Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1878-12-17
ron.rAruE.s, DAY.

ANEW England SOCIETY ~
been formed in San Francisco composed
Of natives Of New England or their de-
scsndan,s, and they propose annually
hereafter to celebrate "Forsfathsrs'
psy." or the anniversary Of the landing
Of the Pilgrim Fathers ON Plymouth
Rock. after the good old style. COM
msneiug with the coming anniversary.
ON the 22d instant. The following cir
cular has been issued to every known
New Highlander in San Francisco
foREFATHERs' DAY.
lao. pEcEMvE a. ISIS.
sun:-Ths SEw KSeLASD SOCIETY. or
sanized last year.. will celebrate
roKspArakHs DAT.
by . Dinner a. the Cosmopolitan hotel, on
Monday, Dec. nd. 81 . o'eioch Pm.
should you d.slrs to attend. ple.ss address
the Acting secrctary. Mr.. Edward Hailet'' o. tae
\ opportunity will BE- afforded to sign the
Constitution and become Active Members.
The expense will net exceed ~.
Please notify the secretary before the 18Th
instant Of your Intention q attend.
n. y. Low, President.
HpwAhD HAIIrrr, Acting SECRETARY.
1t will be noticed that the 22d Is the
day they propose for celebrating. and in
this they are eminsntly proper and cor
rect. In 1870. eight years ago. ON the
occasion OF the celebration Of the 25Oth
anniversary OF Forsiathers' Day. in Old
Plymouth. the shrewd and calculating
descendants Of the Pilgrim. after much
unnecessary figuring decided that their
ancestors had for the last $50 years been
celebrating on the wrong day, that ii
should be the 2ist instead Of the 22d. SO
they attempted to s~traightsu the matter
out by celebrating on the 2lst. thus
taking a new departure. a. 1t were. for
future observance. The eason therefor
was argued to be that the DIFF
ference in computation between Old
Style and new style. according
to tho latest and most approved arithme-
teal figuring made the anniversary come
ON the 2lst aud not on the 22nd, conse-
qusntly that 25oth anniversary Wa cels-
brated by them on the 22nd.
The very idea OF those figuring sons
OF Pilgrims getting their degenerate
heads together and declaring that their
ancestors aud predecessors had always
been q day behind time in this matter.
Was not only cheeky. bot whimsieally
ridiculous. We're they not celebrating
an occasion. and not q day Why
should they try to figure "old style to
be wrougl was 1t not essentially old
style they were supposed to be celebrat-
ing. even in the adherence TO the old,
tims.honored observanees at dinner. the
"succotash." the plum pudding. and all
that sort Of old style arrangement.
handed down TO them through go ami.
vsrsariss by the glorious old Pilgrims
themselves. Why should these pre-
sumptious descendants figure up q tech
nicality on an unimportant point to in
tsrfere with the good. old. traditional
anniversary day. The result was . fool.
ish and very unnecessary disagreement
as to the proper day for celebrating.
Those who truly desired to honor the
occasion aud customs OF their ancestors.
followed the good old style and csle-
braied on the day designated by their
ancestors. And thus it is NIL over the
world. outside OF Plymouth, the sons Of
the Pilgrims do and will celebrate
"Foreiather's Day" on the 22nd Of
December. New style is no style in
celebrating old style.