The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-12-22

wanna county sat down to banquet IN
the hotel. Gathered around the ban
quet board were young and old ana
comparatively sturdy sons of the stur-
diest people this country, and possibly
any other country, has ever known
The later-day jewellers We're fair
representation of the qualities which
have made possible the Scranton of
81 today The wealthy man elbowed
along with his more worldly unfortun-
ate man., but during the early formal
reception and the sitting about the
board the material condition was abb
sorbed by the common boast of herit-
p age from New England stock,
That the society does not move and
have its being in name only was at
tested by the brotherly feeling, some
thing deeper than platenic friendship,
which seemed to link the evenings
gathering into unit. The assemblage
Individually did not, in casual convers-
alton, boast of being able to trace IT'S
ancestry; but there was no mistaklng
the pride with which many spoke OF
having .staunch. stern and true New
q England forefathers.
ii was the eighth annual banquet Of
the society and in point of numbers
and otherwise was said tohave been the
most suocessfulr,eyer.,h held. Certainly
-tF,s srl4sfie-er1l eat>sPf..oe vrrd no
:. small amount of credit IS due the speak
ers. local and from abroad, who added
bfnliancy, rustre and learning to the
occasion. .-.-,-.....
Speakers of the Evening.
Among the toast responsers' was Rev.
Joseph Fl. Twichell, of Hartford,,a a Yale
b, man of,thirty-ive years ago, whom the
New York alumni is allowed to yet call
jos Twichell, and whose name is
r. linked by the alumni with Our Chaun-
cey" and Ike Bromley such was the
q. manner in which he was introduced by
City Solicitor James II. Torrey,a the
toastmaster.
E. d. .Warfleld, L.. L.sD., born in Ken
Il tuoky, educated in England, and who
enjoys the distinction of being the
youngest college president in the Unit
ed States, was another of the speakers
He is at the head of Lafayette's facul-
ty, but from his own remarks and In
thesestimation of his auditory, he en-
joys as great an honor in being the hus'
3 band of daughter of Massachusetts,.
Hon. s. A. Northway, present mem.
ber of congress from Ohio's old Garfield
district, contributed largely to the en-
joyment of the occasion. His humor
mastery style and familiarity with the
part played by Puritan pluck in the las
rebellion made his effort one of intense
interest.
Hon. r. V. Powderly, eX-general mas
fer workman of the greatest labor or
ganization the world has ever known
and Rev. DR.. w. II. Pearce. pastor o.
one of the largest Methodist congrega
s. tions in the country, represented Scran
ton in the list Of speakers.
1t was 1915 o'clock, after about TIVE
and one-half hours of gastronomica
4. discussion, before the feast was ended
and in their astronomical power o
sticking to a thing. and treating it prop
erly in act and in spirit, the gathering
showed their hereditary traits ant
payed a collective compliment to tn
caterer. Three lines of tables alonI
three aisles of the dining room an
forming hollow square and a smalle
table in the center contained the ban
quetters. In addition to an elaborat
array OF lmitless good and rare thing
selected from the seasons dellcacie
the menu contained such reminders O
New England as pork and beans, eide
and mince and pumpkin pie.
Those Who Attended.
The guests from abroad with the OF
ficers of the society occupied the iron
side. of the table facing the square
During the progress of the feast OF
chestral music was furnished by
party of Bauers musicians situated
the hotel lobby. and the intermission
of the speech-making were filled by tn
admirable vocal music of quartette.
Those present We're:
Theodore Strong, Pittston; Rev. N.
Stahl, ]. f. Burr, Carbondale, J. A Lan'
ing, J. II. Fisher, Arthur Frothinghan
s.. b. Mott, Il. Il. Watson, H. A. Fulle
o. b. Wright, Colonel II. NJ. Boies, l..
Northrup, W. j. Lewis, l.. C. Kenned.
Rev. George Il. Guild, l.. NJ. Smith, r. \
Stocker: Honesdale; Rev. Charles lie
Carbondale; Il. w. Luce, ]. d. Stoke
Jermyn; f., G. Whitmore. j. ID. Stoke
f. s. Sanderson, John II. Law, Throol
aa Alfred Hand, S. p Hull, r. A. Jadwi
y Carbondale; w. r. Smith. ]. w. Peck,
d Afs BunHell TIC. Won Storch, p s. Pag
Albert $, Baker, w. j. Hamilton, Carbon
!; dale H.'J. Anderson. A. IT,: Law, l..
Potter, George r. Moir, John r.. Roe,
L. Marsh, w. p. Kennedy, A.. ID. Blacl
singtpn,s pohn H. PhelDss,A B. William
r. +. Phillips, W. q. Robertson, c. J
Klnsley Blakely; Charles @. Rose, Il: