Waterbury Democrat., 1901-02-06

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Tennis club of the ThirAsf.on. srskanonal church gave ao}2 "a en- !pS4gnie fntertainment and SoEia3iS in ia. lnssnIssh .sss building last evendn&.s A ;o-.saa ss sn0ssA aIsssA was ID AMen dance and en- Several contests :, .fl co Sa4,g.,a,. members of thS ei1fEs A handsome sum was nettedS9ffAe tennis funds TOE the coming HhAaon.
 Magnificent wefe the fes+;v;tias in connection with the, farewell bannuet Mhlch Was rendered to William J. Col ms at the Brooklyn hotel by the mem . Ders of the Brooklyn Outing club and their friends last evening" From tha moment that the efficient and canable, chairman of the evening. Alatt r smith, opened the evenings festivities "ltn Il natty speech until an early hour this morning, when the merry party dspersed, enjoyment and pleas gre relgned supreme. Short " after 3 o'clock Chair man Smith in Deat presentation speech presented Mir Collins with handsome gold headed cane. the best the market afforded, as q testimonial oi ihe esteem and veneration which the members of the Brooklyn Outing eiuD and their friends have always possessed for him. Mir Collins. though completely surprised at the masnifi- cent gift. responded with a short speech, stating that he could never for ger the city of Waterbury and its asso- clates- Fond memories of happy days spent in dear old Brooklyn and pleas ant recolections of the fine old times which were enjoyed by him as a mem Der of the Brooklyn Outing club would ever finger with him. Alderman D. J. Mahaney was then introduced as the toastmaSter of the evening by Chair
 man smith. That the genial alderman from the fifth made success as q toastmaster is speaking mildly. The following toasts were then responded 10 by the following we'll known Der sons: Our guest is d good fellow J. \. Begnal: Our guest was l good fellow r. Clohessey; Our guest will De good fellow" w. E. Thoms: "Side Lights on our guest" F. P. Guilfoile; He worked us tho not of us'' tHarti- ware Halp r. r. Ramon: Bon voy- age,s W. H. Rafferty: Our present administration D. J. Mahaney: We old fellows of the E. X. e. Constable Donahue: "A tip from the board of public safety" Thomas Magner. Every one Of the toaStS was delivered in an admirable and entertaining manner Alderman Mahaney was very explicit ana enthuSaSuc in the many good things which have already and which will be accomplished by the present administration. Constable Donahues speech was replete with eXuberant fe- icitations. His reference to MT Col lns as his grandfather in politics" created great laughter. His speech was the hit of the evening. Thomas WhPelahan. the old reliable of Brook lyn, proved himself q star ill after din- her speeches. In an appropriate speech he presented the guest of the evening with I box of cigars on be- half of himself and a beautiful gold headed umbrella and box of cigars as tokens from his old friend Chris Dunphy. Songs were pleasingly ren- dered by James Leonard. P. I. and Grogan Clark, Charley Curtin, Law renee Lawlor and Edward Costigan. Fred Lewis was the accompanist. An old song. entitled Watch on the Rhine." with th. last word changed to wine. was sung i'll the German dia- feet by TonSorial Artist Philip Has, sell, while jigs Were danced in q clever manner by James Luddy. As to the spread. it was never surpassed in lav- iShneSs and abundance. All kinds of eatables and drikables which are sweet to the taste were ill abundance. It was indeed a grand and fitting fare well to one who during his residence has won an enviable place in the hearts of those with whom he has associated. AIr Collins left to-day for New Or ange, N. J., his future abode.