The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1883-11-29
OLD TIMES! !!

| OLD TIMESl /
TIE FIRST THANKSGIVING IN
MOBILES COUNTY.
To-day being Thanksgiving Day, it
may 10 Of interest to ma,:y old settlers
~ r~vive memories OF early times in
this county. The first Thanksgiving in
Vorthinston was AZ occasion, tn be re-
n~mbered for lifetime. Miller Hall
had b*'en completed and the citizens of
WorthtngtOn thought it would be
capital project to- invite the whole
county ard .e many from surrounding
counties as might cho"se to come. to =
grand free dinner. This WAS carried
out successfully. Although the tl,er-
mometer indicated Ii degrees below
sero, parties drove from points rs far
distant as G Grsham Lakes. Nearly every
part Of the county WAS. represented aud
PARTIES were present \ from Jackson
county and Osceola cosisty, iowa. :.
1t was m*gnfhesnt sdiDner and
jolly time. At one time it WAS tl.onyht
the Commuters would fail n, turkeys.
as tho whole coumty had been ra,,s:,ckrtl.
but Capt. Miner, clad like an Esqui-
m@ux. jumped into his sleigh aud drove
thirty miles to Jackson. He loaded
that sleigh 50 full If turkies that he
had to stick his fret out Of doors, and
drove back in tho night with the tiler-
mometer dowl to II or ii below moth.
ing.
Sach \ time never was seen before in
this county sure, (a"d never will b-
again. Tie exercises consisted If
Thanksgiving Sermon. then dinner.
thru t''asts and responses. and u reg
ul*r button n.burstiug social in the eye
uimg.
THIS Thanksgiving was in the year
1872. eleven years ago. III 1873 there
was another dinner for the whole couu-
ty with appropriate exercises aud !,
happy time. But it lacked the novelty
and zrst of the first one, altllougl. a
success in every respect.
The ADVANCE issued \ program
which Was distributed over the. county
before che day and report Of the pro
greetings Was published in tll~ paper
afterwards occupying nearly Mine col.
n'"'s. One "f the programmes recent
Ha>h1 -
int'w. just to call up ''nlti times" il
| the minds "f host If Ouf readers:
PRoaRAN
or THE FIRST THANKSGIVING lN THE
NATIONAL COLONY -PI MIC AND
DINNER AT NILLER's HALL,
WOKTIIISGTON, MIMI,
NOVEMBER 28. 1872.
As heretofore ,,,..,"lmcr,i, the SETTLERS
i" Mobiles county and vicinity pr"ln's.
n"!tlinK u general THANKSGIVING nc
Nc aud Dinil-r ~ M,li+r's Hall. IL
W"rthi''gt.m. on Thursday E-xt, Nov
18th. Tllr invitati"" is general tu all
settlers with" TIE limits Of the Ma
: 'i.','Al Colony in Minnesota and Iowa.
and ais" to any settler 5 il the AL joining
c"nmtirs who may wish t0att+iui. The
"f the National C,l.,ny but extends tn
all settlers. The plan Of the entertain
Inrmt is that Of 4 Pic.Ni aid Dinner.
L" which zach family attending con-
tributes \ basket Of sucI, refreshments
~ circumstances sr fancy may suggest
The dl"ner. Ut course. cannot hp Il warm
''nt'. but arrangements will br made for
serving l'0t tea AID coffee. and tiu,s.-
wl0 can cOhtribnte tea. c.'ffe@, milk ~
sugar, are requested t" bring u sm,all
quantity IT each or Of one Ut the ar.
icleS named.
At = meeting held at the residence of
Rev. 3. II: Cr~vrr, on "Wednesday last.
the following officers aud committees
tor the OCCASION were chosen:
OFFICERS.
Prrsidemt-G"v. Stephen Miller.
Vice Presidemts-R+v. WIN. NJ. Bear.
Rev. J. >. Stone, |. n. Safer, Prot. Il
F. HumistOn, j. &. Clarke.
COMMITTEES.
Executive Cu,nmnittre--G. Anderson.
VIM. St'ckdlale, A. P. Miller, Mrs. II.
llumist"'', aud Mrs. G. Is. Langdon.
On Music-Dr. J. T.. Craft.
y" Hall. DR.. G. y. Moore.
On rresp'ntl-ncr-Prsf. Iumiston.
DR.. LangdOn and Rev. Win. NJ Bear,
On Srm1imrmts-R~v b. II. Crrvpr.
Prof. Il. +. Humiston. M. H. Stevens.
DR.. IS: ). Langd0n aid A. L. Miller.
Or ReceptiNn-J. Z. Clark, A. Miner,
.. Bigrl"w, Mrs. r. F. Hun,ist.,n and
Mrs. BigelOw.
On Cont untributioms-Miss Marv Grover
Miss Jenny Bear and Miss Sue Lang
don.
On Furnishing Table-Mrs. j. e..
Clark. Mrs. y. :. Law. Mrs. L. F. Nc
l4aMrii', Mrs. Big~lOw, and Mrs. Il. F.
lIumistnm.
On Erecting Tables-A. & Robinson.
Ed Chandler aud Maj Thurb+r.
On St"ve-Henry llumist"m and Dr..
r. u. Barb~r.
q" D's''rs-P~t~r Thompson and G.
o" wstsr-u. NJ. Farnam and A. $.
HusseltOn.
." C*rvi"g-Chas. b. Landgdon and
Dan Stone.
IT, wait IN TahIe-Latlips-M Ju-
lia Cha,.-y. Kate Cl,amry, S,,e I.;,ng.i,,,.
Belle slough. L. Hil,lrrt l.. Ives. Jp,,.
ny 3~ar, Mrs. DR.. Craft, Mrs. Chas.
Newton and Miss Mary Crrver.
Gentl+mrn-Messrs. Mai. Thurb4r.
Jerry Hainps. H. ). Finn. T.. G.. G.nni-
now. j.. Farmham. VIM. l.aned"". :.
D Spra9mr. G. w. Crater, WIN. Hum.
isto',. Charley Hmn,iston A. =. kim
ball. Chas. T.uMrtel..tt~. Will T.ovel~ss.
W. II Wilmarth. Ed Rear. I. P. Dmrft.p.
W. B. Chase, Geo. Law, z. Stout, j. {.
Town.
TOWNSHIP COMMITTEES.
The following committees were AL
,n'i"t"sl f"r thu several Townships. The
cos: mitt~es are requested. ~ far IA ,sns
sil.le. to s.'t. the residents of their town
acti ion: .-...
Ri9~l"w-R. F.otl,i"ql'am, Capt. f..
:. Mills. J"h" UlwtrOm.
Grant, now Ransu',n-F. w. Bur,lett.
~. Parry. Mr.. Pridpamx.
Indian 1.ake-Mr. Bulls, Mr.. Bray