Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1899-01-16
w. C. 7. u. COLUMN.
RESCUE HOME.

DEAR READERS OF THE HOME GUARDS:
We wish to express our thanks for
the gifts we have been receiving, such
as potatoes, turnips, cabbages, etc.;
but as one good turn deserves another
and we feel that friends are interested
in us all over the state, we are going
to take the liberty to ask for warm
clothing, such as nndervests, drawers,
hose, slippers, nightgowns, etc. We
are in great need of these articles. If
YOU could but hear the grateful and
appreciative remarks from these girls
when they receive any such article, I
am sure a very speedy response
would be given.
Yours for the Home,
MRS. A. F. UPPER, Supt.
'sThe poor We have always with
you" ''This ought ye to have done
and not left the other undone." AT
this glad season of ingathering, we
have so many kind friends whom we
want to remember with gifts of love
that a word to our "advance guard"
the Vermont White Ribboner, will be
gladly received, 1 am sure. AS state
we have adopted rescue work, and
the Home in Burlington needs our
help now; it's consecrated helpers, the
superintendent and ladies who are
giving it their best time and thought,
need our sympathy, CO. operation and
prayers. The Board of Management,
composed of ''Burlington's BEST" give
their time and energy, and it is not
fair that we allow them to be worried
over the finances. Will we not show
to them our willingness to share with
them this part of the responsibility?
No superintendent of Rescue Work
has been found as yet; SO as secretary
of the Home permit me to call your
attention to this part of our work.
Please read carefully the article on
ssThe Rescue Home'' in March Home
Guards, first page. To any new sub
scribers who have not the paper to
refer to, copy the closing: ''Will not
those who have been blessed with
sheltered lives for themselves and
their friends, give thank offering,
and thus help some of these unfortu-
nate, homeless ones into lives of pur-
ity and righteousness? Inasmuch as
We did it unto one of the least of these,
ye did it unto me. The support of the
Home is dependent upon the contri-
button of friends, and funds are much
RI
The good accomplished for time and
eternity by this Home, with all its
opportunities for character building,
cannot be estimated"
Orleans county voted at its annual
convention in May, to raise and send
sufficient funds to support the Home
one month, and Immediately went to
work to redeem it's pledge. A letter
from the president of the Home, Mrs.
G. E. Davidson, says: ''The Unions
can help more than they have done,
and I think they WILL" and this leads
me to ask each county president in
the state to try and get every town in
her county, whether there is W. Ct
T. u. or not, to at once make a sys-
tematic effort to raise at least 800 in
each county for the Home, besides
sending vegetables, clothing, etc.
Heretofore free transportation has
been granted by the different railroad
companies for Home supplies, and
doubtless would be again. Let us be
in earnest in this work and see which
shall be the first county to report and
which shall help most. This will be
a lasting monument to our "sainted
Frances in rescuing the perishing in
her own beloved Vermont state. All
contributions in money should be CIV
en- the local treasurer, she will send at
once to county and then to state treas
urer, and finally to Miss Carrie Kings
land, 298 So. Union street, Burlington,
VT, treasurer of Home. Any inqui-
ries made to Mrs. A. F. Upper, SUI
perintendent of Home, 26O Shelburne
street, Burlington, will receive prompt
attention. Yours in His Name,
MRS. L. F. WILBUR.
Jericho, VT.