The Somerset reporter., 1892-04-21
The Board of Trade.

ANIMAL BANQUET Al IloIEL HEsELfoA
Skowhegan Board Of Trade held ban.
quet st Hotel lleselton, Friday evening
last. which was an occasion OF much en-
Joymtnt to all present but unfortunately
the number was not az large as was ex-
peetsd OF as it should have been.
President Anderson, Wee President
Stafford aud Hon. \. H. B KY with their
wives OBLIGATED r. ~ reception committee,
and cordially received the members and
their guests in the hotel parlors prior to
the supper hour, O'Clock.
Those who sat down at the artist'cslly
arranged finely decorated and heavily
laden tables OF Landlord Heselton were
President Lewis Anderson and Mrs
Anderson, Mr. and Mrs Geo b. Ssti5rd,
Mr. and MIS-. A. r. Bxby, Mr. and Mrs
J. r. Merrill, Mr.. aud Mrs. W. IL, Fuller
Mr. and Mrs T.. +. Fairorother, Mr.. and
Mrs. A. G.. Blunt, Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. ID.
Arnold, Mr. and Mrs w IL. Wildes, Mr.
and Mrs. Wm. Dorsn, Mr., and Mrs. j. o.
smith, Mrs. j. n. Merrill, Miss Maria
Babb. Miss Kate Gordon, Miss Annie LIE
land, Miss Pearl Curtis, Gen Isaac Dyer,
DR.. s. A. Patten, Hon. S. j. Walton, For
est Goodwin Esq, Messrs,, Geo. W
Halves, c. A.R3ss, Herbert Wentworth,
and Il. T. Patten.
Of A NJ -
VINO earlier in the evening addressed the
Milburn CLUB In Morrison and McCellan's
Hall was present az guest of that Club.
The supper was served in courses in
accordance with the following menu, and
it is but justice to Landlord Heseton to
say that better banquet has not been
spread in Skowhegan for many day.
The quality and variety was exquisite and
and service beyond reprosch.
Consomme britannia
Olives
Baked stuffed Blue Fish anchory sauce
Radishes small Potatoes Lettuce
Cream Fruers with braised sauce.
Oysters, fancy roast
Young Turkey with cranberry sauce
spinach greens Sliced tomatoes Cucumbrrs
Mashed Pc ators
Lobster salad
Coffee Jelly with whipped cream
Walnut Ice Cream
Strawberries and Cream
Hot Rolls
Fruit Nut, Kaisins Assorted cake
Coiee
After this menu was exhausted Presl-
dent Anderson felicitously called upon
gentlemen present who honored his call
with brief remarks.
DIR. Patten WAS the first speaker He
referred to Skowhegan OF old, the place
Of his nativity. Spoke OF some of the at
fractions of the town as place of bust
ness and residence, also of some of its
needs and of the work OF the Board of
Trade.
Hon. Herbert NJ. Heath related his ex-
perience in speaking at suppers In Show
hogan or rather avoiding speaking by
leaving town. lie compared Sk1wnegan
Board Of Trade to the Augusta Board,
stating that the business Of their board
was annually delegated to . men who
run 1t according to their own ideas. On
account of speaking to the Milburn Club
earlier in the evening he declined to
make extended remarks.
Gen. Isaac Dyer was in something of
a reminiscent mood and graphically com
pared the present time with the days of
Washington and jefferson, VIII n our
Nation was young. He also spoke of
the days of his youth in Skowhegan ana
the wonderful changes that had occurred
and the surprising progress made particu
larly In school matters. Then teachers
were boarded for Sl2j per week ard
wood furnished the old school house at
30 cents per cord.
Remarks by Hon. A. K. Bixby, f. F.
Fairbrother, Geo. Is. Saff)rd, Herbert
Wentworth and Forrest Goodwin ESD,
on call Of the chair, were very brief and
more in the nature OF excuses for not
speaking than otherwise.
The banquet WAS success in every way
except as to the number in attendance,
which should have been doubled.