St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-02-14

Inc second moor or the NleOllet mousse
was devoted to the use of the gentle
men for the evening. The parlors were
filed in the early part Of the evening,
chatting ana smoking, and comment
ing on the fact of marriage not being
failure. 1t was very select atfair-so
select, in fact, that no ladies were
evening in bachelor gaiety. They pre-
sented fine collection of the gailantry
of the city, for there were there many
of the men who are most prominent in
Minneapolis interests.
AT 1880. to the music furnished by
Danes full orchestra, the 200 gentle
men marched into the beautifnlly-decO-
rated dining room. The tables were
Handsomely spread. Baskets of the
choicest flowers gave color, and added
beauty to the SplendOr of cut glass and
silver. And at the word from Master
of Ceremonies n. H. Giertson. at the
head Of the banquet board, the party
were seated to a feast bounteouS in
its abundance and to be enjoyed only
as banquet can, where well-Gressed.
hearty gentleman gather, with no re-
straint cast DER them by the gracious
but combining influence of feminine So
ciety. 1t was the Bridal banquet"
tllc IHtHu SdlU, III uOiiOl VI ouI iiSuly
esteemed citizen, S. E. Olson, by his
an honor to the worthy gentleman.
Judge Rea was called on for the
first toast. He compllmented the
Scandinavian population of Mill
neapolis, especially those be-
fore him. He said he did not
think much of the man who did not
have the best mother i'll the world. nor
did he think much of the man whose
native land was not loved and respected
and remembered. He was also sure
that every man present had the b ST
wife in the world, and especially was
this true in one case, with significant
look at the portly Mr.. Olson at his side.
After the round of applause had died
away, MIR. Olson rose and in BETTING
words addressed his friends.
K. Kortgaard, j. ". Anderson, M. A.
Pauson, w. E. Haskell, ALI. Solder
strom and J. J. Ankeny composed the
reception committee. The committee
of arrangements was composed of NJ. A.
Paulson, K. Kortgaard. N. Ii. Giertsen,
II. l.. Rockfield and W. E. Haskell
Three hundred invitations had been
were: Gov. W. r. Merriam, Lieut..
Gov. Rice, Mayor Babb, ex-Mayor
Ames, Aid. Bafrows. G. N. Foot,
James Edwin, c. A. Smith, w. G. By
ron, Col. II. G. Newport, George Ii.
Fletcher, F. S. Danpolk, 0. T. Erick-
son. James Il. Eye, G. g. Bennett, John
H. Schleiner. J. w. Nash, Judge j. p.
Rea, DR.. Kilvington. j. l. Iwenson, J.
j. Ankeny, w. E. Steele, o. NJ. Lara
way. n. L. Thompson. F. +. Davis. NJ.
c. Cole, Frank l.. Stetson, Charles
Side, c. W. Shepherd, S. B. Lovejoy,
j. S. PillsburY, George A. Brackett, L.
A. Ankeny, f. Nj. Wilson and Prof.
Edward Olson. VermiiliOn, Oak. The
toasts, with the gentlemen who re-
sponded to them during the evening,
were: "Our ToWnsman and DiStin-
guished. Citizen. S. E. Olsen' was re-
Sponded to by Judge ]. P. Rea; 'Our
City," by Mayor Babb. Dr.. Ames was
called Oh by Mayor Babb. and
made congratulatory speech.
Our Commercial and Finan-
cial Interests" W. G. Byron;
Matrimonial Bliss" Prof. Olsen; The
Twin Cities" Judge l.. M. Rand;
"Scandinayians," Henry Jgertson;
The Judiciary" Judge Lochren; "rhe
American Press of the Northwest" w.
E. Haskell; ''The Scandinavian Press"
S. ListOe; "Our Educational InStitu-
TONS" Prof. Brede: 1.-The Early Settlers
of Minnesota and its Pioneers" Hon.
Seagrave Smith; The Legal Fra
ternity," Robert Jameson; Our Com
mon Country" Judge Larson.