The Portland daily press., 1883-03-20
SONS OF ROCKY MAINE.
The Third Annual Banquet OF the Chica
go Society.

The Chicago Herald says the third annual
meeting and banquet of the Society Of the Sons
OF the State of Maine In Illinois was held at the
Palmer House, Chicago, Thursday evening.
Nearly 200 guests sat down to the banquet
table at O'Clock. Rather more than half the
guests were ladies. There was music by band
while the guests were eating, and aftsrward
between the speeches, the Chickering Quartet
sang.
The following officers were elected for the
ensuing year: Calvin Lee Brown. President;
George M. How, First Vice President A. A..
Libby, Second Vice President; Erastus Foote,
Third Vice President; Newton Goodwin, Sec
retary; VIM. Sprague, Treasurer; Geo. Payson,
j. b. Hobbs, G. NJ Morse, B. v. Page, VIM.
e. Frost, }. B. Smith, Jr., and Henry A. Her
sey. directors.
The new President opened the after-dinner
exercises by short speech, whose burden was
the Importance of more recreation to the busy
lives Of the sons of Maine.
Mr.. Morse delivered an eulogy upon VIM.
M. Arnold, member of the association, who
died since, the last meeting, and Col. SWEET
performed thss.ise service for George Her
bert.
Melville W. Fuller delivered the -af1pns,I -sd-
dress, which was largely historical, and the
orators tongue tripped lovingly in and around
the names which stretch away across the State
Of Maine. 1t appeared that the provinces Of
Maine had been called by many names, traces
OF all which are still found in the names of
cities and rivers of THAT State. The difficult
process of obtaining separation from the prov
ince of Massachusetts was told, and the first
governors and prominent lawyers and states
men OF the province were mentioned. The
State was admitted into the!Union Just 6S years
ago, and Mr.. Fuller found that the event was
heralded by strange portents, and that It was a
year Oh remarkable men in the United States
Government. Compliments were paid to many
eminent men from Maine, dead and living,
and among the latter Judge Drummopd of the
United States Court received special notice.
Annie Louise Cary, Harriet Prescott Spofford
and other ladies who have become notable by
their genius were mentioned to show that the
daughters as well az the sons of Maine were to
be honored.
Col. Leonard Swett's speech, which followed
was pastoral, and recalled the scenes of the
speakers childhood, when he was q tan-faced
boy, stubbing his toes against the rocks of his
fathers farm.
Emery A. Storrs, who, as the President said
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spoke for the people who still live in the state.
He said that they were, first, eminently pious
in general, and seemed pious specifically and
IN detail. There was sort Of melancholy
about their literature, especially their post
mortem literature, which, in time, man
came to like. The remainder of Mr..
Storrs' speech consisted of stories illustratine
the melancholy piety Of Maine people. This
was the last speechiof the evening, and at its
close many OF the guests went to the dancing
hall, where, with that form of celebration. the
| anniversary was observed.
The following gentlemen were present, near
~ all OF them accompanied by wives, daugh-
8; 4; Stevens. Y: 7. Persons, j.. s. Stevens, d.
u: Tolman, G. M. Morse, j. s. Brewer. O. H.
Milliken, G. A. Springer, f. Il. johnson. ]. A.
Colby, ID. X. Hill, j. l.. Hathaway, Charles
Fellows, Geo. ID. Baldwin, Edwin Lee Brown.
Chas. l.. Ames, j. B. Hobbs j. j. P. Odell, e.
B. Stevens, Geo. 81 Phlbrick, Erastns Foote.
w W d. SWEET, II. r. Payson, Henry W. Fuller,
Woodcock, Stephen B. Thurston, T. Allen
French, w. H. Rice, E. P. Rice, e. e. Snow.
Jos. e. Tucker, VIM II. Chadwick, Geo Dun.
lap, Newton Goodwin, Geo. NJ. Sargent, VIM.
Sprague, I. FL. Smith, r. W. Pike, Leonard
SWEET, ID. 7. Shedd, A. 81. Frost, D. Starrett,
Z. G. Stevens, ID. V. Purington, J. Hodgkins,
F. G. Tilton, Francis B. Little,lH W. Rice, r.
L. Herrick, +. Fl. Cobb, @. p. Felcb. q. n.
Stinchfeld, S. A. Hitchcock, e. B. Knox, ].
N. Dole, f. Hayes, @. K. Nichols, L. P. Has
kell, DR.. A. K. Small, +. w. Springer G, A.
Iinkham, DIR. L. III. Watson, @. P, Ransome
a. d. Hayward, Q. Greedy, Rodney Welch, O.
= Layford, +: w. Rice, Abner Taylor, Amos
r.. smith, ID; =. Lally, P. L. Hanscome. Jos
Cummings, Emery Storrs (comp.), John N
Jewett, q. e. Bennett, M. w. Fuller, f. G.
Springer, e. w. Bangs, K. f. Brown, james
| M. Hill and VIM. Deering.