Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-02-20
ST. vALEnrrnK BANQUET.

there given In honor of St. Valentines de-,
and for the benefit Of the Episcopal church
The house was completely lighted through
out and presented an attractive ana inviting
appearance. The parlors were. all thrown
open TO the guests as was also all the room
and resources Of the spacious building ant
the happy and genial crowd thronged
through it as their pleasure dictated unit
near midnight.
Valentines were provided for the guests
and were numbered in duplicate, the objec
being that those who drew numbers alik.
should go to supper together. On account
of the large attendance, we believe the val
entines provided were too limited in number
and this idea was abandoned.
The following programme was, during thu
course of the evening, rendered and warmly
received:
Concert March-(Kunkle)-Prof Sick.
ner.
Rccitation-"Simon Suggs' Suit Seriously
Scandalizing Susan"-Mrs. Furley.
Song-"Some Day" = (Welling) - Mrs
Hovey.
Waltz-"Brilliant" = (Boscovitx) = Prof
Sickner.
Song-"To Seville" = Dessauer) = Mrs
Levy.
The feature of the evening that claimed the
most attention and that appeared most pop
ular, was the splendid supper that had been
prepared by the hotel management for the
occasion and which received thorough dis
cussion and unqualified praise. The large
dining-hall accommodated. sixty-four per-
sons at q sitting, and was three times filed
The bill of fare follows:
FREMONT HOUSE, Feb. 10, 1885.
This is the day when lovers meet
To choose their valentine;
Then come and go with me, my dear,
And pledge your faith and mine.
MENU.
0ysters-Raw, escaloped.
Cold Mests-Sugar cured ham, chicken,
roast turkey, buffalo tongue, peacock.
Salads-Potato, oyster, chicken, salmon.
Relishes-Celery, cucumber pickles, as
sorted pickles, Halford sauce, horseradish,
cranberry sauce, chow-chow, tomato catsup,
French mustard, cold slaw, Jelly, cheese.
Cakes-White cake, cocoanut cake, choc-
olste cake, jelly cake, marble cake, English
pound cake, Dolly Warden cake, fruit cake,
lemon cake, cream cake.
Fruits-Oranges, apples, assorted nuts.
Beverages-Java coffee, Green tea, Black
tea, milk.
Vanilla ice cream.
quite nice little sum must have been real
lied from the enterprise, which will be en-
ployed in liquidating the expense of the re-
cent improvements to the church. The re-
suit must be source Of satisfaction and con-
graduation to all concerned, and among the
successful and enjoyable social events of the
banquet.
AN OUTRAGE AND APOLOGY.
Newspapers are ever liable to be imposed
on by correspondents who writing under as
stunned names feel no particular responsible
ity and, therefore, do not care to stop to
weigh the result of their words, especially
when following the dictates Of discrimina-
ting judgment their illusions would be rob-
bed Of their principle spice. Our Kingman
correspondent, unwittingly we hope, has
been the cause of this paper doing great
injustice and of wringing unofending hearts.
His communication of the eth inst, reflected
on the character of Capt. w. C. Osgood, the
proprietor of the Grand View hotel at Chen
cy. Without quoting the Objectionable
words the letter substantially charged that
Capt 0sgood had been arrested on charges
of improper advances and also insinuating-
ly slurring Mrs. Osgood. With all these
charges and insinuations was linked the name
of one Ferguson who seems to have been
discharged from the employment of the
Grand View and who if he has any chsrac-
ter particularly worthy of note We could
not get it from his late employer, who en-
phatically says it is utterly worthless. As
for Capt. 0sgood he was never in prison
but once in his life ard then as a Union
soldier, and men whom we know vouch for
him as brave, generous man who not only
risked his life for his country, who loves his
wife and children as the apple of his
eye and who is a respected citizen
wearing honors of which he or any man
might well feel proud. He was commits
stoned officer in Garfeld's first regiment,
holding commissions from two governors Of
Ohio, Dennison and Todd. He was del
egateto the convention that nominated Hays
for governor of Ohio.and delegate 10 the ma
tional convention who voted for the great
Oliver p. Morton first, last and all the time.
OF course it is unnecessary to go further in the
defense of such a mans standing and char
acter. The fact that his own neighbors
come to the rescue of his good name and
that of his family, ought to be satisfactory
to every impartial man. The EAGLE, in all
its past, has been SO free from anything like
low scandals and tattle, and has SO often
denounced the envenomed tongue of the
social slanderer that we were not only morti-
fed when the article was called to our at
tention, but it is with a hearty good will
that we do all in our power to undo the
grievous wrong, by not only appologizing
to man and his family whose feelings were
outraged, but in doing all that lies in our
power to correct and counteract wrong
which was all unattended SO far as the edi-
tor of the EAGLE is concerned.