Norwich bulletin., 1912-03-11

qIet hour and playing Tor the dancing
that concluded the evening.
Standing at their places, the COM
pany sang America let b. POSTMASTER
Charles W. Pearson, in opening the
programme of the cye1 ing. after which
the following menu was served, Da-
venport catering:
Cricken Soup-Creole
Celery q Ia Farmland
Radishes a la Langs Bans Hyttan
Olives la Hampton Roads
Cold Roast Ham a la Monitor
Cold Boiled Tongue a Ia Merrimac
Cold Corned Beef a la Ericsson
Hct Rolls Ia Taft
Cold Bread la Ayling
Chicken Salad
Mayonnaise a la Billiards Orchestra
Scandinavian Club Ia Potato Salad
German Style
Neapolitan Ice Cream
a la Ih@r1nos Bottle
Assorted Cakes Coffee
Song sheets, with songs of the home
land. were provided Cor use during
the after dinner programme. Toast
master PeaI son, VINO presided in a ca
Pable manner, opened this part of the
pr Jsramme by Introducing Andrew
SWanberg, president of the club and
chairman of the committee Of arrange
nlents, who voiced O cordial welcome
TO the gathering. ana especially to the
two speakers, VINO lad places at the
head table, Gen William A Aiken and
Judge Nelson J. AyIing. After a Sc
lection by the orchestra, Bjornebor-
garnes' March, and the song, Nit Hem
lands Dali by the entire company,
Judge Aging was introduced and re-
ceized with enthusiastic applause to
the toast John EricsE on
Judge Aylins's Tribute.
Judge Ayling's tribute to the great
inventor, was listened to with marked
appreciation by his auditors, and was
in part as follows:
Today we look back and recall the
names Of great inventors connected
with one or more famous achieve
ments. But John Ericsson. who built
the Monitor, among other things, *
| the genius whom we on this occasion
! delight to honor in c0nmemoFation OF
/ the achievement of the great success
of that principle which he developed
/ 10 meet the greatest crisis this nation
has ever known.
/ First let us briefly review the life
( Of this wonderful genius, who was the
/ father Of some Of the most radical
! inventions Of the age. We find they
+ come from the teemiRg brain of 8
/ Swede, who had turned from English
/ scorn and French Indifference to Am
erican hospitality and appreciation OF
! inventive genius.
Born Poor.
Poverty was one of the bits Of good
fortune that fell to the lot of this
boy born July 81 1903. At the age o.
six years we find John al the mines
/ with mis- father. Machinery was his
I first and last love. With crude tools
hefor he was eleven years old he haG
Z produced a miniature sawmill of in
! genious construction and had planned
a pumping engine designed to free the
mines from water. A quill and q
pencil were the boys tools in the way
| of drawing materials He made com
| passes Of bi1ch wood and a pair OF
! steel tweeZers were converted into a
/ drawing pen. With such meagel
equipment he drew plans of machinery
and tools he had never seen which at
tracted the attention of Count Platen
{ president Of the Gotha ship canal. and
/ when Ericsson was twelve years Ole
( he was made d member of the survey
! Ing party carrying out the canal worl
/ and pct in charge Of q section. Six
/ hundred Of the royal troops looked fol
! direction IN their daily work to this
boy. one OF his attendants was a mar
who followed him with a stool upor
which he stood To Use the SURVEYING
Instruments.
Such was the beginning and boy
hood Of the intellectual giant whc
later placed this nation and the entirt
world under the greatest Of obIiga-
/ lions. From that time on his career
was a brilliant one. After servin-
as an engineer on the Gotha cana
ne became an officer in the Swedish
army, from which circumstance h,
obtained his title OF captain
This brainy young man left Swedef
whea he was 23 years old with
view of introducing his flame engines
in England, But he WIS doomed to dis
appointment there, for tine phlegmatt
British would not adopt his ideas ant
cit tile invitation Of q United STATE
naval officer he came TO the Unite,
States when 80 years of age, and Ia
eatsd 10 the city of New York, whel
he remained Entil his death in 1883 a
the age Of IS wears
A Hard Worker.
itpaa ais arri1sl in New York h
/ gentinusd his hard worb ana from
that time on many devices valuable L
the military and Commercial nsrit
AVefs developed by MIN. Records o
the BateRl Office eredi1 Ainl with inxen
ten after invention. Among them Il
addition to the flame engine was
locomotive engiRe forced OF artificial
draft a pumping engine on a neY
principle engines with surface con
! densefs and ne smekestaek; an ap