Connecticut western news., 1909-01-21

The 18th annual mld-Wlnter meeting of the Litchteld County University club was held last Friday evening Ill "The Garfield" at Canaan, the Canaan chapter being the entertainers. It was the first meeting of the club to be held in Canaan and Dr. o. W. Camp, Rev. E. o. Gillette and J. c. Roraback, the committee in charge, aided by other Canaan members, labored indefatigably to make it a success and they succeeded admirably. A lesser measure of success would have crowned their efforts, how ever, had it not been for the interested and whole -souled cooperation of land served dinner that brought forth con- pliments from every member and guest present. It was pre- pared and served under his personal direction and there was everything to commend and abso- lutely nothing to criticize The re- mark most frequently made during the evening was, II didn't think there was a country hotel ill this county that could produce such a dinner"
 This very excellent menu was as fol- lows:
 Grape Fruit Cocktail
 Blue Points on Half Shell
 Celery (v@. English Turtle Soup
 Olives Salted Almonds.
 Baked Guilford Clans
 Saratoga Potatoes Cucumbers
 Fillet of Beef, Mushrooms
 Fruited Sherbet -s|.
 Broiled Guinea Squab
 Haricot Verts Chilled Sweets
 Green Salad
 Ice Cream Petits Fours
 Gorgenzola Toasted Biscuits White Rcck Apollinaris Coffee Ginger Ale Cider
 Cigars Cigarettes
 Covers were laid for 12O persons but there were the usual eleventh hour dis appointments and the exact number served was 102.
 Special trains W ere run from Winsted and Lakeville and at seven o'clock the Club members began to arrive. The hour and half which followed they oc- cupied in renewing former acquaint- ances, forming new ones and reviving old memories.
 A brief business mee ting preceded the dinner. This was presided over by Dr. 0 larles W. Camp of Canaan, chairman of the committee of arran gements and vice president of the club, Ill the ab- sence of Hon. G. M. Woodruff of Litch- field, president of the Club. Three can didates on the waiting list were made members, i. e., Rev. F. W. Fletcher of Morris, Prof. Charles Seaverns of the Robbins school, Norfolk, and H. 0. San- ford of Bridgewater.
 Exclamations of pleasure were heard on all sides when the guests filed into the dining room. Each saw on the walls the banner of his Alma Mater, photographs of the victorious Yale foot ball team of 1904, collegs colors and other reminders of his student days.
 Each table contained eight covers. At each plate was @ carnation for use as a bOutonniere and 8 bouquet of carna- tions formed handsome and fragrant centerpiece. Embossed menu cards and neat specimens of the art prese rvative in the form of booklets containing DOT tions of college songs, completed the table decorations. Elch guest was also presented with a very neatly wrapped pound box of Schlemmer's candy.
 Taken all in all it was red letter night in the history of the Litchfield County University Club and was gener- ally conceded to be the best mid-winter meeting thus far held.
 Prof. Joseph Estill of Lakeville moved a vote of thanks to the Canaan Chapter for the Clubs most cordial reception and entertainment and the invitation of Mr. and Mrs. Stoeckel to the Club to hold the next annual meeting with them was heartily accepted and applauded.
 Beeman and Hatchs' orchestra of Hartford were seated ill the hotel corri- dor, just outside the dining room, and rendered most excellent music during the dinner. They also accompanied the diners as they sang the various college songs.