The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1858-12-01
Tn ankspivine. Suppers. Balls. &c

+, commended the observance oil Thursday last,
Nov. 2.,,h, as a day of Thanksgiving. The
town Of McGIcgor regarding itself as Under
special obligation to the Great Supreme for
divers blessings, made preparations to show the
gratitude of its citizens in the only sensible way
with our views Of propriety. Pope,
the poet, never said better thing, and nobody
else has said so good one, as this:
swhat blessings thy free bounty gives
lie: me not cast away,
For God Is paid when receives,
To enjoy is to obey!"
And, following out this philosophy, we went
in" for general time Of enjoyment In fact
the whole week has been marked by incidents
of a pleasant character. On Wednesday even
ing the Mondell Ball at North McGregor came
of in n style that cannot be described with
pen. The company. owing to misunderstood
ing which another ball will correct, was not
so large as it was expected to be, but it made
up in activity what it lacked in numbers, and
the Mondell Hall was kept glowing with the
smiles of beauty until the dawn of Thursday
Gur special business was to secure the happi-
ness of few friends in the basement rooms,
and it was not possible to display our Tcrp-
sicl,Orcan skill to the strangers of North Nc
Gregor; but We knew there was a Moncricf, a
Brown, McCraney, Woolliscroft, Wilson,
a Kinnaird, a Belfoy. MoNDELL, and hosts of
such spirits to assist the large list Of ladies to
display of their waltzing, schottischc and cotil
lion accomplishments. Epson and Stoddard
made up the inpromptu poetry, Capt. Gardner
surpassed himself in the chorus, Durham of the
McGregor House, was among us in the good
nature that always marks him, Sloan was every.
where, the Times paid its road bet, and made
another one on tile connection Of Nezeka rith
North McGrcgor. Padden danced away the
soles Of three pairs Of pumps, Waddell and his
partner got slightly cuchred, and about six
o'clock in the morning the party was comfor.
tably asleep! ....
On Thursday large number of the ste ,dicst
poo. lc convened ut the Methodist Church to
hear Thanksgiving sermon by the Congrega.
tional Pastor, Rev. Mr. Wadsworth the SER
mon was able and interesting. In the evening,
the Festival for the benefit of the Methodist
Church came off at Kennedy's Hall. The
supper table exhibited the finest display of deli
cac,cs and subs,antials that we have seen in
Iowa; the company was large and the good
hum'r universal. The old and the young, the
married and the marriagcable, the saints and tho
sinners, the clergy and the laity, the quiet and
the noisy. were all SO mixed up that it would
have been difficult to decide which element or
condition in life prcdominatcd. We can CON-
pare the company to nothing but wedding
party in which the society of McGregor was be.
ing married TOO much isolation in family inter
course has characterized our relations towards
each other, and here was an opportunity to lay
aside formalty and become acquainted. Our
business has led us to a general intimacy with
the n'c' OF the place, but perhaps we ought to
blush to confess that until this social evening
we had no idea of the numbers of beautiful
women Which the town can boast. lobe sure
there may be something unpoetic in remarking
traits of beauty on an occasion so common place
as supper, but We confess to n partially for
that class of Ewes daughters who know how
to cat and how to work, and hence our admira
ton suffers no abatement from good wholesome
exhibitions of an ability to enjoy feast. After
all the fancies of life as depicted in yellow cov-
cred trash, give US real, live, healthy, indus
trious specimen of the gentlcr sex, and all IT,
weakly. painted statues of idleness and cos
meticism may torture the quicksilver of a parlor
mirror s',iM the cows come home ;'-if eur voice
was that Of an hundred year old bachelor we
would decline the whole Miss Flora Me- limsy
tribe! t.
The Misses HAMMER favored the company
with glorious piano music which was accom-.
panied by their own rich voices and those of
the gentlemen who are members of the Nc
Gregor choir. "Old Kentucky Home" ".sweet
Home and "Old folks at home,' were played
admirably and the words of these songs were
carried along by numbers of the delighted CON-
pany, though we fancied that with several of
the singers change of the refrain from "old''
to "young folks at home" would have more
properly EXPRESSED the interest they felt in the
entertainment.
1t may be proper to remark that our friend
"Aaron Jones" exhibited an appetite that en-
titles him to the championship in the field
Of roasted ducks and stuffed pigs Long may
he wave!
Messrs. Bicknell, Scott, Burbridge. Buck
Conant aud their excellent wives, together witt
Mrs George and a number of other ladies anu
gentlemen whose names are unknown 10 us, arr
entitled to great credit for the excellence O
the arrangements and the taste displayed in thu
disposition Of the viands so literally Furnished
by the public. .....,-.s ~.
The Festival, we understand, melted abou
$75, and it may he pronounced q SUCCESS
May We have such evenings frequently il
future!
Pork.-The amount of pork delivered her
is creating most agreeable surprise. w
we will obtain them when the season is owe,
| At present we would call attention to the fac
that Tcabout & Olsen are doing large bus
ness Qor new town. in the packing way.
call at their hoggcry exhibited the gratifyin
fact that one firm ut least has the spirit to G
into this very important branch Of business
The conveniences are not yet SO good as the
will be made, but already they can put in ba
rels $50 hogs in day, and when the trade grow
larger they will do more. The manner in whie
Jackson and assistants, with FRANK to supe
intend, puts hog through the changes from
simple carcass 10 barrel of mess or prime,
caution to all the dissection rooms we ev'
visited.
| Next year. Teabout will have a slaughte
yard. His large warehouse is well designt
for the numerous branches of trade he pursue
and it is the interest as well as duty of the ia
mers to give him all the encouragement in the