The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1882-01-06
Christmas I'm Cambria,

The city folks must not imagine
that they are all the people in the
world because their doings get herald
ed continually in the papers. Their
country cousins are always achieving
something too, though their deeds do
not appear so often in print.
This year the good people of
Cambria thought that. in spite OF
poor crops and hard times, they
might just as well make themselves
merry and enjoy life while it lasted
and so at least they determined to
make the most of the holidays.
Christmas eve they had two Christ.
mas trees, one in the Methodist
church and the other in the Congre-
gational church. Both were loaded
with fruit and looked as well as any
trees we ever saw in the large city
churches.
AT the Congregational church the
Sabbath school had furnished $500
worth of candies, toys and books for
the little folks while private presents
three or four times that value for
young and old adorned the tree.
The exercises began with literary
programme consisting Of recitations,
music, vocal and instrumental, and
an original poem by David Il Davis !;
then came Santa Claus and the distri-
button of presents. The exercise
closed with a few songs by the choir.
The crowd more than filled the church
and all went home happy,
Christmas day at the same church,
the festivities were continued in the
way of Sunday School concert. The
choir discoursed excellent music, the
children gave rotations, Miss Mary
j. Bowen read a beautiful essay on
Charity" and appropriate addresses
were also made by H. Hugh, the
Observation-Disclosures, ID. Il. Davis.
ID. Z. Harris, d. Pugh, E. Harris, Il.
Prichard and others. Prizes, which
the school had offered to the two who
should commit and publicly recite
the greatest number of verses from
the scripture during the last six
months. were likewise awarded; the
first prize to Jane Davis and the
second to Cynthy Davis.
Next day, Monday, the annual
meeting of the Welsh Bible Society
was held. The morning was taken
up with the election of officers and
other business of the society. David
Pugh was elected President. Evan
Evans, secretary and II. Hughes
treasurer. In the afternoon the SUBJ
ject of the meeting was THE Relig-
ious State of the Welsh.' Addresses
were made by VIM. p. Jones. o. Nor
ris, SEN. II. Richards, Il. Evans, Rev.
Jenkin Jenkins and Rev. Griffith
Roberts. The evening meeting was
intended especially for young people.
The subject was 1.-The Vices of the
Times" John Jones, T. Evans, O..
Morris, j. S. Jones. II. Hughes, Jas.
Price and Rev. q. Roberts were the
speakers. The Bethel choir under
the lead of VIM. E. Williams furnish.
ed music for the occasion. On the
whole the meetings were remarkably
good and well attended the church
being more than full.
John Jenkins, son of VIM. E.
jenkins and one OF the pioneer boys
Of the county, is here visiting his
folks and friends. John looks first.
rate as though the climate of Mis-
souri,, where he new resides, agreed
with him.
Mr.. Hugh Hughes, father of our
worthy citizen Robert II. Hughes,
an old resident of the county, died
quite suddenly last week in Lyon
county where for the last few years
he had resided.
The young people of Cambria have
formed Il literary society and for the
last three weeks have been wrestling
with the Guiteau problem. Unless
the cracked assassin is hung soon he
will have the whole country insane
for it has had nothing but him on the
brain for six months.
Cambria schools are all managed
by home talent this winter and never
We're they more prosperous. VIM. F.
teaches in district No. IS,
David Bowen in district No. 10 and
Evan Hughes in district No. IL. The
last mentioned school is booming.
There are about sixty scholars en-
rolled and the average attendance is
between forty and fifty, which is
pretty good for q common country