St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-06-02
THE FORTY-NINERS.
The Old Settlers Hold Their Forty
Second Annual Banquet.

oCSOH0 AhaAAA Abesh4uSt"
There was a notable gathering of men
around tie banquet-board in the ordi-
nary of the West hotel yesterday after
noon. 1t was the forty-seeond annual
banquet of the Old Settlers Society of
Minnesota, rendered by Col. West, and
the sixty old gentlemen who partOok
had an enjoyable time. The Old Set
tiers society is composed of the pioneers
OF the state-Of men who cau.e here III
the early days and helped dlSSlpate the
wilds 10 realms of civilization. In order
TO become 4 member of the society, IL is
necessary To have been twenty-One years
of aye previous TO December 9. 1919. 1t
Is needless to say, therefore, that
the banqueterS were one and all Sllvery-
haired and away past the three-Score
mark. The banquet began at 2:30 and
concluded abou' 4:30, when the BAN
queters were taken about the city on
special cars rendered by President
Lowry, of the railway company. The
menu was of the substantial kind, and
the old settlers did ample justice TO it.
In the center of the table stood Il mann
moth basket of flowers, and huge bon
Quets were placed at the corners. Each
bore card with X. j. MendenhalFS
compliments.
After the good things had been dis
posed of Gov. Ramsey made a motion
that committee on resolutions be ap-
pointed, and Gov. William Il. Marshall,
Gen. George l.. Becker and Ed Durant
were asked to Officate as such. MessrS.
Lowry, Mendenhall and West were
elected honorary members, after which
the banQueterS settled back in their
chairs ana listened TO short addresses
by the eloquent ones. Among those
who spoke were Dr.. J. H. Murphy, Gov.
RImSey, Rev. j. T.. Whitney. Col. John
ii. Stevens. Is. j. Randall, William p.
Murray. Harry l.. Morse. Gov. William
X. Marshall. Edward Durant and Dir.
Day. A letter of regret was read from
DR.. E. ID. Neil, of st. Paul. Before ad-
Journing the following set of resolutions
was passed:
Resolved, That the hearty thanks of the
old settlers of Minnesota are hereby given 10
Col. John T. West for the sum- tuous ban
quet and munihcent hospitality enjoyed at
hlS hands to.iay;
Secondhand our thanks are due and
hereby rendered to Col Thomas LOwery for
the generous courtesy OF his interurban
electric cars;
Third--That our thanks are also due and
hereby given to r. J. Menddnhall for the
beautiful flowers furnthed by him for our
gatherings
Fourth-That our thanks are especially
due and hereby rendered to our friends Col.
John ii. Stevens and K. P. Russell for their
courtesy and attention in arranging
pleasantly for entertaining our association
at Minneapolis;
Finally, that among our most cherished
recollecIiOns will be the memory of the
forty-Second anniversary OF the founding of
our society at the West hotel.
The names OF those present at the
banquet are among the foremost and
best known in the state. They are
given below:
Henry NJ. Rice. Alexander Ramsey. Gen
K W. johnson William r. Marshall. Arson
Northrup, B. W. Brunson, Ii. ". Setter, N
Myrick, John ii. Stevens, Dan Stanchfeld,
Russell Blakeley, Robert Hasty.C. d. Dorr. s.
W Farnham, :. P. Folsom, John ID. Ludden,
Dr.. j. ii. Murphy, A. l.. Larpeneur, William
II. Tinker. W. 2. Murray. NJ. n Kellogg. b.
+. Irvine, Lorenzo Hoyt D. \. j. Baker.
George l. Becker, Mahlon Black, W. E.
HarishOrn, q. ". Sweet, John rupper, n. :.
Wilkinson, :. Trask, J. =. Whitney. E. W.
DuranL A. II. Lavender, Oliver Parsons. Fred
Olivia. B. ii. Randall lillian Cove, {. ID.
Elicit. L. P. Russell. J. s Proctor. c. p. V.
Lull, James MeMullen. j. A. Ford. W. c.
Morrison. II. L. Moss, Daniel Rohrer, Jere-
miah Mahoney, Ard Godfrey, George Harris,
Edgar Folsom. Jesse PomerOy. 5 Statelar,
DR.. u. Day, Messrs Conway and Sherman.