The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-09-26

| or our work and we are sure a great hell
to the unions with which they. have beer
held. Some of the unions have been active
IN the department of Temperance instruct
| ion in the public schools. New Gloucester
union having invited the school board te
i attend a meeting at which this department
was ably presented by some f.their mem.
| bers. Portland union has. begun valuable
work among the school children addicted
to the cigarette habit and has been Tn.
usually active in flower mission work to
which it has added fruit department.
cannot specify particularly the good work
OF all of our unions, among which, that OF
| our only Y. the Westbrook stands out
prominently"
From Franklin county Mrs. H. B. Beedy
sends this report: From this standpoint
| as look back over the years work am
impressed that there has been a healthful
development in all the lines of work taken
up in the county,
Good work has been done in Hancock
county, especially in the Bar Harbor. ELS
worth and Bluehill'unions. The unions are
small In membership and. labor under some
disadvantages but the result in some de-
partments of work are very gratifying,
MRS. M. ID. Wyman, president of Kenne-
pee county has this enc ouraging word to
say I'VE are still nine in number In Au-
gusta efforts have been made by the union
IN connection with the pastors in the direc-
Tin OF Sabbath observance. The general
work at the Jail and in the city has pro-
crossed as usual. Crusade Day was fitting
ly observed in most of the unions Gardiner
mas undertaken some new departments and
mas done excellent work in the line of tenn
perance 1nstructionsin the public schools:
to this end literature was circulated, super
visor interviewed and a reception held for
school officers and teachers. Hallowellshas
been in obscurity this year. Monmouth and
Vassalboro are still living but need encour-
agement, enthusiasm and strength for
greater victories. Winthrop Centre is al
ways active and in earnest as it cannot
help being with such president. The China
and South China unions united July 3lst
In entertaining the county president and
public meeting was held. The county
published d beautiful souvenir and direc-
tory which was distributed without expense
to the unions.''
Knox county is reported by Mrs r. C.
Hall as follows: 81 do not hesitate to say
that the past year has been the. best year
our organization has ever known. Our
county convention was most helpful. The
reports of superintendent show verysfaith-
full work done and in many instances graf
flying results. Almost every union reports
an increase of membership. One new union
has been organized and is already making
its influence felt in the community. Splen-
did work was done in our county by Mrs.
Bullock she was present at our convention
and deliveredsfive addresses in the county,
She also spoke at Thomaston, Prison Day.
Unusual attention has been giyensto the
legal aspect of the temperance question.
In some localities it has been made exceed
ingly uncomfortable for law-breakers While
We believe that every member of our or
ganization should be free to follow the die
tates of her own conscience in these mat
tiers, we are glad that there are those
among us who have the courage of their
convictions and are willing to resist the
enemy face to face.'' q
Mrs. Winslow thus sums up the work in
Lincoln count y: at is not necessarysto go
into details as these come out in the de-
partmental reports. The situation in our
county has not materially changed since
last year. There. have been accessions and
some have fallen out. The unions have
charitable work but not much in the line
of prosecuting liquor sellers, not from lack
of moral courage nor from indifference but
simply because we cannot obtain evidence
against them but we are on the watch tow
err and woe betide the man who can be
proven as transgressor in this particular,
Our county convention was well attended
and Mrs. Bullock proved most helpful in
the ahsanca of n1r Of TO
Mrs. Pierce, president of Western Oxford
county. says; Interest in the work has
increased and we stand ready to do what
ever our hands find to do. Hiram union has
been instrumental in selling several boxes
of liquor, also in sending two girls to the
Industrial school and child taken from the
Town Farm'an placed in good permanent
home. Sabbath school work has teen the
chief course of the Brownfield union. Mrs.
Robinson, esident atEasternOxford county
writes: There has been good work done
in ny section of the county the past year.
Differen lines of work have been taken I'D
with good will. No new unions have yet
been organized. Our convention was held
with the Bethel union one of the smartest
in the county and was perfect success;
our state president was with us, aiding as
only she can. In all we have had excellent
work DONE"
Penobscot county is thus encouragingly
reported by Mrs. Annie V.sCurtis: ''We
lave had more work done-than usual the
past year. Mrs. Bullock was withsus for
week in June, giving us gra nd help at our
county convention. sShe brought to our |
county "a new inspiration from more ag-
workers. Mrs. Wright has been with |