Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-01-02
ELEGANT MASONIC BANQUET.

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THE Masons and their families,
of this city and vacinity met
to celebrate ST. Johns Day, on
Saturday evening, December 81,
1902.
At 8: o. M. the members and
guests assembled in the lodge
rooms, where all were cordially
welcomed. The ladies quartet,
composed of Mesdames Torrey,
Castle, Brinkman and Morrison,
rendered two selections, after
which all repaired to the banquet
tables which were spread in the
former Workmen hall.
There were 200 plates laid, and
the room and tables were most
elegantly decorated with flowers
and evergreens.
The banquet consisted of seven
courses, and the guests were at
the table two-and-a-half hours.
F. Vernon Russell, Toastmas-
ter, in his address gave some in
teresting history of Lodge No.
Is, A. F. & A. NJ, which was or
gained here in 1878. with sever
al of the charter members still
alive and residents Of this city
and county. Since organization
there has been 81 suspensions
and Is deaths. 1t has 12l
Master Mason members now;
3 Fellowcrafts and IL entered
apprentices. SO degrees were
conferred during the past year.
All the details of the affair
were carried out to perfection.
Twenty-Five handsome young
ladies served the refreshments.
Following was
THE BILL OF FARE:
The feast is ready;
Please you therefore, draw nigh
Titus Andronicus.
Famished people must be slowly hurst
And fed by spoonfuls else they always burst.
| Byron.
| Bullion w.fers
| Celery Olives Sait1d Almonds
Pickles
| Vines that cu-eumber the ground.
| John G. Sake.
Turkey Cranberry Jelly
| He shall be plucked and to the bone
John Dryden.
How bless'd. how envied were our life,
Could we but 'scape the poulterer's knife.
| -Gay-Fables.
Escalloped Oysters Saratoga Chips
WHY then, the worlds mine oyster,
Which / with sword will open
| Shakespeare
Waldorf Salad. Q
We may pick a thousand salads ere
We light on such another.
| -Shakespear
| Day lis done brown, and set away to COOL
And evening. like salad. fresh and moist
And peppered with her mustard stars
The Moon, like large cheese cut just
ino halt
Hangs DER the landscape most invitingiy.
Neapoliton Ice Cream Assorted Cakes
Woulds't thou both eat they cake and have itP
George Herbert.
Fruits Nuts
Such dainties to them, their health it
| might hurt. Goldsmith.
Coffee
No mere wine? Then will push back
chairs and talk. Robert Browning.
May we have entertainment here. or must
We further go? Let's know whereon
Il to trust. Mr.. Great Heart
4, Speech is the golden harvest that followeth
III The flowing of thought. -Tripper.
\ Invocation. .............. Rev. A. B. Hestwoo
L TOASTS
| Toast Master, F.-V. Russell
The Rels tions of q Mason ......
....... Rev. w. l.. Sutherland
The Building of The Temple. DIR. E. Morrison
The Working Tools of Mason. Jas. W. Clark
Let There Be Light. Rev. A. b. Hestwoot
Woman's Place In Masonry :. j. Geo. srinkmaI
Side Lights on Masonry ......... E. r. Moses
The influence of Masonry on The Individual
| Ernest w. B0l1nge
The Tie That Binds ......... DR.. 81. E. Linda
We meet Upon The Level and Part Upon
The Square. $500. Judge E. Col,
| Let us go, for tits after midnight.
Shakespeare.
| cbarlaa n. Mora in T,imbo.