Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-03-15
JOHN ERICSSON BANQUET.


Wednesday evening, March 8. 1898.
was attended by a gathering Of over
two hundred persons. The large and
spacious dining-hall was eIaboratelv
decorated. and the portrait of John
Ericsson in the centre of the American
dag WAS placed at each end Of the
room. Zach of the guests was SUD-
Piled with d earn alton flower and the
tables were decorated with roses. At
9:}o the guests were seated at the table.
Some twenty walters waited upon the
Wants OF the guests. and twelve cour-
ses were served. After the supper,
Hon. Andrew Holt delivered an adj
dress OF welcome and resigning the
Office OF soastmascer OF the evening.
introduced his successor. [. \.
losing Of Cannon Falls. who then
proceeded to introduce the respecti ve
speakers after having himself called
the attention Of the audience to the
purpose OF the gathering and in a very
patrlotlc manner and in glowing terms
described the great good that John
Ericsson had done for America bv the
Invention Of the Monitor. BE first
called upon President Northrup Of the
State / University. who related at the
opening. that it was directly due to the
Invention Of the Monitor that he came
to Minnesota. He spoke Of the dan
gerous times and IF the causes which
called forth the necessity Of the
Monitor its battle with the Merrimac
and It's victory: spoke in glowing trib-
Ute Of the Scandinavians, and STRONGLY
urged the erection of monument to
the memory Of John Ericsson. His re-
marks were received with deafeniny
applause.
Hon. Frank Nye should have fol-
lowed but Was unable to be present.
Next followed Prof. Henry Slade
Golf. at one time Principal Of the
w lllmar High Schools. in al origi-
nal poem which follows:
John Ericsson. he Of the ~ce;irn Northern
land.
Where the BAlti: ana Bo1hnia bathe the
gri N -trand.
John Ericsson. he Of Tia, rude Northern
Who~e Gar,tar and Ericsson dared tho rough
OF the Northern Atlantic ! half thou.an>l
Ere the heel OF the Grnor>e COPIED with t.
fears.
u sweden wa be OF the en-i neer> fame.
" hose trump hs exalted humanity's Name
" sweden was he Of the physicist skill
whose Thought pierced thu. secrets Of Ma
ture until
The round orb Of earth gave him houl-e.
and right
Was armored anew with great Eri.s-on's
might
John Ericsson he Of the patriot heart.
when treason was rendn.c our Union apart
John ERICKSON. he Of the Der Of oak
W hose soul grew the stronger the harder
The stroke.
1t WAS he. living under the old stripes: aud
stars.
When the rae l1ed ship OF .tate. now ground
on the bars.
And anon hoisted high ou The -ur~e and
again
Deep buried and prone IN Thu, tr,u~h- Of tho,
In the storm and the red ii re OF war.-t was
Whose soul met the tempest right -l0r;-
Who Fashioned the rescuing craft. and dis
persed
The cohorts OF fire. ana the old Shin. i'm
ElerSed
In the depths Of despuir rose triu m ph Int
to be
Once again. Il. Of old the proud queen Of
Now build y,e statue to John Ericsson.
TO the land rendered fire. by the great
W ash nGrOn.
Vow build We statute to S.lndia- sou
And the old World : and new World u nj ted
in one.
Let it stand where the Waves Of humanity
And the thron-s Of che city and country
folks meet:
" here the voice Of the I:.,rhin- Of Waters
To the erhoin- thunder Of -Antbouy's falls
At the heart Of the continent let is fair
Arise to the sunshine and pierce the dread
storm.
Where the land sire 5c hes far and uh. west
ern winds blow.
And the Father Of Waters is rolling below.
Lay hrm it's foundation. and build ye there
on
The featu res and form Of the great Ericsson:
In majesty build it high into the air
And name we the 81 te for it Ericsson Square
The tOastmaster then called for A.
F. Nordin, who spoke as follows:
The very efficient committee Of the
John Ericsson Memorial Associ alton
are unques5ionably well-up in their du-
ties, for they have clandestinely sur
reptitiously and premeditately placed
the name Of your humble servant upon
the list OF speakers and have over-ruled
his objection which was sent by mail,
and have not even granted him an ex-
ception. though we have among US to-
night such display Of talent as is sell
dom gathered together and their names
do not appear upon the lists Of speak
ers. came to listen this modest prai-
RE flower plucked in midwinter from
the plains Of kandiyohi did not come
here to speak. 1t is said and truly so,
that brevity is the soul otwit.. 1t is and:
not til At alone, but upon occasions of
this kind very convenient to take ad-
vantage Of. But [ should be false to
myself upon this occasion should fail
to express my feelings at a time when
w, Ara ratIorod torothar to ID.