St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1866-01-04
PRESENTATIONS.

On New Years morning, some fifteen or
twenty Of the young men Of St. Cloud re-
,-,i.ed TO the residence Of H. c. Burbank.
ESQ, for the ostensible purpose Of making
him call. The real object was the pre-
sentation Of an elegant gold-headed cahe,
as mark Of esteem and respect from the
employees of the St. Cloud branch Of the
large mercantile house Of which Mr.. B. is
the junior member. Upon the head Of the
cane was the inscription: presented to
II. G. Burbank by the employees at the
st. Cloud House. Jan. 1st, 1866" 1t was
a genuine surprise to Mr.. B.. and he was
not aware of the real cause Of the call un-
til Mr.. A. B. Curry (bookkeel er Of the
house) had read half through the, subjoin-
ed address and produced the cane. The
following is the address in full:
ME. IL. c. BuRBANK-&r: "a Va
You will please pardon the very abrupt
appearance Of such number Of your
friends and acquaintance in your room at
50 early an hour, on this, the first day Of
the year 1865. It may, perhaps, be neces-
sary to crave your further pardon, when
we solemnly, assure you that q portion Of
this assembly came here with the Avowed
and malicious intent Of Gaming you most
beautifully, even beneath your own roof
While the numerical strength of2your as
salants who come here thus foresworn,
would make the undertaking an apparently
easy task, yet we hope you will quietly
submit 20 the chastisement we propose to
inflict, assuring you that 1t shan't hurt much J;
and At the same time claiming the privilege
Of asserting that your acts have been such
as to entitle you to twenty times greater
punishment. 1884,. >.~ : .5t~<t
Having now appraised you of our inten-
tlons, and perhaps completely vanquished
YOU by the announcement, We will act the
part of generous conqucters, by explain
ing our reasons for this unexpected rs
sault. ..s>-> go
In your presence stand all those employ
ed in that branch of firm of which you
are the junior member, and Of which y u
have been the superintendent for the past
four r FIVE years. Some of US have been
with you during nearly all Of that entire
time E; others can date the period Of their
service but from few months back yet
all agree that during the whole time they
have been in your employ, you have never,
under any circumstances whatever, seemed
to forget that they. keyourself, were hu-
man, were men, and, we trust, you ever
found them gentlemen. Your saavity of
manner, genial spirits, kindness Of heart,
unbouuded generosity and noblenes. of
soul have won from them-as they must
Lo~ ~
have had business transactions the high
est regard and utmost respect. With us
they have gone further, reaching even our
affections and as a testimony Of this We
appear before you this morning 10 present
this slight token of our appreciation Of
kindness shown US since We have been in
your employ. and only regret our inability
to extend further evidences Of our high re-
spect and Undergrad. :........ p. .
To this paper, intended to accompany
cur gift, are subscribed the names Of your
employees, who desire to be recognized as
among the number who entertain these
goodly feelings toward you; and it must
DC source Of some degree Of pleasure to
you to know that there are none left off
none in your employ who have not sub
scribcd thgir names. .-..=.
You will therefore accept this cane as
our prescns; and hoping that VIC, ind,vid-
ually and collectively. have, by = stulious
attention 10 your business, n,eritetl the ia.
vraiable Kindness OF which this souvenier is
our feeble ackzo wledgment, and that your
past prosperity .ay continue with life, we
join with our other assembled friends in
heartily wishing you, and all who are dear
to you, Happy New Year. .r-..
Respectfully and offccti 'nately yours,
ALBERT Il. CURRY,
HUGH O'DONNELL,
HENRY j. EMMELL,
HENRY G. PAGE,
- zs..... $50. ALBERT c. CONVOY.
!, Mr.. Burbank responded briefly and ap-
propriately in IA few remarks. thanking his
friends for their: gift aud the kind words
that accompanied it, assuring them lie
should prize it highly. =:
The party then pledged a Happy New
Year, after which they dispersed. well
pleased at having wunesseda handsome
testimonial 50 appropriately bestowed.
On the same day, a number Of the young
gentlemen of St. Cloud, through Mr.. L. D.
Atwater, presented Rev. George Chase