The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-07-24
ACORN A. c: GIVES
 BEEFSTEAK SUPPER
Sheriff VoIImer, As a Story Teller, Is Hit-Varfed Pro gram Pleases Members and Guests.
(By old Man Grunp. }

The Acorn A c. held a supper and entertainment last evening on the rear lawn of the clubs property. Despite the indictment weather there was a large attendance of members and guests who enjoyed themselves huge ly. Archibald Cameron had charge of the entertainment and John Dick Mansfield was chef of the evening The menu consisted of broi1ed sirloin steak, vegetables of all kinds with grape juice and lager beer for refreshments. John Dick had the steaks turned to a and he was ably assisted by Herb Wilson while Henny AIberts was kept busy dispensing the refreshments.
 The entertainment started at about S:S0 and ended about 2:a0 this rnorrSa ing after about 15O pounds of sirioin steak had been consumed Slim Brennan had full charge of the enter tainment committee and he mode good with a vengeance. The first song on the program was a ballad sung by Patrick Roland. entitled My Gal Sal '' In response to tremendous applause Buckley and Roland sang ''Emilina Lee" Slim then came across in his inimitable New York style with 'sI'm the Guy That Put the Corn in the Acorn Club" and he was so loudly Iapplauded that he had to again take 1 the stage and this time he made the hit of the evening when he rendered
 
 That Blighted My Life.'' Jim Quigley, called upon for a recitation responded | with t'Mahoney's F7enian jCat' which immediately brought down the house. Prof. James Murray enlivened things | with his violin and later made a de- cided hit when he played that old time 1 song of When You And Were Young Maggie
 l Sheriff William volImer was called upon to tell the boys a few stories and for about a quarter of an hour he had the crowd in an uproar. He told one | about a young Scotchman that had just arrived in this country and was out walking through the Maine woods I when he came across farmer. The | Scotty and the farmer were talkin g | about two minutes when Maine moose hove into sight. The young Scot not having seen a moose before asked the r1lbe, What kind of an l animal is that ?'' The farmer replied | with ''Why that's a moose.''@ "A moose,'' said the Scotty, well if that S a moose would like to see one of your big rats over here.'' This is only one of the several stories the genial sheriff pleased the gathering with and when he was through he was roundly app1auded by all present
 The Park City quartette arrived ac- companied .by Prof Harold leroy and they at once got busy The first song
 
 the Mountain Trail,' rendered by Joe Blo5on. They followed this one up with My Yankee Sweetheart" My Dixie Home'' and That Old Girl of Mine.'' The surprise of the evening l came about this time when Tom Con roy tried the 'tcome-back' stunt in an artistic buck and wing dance Tom was formerly on the road with Vogel and Lew Dockstader and from his performance last evening it really seems as though Tom made a mistake when he gave up his chosen profes- sion. Chairman Cameron announced the intentions of the club to ccontinue with entertainments and suppers o1 this kind one to be held each month Among the guests were: Judge Thom- as c. Cough1in, Fire Commissioned John H. sTague, Sheriff William Voll- mer, Harbormaster Garry Paddock Alderman Isaac H. Moorey, Stephen F. Boucher. Assistant Jai1er Fred Saunders and James P. Kiernan, su- perintendent of the city yard.
 The arrangement committee com T prised Archibald Cameron, John Dick
 Mansfield Chauncey Taylor, John J Barton, Herb Wilson, Al Cameron, Ed |, ward Esterbrook, Henry A1berts and
 James Slim Brennan.