Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1891-06-08
THE ". C. T. U. CONVENTION.

Thursday morning and ending Friday
evening of last week. Representatives
from the local unions at Newport,
West Derby, Derby, Derby Line,
Charleston, Barton Landing, Coven-
try, Craftsbury and Glover were pres
ent and there were quite a large num-
Der from the Y's, branch of the Or
ganization.
The too lengthy program more than
filed the time and the convention was
somewhat embarrassed, apparently,
by the amount OF work undertaken.
The convention was fortunate in the
presence Of Mrs. Nichols of Indiana,
superintendent Of fairs in the national
organization, and a lady eminent as
an active laborer and talented lee
turer for the association; also in hav-
ing Mrs. E. T. HOush, state president,
present during the whole session, and
Mrs. G.. E. Davidson, one of the state
officers. These ladies, familiar with
the workings of the Unions, and
ready and capable in all discussions,
helped the convention much and will
be pleasantly remembered by all who
saw and heard them.
The exercises in the forenoon Thurs
day consisted in part of devotional
services. Words of Welcome by Mrs.
@. E. Bickford, who very felicitOusly
gave welcome to those who were and
should be present during the meetings.
Mrs. Marcella Clark responded for
the Union in words that were fitting.
Mrs. Housh gave a very interesting
talk on the work in the state. Re
ports were submitted and a letter
read from Miss Blanchard of Newport
by Mrs. Alfred.
The afternoon meeting was interest
ing. The report Of the president, Mrs.
E. E. Ware, was full and of much in
terest. Her labors during the year, as
through the whole period of her pres
idency, have been arduous, and we
doubt if there is another woman in
the county who, under, all the circum-
stances, would have pushed the order
to so good a degree of success. Some
how while the Union cOmmends itself
to every temperance man and woman
and to the Christian elements of the
community, there has not been the
disposition to become identified with
the organization that might have been
expected. There are SO many tenn
perance societies, to say nothing of
churches, which are working along the
same line, that this organization has
had to be one among the other noble
societies that are doing work for the
cause of temperance. 1t was stated
by Mrs. Nichols that the reason why
the Vermont women were not more
earnest in the work or more generally
interested in it was the fact that we
are temperate people; that the evils
of intemperance were not so felt and
the work of rum not SO generally seen
as in other states-a good compliment
for Vermont. Mrs. Ware has made
very efficient president. The reports
from the local unions showed about
the usual interest and neither an in
crease or decrease of numbers. Much
work had been done by the VS., and
especially for the L. T. LIS. Mrs. Housh
gave a very interesting talk on the
Needs of the Work and was followed
by Mrs Nichols, who surveyed the
field of labor from a wider standpoint.
She related her experience while at
the Paris Exposition and gave much
useful and interesting information in
regard to the Union. An original poem
on 'ECider'' was given by Mrs. A. JOS
lyn, which was good both in matter
and in rythm.
A reception and reunion meeting
was held on Thursday evening, which
was pleasant affair socially. Later,
Mrs. Alfred conducted exercises by
the VS., which set forth the work and
purposes of the Union. Miss Paddock
of Craftsbury who has had some train
ing in elocution, recited, much to her
own credit and the pleasure of the
large audience, portion of Dickens
F'David Copperfeld." Mrs. Nichols
followed with a short address on
Maidenhood, which was remarkable
in style and matter. Every young
woman present must receive lasting
benefit from the talk, if she chooses to
appropriate it to herself. We would
that we might put it in print.
After devotional exercises on Fri
day morning various reports were
submit tied, and there was a talk on
parliamentary rules, with brief par
liamentary drill conducted by Mrs.
David dson. At a business meet
ing the old board Of officers were
rechosen by acclamation.
In the afternoon, Mrs. Nichols spoke
of Fair work, and the proposition by
the National w. @. T. q. of erecting a
large building in Chicago on the Co
lumbian Exposition grounds. She So
licited and for the work obtained about
$25. Mrs. Thrasher of Coventry show
ed by large picture the magnificent
Temple which is being erected in Chi
cago by the Union. Mrs. Blodgett
read an original poem of the VIII Carl
ton sort that most happily showed in
rhyme the wide difference between
prohibition and license. Mrs. Spald-
ing of Derby gave an able paper on
Socialism, not particularly pertinent
to the occasion. A letter from DR.. J
G. Campbell of Albany, suggesting
methods for the better enforcement
of the prohibition law, was read and
discussed. The DR.. believes that the
Unions and the women of the county
might assist the officers in enforcing
the law. A vote of thanks was extend
ed for the letter. The States Attor-
ney received very complimentary
vote of thanks for his steady anC
courageous effort toward the enforce
ment of the law. The editor Of the
+ MONITOR was also thanked for the
use of column in that paper which il
, devoted to the interests of the w @
T. .. and temperance. We have no
space to give even a brief abstract O.
the many excellent essays which were