Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1878-02-09
THE GRAND COMPLIMENTA
RY BANQUET.

Hotel OH SATURDAY last, IL having Oeeu
postponed from Thursday inst, ON ac-
count of the severe inclemency of the
weather, The dinner was served at the
early hour of o'clock P. NJ, to allow
the country people, who participated,
sufficient time to return before dark.
The Banquet was gotten up as COM
p!iment to Col. n. because of his public
spirit in erecting, in his native town, q
hotel of sufficient accommodation for
the needs of visitors aud The travelling
public. such building has long been
desired by the business men of this CITY,
and several attempts were made in the
past to organize joint stock company
to erect building with necessary ac-
commodations, bat all efforts in this line
failed, and these failures induced Col.
n to undertake Az HIS OWN EXPENSE
the erection of the present elegant and
spacious structure, which will oomtorta-
bly, lodge 250 guests. 1t is built OH the
site of the hotel, formerly known as the
Stewart House. at the west side Of
the public square, near the courthouse,
and is four stories high, including
well finished basement. 1t contains so
double and single chambers, 3 parlors,
gentlemens sitting rooms, oapacious
dining room, capable of seating $50
guests, wide and roomy halls, with fire
escapes for each hallway, and the build
ing is surmounted with an observatory
from which delightful views of the rich
surrounding country can be obtained.
The parlors, sitting rooms and chambers
are elegantly and luxuriously furnished,
and all the appointments of the hotel
are complete, leaving nothing to be de-
sired. In the building and furnishing
Of this house Col. n. set wholesome
example which might be followed by
others to the benefit of communities. 1t
was constructed and furnished through
out by resident mechanics and trades
men, the money expended all remaining
at home, and thus the community has
been doubly benefited. Upon the COM
pletion of the hotel, preliminary steps
were at once taken TO testify in some
beGtting manner the communitys APP
probation of Col. Ms enterprise and
public spirit. The testimonial took the
form Of a complimentary banquet, which
came off with more than ordinary eciai.
Over five hundred of the citizens of
Berkeley, Jefferson aud Morgan coun-
ties participated with number of visit
ors from other States Hon. &. J. Faux
ner presided, assisted by the following
named gentlemen as vice-presiden,s -
Mai. l. Buck, of Morgan county; Hon.
w. II. Travers, of Jefferson; Judge ].
B. Hoge, Hon. J. II. Gettinger, J. p.
Stump, Esq, DR.. L. NJ. Seucindiver,
Geo. w. North, Decatur Hedges, Sam
uel Busey and Jacob Ropp, Esqs., E.
Boyd Faulkner, Chairman Committee
of Arrangements; VIM, 7. Stewart,
Treasurer.
The dinner served at the Grand Cen
trail was the most sumptuous feast ever
before partaken OF at any hostelry in
Berkeley county, and would have done
no discredit to the elegant hotels of
Baltimore. Fourteen courses comprised
the bill Of fare, and the cuisine was
pronounced by the visiting guests as
perfectly faultless.
After the cloth was removed, Hon.
c. J. Faulkner, as presiding officer, ap
propriately referred to Col. MAIDEN
bousch's public spirit, as evidenced in
the noble hotel structure under whose
roofs the people of the county had as
sembled, closing with an elegant refer
ence to the growing spirit OF enterprise
among the people of the town and
country.
The regular toasts were announced.
REGULAR ToAsTs
1. Our CoUNrRY.-The first year Of
its second Centennial finds US united,
free and hopeful people.
III. Our GovERNMENT-With the
subsistence of sectional strife, peace,
blessed peace has come with healing on
her wings.
Ill. The PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES.
". WEST V1KGlNIA.-The little
Mountain State, so called, but great in
the wealth of her Meneral and Agricul-
tural resources: sufficient to supply her
thirty-seven sisters
V. BERKELEY CoUNTY.-In honor
ing the energy of one of her truest
sons, she speaks this day for herself.
VI. Our NEIGHBoRrNG COUNTIES,
JEFFERSON AND MoKGAN, the noble sons
of both, who honor us with their pres
ence, know how to keep our sisters to
the front
VII. The Sous OF OUR SISTER
STATES who have made Berkeley coun-
ty their home. They are ever assured
of an Old Virginian welcome.
VIII. The BENCH AND BAR of the
Third Judicial district.
TX. MARrINsBURG.-She adds to
her growing public benefactions, to-day,
the Grand Hosiery, under whose spacl-
GUS roofs we gather around the ''yule"
log.
X. The MILITIA OF WEST VIRGINIA
AND HER NOBLE VOLUNTEER CoRPs.-
Where duty calls We shall be sure to
find them.
XII. WoMAN-Gop BLESS HER!
XII. Our GUESTS
XIII. Col. j. Q. A. NADENBoUscH
His public spirit, personal nerve and
business enterprise, have built up the
waste places of his native city-the
present gorgeous surroundings speaking
his Growing praise with trumpet tongues.