The Newtown bee., 1901-07-12
FAIRFIELD COUNTY.
BEDDING.

A NOTABLE AND ENJOYABLE BANQUET. The second annual banquet of the
 Bedding Students club was held at A.
 A. Gorham's on Tuesday evening,
 June 25. Covers were laid for about 50, and remarkably choice menu was
 served as follows:
 Prepare for dinner, that is done. Sir, they have all stomachs.
 [-Merchant of Venice. Salads
 Pressed Chicken Ham Tongue Biscuits Bread Coffee
 Grape Juice
 TOAsTs
 now should wish another had my place But that hope to come off and with good grace 1.-The False One.
 ''The Club" JH. Sanford. 1 "Redding's greatest need," Mrs John Reid
 ''The Modern Newspaper" Rev G. A. Viets
 ''Fiction Of the last twelve months" l MUSIC.
 l "Woman'S Suffrage" Dr Smith
 "Reminiscences of Redding." Miss Sanford. 1 1.-Two Years among you," Rev F. M. Moody. The rooms and tables were beauti-
 fully decorated with ferns and roses,
 and great credit should be given the
 committee of arrangements for the | careful planning of every detail. No
 pains or trouble was spared to make
 the occasion one Of great enjoyment to
 the guests. After doing great justice
 to the dainty menu, the club and its
 guests was called to order by the presi-
 dent, J. B. Sanford, who very happily introduced the toastmaster of the evening, Rev Edward Russell Evans, assuring the company that he knew
 that MT Evans had been taking a
 weeks vacation from pastoral work
 in order to accumulate fund of story
 and anecdote which would be dealt out
 in suitable rations to the company, and as the evening wore on and
 the budget seemed to increase rather
 than fail there seemed at leasta grain of truth in the accusation. MT Evans
 filled the role with great tact and kept
 the company full of merriment with his apt stories as the various tOaSts were given. The president was called on to respond to '"The Club" and al- though he assured the company that public speaking was not one of his cardinal virtues, and that succession of cold chills had been been running up and down his back every time he heard Of the announcement, he close ly held the attention of the company while he briefly reviewed the work of the year, and succeeded in making the members all agree that "clubs were trumps, "whereupon MT Evans prompt ly introduced Mrs J. c. Reid,s the next speaker as the "Queen of Clubs" She very happily responded to Rcd ding's greatest need," and ended by many of the advantages which the town possesses. Rev MT Viets, of the Methodist church, briefly to the Modern news paper," and Miss Rumsey presented 8 most thoughtful and scholarly pap CT on the fiction of the last twelve months. Dr Smith, being unfortun- ately called away, Miss Sanford follow ed with brief paper on some "Remi- 1 niscences of Redding." Rev MT Moody l happily brought the evening to close l by touching remembrances of some l of his experiences in Bedding. The ] 'act that it was the birthday of the hostess brought the guests all to their 'eet to drink to her health, happiness md many returns of the day, after which the club adjourned sine die.
 c. M. DOrgan and Miss Marie Ryan ] 'f Norwalk drove up to Bedding. the Fourth, and spent the day with MT and drs Edward Ryan and family. They ,lso called on friends on their way up.
 Joseph Sullivan spent the glorious Fourth in Bridgeport.
 Miss Julia Dorgan drove to Ridge eld, the Fourth.