The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-03-13
FUN RRIGNED
AT the Travelling Mems Dinner at
Bartlett.

This City Well Represented at the Gath
ering-The Poetic Genius OF Port
land Drummer-L. @. Bstemsn OF
Auburn was One of the Speakers
The members Of the Mountain Division
Travelling Mons association held their
fifth annual banquet at the Cave Noun
tain House. in Bartlett, N. H., Friday
About seventy-hve members with ladies'
were present, and it was pronounceds TO
be the most successful meeting that the
association has yet held. The Cave Noun
tain House Is one of the best aostelries in
New Hampshire, and Landlord Stevens
excelled himself upon this OCCASION
The hotel was beautifully decorated and
everything went merry as marriage bell.
Nearly every city and large town In
Maine was represented, and with the well
known jolly nature OF commercial run
ners the programme was carried out
There are over one hundred mem bers In
the association and the majority of them
were present. In addition TO these there
were several guests of honor. including
Hon. Harry Thomas, Hon. Goudy Kent,
Hon. ii. hanscom and Hon. W. H. Reed
of Portland; Hon. b. Il. Clark. Conway,
N. H.; Hon. O. II. Hurlin, jackson, N.
H.; DR.. Louis Frink, Bridgton, Me. {,
Hon. g. Il. Howard, Bartlett, n. X. !;
and Mr.. l.. @. Bsteman of Auburn, Me.
Previous TO the banquet business
meeting was held and the following off
GERS elected for the coming year: Presi
dent, Barker l.. Burbank of the Twitch-
ell-Cha mplin company, Portland; vice
president, j. II. O'Neil of the Byron
Greenough company. Portland; secretary
and treasurer, Willis Nj. Bates OF William
A. Prince g. Co.. Portland. The sxeou-
tive committee consists OF h. d. Meseott,
W. d. Carruthefs and 9. @. Files 1t
was voted that the time and place OF the
next annual meeting should be LETT to the
discretion Of the executive COMMITTEES,
and this will be announced at later
data
The banquet which followed was most
elaborate affair and was presided over by
ex-President W. +. Murphy.
Ex-Presideut Murphy. acting as toast
master. introduced DR.. Louis Fink oil
Bridgton, and that gentleman made an
eloquent speech which was Loudly ap-
plsuded. Then Hon. A. a. Noble OF
Rochester, N. b., WAS called up ana said
that he had exhausted all his eioquence
in trying to oonvfnce the voters OF his dis
trict that he was the proper man to repre-
sent them in Congress. HIS speech was
replete with wit and wisdom. DR.. Pur-
cell Of Riadeiord happily replied for the
medical profession. and Was loudly
oheered. Mr.. l.. A. Dunbar of Bartlett,
N. H., and President Burbank, also
.nads eloquent remarks. Mir. !. 9. Bate.
man of Auburn was called on next and
told several stories. He said that he felt
ike ''runner' himself as he had run
for Governor of Maine three times and
had the stuff1nR knocke1 out of him on
each occasion. He eulogised the Anglo.
Saxon race and pronounced Admiral
Dewey the greatest hero of all time. The
audience here arose and gave three cheers
for Dewey.
Mr.. W. d. Carruthers of Portland was
next brought up and recited an original
poem.
The Biddeford Orchestra, Prof. Charles
]. Murphy, leader, discoursed fine music
throughout the evening which was much
aDDrsci atad