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1874-1894.
TWO DECADES:
A History
of the
First Twenty Years' Work
of the
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
of the State of New York.
by
FRANCES W. GRAHAM, LOCKPORT.
and
GEORGEANNA M. GARDENIER, OSWEGO.
Written by Request of the Twentieth Annual Convention of the State Woman's
Christian Temperance Union, Held at Syracuse in October, 1893
[Illustration: BAPTIST CHURCH AT FREDONIA, N.Y.
"In which the first Crusade meeting was held."]
PREFACE BY MARY TOWNE BURT.
GREETING.
This little volume now starts upon its way to visit the homes of those
who, with us, desire above all things the overthrow of the liquor
traffic. When it knocks at your door, kindly admit it and treat it as a
welcome guest--a loved friend; remain blind to its faults, and see only
the good intended.
We send it forth, not for its literary merit, not for any honor to
ourselves, but as a faithful record of the work accomplished by the
Woman's Christian Temperance Union of the State of New York during the
two decades just closed. It was written at your request, and it is
yours, not ours. That it may be of benefit to the work and a pleasure to
the workers is all we ask. We commend it to you with earnest prayers and
best wishes.
FRANCES W. GRAHAM.
GEORGEANNA M. GARDENIER.
[Illustration: Mary T. Burt]
TO OUR
CONSECRATED LEADER,
MARY TOWNE BURT,
AND TO THE
TWENTY-TWO THOUSAND WHITE RIBBONERS
OF THE
EMPIRE STATE,
THIS BOOK is AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED
BY
THE AUTHORS
OFFICERS, 1894.
PRESIDENT:
MRS. MARY TOWNE BURT, 217 W. 134th St., _New York City_.
FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT:
MRS. ELLA A. BOOLE, A.M., _West New Brighton, S. I_.
CORRESPONDING SECRETARY:
MRS. FRANCES W. GRAHAM, 274 Church St., _Lockport_.
RECORDING SECRETARY:
MRS. GEORGEANNA M. GARDENIER, 64 E. Cayuga St., _Oswego_.
TREASURER
MRS. ELLEN L. TENNEY, 484 Madison Ave., _Albany_.
STATE HEADQUARTERS:
No. 30 WEST 230 STREET, NEW YORK CITY.
COUNTY STANDARD BEARERS,
1894
_Albany_--Mrs. C. J. A. JUMP, Albany.
_Allegany_--Mrs. V. A. WILLARD, Belmont
_Broome_--Mrs. W. H. BRISTOL, Binghamton.
_Cattaraugus_--Mrs. M. G. PECKHAM, Leon.
_Cayuga_--Mrs. P. J. ADAMS, Moravia.
_Chautauqua_--Mrs. M. S. MEAD, Jamestown.
_Chemung_--Mrs. S. W. STODDARD, Horseheads.
_Chenango_--'Mrs. C. A. MOORE, Mt. Upton.
_Clinton_--Mrs. FRANCES D. HALL, Plattsburg.
_Columbia_--Mrs. MARCIA C. POWELL, Ghent.
_Cortland_--Mrs. FANNIE KEESE, Cortland.
_Delaware_--Mrs. CLARA HILSINGER, Sidney.
_Dutchess_--Mrs. H. A. NELSON, Poughkeepsie.
_Erie_--Mrs. CLARA T. SISSON, Collins.
_Essex_--Mrs. ADA J. R. BEERS, Port Henry.
_Franklin_--Mrs. W. F. WINKLEY, Malone.
_Fulton_--Mrs. GEORGE CLARK, Amsterdam.
_Genesee_--Mrs. ANNA E. RICE, Batavia.
_Greene_--Miss E. BRANDOW, Coxsackie.
_Herkimer_--Mrs. L. P. DAVIES, Herkimer.
_Jefferson_--Mrs. E. GURNEY, Clayton.
_Kings_--Mrs. L. VANDERHOEF, Brooklyn.
_Lewis_--Mrs. M. B. O'DONNELL, Lowville.
_Livingston_--Mrs. H. M. FREEMAN, Lima.
_Madison_--Mrs. E. C. BUSHNELL, Lakeport.
_Monroe_--Mrs. F. N. PARISH, Churchville.
_Montgomery_--Mrs. J. G. DEGRAFF, Amsterdam.
_New York_--Mrs. E. FRANCES LORD, New York.
_Niagara_--Mrs. RUTH A. FROST, Barker's.
_Oneida_--Mrs. THEODOSIA M. FOSTER, Verona.
_Onondaga_--Mrs. M. D. FERGUSON, Syracuse.
_Ontario_--Mrs. A. H. WOOD, Farmington.
_Orange_--Mrs. L. H. WASHINGTON, Port Jervis.
_Orleans_--Mrs. G. A. HEWITT, Gaines.
_Oswego_--Mrs. S. M. BARKER, New Haven.
_Otsego_--Mrs. ELLEN TALLMADGE, Otsego.
_Putnam_--Mrs. LYMAN F. BROWN, Carmel.
_Queens_--Mrs. C. H. HARRIS, Jamaica.
_Rensselaer_--Mrs. S. A. KENNEY, Troy.
_Richmond_--Mrs. SARAH R. MORRIS, West New Brighton.
_Rockland_--Mrs. J. A. DINGMAN, Spring Valley.
_Saratoga_--Mrs. GRACE ANDRESS, Gansevoort.
_Schenectady_--Mrs. M. CLOWE, Schenectady.
_Schoharie_--Mrs. L. A. WILCOX, Jefferson.
_Schuyler_--Mrs. L. L. CLAWSON, Havana.
_Seneca_--Mrs. J. STORY, Cayuga.
_Steuben_--Mrs. A. M. HART, Hornellsville.
_St. Lawrence_--Mrs. M. D. SILL, Massena.
_Suffolk_--Mrs. EVA HORTON, Greenport.
_Sullivan_--Mrs. M. M. McKoon, Long Eddy.
_Tioga_--Mrs. N. H. HUTCHINSON, Oswego.
_Tompkins_--Mrs. D. C. BOUTON, Ithaca.
_Ulster_--Mrs. E. U. BURGESS, Highland.
_Warren_--Mrs. T. TRITTON, Glens Falls.
_Washington_--Mrs. J. H. MASON, Greenwich.
_Wayne_--Miss H. ELLEN ORTON, Sodus.
_Westchester_--Miss H. A. ROLLINS, Yonkers.
_Wyoming_--Miss KATE MANNING, Attica.
_Yates_--Miss CELIA S. HUTTON, Penn Yan.
TABLE OF CONTENTS.
PREFACE 11
Sketch of Mrs. Esther McNeil, Veteran Crusader 14
PROLOGUE 15
CHAPTER I.--"The Sober Second Thought of the Crusade" 19
Sketch of Mrs. Allen Butler, first President 27