People's Pilot, Volume 4, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 October 1894 — Milk Church Conference. [ARTICLE]

Milk Church Conference.

The services at the McCoy milk church Saturday were well attended. Crowds came in early —the first arrival being the Marlboro class on the milk train. By noon the town was alive with people, business houses were closed and everybody repaired to the grand stand in the court house yard where an address of welcome and a hearty invitation to dinner was given by Deacon McCoy. Several beautiful songs were sung by the milk church choir—songs composed for the special occasion. The students from St. Joseph's Catholic college headed by their excellent band and bearing aloft the stars and stripes, at 12 sharp, came march ing in to the grand stand, these were followed by the Simoroon club, lead by Yeoman’s martial band, and bearing over their stately forms the democratic red, white and blue parasols, kept at Fendig’s drug store to be used only on extraordinary occasions and Democratic jolifications.

After music and address and music again the feed was thrown into the troughs, and the hungry multitude without ceremony and without regard to table manners, devoured every thing in sight. This large and enthusiastic milk church gathering Saturday, more than anything ever before gotten up by Mr. McCoy shows in what esteem this gentleman is held by the people of Rensselaer and vicinity. No other man in the country, by his own effort, could have succeeded in bringing out such a crowd as Mr. McCoy had here Saturday. Many people in many things may not agree with “Me,” but everybody is his friend and will do much to please him. Rev. Paradis, pastor of the Presbyterian church, now occupies the R. S. Dwigginsproperty across the river.