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insertion and a local notice, and all ministers are desired to read it from their desks.
Delegates are requested to notify the secretary of their intention to be present by the both of October, and places of entertainment will be provided. A committee of reception will be in waiting at the rooms of the Young Men's Christian Association, 16 South Salina street, on Tuesday evening, and at the church on Wednesday morning.
MRS. ALLEN BUTLER. MRS. R. A. ESMOND. MRS. E. B. STEVENS. MRS. T. S. TRUAIR. MRS. SAMUEL THURBER, Secretary Central Committee.
Pursuant to the above call, at nine o'clock A.M. of October 14, 1874, a large gathering of earnest women from various parts of the state assembled at the First Methodist Episcopal Church of Syracuse, for the purpose of discussing the great interests of the temperance cause and plan for its future advancement.
The meeting was called to order by Mrs. Allen Butler, of Syracuse, who was made temporary chairman, with Mrs. S. Thurber and Miss A. L. Didama as secretaries.
The permanent organization was perfected by the election of the following officers:
President--Mrs. Helen E. Brown, New York City.
Vice-Presidents--Mrs. Allen Butler, Syracuse; Mrs. George Case, Sodus; Mrs. L. B. Ayers, Penn Yan.
Secretary--Mrs. N. B. Foot, Rome.
Assistant Secretaries--Mrs. S. Thurber, Syracuse; Miss A. L. Didama, Syracuse.
The following reported and were registered as delegates, although many others were present and participated in the deliberations:
FIRST CONVENTION.
DELEGATES TO FIRST MEETING.
Allegany County. Mrs. T. B. Stowell, Cortland. Mrs. B. C. Rude, Wellsville. Mrs. Day, Cortland. Mrs. Dr. Green, Cortland. Broome County. Mrs. E. L. Knight, Homer. Mrs. H. R. Clark, Binghamton. Mrs. P. Barber, Homer. Mrs. J. H. Parsons, Binghamton. Mrs. L. C. Phillips, Binghamton. Erie County. Mrs. L. M. Kenyon, Buffalo. Cayuga County. Mrs. Mary T. Burt, Auburn. Herkimer County. Mrs. George Letchworth, Auburn. Mrs. L. Colton, Ilion. Mrs. James Seymour, Auburn. Mrs. M. J. Buck, Ilion. Mrs. C. W. Boyce, Auburn. Mrs. M. E. Perkins, Ilion. Mrs. B. F. Hall, Auburn. Mrs. Albert Baker, Ilion. Mrs. Dr. Wilkie, Auburn. Mrs. M. S. Angel, Ilion. Mrs. Jennie M. Pierson, Auburn. Mrs. William Donovan, Weedsport. Kings County. Mrs. T. B. Foote, Weedsport. Mrs. Mary C. Johnson, Brooklyn. Mrs. J. Gould, Weedsport. Mrs. Mary Richardson, Brooklyn. Mrs. Susan Fox, Weedsport. Mrs. Geo. W. Thomas, Brooklyn.
Chautauqua County. Lewis County. Mrs. Esther McNeil, Fredonia. Mrs. M. B. O'Donnell, Lowville. Mrs. H. C. Lake, Fredonia. Mrs. H. F. Lanfear, Lowville.
Chemung County. Livingston County. Mrs. Ransom Pratt, Elmira. Mrs. McMahon, Lima. Mrs. Cleevis, Elmira. Madison County. Clinton County. Mrs. Dr. Jarvis, Canastota. Mrs. George Bixby, Plattsburg. Monroe County. Cortland County. Mrs. E. A. Nelson, Rochester. Mrs. J. S. Squires, Cortland. Miss S. J. Vosburg, Rochester.
New York County. Mrs. C. W. Allis, Skaneateles. Mrs. H. E. Brown, New York. Mrs. J. P. Clark, Obisco. Mrs. R. P. Penfield, New York. Orleans County. Oneida County. Mrs. E. G. Gillett, Medina. Mrs. M. M. Northrup, Utica. Mrs. George Westcott, Utica. Oswego County. Mrs. Peter Stryker, Rome. Mrs. E. A. Cooper, Fulton. Mrs. N. B. Foot, Rome. Mrs. J. Miller, Fulton. Mrs. O. C. Cole, Clinton. Mrs. George Goodier, Oswego. Mrs. Francis Brown, Oswego. Ontario County. Mrs. C. T. Bishop, Oswego. Mrs. A. Petit, Gorham. Mrs. Elizabeth Clark, Oswego. Mrs. E. G. Townsend, Geneva. Mrs. E. W. Herendeen, Geneva. Seneca County. Mrs. Adaline King, Geneva. Mrs. S. M. Metcalf, Seneca Falls. Mrs. J. G. Gracey, Clifton Springs. Miss Emma Allen, Seneca Falls. Mrs. T. J. Bissell, Phelps. Tioga County. Onondaga County. Mrs. L. Curtis, Waverly. Mrs. Alien Butler, Syracuse. Mrs. R. A. Esmond, Syracuse. Tompkins County. Mrs. T. S. Truair, Syracuse. Mrs. S. Whitlock, Ithaca. Mrs. J. L. Bagg, Syracuse. Mrs. C. M. Selkreg, Ithaca. Mrs. J. P. Griffin, Syracuse. Mrs. S. Thurber, Syracuse. Wayne County. Mrs. George Greeley, Syracuse. Mrs. William H. Carkey, Clyde. Mrs. Dr. Stevens, Syracuse. Mrs. Harris Wilbur, Clyde. Mrs. J. J. Brown, Syracuse. Mrs. G. Case, Sodus. Mrs. Beardsley, Syracuse. Mrs. C. P. Mundy, Sodus. Miss A. L. Didama, Syracuse. Miss M. E. Armstrong, Fayetteville. Yates County. Mrs. M. Gage, Fayetteville. Mrs. L. B. Ayers, Penn Yan. Miss Etta P. Avery, Fayetteville. Mrs. M. J. Lattimer, Penn Yan. Mrs. Morehouse, Liverpool. Mrs. C. A. Allen, Benton Center.
FRATERNAL DELEGATES.
Mrs. T. K. Church, Washington, D.C.[1] Mrs. Mary R. Denman, Newark, N.J. [2] Mrs. J. Dunlap, Newark, N.J. Miss Mary Dunlap, Newark, N.J.
Of this number thirteen were present at the twentieth convention, held at Syracuse in 1893; among them being the first chairman, Mrs. Butler; the first secretary, Mrs. N. B. Foot; and Mrs. Esther McNeil, our venerable crusader, of Fredonia.
The keynote for the future was struck at the first convention, as will be seen in the report of the committee appointed to recommend topics for discussion. These represented the foundation principles of the organization, and were as follows:
TOPICS FOR DISCUSSION.
How should holly-tree inns or