Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-04-14

Twenty-seven Covers at $3.50 per Plate.
A Demonstration of Twin City Rhetoric
and Public Spirit at Geo. W. Davis
Parlors.
Banquets are s6metimes given by
princes or their subjects, sometimes
by the nobility or the commonality:
sometimes by men of large estate or
their highb0rn friends; sometimes, as
a favour to the hardy and bold
in war, to the coming statesman
or retiring hero: sometimes, as
has been said. 'simply among trades
men born to reason and to dwell
together in perfect harmony" There
fore, banQuetS are always a good
thing for the promotion of good fell
lowship and fraternity. In that
sense the feStal spread and exchange
of wit and wisdom in our city Satur-
day evening was one of the richest
events of many seasons.
Less than two weeks ago it was
conceived by a number of jolly busi-
ness princes in our two cities that it
might be mutually profitable to set
aside the cares Of office, shop and
store in consolidated reunion, pur-
posed to unbend one evenings hours
and have some real, genial, literary
fun midst Geo. Davis bowers. Com
mittees were appointed and the con-
ceptiOn was carefully matured to full
realiZatiOn-an elaborate banquet re-
suited. The REPORTER has referred
to it as an EkkO Club gathering
because it seems certainly to have
been such, the material rebOunding
echo closely initiating the expressed
desires and calls for such an event as
they had been sent ringing back and
forth across the river.
|. At $50 o'clock the keys were turned
in the doors of the Davis restaurant
and the house was given into possess
ion of the banqueters. COlcOrd' S
Mandolin club began at once to
discourse sweet strains, this Organiza-
tiOn taking an active part in enliyen-
ing the programme throughout the
evening. At ten O'clock the master
of ceremonies invited the company to
take seats at the table and they
proceeded Immediately to enjoy the
choice and SumptuOuS six course
dinner cooked and served a la AuditO-
rum style elite by our leading caterer
and his esteemed wife. 1t was a
spread fit for kings, of a kind which
has seldom been equaled and never
surpassed in the twin cities.
MENU.
Cream Consomme de Tomato
Waters
Blue Points Champagne
Cold Turkey Wheat Bread
Currant Jelly Cream Salad
Coffee Cakes Olives
Celery Assorted Nuts
Straw berries and Cream Bon Bons
Apples Oranges Bananas
Toastmaster G. Gdmonde LaVigne
then congratulated the club for it's
splendid gathering and besought the
members to throw all conventiOnality
and formality to the wings of the
wind and make themselves easy at
their own banquet. He proposed the
following toasts, which were eloquent
ly responded to by the gentlemen
indicated.
PROGRAMME.
AS Others See Us....................W. E. Wheelan
Music-Mandolin Club
Our Relations With Spain............A A. Mcintyre
1t Takes Man to be a Soldier..."...Jos. Thomas
Harmonica solo--A. C. Otto
How Long Mans Legs Should Be........
Graphophone ". Davis
Music-Mandolin Club
Future of the Twin Cities-.-...D. w. McKerche1
Southern Pastimes in Old kentuck.....O. c. Cox
Music-Mandolin Club
| Our Neighborly Ncighbors.... ~Chas. F. Kellogg
Kelly's Dream Dialect Reading......O c. Cox
Chorus by the Ekko Club
The toast of D. w. McKercher was
received with particular enthusiasm
| when he touched upon the subject OF
consolidation for the twin cities and
every person present expressed strong
| inclinations in that direction by riS-
| ing to his feet in response.
| After the program the gentlemen
adjourned to the smoking room and
INDUCED in fragrant havanas, songs.
choruSes, music and cOngenial amuse-
ments for another hour, then departed
hence from an evenings pleasure not
soon forgotten. Others present were
Messrs. J. E. DAILY, D. B. Philleo
Geo. n. Wood, Christ Larson, Emile
Garrison, Oscar Hathaway, F. l.
Steib, Chas. Dixon, A. n. Palmer
Chas. Kruger. O. P. Mcneil, ChaS.
Philleo, DR.. Goggins, John Avery, A.
J. Hasbrouck, John Ceary, f. W
Kruger, W. I'll. Reeves, Nash Mitchell