Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1872-03-14
REGULAR TOASTS.

10 ny Ool. DehoJ,
who made o brief speech, appr0-
! pirate to the occasion, rendering
IL most cordial welcome on be-
halt Of our citizens to their guests
from abroad, interspered with
pleasant, humorous alinsious to
| pcrso 3 present who he recog-
ni2e !. lie said the great men Of
the aye were the railroad II
To those men who came to aid
in opening up to Us this new
avenue Of trade and commerce,
Evansville gave a most hearty
welcome. She hung her banners
Oh the outer walls, and, with L
slight paraphrase OF Shakespeare,
he would say, abiding to Mayor
McDeth who sat to his right, Lay
nn MtBeth, and id be he who
first cries hold-enough!" in re
gard to the effort to build the
Lake Erie, Evansville and South
western Railroad. His remarks
were received with warm ap-
plau5e and much laughter.
2nd. The Ohio Delegation; Indiana
I grecEs the Representatives of her sister
state, whose enterprise and perseEer-
ance have made the Interests ofthe Buck
eye and Locsier States Identical"
Responded to by Judge W. j.
GILMORE, CT Eaton, Ohio, in an
earnest and sensible speech, in
which he spoke of the import
ance Of the enterprise. and eX-
pressed the great qualification OF
himself and his associates at the
hearty reception they had receiF-
ed, aud the renewed ass france
that the great work that would
bind together tue lakes and the
gulf would be certainly and speed
lily executed. 1.-The day was not
far distant when the beauX Of
Bellefontaine could come to
Evansville and play a game OF
croqnet With u young ladies' in
the morning, and the ladies
conlI play the return game a:
Bellefontaine in the afternoon.-
He paid a glowing eulngy to
Judge Haines, OF Eaton, one OF
the earliest and warmest advo-
Gates of the roai, who, though
Frustrated a few days ago by par
alysis, had beeu carried 10 the
cars and brought to this city,to
give moral aid to the enterprise.
lie closed in a" humorous strain,
with some personal illusions to
the Ohio delegation, and present
ed Sam. Bowersock, ofSt. Marys,
as a sample brick. His speech
made Il fine impression.
81. Toast, .'The Indiana Delegation
Jealous, energetic men, not to be dis
tanced by their cousions of Ohio i'll the
great work of internal improvement"
Responded to by w. Holmes,
editor of the Seymour Sun, who
ma e very sensible and timely
speech, describing the chararteI
Of the people that would become
next door neIghbors TO Evans
vi:lebyIheo opening fthis railroad
and ulInding to the vast fields Of
wealth 1t would open up. He a
luded to the o~vertures that ia,'
been made to Louisville, and he
ungalIant rebuff. They had then
Turned to Evansville, and found d
most noble response. He was
warmly congratulated upon the
happy manner in which he haG
responded 10 the toast.
4th. The Lake Erie, E fansyiile ara
Southwestern Railroad; The great Or
ougiifare from the lakes to The g;.LI
which is to be the grandest link con,
Meeting L Northern civilization"
Responded to by II. ID. Faux,
ner, E-q., Of New York City
lie Thought that such energy as
lie had Witnessed in the lies
needed no aid from New York
Or elsewhere, o build this road
He reviewed the history Of the
present century, and coutrastet
The various methods Of transir
and travel. The first railroad
lad been built within the mem.
cry of the youngest man lii the
room, and now we had sixty
thousand miles il running order
The developments of the future
would be in like ratio with TIE
past. The proposed road was :
pant of the great Straight Line
Road between Buffalo q Shreve
port, the initial terminus of the
Southern Pacific Railroad, which
had become Il commercial neces
sity, and which he predicted
would be built within the mex
three years. Colonel Ihom-
as Scott, the great railroad prodi-
9y, had taken the matter in ham,
and Was master CT the situation.
From the report he should be
able to make to those he repre-,
scented, on his return home, he
was certain that there would not
be the slightest trouble in rails
ing all the money needed. He
felt sure the road would be com.
pi4tcd within eighteen. months,
lis speech was the ablest of the
evening, and received round a.
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