The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-03-08


shonld be better occupied than by my poor
sketching of of such brute-al subject.
1 would suggest in closing that the society
might deposit my offering in the Natural
History Rooms, during such times as not re-
/ qnired for its own use.
/ Very respectfully and truly yours,
i FRANK L. BARTLETT
4 Mr.. Emery then continued
Seme years ago our friends In Oxford county
had similar entertainment and Gov. Wash
purn who we regret is unable to be with us to-
night, delivered poem full OF wit and wis
dom, and he accounted for the reason why
We were called Oxford bears because in 1887
Gov. Kent claimed to have been elected COVER
nor and the Eastern Argus said f.wait till the
Oxford bears are heard FROM"
am pleased to see a gentleman present
among us whose public life was commenced in
oxford county, who served there we'll as both
preacher and teacher, then came to Portland
where he gave equal satisfaction, and has
again come back to MS. call upon Rev. DIR,
A. x. p. Small to offer prayer.
Rev. Dr. Small then addressed the throne
of grace.
The party then spent the ensuing two hours
in discussing the dinner. Mr. Holland again
showed that no pains had been spared to make
this repast worthy of the best hotels in the
metropolis, while the chef de cuisine could
well be proud of his efforts, The service ur.
der Mr. RrsselPs direction was all that could
be desired
A very neat menu was laid at each plate
bearing on one of the covers the inscription:
Second Annual Re. Union
of the
Sons and Daughters
Oxford County,
Resident in Portland and Vicinity.
at Falmouth Hote
Wednesday evening, March 7th. 1888
County Organized 1905.
In the centre of the Inscription was the pict
ure Of large boar. On the other cover was
the coat Of arms Of Maine. The following was
the menu
Oysters on She'll
PoTAGE
Torue Verte
Hors d'euvre
Olives. Celery. Pickles
Petits Bouchees la Refine.
Poisson.
Filet de Sole an Vim Blanc.
RELIEVES.
Filet de Beuf a la Oxford.
Coteiette dAgneau la Milanaise.
ENTREES.
Croquette d'Voiaille la Creme
Escalope Veal-Sauee Senate.
ESTREMETs.
Harcots. Pois Pommcs Duchesse
oMELETTE Az RHUM. PUNCH CARDINAL
RoTIs.
sirloin de Beuf au Jus.
Turkey-Cranberry Sauce.
SALADS.
Chicken. Lobster.
ENFREArETs sUcREEs.
Petits Fours Assorts. Vine Jelly.
PIECES MoNTEs.
Boned Turke6 au Bellevue
Jambon Glacee la Falmouth.
Langue de B9uf Hisloree
Buisson de Homard Ia Renaissance.
Oranges. Apples. Grapes
Nuts. Rasins
Cafe Tea.
After the menu had been gone through |
with, the president called the clears to order
and they listened to a song from male quar-
tette consisting of Messrs. Colby, Bowdoin,
Stetson and Shaw. President Emery then spoke
word of congratulation for the interest man.
ifested in the occasion, and expressed hope
that this would not be the last reunion. The
late hour prevented his speaking further, but
in closing he said that at the last meeting we |
were shut out from hearing reply to the |
toast "The Merchants of Portland" Mr..
Spring, who first was intended to reply, was |
absent, but the chair had found a most worthy |
substitute and introduced the Hon. George |
Walker, ex-mayor of Portland. He said:
Ex-MAyoR WALKERS ADDRESS.
Mr President:
| do not know whether 1 am an Oxford |
Bear or not, nor do know what kind of q /
Bear am. / was born in Massach usetts, went |
to Oxford county when quite young and lived |
fast some years ago wrote a history of Maine
In that history he devotes chapter to the
wild animals Of Maine He saws there are
three kinds OF bears in Maine-"The bear it
self, the loupcervier, and the raccoon." /
think from my antecedents can easily fall in
to one one Oh the other of these divisions + |
hone. Mr., President, before we meet again YOU |
will instruct youf committee on designs to fur
niSh appropriate badges for each ass of bears, /
so that the whole family may be represented /
here.
But am to speak of the merchants that
were born and reared in Oxford comfy l be-
lsve the intellect and character of a man is
determined somewhat by the physical sur
,, undings to which he has been born and bred
You meet man who has always lived in the
Great West among the great mountains, the
great rivers, the great prairies, and great lakes
of that country, and he has the most expensive
ideas. He never has scheme in his mind
of less magnitude than TO turn the Mississippi
from its bed or to tunpel the Rocky Noun
tains. Go down into Connecticut, with its lit
tie hills little streams. or little ravines, aud
the people there are making buttons shoe
strings aud wooden nutmegs. Go up into
Massachusetts and her people are engaged in
moro expansive pursuits to correspond with
their surroundings; they make farming TOOLS
shoes and steam engines.
1t. is said that the people of Birmingham,
England, are tue most musical people on the
face of the earth. They all turn out to the
concert and musical festivities Summer and |
winter, day and night, at bed and board, they |
live in most unearthly din of noise. Furnace
and forge roar, anvil and hammers are ringing,
iron plates are clatering, steam is kissing, en-
gines snorting and wheels buzzing. Every
person is an amateur musician; he feels an ir-
ress Id impulse to give measure and melody
to sound that is present to him; Just as the
canary bird starts his music at the whistle of |
the boy, or the screech of the knife grinders
wheel.
Pursuing then, these anaogies what do we
owe our common mother, Oxford? What in
huences has she exerted upon US, silent though
they be, yet potent in the plastic hand of ma
ture. There is vigor in her mountain air,
there is strength and stability in her abrupt
hills; there is versatility in her winding
stream; energy in her ieaping water falls, and
her foaming cascades, her clear lakes mirror
in trnthfulness forever their shores, the sky
aud the stars, and in the near background, in
full view, grandeur is portrayed in Kearsarge
among the clouds and Mount Washington
with his summit glittering in the summer sun
with the unwasted snow of winter.
What wonder that these qualities should |
stamp themselves upon the maturing mind of /
childhood and youth reared among them, and
reappear in character? We wonder not that |
Oxford should have sent out merchants with |
the indomitable energy of John B. Brown and |
the quiet sagacity of ST. John Smith. To these
/ might add Plentiss aud Hersey Of a neighbor-
ing city, and G. O. Washburn of Wisconsin,
all of whom have now rounded out in death
successful business life, aud left their posterity
princely fortune. To them we might add the |
names of many living merchants now in active
pursuit OF business 10 whom the ledger bal
ance, the account Of stock, the style of goods
bills receivable, bills payable, the bank account
and the maturing note are matters of serious
concern, and whose mercantile life is perhaps
beyond the reach of the alterations of |
failure and success. Foremost among the |
living recall the name of Samuel E. Spring, |
the Twitchels, the Chapmsns, and |
Bolster and a host of others L might |
name were / not reminded that present |
company shond always be excepted. With |
pride we point to the name of VIM. d. WASH
burn, of worldwide fame, whose enter
prise provides for our daily wants, and TO
whom we may justly address the invocation,
give us this day our daily bread. The mer- /
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