The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1875-06-24

| A. Duncan, all OF Cedar county. Iowa
|
On the 10th inst, at the Pacific House,
| Clarence, by Rev. J. Helseli, Mr.. John Ill.
4 Curry and Miss Louisa Hancock, both Of
| Cedar county.
rgC VAC.
Tiie Spring Library Associa-
Hon SHs'nigcs I'm lis Annual Pic
Me.
Some FIVE or six years ago some OF
! tic younger portion Of the good pco-
| pie Of Springdale and vicinity consul
mated an organization styled the
Springdale Library Association. II
was intended not only to accumulate
and care for that most desirable ac-
QUESTION, a circulating library, but
also to have regular and frequent
meetings of the nature OF a lyoeum or
literary society. 1t has survived and
prospered from year to year, the reg
ular meetings being well sustained
and attended from early fall until late
spring. when they are given over for
a summer vacation Of two or three
months. The library has also steadi-
IL increased until it now comprises
several hundred valuable volumes
mot only a real pleasure and
advantage 10 the community where
situated. but also plain exponent
of its culture, enterprise and literary
taste. The present organization Of
the association is rs follows: Presi-
dent, G. L. Edwards; Secretary, N.
\. Thomas; Treasurer, W. NJ. Pear
! son.
One happy feature which has for
two or three years been observed as
a part Of the programme Of the soei-
ETY., is a Picnic about the time Of
closing for summer vacation, to which
the whole surrounding country is in
vited and made welcome. This
pleasant gathering for the current
year took place on Friday Of last
week ia pleasant grove on the west
bank of the Cedar river short dis
lance above Rochester. Arriving at
the grounds about the dinner hour, a
most cheerful sight greeted the visi-
tor. Scattered in family or social
groups along shady dell, through
which flowed the clear water from a
gushing spring, were five or six hun
dred people OF ali ages--tiie Young
ladies. and gentlemen perhaps pre-
dominating, but the mstrons and pa
triarchs being we'll represented, and
also the dJanty ID numbers quite
sufficient to quiet any apprehension
that Springdale is falling in her duty
to her country.
Mr.. Tillmon Todd was President OF
the day; w. S. Bye, Vice President;
the committee Of arrangements con-
sisting Of Clark Thomas, e. Sexsmith,
Geo. Tatum, VIM. Rood, Idle Rood,
Bell Hirst, kinsey Wilson, d. But
Ter. Seats were provided for an an,
dience of about three hundred, and
in front Of them shaded stand,
where literary exercises, interspersed
with music by the Upton Cornet
Band and singing by the .Springdale
choir, occupied portion Of the day.
The morning exercises at the stand
consisted Of a salutatory by Mr.. Z.
Macy, an Grafton by c. L. Edwards
-"Rise and Fall OF Nations a dec
lamation by Miss Edna Tabor-"The
Voice Of Cod and music as iudica-
ted. We were not fortunate enough
to hear this part of the programme,
but did hear the speakers, and es-
pecially Mr.. Edwards, highly compii-
mented. After dinner and social
hours had passed, the programme at
the stand was resumed by an address
from Q. w. Rollins, in which the
spirit of American institutions, aud
particularly the institution known
as young America" were touched
upon, aud an earnest warning made
against some of the obvious Papal
encroachments now being attempted
upon our common school system.
Miss Augusta Allen followed with a
long and comprehensive setting forth
of "How to Live" Although Miss
Allen held her manuscript before her,
she spoke without its aid in an Of.
fective manner. She included in her
excellent advice the matters of mat
rimony, personal habits. morals, and
dress reform-pleading we are rather
sorry to say, for considerably shorter
skirts and less constrained waists
with her voice than by her example.
Miss l.. j. Pearson then read an adj
mirable essay in the shape Of memoir
Of Miss Hannah More. The Presi-
dent next introduced Septimus Davis,
an elderly gentleman with flowing
white beard and twinlling bright
Z eye, who announc0 himself as 4
thoroughbred "Johany Bulk and
proceeded to enforce his claim by in
terspersing his really good speech
with a running fire of incidental criti-
cism Of things American and iauda.
tion of the mother country, triile
hard to bear considering that it was
SO near the Fourth Of July, and tho
Centennial at that.
This. we believe, with the fine mu-
sic of the band and the singers, com.
pleted the regular programme, and tbs
President dismissed the audience
with few we'll timed remarks (o
the encouragement OF similar gather.
ings in the future. Thanks were re.
turned to all who had assisted the
enterprise--and while in the business
, we wish to return ours to the Presi
dent and Mr.. Edwards for favor
shown and information given-an,
then the company dissolved again in
to its integral groups and in fcv
moments the happy day was done.
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