rs. 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

CHAPTER II.--Constitution and By-Laws, with changes 29

Sketch of Mrs. Maria Hyde Hibbard, second President 32

CHAPTER III.--Organization 33

Sketch of Mrs. Mary Towne Burt, our President 40

CHAPTER IV.--Educational 44

Sketch of Mrs. Ella A. Boole, First Vice-President 51

CHAPTER V.--Evangelistic 53

Sketch of Mrs. Frances W. Graham, Corresponding Secretary 57

CHAPTER VI.--Legislation and Petition 59

Sketch of Mrs. Georgeanna M. Gardenier, Recording Secretary 67

CHAPTER VII.--Social and Political 70

Sketch of Mrs. Ellen L. Tenney, Treasurer 75

CHAPTER VIII.--Miscellaneous 77

Financial Statement, 1874-1894 84

Officers, 1874-1894 85

Annual Meetings 86

World's Fair Banner 87

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

Crusade Church Frontispiece

Mrs. Mary Towne Burt Facing page 5

Mrs. Esther McNeil