copiously,
sewed up the wound and bandaged it,
and the horse went home seemingly
contented and happy. We once knew
a similar instance of equine sagacity
One of our horses which was taken sick
in the night, managed to get out of the
barn and came to the house, when
she took the door-knob in her teeth
and shook the door until the family
were aroused, and came to her relief.
Is it not SANDER on such animals to
say of man che is drunk as beast?"
The Champion Binders and Mowers.