Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-04-12
BOARD OF TRADE
OOnIlO vi nAUE
Holds 1t First Annual BANQUET,
at Hotel North.
Live Business Men Discuss How to
Advance City's Prosperity,
Interesting Addresses and Papers and ELOQUENT
After Dinner Speeches.

The banquet of the Augusta board o
trade at Hotel North, Thursday evening
was success in every particular. TIL,
representative men of the city were pre-
sent in unusually large numbers. A con
spicuous feature Of it was the number O
young, energetic business and profes
sional men in attendance, and the en-
thusiasm manifested was Indicative O
not only continuance of the excellen
work done by the local board but also O
more general support.
Following is a list of the names of tbost
present:
A. G. Andrews, James-S. Williamson
Smith S. Randall, Horace r. Sturgis
Frank f. Smith, J. NJ. Fogg Edward B
White, Llewellyn L. Cooper, Thomas A
Cooper, James S. Cooper, J. H. Fuller
Thomas C. Ingraham, A. W. Brooks
Frank E. Southland, Thomas Leigh, Jr.
Oscar Holway, Thomas j. Lynch
M. V. B. Chase, John f. Hill,
Howard Owen, William H. Reid,
A. W. Whitney, Chas. X. Partridge, A.
W. Foster, o. II. Groves, A. j. Pierce,
f. +. Blackman, Urban J. Ledoux, VIM.
H. Fisher, o. d. Lambard, G. f. Fletcher,
Ira Fl. Randall, J. F. Pierce, VIM. Atkin-
son, Chas B. Chick, Fred W. Andrew,
+. ]. c. Little, c. S. Hichborn, c. A.
Hayden, Chas. A. Milliken, A S. Bangs,
r. W. Soule, Melville Smith, Geo. f.
Halves, Byron Boyd, W. II. Williams,
Nathan Weston, w. H. Davis, A. T.
Murphy, W. B. Getchell, R. S. Bradbury,
James J. Maher, G.. W. Bull, Geo. II.
Phinney, Oliver L. Hall, G. f. Purintop,
Thomas c. Buckley, Geo. H. Mooers,
II. p. Lowell, C. H. Blackington, J. H.
Chandler, Chas. H. O'Brien, Albion Hala
Brainard, J. r. Townsend, c. b. Murphy,
Horace Little, John V. Lane, Ewing W.
Hamlen.
Much credit is due Mr.. Burns for the
inviting viands, the tastefully arranged
tables and the abundance and quality So
calculated to delight the heart
of an epicure. Choice flowers from Ben
Venue greenhouses lent pleasing effect
to the decorations of the tables, and by
each plate was pretty boutonnierc
was the delicious menu:
Blue Points, Half Shell.
Spanish Tomato au CrOutons.
Radishes. Olives.
Boiled Penobscot Salmon Burnise.
Potato Balls. Cranberry Sauce.
Roast Young Turkey. Oyster Dressing
Filet of Beef, Larded, aux Mushrooms.
Mashed Potato. Green Peas.
Roman Punch.
Lobster Salad Parker House Rolls
Ice Cream. Strawberry Jelly.
Whipped Cream.
Coffee. Cigars.
Wisdom, wealth and wit are trio to
grace occasions like that of last evening.
They were present and at their best The
social features abounded in the kind of wit
that whets the appetite. Wisdom, how
ever, assumed command of the situation
after cigars were lighted. The Journal
makes special effort to reproduce so far as
possible the excellent addresses, all of them
pertinent and suggestive of the city's
future welfare, and which was, after all,
the important feature of the occasion.
President Bangs at o. So opened the exer
cises, the feast of reason and flow of soul
He said:
1t gives me great pleasure to see here
tonight so many who are interested in
the welfare of the city of Augusta, and
trust that we may enjoy the latter part as
much as we have the former part of this
The objec, of this gathering, he said,
was to establish an annual banquet of the
local board and the citizens This is the
first distinctive gathering of this kind.
Col. Bangs said he should not attempt
to make an address. He should simply
state that this board of trade had in the
years since its organization, been of con-
siderable material value to the city. 1t
was not now the opportunity to speak of
that. We are here as business men, to
consult together and get acquainted and
unite for action to forward the material
interests Of this city, which had so pro-
crossed in the past 10 years. You all
know, he said, that the great upbuilding
of the city has been accomplished within
the past Is years. l see here, tonight. not
the citizens of the past but rather those of
the present and the future. The board of
have desired to gather together
the young men who have the future of the
city in their hands. Ii you young men
the needs of the city and what
lie within your power, we
may safely trust in your hands the fu-
ture Of the city.