Daily Republican., 1889-06-13
a Pleasant sscunion.

Az Mt oven years 90 Smyth Post, No.
!, { A. =, deterfnirsd TO hold an enter
tair IN the Oi,a,yt House during the
ensuing fall, aud s.y,fsiuted committee
OF nine, OF which iNtlism r. Long OF the
REPUBLICAN ..;s <hairmap, TO make
the necessary az ROD aGements. IL was de-
cided to hold one meeting week, and
the first was held at Mr.. Longs residence,
No. 42l Taylor street, end after the com.
mittee had transacted their business In
the parlor and were about to leave, they
were surprised by an invitation to repair
to the dining room, whero a large table
was filed with refreshments.
The meeting was held each week at
some ore of committees residence, and
each one seemed to try to out do the
others in the quantity and quality of the
refreshments served. OF the original
com nittee but six are left, and some
time ago Mr.. Long conceived the idea of
having reunion OF these survivors, and
1t took place last evening at his residence.
There were, however, but four of the
original committee present, as follows:
Edwin L. Jochen, JON Turner, Alex
ander Burleigh and William II Long
but Officer Burleigh was only present for
a few minutes, as he was on night duty.
There was, however, several prominent
Grand Army men present, among them
being Depai aitment Comnand Ayars,
Pest Commander Duty OF DUPONT Post
No. 2, Past Post Commander Lewis OF
Smyth Post No. 1, Adjutant Solomon OF
No. |, aud a number 0i others.
The evening was spent In social man.
ner, interspered with patriotic songs by
g. M. Leitch and Zachariah Pickles until
about 10 O'Clock, when the entire COM
pany were invited to the dinlng-room,
where refreshments were served, alter
which "tbe feast of reason and the flow
Of soul" was opened.
The first toast, "Our County," was to
have been responded 10 by the Rev. L. E.
Barrett, but as he wss .unavoidably de-
tained, hIs place was taken by G. NJ
Leitch, who made brief but eloquent
speech.
"Tbe Grand Army OF the Republic"
was responded TO by Department Com
mander Ayars, who held the undivided
attention of all present for nearly half an
hour, with his torcible and eloquent ad-
dress.
"smyth Post, No. l." was to have been
responded to by Past l.nander Jacob
b. sliter, but as he " not present his
place vas taken by Au,utant solomon,
mhO gave very interesting history OF
this, the parent OF all the other Pos's In
the State.
"DuPont Post, No. 2" was responded
to by Post Commander Duty, who spoke
of the work of the order, as expressed in
its cardinal principles ot "Charity, Fra
ternitJ, Loyalty"
After einsing "My Country 'Tls of
Thee" and "Auld Lang Syne" the com.
pany returned to the psrlor, where cigars
were served.
The occasion was also the anniversary
of Mr.. Longs birthday, but this fact was
carefully concealed from the guests until
they were welcomed to the table, and
after returning to the parlor Commander
Ayars, In neat speech, presented Mr..
Long with a handsome aud valuable
book, gold badge of the Order of Hep
tasophs and paper clip, on behalf of his
immedia'e family.
The di ing room was decorated with
flags, and over the mantle the motto
"Welcome Comrades' was suspended,
while on the opposite side of the room
there was large representation of g.
A. r. badge.
The guests retired shortly before IL
O'Clock, with sincere wishes that Mr..
Lcng might enjoy many returns OF the
day.