Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1889-08-22
MR. SMITH BANQUETED,
A PLEASANT OCC&SIONATT THE
CUMBERLAND.
Oberlin Smith Tells the Erm-
pIOyees of the Ferracute.
of His Trip Through
EurODe.

chine Company, spent in Europe, be
attended many more elaborate ban
quets, but none more pleasant than
the one given him Aug. ,14th, at the
Hotel Cumberland, by the EMPLOYEES
of the extensive works, which border
the east bank of East Lake. 1t was
pleasant surprise TO the gentleman
when he received the invitation from
his workmen, and he felt very much
flattered at the courteous attention
force.
Shortly after eight o'clock forty en-
ployees of the Works sat in the brill
iantly Illuminated parlors of the Cum
berland, and greeted the President,
who was more than happy to shake
hands with his men, and after a few
minutes of social pleasure Mr.. Smith
took his position at table in the cen.
tire of the room, and gave an exceed
ingly interesting account of his travels
in the Old World.
He stated that he was a member of
the three great Associations of Ameri-
can Engineers, and that he accom-
panied them on their trip to England
as the guest of the great body of En-
gineers of the old country. He des.
cribed his trip across the ocean and
his arrival at the great city of Liver
pool. The party were met there by
the representatives OF the English En-
gineers, and each lady in the party
was pl esented with beautiful boquet
of flowers. An illustrated map upon
the walls of the Hotel served to illus
trate the travels of the speaker and
his party. At Liverpool days were
spent in looking around among the
great engineering works and they were
received pleasantly and banqueted by
the City Officials.
After three days the visitors divided
in parties to be shown through the
great country. Everywhere great
trouble was taken and the Americans
were received most kindly. One thing
particularly noticeable about the entire
country, was the great solidity of
everything. All houses were of stone
or brick, not a frame building of any
pretensions being noticed upon the
entire trip.
Many of the workshops visited took
much trouble to receive the guests. In
some cases temporary buildings were
erected especially for banquets and re-
ception halls, and in each case there
were profusion of American flags used
for decorating purposes. Some of the
machine shops vitited were the finest
Mr.. Smith has seen, and he described
them in manner most interesting to
the machinists before him. He told of
his visit to kennelworth and Warwick
Castles, made famous in literature and
history. AT the latter place the
speaker was one of four who had the
honor of being received by Lady War
wick, an aged descendent of the great
family, and was invited to lunch there.
At Stratford, on the Avon, Mr.. Smith
visited the great Shakespeare house,
and also the church in which he wor-
shipped. At both places he found much
to interest him. He then described his
visit to Rugby, and the inspection of
the old college, founded in 1867. He
also saw the study occupied by the
world renowned Tom Brown This
room is just as the young man left it.
The twelve days first spent in Lon
don were one of the most important
events of the trip. He saw many
wonderful things that would interest
engineers, among them being the most
wonderful electric light plants in the
world. Mr.. Smith said that he had
reasons to suppose that the Ferracute
Machine Company would be called up
on to do work for this great place.
The visit of his party to Windsor
Castle was most enjoyable. The Queen
at the time was in Scotland, but all
the private apartments of the Castle
were thrown open to the inspection OF
the visitors. His description of ban
quet of the Goldsmiths Guild, which
he attended was most interesting. He
attended another banquet at which
our minister to England, Robert Lin
coin was present, and he said the son
of the lamented President was one of
the most popular men in the kingdom.
His trip through France was most
delightful. The visitor in Paris was
struck with its remarkable gayety and
beauty. Five days were spent in
looking around the great Paris Expo
sition, which he described as much
more elaborate than our great Cen
tennial of 1876. Four days were spent
in Germany, and he found there the
most sincerely hospitable people he