The Denison review., 1899-09-01
Hold Their Annual Picnic at Wash.
ington Park Yesterday.
A GOOD TIME FOR ALL
Hon. b. I. SaIIinaer Flakes q Splendid Speech
Other Short Speeches flake up the
Program.
The Old settlers Picnic held yester-

sionary Society Of the Methodist church
was we'll patronized in their sale of ice
cream and cake. Just after dinner the
meeting was called to order by the ven
cradle President, Mr.. s. E. Dow. In
behalf Of Mayor Kemming, Mr.. w. 0.
Goldsmith delivered an eloquent ad
dress Of welcome. Uncle Morris Nc
Henry responded right to the point, and
then Hon. B. I. Ssllinger, the orator of
the day was presented. Mr.. Sallinger's
speech was just the one for the occasion;
in serio-comic way he dwelt upon his
own early life as q pioneer in western
Iowa. The events, as he told them,
were humorous, but there was tug at
the heart when one thought of the we'll
nigh penniless boy tramping the prairies
in search Of work
Those who know Mr.. Salinger's after
life know that through many difficult
ties he has risen to be one Of the most
prominent and brilliant men of the
state. After putting himself thorough
Ilygin touch with the old settlers, Mr..
salinger spoke of the splendid lessons
| to be learned from their lives and Of
the fact that there were opportunities
| for all. Let no man tell you, unrebuked
that the poor man has no show in this
country; point to yourselves and thousl
lands of others and give him the lie. !
hope the time will never come when
this country will be q paradise for the
lazy and the vicious. but here every
man is given the ladder Of opportunity,
|let him climb who will" The address
was brief but to the point and Mr..
Salinger was enthusiastically applaud
ed upon the close Of his remarks.
| After Mr.. Salinger's speech Mrs.
Martha Bruner Of Dow City read an
address which we are glad to have the
privilege of publishing in full. Short
impromptu speeches were made by
Uncle Morris McHenry, E. S. Plimpton
II J. B, Romans and John Dobson. All
of them were in reminiscent strain,
alculated to recall pleasant memories
of by gone days. The band furnished
excellent music during the afternoon.
The best of the picnic was in the con-
versations and reunions of the old and
young from all parts of the county
The old officers were re elected.
Address by Mrs. Martha Rruner.
at an Old Settlers picnic we are ex
pected to talk of the olden times wher
our fathers first builded the log cabir
: or the sod house. as tie case might be
f If the house was near grove the hOm,
i. was log cabin; if distant from such ;
10 grove the sod house took its place O
le even the dugout might be found, bu
is this last was more largely occupie
Vt by trappers and bachelors than by fam
'1 lilies. But when we look back to thos
- old log cabin days we find many pleas
- ant memories IN the mind of the oil
settler as he thinks of the time spen
by those wide open fire places. 1t wa
GO there we children heard the stories
I'd the Revolutionary and Indian wars. a
IS our children hear of the Rebellion All
~ Spanish wars.
~ News from the outside world WI
very scarce. We were glad to get
= paper or magazine even though tt
events chlonicled therein were mont
old, not much like the news of tt
NJ present time sent over the wires ;
-.
y. lightning speed.
ed Then there was our neighbor. Ho
ITO kindly we welcomed him to our roc
Id He was our neighbor although
he might live anywhere from ten to six
miles from us, but there was probab
no one between, and even though the
les might be squatter in that space tn
lty were welcome. We visited in tho
be- days, for when our far away neighb
70 came ten miles they stayed all nlgf
u. if it was thirty or sixty miles tn
" stayed two or three days. There was
spare bed room for such visitors. +
,ho ira beds we're made down OH the flo
;ch of the cabin and the children cou
,ad sleep there while the company occupi
their bed.
But there is one class of citizen
did not have in those early days-tt
is the tramp. He came with the ra
road and civilization, and you are "
come to him. We did not need him
the early settlement of the country.
One of our Injuries in those tin
times was our venison. How delicit