| Show VIAN MISSION HOUSE I Brilliant Affair In Aid Md of Erection of Structure at A L FINE MENI a alt Chril neer Mull U II 1111 III Deliver nt grand concert bull ball tid A In III ChrI l f Hall last given WeI we I tho of ot the tho for tor ning finS l C mIssion ut at ThU Tho va in tho thi direction of Ut number Member jI II of ot GenII Bean deC der of ot C CC Urn null and WOH ono citizens cItI t Uin and nd Inert brilliant affair of ot tho thU season InC C at A An CM srul to a n L laso degree clerce an surle wI 1 l excellent Program ln was rendered n IUt Mt st tho th chI feature of O which wan WiLli an nn fl ad nil at by U Governor Wells ew ewI Tho iho halt hall wan wu very velY you ar ur arH Ia I till ful oloW jI JW with potted H l ed with tho the lings llaga of if 11 and draped rl l tho thu t States tate Th first number wan wn from Crom and ll n cell the tho th opeia Op 1 1 tho the violin tt on by on tho no bY Em A ut by Mrs An Aft WI tell teti Christi rii limon au with iti a n HI by y J Jo Joi tho tnt 1111 i h b bf nII tt tho J YIH VItt by on President jo J epu M I 1 Taylor raylor was WU va culled p II for Cor o n and nn resl with n a nW He lIe Willi IlK remarks W tv In py of or tho tIl Norwegian tin tia tIu y 1 soni song Ja vl vi eUker rom f violin ILi were given on un tho thu h K M Ml M s accompanied on un the 1 y V A Knut quartet c l of or Thos J 1 JI Ja Olo Ott obien ob en Martin and und olsen ret len lenerel and tho pleasing piece erel I very n a delighted with a II Bk rt wei anc by Miss Ethel y and arni n It talk by twelve twIve tw little hUlL girls In itt co the direction ot or o MISS Emili Governor Wells address was wan and M Ro o 0 with attention an c tIt wit GOVERNOR WI LIS ADDRESS SS It H Is U with the most pleasurable feet feci ne agi that I respond rc to tho the Invitation to U o be one with you this evening nail leaving the cares anti and the ions anti and of at everyday ICe ife and anil elsewhere as OH you OU have ha vo llone one participate with you la tn the gen genral ral Joy jay ot of this occasion It seems altogether tiltIng fitting III proper hat tIt th children of ot tho the Scandinavian w so o tar far aay awny from from their na rut MIe Ie It Hind mould engage In these those so 80 lal tat reunions tun I rI tig In III lIes of ot the put past atom along with vIti he lit good which t tho the companion hip of ot the tIu present produces 1 I shall not nat address you as all t as us I cnn can claim no Im m n ancestry tf of or that blood at tit the theIn nire atri In c time I do tb not hesitate to cult cull at nt ration to the tho fact that thal my complexion light easily entitle mo me to puss pass In a n for tor tint ono of or your countrymen Am f r such ruei a mistake should bo ho recorded et ci me rae assure you ou I 1 should regard Ij It Its S 8 no fit B ml compliment to bo be sa a s a u countryman of or that proud group gou 01 of at it 8 that has haN contributed HO uto much mud mudo mucho o 0 the t I 8 advancement and that IllS o to bit o phenomenally In peo I CO uJ all nil pat IK of ot tho the civilized world nd a particularly the United raw cf ct r men tilen en and women who are BrU BrUe e I with to 1 o 0 warm arm a n welcome every overy uh re for tor their sturdy honesty their thrift anti and enterprise Naturally a b reason t f tho the some som hat climate of ot the land of ot nativity and the temperament nm ant anttI ills I t acquired thereby they tI cit largely to tl the tho northwestern northwester northwesters s tl I ns of 0 our country where whore tho the tern ternI I ritu r Is more nearly like that thul li In Inor Inor they I or their Immediate t e anees or r wore 1 I ro born b orn and reared anti so 80 we Wt wea n a Ull ILL Immense nse proportion It of or 11 1 In Minnesota and Wisconsin goodly gI numbers I In Michigan 1 1111 noK Nebraska and dS the Dakotas lu Dut l 1 am Sill proud to be b e able n e to 10 say sn that th ou oun our w Cm n Viah t It Is I little I If It any nn behind bo tho rc te of theno o In point ot S Ian population n vast lUIt numbers number having turned their faces and directed thel hither hi h er r when the tho bIdden adieu d pu eu If It t therefore happen that we wp e who Iere ere tiara born Jorn In Utah have hav Os as lie ite a knowledge of ot the char charana octer ana alti rt r of 0 the ne Ie os ScandinavIans Scandinavian liB 18 8 tn the Kople I of or any other state and hat chat L v Is II Bl s wil I 1 ot our ur Swedish Danish rn orI n s In III th bo o sald thom with rr ar rn here Speaking pea In of ot them Ih n UM ns 8 WI I 11 them the Ins In n this y a n num item tutu and commercial factor facto second tu to tho of 0 but ul ono one other cr P po post cr I n not ot Interior Inferior to them n a nt Mn fJ Mad un adopted children In the f 11 I use us h hold lOI ot han our magnanimous an anto anti i 1 1 to ih tile tho OVer ent they ore lire rc equal land of or our Ir ow own or nn any uny other e of at It IJ In the era ot or Io loyal n support PP r our orl t as equipment of ot ou Ott nil all ot f en caon lo on In hi enterprises o ot and ln a those unit nud t h Dualities qualIties on c r uto e toward main Ion In to Ic Our r I In the proud po poi l which U lia us as the tho he tIll the t f LOSt nud the best ot of all ot u ny age ot of the from the land e of t 11 many midnight n lilt of you sun have neit to the thA I I so long and andreal 0 Ig I the real I ole Ie white b sr rl up tho the North vai nR o I S In ln tho the aurora r been ali 1 v X M tove tnt 0 not taken much time to knee lenee ence in the beco mg ne 14 with with wit a nl m methods of ot the more eon r reglo lon Nor or should It t bo be borr berl n na rr rl nt alto I 0 tor er as ft n ma matter cr o ot of e a Vor i haVon I n or oth rl for lih the 4 1 ell that hInd us by t at nf rp rPm ta elation tato on of or loyal et 10 o i baik to 10 the ren ot of Scandinavia or erod long antedating tit ri I he ii 8 the time c y Dill prent ora rn WaR In l Its by y st litre end and fortin d gool ot il 1 ant nil nilo n hf yond enumeration e 10 p o to toM t are diR th aRed and very ij caver C tery fir t credIt for tor the lis bus ot AI r to Christopher Col Cot w UP his hla Initiatory InItiator urh V with w I those coso of or Amerigo M We an n Cabot and others land nd e I b give thu the first hon I 1 his iI are the tho thet t ng rn p of oC the tile history of at the theis I l world n is a homo home for tor tho the white 01 U hIs bI an and advanced p nil races and b be beb b 1 gell under t I h nueh lIuch fod CI i m were re In the main with such BUch rank tn n nfl L tt r tha fl a 11 moro moto advanced p he ople than those with had t o dottl oal we award RW aw rd him tue tho he palm paint of ot as n A n a matter of ot sym ali appreciation n more Inure perhaps lian because of the tho achievements them theta Wo We positively know at nt the thu same haunt time tio that ho never not lIot foot Coot on these shores and that t not even OVen wan WaB va tho ho outermost coast of ot our eastern sea sel board ever brought within range of ot his bill vision We Wo also know that to none of ot his contemporaries or ot IH IS thu tho honor lonor duo for first drift planting n a footprint on Oil American soil soli thatto to fix lix the he credit and properly bestow tho ho meld meet of ot praise duo for that momentous wo we must sunny Hunny Italy mighty Spain adventurous Ugal anti and even evon tho the then thell lowers lying Immediately northward and go to tho the land ot of tho Norm ant and the tho ho home ot or tho the Viking At tho the commencement e of ot tho ho eleventh century Leit Erickson I an nil Icelander nid thereby a n not Hol sail sol for tor ur the tho trackless taut and for tor aught ho homow mow knew boundless West est front from Grcen land and on exploration bent Upon Ills dis discovering covering Labrador ho proceeded on un lawn tho the Atlantic coast tanking making ln a n so sc ries pf pC discoveries extending as liS tar far an RII antho anthe the tho present ulato of ot Island Ho Ito Hold did chit ld not proceed inland tot for which must havo presented I tit nt n a very ry early stage of ot his proceedings the tho country was larren except In hI tho ito matter ot of wild Mid vegetation and animals anti ind the tho ret red utica men did not nol take kindly 1 to o the tho rain 1010 faced rl ee and anti his eyed companions This however VIS ie the tha beginning the tho first break In he ho crust of at tho the wild wIlt barbarous sway away which lint had overspread itO tho continent from forn tho the beginning Hut oven this titi achievement vast an It was vas was WIlS not no noI I tb lo o first time the tho land In which luIch wo we live IIvo haul been sighted by eyes lyell beyond bOY tho the ocean for tor In 90 more than a ut hundred years rears before tho tito Incident above related reIn tell whoso whose name ills dis discloses l dotes closes his nationality even though I Imay Imay may bo ho a 1 little astray on the tho pronunciation 11 wa driven by a n storm to with in plain view of Qt tint tho eastern const coast This Thill It II not all nil Icelandic literature in III n traceable back to 10 tin th Ih twelfth century or soon after ater Erickson 1 sot set out on his bin perilous expedition the system of ot words word recording events and atud Imaginings In song Rong ant story found Count their WilY way to the th shores farther east and eventually mot met and with tho the more ancient forms of abroad from rout tho tito tar far east cast So h wo vo art alo able to see se that lust Scandium Scandinavian vita vian IBn education and anti civilization began at lit a it 1 very early period of at European his history history tory lory and has hns grown with a steady Bloody for fer fervent vent expansive growth until today her educational Institutes and facilities her hooks newspapers and other uther guar gear anti of ot tho lie higher life lito of or our species are known of ot till all men 1 I In this connection refrain train from milking mention men lion of ot a n chapter chapler In tho Ito mole moil recent ro history of ot time the United States in which ft ut distinguished son eon of or was I to ua us Indeed n a guardian angel u ut defender ot of our cause elUf whoso whose defense amounted d almost ulmONt If It not quite to It 11 was 1111 during our civil war the Ito fa tutu to of ot the time Union was true quivering In n tha tito bull a ut I mani manifest teNt fest Inclination to turn tUIl to tho time wrong Hide A groat It unseemly contrivance o clad In mall and with powerful guns projecting train from Us its slanting Iron side hunted floated into Hampton II mimi and wrought destruction upon th timo tho northern war sur sinking two disabling oth urn Itself wholly uninjured Tint Tho was Willi Jubilant The were vero In III gloom flail and hued filled with the tho moat most dire lre forebodings In tho ho ot of 1 litter Inter Intervention theme theio was wait little or nothing to prevent time the monster from making Its 1111 way Ull en tho thu to Washington and amul the tho city under tribute which could meant butt but the dictation of at terms of tench train from hilt tho the mute came A craft almost as us out dimly as the tho other limit but with HO en little of or If Itself visible an on to al nl almost most moat derision when tumon It appeared I moved with hostile hn Intent up UJ alongside to give Iv tho lie monster battle Tho Jho non can text lit waged fiercely for u it long time and nut nil when It nailed tho ho threatened destroyer with n ft 1 broken wing and a it prestige for tOI ew evat tone was making Its III way nut and painfully to tho the friendly chores bo ba bayouth yam youth for fol fo assistance Washington was wnM the tho Union WOH preserved for that tIme on 01 time hosts from the North Imbibed and anti tool on nil now hope Tho Thu man In III Invented vented constructed and gave to time tho government tho the little craft which broke broko down dOln the tile Confederate of ot in ine IB li seats III e s was another Erickson another Hero Hore In III tho the nation ho dill did no 10 much touch to laud hand down undivided and aM a rl un nfl unpaired to our posterity lilt his timid famo are aro his Ids mom mem memory I ory will III bo be kept green In the tho land of ot freedom even though It should fade Iway nil all the tho other children ot of IlIen mum a n condition of things timings which IH lii not In the tho least degree probable Well My Il I friends timid find follow fellow citizens Sluice talking was wan to 10 bo be merely morey a 1 ton fea feature ture not ih lIt Ihn feature of or your gathering It Is about time for tor tao mo to give way WHY and 1111 let other and null doubtless more nie J features of or entertainment prevail U lt 1 Is in truly gratifying to 10 mo tuto to bo lie able ablo to number myself among your our bo ho permitted to pay my re to the at lit home and f of the tho gallant saute and daugh h tet of or May Muy you each and nil ni to 10 prosper anti and advance nil nh the tha lines leading tading to honorable UR ful amid glorious hums An AA was salt of or the time race of ot About Abol lion Hon AI may your tribe Increase and amid nil all such Buch Increase be ho equal In every elI respect to tho the good and progressive one who bo cutno before 1 and nail constItute so Ho and welcome a mm 1 ot of our intuit growing common nonillion commonwealth wealth I 1 commend you to tho lie enjoy mm meet thaI home 0 to bo be lint had aunt and on 1 wish you all 1111 alln n ft I merry now n w year amid many happy ro to roof roo till tunas of or this occasion |
