Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1885-02-24
THEIR FOURTH ANNUAL
t MIR. Hubbardss Agency Last
Exercises and

At MIR. Hubbards Agency Last
Misunderstanding Exercises and
Banquet-Mark TWain,s Letter.
The fourth annual reception of the en-
ployes of Fl. P. Hubbard's International
Newspaper agency took place last night at
their headquarters in this city at No. 25
Elm street There were about seventy five
persons present and all were bent on having
a social and enjoyable time. The main of
flee Of the establishment was cleared of its
desks and paraphernalia and was handsome
ly decorated with flowers, bunting and flags,
while from the ceiling were suspended many
Chinese lanterns. The background of the
hall was made from mammoth painting of
the world, significant that the concerns
business extends all over it. The front Of
fee occupied by Mr.. John L. Treat, the
treasurer, and the bookkeepers, was assigned
as reception room for gents, while the Ia
dies took possession of Mr.. Hubbard's pri
vate Office. The foreign newspaper depart
ment room was designated as the supper
room where spread which would do credit
to Delmonico was served during the even
ing.
Among the prominent guests of Mr.. Hub
bard was J. Armory Knox, the proprietor
and editor of the Texas Siftings. He was
introduced to the gentlemen present and en-
tertained them with stories of life in Texas.
A programme of fourteen dances had been
arranged and about 9 o'clock the grand march
occurred. About thirty couples took part
and they were led by Professor A. III. LOOMS
and Miss Alice R. Hubbard.
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by Haines' orchestra and Professor Loomis
directed the dancing. :,
There were present Fl. P. Hubbard and
family, John L. Treat and family, Mr.. and
Mrs. A. P. Sanford and daughter, Mr.. and
Mrs. J. S. Keller, Mr.. and Mrs. J. R. Win
chell, Mr.. and Mrs. G. B. Bates, Mr.. and
Mrs. E. A. Langridger, Mr.. and Mrs. W. w.
Champion, Mr.. and Mrs. j. A. Richardson,
c. E. Raymond, A. L. Barnes, E. B. Lee, B.
F. Kirkland, G. M. LOOMS, Professor A. NJ
LOOMS, J. G. Beecher F. H. Andrews, Lu-
cius w. Hall, John G. Randall of New
York, Miss N. B. Tyler, Miss Esther Osborn,
Miss Dora Hughes, Miss Mamie Case, Miss
Emma Skinner, Miss May Farnsworth, Miss
Sadie A. Taxter, Miss Mabel Ripley, Miss
Genie Miller.
At intermission the supper was served, af-
ter which pleasant speeches were made and
the following humorous letter from Mark
Twain was read:
OLD CURIOSITY SHOP, HARTFORD,
Feb. IS, 1885. {
My Dear Mr.. Hubbard:-Your kind invi-
tation to attend the annual birthday festival
of your unique institution is received with
thanks. As am man of words rather
than deeds will write a letter instead of
sending my appetite, which happens to be a
No. IS, and you might find it difficult to fit.
AS you are cosmopolitan concern, I sup
pose you will eat in all languages, dance in
every dialect, dress in about all imaginable
costumes and have your refreshments ordered
from all quarters of the globe, carefully adj
justed to the requirements of every stomach
You will have turkeys for the Turks, hams
for the Hamburgers, grease for the Greeks,
angle worms for the Anglo Saxons, butter
scotch for the Scotchmen, cells
for the Ely Cream-Balm man, pinks
for sweet odor to the memory of Dear
Lydia, ported rats favored with Health
Remover and Toured with tooth-powder for
Brother Wells of New Jersey, broiled toads
on stools for the Hop gentleman, and roast
Kidneys garnished with diamonds of rich
butter-color for your Burlington friends
Then you will have sausages for the sages
with old saws. oranges for the fellow from
ladies, bless their silent souls, they
need them every hour, as well as
for the fellows in the foreign department,
who have such time wrestling with Babel
of chattering newspapers. You will have
Indian buildings for your East India visitors,
plum buildings for your millionaire plumb
ers, and don't you forget you Bohea tea for
your wild Bohemian correspondents.
Wooden nutmegs for your Connecticut
sons and daughters will be. appropriate des-
sert. Visitors from Quincy will
prefer ounces. Tarts will be
the regulation dish for your
Tartars-I believe you catch one occasionally.
Old time Democrats will prefer hickory nuts,
while modern ones and mugwumps will be
better pleased with dates, especially those of
the 4th-of- March sort. Of course you will
have pies-say one-for the pious, and
plenty of apple sauce for the sauey boys and
girls.
For cake the gentlemen will chew lady
fingers, and for raisins they prefer raisin-
Ned. For liquids have generally observed
that the ladies choose Tom and Jerry.
Any further suggestions strike me as
superfuous. Having been borne all over
the world and brought everywhere your
peEience will enable you to fill vacancies.
Now, as 1 am a married mainland my
wife the best half-don't simply mark me
down as one good fellow, but
MARK TWAIN.
Letters of regret were also read from
Whitelaw Reid of the New York Tribune
and from Samuel Bowles of the Springfield
Republican.