Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1869-08-19
LEROY ITEMS.

LEROY ITEMS.
, On Sunday, 9Th, we had two ver,
} able prmons preached in tho Baptis
Church by Revd. I. Ure, of Usage
} Mr.. Ure lived for a short time in lie
Roy, last winter, but We never had tn
, pleasure of hearing him in the pulpit
until his appearance on the above &C
casion. An unusually large numbc
attended, and many declared that thcs'
were the best sermons ever delivered In
Leroy.
PUBLIC SCHOOLS-PIcNIC, ITO.
\ On Tuesday tho 10th, the summe
term Of tho District School closed, ant
on Thursday picnic was held in Mr.
Bacou's grove, half a mile west Of LIE
Roy. Parents, pupils and teachers me
and had q good time. There was a,
abundant supply Of edibles of al kinds
The woods echoed with the shouts O.
happy children. -Four hours were very
pleasantly spent. Games, songs anc
speeches wore tho order Of the day
a sense of liberty seemed to prevail
in short all were happy.
The schools were overcrowded during
the summer, and our teachers had toe
much to do, but notwithstanding thes<
drawbacks, there was a great deal &C
complished, aud both Miss Davidson
and Miss Spencer deserve great credit
and have both been solicited to TAXI
charge Of tho school during the winte,
term.
! Thomas Little received prize 70,
having made the greatest Improvement
in penmanship. Miss Hattie Hayes was
awarded first prize for answering
correctly the greatest number of gen.
cral questions.
Geo. Teller delivered one Of Saxe's
inestimabls pieces, "Go it Alone" and
his reading was perfect, and his delivery
was easy and natural.
Miss Alice Griffin was awarded q
prize for drawing tho best map. There
were other good maps drawn, but
none 50 we'll finished.
Miss Ella Edmonds had assisted Miss
Davidson in teaching one Of the classes
during the term and tho scholars &C.
knowledged their appreciation Of her
services BY presenting her with IN ele-
CANT silver cup.
Miss Anna sayles spoke an excellent
piece, "The Best that I Can" Every
ono present felt that she had performed
= it'll . 'sbetter than the best"
Miss Helen Caswell spoke "Maud
Miller" Her delivery was excellent
and she was heard distinctly in every
part of the room. Were she to choose
the Histrionic art for profession some
day or other, she might occupy first
rank among this class of American Art
lists.
Miss L. Coleman had an excellent
composition, 1.-THE Coming Girl" She
made some savage thrusts at some Of
the masculine vices, and asserted, 1--WE
think with good deal of truth,) that
the coming man ought to make consio-
cradle progress in order to be a. good
as the present woman.
At the close Of the afternoon session
Miss Anna Sayles advanced to the
teachers desk and presented Miss Da-
wilson with beautiful Album, contain
ing photographs Of the donors and in =
neat little speech desired her to receive
it as an acknowledgement Of their high
appreciation of her services as teacher,
and hoped she would continue to be
| their guide in climbing the hill of sci
ence. Miss Davidson was evidently
surprised. She expressed her pleasure
in few we'll timed remarks, and closed
by hoping that they would always hon
or their teachers, and hoped that she
had deserved tho honor that they had
conferred upon her; that in after years
she would remember them with pleasure
everytime she looked at her beautiful
present.
IMPROVEMENTS.
Main street is filing up fast. Mr..
]. W. Hill is erecting at the east end
fine brick residence. This will be,
when finished, the best family residence
in town, just such a building as fire In
surance men like to write upon. We
hope to see more Of this class of build
ings erected, and hope Mr.. Hill will
long live to enjoy the luxury Of his new