The morning journal-courier., 1908-02-07

ry with all the latest, and some of the old-time, popular airs. which issued forth from behind bunch of greens. The musical program was as follows: l. March. My Maryland" Migrant. g. Selection, Red Mill," Herbert.
 g. Excerpts. Spring Chicken" Carle. 4. Characteristic. Gen. Mlxup, U. s. A."
 Request of F. I. Atwater. Allen. }. Medley. 1903 Collinge.
 6. Request, "Boola, Down the Field.' '. Excerpts Mile. Modiste" Herbert. g. March, Miss Dixie" Helf
 9. Songs Of the Sunny South, Boettger. To- March, "2d Regiment, C. N G."
 Reeves.
 Many of the songs were joined in heartily by the banqueters, who took up the suggestion printed at the bot tom of the above program in the solt- venir menu-"Join in the chorus--if you can't sing go thro' the motions?"
 word-nore than a word in fact should be devoted to this souvenir The banquet committee had promised some thing novel and they supplied it. It was more than a menu; it was more than a pamphlet; it was a regular book, printed on blue linen paper and enclosed in an envelope of the same of about note-paper size. On the latter was, Let us lubricate business with good dinner and 'In the words of the immortal shakespeare-'Do as ad- versaries at law, strive nightly, but eat and drink as friends!" On the flap was the association's monogram.
 The cove of the souvenir prop CT was embossed with the year, and the initial letters IN. H. B. M. Al Within were the lists of officers and committees. In the rear page each was devoted to a caricature of the speakers. each of which was a good likeness and a humorous idea. They were talked on the spot by our special artist" Governor Woodruff had book under his arm labelled What know about farming" They all needed to be seen to be appreciated. It is safe to say that the souvenirs will long be kept.
 President Butler.
 President Butler began the speech making. He said at. the start that he felt highly honored to have the fire chief, the police chief the superinten- dent of schools, two mayors, and the editor of the Shore Line Times at his right and left He proposed the abso- lute doing away with dull care, hard knocks and everything else irksome. He thanked the banquet committee for Its untiring work and gave the reins of the evenings entertainment over to "the biggest. little man in the state of Connecticut the Hon. Marcus White, of New Britain"
 Hon. Marcus White.
 MT. White said it was not his first appearance in public. That had been many years before when the dew of in nocence was as prominent on his brow, he said, as it was then on MT Atwa- ter's. His first appearance had been in private dramatics when he was Little Willie, whose only act was to die. "Since then" he said,s" have thought at times when called on to speak, that had better return to my first act of a public nature. Its your own fault if you find you have got yourself into hot water now you have in here. You invited me when your eyes were open, before the banquet was started. (Uaughter) As a business man I am a wonder There is not a mine In this country 1 have not been invited to go into on the ground floor To be sure two or three times I missed the front door and got in the cellar but that is all past and gone now But the spirit of business runs in my veins. They tell a story on my grandfather who. as a boy, went to the country general store with an egg, which he asked the store keeper to exchange for darntng needle. To be accommodating the man made the ex- change and then the young man asked for a swig of old New England rum, a characteristic accompaniment to ex- changes of that sort When that was given he asked for an egg to go with it and the store-keeper gave him the one he had brought in himself. When he found this had two yolks he saw no reason why he should not have been given two alarming needles. Now any man with such blood as that in his veins is appropriately placed speaking to you business men.
 MT. White regretted that the gover- nor could not be there. He said he was tol1 to take his place and play the part of governor but he felt he had as r,ucb regard for himself as for the g1y- ernor and that was a great deal. "So, ' he said. q gracefully give way to the band now. which will play music ap- propriate to the occasion" After the