Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1869-02-24

A Happy Occasion
Speeches-Supper
and the Dance.

A Happy Occasion
Speeches-Supper
and the Dance.
The esas asd dasgASsss sf ths pseud cid
Ksyetsas State Asld tAsir nlath annual
festival saths Dsssis Hssse - lass svsoisg.
1t va plsssaat. hsspy Gashssiss. .scjsysd
by oil prsssat, and passsd Of without .
slngls issidess y mar ths harmony or slesd
the pleasures sf the rsunien-and such .
rsuoisn il wss, that oil vhs were present
will cherish Il smong the choicest memories
Of the winter Of 1862.
In spite Of The almost impassibls roads.
there wss large attendance from the eeua-
try, who were we'll repaid for their trouble.
From early in the evening until nine and
ten o'clock they csatinusd - arrive, and
- fast - they came 10. they we're lost IN
the different groups, assembled here sad
there, Throughout the parlors. setting
rooms, and elles ofthe hotel.
1t was one Of the gsysst entertainments
Of the ssases, and Tor social enjoyment has
net been surpassed By any Of the many
festivals Of the winter. The pssaliaritiss
Of the Psnnsylvsaians fsr the snjeymsnt
ef themselves. and for making every enc
around them happy il veil hasws. snd was
happily illustrated. Fssm the coansacs>
nest ts The Terminates eo-ths dance, snjsy.
nest Ssigssd supreme.
Al The sppoiatsd sias the company
Termed in grand pressssisa. and. preceded
by the smcsrs Of the sseisty, sntsssd the
spssisss dining rooo. Here tbs Dssses
hed spread bic tablss with bscs0ise M.
aileeses-the msssrials fes feast, asd In
due time the company did anpls justice y
The tempting visnds.
Seated st eas table. we're ths edleers Of
The sssissy. Col. J. b. Bsrryhiil. the
retiring president; j.: D. Campbell.
president elect, Rev. Henry Wallace, The
ether sAaesss Of the sseisty, committees,
aad their ,adies. Afsse ssas sxesllsns
assie b Eskset's Bad. OoL Bsssyhill
asses end delivered bic valsdistssy, which
ssasissed 81 30 o6 hssd 0psseh II be
hsDpiselseyls. Protecting Bic ssoasks With
ssos clever ssssdslss, hs prssssdsd 70 give
Incidents fton the Colonial records Of The
STATE, and ssos from history never writ>
w., yst oil the msrs iassrsssing, - they
we're repealed ffea the osassy Of enc whs
had ehsrishsd them we'll. He paid hap.
py tribute 70 their native State. its wealth
pssitisn, ,,ipAasnes and Importance in the
grand old Unies. Nor we're her cess and
daughters fsrgettsn. In closing b intse-
dussd the President elect, NJ. J. D. Camp
bell, whs delivered bis inaugural 70 very
attentive listeners.
He ssamsnesd With . few cesgrasulas
tssy rsnasks. 10 rsfsrsocs - the pleasures
sf The ssuniss, and its isAusnes upsa
oil who tsek an .sctivs part il il. They
we're sssasiess Of real pleasure, and ratiss.
81 enjoyment 10 ito tsusst sense, and be
hsped that the soss and davghtsrs
sf ths cid Keystone stats would
80 that they wsss sentisusd. They hsss
something in then more than mere lssti~
vals, and have . COED neral effect. the
tendency Of which 10 ts awaken The mere
generous inpalsss Of nature and dsvslsp
. trusr. better ssatiasst smosg them -
citizsns-as men and women. Such gath
eringa recall them to . csstsmplatisa u
The proud old State frsm which they came.
and gave them visions Of the hsmss sftbsir
childhood, the cares and duties Of life ere
laid aside, with their sxpssisaes,
are forgotten. and again they seemed to
watch the shadows creep over their youth :
ful play grounds, - the sutumn sun) sank
behind the mountains Of their old homo.
Il was . pleasant picture: and later, -
childhood gave place to yeuth they resnsd
in fancy over many pleasant scene. Ssch
we're the memories the speaker revived
called up BY the familiar faces around him.
Ii was sueh memories that made them
kindrsd-that whatever their past OF fu-
turs intercourse with sach other had been
Or may bs, there it Was msss they should
hsarken to the sweet strains that spring
from msmsry's harp, and bs the Warn
hearted, genial, social beings, that Gsd had
intended, and nature fitted them 70 b..
sssh wsrs the words sf happy import si
The inausur.l, which we're fsllswsd by
ethsrs 10 reference to Ne waiting fsast,
whom the speaker elsssd By iatrsdssing
Rev. Henry Wallace, who delivered he
following annual address:
AHuuAL ApDa11e.
NJ. RssSdaS, Lsdi~ ssI Gsstisnsn:
II were sst . Pssnsylvasias sheald bss
yss net 70 Asll Ne strictly responsible fss ~
| In The prsssaee Of this audisnes, gssksrsd from
| oil pafss Of the fssher land. On IN eccasiea
which ealls up all tie endearinG asseeiseiehs ol
The pae0, . tree Penney lvaniaa ceuh eeasee
svcid = little sssssvagsnee sf speech: Itsks
sylvssiens saa a1srd 70 veil the whsls tsutA
and have he wAsls trssh ssld sbsut them; asi
The eens 10 tsus Of Ne sssle foees from Which
] ~ spresg. IL speaking Of Hennsylvaaiaas.
l olatD - eAoS Aey ~ Ne 1oeooe1o oI Oil ~
vistueo. Ger thas eef nasive Slase h . pesalise
uss % eauis thas The u whas he lnfiA 1ansi
q hes SOundfioo mieae ouGReot-o poodenoni
-. reaaeylveaie . ~ ~ eastA, e1seoly; bul
hse sosthliGeee 10 shat which re3sasee wiea ~
ssswy, alnsss ssAsrisl "light s1ks, = wisA dsli
siese 6ueass lresA fssa t6e elA Gplng hsuse
ham ed egg, bsst stsak aa1 pudline, 6euel
j nuto, s11ei I'd apolee, ere Gpro6l epoa 0Ae bee
Ditable bsasd, covered with lnea efspetlees %
fisy. cad surrounded by fair ws0ea cad besvs
nsa. he Psnssylvseasa asas ass run Ill I,
braias, like the Ysakse; nsr - hssle. like ~
Freneknaa ~ - wsistssaA, like Jehs Bull
u pesfsrs. hsvvsr. the geooreuo sDpntuds D
nark Anthony y the lssa ed Aunefy leek .
Cassius.
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ists his poekss witAsut esontiDe Il, nss dees -
feFgst t1et theso esoe e1sA tAiaeo . eeveo, eieh
ooi nioo ceoto; oee eAaa Ne ~ 0hohieDod cop
per 10 she cein Il the fsala. And II osas III
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