Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-09-22
CONCLUDED.
w. C.. T. U. Convention Held
Closing Exercises Last
Evening.
A Successful Meeting.
Those Who Remained Enjoy
an Excursion to the Quar-
ries Today. DR.. En-
erson Spoke Last
Night.

The 25th annual convention of the
W. G. 7. U. has been decidedly success
full and the many delegates and visiting
members who have been present appear
to be highly pleased with their treat
ment while in the Granite City. They
have most of them returned to their
various homes, but those who remain
are viewing the quarries today
Yesterday afternoon the speakers
we're Mrs. A. A. G.. Ware of Brattle-
boro, Mrs F. A. Lewis of Randolph,
Mrs. E. |. Spaulding of Derby Line,
Miss Bertha Chamberlain of Plainfield,
Miss Mary Scott of Craftsbury, Miss
Helen Wellman of Burlington, c. j.
Clark of Peacham, Mrs. Mary S. Nor
gan of Wilmington, Mrs. l.. L. Marshall
of Readsboro, Miss Amy Fske of Mont
pelier, Mrs II H. Smith of Manchester.
Mrs. A. S. Hodge of South Corinth,
Mrs. L. E. Humphrey Of Proctor, Mrs.
NJ. H. Corwin of Chelsea, Mrs. G. K.
Smith of Lyndonville, Mrs. Lula Osgood
of Townshend, Mrs. Mabel Bogue of
Derby Line, Mrs. &. R. Flandereau of
Bondville. Music was furnished by
Mrs. j, H. Weeks of Middlebury and
Miss Elizabeth Beldng, each OF whom
sung solo.
The closing exercises of the conven-
ton took place in the evening. Mrs. A.
l.. Richmond of Northtield read from
the Scripture. prayer was offered by the
Rev. Etlie X NJ. Jones, the white ribon
quartet rendered selection, Mrs. o. S.
Wiley gave an exempliticalion of the
work in the Juvinile Temple. dina
the president Mrs. Ida II. Read in tro-
duced as the speaker of the evening DIR.
Emerson of the Emerson College of
Ortory in Boston 1t would be imposs-
ible to do justice to his address in the
short space here allow ed but III brief q
few of his remarks on the subject " The
Human Brain, its friends and its foes ="
were as followed:
He made few brief Introductory re-
marks, complimenting the W. G. Il. U
on the perfect harmony in which its
members work, saying it reminded him
of grand chord of angelic music.
DR.. Emerson insisted that creation
did not end ON the 7th day, when man
was created, but is constantly going on
through the working of the brain.
He said that if God could have been
asked by what means the wondrous pro-
phecies were to have been fulfilled he
would undoubtly have answered, ''By
the workings of the human brain new
creations shall enfold',
The Doctor said, "when the brain is
no more, mind goes on, for the soul is
immortal, but when the mind goes forth
and acts upon this earth it moves by
means of the human BRAIN.
"Whcn | look al this model of the
brain am reminded of Mount Sinai.
That was simply mass, Ger which di-
vine flashes of thought played. Over
the brain are constantly passing flashes
of a similar nature.
1--WE are able to think and reason
only by the destruction, or burning OF
the matter composing the brain. The
brain is simply mass of valuable ma
terial for the soul to use while in the
body. Inc brain is the means by which
the spirit is manifested.
1.-The brain is fuel which must be
consumed in order to think. Wher
burning is stops then power stops, anc
thought stops. New tissues must be
formed from the blood to replace those
and hence comes the necessity OF being
careful of what we eat and drink,
"Whal nourihes the brainP 1t is (
question that has been deeply studied
by scientists, and today they can tell yol
what constitutes "a nearly perfect brail
food. No student should be allowed Il
graduate from any high school who ha
not been instructed in the matter.
1.-The courses of study in our public
schools will be reorganized in the future
Wealth and time is now being given tt
training the mind mathematically, bu