Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-10-19
RESERVE SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 8.
a Welcome Ertended to Their Teacher and
His Bride.

Il Welcome Ertended to Their Teacher and
His Bride
To the Editor of the Globe.
Iwant to inform you of the tribute of re
spect given by the pupils and their parents te
Mr. VIM s. Collins and his amiable bride il
the new school house district No. s, in tn,
town of Reserve, where he has been teache,
for the past eight years.
Mr.. William Daven, in behalf of the par
ents of pupils, delivered the following ad
Dress:
Mr.. and Mrs. Collins: am deputed by ou
people assembled here tonight to offer you
both their sincere congratulations on you
change of life, and heartfelt welcome to the
stranger to our homes. It affords me grea
pleasure to be the mouthpiece of such pleas
ant assurances from the older portion of oul
people, to whom you have always endeared
Yourself by many pleasant associations. Our
young people, to whom this spontaneous .ou
burst of popular feeling is entirely due in
your behalf, have their own oracle to trans
init their views, and therefore 1 do not feel
disposed to trench on their right. But in our
own behalf we most sincerely thank you foi
your many years of indefatigable exertions in
behalf of the rising generation OF our district,
and hope that in the future as in the past your
moral precepts may enable your scholars to
avoid the way OF the transgressor. We now
wish you both happy voyage through life,
and in behalf of our people tender you again q
hearty welcome.
After the delivery of the above Master VIM.
Daven, Jr., one of the pupils, came forward
and delivered the following address in behalf
ofithe pupils:
Dear teacher: For it is thus I must address
you, as l feel that any more formal mode
would i'll agree with my present feelings, or
the heartfelt wishes of the pupils who are
present, and whom endeavor to represent.
This slight manifestation of our regard for
the innnmerable benefits derived at your hands
for the last eight years, is but poor express
sion of our feelings towards you. Neverthe-
theless, we believe that you will accept the in
tention as if i5 were more appropriately ex-
pressed and that you Will derive satisfae-
ton from the fact, that the many
lessons of useful knowledge and sound moral
ty, inculcated by you, have taken root, and
that we, your scholars, will be worthy of you
in the future as in the past. We therefore
heartfelt fluctuations, aud we promise to make
her sojourn among us as pleasant as possible.
Accept, dear teacher, these imperfect assur-
ances of our good will.
Mr.. Collins then said:
Dear Friends and Scholarships places me
In the presence of an agreeable eventuality
not contemplated. Your congratulations and
cordial welcome to myself and wife l most
politely acknowledge; while | wish to assure
you that l am highly sensible of the COM
plIment paid to me thus evening, by this mani
festation OF good feeling on your part. Yes,
wish were able to thank you in adequate
terms for this kind reception; but as my
hoarseness prevents me from speaking so as
to be heard, trust you will excuse the brew
ity of my remarks.
Music and a collation. embracing all the
delIcacies of the season were next in order
and the younger portion of those present in
dulged in tripping the light fantastic until a
late hour