St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1904-10-12
LAUGH AND GROW FAT.
The New England Fat Mems Club al
Hale,e Tavern.

The New England Fat Mems Club a,
Hale,s Tavern.
God bless you. Mr.. wilkie. may you live G
And try and keep things moving in this hui
man vale of tears;
sand less one day,
For kinder hate to be earth and hear
you'd passed away.
There are clubs and clubs, but there i:
only one Fats Mems Club and Davie
Wilkie is it's president. And he ha.
earned his laurels for this genial travel
ing salesman for Haskell, Adams & Co.
of Boston conceived the idea of gathering
all the fat men at one time in one place
Saturday was the time and Hale's Tav
ern at Wells River was the place. o
course all the fat men in New Englant
could not be there. but SO came and 1
lot more are coming next time. Tn
only qualification for membership is tina
the candidate must weigh 200 pounds
and the editor of the CALIFORNIAN wa
admitted into the charmed circle by be
ing weighed with the "Fat Boy" ant
their weights averaged. The Fat Boy
was F. K. Gignac OF Franklin Falls, N
H., as jolly young man of % as eve
lived and who carries his 377 pounds ne
as easily as young man carries cane
The ST. Johnsbury heavy weights pres
emit were William Mclaughlin (248), hi
SOD, Charles Mclaughlin (21S), ant
Frank w. Hastings (217). Others wei
known to our readers who were presen
were William Kicker (233) OF Woods
S. E. Harris (2O2) of East Burke, Jerom
F. Hale (2O7) of Hale's Tavern, Col
Harry E. Parker {21S) of the
Bradford Opinion, EDITOR John B.
Chase (2O1) of the Lyndon Un-
ion, President David Wilkie 1852.
Horace w. Bailey (251) of New
bury, and Scott Fellows (23O) of
Wells River.
The athletic sports were run off
in the morning, the potato race
being won by Mr.. Hale whose M
knowledge OF good potatoes and An
good cooking IS excelled by none. NNl
Mr.. Gignac made brave struggle wv
for first place in this event but fell
by the wayside and got cast.
President Wilkie was an easy win 4
ner in the 100 yards dash. the MI
time being taken by a stop watch AN
which run down before Mr.. Wilkie S
finished. c. K. Manning (24O) of
contest, one member being dis
qualified by cracking the nuts by
falling on them. Every club has
its kicker, but the kicker in the Fat
Mems Club only kicks with his
feet. By actual measurement B.
M. Wentworth (217) OF Somers-
worth, N. H., kicked Z feet and 3
inches with his HANDS IN his pock-
cts. He repeated this stunt
after eating the banquet, too.
At a business meeting Mr.. Wilkie
of Boston, who has been the temporar,
presiding officer, was made permanent
president E. W. Sherman of Rutland
F. K. Gignac of Franklin Falls. N. H.
A. S. Bacon, Boston; A. B. Watson
Portland Judge Allen Tenney, Providenc
presidents; H. E. Parker, Bradford, VT.
secretary; Jerome F. Hale, Wells River
treasurer. A constitution was adopte,
and picnic voted for next summer an,
left in the hands of the executive com
mittee. The summer meeting for mex
year as set for August.
Landlord Hale, whose fame as an en-
teri amer extends far and wide, served
delicious 10 course banquet at o'clocl
which was greatly enlIvened by musi
and singing by J. w. Maynard, bin,
pianist from Boston. Mr.. M aynard is
| whole show under one tent and hi
piano solos and singing were one of h
| greatest features of the day. At 1,
| o'clock "Flor de Wilk,e" cigars wer
| lighted and President Wilkie raped t,
order tor he sprechma king. A letter G
regret was read from Gov. Bell, and dur
ing the evening the president receives
alleged kilograms from President Roose
welt, Judge Parker. President Luciu
Tutt1e OF the Boston & Name, who wa
| Frustrated by an attack of heart faiiur
because two trains had come into Bos
ton on time, and from The Archbishop c
anterbury. A telegram from EIito
Frank l.. Gre ne of the St. Adams Mes
senger showed surprising knowledg
of scripture, and the managing editor Q
the Boston Globe wired that he coul