The daily Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1855, 1854-12-25
Celebration of tho Landing of the land
ing Of the Pilgrims, by the New Eng.
land society, at the vEinslOsy House.
Friday Evening, Dee. p, 1S54-

land society, at the WinslOW House.
Friday Evening, Dec. p, 1874
The New England Society Supper at tho
Winslow House, on the evening of the 23d
inst. was the most brilliant affair Of tho
kind we have ever attended in the West
One hundred and thirty ladies and gentle
men sat down 10 the sumptuous repast pre-
pared, and large number who desired tc
participate in the festivities were prevented
by lack of room. We give this morning q
condensed report of the toats and speeches
for a portion of which we are indebted tc
our neighbor of the Times.
Judge SHERBURNE opened the proceed
ings by the following remarks:
eve have met, Sons of New England
on this the 22d day Of December to com
mcmorate the landing of our Pilgrim Fa
Tiers; and while we hold then: in fond re
membrance, we would desire to emulate
their virtues. On snch an occasion | an
proud to see SO many sous of New England
present in Territory so remote from the
spot where their forefathcrs landed; more
proud and happy that the great truth is
demonstrated that the sons and daughters
of these pilgrims, wherever they may be,
arc imbued with their feelings and intelli.
gence. It is well that we are here to join
in the festivities Of the passing hour. 1t
will serve to extend our social relations and
| trust that the memory Of those gone from
us, whose names we now connect with this
happy occasion, will tend to increase our
social virtues"
Rev. Mr.. SECcoMBE, here followed in an
eloquent and appropriate prayer.
The edibles were now attacked with Wig
or, and when jnstice had been done to the
excellent supper prepared by Clement q
Parker, the first regular toast was an
nOunced:
1st. The Pilgrims who lande from the May
flower upon Pilgrim Rock.-NIay their names and
the institutions which they founded, be as lasting as
the rock upon which they landed.
Responded to by Rev. Mr.. Neil.
I'd. Our Pilgrim Mothers The Pilgrim Fathers
gave us New England institutions, but the Pilgrim
Mothers gave us Ncw-EngIand homes - grateful
posteri,y should give each, in return, grateful re-
membrance.
Mr.. f. C. Palmer, from Burlington, VT, re-
sponded. He said,-Mr. President, Ladies
and Gentlemen 1t would have suited me bet
ter to tlaye borne asihnt part in the festivities
leaving to others worthier than
myself the task Of giving adequate expression
to tbe:aOmnnion feeling. but siase necessity and
the SSish.f. your edpmttse. Faye: seen fit to
order otherwise, l am happy in being chosen
to respond to this sentiment, for it was never
so difficult to speak of woman as to her; be-
side, 1 am not ashamed, nay, am proud to ac-
knowledge that there is resting very near my
heart tonight the memory of New-England
mother and New England home and
should but ill requte the devoted love of that
mother, and the remembered blessings of that
home, did shrink, especially, on such an Oc-
casion as this, from attempting to express the
obligations we arc under as New-Englanders
TO that noble band of pioneer mothers who first
filled the wilds of New England with pleasant
faces-with hOme-Oases, as it were, of intel
ligence and affection, alone worthy the sacred
name of horne. 1t has been customary here
tofore in anniversaries of this kind, to give
very little prominence to the merits and descr-
wings of our puritan mothers. The latter
clause of the scriptural injunction -" Honor
thy father and thy mother" has not often re-
ceived just observance, and while much has
been written and spoken in praise of our Pill
grim fathers, but slight, if any, allusion has
been made to their obscurer but equally eff
cient cO-wOrkers- not only in the
social and family relation, but in the mighty
labor of successfully establishing free institu-
tions, and planting deep the foundations of a
future for New England which shall know no
end -co-workers in achieving for themselves,
aud transmitting to posterity, freedom to wor-
ship God" This neglect ought not to contin-
ne, it is neither wise or generous to forget or