The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-11-26
1T HAS REACHED A MILLION.
A Banquet Given by Hon. Henry
S. Trout.

~ ooii4uCt SiNSH Wy TiOiis OSiHy
S. Trout.
The Deposits ut the First National Hank
Have Reached Il Million, and the
President Banquets the Working Force
ut A1arshnl's Cafe-A Conscnial Party
aud Pleasant Evening.
Some little time ago Hon. Henry s.
Trout, president of the First National
Bank of this city, promised tho subordi-
nate officers of tho institution that.
when the deposits reached tho sum of
100000 lie would give them
banquet.
Last week the footings of the banks
ledgers showed by the presence of that
princcly sum the faith of Roanoke III
the First National Bank and its officers,
as well as indicating tho general pros
prrity of Roanol<e's citizens.
Last night at Marshall's Cafe, Presi-
dent Trout fulfilled his promise, and the
occasion was Il most plcasureable one.
Seated around the long table in the
spacious dining hall on the second floor
OF the cafe was the working force OF the
bank, as follows:
Hon. H. $. Trout, president: j. w.
Shields, ,Ir.; II. +. Loving, teller;
Bookkeepers j. Tyler Meadows. e. Is.
Spencer. j. M. Airhart, o. >. Marston,
=. II. Sandt. j. rhos. Trout. The in
yited guests were ID. 5. Meadows, form
erly teller of the bank, and u TINES
reporter.
The menu was q model one, and was
! made even more tempting by the
artistic setting Of the table under the
skiilfnl direction Of Manager w. Z.
hceley.
The canterpicce was z huge mound of
grapes, artistically dressed in Il mass of
silver tinscl thanked on either side by u
cake, upon which was fastened flowers
and the legend "Marshal's Cafe" in
icing.
The menu was us follows
Oysters on Half Shell.
ENTRIES.
Swcct-Bread Sauce. with Green Peas.
Erred Oysters. Potato Duchcssc.
Young Turkey, Cranberry Sauce.
Shlrred POTATOES. Celery.
Radishes. Chicken Salad.
GAME.
Quail on Toast, Currant Jelly.
Lettuce salad. Saratoga Chips.
DESSERT.
Charlotte Russo Fancy Cakes.
Oranges. Bananas. GRAPES.
Coffee. Cigars. Curacao.
1T took an hour and half to discuss
this tempting gastronomic spread,
which was interspcrscd with pleasantly
ana congratulatory expressions on the
prosperous condition OF the bank.
At the conclusion OF the feast, when
She curacoa came on, The single toast OF
The evening was proposed in fitting
terms by Z. b. Spencer.
The subject of the toast was the presi-
dent of tho bank, Air. Trout, who
beamed upon his subordinates from the
head of tho table. Mr.. Spencer said he
desired, in presenting Mr.. Trout's name.
to call attention to the courteous and
kindly treatment the employees Of the
bank uniformly II ccived AT the hands OF
MIR. Trout.
This treatment" he said, destroyed
all the irksomeness that sometimes ac-
crues from the nature Of our respective
tasks. and makes each i'll his position
feel that he is IL factor in the affairs of
the bank"
Mr.. Trout, in his reply, expressed his
happiness in being thus surrounded by
his assistants, and said that it was a
peculiar pleasure to have 50 capable, SO
Industrious, and SO willing Il force of
workers about him.
At the conclusion of the banquet the
guests of Mr.. Trout expressed to TIE
TIMES reporter their appreciation Of
that gcntlcmans many good quantities.
1t was his custom, they said, to treat
them all in The ldndliest manner and
make their work pleasure. 1t was
their expressed intention to merit in the
future that which they had received in
the past, and the zeal they had dis
played would be rcdoubled in the future.
MIR. Trout announced that he would
duplicate the banquet when the de-
posts reached the sum of a million and
half, and the indications are that this
affair will take place before spring.
MI. Marshall deserves much praise
for the elegant serving of a crcdi table
menu.
~ ENGLISH DUKE IN ROANOKE.
The Duke and Duchess OF s.nriboroueh
were Here Yesterday.
The Duke and Duchess Q Marlborough
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