Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1868-12-25
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DELAWARE, OHIO, FRIDAY, DECEMBER

presided over by Maj.-GeneraI Thom-
as. The old hero was perfectly at
home among his veterans, and they
proud and happy in their admiration
of their glorious chief The hearty
and prolonged applause with which
| they seized every occasion to eompli
ment him could scarcely find cessation,
and was by no means the first evidence
the soldiers of the Cumberland have
| given that the name of Thomas is en-
! shrined In their heart of hearts
Among other business the Society
| determined to hold its next annual
meeting at indianapolis, Dec. 18th
and 10Th, 1869.
Sherman, and Thomas will hold a sol
dier's leVee at the Opera House,
when all Will have an opportunity to
take their old commanders by the
hand
Tonight the reunion viii close with
a grand banquet at the Board of Trade
| Hall. The most extensive prepara-
tions have been made and according to
the accounts Of them given In the
morning papers, can scarcely fail to
make it the most splendid affair of the
kind ever witnessed. Tickets are Civ
en- out to soldiers only, as the magnifi-
cent hall of the Chamber of Com
merce, large as it is, can scarcely ae-
commodate more than these, but the
ladies, always appreciative admirers Of
the beautiful, viii be admitted this af-
ternoon to take a view of the tables.
The great hall, which will be splen-
didly decorated, will contain nine ia
bles, at which will sit down 1,087
guests The viands viii be appropri
ate to the occasion, and the tables will
be embellished with all manner of
ornamental pastry and sugar work.
There will be a bastion of grouse, a
fortress three feet high of boned quail, /
a pyramid Of boned turkey surmount-
ed by q marble house, pyramids of
prairie chicken, ornamented hams,
chicken salad decorated with jelly, |
and other delicious Gates in endless
variety, designed at once TO tempt the |
palate and suggest some phase or rem
iniscence of Army life. The dis.
tinguished Generals, seated at the head |
of the tables, will lead the charge on !
these fortresses and batteries, which |
will be demolished by the veterans |
who captured Vicksburg and went !
with Sherman, smashing things" to
the sea.
Among the table decorations the
grand center ornament viii be sixteen |
feet high, from the table, and made of |
sugar, in the form of cube. On the |
sides, in colored letters, are the |
words: "Cumberland-Thomas; Geor- !
gia-Slocum; Ohio-Scho6eld: Ten |
nessee-HoWard." Above a smaller
cube bears the names "Grant, Sher- |
man, Farragut, Porter" A third cube
still smaller, has on the first side
Stone River, Chiekamauga, Mission |
Ridge, Nashville" On the second |
side: "Averysboro, BentonEille, Ra-
leigh, Savannah. " On third side
Knoxville, Resaca, Franklin, Kim |
ston" On the fourth side: Donel-
son, Shiloh. Yicksburg, Atlanta.-
Around the sides are flags, muskets,
badges and shields. The engagement
between the Monitor and Merrimae |
will be represented in frosted work.
A sugar monitor, five feet long, and a /
gunboat of the same size, will be fired /
during the evening There will be a /
bastion fort made of hard tack, clip
per ship, ~. S. Grant" pyramids of /
ice-cream three feet high. &c, &c.
Such is the splendid feast around /
which these veterans Injured to priva-
tion, toll and danger in the service of
the Republic, viii gather. But the
best part of it will not be the delicate
viands which crafty the palate, but
the proud memories of glorious deeds
shared together, the consciousness of
duty done and victory won, and the
undying friendship and genial sympa
thy of those who stood shoulder to
shoulder in peril toll and suffering
In short, the soul feast will be the
best and richest of all. The meeting
again of faces which grew heroic to-
gether amid the harvest of death, the
reunion of hands that struck in unison
in defense of our fresides and iber
ties, the mutual pleasure of recounting
siege and battle march and adventure
this, this is the real banquet which
this reunion has provided, "a
feast which will last as long as memo
ry. The events, sublime and terrible,
here, celebrated, are numbered with
the past, and let US hope the soldiers
Assem- bled here have doffed forever
the insignia and the implements of
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