Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-12-15

son of Rev. DIR. Barton. stepped up in
tc the wagon for platform. His
introduction was full Of wit. and it
met quick response in the keen boys
and girls before him. Various toasts,
or ''roasts.' as they were called, fol
lowcd.-the facwlty, the ladie2, and
hosts,-a clever young lady ascending
the wagon to speak TO the last.
Charles Lambs essay on roast pig was
very well read by another lad, by the
light of lantern held by the chair
man.
Meanwhile the well-roasted pig was
being carved before ~u~ eyes. AMI the
right breezes waited the scent there
0f to our nostrils. 50 That even the
LADY in gray, VINO never eats pig, was
fam to initiate the Chinese discover
ecs Of the dainty, and lick her fingers
after she had passed the plate con-
tanning it to her neiehbor Beans,
bread, sweet potato, aYd other edfbles
/ heaned high the wooden plates which
were given to each one; and. as each
rlate was emptied. il was tossed into
the bonfire, where it added brightness
Tor minute.
Then the moon rose and peeped
through the trees. hy-and-by climbing
above them and looking down calmly
on the picture below groups of col.
ored boys and girls, with bright. in
telligent faces; groups OF northern
lads and lassies. bearing the STAMP Of
more world knowledge; groups Of
young men and maidens from the
mountains which shut in the horizon
Young men and women whose eager
faces, where strong purpose could be
read, made one feel like exclaiming.
For the strength of the hills we
bless thee" The freight danced
and helped the moon to make the
lights and shadows thing of JOY. 1t
was all so gay and bright and pic
turesque that it made a never-to-be-
forgotten picture. Rivers of whisky
rise and flow in Kentucky. burt none
flow here, nor even tea and coffee
: The wooden trencher, the spoon OF tin.
the homely food,-these were all the
feast supplied, but they were quite
enough.
/ At o'clock the committee hTtchef
the horses to the wagon that had
! brought the supplies, picked up theiT'
! lanterns, and led the procession back
/ to the college grounds. Boys and
girls, teachers and taught, found their
way through the pleasant fields with
out the slightest espionage, without
suggestion to any one that he or she
might in any way be amiss. Il was
| all so natural, so human, Il showed
such confidence in the honor and good
Intentions of these young people, that
IL accounted at once for the high char
acter OF the average Berea student.
They are expected to be manly and
womanly, obedient, Trustworthy and
true; and those who trust them are
not disappointed. Simple in their
lives. they have learned to have pleas
ure In their simplicity, as was evident
| from their good spirits and the tun
they had at this autumnal festival Of
the literary pig roast.
Those girls who could not, for lack
of the quarter or other reasons. Join IN
the GOOD time in the pasture, were not
forgotten. The teacher in charge Of
III hall had allowed them TO cake
fudge, which they had in place OF
roast pig.
The strangers stood at the guest
room windows in Ladies' hall. The
81 lrdentS were uuiet the liphte Woo
out. The moon silvered the moun-
tain-tops, and lightened up the meal
ows and fields. Far below. in n
tree-studded pasture, the bonfire wa
still burning, ruddy in the moor ight.
like beacon among the oaks. Is -
Berea itself a beacon fire set anon
the hills TO call hither those who a"
athorst for wisdom and culture, for Nv
man sympathy and human help?