The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1886-06-25
The Egis & Intelligencer
Bel Air, Md, June %, 1856.
ENJOYING HAvRE DE GRACE HOS
PITALITY.
East Baltimore business Men Visit IEar
ford


Tho citizens OF Havre de Grace gave a hearty
welcome, Wednesday morning, TO the East Balt-
more Business Mems Association The eXcur-
sionists, about SOoin NUMBER with Wrght,s band
depot by the City Council, consisting of Messrs.
S. J. Seneca, Robert Seneca, James l.: Burke, A..
Il. Treadway, @. j. Dugan and w. Q. Bailey, and
Messrs. Thomas NJ. Sumption, A. p. McCombs,
w. s. McCombs, James Hopper A. ID. Spencer,
Col. j. 7. Frieze and others:
A march was made to Union avenue, and halt
made nearly opposite Mr.. s. j. Seneca residence
where. in the absence of Mayor Vandiver Mr.. S.
j. Seneca made an address of welcome, in which,
on behalf of the city council and people of Havre
de Grace, he extended to the visitors the freedom
of the city.
thanked Mr.. Seneca and the people of the city for
the cordial reception that had been given. Mr.
thanked the citizens and said the visitors intend
ed to avail themselves of the privileges so hearth
ly offered. He introduced City Collector 5. p
Thompson, who represented Mayor Hodges. Mr..
Thompson spoke Of the necessity of combined
efforts on the part of the business men of Bati-
more and the citizens of the counties to secure
fair rates of freight and presented the claims of
Baltimore city upon the people of Maryland.
Ex-Mayor Latrobe also made a neat speech, in
which he asserted that the merchants of East
Baltimore would sell goods of all kinds cheaper
than they can be bought anywhere else: He said
that at one time his idea of liavre de Grace was
that twas only noted for its shad and herring,
but he saw that it has broad, clean Streets beau
tiful women and business prosperity. He said IL
delphia to find a wife. as Mayor Vandver had
DONE he would have married one of the pretty
girls OF Havre de Grace, If she would have had
him.
Mr.. John L. Thomas also made speech brm-
full of humor and Astounding in happy hits. lie
said he had come TO Hayre de Grace for three
purposes. The first was to do honor to the inv-
tation of the East Baltimore business men: the
second was to find out If there were any of the
men left who voted for him for Congress in
1855, and to recover, IL possible, the brck-bat
thrown at his head In this city, at that time while
making speech. He had lodged it and never
lodged with more service to himself, The bat
broke and one half struck lady in the crowd.
She proved to be the wife of the man who threw
it, and the next morning, the man came to him
and announced his intention of voting for him.
He reiterated the invitation of Mayor Latrobe to
the citizens of Havre de Grace to deal in East
Baltimore.
Mr.. A. P. McCombs, of Havre de Grace, Presi-
dent of the Water Board, spoke of the advantage
of the water supply to Havre de Grace, and apol-
ogized for the absence of Mayor Vandiver, who,
like the man in the Gospel story, had married
wife and could not come. He cordially welcom,
hoped their visit would be pleasant and profita-
be
An exhibition of the force and copiousness of
the water supply was given. A stream larger and
more powerful than that from a steam fire
engine was thrown long distance from the noz-
zle of hose pipe, with only natural pressure.
The excursionists then marched to Mr.. S. j.
Seneca's canning house, where long tables were
neatly spread for 3Ooguests., The dinner was ex-
cellent and was well served. The ladies having
charge of it were Mrs. J. Frank Boyd, Mrs.
Adams Mrs. NJ. J. KEN, Katie Boyd, Sue Jack
SOL, irene AQaIlS, oaule V. heyHoiuS. Sdlle
Jackson, Mamie b. O'Neil Mamie Campbell and
Mary Barnes.
After dinner ex-senator VIM. Pinkney Whyte
made one of his happiest speeches. He was fol-
lowed by Messrs. Jos. s. Heuisler and ID. Mere
dith Reese. AT 80 the excursioniss left. stop
ping at Aberdeen, Magnolia and Edgewood,
where speeches were also made. Among the eX-
cursionists were City Register John A. Robb j.
d. Michael, of VIM. ii. Michael s. Sons. j. H. g.
Tnirlkel, Police Commissioner Robson, ex-Police
Marshal Gray, George DeHaven of the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad, and a number of ladies'.
The authorities and the citizens of Havre de
Grace did credit to their far-famed hospitality
and public spirit. The visitors were entertained
in the kildest manner and no doubt went home
with pleasant impressions of famous little
city the SuSnuehanna.