The Portland daily press., 1881-08-11
running across the page diagonally was in

Wednesday Evening, Aug. 10, 's1,
rendered BY the
Brown Light Artillery,
| To Their Guests, the
| Governors Foot Guard,
| of Hartford, Conn.
The third page bore the menu as follows:
Boned Turkey Boiled Tongue
HOLSTERS Chicken.
Escalloped Oysters. Escalloped CLANS
Roast Turkey. Roast Chicken.
Ornamental Confectionery.
Ratifice Baskets. Ratikce Pyramids
Currant Jelly. Apple Jelly.
Pound. Citron. Currant. Lady.
Sponge. Kisses. Cocoa. Fruit
Tea Biscuit. Lady Fingers.
Ice Cream
| Millifruit. Vanilla Strawberry
Chocolate. Lemon sherbet
Watermelon. Pears. Grapes Apples.
| Almonds. Raisins
| Coffee. Tea.
The fourth page gave the committee of ar
rangements and reception committee, and the
fifth the full roster of the Brown Light Artil-
lery. To Henry F. Perry & Co., this admirable
piece of work should be credited.
| After due attention had been paid to Robins
sons collation. Chandler's Band opened the lit
erary exercises of the evening with the over
ture to Tampa, played in splendid style. The
| shading of this difficult selection was worthy
of high praise and it received as it deserved,
unstinted applause. In response to the decided
| encore the band repeated portion.
THE SPEECHES.
| After the music had ceased prayer was offer
| ed by Rev. Mr.. Gibbs of the Congress Square
church, after which Hon. J. Fl. Drummond
called the assembly to order as president of
the post-prandial exercises. Owing to the
confusion that necessarily follows banquet,
and the echo of the hall we were unable to
catch but a few words of the eloquent remarks
Mr.. Drummond. But he did say there is
good deal in the term of citizen soldier. The
civil war taught US the advantages of citi-
zen soldiery. In Maine the military spirit
had almost died out, but the war developed
it and he was glad to see another state can
show by their discipline and drill what citi-
zen soldiery can accomplish. He extended
hearty welcome to the soldiery of Connecticut
who had come here to pay us a visit, and who
had captured our city. Mr.. Drummond then
introduced Hon. Wilbur f. Lunt as toast
master.
Mr.. Lunt said. on taking the chair:
Citizens and Soldiers:-War has its dangers
and victories peace it's victories and dangers,
The martyred president is proof of the latter.
call upon one of the reserved corps from
Maine, the Hon. 7. B. Reed, to respond to the
toast, "The President of the United States"
MR. REEDS SPEECH.
1t is easy enough to speak to the toast you
have read. 1t is easier by far than at any time
since this country began. Hitherto when we
named the President of the United States we
we were divided into parties discordant and
discovered. Tonight on this theme all parties
are one, one in their sorrows and fears, one in
their hopes and bright authorizations. Men are
curiousy compounded. We all praise the
mind and always follow the heart. To see a
strong great man struggling to climb the steep
where flames proud temple shines afar stirs
the soul like the drum beat or the strains of
martial music. But the drum beat and the
strains OF martial music die away in ever widen
ing circles of empty air. Whoever challenges
the admiration only of mankind vanishes as
surely as the purple sunset steals away from
the shifting clouds. Whoever is by suffering
welded to human hearts hath a boupdless and
everlasting empire. Thousands have listened
to the rich and ornate eloquence of Garfield,
to whom in a few years his splendid presence
would have been only an unimportant memo
ry. OF the fifty millions of men, women and
chlluren VINO nave sat DeSlde that patient
couch, who have day by day watched the beat
OF that feverish pulse, not one will ever re-
member him except with softened heart and
tender hope. If he is to be spared to us he
will come back with power-struck down in
tears and sorrow he will be raised in joy and
hope. He will come back to us with no rival
among the living, with no peer except among
the dead And fifty millions of people good
and true hope and believe that he will bring
back from the inner gates of death somethi pg
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do for this nation what in the light of all fu-
ture history shall prove to be worthy of his
brave and struggling youth, his toilsome and
victorious manhood and of a benefcent and
honored old age.
Mr.. Lunt then said:
There is one state among all in this broad
country called the empire state; there is an
other, tenth of its SIZE where the intelligence
OF the people has made it known throughout
the world as the Gland of steady habits"
refer to the state of Connecticut and call upon
Ex-Governor Jewell.
GOV. JEWELS REMARKS.
Gov. Jewell said he had hoped that His Elk
cellency Gov. Bigelow would have been here
SO that we could have seen his elegant person
and listened to his eloquent voice; that ex-
Gov Andrews would have been present; that
he much regretted we should not hear the
rhetoric of Hubbard or Ingersoll, or the fiery,
patriotic eloquence of Hawley; but as they
were not here to charm with their brilliancy
we must be content with rushlight. Con-
necticut is one of the original States, and her
children are proud of her, as they have right
to be. She does not claim superior intelli-
gence or patriotism, but she does claim to
stand in the front rank and that she has done
q fair share in helping to place her country
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same Foot Guard was called out, and for more
than century since, the Guard has been cou-
nected with the Governors of the State, and
| therefore we would understand how he came
to be here tonight. He referred to the ago
MES of Valley Forge and how promptly Gov
Trumbull responded with supplies for the
| starving army, and now, said he and forever
Connecticut will promptly respond as then
with inexhaustible supplies for patriotic pur-
poses. He referred pleasantly to the specta Gle
| of soldiers from sister States marching shout
der to shoulder, sand hoped that as in the
present SO it would be in the future. He was
| glad to see both commands composed of young
men and urged them SO to bear the duties Of
| citizenship that the world would be all the
better for their having benin it.
The next toast, ''The State of Maine" was
responded to by Gov. Plaisted.
| GOV. PLAIsTED's REMARKS,
| Gov. Plaisted said he had no speech to make
tonight. He had only to say he had hoped to
meet Gov. Bigelow of Connecticut on this &C.
casion. He had met him once, the chief of
the Foot Guard, on a visit to his dominion,
only few weeks since, and that too without
| the aid of the Guard and the treatment he re-
ceived was such he had a strong desire TO
retaliate. He is not here, said the Governor.
but we have the Foot Guard, that splendid
body of the representative men of Connecticut
| My idea of Connecticut is derived from the re-
| giment commanded for two years; a superb
regiment, that never bad superior. Forward
we went over every obstruction. Whenever
hear of the State think of the 10th Connecti-
cut, the boys from the Gland of steady habits"
have seen them fight. 1 have seen them
| de- but never quail or shrink Connecticut
| has military spirit. This military body ex-
isting for over hundred years is a proof Of it
1t is patriotic spirit. The people that have
not military spirit are not patriotic people.
But 1 did not intend to make speech. I
trust you will have good time and be in
clined to come again.
| MAJOR PARSONS SPEECH.
In response to the toast to the Getty of
Hartford" Major Parsons responded in a
humorous speech, full of point, but which we
regret to say, from our position we could only
partially catch.
Mavor Senter ronliad for tba stC;tr, of Iort.