The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-06-10
Report Of the County W. O. t. U. Conven

The 10th anniversary of the Wind.
ham Co. w. c. T. U. was held in
the Congregational church, Whining
ton, Thursday and Friday, May 26,
and "a.
The convention was opened by o
prayer service conducted by Mrs. f.
X, Mann of West Dover, then it was
called to order, committees were APP
pointed, after which Mrs. Mckenzie
of Wilmington gave the address OF
welcome, in which she mentioned
there were many powers that help in
keeping the world in motion not least
is the W. c. Il. U. A response
written by Mrs. M. E. Hastings of
Townshend, was then sung, the last
verse of which is:
1--WE pray to God above,
May, wisdom, grace and love
Fill every soul.
God bless our glorious cause,
And may we never pause
Till pure and holy laws
Our land control"
Mrs. A. F. Smith, President of
Bennington Co. w. c. T. U. was
introduced and many kind words
were spoken of her by the general
officers.
In the Years Review by Mrs. A.
A. Wyman, of Cambridgeport, coun-
ty president, quite number of mega
tives were given, a few were: Don't
forget that ours is not the only soci-
ETY. there is. Don't be discouraged.
1t is life's work to save man from
degradation, but to prevent is better.
Mrs. Housh spoke on "Some
things to do and how to do them. "
Several things were: To join the
temperance army be enthusiastic
be sunny hearted remember that we
cannot make reputation but we can
make character. If we get discour-
aged look into the heart of a flower,
read some poem, look at some nice
picture, thinking of Gods goodness
to us. Another thought she express
ed was, if the world would love one
another as the w. G. L. U. love the
world and each other, the saloon
would 60.
The following subjects were
brought up by papers on the same :
Physical Culture, the Temperance
Hospital and its needs Reasons for
Encouragement and Why we should
Press on; The Nickel Savings Stamp
System Poem, Earth's Shadowed
Glories The Temperance Temple
European Drinking Customs, in
which the writer, Miss Merriheld, of
Newfane, said when in Europe, the
people told her if she drank the water
it would make her sick, but she
thought she would try, which she did,
and experienced no harm and High
License VS. Prohibition, by Mrs. l..
r. Kellogg of Jamaica, in which
were these statements among many
others: Low license asks for your
son, high license for your daughter,
also License prohibits Prohibition.
The first evening was opened by a
song service led by Mrs. Kenyon,
scripture read by Miss Kirkland and
prayer offered by Miss Billings, both
young ladies from Moody's school,
after which were recltations and mu-
sic by the young people of Whining
ton conducted by Mrs. A. M. Spen-
Ger, supplemented by short talks by
representations of the several socities
of Wilmington.
The programme of the last evening
consisted chiefly of music by the white
ribbon quartette, by the four local
choirs, song in Scotch by Mrs. Rob
ertson of Brattleboro, an tagged vet
eran," "I'm far away from home, p"
and Mrs. Housh's address to which
Justice cannot be done in this brief
report. Appropriate resolutions were
adopted during the convention, and
reports were given of the various de-
partments, collection speeches were
given, and collections were taken each
evening The music was enjoyable
throughout and all appreciated having
Prof. Bert Kenyon there to assist.
The flowers were prettily arranged
and on one side of the pulpit hung
quite large picture of the Temple.
The officers, with the exception of
superintendents, were reelected.
Mention should also be made of
the parliamentary drill and the model
w. c. T. U. meeting, both of which
were interesting and instructive.