People's Pilot, Volume 5, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 October 1895 — The Annual Milk Church Picnic. [ARTICLE]

The Annual Milk Church Picnic.

A happy man was Alfred McCoy last Saturday. His favorite event of the year proved a phenomenal success. The day was pleasant even for the smoky days of old October, and except for a lively breeze it could not have been better. Hundreds of happy people, of all ages and both sex, thronged the court house park. They came from all the surrounding country, some from a great distance, but all prepared to enjoy the hospitalities of the occasion. The provision to prevent confusion in feeding the multitude was successful, and save a few late comers, all were bounteously supplied with the richest viands produced in Jasper county. The crowd exceeded anticipations or no one would have been cut short, and it is certain that for the next annual event ample precaution will be taken to have an abundance.