Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1889-08-16

e ii Graham, and Hugh I 6ranan, anu
David Mckee.
The dues of the members were then col
lected and the meeting adjourned
Refreshments were spread out in the Of
fee all afternoon, of which all all present
partook.
THE BANQUET.
The hall-the inside of the Rink-was
bower of beauty-both animate and mani
mates-the tables were beautifully decorat-
ed and contained an abundance of good
things.
The soldiers formed at the Court House
at am. and marched by twos to the
Rink, and were seated by Col. Sullivan in
viting the m to the banquet, Rev. ". q.
Campbell asked blessing; and then the
battle began. The fight continued for a
solid hour, and the soldiers as usual were
victorious. After all had partaken, Col.
David E. Jones, for the organizations, made
neat and witty speech thanking and com
plimenting the ladies.
THE CAMPFIRE.
Then all adjourned to the Opera House
the gallery of which was reserved for the
ladies' Col Duvall, the President of the
organization of the 102d, presided. He said
he had partaken of both supper and ban
quet and ''too full for utteranee;;" he would
bring his haversack along the next time he
came to Butler; Butler county people are
good feeders; Co. II didn't leave fe ather
behind them in Virginia.
The first thing on the Programme
was song by Comrade Danks came for
ward and told and sang of the boy shot
through both eyes-a very touching piece.
Miss Mary Ayres then recited "Why do
Wear this Badger and did splendidly.
The next on the program was the toast,
"Our Guests" which was respo nded to by
Comrade George W Fleeger. He said the
toast recalled the days of '6l when the
nation was called upon to make a great
sacrifice, spoke of the brilliant record of
the 102d from the beginning to Apo
matox, of the good work of the 134th and
the 18th and called them all, Our Royal
Guests.
''Our Hosts" was responded TO by Capt.
S. NJ. Duvall, of Pitsburg. He expected
a warm reception, but when he went into
that banquet hall he wished he was as big
as Comrade Jones aud as hungry as Com
rade Large. He was proud OF Co. IL.
which lost 140 men during the war;
The toast, "The Veterans of 81 to the
Veterans of 65," was responded to by
Comrade Jones, who sang ''The Veteran"
the song of the one-legged salve dealer.
The next was 'The Star Spangled Ban
ner sung by Cyrus Harper.
Comrade Garrison, colored prOtege of
Col. Danks, then added a background to
the picture.
"Our Absent Comrades was responded
to by Comrade W. o. Campbell, who
made beautiful address, but too long for
us to synopsize.
The next was "The Volunteer of go,
but Col. Thompson, who responded to it,
thought best to talk to the ladies in the
gallery, and for Is or 90 minutes lombard
ed them with taffy of the most exasperat-
ing sweetness.
The next was speech and ''rollcall' of
the dutchman's company comrade Jno NJ
Greer. Jno was proud to be citizen of
Butler that day, and he told some amusing
and among them the story of Maj
swearing at Antietam Song
81 n,
and dreary." followed by ''The Trundle
Bed"
The next in the program was 1.-The
young fellow who went as soon as he was
old enough" and comrade Newton Black
told of his enlistment and his experiences
in the army.
Capt Fullwood said that Gen. Sherman
de scribed a Camp Fire as a place where
soldiers come to swap lies, and then he
tried to prove it with story or two.
Comrade Herr of the 18th said that this
was one of the most enjoyable days of his
lie and spoke of the the results of the
war.
Duvall then moved vote of thanks to
the committees, ladies and citizens, which
course.
Then, as it was near midnight. all rose
to their feet, and sang "Auld Lang Syne,
and dispersed
We make the above synopsis as short as
possible, as on this (Friday) morning we
are hurried for time. There were enough
good things said at the campfire to fill a
page of this paper, and we are sorry that
we have not day instead of an hour to
give to it.
The whole thing was, we believe, one of
the best reunions ever held in the State.