Connecticut western news., 1891-08-06
THURSDAY, AUGUST 6. 1891.
4 PLEASANT EVENT.

4 PLEASANT EVENT.
 Fourth Annual Banquet of the Win.
 sted Board of Trade.
 Last Friday was perfect day, and the afternoon outing and the fourth an- nual banquet of the Winsted Board of Trade were a complete success. The majority of the out of town guests ar rived by various trains during the fore noon. They were met at the station by the banquet committee, Messrs R. s. Frary, W. l.. Camp and l.. O. Strong, and escorted to the New Beardsley House, which by the way is one of tbe finest hotels in the state and is conduct cd by MT G. H. Spencer, 8 genial, courteous and popular landlord who fully understands how to run . hotel and delightfully."- entertain his patrons. At 2 p. m. the reception room was crowded with guests and members of the Board of Trade. Among the guests were: General Joseph R. Hawley Post master Sperry of New Haven J. D. Dewell of New Haven. president of the State Board of Trade; John H. Leeds of the New Haven Chamber of Com merce President,J. M. Allen and Sec retary P. H. Woodward of the Hartford Board of Trade; C.M. Upson, presi- dent of the Waterbury Board of Trade i; R. O. Cheney, of South Manchester i; w. B. Brotherton of Milford. The press was represented by R M. Hooker, edi- tor of the New Haven Real Estate Record; O. F. Chapin, editor of the Waterbury American Mir Thayer of the Hartford Coursnt; Mir Csmpion of the Hartford Times Captain H. R. Jones. editor of the New Hartford Tri- bune; s. 0. Beokley, editor of the Connecticut Western News. The Win. sted newspapers were represented by Editor Van Keuren of the Evening Citizen Editor Stevens of the Litch- field County Leader; Editor Vaill of the Winsted Herald. At 2.3O p. m. the guests, accompanied by Judge A. H. Fenn of the Superior court, and by Geo B. Owen, Geo H. Afford, vice presi- dents of the Winsted Board of. Trade i; the banquet committee previously men, tioned i; David Strong, Henry Gay. H. G. Colt, R. E. Holmes and other direc- tors of the board of trade, entered car riages and were driven to Highland Lake and over the Wakefield boulevard to the pavilion on the south shore where an elegant shore dinner was served by MT Kolmer and Chef Kehoe. After din- ner the party embarked on the steamer Carrie, which had been placed at the disposal of the board of trade by MT George w. Lee. The sail on the lake was delightful and 8 pleasant call was made at M. H. Wheeler's large cottage. which is situated on charming point in the south bay. At the landing on the north shore the party re-entered the carriages and were driven to the Sol diers' Monument, through all the prin- cipal business streets, past most of the large factories and through the streets lined with elegant private residences. It was nearly seven o'clock when the party again reached the New Beardsley House where 8 recess of two hours was taken to allow the guests to visit with each other and to form many new new acquaintances among other members of the board of trade who by this time were assembling in the reception room.
 At o'clock the doors of the banquet rooms were thrown open. and the grand march to the tables began, accompanied by excellent music rendered by Barker & Levesidge's orchestra of niue pieces who also played at frequent intervals during the banquet. The tables present cd handsome appearance, adorned with elegant bouquets while at each plate was a boutoniere of white carna ton pinks and geranium leaves. About l25 persons took chairs at the tables and nearly two hours were spent 1T discussing the following
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 Little Neck Clans.
 Creamed Tomato Soup.
 Steamed Kennebec Salmon.
 Hollandaise Sauce