The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-08-19
HUNT FAMILY REUNION.
Former Residents of Blue Earth
County Have Pleasant Time.
From Fridays Daily.

County Have Pleasant lime.
From Fridays Daily.
Every old settler in this locality is
familiar with the life and work of Rev.
N. A. Hunt, former resident of this
village and for many years living in
Sterling township. 1t was this clergy
man who preached the dedicatory SER
mon of the Sterling church and during
his long life devoted his energies against
slavery and against the liquor traffic.
He was father of large family, all of
whom have won honor and distinction in
the battle of life. In view of the fact
that this family for quarter of a cen
tury were interviewer with the religious
life of the churches of Mapleton and
Sterling all will be pleased to read the
following account of reunion of the
family which occurred on July 3lst, at
Greenville, H., which we clip from the
local paper published at that place:
On last Friday, continuing over Sun
day, at the hospitable home of w. II.
Rosenbrough, occurred the reunion of Mrs.
Rosenbrough's family, some of whom
had not met for twenty five years.
The occasion had been arranged in
view of the St. Louis fair, so that fami-
lies widely separated might come to-
gether. There were present the Rev.
, Theodore c. Hunt, of Hastings, Neb.,
with his wife and daughter Agnes; Rev.
! Eugene f. Hunt, of Conway, Mass; DIR.
Fred n. Hunt, of Blue Earth, Mimi,
with his family consisting of his wife
and two sons, Roscoe and Rollo, who
are in their senior year at Carleton col
lege, and also Miss Grace CALDWELL; Rev.
! w. Sherman Hunt, of Harvard, Neb.,
with his wife and, family of two little
boys, William Milliken with his son,
! William Jr, and daughter Frances, of
Oakland. CAL, and Miss Eetta Hunt, of
Wooster, Mass; also Rev. Hiram B.
Harrison and wife with their two daugh-
tiers, Helen and Elizabeth, from Water
! town, S. d. One brother DIR. d. Winslow
Hunt, of Glendale, Cal, and one sister,
Mrs. Jessie Hunt Milliken, of Oakland,
CAL, could not be present.
| When all were seated at the abund-
antly loaded tables friend Rosenbrough
found himself the proud head of fam
F.! lily of twenty-five.
Old settlers of fortyfve and fifty
years ago will remember Rev. Asa N.
Hunt, then pastor of the Presbyterian
church at Reno, or Bethel as it was then
called, and principal of the young acad-
envy which he established in connection
with it. He was pronounced abolition-
| list and one of the strong characters in
the early developments of our section
of the state. He, with his good and in
/ dustrious wife, was the progenitor of
/ this gifted and useful family, and many
were the words of praise and apprecia-
ton for their memory on this occasion
| The old scenes were visited and many
change noted; trees which were land
marks are no more, and even streams
have changed their courses. The old
home was strange in every feature to
those who once knew it in every tree OF
shrub.
On Sunday all attended divine services
at the church their father served anG
met old friends and made new ones, anC
listened to an able and hopeful sermon
from Rev. Eugene Hunt, pastor of the
First Congregational church of Conway
Mass.
| The Rosenbrough home is an excellen
place for such a gathering and the larg
shaded lawn could be seen covered will
little knots of people 'lounging AM
dreaming and recalling the past will
plenty of youthful banter and jokes re
newed and laughter Astounding always
In the evening all would gather AM
sing songs, old and new, but those o
"Auld Lang Syne" were the favorites Oh
this occasion.
i Comfortable cots had been provide,
and camp life INDUCED in, the meals be
ing spread on the spacious, ut-door, well
screened veranda and served under tn
efficient direction of the Rosenbroug
girls, Mrs. harrison, Sadie and Mabel.
1t is not often that family of sue
varied gifts is brought together and a
it is Bond county product it is fittin
that it should have occurred upon Bon
county soil.
: On Monday morning trains were take
for the various homes east and west, a
feeling that it had been one of the hap
piest occasions in life time.-Mapleto
Enterprise.