Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1892-06-16

The Chelsea Y. W. c. T. e. last week
Tuesday and Wednesday entertained the
Orange County convention. 1t was held
in the Cong'l church which was decorated
with plants, an orange and lemon tree,
| Miss Wiliardis picture, picture of the
Temperance Temple, and the state banner
OF the Y. ". &. t. Y. " mich Chelsea y was
so fortunate as to win last fall by the great
est per cent Of incrt &c in membership.
the convention was opened Tuesday af-
/ ternoon. Reports from Unions, "Press
| Work" by Mrs. AAsn, "Our Aims and
Met mods" as shown ~ Miss L. c. Hatch
came that afternoon; Mrs. /. II. Read Of
Shelhurne. one of tne state W. {. L. L.
Supts., told about the Temperance Temple,
Chicago, after IS hicn ioar members OF the
Local Temperance Legion sang Rise Tenn
pie Rise" Tuesday evening Mrs. Reed
led the devotional exercises. Next came
Mr.. Howard speaking For the cause that
lacks ass Stance and tAe wrong that needs
resistance He had heard the W. G. T.U.
crit icIsed for doing work the church ought
to do but he t-anked God that they were do
ngi il; he had thought he knew something
about the w. G. 4. L but aims and Meth
odsn telling % six distinct lines OF work,
each one divided into many depart ments,
surprised bin; for the first time he public
~ came out in favor OF Woman Suffrage
Men, whom he thought We're acting the
part OF the dog in the manger; they would
not vote down the liquor traffic and
wouldn't let women do il either. He was
brought under conviction by Zerilda Wal
lace, but convinced by the logic of the
question as he thought upon his subject.
After the quartette, Miss Bass, Mrs. IRA
cy, MIR. Howard and Mr. Hutchinson, sang
"1hrow Out the Life Line came the col
lection, followed by ~ hour regular
meeting in charge OF the Chelsea Y. w. G.
T. T.: Temperance items were given the
mite box for the Temple passed etc. The
members were seated on the platform.
In the Cor. Secs report came various let
tiers. one from Marshall Carpenter an hon
orary. one from Clara Dickerman, char
ter member OF the union, one from Mary
Burbank and one from Nellie Blakely State
Supt. lof Young Womal', Work. Emma
Darling read a paper Why Young Men
Should Become Honorary Members Of the
Y. W. c. T. L." written Dy Rev. Carl Cor
win, another honorary.
An excellent paper on Tobacco writ
ten by Mary Burbank,Me read by Florence
Hyde.
AS the time to adjourn had come one pa
per was not read, bot the meeting was adj |
journed. The words OF welcome and the |
response and other things postponed from |
Tuesday afternoon came Wednesday morn /
ing. The President read greeting from /
Grafton Co. y. H., W. G. I. D.and an invi- |
tation 10 attend their Convention in June.
She was instructed to respond. In the alb
sence Of Mrs. Harvey, Mrs. Reed spoke on |
:. 5. and EvaBgelistic work; realizing the |
Importance OF other departments, yet she |
thought any department could better be /
given up than the Evangelistic.
In Mrs. Comstock's paper social Puri. |
tvs she called attention to the responsible /
ty Of conversation before little ones
Mrs. Wills had an excellent paper . Work |
and Pray In speaking OF women's re- 4
fusal TO join because they couldn Z do any
thine, he recommended their doing thelit /
lie they could and letting their influence /
help. encouraged BY the thought of that |
LITTLE multiplied by thousands OF women /
I throughout the land; she thought our phy- /
siologies were doing a WORK nothing else 1
could DO. Informal Discussions" were /
omitted. Brief remarks by the President 4
were followed By balloting for President; /
a motion was carried to postpone election 4
Of officers TIL afternoon and hold devo-
fional meeting according to request by the
NATL ". c. T. Z. Evangelistic Supt. that /
he hour from eleven 10 twelve in all con- 4
ventions be a devotional meeting.
Dinner was served in the vestry. The 1
officers elected Wednesday afternoon were
Pres. Mrs. Standish of W. Randolph, LIST,
vice Pres. Mrs. A. J. Wills. So. Tunpridge, /
2nd. vice Pres. Mrs. John Hodge, r. Cor
NTH @ec'v Mrs Mann. W Randolph, Treas i
Mrs.. Kibby, Tunbridge; superintendents
Of thirteen departments were chosen.
4 he rest Of the afternoon was taken up by /
papers. reports and speeches. Mr.. How
ard spoke a few minutes during the time
set apart for ministers.
"Wednesday evening after devotional ex-
srcises in charge Of Mr.. Howard and sing
ing bv the quartette, came two recital ions l
mo a song BY members Of the l. 7. l.. 1
These were followed by Mr.. Sherman's pa
per. ssTo What Extent Am / Ny Brothers
Keeper; be deprecated the extensive read