The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1894-05-31
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Program of the CLOSING EXERCISES
iof the Public Schools of Worthing-
ton, Minnesota.
Sunday-June 3, SPIN.
IN Sermon and Address to the Grad
Suating Glass by Rev. Robt. McCune,
at the Congregational Church.
Wednesday-June 6, 2 pm.
Exercises of the High School
and Eighth Grade, at High
~ School Building.
Thursday-June7 7, 2 p. III.
Exercises of the Seventh, Sixth
and Fifth grades, at High School
Building.
Friday-June s, 1Oa. nj.
Exercises of the Fourth, Third,
Second and First grades, at High
School Building.
# June 6, 7, 8; 80 to 5 p. IN.
Exhibit work of the pupils: at
High School Building.
Friday-June 8, Sp. M.
"a Graduating Exercises Of the Class
of "a, at Masonic Hall.
Colony OF virginia.
The colonists of Virginia came from
England and were very wealthy;
they came to find gold, and so were
not very industrious people. The
leaders were John Smith, Captain
Newport, Gov. Yeardly, Lord Dele
ware, and John Rolf. They received
charters in 1907, 1909, 1912; and in 1919
the fiirt representative assembly in
America met at Jamestown. But the
king, thinking that the people were
becoming too democratic, caused the
colony to become Royal Province in
1924.
The laws relating to religion were
quite severe. In 1862, the British Par
liment passed an act requiring uni
formity of public worship throughout
the colony. This established the
Church of England: all other sects
were forbidden to preach the gospel
on pain of Punishment from the col
ony. At one time every white male
over sixteen had to pay each year ten
pounds of tobacco and bushel of
early-ripened corn for the support of
the church. People were punished
for staying away from meeting. Quak-
ers and Catholics were not allowed to
settle in the colony. For some offences
women, as we'll as men, were publicly
whipped or made to stand at the
church door during service on Sabbath
with sheets thrown over them.
At first mere foot-paths were open
ed through the forest, and away from
the large streams nearly everybody
travelled on horseback. Some of the
Wealthiest planters on the Potomac
kept beautiful barges, brought from
England. As most of the people of
Virginia were planters and their estates
lay along the water-courses and inlets,
boats could be loaded with tobacco,
or delivered goods at almost every
point. For the most part the owners
of estates lived as gentlemen, on plan
tations containing thousands of acres
of land and titled by slaves. Many
of the planters houses were built of
brick brought from England. The
slaves lived in wooden cabins, at a
little distance from their masters.
Slaves were not taught to read or
write, and there were no free schools.
Colony Of Massachusetts,.
The colonists of Massachusetts
came from England also, but were
Of an entirely different class. The
Pilgrims came in 1920, the Puritans
in 1923. The Pilgrims settled at
the Puritans at Salem.
The Pilgrims came here to find a
home and religious freedom, the
Puritains to establish purified
Church of England. Among the prom
inent leaders of the Plymouth Planta-
ton were Standish, Brewster, Craver,
and Bradford. The Pilgrims had a
association, and charter
drawn up in the, cabin of the May
flower; and they had receive YER
bal assurance from the king that they
would not be molested. The Puritians
had charter from the Council for
New England.
The religion of these colonies was
very strict. The colonists had to be
church members before they could
vote. Cards and gaming tables were
forbidden. A man was whipped for
Shooting fowl on Sunday. A man
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