der the trees, or in large barns, when school-houses would
not hold the people. But to shut up doors against women was a new
thing.

In December of 1851 I was invited to attend a Woman's Rights
Convention at the town of Mount Gilead, Morrow Co., Ohio. A
newspaper call promised that celebrities would be on hand, etc. I
wrote I would be there. It was two days' journey, by steamboat
and rail. The call was signed "John Andrews," and John Andrews
promised to meet me at the cars. I went. It was fearfully cold,
and John met me. He was a beardless boy of nineteen, looking much
younger. We drove at once to the "Christian Church." On the way
he cheered me by saying "he was afraid nobody would come, for all
the people said nobody would come for his asking." When we got to
the house, there was not one human soul on hand, no fire in the
old rusty stove, and the rude, unpainted board benches, all
topsy-turvy. I called some boys playing near, asked their names,
put them on paper, five of them, and said to them, "Go to every
house in this town and tell everybody that 'Aunt Fanny' will
speak here at 11 A.M., and if you get me fifty to come and hear,
I will give you each ten cents." They scattered off upon the run.
I ordered John to right the benches, picked up chips and
kindlings, borrowed a brand of fire at the next door, had a good
hot stove, and the floor swept, and was ready for my audience at
the appointed time. John had done his work well, and fifty at
least were on hand, and a minister to make a prayer and quote St.
Paul before I said a word. I said my say, and before 1 P.M., we
adjourned, appointing another session at 3, and one for 7 P.M.,
and three for the following day. Mrs. C. M. Severance came at 6
P.M., and we had a good meeting throughout.

John's Convention was voted a success after all. He died young,
worn out by his own enthusiasm and conflicts.

FRANCES D. GAGE.

In September, 1851, a Woman's Temperance Convention was held in
Cincinnati, Ohio, in Foster Hall, corner of Fifth and Walnut Streets.
Mrs. Mary B. Slough, President; Mrs. George Parcells, Vice-President:
Mrs. William Pinkham, Secretary. Resolutions were discussed, and a
Declaration of Independence adopted. Mrs. Slough was the "Grand
Presiding Sister of Ohio." This