St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1890-10-02
THREE CONVENTIONS.
Vermont Branch, w. b. NJ.


The 18th annual meeting of the
| Vermont branch of the Woman s
board of Missions was held in Bur-
lington last week Wednesday. De
votional meetings were held in the
morning at 9 led by Mrs Joseph
Boardman of Barnet and in the after
noon at 1 80, under the care of Mrs.
A. F. Keith of Middlebury The re-
port of the treasurer, Mrs T. M.
Howard of St. Johnsbury, showed
total receipts during the year of
$4373 81 including a legacy of $25
from Mrs. A. E. Robinson of St.
| Johnsburv. The disbursements in
cluded SO sent to Mrs. Geo. c.
Knapp at Bitlis, and $324921 to
the treasurer of the w B. M,
| Boston.
Mrs. c. NJ. Stone of ST. Johnsbury
read the recording secretary's report,
from which these statements are
taken: Miss Abbie Kent of New
Haven, having been accepted by the
American board, started for San
| Francisco, expecting to sail for Japan
September 81, but on reaching Chi
cago she found herself afflicted wit
sudden loss of hearing, which de-
tanned her for the present from her
purpose Miss Gleason has so far
recovered her health as to hope to
return to her work in ConStantinople
the coming year. 1t is stated that a
young lady in Rutland, Miss Run
nell, hopes soon to go to China, and
also that son of Rev. Mr.. Severance
| of Bennington is about to enter the
work in Japan. Reference was made
to the death of Mrs. Gyles Merrill,
| whose interest in missions led to the
calling OF that first meeting at Mid
| dlebury in 1878, and to the fOrma-
| ton of the Vermont branch by the
unanimous vote of the women pres
| emit.
Miss Mary c. Torrey of Burling-
| ton read the corresponding secre-
tary's report. An interesting &C
count was given of the work of the
| Misses Ely at Bitlis. Miss Martha
| Clark writes of the interesting exer-
cises at the opening of the girl S
school at KumamOtO and of her gen
eral work. An account of Miss
Bruce's work at Ahmednagar follow
ed, and also that of Miss Finchell at
| Constantinople.
The missionary address of the
morning was given by the Rev. S. V.
Karmarker of India. He dwelt at
length upon the sad fact that there
was no real home-life in India, and
no word in their language that con-
veyed to their minds the idea of the
English word home, urging that as
a reason why missionaries should be
sent to show the beauty of hOme-llfe
in Christian family. In the evening
also he spoke on the forms and OBJ
servances of the Brahman religion.
New Mission Circles have been
formed at Island Pond, Lyndon, Sal
isburv, Waterbury and Barre; the
Young Ladies league of Windsor
has reorganized, q Ladies' Mission
ton, and the auxiliary III Barre has
reOrganized.
The afternoon was given up to the
young ladies, and addresses given
by Miss Gertrude Chandler of India,
Mrs. Alice Gordon Gulick of Spain,
Rev. Mr. Aiken of China, and Miss
Stanwood of Boston.
Miss Chandler spoke of missionary
work in general. Mrs. Gulick of
Spain said that it was her privilege
to be one of the company of the first
band of missionaries that the Amer
lean board sent to Spain in 1872,
and that God had blessed the work
there. Miss Stanwood of Boston
said that q knowledge of medicine
adds very much to the success of q
missionary life, and spoke of the
general work with much power.
Rev. Mr.. Aiken of China presented
some interesting phases of the work
in that country.
At the evening meeting Miss Chan
dler described the customs and cos
tunes OF the people of India; and MIR.
Aiken gave a short description of the
empire of China, geographical and
historical, and of the people.
Montpelier was selected as the
place for the next meeting, and the
following officers were chosen for the
ensuing year: President, Mrs. G. G.
Benedict, Burlington; honorary
presidents, Mrs. Horace Fairbanks,
st. Johnsbury, Mrs. A. w. Wild of
Elizabethtown, N. Y; vice presidents,
Mrs. M. c. Stebbins of Cornwall,
Mrs. Milo Williamson of Middle
bury, Mrs G. M. Sykes of Dorset,
Mrs. L. X. Quimby of Lyndon, Mrs.
A. L. Hardy of st. Johnsbury, Mrs.
G. H. Perkins of Burlington, Mrs. {.
W. King of Lunenburg, and II
others; recording secretary, Mrs. c.
NJ Stone of st. Johnsbury; home
secretary, Mrs. Henry Fairbanks of
ST. Johnsbury; corresponding secre-
tary, Miss NJ c. Torrey of Burling-
ton; assistant secretary, Mrs. John
E. Peck of Burlington; treasurer,
Mrs T. M. Howard of st. Johns
bury; assistant treasurer, Mrs. c.
H. Stevens of St. Johnsbury; auditor,
Walter P. Smith of St. ,Johnsbury.
W. C. It. U. Convention.
The state convention of the Won
ans Christian Temperance Union
opened at Middlebury on the 25th.
Mrs. Bell gave an address on The
Home" and advocated the estab-
lishment of a place of retirement for
friendless women and girls. Mrs. l..
A. Robbins of Rutland spoke of the
Flower mission, Mrs. A. A. Wyman
of Cambridgeport of the Sunday
school, Mrs. H. H. Reed of Shelburne
of higher education, Mrs. M. D.
Townsend of Rutland of narcotics,
Mrs. Clinton 6. Smith of Middlebury
of newspaper work, Mrs. E. B. Lund
of Burlington of railroad work, and
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