300 THE ISLAND OF NANTUCKET. 



for some time past the children of twenty-one families 

 under their immediate care. The officers are Mrs. 

 Joseph Winslow, president; Mrs. Charles Mooers, vice- 

 president; Mrs. S. A. Coffin, secretary and treasurer. 



Women's Christian Temperance Union. 



Mrs. Mary W. Valentine has kindly furnished the 

 following in relation to this association: — 



The Women's Christian Temperance Union of Kan- 

 tucket was organized Sept. 28, 1880, as an auxiliary to 

 the State society; its object being to inaugurate effec- 

 tive measures whereby the traffic in intoxicants shall 

 be banished from the community. The society is 

 formed on the principle that nothing can be accom- 

 plished without divine assistance. The regular meet- 

 ings of the organization are held on the afternoon of 

 every other Tuesday, in North Hall. Once a month a 

 prayer meeting is held at one of the churches, in which 

 all unite. 



Its membership is seventy, and the officers are: Mrs. 

 Sarah Ann Coffin, president; Mrs. Maria T. Swain, 

 first vice-president; Mrs. E. G. M. Barney, second 

 vice-president; Mrs. Mary W. Valentine, secretary; 

 Miss Lydia B. Gardner, treasurer. 



Squam. 



This is a tract of land at the northeast part of the 

 island, once within the boundaries of Sachem Wauwi- 

 net. The celebrated " Eat Fire Spring," made famous 

 in the novel " Miriam Coffin," is located in Squam. 



Wra. C. Folger, Esq. , says that in the manuscript left 

 by Obed Macy (author of "History of Nantucket")., 



