The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-11-12
FLOWER WAS DRAWN
YEARS AGO.
ITS MEMORY is CHERISHED
BY THE Descendants OF THE
PILGRIM FATHERS THEN ON
SHIP BOARD.
THE SOCIETY OF COLONIAL WARS
Celebrates the Anniversary of the
Compact With a Happy Party
at HIP. Upham's.

November II, 277 years ago, forty-one
plous men in the dimly-lighted &c Din
of the good ship Mayfiower drew up
a simple document, known i'll history
as the compact of the Mayfower, pro-
viding for the first form Of civil gov
eminent held on the American soil
by the fleeing subjects of the British
crown. Those sturdy pioneers, when
they landed upon stern and rock
bound coast" little thought that, in
two short centuries, the land of their
destination would become the grand
est republic in the world, and the
compact drawn up in the little cabin
of the ship at sea would be the govern
mental foundation of the States" and
that this action of theirs would be the
guiding star of nations yet unborn.
The Pilgrim fathers were undoubted-
ly the most picturesque and quaint
colony of settlers. 1t was they who
originated many beautiful customs;
they who are told of in poetry and
prose. The "Courtship of Miles Stand
ish,' the story of John Alden, and
many other beautiful bits, which will
never cease to have new interest for
the American people. Their literal in
depreciation and living up to the teach
ing of the Bible made them proper
people to give birth to nation.
Last evening a score or more of the
descendants of these men, and the
children's children of the heroes VINO
fought in the colonial wars, gathered
in the palatial residence of III. T. Up
ham, on Summit avenue, to celebrate
the anniversary Of the landing OF our
Pilgrim fathers, on Plymouth rock, and
to do honor to their memory.
The Society of Colonial Wars, whose
motto is that of patriotism and whose
certificate of membership is the proof
that the holder is a descendant of
Miles Standish, or some other illustri-
Gus parsonage, is scattered throughout
the United States, although its mem
bership is necessarily somewhat linn
tied.
The gathering at Mr.. Upham's resi-
dence last evening was an auSplclouS
one, as there were a number OF gen
tlemen present who are high in the
order Among them were Fred de
Peyster, governor general of the order
of the United States; Bishop Whlpple,
of ST. Paul, who is chaplain general,
and number of visiting members from
distant points The occasion is one
which will linger long in the memory
of the guests as the best enjoyed and
most successful Annual Meeting and
Banquet the society has ever held in
this city In former years the occa-
sion has been celebrated in the Ryan
hotel, but this year Mr. Upham, who
occupies the highest position of honor
in the local society, namely that oil
governor, opened his residence for the
occasion and proved to be. the host of
hosts.
The first part of the evening was
taken up with a business meeting,
when matters of purely business nature
were disposed of. Following this came
a veritable feast of reason and flow
of soul" A letter was read from Cen
Brooks, expressing his compliments on
the felicity of the evening, and re-
GREETING that circumstances were such
as to prevent his attendance at the
gathering, that he felt it keenly. An
other letter of regrets was read from
Rowland Pell, secretary general of the
United order. The speechmaking was
of an informal order, addresses being
made by Bishop Whipple, D. r. Noyes
Rev Dudley w. Rhodes, Rev. E. p.
Ingersoll, and Bishop M. n. Gilbert
Refreshments were served, after which
the company scattered through the
spacious parlors and spent the remain
der of the evening in social intercourse.
Jacob Stone, historian of the Society
of Minnesota, during the course of the
evening read the text of the compact
of the May Flower. Mr.. Stone gave
an excellent address on the history of
the compact, giving some very inter
esting bits of detail and motive. 1t
took 1O7 days for the MayfioWer to
make the passage from England to this
country, and 169 days from Holland,
where the Pilgrims spent thirteen years
in exile After the perilous voyage of
over five months, they safely landed
on Plymouth Rock. In the party were
such men as John Carver, William
Bradford, Peter Hopkins, William
Brewster, Miles Standish, etc. John
Carver was selected the first governor
of the colony The early trials and
privations of these adventures were
also related in an attractive manner.
The officers of the society are as fol-
lows: Governor, H. P. Upham; deputy
governor, Maj. c. B. Sears lieutenant
governor C. P. Noyes; secretary, c.
Fl. Whipple; treasurer, G. H. Daggett;
registrar, j. w. Chamberlin; historian,
Jacob Stone; genealogist, c.. E. Mayo;
chancellor, E. S. Chittenden; chaplain,
D. w. Rhodes. These gentlemen's
terms of office expire Feb. 10, $685.
PUMP SAVED HIM.