Two Decades

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Title: Two Decades A History of the First Twenty Years' Work of the
Woman's Christian Temperance Union of the State of New York
Author: Frances W. Graham and Georgeanna M. Gardenier

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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