BUREAU OF WOMAN'S WORK.
MISS D. E. EMERSON, SECRETARY.
We are glad to report a movement in favor of State organizations for woman's work in our own country in co-operation with the Am. Home Miss. Soc., the Am. Miss. Assoc., the New West Ed. Com., etc. At a special meeting called at Saratoga on June 4, action was taken by the representatives of the several Woman's Missionary Societies, advocating the formation of State societies, whose object should be to co-operate with the established societies of the Congregational order, in raising funds and increasing intelligence respecting missionary work in this country.
Two years ago the ladies of Vermont pledged the support of one teacher at McIntosh, Ga., but increased their contributions until they assumed the entire support of the school. A year ago they undertook the expense of an addition to the school building, to be called the "Vermont School." In connection with the State Association, at Bellows Falls, a ladies' meeting was held on Wednesday morning, June 10, in behalf of the American Missionary Association, addressed by their teacher, Miss Plimpton, and by Miss Emerson, Secretary of the Woman's Bureau. The following report was submitted by the State Committee:
The committee re-appointed by the convention held at St. Albans last June, to raise money for the school for the freedmen in McIntosh, Ga., desires to present the following report for the year:
FOR THE YEAR ENDING MAY 31, 1885.
| Total contributions | $848.86 | |
| Expenses of postage and printing | 11.16 | |
| Remitted to H. W. Hubbard | 837.70 | |
| Add balance on hand May, 1884 | 259.28 | |
| ———— | ||
| Total | $1,096.98 | |
| Estimated expense of school this year | $856.00 | |
| To apply on new building | 240.98 | |
| ———— | $1,096.98 | |
Acknowledgment was also made for barrels and boxes of clothing, papers, books, toys and materials for sewing school, with money sent to pay freight. Additional contributions are expected before Sept. 30, to apply on the new school building.
At the recent meeting of the State Association of Illinois, held in Rockford, the ladies organized the "Illinois Home Miss. Union." The constitution adopted embraces all home causes as embodied in the following form:
Article 1. This Society shall be called the Woman's Home Missionary Union of the State of ——. Its object shall be to promote missionary and evangelistic work in all parts of our land by forming auxiliaries in the churches of the State, and through them collecting money for the various existing societies of the Congregational order.