Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 November 1900 — Puritan Thanksgiving Entertainment. [ARTICLE]

Puritan Thanksgiving Entertainment.

[The donations received at the following *-ntertainment wiil be distributed by the Epworth League among the poor of our city.] All ye goode people ot ye citye of Rensselaer, reade ye and take heede. , On ye even Inge of Tuesday, this November the 27th instant, at ye hour of early candle lighteing, ye are bidden to assemble yourselves in ye Methodist meeting house in said citye, for ye olden-time Puritan social. Ye younge men & maidens who do from time to time assemble for worship in said Methodiste meeting house (said younge men & maidens in assembly being otherwise stiled ye Epworth League) will upon ye occasion aforesaid, both singe & speake greatlie to ye edification & delectation of ye concourse assembled. That ye proper dignity may prevaile & that all may deport themselves in such manner as would be botbe fitte & seemely, it hath been deemed meet & proper that certaine goode rules & regulations should be declared, to ye strict observance of the whiche it doth behoove each person to give goode & diligent heede & to bestir himself betimes. Said rules & regulations do now follor in hereunto, in proper and likely order: Firstly, Ye costly garments, such as silks & satins, laces & gewgaws of whatsoever sorte, shall give place to the more seemely & plaine stile of attire, such as becometh ye said occasion. Secondly. Each person shall recompense ye Epworth League for ye eveninge’s entertainment with some part of ye produce wherewith ye have been blessed, such as fruits A* vegetables of ye various sortes, for ye collection of said recompense ye Epworth League will cause some suitable & likely person to stand at each door, the which person shall have full A proper authority to demand A receive the same. Thirdly. Y:? men will be seated on ye north side of ve meeting house A ye women on ye south side.