The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-12-30
IT WAS A FEAST
PennsyIvanians Hold Their
Annual Meeting.
AT THE COURT HOUSE
Five Hundred Members and
Friends Attend.

The Pennsylvania society held a banquet
in the basement Of the court house. As 70
numbers no accurate estimate has been
formed suffice it to say it was a bowling
success and the foundation OF the seat OF
justice resounded with the jingle Of plat
ters dishes and the paraphernalia Of the
culinary department added TO this, the ever
present feminine persuasion gave zest tc
the occasion. The tables were loaded with
everything which pandered TO the fastid-
ious taste Of the epicure. The tables were
renewed until every appetite was satisfied,
after which the throng repaired 10 the
common pleas court room, where the ex-
ercises were interspersed with music,
! speeches, recitations, etc.
First, letter was read which had been
received from an old-time Pennsylvania,
a friend Of Mr.. J. NJ. Derr. Mr.. Herman
| having been appointed POSTMASTER, an
| nOunced that Judge Balderston would
speak about ''The Part Pennsylvanians
Took in the Revolution" OF course he
not having existed az that time. rehearsed
what his grandfather and father had told
him. He mentioned many circumstances
| in which Pennsylvania took the lead He
spoke OF the varieties of the earliest set
| tiers. The Dutch he commented on: the
| irish, too, and their fighting proclivities;
the conservative and non-coulbat tend
encies Of the Quakers, etc. His address,
| although extemporaneous, was enthusiasts
| ticaliy received.
Mr.. Jacobs, a veteran OF the Civil war,
responded to a toast. What Pennsylva>
mans did in that thrilling time" 1t was
| full Of thrilling stories Of 81 TO '65. which
| many Of Us will never efface from the
/ tablet Of our memories. He said 223. S46
men enlisted and S7.2Os laid down their
| lives for the land Of the free and the home
| of the brave. Throughout, It was thrill
ing address.
Mr.. Brain and his daughter favored
| with a saxaphone solo and another piece
was rendered in response TO great ap-
| plause.
Mr.. E. E. Bleckley, the genial passenger
| agent Of the Missouri Pacific railroad
| recited poem in the German dialect
1t was we'll received by those who under
/ stood the foreign language.
| Rev. Bruce Griffith responded TO the
| toast, ''What Pennsylvanians did IN the
| Spanish American war" relative to fur
nishing material she being probably fore
most. The shells. the powder, warships,
coal, etc, she supplied Uncle Sam
beautifully.
Fritz Huffman sang a song entitled. "Mr.
johnson Don't Get Gay accompanied by
his brother, on the piano. SO well was it
rendered applause followed, and another
rendition also.
DO ii ~
theme, What part Pennsylvania took in
educational matters" She began with the
earliest time when the log school house
played prominent part; when William
Penn practiced upon Mr. 10. the untutored
Indian, under the Old Elm that had stood
200 years OF wind and weather. The con-
trast between the methods then and now
were very wildly portrayed
DR.. DeRoss followed by picturing the
displacement of the primitive ideas. such
as the adoption of the gold and steel pens
for the goose quill Of our grandfathers
The description of the old-time manners
and customs was very unique and their
utility in those days very odd to Us in
our day of progress.
Rev. J. A Lawrence responded to what
Pennsylvanans did in religious matters"
He dwelt upon our progress in that re-
spect, not forgetting to mention one
among many others. John Wanamaker Of
Philadelphia, Presbyterian Of worldwide
celebrity. a splendid Christian gentleman,
he. who is none the less patriot who pro-
posed to furnish a regiment insure the
lives of those who enlisted and give them
back their situations on their return from
out late war.
A recitation by Rudolph Wendell This
little fellow appeared without a tremor
and rendered one Of the incest patriotic
delineauons ever listened 70. and amid
great applause gave an amusing Hans
and Jawcub" poem.
To cap the climax or as finale, Fx-
County Attorney John Davis responded
70 the toast. The ladies' He did justice
TO the subject. after which the happy
throns dispersed Tor their homes The oc-
casion viii long be remembered as 2 bright
oasis in the lives Of those who have
strayed from their homes in the far east.
One Of the toasts that was given was by
A. II. Mckee. a s follows:
Here is % Washington county. PsnnsyI-
vania, one Of the best counties in the grand
old Keystone state As 7 look around here
I see a few members from that county.
And more than this. one Of the best states
men this country ever produced was born
in Washington county, Pennsylvania His
name IS familiar 70 you all His name
was James G. Blaine"
PROGRAM.
Duet-Mise Mabel Bsrdine. Miss Morris
The Part Taken by Pennsylvania IN
the Revolutionary War''-Judge Baldes-
son.
The Part Taken by Pennsylvania in the
Civil War'-John /. Jacobs.
Saxaphcne S0I1-Mr. Bains.
Part Taken by Pennsylvania n Span
ish-Amertcan Wa-"-Rev. Bruce Grihi;h.
Masic-Frirz Huffman.
The Part That Pennsylvania has Taken !
in Public EducauoR"-Nr. and Mrs. De- /
Ross.
Dialect Recitation Pennsylvania Dutch /!
e Z. Bleckley.
The Part Pennsylvania has Taken Il 4
Rel1gion''-Rev. :. A Lawrence.
Saxaphone Solo-Mr Bans
Recitation. Peter SchnlheIIbreuaer"- !
Fste.
Inpromptu Toasts.
Dialect and Rci-stion-AdoIQh wea6alL 4
The Lzdles~-J0hn D Davis
The Part Taken by the Sons OF Penn (