Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1901-01-04
co. D BANQUET.

The Boys Entertain the G. A. R., the
W. R. G. and Broom Brigade in a
Royal Manner.
AS return compliment to Gen
Crook G. A. r., the W. R. c., and
the young ladies of the Broom
Brigade" sumptous banquet was
given in their honor by Co. d, at
the court house, on New Years
eve. Among the other invited
guests, our representative observ-
ed Hon. F. III. Prosser and sons,
Hon. Henry Hale, Attorney Silver
Serumgard and wife, Attorney j.
F. Henry and wife, Mr.. and Mrs.
A. M. Powell, Mr.. and Mrs. G. w.
Kelley, Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Rhu-
berg, Miss Louise Prindeville, Miss
Ruth Roberts, Mr.. and Mrs. Ira
Wis, of Crary.
After an hour Of social conver-
sation, the bugle called to 'a war
on turkey" and the favored guests
were seated at tables that fairly
groaned with the good things Of
life. The menu was most elabor-
ate, and as Co, D has never been
known to do anything by halves,
whether it be fighting, eating or
dancing, there was a great abund-
ance for the three hundred ormore
in attendance. The ladies of the
Relief corps, the G. A. R. were ac-
corded the table of special honor.
All present having feasted to their
hearts content, the following i'm
promptu toasts were announced by
Capt. Lonnevik, and was most
happily responded to-:
''The Old Year." by j, F. Henry.
In we'll chosen words, the speaker
aptly referred to the departure of
the old year as bringing to us
thoughts of sadness akin to the
loss of friend. The past year,
the speaker said, had been especi-
ally good to all Of us, bringing
many individual joys and national
blessings. Closing his remarks,
the speaker aptly remarked: "It
will occupy very bright page in
history-the new year and the new
century,
Hon. Silver Serumgard respond
ed most humorously to the toast,
''The New Year" interspersing the
weighter portion of his remarks by
witty anecdotes at the expense of
some of the members of Go. D.
He eloquently said, in part, "Great,
even unparalleled. as has been the
progress of the past century, we
stand on the threshold of the twen-
tieth century with confident hope
it's record will be even more
glorious, and bring still greater
and more lasting benefits to man.
kind.'' Speaking on broader
subjects, he succinctly reviewed the
achievements of the past century
in jurisprudence, medicine, sur
gerry, the arts and sciences, and the
uplifting to higher plane of civ.
ilization of all the nations of the
earth. He pronounced as a mean
ingless bugaboo the cry Of mill
tarism raised in our recent ma
tional campaign, and cited the fact
that our citizen-soldiery of 1871
1865, and of 1898-l9OO had aston.
ished the old world by the rapid
return of the soldiers from the
fields of battle to the quiet and
uneventful duties of civil life.
Hon. Frank II. Prosser, res.
ponding to the toast, ''The New
Soldier voiced hearty thanks tc
gallant Go. D for the evenings
entertainment and the sumptuous
banquet. He said the same spirit
of patriotism as was shown by the
veterans of the war of the rebellion
was evinced even in greater mea
sure-if that werepossible-by oul
new soldiers in Cuba and the Philip
pines, and he predicted that ever
without any great standing army
the United States would never lack
for sufficient volunteers to bear he1
flag on to glorious victory on every