 |
| Saint Patrick. |
FRIENDLY SONS.
EULOGIZE
AND EXTOL ERIN'S PATRON SAINT.
Splendid
Banquet at the Cortland House—Eloquent and Witty Addresses by Many Speakers.
The fifth annual banquet of the Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick, which was held at the Cortland House last evening, was one
of the best in the history of the organization. The guests began to arrive soon
after 8 o'clock. Mangang's orchestra furnished some of their finest selections
while the guests were spending the time in social intercourse in the parlors,
halls and various rooms of the hotel, which had been tastily decorated with
palms, and which were all thrown open for the occasion.
The guests were cordially welcomed as they
arrived by the reception committee, consisting of Jas. P. Maher, Rev. J. J.
McLoghlin, Hon. J. E. Eggleston, Hon. O. U. Kellogg, Albert Allen, W. H. Crane,
Edwin Duffey, T. H. Wickwire and Wm. Martin. Mr. M. F. Geary, chairman of the
committee of arrangements, pinned a beautiful rose upon the lapel of the coats
of each of the guests as they came in.
At 9:45 o'clock all the company took their
places at the dining tables, which were very tastily arranged in a square, with
a table running diagonally through the center. The south side of the diningroom
was decorated with a beautiful green flag, containing the sentence "Erin
Go Braugh," under which hung a picture of the patron saint, St. Patrick.
On the west side of the dining hall hung a green flag upon which was inscribed ''Welcome
to our Guests,'' and under this in graceful folds the Stars and Stripes with a
fine picture of Washington. The north side was set off by another picture of
St. Patrick, while on the west side hung a green banner with the inscription, "Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick, organized 1891."
The menu was one of Landlord Bauder's very
best and was highly complimented on all sides, while the service was all that
could be desired. The menu in full consisted of:
Little Neck Clams, Spanish Olives
Consomme Royale.
Baked Bluefish, sauce Madeira, Potatoes,
Julienne.
Lettuce, Radishes.
Boned Turkey, Aspic Jelly.
Wiltshire Ham, Terrine Foi Grau.
Punch a la Lalla Rookh.
Oysters, Fried.
Poulet a la Newburg aux Champignons.
Lobster a la Mayonnaise
La creme aux Fleurs, Gelee de Cherries.
Fruits, Gateaux Assorti, Kisses.
London Layer Raisins, Macaroons.
Le Café, Champagne, Cigars.
After full justice had been done to all the
good things, President Hugh Duffey put in nomination as toastmaster Mr. Thomas
H. Dowd, who was unanimously elected. Mr. Dowd made a brief an witty speech,
and then called upon Mr. James Devine to respond to the first toast, "The
Day we Celebrate." Mr. Devine gave a fine tribute to Ireland's patron
saint, to the past record of the Irish people, a eulogy of St. Patrick and
stated that for the past seven hundred years Ireland's sword had not seen its scabbard
and never would till she saw her rights. His address was brief and to the point
and was listened to with much interest.
Mr. Thomas W. Burns of Ithaca responded to
the toast of "Ireland's Contributions to America." He opened his address
with a number of brilliant and amusing stories illustrative of the stupendous
meaning of Ireland's contribution to America. He then launched into an eloquent
address, every sentence of which was listened to with the closest attention. He
traced the advancement of the Irish in America and cited the facts that of
Washington's army one-half was composed of Irishmen, one fourth of Englishmen
and the balance of Scotch and other nationalities, He gave a brief review of
what was due to Ireland through her contribution to America, that the dawn of
the day of unity and peace was coming, that there was no race which was pushing
toward this result more than the Irish nation and that which was the inevitable
result—no race line, no creed and no line but that between heaven and earth. He
vividly portrayed a number of ideas of long standing in a new dress.
The
next speaker, Mr. John Moore, editor of the Elmira Telegram, was a very eloquent speaker. He handled the response to
the toast "Irish Journalists" in a manner which showed much thought.
He brought out as the main points the quick wit and facile pen of Irish
journalists. He gave a brief outline of Ireland's early newspapers, and compared
the Irish newspapers with those of America and others and referred to the influence
of the Irish press in advocating peace.
The next toast, "The Sons of
Toil," was discussed with forcible argument by Mr. A. M.
Dewey. He compared the primitive methods of farming, of the carpenter, printer
and all classes of labor of a few generations ago with the improvements of
to-day. He stated that there was no over-production in America while wheat was
stocked in the elevators, while there was no bread for the poorer classes and
while the shoe manufactories were overstocked, while the employees and their
families were almost barefooted. He said that the solution of the labor
question must come through an intelligent organization and when once this was
effected there must be an intelligent use of the ballot and better laws.
He claimed that immigration was a great curse to labor; that short hours,
strikes or boycotts would not solve the question of labor, but that education
of the people to the rights of the masses, education of the masses to their cause,
a consideration of the injustice to womanhood and a better appreciation of
citizenship would solve the question.
Owing to illness in the family of Mr. George
W. Driscoll of Syracuse he was unable to be present and respond to the toast
"The Irish on American Battle fields." In his stead Toastmaster Dowd called
on Mr. Robert McCarthy of the same city, who in his very original and impressive
manner delivered a most interesting speech. He proved himself among the best of
orators. His words were among the most patriotic of the evening and were purely
impromptu. He argued that we should
honor and obey the laws of our country, America, in the same manner in which we
swore to love, honor and obey our wives.
The toast "Partisan Politics, the
Safety of the Nation" by Mr. George B. Curtiss was a fitting closing to the
toast list. His speech contained the entire political situation from this point
of view in a nutshell. It was not only concise, but showed a careful,
conservative study and a treatment of the subject in an understanding manner.
It was very eloquent and was illustrated with a number of witty stories.
Although it was nearly 4 o'clock this morning when he spoke, yet the attention
of his audience was held throughout.
A vote of thanks was tendered to the
speakers on closing and in return a number of them responded expressing the
honor and pleasure of speaking before such an audience.
A general handshaking followed and at about
4:30 o'clock the annual banquet was at an end.
Those in attendance were Messrs. John H.
Mourin of Glen Haven, T. W. Burns, D.
P. Van Vleet of Ithaca, F. C. Atwater, John Connors, W. H. Crane, C. S.
Pomeroy, E. Mourin, E. W. Hyatt of Homer, J. F. Kennedy, J. F. Sullivan,
Patrick Rady, T. E. Moran of Corning, George B. Curtiss of Binghamton, Robert
McCarthy, John Hackett, James Devine of Syracuse, Capt. M. H. Hogan of
Rochester, P. C. Harp of Oneida, Hugh Morris of Solon, John Moore, Cornelius
Connelly of Elmira, M. O'Melia of Oswego, A. M. Dewey, Washington, D. C., Dr.
H. T. Dana, Judge J. E. Eggleston, James Boise, F. L. McDowell, James McDonald,
Rev. J. J. McLoghlin, B. H. McNiff, William McAuliff, John McGraw, Edward McEvoy,
A. J. McSweeney, Thomas Nolan, P. Nodecker, Tim Noonan, A. J. Lucy, N. L.
Miller, E. E. Mellon, John Morris, Wm. Martin, J. P. Maher, H. C. Maxwell, John
Davern, William Donegan, Thomas Fitzgerald, Ed Fitzgerald, G. L. Griffith, F.
P. Hakes, Daniel Hennesy, James K. Harriot, M. B. Ingalls, S. K. Jones, M. J.
Kane, John Kennedy, Laurence Keefe, Herbert Longendyke, Thomas Lynch, James
Lee, J. O'Connell, J. H. O'Leary, County Clerk E. C. Palmer, R. T. Peck, C. H.
Price, Patrick Ryan, Daniel Reilley, M. T. Roche, Jas. Riley, W. A. Stockwell,
A. P. Smith, F. C. Straat, C. Eugene Shirley, Joseph Smith, Jerome Squires, Thomas
Smith, M. E. Sarvay, B. F. Taylor, Jesse Tandenberg, A. D. Wallace, Jas. Walsh,
G. L. Warren, John Walsh, John Andrews, F. Byrnes, A. S. Brown, C. F. Brown, E.
S. Burrows, A. S. Burgess, C. V.
Coon, Jas. Corcoran, J. J. Connors, Chas. Corcoran, John Corcoran, Hugh
Corcoran, Henry Corcoran, M. F. Cleary, T. H. Dowd, Robt. Dunston, Edwin
Duffey, Jas. Dougherty, C. H. Drake, Hugh Duffey, Thomas Drake, J. F. Dowd,
Albert Dowd, E. Dowd.
The following committees who had the banquet
in charge are entitled to much credit for the success of the affair:
Arrangements—M. F. Cleary, John T. Davern, B.
F. Taylor, Hugh Corcoran, James Walsh, Henry Corcoran, William Grady, John
Courtney, Jr., Ed Mourin, John F. Dowd, M. V. Lane, B. H. McNiff, DeWitt
Howard, Thomas
Drake, Peter Nodecker, John Kennedy.
Reception—James P. Maher, Rev. J. J. McLoghlin,
Hon. J. E. Eggleston, Hon. O. U. Kellogg, Supt. Albert Allen, T. H. Wickwire,
W. H. Crane, Edwin Duffey, William Martin.
Program, tickets, toast and speakers—Hugh
Corcoran, James Dougherty and J. C. Barry.
BREVITIES.
 |
| Main Street looking north from Court Street, Cortland, N. Y. Photo copied from Grip's Historical Souvenir of Cortland. |
THE FIRST
MEETING.
The New
Board of Village Trustees Enter Upon Their Duties.
The new board of village trustees met for
the first time last night at the office of Clerk Hatch. There were present
President F. W. Higgins and Trustees B. L. Webb, E. J. Warfield, J. J. Glann
and F. J. Doubleday, The minutes of the last meeting were read and approved.
The following bills were presented, audited and ordered paid:
STREET COMMISSIONERS' PAYROLL.
A. H. Decker, labor, $28.00
Cyrus Hike, labor, 28.65
George Towne, labor, 11.40
Mike Butler, labor, 8.70
Dan Murray, labor, 9.15
Luke Doyle, labor, 5.70
W. Newton, labor, 9.75
John Callahan, labor, 6.45
E. H. Baldwin, labor, 4.50
Charles Moshier, labor, 10.20
Charles Leonard, labor, 3.00
Fred Simmons, labor, 3.00
Eugene Wiggins, labor, 1.50
Chauncey Genung, labor, 9.75
John Flood, labor, 3.00
George Alexander, labor, .45
A. B. Springer, labor, 10.31
G. Sherman, carting boat, .50
INSPECTORS OF ELECTION, POLL CLERKS, BALLOT
CLERKS.
The following were paid $3 each for services
in the above capacities at the village election on March 12:
First ward—H. R. Rouse, W. R. Cole, W. F.
Kelley, W. J. Perkins, F. H. Morse, F. L. McDowell, Hannon Williamson.
Second ward—M. C. Missilier, George Leach,
John A. Nix, Frank G. Dibble, John F. Dowd, Edmond C. Alger, Henry Williams.
Third Ward—Theodore Stevenson, Duane Howard,
John Lanan, C. H. Gaylord, E. H. Bates, Jerome Squires, M. B. Howes.
Fourth ward—A. C. Walrad, T. P. Keefe, F. H.
Dowd, T. F. Brady, W. E. Phelps, F. L. Simmons, Burdette Richardson.
RENT OF POLLING PLACES.
A. B. Frasier, First ward, $10.00
Harrison Wells, Third ward, 10.00
Mrs. A. M. Duffey, Fourth ward, 10.00
MISCELLANEOUS.
S. J. Parmiter, repairing 24 ballot boxes
and making 24 keys, $4.00
Police force, 98.00
B. B. Jones, printing notices of election,
75.00
W. J. Moore, health officer, 10.75
F. A. Bickford, salary as janitor, 25.00
George Towne, labor, 25.00
Maxon &
Starin, coal, 15.00
Martin & Call, coal, 64.90
I. Edgcomb, supplies for fire department,
.25
The bill of J. A. Graham for $75.70 was
referred to Trustee Warfield to look up and report upon.
A written request was received from Janitor
F. A. Bickford of the engine house asking that the salary of the janitor be
increased from $600 to $800 per year.
On motion of Trustee Doubleday, seconded by
Trustee Webb, the following resolution was adopted:
Resolved, That on account of the insufficient amount of funds in the treasury of
the Cortland Fire department the janitor's salary be fixed at $50 per month as
heretofore.
On motion of Trustee Warfield, Trustee Glann
was appointed a committee of one to purchase supplies for the fire department.
On motion of Trustee Webb,
Resolved, That the treasurer be and is hereby required to present to this board at
its next meeting his official bond in the sum of $150,000 in such form and with
such sureties as shall be approved by the board on the presentation of such bond.
The four policemen had been invited by the
board to be present at the latter part of the meeting. They were on hand and
President Higgins spoke to them at some length pointing out to them some of
their duties and urging them to co-operate with the trustees in the enforcement
of law.
On motion the board adjourned until April 15
at 7:30 o'clock.
A PAIR
OF HORSES.
Taxpayer
Claims that the Village Will Save Money by Owning Them.
To the Editor of the Standard:
SIR—The article of March 15, "A Team
Wanted" should have more than a passing notice with the property owners of
this village. The property owners are the taxpayers, and what is for the
interest of one, is of interest to both. The recent fire on Port Watson-st. shows
that it is of the utmost importance that some means should be provided for
getting the fire apparatus to the fires as soon as possible, especially the
hook and ladder truck.
Why not have the village own a team, and use
it for that and other village purposes, that they now have to employ private
teams for? Some of the uses to which it
could be put is cleaning the streets, drawing off snow and mud, clearing
crosswalks, drawing coal for the engine house and the public schools. More than
150 tons of coal are now used by the schools and the engine house. Sprinkling
the streets costs the village $400 or $500 each year and the team could do
this.
We have one of the best volunteer fire
departments in the state, both as to men and apparatus. The Hitchcock Hose Co.,
the Emerald Hose, the Water Witch Hose and the Hook & Ladder Co., have each
four bunkers who sleep in their rooms ready at any time of night to respond.
There is a friendly rivalry between them as to which can first get to a fire
and do the most to save property. The hook and ladder truck is equipped with
all the latest devices for fighting fire, including extinguishers. Often if
they were able to get to the fire quickly the extinguishers would be the means
of saving much property that is now damaged by water, but as the truck is so
heavy it cannot be drawn except by horses. Horses are cheap and by using them
for other village purposes would easily pay for their keeping, and not be an
extra expense.
The writer would like to have the village
authorities look the matter up, and see if it would not be a saving, not only
in the expense now paid for work on the corporation, but also be the means of
greater security to our property.
A TAXPAYER.
—A stout boy from 15 to 17 years old is
wanted at the STANDARD office to learn the printer's trade. Apply at once.
—The Alpha C. L. S. C. will meet with Mrs. H.
L. Bronson, 66 Port Watson-st., Monday evening, March 25, at 7:30 o'clock.
—The Cincinnatus stage horses made a lively
run down Court-st. to Church and around the Railroad-st. corner this morning.
They were captured on Railroad-st. before doing any damage.
—Yesterday was President Cleveland's fifty-eighth
birthday. He had many callers, but few of them knew that it was his birthday.
One of those who did know, however, made the president laugh when he said that
St. Patrick had beaten Mr. Cleveland by one day.
—The annual meeting of the Woman's Auxiliary
of the Y. M C. A. will be held in the Y. M. C. A. parlor, Thursday, March 21,
at 3:80 o'clock. It is earnestly requested that every member be present, as the
election of officers occurs, and other matters of importance are to come before
the society.
—The annual convention of the Epworth league
of the Central New York Conference,
which just closed in Elmira, passed a resolution strongly denouncing dancing. They
say, we recognize that the influence of the modern dance is pernicious, that it
is inimical to the highest interests of the soul and body, and that it ought
not to be encouraged in Christian society.
—The repairs on the new Cortland hospital
building are nearly completed and it will be ready for occupancy April 1. A
reception and supper will be given on the afternoon and evening of March 27.
Supper will be served from 5 o'clock till 7. Every one is most cordially invited.
Let all who are interested in a worthy cause remember the date and come out to
this opening reception.
—Mr. Edwin A. Chubb has received from the
Five County Co-operative Insurance Co. the sum of $75 in settlement of his
claim for damages to his household goods which had to be moved out of the house
in the rear of the wooden building owned by the Cortland Harness and Carriage
Goods Co., the night of the Cortland Cart and Carriage Co.'s fire. The house
stood within a rod of the burning building. It was saved, but the goods were
moved out very unceremoniously and were somewhat damaged. Mr. Chubb says the
insurance paid covers the amount of the damage.
No comments:
Post a Comment