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Yolo County(Sacramento Bee.)Notwithstanding h strong south win-', which filled the air witli dust and gave signs of approach ink! rain, nearly 2000 people gatnered at the cnurch across the river from Freeport Sunday to view the Weiid «nlt;i pleasing spectacle of the Holy Ghost. This festival is given under the auspices of a Portuguese society with its headt|tini lets in Lisbon dis: i it ?, and is held annually. While tins s u-ic'.v is in the nature of a f aternal insurance ot* limi tation, the main feature of its an nnni celebration is deeply religions. Many years ago a famine was averted in the A* ire Islands In praver, accoidmg to the belief of the Portuguese population of that place, and the then Queen of Portugal came to the relief of the suffering inhabitants. It is probnblv in celehratior of this beneficence that the people of Lisbon district, many of whom came from the At »res, incorporate in the pro ceilings a dinner wliich is free to all
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Woodland Daily Democrat
Woodland, California, US
Tue, May 30, 1899
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