Smyrna times., 1893-02-01
The Banquet at the Opera House
GlvenBy COnclave NO. 45.TOH

"A'0uoy COnclaVe mo. 10, ]. O. III.
/ There have been fewer more epiov.
aole occasions for long time, consid.
? eIlng the number of participants. 1O3
l. (halt OF them were ladiesl than the
e entertainment given by the Hepta-
s sopns OF this town at the Opera House
on thursday evening last, which thev
5 modestly called a supper, but which
enIa!geo from their first conception
\ quet. y q "'n
1 Much of this was due to the efficient
It committee, John A. Hoffecker, Geo.
# M stevenson and VIM. II. Baggs. who
q had the affair in hand, with plenarv
9 power 50 TO speak, the guests finding
S every detail attended to, to make the
3 evening success. Three tables had
3 oeeh constructed the length of the
: ioon' at winch every participant was
5 comfortably seated without being
crowded. The printed cards Of invis
, latiOh stated the hour at $50 O'Clock,
, almost the entire number being here
oy or shortly after that time.
The guests, who had been occuDyinG
the room prOmiscuOusly, took seats at
the tables at nine O'Clock. District Dep |
uty Supreme ArChon, VIM. II. Baggs, |
ac'ing as Master of Ceremonies. A |
olesslng was invoked bv Rev. c. G.. |
ADAMS. From this time on for an hour,
u was plain sailing-plenty of good |
nIngs 10 eat, such as chicken salad,
,ried oysters, beef tongue, Maryland
biscuits, pickles, etc, followed by
Drick OF ice cream, rich cake, of CO.
mestic make, of various kinds aud
spleheld quality. oranges, the whole
supplemented with delicious coffee.
Geo. M. Stevenson was the caterer
IN the above supply, except the cake
ana biscuit, and aided by an efficient
corps OF walters, made Il a most enioy-
aOle hour to the large company thus
assembled at the festive board This
company was not dissmilar from
others OF a like character, viz: some
mixed wit, sentiment, repartee with
the VlandS in festive order, passing
ana receiving bright expressions to
| ehHVeh the occasion, while others
would get down to the subject in the
most matter Of-fact way whichever ,,
way they enjoyed it the best.
About ten o'clock, Mr.. Baggs, who
sat at the head of the centre table, {
arose ana announced a change in the
program-an entertainment of another :
eharacter-speaking and vocal music. /
=
o., John a. and J. Ed. Hoffecker in 1
terspersed in the speaking. C. Virgil a
Gordon at the piano. 1t was a combi- a
nation which seemed to be very much q
enjoyed, though some of the speakers b
trespassed on time, or others would n
have been called on. G.
In opening this part of the enter b
talnment, Deputy Master Bages led off b.
I'D speech of ten minutes in thoughts r.
clearly and smoothly stated. and sur. IL
PRISE" number who had never heard n
nun oeIore address All assemhlaoe. He III
d aluued TO the pleasure it had given p'
the ConclaVe to thus entertain their til
!IIenGs, with hopes the guests had en- az
Ioyeu tne evening as much as the mem m
DeTo had, and after a brief statement Ot
VI " Uhe Order OF HeptasOphs and it's W
ooJecls, called on DR.. G. O. Swinney To TIC
respond to the toast, "Smvrna Con To
crave NO. 40" The doctor occupied 81
only SIX minutes in ornate but we'll wi
;hosen words, which. under their IN
bright and golden hues, had depth of th
meaning, and that was, that the male ch
guests present, who were not aireodv tn
members, would make the possible 4C
uture OF their wife and children much en-
happier by joing the order. He believes th'
d good sized families, and declared Il a $
sin and shame on a family that ra. no
NAMED small. cit
me next toast responded to. Fra ste
erhaI Organization, :" was bv Rev q ex;
y Dame. He dwelt upon the great ouI
dVahtages of such an organization IN OIL
mankind, in giving comfort. aid an1 qu'
ohsoiatlOn TO the families of the mem the
Srs. lie said the underlying princi. no
ne OF them all was goodness and NOR. uni
N.Y. yet they must not let this fea. ed
are aosolVe them from the necessary pee
giving adherence to the church. and by
ound up by advising all who were thr
OF heptasophs to become one and
ne tAlrd toast, "Our Guests" was by
'SpGnded to by B. " Weldon, in his imE
suai nearly everyday manner. and as the
Z 7APTsssed It, giving an animated tact
7lSlOn OF few rambling remarks lisn
. gave substantial reasons wbv he due
came HeptasOph, and was more tow
Taseu ga, WIN It now than at the first. anti
Tue iourth and last toast on the owe
ogram, as provided by the COMMITTEES rifle
',lo Insurance" was ably responded ava
oy heV. w. w. w. Wilson. who peOI
laracterlzed cooperative insurance as nnis
uelusioh ana snare, except when il The
r,,I ~ "uu controlled by a Fra HiOu
nai o'gahizatlon like the Heptasophs NOR
hen it became Ly virtue of this sodro' of a.
weT, bond of union and a towo. oS gnal
'ength. . 'o"er vi near
Ihr Master of Ceremonies now Phil
unced that owing to the latannss ae lheil
hour it would be perbans viz ~ Penn
ng the exercises to a close bnt ~ of sh
sung his eye over the festal hoard bo ware
DADnV |
Ihe Delaware House of Represcnto. with
e. capt II. w. Dasey, of Sussex ,vbo cOmI
5 ;, oelng entertained by Hon. w II Bonn
IL, OF the same body. Thu ge,;ai unne
''aln was called upon for a few re. the il
rKs' when ne mOdestly stepped for. orou'
rd and dwelt for some ,iUno iO' Objec
ne current topics of the evening in our
leral and Sussex county in nott;n - of tn,
I, cIosing with q glowing comnli. to an
NJ 70 the banquet and the pleasnra OF pr
ave him in thus meeting the ao Dao1ie Res
'm yrna. P0oPie resolI
'm. E. Hall, who had heen tho. ture
q ing Drevions 70 "eeh Cnat these
led Archon for tbs .,iq, "uquet, IN Smyr
lose business is to preside over ~
OeratlOns of the orderl was caIIaS y
or speech, but excused bim.eIt
iHse of the lateness OF the hour the
rjv an hon. PeaSe's san sn5S n5SSvlng occupied Thu
resolution or thanI nan. stock
he members of 'TAs ~ was extended 10 o'c
had assisted them in making tbe Fric
rtalnment success. Farmi
eV. Mr.. Wilson called for n risino dence
OF thanks from the invited 0uestS at 10 {
Pprecl9Iiop Of the pleasant eTening 9,,..
bear,iIv anJ ID f1i,1 n'Sneu then' which Stock
was naa.I'. IL iuiiy responded to. his rel
Danv had 5js,i uui'ght when the farm,
l1eI IN which were persons from
Neck, Clayton and Kenton On
GOodW
some I
Test Of the Present Condition of ing Ut