The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1884-08-14
'RTLAND, THURSDAY MORNING. AUGUST Ia 1884,

repast was served up, members of the Ladies'
Relief Corps serving efficiently as walters. The
galleries were filed by ladies. The Maple
wood and Bangor bands furnished music from
the balcony.
AT o'clock, Mr.. Blaine entered the hall in
company with Senator HamliD, amidst thur
ders of applause and cheers. The banquet
over, Col. Hamlin announced the toasts, which
were responded to IS follows:
sour Honored Guests Responded to by Secre-
tary S. G. Small.
'our Country -Responded to by Hon. james G.
Blaine
'.The Grand Army of the Republic" Responded
70 70 Dy department Commander John ID. Billings Oh
Massachusetts.
=, "The State of Maine''-Responded to by Col.
George III. Patch
'Chs rles Russell Lowell Post No. z of Boston,
Responded to by George s. Evans.
All the responses were brief. When Mr..
Blaine arose to respond the cheers aud APP
plause were deafening and long continued.
When quiet was restored he said:
MIR. Blaine's Remarks
Mr.. Blaine said that considering the fact that our
country was about g. 500 900 of square miles in ex-
tory to respond to and he would contine himself to
the portion we are most nearly connected WITH
New England. de did not know that there was in
the history of the world an emigration and settle
ment of such sturdy stock as that from which the
people of Massachusetts, descended. The pilgrim
fathers have now 100000 OF descendants who
are among the very best of our citizens and that
Stock had lost nothing in transplantiDg to Maine.
We have been in the habit of saying that this stock
n mas r. dssge11erated and that the public men
more vigor. He denied 1t and nstanced ex-
Senator Hamlin who sat at his right
as proof of its fasity This stock does not rot at
the top. He therefore congratulated them on the
great and noble aneestry himself being born in the
middle section of the country, could not claim this
ancestry and did not propose to praise them to the
extent of giving himself away. His people came
from the ScetchIrish stock that peoped the Middle
States and had produced strong and vigorous
people, whose enterprise had done much in develop
ing the resources of the country The history of
with over 30 0OO, 900 of inhabitants at present. he
would not venture to prophecy. He concluded by
thanking the association for the great kindness and
cordiality with which he had been received.
At the close of Mr.. Blaines remarks the
cheering was renewed, and bidding the vet
Grams farewell he left the hall to take the cars
for Bar Harbor. The banquet was of much
interest and greatly enjoyed by all.
Veterans of she Sixteenth Maine at Calais.
CAsTINE, Aug. 13.-Capt. j. o. Lord, presi-
dent, Lieut.. Geo. D. Bisbee, vice president,
Col. G. w. Tilden, Col. A. B. Farnham, Lieut.
D. L. Warren, Col. A. W. Wilder. Capt. e. j.
Davies. directors; Luther Bradford, secretary
anu Lr6asuroII duu SOn0 Sl4GY uoIuU6fb Vi INC
10th Name Veteran Association, are holding
a reunion today. An informal meeting was
held this morning, and the business meeting
this afternoon. Major Small read extracts
from his manuscript history of the regiment.
The members of the I'd Maine present were in
vited to participate in the exercises. A report
was made favoring the union of the 10th and
I'd Maine regiments at Skowhegan next year.
Maj, Small, Col. Alden, Col. Farnham, and
Lieut.. Bisbee were chosen to revise the history
OF the regiment.
These officers were elected for the ensuing
year: Lieut.. George D. Bisbee, president; 20.
o. Wadsworth, @. E. Ohoate, vice presidents;
Granville Richmond, S. S. Vose, f. G. Mayo,
B. Wilkins, Henry A. IRE, directors; Luther
Bradford, secretary and treasurer. A collation.
by the citizens was given in the Town Hall in
the evening, followed by camp fire. Tables
were spread for $50 and the hall was beauti-
fully decorated