Morning journal and courier., 1883-04-03
Complimentary supper
To An Efficient and Popular SteambOa
 H.fma nmrFaI

To Am Efficient and Popular Steamboat
 Lime Omcta1.
 Last evening complimentary supper WAS given at Cowell's restaurant parlors to MT.
 Wallace B. Miller, late superintendent of the
 Starin line of steamboats in this city, who
 leaves on Thursday to take similar position
 at Shsboygan, Mich. About 50 gentlemen
 were present and many prominent business
 firms of the city were represented At the
 right of Mir. Miller, conspicuously posted on
 the wall, hung handsomely framed drawing
 skiIlfully executed by Capt. Loomis, of the
 Light Guard. It had been presented with
 due solemnity to Mir. Miller in the morRing
 at the same time that various tokens of re.
 gard were presented to him by the employ
 es of the Starin Transportation company in
 evidence of their esteem for him and regret
 at parting with him. The gifts then made were fine pair of marine glasses and 8 handsome travelling bag. The sketch by Capt Loemis presented two views. The first represented Starin's dock, full of life and hustle, steamers and barges at the slips, and many men busily at work handling quantities of freight. MT. Miller was represented in the scene apparently full of contentment and 1 taking life easily. At one side was hitched | his horse and carriage, in the vehicle l being curled up MT. Hemingway's Scotch ] terrier "Pete,'' waiting for his I adopted master to drive up town. The other side of the picture represented sheboygan, Mich, where MT. Miller proposes to locate. I The artist had drawn dreary picture, mak- l ing the locality look as disagreeable as possi- ! ble Instead of signs of prosperity all was desolation; in place of the big steamboat was | 8 little canal boat and the superintendent l looked decidedly lonely.
 At the morning meeting addresses express ! ing the kindliest of feelings for MT. Miller l with hopes for his future success and regrets at losing him were made by J. H. Stevens, | dock foreman, and L. F. Bradley, railroad | record clerk, in behalf of the employees MT.
 Miller neatly responded, thanking his clerk f for their expression of good will.
 Last evenings supper was in the best style of MT. Cowell's establishment and gave the | utmost satisfaction. Course after course of | good things were disposed of interspersed 1 with sundry and divers mirth provoking ! quips and jests. At suitable point Mir. Frank C. Bushnell, of J. D. Dewen & Co.,, T
 chairman of the occasion, introduced the af- ter exercises and called upon MT. Lewis D. | Ch1dsey, the grocer on Church street, for | few words explanatory of the object of the I gathering. This MT. Chidsey did in very happy manner and following MT James 4. ! Howarth. of Sperry & Barnes, in very neat | address presented Mir. Miller in behalf of the 1 assembled company fine gold chain and | locket as parting testimonial of regard MT Howarth introduced several very neat hits, specially fitting the occasion and cere mony Mr. Miller replied wittily with an ] undercurrent of feeling in his remarks, which spoke of regret at parting with so many pleasant friends and associations to enter upon distant field of labor, and of deep ap- preciation of these tokens of friendship. He humorously alluded to the scenes Capt. Loom is had so graphically depicted and conclud-
 ed with heartfelt parting words. Following speeches were made by the honorable gentle. man from the Second, R. w. Armstrong, F. A. Newton of Burgess & Newten, Geo. Ives of Ives & Son, North Haven, MT. Brad l ley of Hemingway & Bradley, Capt. Loomis, Quartermaster Redfeld and others. The assembly broke up at about Il o'clock all thoroughly pleased. and parting handshaking with Mir. Miller followed and the expression of best wishes for his success in his new and larger field into which MT. Miller enters with the best wishes of our mercantile and busi- ness community.