The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1875-10-07
Our Iowa Friends.


Friends of the State of Iowa has re-
Gently closed at Oskaloosa, the place
at which it is regularly held. Great
crowds attend these annual gather
ings-irequently eight or ten thous.
and people. The greater portion OF
them, of course, are Iowa Friends,
but there is always large number
from abroad, from all the States in
the Union, and frequently not a few
from England. The hospitality OF
the Quaker inhabitants of Iowa and
more particularly of the Quaker
people of Oskaloosa has the wide
fame of the world. All who come
meet a.welcome which they never
forget. There has been built at
Oskaloosa, in the outskirts OF that
beautiful city, an immense church
building, with capacity of -four
thousand people, two thousand on
each floor. AT the Yearly Meeting
there is always preaching in these
two halls, and four or five speakers
outside, in different parts of the
grove. 1t generally takes eight or
ten preachers to entertain the vast
throng in attendance. Near by, on
the same broad plateau, is the Qua
ker College, an institution which,
without noise or buster, and almost
without general public knowledge,
is one of the greatest factors in the
educational forces of our State. 1t
has generally about two hundred
students, all that it has been able to
accommodate, and this year an ad-
dition, larger than the old part, is
being added to the edifice, SO that
the capacity Of the Institution is soon
to be more than doubled. There is
an excellent faculty, perfect disci
pline, choice course of study-as
fine an opportunity for "A thorough
practical education as can be offered.
The Uerala, Of Oskaloosa, Of the
past week, prints in supplementary
form, of two broad pages, the pro-
ceedings Of the last yearly meeting
the matter in which would make a
book of perhaps seventy-fve pages.
The most accurate report is made of
the proceedings, and it is printed in
many thousand copies, and distribu-
ted among the people interested.
The report is very interesting to the
outside reader, showing as it does
the peculiar, simple, honest, unaffect-
ed life of the Quaker people. From
the long list of formulated answers
to the "Annual Queries" we quote a
few in illustration Of the honest and
home-spun way in which these good
people spiritually police one another:
3. While careful to deal Justly,
some of our members in nearly all
the quarterly meetings are reported
as delinquent in tie punctuoi .tulm-
ntem Of their engagements.
4. -Four Of the reports note some
instances of swearing. No viola
tions of our testimonies on the other
subjects referred to in this query are
mentioned
5. Two quarters report "a few in
Stances and two others one case
each, Of the unnecessary use of in
toxicating liquors. In one of these
the sale of liquors by members is
also reported.
The number in the habitual use Of
tobacco is: Salem, Gl; Pleasant
Plain, Il; Springdale, 81; Bangor,
40, one preparative not reported !;
Ackworth, n males, 20 females /;
Oskaloosa, 70; Winneshiek, =;
Lynn Grove, 6l; Bear Creek, 55;
Honey Creek, G3; Zone meeting not
reported).
s. Every family is furnished with
a copy Of the Holy Scriptures. The
number Of families in which they are
daily read collectively, with q devo-
tional pause, is as follows: In Salem,
60; Pleasant Plain, 20; Springdale,
149; Bangor, los; Ackworth, "a;
Oskaloosa, 1903; Winneshiek, =;
Linn Grove, 60; Bear Creek, H.;
Honey Creek, =.
The report gives in formal table,
"the number of families and men,
bers." This, we suppose, gives the
number Of Friends in Iowa. If so,
the number is less than has been
popularity supposed. We give the
table below:
Nruppp ar p.xYrt.S AVN NEupEpS