Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1896-02-25
TO COURT AND BAR.
AN ELEGANT BANQUET RENDERED ny
THE CITIZENS OF NORWAY TUESDAY
EVENING. A MATERIAL AND INTEL
LECrUAL FEAST.

IECTUAL FEAST.
One thing is certain: IL banque
doesn't become regular feature OF c0ur
week In Oxford County, 1t won't be be
cause success beyond the expectations o.
the projectors hasn't attended the las
two-the one that marked the close o.
the associations with the old court house
on the Hill, aud the one of last weel
that In way celebrates the beginning
of new associations In the new cour
house.
/ A banquet was rendered His Honor
Judge Foster, and the members OF tn
Oxford County Bar, by the citizens o.
! Norway, ut Bears Hotel, Norway, Tues
day evening, Feb. Is, from Z 80 TO l:
Z. Mat least, that Is the way the invi
tations read; but you understand thai
In an affair OF this kind, twelve O'Clock
Is On elastic hour.
The citizens and invited guests began
gathering very promptly ut the hour
named. aud swarmed through the office
and spacious psrlors OF that model hos
telry, Bears Hotel. Everybody got ac-
quainted, II not already so. An hour
and a half was spent in lively sociability,
with incidentally little business done
by the hustlers who are always looking
for business; and group Of lawyers
discussed with considerable zeal the i'm
portant points Of the case which had
that day been given over to the tender
mercies OF the jury.
| At quarter past nine the call was given
To the dining room, where the guests
were seated at four long tables. Seven
ty or more sat down, including about
twenty-four members OF the bar. The
tables were tsstcfully decorated with
rare ported plants, and boutonniere
lay by each plate.
The banquet, from gastronomic
point Of view, was near perfection, and
was served in Landlord Bickford's best
style. IL consisted of eight courses,
with the following menu:
Blue Points on Half She'll
Mock Blsque.
Boiled salmon. Egg Sauce.
Potato Salad Cucumbers.
Roast Turkey. Cranberry sauce.
Green Peas French Fried Potatoes.
Rsdishes Olives.
Maraschlno Punch. Cigarettes.
Lobster ShIai
Vanilla Ice Cream. Assorted Cakes
| Fruit, Coice. Cigars.
After two hours devoted to minister
ing To what Is commonly, from ma
terial point OF view. known rs the "in-
ner man." and after cigar smoke had be-
gun to make fragrant II not pupgent the
atmosphere OF the room, Hon. A. ).
10. ha =
Of the evening. He welcomed the hon
ored Judge and the members OF the bar
To this banquet rendered by the citizens
OF Norway-that town In which Its citi-
zens have so much pride. A Norwegian
is hardly worthy the name of Norwegian
unless he has pride In his town. IL Ia
n town where lawyers do not. as in some
places. have 10 overcome a prejudice,
hut where they are welcomed. Mr..
Kimball referred briefly 10 some OF the
earlier lawyers Of the town, and finally
introduced as POSTMASTER lone who fire.
auently pulls various strings and makes
them all work together"-S. 5. Stearns,
Esq.
MIR. sTEARNs
said the situation was somewhat like
that OF the client who once told Swasey,
when his case was ready for argument,
"Ny money paws for Il, and now ] want
you 10 talk We have got up this ban
Duet, aud now we want you to talk.
There was no stated programme for the
evening, those In charge feeling that II
would be better not TO place limits on
the speakers or their subjects. Oxford
County. said Mr.. Stearns, has furnished
several Judges OF the Supreme Court.
only one Of whom has retained his resi-
dence here permanently. That one we
have here with US tonight, where we do
not stand in awe OF him as we do when
he sits upon the bench. In court we
dance at his bidding; tonight We can
make him dance at our bidding.
JUDGE FOSTER
rose. though he was sorry that he had
to get up and talk. Like the case OF the
man who had TO ride In the same hack
with his mother-in-law at his wiie's
funeral, IL stock away more than hall
the pleasure OF the occasion" Judge
Foster spoke spprecistingly OF the ban
quet with It's numerous courses, ana said
IL reminded him OF bar dinner which
he attended not long since In another
county of the state. After they had dis
posed OF two of the sixteen courses. one
Of the legal lights, somewhat noted Tor
the smallness of his mental calibre, dis
appeared. They looked around and
found him on the piazza Of the hotel.
what made you leave!' asked Chief
Justice Peters. % it." was the re-
ply, "they took NV plate and supposed
we'd got through"
Judge Foster spoke OF attending
school In Norway in his youth, and re-
marked that he could see in the room
only two of his former schoolmstes.
He spoke highly Of the push and enter
prise for which Norway Is noted. He
then referred TO the county building
contest, remarking, ~ believe Norway
had something 10 do with removal, didn't
IL, Brother Swssey:" Judge Foster
said he had voted against removal, As he
did not believe the county could, for the
sum proposed, erect suitable buildings.
He had now seen the accomplished fact,
and he was gratified ut the result. lie
had held court in eighteen different court
houses 10 the state, and there was not
one of them that for convenience. beauty
OF architecture, and general utility,
would compare with Oxford County's
new court house.
Mr.. Stearns said he had danced con-
siderable in the county buildings case,
at the bidding OF a brother lawyer, and
that il did him some good now to give
the other fellow chance to do some
dancing. He called upon
HON. JOHN Z. swAsEY.
Mr.. Swasey WAS gratified 10 be pres
ent. He had been present hen quite
part of the town was wiped out by fire,
and he admired the energy and enter
prise which rebuilt the town as 1t had
been done. He had enjoyed the banquet,
and his experience had satisfied him that
there is only one thing that Norway peo-
pie do better than they eat-that is, to
vote. He accepted the result, WAS graft
fled with the new county buildings, ana
gloried Ia the grand old county OF Ok
ford.
HON. GEORGE ID. BISBEE
said that the people of Norway have
done as much if not more than any other
town 10 put Oxford County in the exalt-
ed position she occupies to-day. Nor
way is quoted everywhere as the en-
bodiment of activity and energy. de
referred briefly to the military history
of Norway, and concluded that Norway
is First in war, first in shoe factories,
and first in moving county buildings"
MAYOR NOBLE
of Lewiston, thought we were acting
| A.. .;-b. aaoord;pU m the advice of the