Telegram-herald., 1891-01-01
ANTLERS.
WELCOME TEE CoHIsc GUEST. 1891
with Mssiss Mirth and Sssu shs Old
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sieipAts IN The y Festivities.


dying year at Lule's Hall lsst night.
and welcomed the blrtn of 1881. Ia =
manner 50 wholly spontaneous and IN
feetious. that the vesiest sluggard. had
be been there in the midst Of tns hilar-
ity, must have been inspired with >
new ambition 10 live.
The great hall had been charmingly
arranged for the occasion. SO that with
It's long rows Of cleaning white tables,
tianked by pretty specimens Of the noble
animal, the elk at the extreme one end,
Aid the elevated and prettily draped
dais at the other, it seemed TO breathe q
welcome that was intense and earnest.
When the hour for the opening festivi-
ties arrived the i've great tables SPAN
ming the hsll were completely hemmed
in with i concourse OF men whose fea-
lures were radiant with the assurance
OF night OF unrestricted fun. When
Exalted Ruler l.. T.. Carroll mounted
the chairman's dais, accompanied by
Frank l.. knappen. OF Kalamazoo, who
Was 10 preside, five hundred assembled
Elks rose as one, shook their antlers,
and with one tremendous cheer
greeted them. Without other formal
ity Chairman Knappen, his face beaming
with quiet satisfaction, s;pped from the
behemoth-lke chaIice IN front of him,
and pronounced the contents good"
whereat the five hundred other Elks
t-s,d
and proved the declaration of the chair
man. Then the music of crockery,
glass, silver and stopper became con-
fusing as each individual of the live
hundred did the tieeting year honor In
drinking its health or In recalling the
bounteous providence of it's gliding
months in the discussion of the succu-
lent beau and other .oothsome edibles
with which corps OF walters supplied
them.
The failures, disappolntments. sor-
rows and grlefs of old 80 were all for
gotten in the JOY, mlrth and etferres-
cent gladness which reigned rampant
at the banqueting tables. Even the
sunny side of Its history was over
looked for the presence of Auditor
General elect Stone, of Lansing, and
Secretary of State-elect Daniel +. Soper,
of Newaygo, did no. deter those of all
party affiliations from entering heartily
into the spirit Of the jolly session.
AT 10 O'Clock Chairman knsppen
raped vigorously for order ana an
nounced the beginning of the program
of specialties. Order secured, the
following complete list of exciting and
entertaining novelties was given amidst
the greatest enthusiasm.
Vaulting and leaping, by members Of
the G.. X. |. A. Club.
Chas. Mascal and l.. o. Vincent, banjo
and mandolin solo.
Dramatic recitation, w. r. Laine.
Bros. Garnello, acrobats par excel
lence in unequaled arenic pastimes.
Whistling solo, Burt b. Rice.
Rexo, IN wonderful contortIon feats.
Grand double quartet, ". $. Cady,
Geo. Kalmback, w. j. McInnes, q. T..
Aldrich, +. A. Wurzburs, Geo. McIn-
mes, Sam DeLong, NJ. McInnes.
Renello and Ravello, in extrsordi-
nary feats of daring on the flying
trapeze.
d. III. McCarty and Dave Fisher. song
and dance.
Garnello Brothers, in horizontal bar
exercises.
The Roman gladiators, Parell and
Mareno, in classical posings from the
great Roman and Greek scuiptors.
Orrin Kruger, in wonderful feats of
strength.
c. Christopher and J. Fallon, in a
scientific three-round sparring contest.
Zaca Aldrich and Sam Del .ong, dis
solving views.
Beautiful groupings and pyramids,
in grand feats of strength and agility
by members of the club.
The above program was interrupted
at IL O'Clock TO permit an appropriate
recognition of the death of the old and
birth of the new which was done By the
simultaneous humping OF the hundreds
of glasses followed shortly by the ap-
pearance of Father Time on the stage
whose journey from wing to wing was
hailed by the singing of an original
stsnza TO the tune of Auld Lang Syne.
Then the round of pleasure was re-
sumed and at an early hour in the year
1901 the watch meeting Of Lodge No.
4s, y. 7. o. T.. adjourned sine die amid
the congratulations of members, friend
aud visiting brethren from all parts OF
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