The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-04-01
LOYAL GUARDS ENTERTAIN.
Owosso Knights Receive and Banquet
Visitors in Royal Style.

several hundred sir knights with friends
from the neighboring towns of Flint and
st. Johns, together with large number OF
invited guests at home, gathered at the
armory Friday night of last week for''a feast
of soul and a flow of w.t." and the inter
change of friendly and fraternal greetings.
There were present of the supreme Off
GERS e. o. Wood, supreme recorder gen.
eral; B. T. Cotharin, supreme paymaster;
Dr. 0. Millard supreme surgeon general;
Mark w. Stevens, supreme advocate
general, and Messrs. Jas. Burroughs and
Fred Anderson supreme auditors, with
Flint division No. as an escort.
The visiting sir knights and their ladies,
as also invited guests, were cordially re-
ceived and royalty entertained by the home
fraters.
The table fare was good and the serving
by the members of the Ladies Library As
sociation was simply satisfying to epicuran
taste. The ladies had garnished the tables
with prOfusion of cut flowers and in all
there was evidence of good taste and
management.
Wesener's full orchestra behind screens
upon the stage added, as usual, to the en-
tertainment.
| The invocation was given by Rev. j. G.
Cromer, of the Congregational church.
The K. of l.. G. sextette song, "Wel-
come Tonight" greatly pleased the large
audience.
After the feast came "the flow of wit"
The Capt. Gen. of Owosso division, A. w.
Myers, warmly welcomed the visitors in a
few we'll chosen remarks.
I'll. s. Hadsall was then introduced as the
toast master of the evening, with the senti-
ment, "a ginooine statesman should be on
his guard, eff he must hev beliefs, nut to
b'lieve 'em tu hard" Senator Hadsall
proved himself the man for the place.
The toastmaster introduced Seden s.
Miner to respond to the sentiment, "Cuba. ("
Mr.. Miner spoke of the Importance of the
subject and gave short resume of the
islands history and resources. 1t was
naturally able to support many times the
population it now had, but under the rule
of Spain starvation was the lot of many
natives. The Spanish government exacted
outrageous contributions from the natives
and the yoke of their expressions had be.
come too heavy to be borne longer The
insurgents now have possession of two
thirds of the island-all except the seaport
country. Mr.. Miner drew in on the able re-
port and speech Of Senator Thurston for q
description of the cruelties and destitution
prevailing at the present time on that beau
tiful island. The sentiment of Senator
ThurstOn that humanity and patriotism
should weigh more with the American peo.
pie than gold and silver was expressed in
the language of that able advocate of Cuba's
wrongs. In the name of religion Spain has
erected a cross in every part of the island
and yet that cross has no significance tC
Spain apart from the aggrandzement of the
State.
Our character artist, f. FL. Chapel, gave
a very good rendering of the negro solois
In the subject, ''I'll Make that Black Ga
Nine" Fred's expression, facial and tone
got him into the good graces of his listener.
at once and he was encored.
The toastmaster then introduced r. M
Winston, of st. Johns, whose sentiment
was According to st. Johns" as the
"Chauncey Depew, of Clinton county.
This gentleman soon convinced all those
who heard him that in many things his
sentiments at last were not according to st
john" He proved a consumate fiattereI
but not devoid of wit. Said he told hi:
wife he wanted to see somebody at Owosso.
When confronted by his suspicious wifi
with 'whom do you want to see at Owos
SOP" he had luckily thought of the ready re-
ply of the Glengarry Irishman under the
same suspicious circumstances, who replied
without hesitation, ''Its myself l want Il
see at Glengarry." The speaker had love
for the hard working school MANS, one Of
whom, red and curly headed, hat
become the light of his life. He was oi
Baptist ancestry, had imbibed love fol
deep water and herein was according t
St. john"
"Sing On" a soprano solo by Mrs. r. K
Travis, delighted the audience. She sans
again to an encore.
Miss Ruunell, of st. Johns, young lady
of Is or 16 summers, was here brought ou
by the toastmaster to give Judd Brown
ing's Account of Rubenstein's Playing" &C
cordiug to the program. This was ahumor
Gus recitation In dialect, and was given ir
such true measure to nature as to surprise
those who listened to the young lady. The
unsophisticated yet honest hearted jude
spoke through the life of the recitationel
and touched the hearts and humor of thos,
who lstened. Miss Runnel proved hersel
favorite and was encored.
After cello solo by Prof. Gardner tn,
toastmaster introduced K. o. Wood, su
preme recorder general, who began b!
paying a deserved compliment to the ladie
vyho had prpperad and sprved the renast