The Irish standard., 1896-12-26
PLEASANT EVENT.
Rosemount Hibernians, y. of f
and F0resters Give a Party;

# Members of the A. o. H., Daughters OF
Erin, and Foresters, Joined hands in a
social way on Friday of last week and
an evening of pleasure was the outcome.
The d. of E. hall was secured for the
occasion, together with the, necesaaTy
chairs, and progressive cinch was the
order up to midnight, when this part d
the exercises terminated. q y
An excellent repast, which had been
prepared by the Daughters of Erin, Tas
then INDUCED in, and it goes without
saying was .relished by every one Of the
large number present. 1t was during this
period of The evenings entertainment
that the prizes and winners of the same
were announced amid much enthusiasm
as follows: Ladies' head prize, ::Wona by
Miss Maggie Kelly which proved toS be
valuable toilet set; the foot prize for
ladies' went to Miss Josie Callahan, II
was night cap,4of the style and vintage
worn by Martha Washington, mother of
our country, and is warranted to wear.
like old-time itself. On the gentlemen's
side were also awarded two prizes, the
first going to M. Y. Hynes, who secured
q smoking set because he had placed to
his credit the largest number of games,
while William Colligan, who was cinched
just often enough to insure him the
smallest humber of games during the
proceedings, took to him home mag
s1niflcent pipe Of clay mold, long stem,
and bowl without q flaw in it.
The occasion was not passed over
without music and song-in fact this
proved an excellent feature of the first
annual event of the above. societies. The
organ was presided over by Miss Agnes
O'HalIoran, of St. Paul. There was NO
prepared program, and the Misses NC
Donough We're frs called upon, singing
in a very captivating manner. They
were followed by the Misses, Anna and
Agnes O'Halloran, who We're also sa9-
plauded for their effort. Miss Marie Nc
Donough and Steven Ryan sang a very
taking duet and in turn were followed
by James Whealen. Early in the eYen-
ifngsan proceeding the ;regu1arsordat Of
exercises, the Rosemount Cornet Band,
t1n1ilmber some. eighteen pieces, :*and
With was organized in 1895. rendered a.
few selections in a most creditable, NAM
ner.'. .,'s,l G
Il "A word about, the town itself wittTnot
be amiss at this time Andrew, better,
known as Andy Keegan, is said to have
given Rcse-uount it's name. Mr.. Keegan,
long since dead, was one Of the early
pioneers Of Minnesota, and one OF. the
first settlers in this vicinity. A man of
more than ordinary ability, he at one
time served his state in the legislature.
He was county surveyor Of Dakota ccaln-
ty for quite period, and held various
other positions of trust Mr.. Keegan was
born in Ireland, and near his birthplace,
the story goes was a town called Rose
mount, and this was suggestive to him as
q name when he came to this land and
settled in Dakota county. =. !,
There are, perhaps, fully one hundred
Catholic families in the township at the
present time The village itself is gracel
with a. neat Catholic church, with Father
Hurley as pastor, and Father Cawley as
assistant. The present village officers
are: L. p. Warweg, president; A..2;Y,
Ward, Patrick Hyland, Joseph Hynes,
councilmen; +. E. Dewitt, recorder and
justice of the peace, also our genial
obliging postmaster. =
Rosemcunt bears the appearance ofSan
orderly, well-conducted place, and many
Of its business men would be a credit I'd
communities of much greater preten-
sions. A school building built at cost
Of So, 900 is one of the new institutions OF
the past year. It is located on very
neat site, is of Shakopee brick, and cont
tains four large rooms with closet: for
each The two lower rooms are used Tor
school purposes at present, the priaalxs4
department being in charge Of Miss Kate
Fallon. and the more advanced are pre-
sided over by Miss Anna O'HaHorans
The township donated the grounds and
Its people contributed $1,000 towards the
building. The Daughters OF Erin have
their hall Gu the second floor of the
school building, and it is also probable
that the A. o. Fl. will have quarters there
III the near future. AS to the numbersin
each Of the societies herein mentioned
The Ancient Order of Hibernians has
some forty members. the Foresters tltir-
stY-fve, and the Daughters Of Erin thirty.
~ In closing, the fact may be also noted
that the outside was also Representa- dsat
HE first annual They were as fol-
Elews: IS Miss Gertrude Fahey, Of Hast
fngs: Miss Catherine B. CONNOLLY sof
Minneapolis; Miss Sadie sulliyan,,sof So.
sInis Park; Judge Moran, e 3 Hastings,
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