News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1904-06-29
W. C. T. U. County Convention.

The second day of the W. G. T. I'll
convention, after a devotional serl
vice, was continued by areport of tho
Flower Mission, given by Mrs. R. TT
Foster, j ohnson. She urged women td
carry flowers to the sick and shut-inl,
and to give them a little of them
selves, not to make a long, tiresomd,
call, but to stay just few cherry moi
ments. The report of the Treasured
Mrs. Meta Blake of Eden, showed thd
organization to be in a good financi4
al condition. Mrs. Mary Gilmore of
Jacksonville, Supt of the L. T. L.,
reported that there were two Loyal
Legions in the county, one in Water
vile and one in Jacksonville. Mrs.
Althea Wilder of Morrisville, Press
Supt., said that warnings had been
printed In the county papers for the
benefit of young women planning to
attend the st. Louis Fair.
The following officers were elected
for the ensuing year: Pres, Mrs. B.
B. Blake of Eden; Cor. Sec'y, Mrs.
Hattie Putnam of Cambridge Rec.
Sec'y, Mrs. j. A. Watkins of Jefferson
vile; Treas, Mrs. e. j. Marvin of
Morrisville; Auditor, Mrs. 0. W.
Davis of Morrisville.
Rev. Mr.. Dean of North Hyde Park
was introduced and made short ad-
dress. He said that young people
should be taught that there is moth
ing laughable in the sight of a drunk
en- person, that temperance instruc-
ton ought to begiven in the Sunday
schools at least once month. Rev.
Albert Mohr of Cambridge said that
he agreed with Mr.. Dean that in a
a small country place like Eden it
probably would not be wise to have
both a Christian Endeavor society
and Loyal Temperance Legion, but
that the distinctive work of the two
might we'll be combined in one organ
ization. The convention voted to
send to it's absent Supt. of Work for
Lumbermen, Mrs. M. P. Kelley, now
of Morrisville, but formerly of Water
Vile, a letter OF sympathy with her in
her long and seriousious illness. Mrs.
Ida Reed told of the interesting visit
which she and Others made to Grand
ma Reyes of Coventry last Novem-
Der, when the one hundredth anniver-
sary of her birth was celebrated. The
venerable lady, who has since died,
was member of the VIC. T. u, ard
always wore the white ribbon.
Miss Alice Moore spoke of the COM
mon but dangerous practice of TAX
ing proprietary medicines, very many
of which are almost entirely COM
posed of alcoholic liquor, with
slight infusion of drugs. She said
that in a little town of northern
Maine many lumbermen were found
to be frequently and uproarously
drunk, and yet the officers felt sure
there was no place in the vicinity
where alcoholic beverages could be OBJ
tanned. One, more sharp eyed than
the rest, discovered that the drug
gist was having an extraordinary
sale of a well-known patent medicine.
The plain facts of the case were found
to be that they were getting drunk
on the innocent" stuff.
The forenoon session closed with
the noontide prayer by Mrs. Ida Reed
and the benediction by Rev. P. A.
Smith. At the afternoon session
Mrs. Gilmore was instructed to take
up the work of Scientific Temperance
Instruction in addition to the work
of the l.. T. l.. After the singing of
hymn, and prayer by Rev. Mr.. Dean,
Mrs. Hattie Putnam of Cambridge
urged upon women the great import
ance Of Mothers Meetings. We need
tact, patience and insight in dealings
with children. Every one of the
Unions ought to have at least one
Mothers Meeting during the year.
Let them be real experience meetings
and be sure to have question box.
One OF these questions may just meet
the need of some mothers. The meet
ing was also addressed by Prof. Beebe
and several others. The convention
was closed by singing, "God be With
You Til We Meet Again" and repeat
ing the W. G. T. u. benedictiOn.