St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1896-10-30
VOL. LXX---NO. 1892

T. U. letter to the Vermont Union
from Miss Frances Willard was read in
which she urged the women of the state
to assist Armenian refugees to reach
America and find employment here.
The old board Of officers were elected
as follows:
President, Mrs. Ida H. Read; CORE
spending secretary, Mrs. G. E. Davidson;
recording secretary, Mrs. A. A. Wyman;
treasurer, Mrs. E. NJ. Denney; auditor,
Miss Bertha E. Chamberlin.
The afternoon programme was about
as follows: Pledges to serve, led by Mrs.
II. NJ. Douglas; Somebody's Boys"
by Mrs. Z. B. Lund, X. X. superintendent;
cone of the Problems" by Mrs. A. A. C..
Ware, fair superintendent; "Self Con-
troll, by Miss Mary A. Scott, physical
culture superintendent; singing by the
white ribbon quartette and by Miss
Phinney of Montpelier, whose solos dur
ing the convention were well received
Maj. N. P. Bowman gave an inter-
esting account of the seizure of liquor
made by him at Burlington, under the
prohibition law about 40 years ago.
Exercises by the children were con-
Quoted by Mrs E. A. Kenyon and they
were addressed by Rev. Mr.. Dunn.
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at the evening service to hear Miss Slack
of London, the worlds corresponding
secretary. There was plenty of music
during the evening and Miss Stephens
gave a reading, prefacing her recital with
help the ladies who were working in such
a noble cause. A touching feature of the
programme was the presentation from
the ladies of Danvile of an evergreen
wreath to be placed on the grave of Miss
Wizards mother, who was native of
Danvile Mrs. Read spoke very feelingly
OF the gift, saying that their great leader
who was just returning to America would
be greatly moved by this expression of
love from the ladies Of Danvlle.
Miss Slack was introduced amid con-
siderable enthusiasm. Besides prolonged
applause there was a liberal waving of
handkerchiefs, several rising to their feet
in The excitement. Miss Slack spoke for
an hour and was frequently interrupted
by applause. She said we must never
forget that both the English and Ameri-
cans are near relatives. "My greatest
work is to unite the nations There is a
greater thing than nationality and that
is humanity. Our work grows because
it is based on love to God and love to
ellowman.
ut is great thing to be in a state
where drunkenness is a crime. In Eng
land man is severely punished for giving
poison to pheasants, but the state pro-
tects the man that gives poison to an
other man to drink. The state not only
protects him, but derives revenue from
this course. Thus we make mockery Of
our Christian civilization.
1--WE can never win until we have fire
in our hearts. The fanatic is the one
that will win and hope this convention
will make every one in ST. Johnsbury
fanatic for temperance. | wish we were
all fanatics in England. Fanaticism is
that condition where you are so full of
enthusiasm that you are always talking
about it.
In the last part of her address Miss
Slack gave a description of the progress
of the temperance cause in England. After
much agitation by Lady Somerset and
others the leaders at last pledged their
efforts to the cause. Roseberry, Har-
court and Morley all declared that the
temperance question was the greatest
issue before the nation. AS result
royal commission was appointed and
they have been sitting long time. The
ladies of England are working vigorous
ly and they have hopes of ultimate sue
cess. In closing Miss Slack urged the
ladies of st. Johnsbury to interest them
selves in the cause and join the local
union.
On Sunday the visitors were generally
assigned in the local churches and their
words added much to the services of the
day. The president, Mrs. Read, spoke
at the South church; Rev. S. B. Dunn of
Shoreham at the North church, Mrs L.
NJ. n. Stevens OF Portland, vice president
of the national society, at the Methodist
church; Mrs. J s. Craig, traternal dele
gate from the Canadian w. c. T. u, at
the Free Baptist church; Mrs. A. F,
Smith at the Church OF the Messiah
Mrs. G. E. Davidson, state secretary, al
the Railroad street Baptist; Mrs. Lunc
and Mrs. Read spoke at the mems meet
ing at the Y, M. {. A.
At O'Clock there wasa memorial ser
vice at the Methodist church with tri
butes to workers in the state union whC
, have died during the year. At the gos
pei temperance meeting at $50 the Rev
Mr.. Dunn spoke of the need of temper
: ance work and Mrs. A. F. Smith ais
/. spoke at this meeting.
= The closing session Of this most su,