St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-22
COMPANY rs BANQUET.
A Elaborate and Thoroughly En-
loyal Affair--Who Were There

A Elaborate and Thoroughly En-
.joyable Affair." Who Were There.
The third annual banquet of Com
pany /, Minnesota National Guard. held
at the West hotel last evening, was one
of the pleasantest and most elegant ever
given in the city, and was attended
by'nearly every member of the company,
the honorary members included. The
company met at the armOry at
O'Clock ond marched to the West in a
body. The banquet table was laid in
the ladies' ordinary, in the form OF a
capital T, the top toward the west end
of the room. The table was decorated
with candlebra, which made very
UNIQUE secting. At each plate was a
menu card of handsome design,
bearing the name of the gen
tleman who was to occupy the
seat. These menu cards were artlStlcally
gotten up. the heading being cartoon
of an event which upset the members
of the national guard some three years
ago. 1t was picture of a camp, in the
and men lust behind him were running
for the tents. While the encampment
was being held at White Bear in
1885, the stiffness of the noon hour was
rudely broken one day by the sullen
boom of the cannon, which had been
fired by a certain member of Company
A. The colonel of the regiment tried in
vain to find the guilty man, and he
ended by promising, il the man was
ever found, to have the man who fired
the cannon drummed out of camp.
This menu contained the names
of the entire company, and also the
names of the gentlemen whose term
expired last night. They are G. S.
Bartram, C. E. Braden, f. B. BOvey,W.
C. Edgar, j. A. Ferguson, G. A. HeffeI-
finger. G. E. Higgins, j. D. G. Knapp,
e. J.. Kimball, Robert McMullen, f. b.
Mathews, F. c. Nickel. j. ID. OsgoOd,
w. b. Palmer, L. W. Straiton and III.
w. Young.
The supper consisted of eight courses
and was as elegant an affair as was ever
held in the city upon any occasion.
Each course was attended to in a bust
ness like way. Every now and then
some one would propose a toast, and
every person present would rise to his
feet and drink standing, but not in
silence. 1t was the j0lliest crowd
which ever met around a banquet
table, and jokes and witty sayings were
as numerous as leaves on an autumn
afternoon. The orchestra was accom-
panied in it's selections by chorus OF
all the gentlemen present, and those
who knew not what was going on must
have thought the Gounod club was hold
ing well attended meeting.
WHO WE'RE PRESENT.
Those who occupied seats at the table
were G. e. Braden,. j. r. Blaine, W.
Button, J. Craig, D. M. Chule, f. L..
A 7
A. Ferguson, w. I. Fraser, f. B. God
frey. I. r. Goodridge, A. Gray, G. A.
Heffelinger, W. P. Hallowen, Jr.. j. F.
Hogle, w. NJ. Hopkins, j. N. Harris,
c. 3. Holmes, e. r.. Hovenden,
81. L. Hauser, J. E. James, F. b.
Kidder, J. D. G. Knapp, e. j. Kimball,
ID. W. Knowlton. E. A. Kempe, n. L.
Lynskey, r. McMullen, F. B.Matthews,
o. w. Meyrowitz, J. V. Ntzhugh,, FL. d.
Morton, ]. w. MoylyneauX, j. E. Much
more. w. McMullen, G. Mendel. f. G.
Nickels, III. j. Neiler, G. L. Nickels, j.
Oscood. w, 3. Palmer, G. L. Peavey,
W. II. Rendcll, 9. S. Roberts, j. III.
Robb, T. w. Straiton, j. III. Steele, j. G.
Thurman. !. L. Waters, T. r. Wheaton,
w. A. Wittick, I'll. 3. Waite, 81. w.
Young. w. E. Steele, E. A. Sumner, G..
M. Palmer, P. j. Kennedy.
The supper ended with the passing
around of the cup of goodfellowship.
after which the toastS of the evening
followed, d. NJ Chute and Capt. Osgood
acting as toastmasters.
Letters of a facelious and congratula-
tory nature were read from absent
members and eX-members. The toast,
Company l." was responded to
by Lieut.. Kidder. He gave a
brief history of the company, and paid
a high compliment to the members of
it. His address was humorous in the
extreme, and was greeted with