The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-03-24
The Superyi.ors Banquet


Board of Supervisors 1t occurred to some o
our leading citizens that II would be grace
ful and altogether proper ming to do i''
Ottawa to inylts the Supervisors 10 ioT'na
banquet by way OF showing the high appTeic
ton of our citizens Of their Labor IN ina
behalf. The suggestion took "!ikc wilddre,'
and In few hours it was arranged 10 have
The banquet at the Clifton on Thursday even
ing, TO be attended by the Supervisors ana af
many of our leading citizens rs the capacity
of the Clifton dining room would admit o'.
The Supervisors and invited citizens ~erC
promptly on hand NJ the appolatcd hour
% o'clock-shen they sat down 20 neat
reflection spread for tho occasion. Having
succeeded hcrocaly In mastering the mystc-
ries OF the French bill Of fare laid before
them, by way of prologue, and ''tho cloth
being rcnovod" and champagne, Cigarres"
introduced, the real business OF the evening
vas opened by Toast.mastcr Samuel Richol-
son, Esq, who called upon Mayor Alien for
The address Of Welcome
Tho Mayor responded briefly. II gave him
much pleasure 10 welcome the supervisors To
this banquet They had done noble work.
The now court house was an honor 10 :hc
county and an ornament to the city. Our
people felt grateful TO and heartily thanked
The Supervisors for H.
The second number on the programme was
The response Of Hon. John Miller, President
Of the Board of Supervisors. Il WAS equally
brief and to the point He said the Supervi.
.ors appreciated this compliment. They had
tried 10 do their duty, and their only failure,
80 far rs he could SEE, was that in Tie man.
agcment OF the new court house job they
hadn'tlearned how To steal.
Supervisor Bcllinghauseu vas called upon
next TO respond to the toast .'Ihr Occasion. ,
The oceasiou he UNDERSTOOD 10 be one Of OK.
PRESSING thanks 10 the Supervisors for their
manner of dlschafging certain duty. I, WIS
4 commitment they had tried ,n deserve
and the, accented If II. n reward for their
labor.
Henry N.vo. E.,.. rc,pondrd to the toast,
"Tbo Building Committee the Architect
Contractors and snaerlnlendcnt,' paving a
eIowin, trjbu,e To the ability and fidelity
bv which all had been guided and governed
N the performance Of their allotted tasks
Iustjcc Dlckcy responded to the tosst "The
bench" When be first entered the legal
profession. he said. he had REGARDED the a.
tolpment of a seat upon the bench AS the
he,yh, of human felicity. Hls experience,
however, had not realized that ideal. The
barde.t worked Of all the peoples servants
,rerc the iudPrs They deserved stately and
c,mfortahle quarters. and he congratulated
IA sale county an the erection Of so noble a
,.r,nle Of iu,,icc.
"0y- STAT" va. the ,,s., assigned 10 J. II.
rys.'s f.r re.-,B.e. and though the youpy,.t
r,z,e- IL, ,h.. roam, i..re.ch "a, the most
s-..s..- aud ,-s-sf,.l r..rfor,usrc. a. tt... eve.
rr-r
~ ~. 20 told vts,h- tuea about
~ "a IT, Nth a. Sf. address va that
80. .--ss-.-, r tn tswu.. IN make II. yo.
go. lsrk tr.ed Arc honorable. Though
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f--I s-i~'s'a itr PROCESSION. IL pursuit would
sea- =, ttr.- mora. perceptions aud make
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= b - f'4A - 'rIf eoLeoiL- u! we Itirhds
~ .g.-4s q or younger lswyef-
n Il C.,oD rr.,.,rsed In the toast
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VI 't'''e's' ~ some P'e''Sn' ''"'''
E..eerres 81 he E's' OF the four court houses
a rsii- county has had. He believed there
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Geea 70 'ha' Du'idlng' ne pa'o niRh 'h'
hu,e 10 The present building and was aston.
,.b.6 ,ba, !, had beep erected 81, such "A mo.
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ls'4'' cost iue 'houe'n c'"'o' "o""' Il"
such cases seemed 80 have been totally ne
elected
on t,,s,oba,d r.o rosno,,.d a,,1r and
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gracefully 10 the 'oa''' our county, paying
high tribute to the sturdy character OF the
aid settlers. who had laid the foundations Of
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