Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-16
'0ARD Of TRADE
ANNUAL BANQUET
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open, muddy street for car, and this
general crooked irreghIarity Of the.
whole layout of buildings and streets.
But II he ventured to express this has =
ity Judgment on the Rose Of New Eng :
land in the hearing Of some man we'd
ded to her by an affection based on
more Intimate knowledge of her many
virtues that constitute g beauty more
than skin deep that hrst impression
would stand in fair way to suffer
change il the justly indignant citizen
yielded to his instincts of loyalty.
q am very glad indeed that on the
occasion of my first visit to Norwich
was not met by mind reader Of
violent impulses, or might have been
forced to hedge and declare quickly.
that i was thinking of New London
all the time.)
just as 1t is fact that all the men
IN the world cannot marry the hand
soonest women-though every man be-
Heves he has done it, and wonders how
he drew the lucky nuInber-so not
every city can make its first impress
sion with a Pennsylvania station or a
Bushnell park: but the citizen knows
a multitude OF beauties beyond the
range OF the visitors first impression,
and refuses to believe that one crum-
pied or torn petal 1spoils all the beauty
of fragrance of the rose.
There is a sequel to the story told
just moment ago. The man of hasty,
Impressions and speech recovered con-
seriousness in the hospital situated In
another part of the town; and when
he finally walked out one crisp. bright
morning he looked upon a. different
world from better mood. A most
attractive woman was passing; and it
being the time Of spring when
Young mans fancy lightly turns to
thoughts of love-
n no f,rY.o IN hou ~ - fIa
forlornness of his bachelor estate, and
to long to settle down. To reduce
long story and many complications to.
single sentence: He finally be
came acquainted with the woman,
found her so attractive that more ard
ent sentiments were kindled, incident
ally discovered that she who had won
his heart was the gangling, razor
faced, flop cared old hen in the brown
meal sack; her brother, the strong
armed man who had sent her critic
to the hospital; but this he kept
strictly to himself, and the we6dfnf
followed. When the twain had be-
come one flesh you can guess how
safe it would have been to have in
tfmated in the mans hearing that his
chosen one lacked aught of absolute
perfection. After the honeymoon was
over, he may have had private opin-
ions of his own about the matter; but
as the years of welded life ran on
and time wrought it's steady changes
in outward form and inward reality,
there developed in the mans soul a
loyalty and affection that were not
based ON the prejudice of exterior APP
pearances, but were built on the solid
permanence of real and proven values.
Need I interpret this parable to the
citizens of Norwich? to you whose
second impression has gained depth
and clearness and sOlidity far in adj
Yet let me declare with ever increas-
ing gratitude and appreciation, that /
if I must blush for my first impress
sion of the Rose of New England, and
would have biotted out forever even
my unuttered slurs, who was blind,
am now beginning to see. Ny eyes
may look upon outward blemish, and
more intimate acquaintance discover
fault or failure in this or that partic-
ular; yet are these but passing moods
chance flaws; incidental. but not es-.
sential, for. they do touch the true,
tender, generous, benefcent soul Of
the city. And what every other man
here, at his best and truest, has al
ready done, now would do: seek with
her the ever tightening bonds of sin
cere espousal; declaring my readiness
to love, honor and cherish her; and
vowing eternal allegiance to her as
MY own Rose my one Rose, that's
you
Those in Charge.
The banquet closed about 1870
o'clock and President Haviland re-
ceived many compliments on the sue
cess of the occasion. Those who had
charge of the AFFAIR included Archi-
bald S.-Spalding, chairman, Edward
8. Tibbits, Gurdon Z. Bidwell, Thomas
f. Burns, William A. Breed. John L.
Mitchell, John B. Dat, Guy B. Dol
beare. Noah Rogers and Allyn L.
Brown, with President Haviland en-
omcio. Those on the reception COM
mittee were Frank H. Smith, Henry
r Parker. Frank H. Pullen, John T.
Amy, John C. Averill, Walter M.
Buckingham, George A. Davis, Charles
B. Lee. F. 0. Moses and Charles w.
Gale.
The coat room was successfully
managed by Arthur G. jenkins, George
Powers, John Jenkins and George AM
burn.