Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-12-17

get your brains, Your money 70 aaiia I'M.
,.aus, ssss from The Hub or the Universe
than whcm no gentleman Is better Hite'i 70
represent, Mr.. Waiter e. Hill Of Boston
Mr. Hill responded very feliestoasls 70
this toast. He had q uora fer tie veterans
. IA the ROAD today '-weil seasoned atid sel'
preserved veterans. insisdins The I've
fseerses.- The next sentiment was
Like CITY. the Home of the shutter
Club. camden by the Sea- which was re-
spon.lssi to by Mr.. Henry T. Capen OF
Csmalea. Al the close Of his remarks
..u,;ui-eens,r Of the memorable meeting At
Canr.en was predseed.
Ti.,, ,,asfs.laster then proposed The
Old Guard We have with Us tonight
member of the oil guard that dies but never
surrender. George III. Greelyt ESQ, oil
| Bangor, y isa was greeted with ROUNDS OF
applause. He was ashamed of a class OF
/ psople that hal s.srie.I to initiate such as we
/ are. fLaagliserl They haven't even
got a decent bunch of pin feathers to stand
up by.
Mr.. Chas. E. Weeks of Roekland re-
sponiesi 10 the sentiment .Rockiand,
which the POSTMASTER ssia remin he'd him OF
A saving common in thar town, Dryer than
/ a HING burners boot.
The response was especially witty IN
reference to the defunct Looms In clos
ing. he said Res, assured that in our city
the name of Shutter bears reputation ad-
mired AMI respected By all.
Col 0sgood then introduced friend OF
his, Col. f. Stevens, Jr., of Fishkill-on-the-
Hudson, to respond to the toast New
York" which he did very acceptabiy.
Mr.. f. A. Robinson happily responded
to the sentiment The Queen City
Mr.. r. II. owen responded TO the toast,
The Bangor House. in an inimitabie
vein.
/ Mr.. &. S. Gilman of Portland was then
called upon. "i'm no speech maker, but
II. like Al Thayer to know this is the best
dinner ever got up FROM" was one of his
many weIl-tined remarks.
Mr. Geo. II. Bems of Bangor made one
of the brightest hits of the evening, for which
he received the title poet laureate Of the
evening by unanimous vote. He related a
thrilling episode on tne of the northern
lakes where a mans canoe capsized
and lie decided to sacrifice himself To save
| his family in the canoe with him AMI whom
alone could float on the capsized boat.
knowing that be could not swim to the
shore, on discovering distant object he
swan to it, 1t WAS llsrnnsolatc Loon
that could help no one. He thought then
that he must give up, but esfying another
object, in final desperation swan TO that.
TWAS a great broad shutter on which he
reached the shore in safety. Loud AMI
prolonged applausc.) Ar. Beniis then re-
cited these orisiaal verses that brought him
three ringing cheers;
And when thai ''shu;tcr" Is hang On high.
Under the dome OF the azufr sky
BY the midday sun or the midnight moon,
Far beyond the reach Of II 'i.oou."
We the favored, shall read with ease
the glowing lines thar read like these;
Here is n bond that SAN DeN eT sever,
And The shutter Tub shall exist forever"
Mr.. John :. Fairbanks of Boston, was
one of the other speakers and the last SEN
timent of the evening was Tom Murphy,
the man who brought the late game of ball
into such unexpected pro'nlneure.
Mr.. Murphy was received with three
cheers and II tiger, and closed the cxer-
cises with Il witty response.