St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1897-09-03
W. c. T. U. TREE PLANTING.
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When Miss Willard first entered upon
her temperance work ST. Louis paper
criticised her so severely that she was
much hurt and discouraged. Her mother
spoke words OF encouragement to her and
then said: you dared all this when you
entered the work. tyou cannot stand
criticism you must leave the work alone"
Madame Wizards family moved to New
York when she was l l years old. When
IL years old she commenced teaching
school and followed this occupation till
81 years old when, Miss Willard said,
she had sense enough to marry good
man from Wheelock, Vt. She then spoke
Of her parents life in Ohio, Wisconsin
and Illinois In Wisconsin her father
helped organize the free sell party, after
wards the republican party. She had
heard her father say that man could be
both politician and Christian, but she
wished he had left recipe for that COM
bination. Miss Willard referred to the
beautiful scenery OF Danville, the first
home OF her mother thanked God for the
prohibition law of Vermont and begged
the men not to do one little thing to
weaken it.
- "oS NOtSb " oClIb LSlCSldHl W
Mrs. Gratia E. Davidson OF Newfane,
who last week had to leave Lyndonvile
on account Of the sudden death Of her
husband, assuring her Of the tender love
OF her comrades and asking her to read
the first Psalm also one to Mrs. Sarah
Hall of Churchill, N. Y, a sister of
Madame Willard and now SO years old
telling her of the great success OF the
tree planting; and cablegram to
Lady Henry Somerset of England as
follows: "Vermonters at mothers birth
place planting a tree. Frances E. Will
lard"
The tree was then planted, Miss Willard
throwing the first shovelful of dirt over
the roots and a number of the other
ladies following her example. A silver
plate was attached to the tree bearing
the inscription, This tree planted in
memory of Madame M. T. Willard,
by her daughter, Frances E. Willard,
August 80, 1897" Another pine tree
was planted by the local union.
1t was voted to extend thanks to Mr..
and Mrs. George Drew, who had charge
OF the arrangements at North Danville,
and to all who assisted them. The exer-
cises closed with short speech from
George Drew and the benedicton BY J
Presiding Elder Hamilton. ,
John and Mary Thompson Hill came :
from Durham, Mass, to Mort Danville
in about 1898. They were among the (
sturdy pioneers of those days. Mr. Hill v
cleared the locality where the Stanton \
district schoolhouse now stands and :,
,arried on farm Of over 200 acres. Here
Madame M. T. Willard was born in Il
1905. In 1916 the family moved with C
colony to Ogden, n Y About the same
lime another colony from Wheelock, ten
niles from North Danvile, also went to
Ogden In this last colony was
Willard family with son named Josiah y
clint, afterwards the father of Miss u
frances +. Willard. These two colonies a
anne together and organized church y
n Ogden, called the Church of Ogden" n
Here Miss Wizards parents were mar tt
led on Nov. 3, 1882. Miss Willard a
vas born in Ogden and not long after Il
he family moved to Oberlin, Ohio, a
where the parents completed their l.
ducatlon in Oberlin college. At this
ime they had three children, another
icing born a little later. After the
.arents graduated from Oberlin college q
he family again moved. this time to in
anesvile. Wis, where they lived on n,
arm called Forest HILL" Here the "
hildren were brought up. When Miss NJ
Willard was 16 years old the family n
,oved to Evanston, ILL.,, where the chill y
rem received the finishing touches to =,
heir education. Here Madame Willard I.
led and here Miss Willard has since u
lade her home. Father Willard died o'
hen about so years of age and Miss U, p'
'illard is the last one OF the four chill ia
rem. al
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