Connecticut western news., 1912-01-25
BUSINESS MEMS BANQUET
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grip of the grippe sufficientally 70 be on the job to grace the board and to grease the wheels, which he did to per lection.
 The tOastmaster said that the first speaker J. Fl. ROraback was not present (for which he expressed regret) and that he was uncertain what was the proper speech. After being assured by Col Osborn that the best thing to do was to , omit it, he introduced Edward P. Jones, president of the Winsted Business Men s Association, and all officer in the State Association. He brought the greetings of both.
 The next speaker was lawyer Frank ! E. Mum, of Winsted, in introducing whom the toastmaster said that as ref cree in bankruptcy he had handled hun , dreds of cases in bankruptcy and bad never lost case. He said that if any one needed his services then he WAS sure MT. Mum had full kit of tools with htm ready for business. MT. Mum was scheduled to speak on "Schedule K" whatever that means" he said but he proceeded to make it refer to Canaan whose hospitality was all wool and a yard wide. He showed familiarity with Canaan life and enlivened it with his wit He upheld his reputation as one of the best after dinner speakers in. Litch- field County. The next man on the toast card was o. s. Lake. Superintendent of the West ern Division, N. Y. N. H., 6 H. R R., who assured those present that they could judge how anxious he had been to be there when he told them that he hadn't seen bed in forty-eight hours and that he had been unable to go to his home to prepare for the affair. His sub- , jeet was "The Road and its Patrons. |" AS what he said upon it is commented upon editorially. it is not reproduced } here. He expressed himself publicly and privately repeatedly as being overwhel ingly surprised that Canaan could put ] up such supper as that was and that there should be so many men ill so small town who would not only attend it but ] enter so enthusiastically into the spirit of it.
 1 he toastmaster, after alluding faceti- } ously to the manner in which he had endangered the very life of the ''New Haven Uuion" by resiguinR from the re- portorial staff to come to Canaan. intro. duced Philip Troup, the editor of that } paper. It was the first time Canaan men had heard Mir. Troup and he was not only we'll received when he began } but also was tumultuously appIanded when he had finished. It is impossible to do justice to his clever wit as it was } played upon the toastmaster and every subject that came within range. His genial sarcasm hit off the snug satisfac- } tion of the present age as he entrusted the age of tippit and mittens and pan. cakes with that of breakfast foods and
 automobile coats. AS to changes in
 literary taste, he said that friend was remsrking the other day that there were no men writing weird tales such as Poe and Du Maupassant used to write. What are the writers of weird tales do- } ing now ?' he was asked. II don't know" was the reply, unless they are making the women's hats" He made ] the simple days and ways sound very at- tractlve but made us all mighty glad we were living in the present and were there to hear him aud to eat that dinner which he highly complimented.
 The O. B. M. A. banquets would not be complete without Col. N. G. Osborn. who completely negatives the cabalistio significance of bis initials. He is a prince of after dinner speakers and Canaan men fully appreciate what it means to have him come again. His life is busy one as editor of the New Haven Journal Courier, as writer of the surveys of Con- necticut politics and affairs appearing weekly in the New York Sunday Herald under the pen. name of "Trumbull. as member of sundry commissions and as speaker-extraordinar to bankers, law ! yers, farmers etc. We were sorry that the lateness of the hour caused him to courtail his address for he assured us that he didn't wish to promote the bad ! habit which Canaan men seemed to be getting into of turning night into day He repeated his accusation that Canaan \ men didn't seem to know the use of a ' bed. Col. Osborn had promised the State Equal Suffrage League thnt he \ would speak in favor of their cause and 2 he did so, ending with the remark that the women might not be a success at politics '75 that they certainly couldn t S make bigger botch of it than the men ' had.
 After three rousing cheers for the ! speakers, the men Started for home at ! 200 a. m. The large crowd which was