The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-05-29
LONESOME
|! B!!!.A!|!!N!|!!!!Q!!U|!E!|::i[!ER )! ! \! left
ITH 81 s1oL IGRo oApEss pin
81 GREAT I, ON Or 10 TE4EtE
eEL 60 CHIEF
NATHAN GoEFs ADDED
X M Uc u no sTE Il occ ASTON
s5 5 &c BYAisH is EPR REsENcE.

N Uc no TH HE occ ASTON
,s,Y3 us M PREsERcE.
The banqlle letters haSe come an 4 X
gone Not sfprs sse eyetal eneratIons is
Fa!rmont likel fsee heir lilse gain.
}s..A strong bod men hardened aa
Itf8byy steel and yses withal Sas tender
hearted !as child ldrsn. tie four hundred 8
lraiIroalers repre- selttiai every dc:
lpartments from the humble wiper and
Itrackman gto theSp ldent OF one Of
1.-THE; greatest Sral WY systsnts IN the
igorld, came stoS our from the four
points ~ tue Sce tipass to do honor 70
lone Of their number who has proved
4 himself $to sbeS worth u Of schtldlIlse de,
Eyotton to the fls sa under his s,peis
vision. The q non stration given on
4 Saturday night III honor Of 'Thomns
\ Fitzgerald general manager Of the
Baltimore ana ohlo railroad; Is wlth,
out; precedent in The history OF
railway operations Never before IN
\ all this broad land have the men
!. Joined together ~ spag such honors to
q superior otlcer The inception Of
/ the plan was ote@orthg. while its
fuihllmelit was mn nlticent.
! The heart of griar made of ina,
(terIal softer Than adafnant could NOT
4 help being touched sby the very spirit
3 Hot! love anu devotion snauife I'M
Z eEeveryi word and action OF men who
7 cane III Fairmont 10 honor The tos'
! mer wateEcarrier who nov mlnages
4 So nIacently the great Baltimore
! and Ohio railroad! l.,
y y The accompli ishments Of Tom Fitss
4 gerald Us SO Inviting d theme end !liISi
I example VI inspiring that one d.
! tempted 80 write rit;ht on Inasead of
Y chronicllng the events ns they trana.
! Eplred$ I'M detail sat The celeb ton. But
I time and space sill not allow further
comment along this line. \
" At the nelpslon Of the great pub
L lie demonstrate ION Saturday afternoon.
A the visitors went 70 hotels. private
q homes took drives, street car rides
and diverted Themselves In many
3: ways getting d slight acquaintance
III with the best town lii the Mononsas
!g helaS Valley About . quarter psst
d eight scloca they began 70 assers-
81 ble at the Grand Opera House, where
the sculniination az their lseii laid
plans was to be reached BY nine
Alo'clocks the seats were All nlled. and
Is the large corps of Writers was begin.
H. ming to serve the hungry crowd. For
ls nearly two hours, the cutlery and
lS glasses were Changing and merTiment
IL and good. added relish TO the
III tempting menu SO carefully and taste
~ fully prepared E.
Governor Dawson was the last
III guest TO arrive, he having been de-
II tained by the generous hospitality Of
4|Mr. Geo NJ. Jacobs and Mr.. G.. ".
T--i Watson. Nh Jacobs entertained .
IN few friends Including the gosarncr
at5lunch at the close of the meeting
n I'M front of the Court house. Mr.. yHat
son Slayishls ente aimed about a hun
ss-s dred Bs and o ofIiciais and othel
distinguish ID guests among whom
he was governor Dawson. which &C
ed counted for his being d little late II
lrd reaching the Grand opera House
sgss word ought ito be said here concern
ks ing the appoint and dscoratioal
n atSthe banque hall. The Grand oper:
hts House was beaatif fully decorated. TIL
nd colors of West rginia and Alarylanl
not enyeloped the stage while a lars
photograph Of Thomas Fltsgersl.
VIZ hung in the center. with the star
and stripes above. Flags, buntin
but and flowers appeared In nrofusIor
,9;its the clusion of the feast cartaL
X. D. Walker, the toastmaster Of I'll
gh'l evening. began 10 thy TO get oSdel
y " The shilarity and conyiyiality ct Ii
ms BANQUET eters, almost drowned his voice
lerst ssiE ME-. Geo. ~. sturmer, OF philadelphia
Ira1 succeeded in aiding the Captain in i
ave curing partial qaiet He spoke (
ngsl lew words Hi happy vein concerniis
hils the years gone by, and then iilsf.
ln5 duced Ex-Governor A. B. lleuin'
his Iwho gaye the s'Neicome to Fairmoni.
MIL -.