The daily gazette., 1882-08-31
REPRlNrED from YESTERDAY
THE rnNlNsuLAR Eprrohs.

Final Meeting Of the sixth Annual Session
Literary Entertainment and Compii-
mentary % Hop
Especial correspondence of the Gazette
OXFORD, Nd, August 30.-The final
meeting of the sixth annual session of the
Peninsula Press Association was held here
last night, and was followed by literary
entertainment by the members of The asso-
citation, and complimentary chop" given
in their honor by Mr.. Norris, the genial
proprietor of Eastford Hall. An excursion
was made in the morning to Easton where
the editors were taken In charge by Messrs.
Charles Il. Shanahan and j. Frank Turner,
members of the Easton bar, the latter being
also clerk of the Talbot County Court.
The Court House, over a hundred years
old, containing interesting records extend
ing back as far as 1913, was visited, as were
also the new jail, the market house, the
Opera House, the Odd Fellows and Masonic
Halls, and various other public buildings,
with which Easton is unusually well sup
piled. The party also made trip to Mr. j.
H. X. Shanahan's artificial ice factory where
the seemingly paradoxical feat Of making Ice
by steamis carried on by the ammonia process
with great success The extensive brick and
tile yards of Mr.. Joseph II. White and the
newly projected EastOn paper mill, where
heavy 6straw board " is manufactured at
the rate of five tons day under the manage
ment of Mr.. Robert X. Dixon, were both
entertaining features of the trip. The en-
terprise and liberal hospitality of the people
of Easton were highly appreciated by the
excursionists and especially were they laid
under obligation to Messrs. Shanahan and
Turner for the warmest kindness and court
sey extended to them. Owing to the
circumstances over which the association
had no control, not a single member of the
Easton press graced the occasion with his
presence. In the case of Mr.. Haddeway, of
the Ledger, it should be stated that impera-
tive official duties prevented his joining the
party, but the absence of Messrs Robson and
Council remains mistery.
Returning to Oxford the final business
meeting was held at 7.30 O'Clock p. m.
The death of Willard s. Pride, founder
of the DeldOdre Inquirer, Henry w.
Straughn Of the Cambridge Era, Samuel E.
Sullivan of the Chestertown Transcript and
B. Everett Smith of the Worcester County
Shield, all of which occurred during the past
year, was the subject of appropriate resolu-
tions, as WAS also the retirement of
Messrs. II. G.. Conrad, formerly of the
Morning Neios and G. p. johnson late
of the DAILY GAZETTE, and the hope was
expressed that both gentlemen would con-
tinue to manifest the same interest In the
association that has marked their connection
with 1t in the past. Resolutions of thanks
were rendered to the retiring officers, to the
host of Eastford Hall, to Messrs.
j. F. Turner, Charles E. Shanahan, Joseph
H. White and Robert B. Dixon, to the
Maryland Steamboat Company and to the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company, for the
many kind hospitalities extended to the
association. The meeting then adjourned to
meet at the call of the executive committee.
ha arafar afu fFnVn
ately followed was given before an audience
of about three hundred people from Oxford,
Easton and surrounding country. ii. G..
Conrad, Esq, read an interesting and valu-
able paper upon "The Press of Delaware"
giving in a brief and comprehensive
form the history of every paper published
in the State. "Some Familiar and Some
Unfamiliar Facts about Newspaper Edi-
tors" was an amusing sketch by c. G..
Woodall of the Chestertown Transcript.
j. B. Bell of the Wilmington GAZETTE,
read a paper on THE Pulpit and the
Press" and w. Scott Way of the
Middletown Transcript contributed a
comic experience of his youthful years
entitled "My Maiden Effort" Journalism,
its Possibilities and Responsibilities, was
an elaborate essay, by NJ. S. Mutchler, of
the Caroline Democrat The entertainment
closed with very fine reading
VI pdbhShC hbtle poch ny H. u.
Knowles of the Bredk,Cater Light. The
efforts of the editors were warmly received,
and each Of the participants was presented
handsome bouquet by President Roberts
on behalf OF the ladies of Eastford Hall.
The complimentary chop" which fol-
lowed furnished an excellent opportunity
for the editors to display their agility and
also to make the acquaintance of their fair
auditors who had been listening admir-
ingly to their able efforts, and it is needless
to add that the editors left not even FRAGILE
OF that opportunity unimproved.
Oxford is a delightful place. Bayard
Taylor aptly describes its quiet charm wher'
he says, at is always afternoon in Oxford
1t is neat and cosy little summer resort
with an abundance of beautiful surround
ings, and the association unanimously vote,
that it had never had, individually or col
lectively, better time. In fact tn
only interruption to the otherwise cor
tinuous absolute enjoyment of the entir
party during its visit was the III
fortunate penchdnt suddenly develope
by Vallandingham of Eoery Eyening fc
investigating the odor of the Jelly fist
otherwise known as the sea nettle. It
safe to say that he nose more about the iell
fish now than he did before.
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