The times., 1897-12-23

| LANDING on Plymouth Rock no one dares to
| question. emerged from the gloom AMI
| daIkness Of tyranny ana oppression inz9
the light Of freedom. At the |iresldes
| of New England the torch OF liberty was
| lighted 1t was the Pilgrims who planted
| the seed from which sprang the tree Of
liberty. There are living monuments
to their tlIfft and energy throughout -hc
| land.
- seir descendants found the great West
| waste and their capital oIened 1t ..p to its
| present grandeur. II wa New I'm Gland
| philanthropy that erected many II the
churches, colleges and univ ersitirs through
out the West and the South: that erected
many of the churches. colleges anil ..niv er-
sites and Institutions Tor tie Unfortunate
| and ffIicted, and to the West New En- gland
ga sc tire element Of her rref ent 'yste II Of
free public scfcois. and Eaticn'S = calth
| consists no alone in its natural resO :Tces,
bu: in the intelligence and virtue nf its
| citizeus."
Concluding, he said: May patriotism
| and love of ct.untry bloom and blossom in
III. hearts OF the present generf-ioH OF
free u.eu anG women, even more than
! they old in the hearts of the fathers and
! mothers who blazed the pathway through
| the priIevai forest for this unexanpled
ciyili zatiou, aha as they now sleep in
their quiet hnIues, covered each spring
time Ly wild flowers, natures swe-'-st
eInbletis Of hove and affection. may thsir
children continue the work which they
20 nohiy begun
The last spca ker OF the evening was Dr.
Wallace Radcti'fe, who responded TO the
| topic, The Pilgrim Primer -
Among those present. in addition 10
those Irc1dy mentioned. were Representa-
tive Nelson Dingley and Mrs. DrngIey.
Col. HeIry Clay Evans AMI Mrs. Evans,
Prof. 4. A Eazen. William L. Pla5odv
and wife, Mrs. 5. l.. Bliss, Belle C. &ar i
field, Edith o. Mortified. .. A l. Ser;i-
field, Martha T Rice, Walter Allen. annie
Louise Powell, J. Walter Humphrey. Dr-
J. W. BisCliuff and wife, Hattie Meade
Smith, Douglass &. Miller, J. :. Ra ymond
and wife, Mamie White, Sara L.
Smell, Mr. and Mrs. o. II. Rcd,
Alfred Wood MIS-. Mary l.. BiiIIia5re,
Mrs. Helen Vi WOOD. Mrs. Sarah +. smith,
Mr.. and Mrs. J. L. EweIl, Rev. and Nrs.
5. VI. Newman, Miss Helen C. Sew,uan,
Miss Lulu W. Cummings, Charles " Davis.
Mr.. and Mrs. EiphonZo Youngs, Dr. end
Mrs. Ira ". Dennison. Mfr. and Srs.
Bailey, Miss Mamie Smith. sfarian
Smith, Marian Smith, Charles NJ. ;atlin,
Helen A. Davis. MIS-. Charles W. Da,is
Rev. ". p. HiGiey, Mr.. and Mrs. \. ;:
Perham. MIS-. Mary j Seymour, Julia 81.
Pond. Harry 3. Bradford, H. W. lHrgo,
Miss Anna \. Birgo Mr.. aud Mrs. ". L.
Marsh, nr. and Mis-. Harrison Dingman,
Miss Dins,man. Mr. and Mrs. john 4.
Duncklec, Mr.. and Mrs. Jerome F. John
son, Miss Grace b. johnson, I. T.
Stewart, Mr.. and Mis-. Daniel Fraser,
Mr.. and Mrs. Horace K. Fulton. Edward
E. CIaflin. joint B. SIeman. jr., L. L
Farabee. R. r. Wiley, Mrs. a s CroweII
Mr. and Mrs. William I.amb0Tn. Mrs al.
Z. Rugs. Mf. and Mrs. A :. Caywoo'I. Mrs.
j. 2. Garrett. W. {. Tyler, Nathan 3iCE-
ford. MI and Mrs. o. NJ Mcpherson, Miss
Mary EliZ6ieth Pond. Mr. and Mrs F. L.
Craig. Mr.. Kirk Holmes, Miss Grace IIol Ees
Miss L. A. Green, Mr.. SeIden M. Ely. Miss
N. A B,ewer. BeHjaniu W. Pond, Miss Z.
B. Pond. MI. and Mrs j. 3. JohGsOn
Miss Johnson, Miss E. VI. Bartlett, Miss
g. D. Baldwin. Mrs L. II. Camp,
Miss Eta Briggs, Mrs Eunice Mott, Miss
F. NJ. Mott, Miss M. r. Powell. Mr.. and
Mrs. W. E. Campbell, Mrs. W. II. Rand,
Mrs Grace MacP herson. Mrs. A. NJ.
Parker Prof and AIRS. George j. cum
mings, Rev and Mrs VI. Ross FishtBIrn.
Mr. and Mrs. r. G. Proctor. Mr.. r.. T
Clark, Miss A. II. Clark Stuart C. john
son. ". D.; Miss Frances wicl;hau Mr.
and Mrs s. II. Hartman, Mrs. h. G.. Iur-
man, the Misses Purman, Mr.. nd Mrs.
Il. A. Pratt, Mr.. and Mrs John
Boyle Carmody, Horace II. Fnttnn,
Mrs. Z. X. Bradford /. Fl. BIaGfor,i. E L.
Campbell, Mrs. F. l. Campbell, n 9. SUI
guy. Mr.. and Mrs. w T. Hughes. Il. +.
Bingham, MI and Mrs. George g May
nard. Mrs. ]. Taber johnson, Loren 3 T.
Johnson w. II. Fowler, Mr.
and Mrs. Edward L. aierris,
Mr.. and Mrs- John T v-eetlale, Mr. and frs
c. NJ. Bryant, MI. Arnold Burgess Tohn-
Son, Mr. Charles K. Wead, If rs 3 W
Ellis, SIr. Fred. /. peaD, rs. F. Warren
Johnson, Mr.. Augustus Smith, MI J. W.
Chickering, Mr.. and Mrs. A. G. Wilkinson,
Mr.. j. II. Jennings, Dr. ". W. Foster,
Mrs. F. I'll. Montague. Mr. and Ms. >. L.
Claf!in Miss Mabei Cla film, Mr.. and Mrs.
Fred. c. squires-