The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1890-10-22
They will reside at the

| OlS. EItu I OllllIl, JdDtL w Ellis, f1OTd-
ito N. Taplin, Louis p Gleason, Melville e.
Smile. Washington county; II. II. Preble,
Addison county; j. II. Wabrdge, Benning-
| ton county; W. 9. Lewis, Caledonia county;
Henry Greene, Chittenden county; George
5. Robinson, Essex county; A. l.. Galusha,
Franklin county; II. G. Hill, Grand Isle
county; w. II. II. Bingham, Lamoile
county; Royal A. Hatch, Orange county
! j. n. Webster, Orleans county, George
Briggs, Rutland county; James l.. Martin
Windham county; NJ. II. Goddard Windsor
county; president Fred e. Smith; vice
president, Horatio Tapln; secretary, James
7. Sabin; treasurer, Horato n. Tapin
executive committee, Fred E. Smith, j. w.
! Ellis, II. n. Taplin, l.. p Gleason; auditor,
j. W. Ellis.
A TEMPERANCE lecture was given at
Bethany church by Rev. j. j. Hall of Ber-
| lin, under the auspices of the Woman's
Christian Temperance Union, on Sunday
afternoon at four o'clock. In spite Of the
rain, there was good sized audience pres
ent. Mr.. Hall took as the text of his dis
course Romans xiv:21 " 1t is good neither
to eat flesh, nor TO drink wine. nor ANYTHING
whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is Of
! Tended, or is made weak" He began by
saying that Christians should not use intox-
icatng liquors, on the special ground, if on
no other, that they should not place STUN
bling blocks in the way of others. More
| over, alcohol is hurtful to the system OF
any one. Athletes in training will not
sprees when their training is over. Think
of the number Of the stumblers, said Mr.
Hall. Four-fifths of the crime committed
in this country is due to liquor drinking.
How is it that the drunkards are made very
| largely by beginning on cider? That is the
first step; then follows social drinking and
the rest Mr.. Hall urged that "tenper-
ance, in its strict meaning, was not enough
| Total abstinence is necessary. Reverting
to his text, the speaker said that there are
| tbinna w biph W. bo q ipb t,,
do but which, by the moral and religious
standard, we have no right to do. The the
ater is an example of what is legally but
II morally right. The man who will not
sign the pledge to help his brother is not a
lover of either mankind or God. The fight
against rum is to be won by the ballot, but
| moral suasiOn is of the greatest importance
also. If the people can be induced to be-
come total abstainers, the business of the
! saloon keepers will be killed While work
ing for national prohibition, temperance
people should continue to educate the
young to right ideas on this subj ct. Get
children to sign the pledge. One family out
of five contribute boy to the army of
| drunkards Country boys are, on the whole,
sturder and better than city boys, and it
is therefore especially important that they
be well fortified with truth before they
start out to the cities. To this end, the cider
barrel on the farms must be sacrificed. AT
the close of the lecture, a collection for the
temperance work in Berlin was taken.
THE programme of the fifth annual con-
vention of the Vermont Christian Endeavor
Union, to be held al st. Johnsbury, Novem-
Der II and r. is now completed. 1t will be
noticed that several members of the Mont
pelier societies have parts. The pro-
gramme for the first day, Tuesday, will be
as follows: 1880, devotional service, led by
Charles E. Hayward of st. Johnsbury; IL,
address of welcome By Rev. c. NJ. Lamson,
ID, for the churches. by Secretary f. n.
. EDIu fDrt tl,o rl,rfpt Ap
sociation, by Miss Eva S. Burke for the
Young Peoples Society of Christian En-
deavor, and response by the president;
II 80, business; 40, song service; 2, report
Of the secretary, E: E. Towner of Mont
pelier; 210, " From Saint to Saint" by Rev.
A. j. Hough of Montpelier; 2:30, From
Far-away Field" Mrs E. E. Towner; 2:4O,
address, Christian Endeavor Unions as
Evangelistic Centers," by Rev. G. w. Phil
lips. DID,, of Rutland; $40, topic, The
Model Christian Endeavor Meeting by S.
G. johnson of Springfield on Its Leader, y
by Miss Maud Chamberlin of Swanton on
" It's Music" and by G. II. Thompson of
Brattleboro on " Active Members Part in
! IT,; 3:45, discussion; +, topic, " Money
How to Raise It," by w f. Babbitt of Bur-
lington; 4:15 question drawer, conducted
by Rev. j. l.. Hill of Medford, Mass: 400,
business and notices; I, addresses by Rev.
j. l.. Sewall of Plymouth, NJ IS, on "The
Knight Errant of To-day" and by Rev. j.
L. Hill of Medford Mass, on "Our Dis
tinCtive Features" The programme for the
second day will be very interesting. twill
include the following exc cises: 6:30 morn
ing praise and prayer: $50, song service; 9,
business and treasurer's report; 9.l0, report
on junior work, by Miss May Hammond of
Burlington; 925, " Working Close to the
Lines by G. W Williams of Windsor;
$40. topic, Christian Endeavor and Mis-
sonary Work by Mrs. Mary I. Hamilton
of Rutland; 10, short reports from local
unions, conducted by Secretary Towner;
10;30, address, " The Man." by Rev. p. Me-
MILAN of Woodstock; H. topic; Lookout
Work, by Miss Gertrude Evans of Ben
nington; l1;l5, Pulpit Views of Christian
Endeavor," conducted by Rev. l.. S John
son of ST. Albans; 80, song service; >, ad-
dress, Power from on High" by Rev. ID.
Sage Mackay of st. Albans 2:30, topic,
" Our Associate Members" by Miss p. c.
Dunham of Bennington; 245, topic, :" The
HurtfulnesS of Irreverence," by w. A.
Beebe of Morrsvlle; g. Successful Com
mittee Work." discussion from the floor:
$3.50, topic, ." Some Helps and Hindrances"
by Miss r. Lillian Howe of the Vermont
Methodist Seminary; 3H5 address, "A
Westfeld; 4, paper, " The Value and Inn
portance of the Pledge" by Miss Cynthia
Marvin of Alhurgh; 1920, reports of com
mittees and election of officers; T. song
cox, D., of Troy, n. Y, and Rev. f. e.
Clark, ID, of Boston. The convention
will close with a conservation meeting
SEMINARY HILL.
Over one hundred of the students attended
the foot ball game at Barre by special train.
THE past few weeks have shown the de-
veiOpment of strong football team. Hav-
ing men of hardy stock, as was antici.
pated, there is just the material for bust
ness. Last week Monday a game was
played at Barre with the Go ldard team. 1t
was intended as a practice game, which
should put the team in good condition for the
game at Burlington on Wednesday, but had
the game been longer the Seminary team
very likely would have won. 1t lasted but
an hour, and the score stood twenty TO
fourteen. The men who went to Burlington,
Wednesday, were Gross, Beeman, Lewis
Holt, Burt, Stanley, Davis, Andrews, Jen-
nings, Ward and Wilder, with Atkins and
Stearns as substitutes, Without exception,
good work was put in The Seminary rush
line was admitted to be superior 10 that of
the college team, and the best in the state
After playing two solid hours the score
stood seventy-three to nothing for the
u. V, NJ, The boys received many compli-