The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-12-23

x~xY.y two hundred members OF ire
| = England Club met IN Plymouth
ssrra last evening az o'clock 70 COM
-srorate tfse Zlssh anniversary OF 1Ee
s.-xsng OF tbs Pilgrim Fathers. II was
z. foursh annual meeting OF the ci1a.
= IN addition 70 an interesting pro-
s-zrsae Of exercises. the officers for the
ss-szinx rear we're 20 be elected
rorsfathers day, as & Is called. Is eeIe-
.,.,sd among New England people ard
ssser descendants wherever they can 10
90 in sufficient numbers. and Seattle.
- lts large New England colony resi-
80 hers Is no exception 20 me rule
re programme s. rendered last evening
x.s a. follows:
psesr1s-"Overfure 20 stradeila~ .F-lofow
lrasnfs Surprise Symphony" $50. Haydn
G. c. EngiehArd. orEanlst.
yrxysr .............. Rev. w. H. c. Temple
osar.stis-'~rhs Sword Of Bunker Hla''
Williams. Saunders, conant snc
Lindsay.
p,rs,senf's Address-''Sew England
ard American Civilization .........
so;o-aLet Me Like a Solder
.''.'.. Hsrbert Williams.
orsx.nsl Psper--'-fhs Motfsr -
ssse-aRoekea In the crs bf the
ii. Liads
s I,ssIlsfa s q Sni tor Old paisaa;
................-...e ~ hamber1ain
g ~. Saunders 4d5aarteai~.
Sss ssasas .6ldne. ...Gounod
President Knapp. 8 hls address. wsnt
skfay over ths hist xef the event which
x gathering vas EHnsd 70 celebrate.
is spoke Of the 49, Just s7s years
40 Q, &c iittiapaE q earnest, thought
4 xal - kbrassd ne storms q
atltIa&f ~ inhospltabls shores
gEF ngla At the time. the event
a - hey u r personal significance
ptheApssIves. sd was hardly OF enough
antrgtnes to BE- world AZ large to 30
gsdkd1 In the contemporary history Of
sAseay4 Yet small events have sometimes
srsaG inportsnce. How many. asked Tho
sreakx, Acould today give off-hand the
ssraes II three OF the monarchs 81 Eu-
;pge slldewsre reigning I'm 1870. Yet tie
sanss OF Bradford. standish. Alden and
eli ers Of thu pilgrim band. were familiar
aoasehold names MI over the continent
He touched briefly upon this condition OF
,hs religious world In the generation pre-
esasng the departure OF the Furitans
from England, and the causes which led
. their voluntary exile, and then treated
A some length OF the character OF the
asn themselves who constituted that
had. and OF that of their Immediate de-
seengants They were hard. narrow, Ia
ra,eai, IL you viii, but they we're just.
- they understood justice They we're
eeonomicai. frugal, even peuurious. but
fsey we're liberal In their support OF re-
Axscus institutions. Many We're uniettsr-
"a -
for the foundation OF educational institu-
tons and established as fixed New Eng
isna trait OF character a desire for sda-
oa.ion.
He then touched briefly upon she ma
trial condition which existed IN Europe
= a. slime ~ the landing 81 the Pilgrim
Asherx. when aae most advanced OF ma
s6na were but Just emerging from tire
exnt ur1e~ OF darkness which fellow 81
upon the downfall OF The Roman empire;
sAea navigation had advanced but little
asgond the pos9t taught by the fnoe~
ssians. centuries before the Christian
s-a. when intercourse between countries
wu dsfflcuR and dangerous. when all inn
r.sneuts used ia husbandry and tia arts
rsre crude and OF the forms in use for
ssrsursss. Educatio was limited 20 the
ssaeY ela rsea The fetlslel tenure Was tao
te.s ia European countries, and tho peas
.xry wore the slaves OF the soil. Com
fsr. Is nav found in every household,
va Gen unknown.
" ten briefly but graphically de-
srssss ne changed conditions which 800
yas haa brought. particularly 80 thls
eoaslasas, 10 incons.derahie portion of
which IS 10 DO credited 70 New England
sofs and New England Influences. In The
s0rsa.a Of moral reforms ale drew the Ike
e1issts and gave the Ike credit.
Mrs. Anna H. Nichols paid tribute 10
es mothers % New England, not only
taose % the more remote past. but those
Il The last generation. Nhlie they have
eeuplsd blfs httie space in recorded his
sry, Il Is by she home influence. the home
srzsnsng At the hands Of the mother that
tse New England character has been
termed
TIE various musical selections were rem
esr-d With taste and spirit, and we're
tarmly received by those present.
oFlesrs for che ensuing year were sie~-e-
e. as follows: President. George Don
seFga: vice presidents for Maine. @. AZ
Aocre. New Hampshire. q. y. Hodgton;
Massachusetts. r. II. Butterworth: Yer
toat, ". A. Harry: Rhode leland. G.. IT.
ereeker. cpnnectictt. Erastus Brainezd.
seeFeiary. Erastus Rra5nerd