, 1880-05-21

l,ccn tho growth mil development Of this
c0.tntry, TINT the past Antt tho present touched
cSn cHf tSr %r. so o G'iSy n er H' reeolecto te
yet, carried thu beard # tnat,'ooI, ever,
tllcir ln,lsn'or'es reached hack 70 tile tiinc
wrn tns ,s, ely WIS ynfr s i asts w''e fSo f
Judge said ho, referred tn this for tho ptsr-
posSof showing low rapidly tnls country
h9t! ,!eve!9pcd. md wl,y It. was TINT, IN tfe
centre, u wv p,ssthie . bring tSaetl,er up;Gn
simple invltatlntt 81 many Of tho pen who
Ind 1aitt fts Foundation.
Tho speaker then. referred to tho number
the year1,ne', wio were Invited to Io !,rss.
cnt Mt The Inst reunion. S0nle 1f these in.
sltations. had been accepted. Sixteen l'ad
1,ass%l from llfs. lis ~. litl rot pnfEnso to to
wo!tld simply remark TINT o5r community
society had suffered n loss civilization Ind
been lna.!o poorer tho business q the cn,sil,
thesu men. Meyer was n city 20 ric! IN Ifs old
ilowcr landed its lttllo band OF emil
grants upon tho sl,orcs OF Now
aItI useful men hren drawn together rs were
drawn here In tho eArty tl1ys-betweGn the
years ot lslo a,,a 1870. tApplause.] The
,loMles of those pioneers have bGcoma part
brought lis re,narks to Il elnse BY repeating
md enpl,aslzlng tho curtlinlity of ttle invita-
tlon Of tho Calumet Club 10 nil present, mud
lc hoped that at many reunions IN the future
t1ny would he seen rs hnie and rs Hearty rs
he saw them Tonight, (App)ausc.]
THE DEAD OF THE YEAR
At tho conclusion Of hts speech JudRo
BlodGett, Mt tlle request Of number Of those
present, rend tho roll 0f members who !lad
eparts this lte slnee the last r 1effSpt,%' ,Spp
Of eacEi nnf,lc. Tle following Is the list,
wifi! residence md date Of DEATH: ,o-o.
!!ibbard Porter, Chtcngo, May 50, 1872; Ira
s atoIf b. Ttis in.f:Sass Gessso WI y "e T. s as2 Es &
SmItS. -, J!!ly Is, is;o; Oliver 9. Groeker,
llinghamtoia, y. T., July 81. 1850; WiilEam
T. Larrfa9cs Gescya' gey III SSnW Iv !sc
sngo, Dec. 70, 1870; George II. IllI,,'tt{oon,
Chicago, Deg: 70, ls;o; Mahl9n y. oE,len, Elm !n
M"re Mas! ta' 81 its; "a II; hamer ns% y, ':d
Che Geneva l.alke, Wis., May; IS, 1Sso.
| The auartet, then rendered "The Old
! Onkun BMcketn alld several other selections,
after whisl, there wcro
LOUD CALLS FoH MARX nEAUnIEN,
tho old tavcrnlsceper ,and fitttlle The oil!
man came forwnrtl smiling, asl!l was greeted
will, appiause hy Ills old assoclntes. lie was
formally intrnd!,ccd by Gell. Stager. who
said TINT he hatt ieen requested to play On
violin:: Tie Old instrument, which ilad fur
| nisl,cd danclng music for lnnny, OF the
KHGsts forty ycnrs ngo, was Drought
III by Mr.. Marcus Stcarlis It WIS woi.'a!
Wifi string and patc!!etl in many pIaees, ant!
Its appearance was tho s1gnnl for burst Ut
applause from thoso Of the guests WHO reGog'
! rized it. htark WIS then mounted on tnh!e,
md he snEtl liz Ind been In pusStAs0ll Ut tho
fittlle for fifty-f0nr years, ut tlle aa1nc TING
| stNtinE that hu would "plny mn 1n5un tune. "
liz spent considerable time In tuning up, md
received. LII response to calls for "Alol,io
Mdsk," lie struck up that tiine.slonorcd MIR,
| keeping time will, his foot OH tho table. At
| this 1otnt tho excitement all!nnE the "1ld
timers" ran HIGH. and "Jimt,lio l.nne," WHO
llas passed his Sotll year, executed MI old
tling reel, much to the amusement OF the
| audience.
A[r. Heaub1en was then assisted to tho floor,
nntl Mr.. Stparlis said that tho lAllccrs tnust
my tho fiddler. Accordingly llc started out
with II cheek for S., sent from ST. Louis BY
Alr. lsanc Cook, and soon collected upwards
Of 500 for oaa Marks benefit
Gen. Singer Informed the guests that
SUPPER WAS 1sEADY
In the upper rooms, and the guests scattered
through tho hnuse. Tho cartl-rooms were
soon filled, and whist, euchre, and old slcdgt
nccupicd tho Intention OF thu ancient visitors
Three large tables were lnisl In tho upper
rooms, md wcra tlstofully decorated Will
floral plrces, tho most prominent being Ntl in
Later In tho evening the old gentlemen or,
EnnizeN Il '.cotlll0n" ln tho parlors,, mt
danced to the music Of Bcaubion's fiddlt
until Il late hour.