The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-06-26
Englishmen's Picnic.


ways do at such gatherings.
Cricket was billed as one of the attrac
tions, and If the spectators were not wei
enough acquainted with the game to ap
preciate all its fihe points, they certainly
could not miss the fact that such old veter
ans as William White, of Venice; Alber
Pollard, of Henderson and A. f. Knight, o.
West Haven, must have at some time beer
experts at the game and were now in il
once more heart and soul. After dinner
the boys, old and young, went at the play
again, swinging the broad, clumsy looking
paddle like looking bats, or pitching the bal
at three sticks, which were about three fee
high and three inches apart with two small
er sticks laid across their tops. The on
lockers were beginning to appreciate the
points of the game when Tom Horsmar
came along and tried it. His actions con.
fused the spectators little, as they though,
he knew what he was trying to do, and he
certainly was trying to do something, while
j. b. Mcintosh would have made cham
pion player il he had had more time.
The people were called into floral hall a
| little after two o'clock to listen to the pro-
gram. The meeting was presided over by
John Brooks, and after song by the
Messrs. Horsman, Mcintosh, Pond and
Wickham, he called upon Rev. Henry King,
who led in prayer.
Before introducing the first speaker, Rev.
Mr.. Hunt, Mr.. Brooks announced that he
had intended to make a speech then him
self, but one minister was obliged to go to
attend ladies' picnic and the other, from
Chesaning, had to marry a couple this after
noon and neither could stay long. He
made few remarks however, likening Eng
land to hot bed, in which healthy plants
were started, but which must be transplant
ed where there is more room for them to
reach their fullest development.
Mr.. Hunt, the new rector of the Episcopal
church, who was introduced next, said he
felt guilty to speak first when he was mere
lY going to picnic and keep man waiting
who mightsalso be keeping two very i'm
patient souls waiting. Mr.. Hunt made a
very favorable impression upon the audi
ence. He gave Max O'Rell credit for say
ing that wherever he went he found Eng
lishmen, but wherever he found them he
always found them making themselves at
at home. He was glad to meet with the
society, because they did not come to hold
to the old political institutions of England,
but merely for friendly intercourse, and for
talking over old memories-not to blow
England's horn but to help in assimilating
the purposes of the United States. English
men had brought the best qualities and
possessions of England with them, and he
believes that no serious difficulties would
come between the two great Anglo-Saxon
races.
Rev. Mr.. Holman, the Congregational
minister at Chesaning, was the next speaker
and he proved to be an eloquent one. The
English, he said, are the best looking people
on earth and they live the longest. In fact
it is reported that in certain place there
long they had forgotten who they were and
they were so old that no one else knew who
they were either. The best capital for
young man to start in life with was wife
an English girl-he knew for he tried it.
His subject was, "The Land we Live in,"
and he said he would rather talk of this
land than any other. His father was Eng
lish and he was born in Canada, and if he
had thought more of that country than this
he would live there; but he didn't, and so
he was loyal citizen of this country, hav-
ing taking the oath to support the constitu-
tion. He believed that foreigner who did
not take out his naturalization papers in.
side of five years should not be allowed to
stay in this country to enjoy its privileges.
His parents live IN Canada and he is always
glad to visit there, but it is not home and he
is always glad to get back. He loved
this country because no other form of gov
ernment was as good as this and contrasted
it with that of England, where the royal
family draw grand total of over $4,000
900 per year, besides having the free rent
of numerous castles with all expenses paid.
The lowest here had equal chances with the
The honest industrious young
man is a noblemau. The lazy man Is not
wanted. The laborer of today may once
have hired fifty or thousand men, and the
employer of today has usually been labor
er himself. His father came to America
with no money and worked for the lowest
wages, saved money to buy house and one
acre of land, then bought five, then forty
and eighty, and kept on buying more. de
did not cry out against capital but went to
work earning and saving it. 1t is only the
lazy, dishonest man who is crying out
against capital. The industrious and hon
est men go to work and earn and save 1t as
his father did. He was thankful to the old
soldiers who saved this country, instead of
hiding, as some of their countrymen did, in
Canada, near his own birthplace. The ad-