St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1907-10-09
Vermont News.
w. C. T. U. at Brandon.

ahrrch Monday evening, followed by
o,ercises of music and devotion. The
ennvention was introduced by the state
',rssident, Mrs Ida H. Read of Shelburne
a The following greetings were given:
4 Rutland county W. CIT. u. Mrs. S. K.
Burbank of Pittsford; Brandon W. c. T.
II Mrs. G. A. Cooke; Brandon L. T. L.;
town. Hon. E. ]. Ormsbee; churches, Rev.
81. Bullard; schools, Prof j. Harold
Fuller; responses came from each of the
a county leaders and in the absence of Mrs.
Il 2 Mead Denney, short address was
4 o;ven by Mrs. Gratia Davidson.
y AT Tuesday mornings session reports
4 were given by county officers and the
annual reports of the state secretary,
4 Mrs. G. E. Davidson, state treasurer,
q Mrs, E. Mead Denney, and state auditor,
\ Mrs. Ellen B. Turner, were given. Mrs.
\ Reads annual address, and message
q from Mother National" by Mrs. l.. M.
n Stevens, national president, were
4 given. Tuesday afternoon was given up
4 to reports from the different departments,
Il and the children's hour was conducted
4 by Miss Clara Nichols. One of the most
delightful features of the day was the
A childrens hour, when 35 members of
n the L. T. L. marched into the church and
"A under the direction of Miss Nichols enter
\ tanned the convention, with temperance
Rotations and songs. Beautiful words
n of encouragement and inspiration for the
q children were then spoken by Miss Elsie
Pease, state organizer of the l.. 7. L.,
Il Mrs. Kenyon, state secretary OF the l.. I.
8 L., Mile. Merle d'Aubigne, who isengaged
Y in temperance work among the children
& in France and Miss Gordon, the worlds
y organizer of the L. T. l..
Tuesday evening an,address was given
4 by Mrs. L. M. n Stevens which was a
B forceful logical and stirring appeal to
n greater effort and more persistent and
81 consolidated service in the work of tenn
n perance reform Miss Anna Gordon
q spoke on WHAT'S the vet. U. Doing?"
Y The presidents annual address is full of
d hope and courage, as usual, but as it will
Il appear in full in the year book, she only
e gave brief talk at the convention.
n These officers were elected: President,
81 Mrs. Ida H. Read of Sheburne: vice pres
u ident, Mrs. E. B. Lund of Burlington;
Il secretary, Mrs. G. E. Davidson of New
n fame; recording secretary, Miss May
Mudgett of North Hyde Park; treasurer,
8 Mrs. E. Mead Denny of Montpelier audi
q tor Mrs. Ellen B. Turner of St. Johns
bury. The convention closed Wednesday
evening with chalk talk by Mrs. E. A.
q Kenyon, and very interesting address
Il on the outlook for temperance in Switzer-
land and France by Mile. Merle
N d'Aubigne.
81 A unique and impressive feature of one
n of the sessions was the presentation of
FL little lad in Japanese costume purport-
y ing to represent the Loyal Temperance
81 Legion of Japan and through whom Miss
n Gordon presented to Mile. d'Aubigne a
n white ribbon pin which she had received
n from friend in Jerusalem. As the gift
81 passed from hand to hand from Toxic,
" Japan, to France, Miss Gordon unfurled
n the stars and stripes over their heads
and SO exempli6ed the union of spirit and
II of endeavor between different parts of the
s. world in the work of the W. c. T. U.
N The two beautiful wreaths made from
b arbor vitae which grew at the birthplace
& of Miss Frances Wizards parents, were
81 presented to the national officers by Mrs.
Read, to be placed by them on the graves
~ of the Wizards at Rose Hill. This touch
ling tribute is an annual event of the Yer
mont state w. c. T. U. convention.
Little Evelyn Cook of Brandon was
called to the platform and dedicated to
# the w. c. T. U. of Vermont, the white
ribbon being tied on her arm by Miss
E Gordon.
State Bar Association.
The adjourned session of the Goth an
nual meeting of the Vermont Bar Asso
citation was held at Montpelier, Wednes
f day. These officers were elected: Presi
dent, Alexander Dunnett of st. Johns
bury; vice presidents, c. G. Austin, st
m Adams, D. H. Albee, Bellows Falls, F. A
hi Rowland, Montpelier; secretary, Johr
H. Mimms, st. Adams; treasurer, Hiram
4 Carleton, Montpelier; board of mana
gers, H. c. Shurtleff, Montpelier, M. L
w Powell, Burlington, A. 7. Schwenk, Brat
I& teboro, X. A. Lawrence, Rutland. TIT
4 following members were reported al
having died during the past year: J. w
Gregory of Waitsfeld, ]. P. Lamson 0
Cabot, J. c. Enright of Windsor, H. A
Burt OF Swanton, and Judge H. H
s Wheeler of Brattleboro. Robert c
Bacon of Brattleboro and w. H. Bots
.Sk ford of Rutland were admitted tt
membership.
g The report of the committee on juris
sM prudence and law reform was made b,
H Judge E. c. Mower of Burlington, ii
4 which reform in the manner of choos
ing petit jurors, modification OF tn
statute prohibiting surviving partne
a from testifying in court, changes In tn
statute regulating practice in probat
W courts, and more speedy determination
S OF cases in chancery was recommended
At an evening session Judge F. M
Butler, the retiring president, gave a
admirable address on 1.-THE Dual Syster
H of Law and Equity" A paper was read b
Max L. Powell of Burlington o
"Twenty-Seven Years of Litigation b'
@ tween the Vermont and Canada and tn
4 Vermont Central Railroads"
The annual banquet was held at tn
W Pavilion, President Butler acting a
POSTMASTER, and the following RESPOND
# ed; Lieut.-Gov Prouty, Judge H. {
lde of st, Johnsbury, Chief Judge JON
ma W. Rowell of the Vermont supreme court
N John w. Redmond of Newport, Atty
Gen. c. c. Fits, Frank Plumley {
Northfeld, Interstate Commerce Con
missioner Charles A. Prouty of Newpor
Congressman D. ]. Foster and Hugh t
Henry of Chester, a member of the elias
under examination. The candidates VIII
took the examinations for admission t
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