THE SCRANTOJT TBIBUNE SATURDAY MORNIXO, DECEMBER 21, 1895. NEW ENGLAND BANQUET Society of Northeastern Pennsylvania Celebrates Forefatners' uay. FEAST AT HOTEL TERRACE Wot tbo Ninth Annual Banquet of tho Society-Many Attended from Wilkes Barro. Carbondale and) Hones-dalo-Spcnkonof Noto. ' The ninth annual banquet of the New England society of Northeastern Penn sylvania was held laBt night In the Hotel Terrace. It was the first func tion of the kind since the disc-aiding of the old name "New England Society of Lackawanna County," and the wisdom of the change was Indicated by the presence of a large number of fruests and members from Honesdalo, Wllkos Barrc, Carbondale and other towns out side the limits of this county. Like all such affairs it was not with out Its disappointment. IJev. Dr. O. rursona Nichols, of liinshamton, an eloquent speaker, a patriot and a prime favorite in this region, where ho is well-known, was unable to bo present. Ho had been slated to respond to the toast "New England Thought In the Religious Life of Our Country," but a sudden illness kept liim away, and prevented his notifying the society un til yesterday, too late to make any ad vance formal announcement of who would assume his toast. His place was credltably.illlcd by Itev. Dr. C. K. Jtob Jnson, of the Second Presbyterian church. The officers of the society arc: Theo dore Strong; of Plttston, president; K. Ii. Stitrges. vice-president: J. If. Fisher, secretary; A. C. Fuller, treasurer; com mittee of arrangements, K. I.. Fuller, Homer Omni, of HouoKilale: J. Alton Davis, Archibald F. Law, and J. II. Fisher, trustees: Frank K. I'latt, Isaac L. Post and A. 0. Gilinore. Very Succosrnl Affair. As of its eight pretfeectisojs It might have been written of t!ie ninth ban quet that "It was iho most successful ever held by the society," which Is a fact and is not thrown in as a plat titude. Everything conspired to make the event what it was intended It should be a distinct success; the weather, the attendance, the details of Its manage ment and the present little controversy with Great Britain a common topic of individual discussion nl! tended to make the banquet grand and bring out the sturdy and Puritan patriotism at least In sentiment and quality. The speakers were: Hon. Theodore Strong, president of the Bociety; Dr. Robinson, A. J. Colborn, jr., Hon. Charles D. Foster, of Wllkes-Harre; Theron Q. Osborne, of Greenwood; K. I!. Sturges and Rev. Dr. James McLeod. Although 8 o'clock was the hour an nounced for the feant proper, the mem bers and guests began arriving In al most a continuous stream at 7.30 o'clock, and when the dining room was occupied, over a hundred persons were present. The members and guests mingled In formally In the hotel parlors on the ground floor, where letters of regret were read by Secretary J. H. Fisher from Congressman Thomas H. Reed, Rev. Dr. ..Nichols, Thomas H. Ather ton. Major Everett Warren, Henry A. Fuller, George S. Kimball and M. W. Btryker, president of Hamilton colleee. Hoom Appropriately Decorated, It was not long after 8 o'clock when the-assemblage filed Into the hotel din ing room, whose only decoration was nn appropriate one. American flags were arranged In clusters along the four walls, and the pillars wers wound with the same emblems. Dalntllly shaded table lamps and green plants were set upon the tables. The main table was Arranged like un open square with the opening facing the east side of the room and opposite the two main entrances; the Inside space was occupied by three smaller tables. Refore being seated tho blessing was aeked by Rev. Dr. James McLeod. of the First Presbyterian church, and a fag, waved by the president, Theodore Strong, of Plttston, waB aaluted by three willing and deafening "hurrahs." During the discussion of the menu five of liauer's men from their position In the hallway, played such patriotic lra as "Hall Columbia," "America" "Yankee Doodle," "IJed. White nn'd Blue," "Dixie," . "Marseilles," "John Brown." "Georgia" and "Star Spangled Banner." The menu was as follows: The menu was as follows: The Sway of Our Stomachs. Civilised man cannot live without cooks." Menu. Grape Fruit Blue Points Salmon, Sauce Tartars Bouillon Pommes, Parlslenno Cucumbers Olives Celery Hadlshoi Fillet of Beef Baked Beans Mashed Potatoes Sweet Potatoes Roast Pig, Colonial Style . Lolla Itookh Punch Cigarettes ' -s :rneBm . ... -I urmnf Toll.. ... ,. , Lettuce , Salad Wince Plo i Pumpkin Pie cider , .. -Ice Cream Coffe , ; Camempert and Rochefort Cheese , Crackers !," . '.. r- .' -Cigars, The Feast oT Uoanon Begins. It was 10.&0 o'clock when the feasters ere lingering over cigars and cofTee that President Strong aroso and began his speech by sayin&.he felt ..ko .the Irishman who was not "kilt intoirely," butiwns "spachless." President Strong, t MA uraa tilph onanAlui. 1 i Di.ai.iiii;as tty reason or the patriotic sentiment of the gather Ins. .- He referred to the presence of an unusual number of Wilkeo-Barreans, which evoked applause, and more ap plause followed when he said the new . uku.iui, KVM mc tannn wuuiii uriiig an added loyally and ability. He looked for a Congregationalism of patriotic sentiment that would continue through out iue ianu ana last iorever. it exists everywhere throughout the United !, States, this demoeratto Puritanism. president Strong alluded to the death of two members durlnr the -' U. Smith and J. v. Peck. He spoke of we rottenness the Lexow and other in ' VestlgatinK C0mmttt hn1 renontlv rn. vealcd bf municipalities. This fact illfflrpitl that Vn.A I- - , 1. ..i. .. ... Puritanism which shows that we have been living on the bones of our ances . tors. We want more manliness and -righteousness under the waistcoats of our young manhood; we must resist the tendency of the times, the tendency of the caviller the Jolllfler. There Is too much of Charles II. and too little of Cromwell; the ten commandments, I am sorry to say, do not seem to be In vogue. If the ten commandments rot out, our country will die It ought to die. We must assert ourselves for re generating ourselves and uplifting the ' race; It is necessary In view ot thd di vergent Interests of our country in race and caning. ? ' Wkal WmM HiMhi TkM ' the Bftbbath and respect for law and order should be brought back, n .'uri tan virtues die out Sydney Bmilria dream of London, an obsolete city, may come true; highly civilized "persons ot Interior Africa may stand with map in hand amid the ruins of New Yor city, and then, like another Irishman, I. will be dead and I won't be ashamed of It. .. "New England Thought in the Re ligious Life of Our Country" was the toast intended for Dr. Nichols, of Bing hamton, whose letter of regret was read earlier In the evening, but which was well treated by Rev. Dr. Charles E. Robinson, of the Second Presbyterian church. Ho said: "vhat a subject! New England thought In the rel.glous life of our country!' I give It up; 1-s all outdoors, as wide as our country and U3 high as heaven. 'It's a condition and not a theory' that confronts me. Like tho new wife who sewed up her hus band's buttonhole because she couldn't find a button, I shall be forced to close the butonhole of my subject, because I cannot make a selection rom the mass of material before me. There is one thing I can emphasize this great New England principle of righteousness and freedom ot worship. It has been the salvation of our country, and we are bound to use some of It In making tins city, state and nation more ot the type ot tJod-thafs my creed, gentlemen, and I propose to tsund by It. . Hon. Charles D. Foster, of "K llkos Uarre, responded to the toast In Our Jurisprudence." In the early ...story of New England Its rudiment was Chris tianity. The teachings of our Mew England fathers have made this coun try what it Is and It may, make the world It gave us a Rlalne, for Instance, whom I will stand against even Bis marck and I think If we had him In our present little dlfllculty with Great I.ilt aln we would not have to suffer the hu mility of seelns a necessity for having our honor defended." Mr. Fpster was obliged to curtail his speech in order to catch a train. Speech of A. J. Colborn, Jr. The speech that most Invited real en thusiasm of tho patriotic sort waa that of Attorney A.J. Colborn. Jr., in response to the toast "New England In the His tory of Our Nation." He said: The heritage of good deeds is mightier for a nfl on's dofenso than powerful armlen I builds empires and conquers the foes of freedom. In the dread time ot war It makes wjldloni an dm L-rves them to battle for the right..-. The Re public takes pride In her great names. Though but a century old our temple of fame has garnered en fast am I so well within Its myftlc walls that for vii.v we have our mentor ami for every peril our Inspiration. Among the names there ensnrineu. -with more brilliancy, none with moie glorv. nnd nohe more worthy of re union than those of New England and her sons. .... , o..v, I1,n annuls nf history for ren- turlos past and you will ilnd on all Its myriad pages no parallel to the colony founded by the Pilgrims nnd the Pu ti tans. What was the my story of its ever increasing and enduring strength? What carried It safely and triumph antly through all the perils, dangers and bloody trials of Its early life? It was not military power, for soldiers t had none, save Miles Standish and his few It was not monetary strength, for wealth It had not. it wais-m.i. ..' creatness. for this It never pos sessed. Its grand superstructure was laid In deep and solid foundations of an unwavering faltn in uou ano un mii.nptjt Hlnrere devotion to truth. Jus tice and equality. A colony ot strong men and brave women wno careu nui for bitter grief, keen disappointment nor throbbing pain they had in them the fiw that always leaped upward, and which In future ages, kindled the fires of freedom for llueriy to enugmen the world. . It Was More Than a Century Ago. Tt Is more than a century slnc'o the men, who went forth to battle against tyranny and oppression and established a new nation among xne inivermnt-mn nf the- world, returned to the walks of peace. It Is more than a century since the soldiers of the revolution knelt upon the soil and pledged their sacred honor nnd their lives to the Declaration of Independence, and marched forward to seal their oaths with their blood. The tyrant's shot at Lexington marshaled every patriot. They came down from the hilltops, nnd up from the valleys, the streets of the towns and villages were deserted, the plows were left standing In the furrows, the workshops were closed, none lived for self, but nil were resolved on liberty or death. The trials of that army have never been matched. Its sufferings were never eoualed slncp the days of the great martyrs. Victory for a time ceased to perch upon its nanners. 'mere were patriot hearts cowed in tne oust. Everywhere were doubting Thomases, unbelieving Saracens, discontented Oatnllnes. Rut as the Danes once de stroyed thp hearing of their war steeds that they might not be frightened by the din or battle, so tne men or mat Utile army turned a deaf ear to all In the rear, and In tracks of blood at Valley Forge pushed boldly on for free dom's cause. They fought on until they saw their hopes fulfilled. They falt ered not until they saw their banner waving over Yorktown, nnd a republic consecrated to freedom, liberty and in dependence. A just recital of the part New England took In that struggle would rise to the sublimity of an epic without her. victory would not have been won. and liberty "would not have been proclaimed throughout the land, unto all the inhabitants thereor." A Conspicuous History. ' The history of New England is a conspicuous portion of the history of our nation,, and the sacred scroll on" whlfh ft -Is written is securely lodged In the highest "niche of the temple of fame. The first to shed its blood for freedom's cause at Lexington the first to shed Its blood for liberty and union In the streets of Baltimore, when trea son's shot at Sumpter brought It to Its feet with tho old revolutionary war cry upon Its Hps. It gave to patriotism a Hancock and an Adnms: to oratory a, Webster and an Everett; to philosophy an Emerson; to history, a Bancroft; to poetry, a Bryant and a Lowell; to song, a Whlttler and a Longfellow: to states manship, a Sumner; to humanity, a Wendell Phillips and a Lloyd Garrison and to liberty a band of freedom's chosen sons. There stands Its bright record match it ir you can the world cannot surpass It! New England's glory is not confined, however, between tho St. Croix river on the east, 'nnd the Harlem river on the, west. Into the great commonwealths of Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Wisconsin, Illinois. Iowa and Minnesota, and those of the far west her sons have gone. They have swept away tho wllJerness like grass before the mower, studded the once solitary rivers of the west with marts and cities, dotted Its boundless prairies with human habitations, pene trated every green . nooK and vale, climbed every fertile ridge to heln form new states in those vast, and at that time, thinly settled solitudes. From the rock bound coast and rugged mountain side, from quiet farms and busy vll Inges. and from her thronging centers of culture and of trade, she has poured her eager sons along the path of every progress. From the elevating Influence of her noble social systems, .from her clustering churches, from her teeming school houses, .from her free town meetings, they carried the Impress of, their New England origin," education, and character Into every- field which ambition dared to Invade or. human energy avail to conquer. , They Spread Good Wherever The? Went. What manner of men they were, who, born of Puritan stock and Inheriting the energies and capacities of Puritan character,, developed them fn the free air and under the boundless horizon of the prairies, and amid the activity and .vitality of pioneer and frontier life, we know and the whole world baa realised. Carrvlna- with them everywhere tho mental and moral qualities of their New England mother, they developed tnem in scenes of more intense vitality and amid the struggles of larger elements of natural force. Thus they produced a :race uniting In themselves almost every condition of physical, intellectu al, and political development, a race which made a new and mighty element of power In the history of our nation .hnilpnainir tho attention and com manding the respect of the world. Their stern Puritanic mother had tnrown them off each in turn, as the northern eagle ' soaring from his lofty eyrie shakes in mid-air her frightened fledg lings from her back to try for them selves their new-grown pinions In the upward Might, and dare alone the splen- . . , - . -.. ...... f,. c uor anu uunKer ui me dr. them among the earliest settlers of the west and northwest as soldiers In its defense, and as pioneers In Its develop ment; reaching at early periods prom inent official positions; their strong character and natural ability swayed to their own views the principles- and the actions of the people among whom they lived. In the halls of legislature they are soon henrd and looked upon as the political champions, and leaders of mi l n on n on. What a H'flire mis strong race of men from old New Eng land stock has shed on the history of our nation! What great common- ivpnltha of the -west and .norm west. where they chiefly settled, have they given to the . union! Tnetr- msiory is tho history of the states In which they have lived. ' ' Truly Self Mode .Men. tjv oiulv of tlielr character we find they were truly self-made men, shaped In a giant mottld;.of Intense convictions, r..s st ess w . and untiring pernevi- enee; rough, rudely-cut diamonds, un polished by culture of schools or graces of fashionable society.- In strength, massive; in Bense, surpassing; In men tal force, subduing: In fidelity, stead fast; In patriotism, loyal and true; and in straightforward honesty, as trans parent as tho crystal which from every nnirle reflects the llnutd light. Little did they care for theories this all the speeches of their ablest representatives will show. Their history tells us how they tolled In tho early years of their lives, and who, when the time came, wove their own personalities Into the web of the national fabric. Their argu ments were living things, their sent ences were catapults. In everything thev went straight to the core, and dealt with marrow, while flesh and bone were left to decay. They believed mere was no true greatness, no greatness worthy of being perennially remem bered, except that which embodied noble thoughts working towards n worthy end. recognizing at once, the dignity of humanity and the worship fulness of God, and endeavoring to co- entwlne In the execution of some, pur pose hoth of these elements or con templation, both of these Incen tive to action. As a political force they may be classed among tho cyclopean figures of history. The Norsemen would enroll them among the great and heroic In the halls of Valhalla. The Romans would asso ciate them with Vulcan, who made tho earth tremble under the weight of his strokes. It Is a Glorious Inheritance. Whnt a glorious Inheritance they have left us! An Inheritance won by their toll, watered by their tears, saddened but fertilized by their blood, and ren dered glorious by their deeds of valor. I plead this evening for a revival of the spirit which has made New Kng land.Let not the blood that was the in spiration at Lexington, Concord, Hunk er HiU and Trenton ebb awny, or course lifeless through the arteries of tho na tion. Our country stands today on the threshold of a war with a powerful na tion over a question of principle a principle that Is as vital to our national honor as any In the constitution. I ap peal to the sons of New England,. If. war should come, let us ..prove ourselves '.'worthy souk, of, our noble sires," and preserve the honor of the nation In the spirit and virtue of our illustrious an cestors, having for our watchword America for Americans now and for ever! If we do this we cannot fail. Then will another Molly Stark await amid tears of anxious pride tho news from another Bennington. Women will once more give their sons and hus bands to a war for the honor of the nation, saying, "you belonged to God before you belonged to me." Another army of Boys In Blue will march Into history and immortal fame; another Sheridan, another Sherman, and an other Grant leading then on to victory another Lincoln, dying a martyr, shall bequeath a resplendent memory to a re deemed and regenerate nation. This Century Hud the Hour. It was given to.the nineteenth century to teach the world that a republic could be founded and established upon the principles of Justice, liberty and equal ity, and the Intelligence of the people, It will be the duty of the twentieth cen tury to show how It can be preserved against plutocracy, anarchism and any violation of the Monroe doctrine by any foreign power. Let us then be Americans. TI Is not an American who Is one outwardly ac cording to nativity or adoption merely. America Is the new world of opportu nity for all that Is best In humanity. Americanism Is n spirit and a sentiment not a badge of locnliy or form of gov ernment. Americanism is faith In tho people, a sense of brotherhood, the rule of perfect justice, loyalty to reason and conscience, and a consecration to all tho high ends of civilization. Americanism Is patriotism that Sees In the natlin-'n rlvll glory the highest hopo.and loftiest Inspiration, and in the nation's flag a symbol of order and union. Beautiful colors, oh, raise them on high! Iet us fight for them, tho' fighting wo dl. Forty-four stars on tho brlsht field 'of blue; Forty-four f'totes-faiay they ever be trite. May each endeavor stand for it he right; May all 4ogeUier in frlepdshlp unite, Then tho' adversities round ug may curl, Let us our beautiful banner unfurl; And may it llomt from ocean to sea, In this dear country, the land of the free. If these things be In us and abound, we are Americans; the man who lacks them is a foreigner and a stranger ty tills great republic, though he should boast of birth on Plymouth Rock or of baptism In the Mississippi river. Poem by Tlicron O. A shorn p. An original poem by Theron O. Os borne, of Greenwood, was recited by the author In response to the toab, "New England In Our Poetry." Tho poem was as follows: One sotaee have I os mt your decree I toircli with reverent hand 'the charmed lute: My heart Is full o.ltho my Hps be mute. A song of singers! surely It should be A master skill to wako the minstrelsy. New England bards! not mine to strive to iteJl Their faults, or place their worth be . yond compare. As men, as poets 'they have had their hare Of critics, ftoutly armored to repei Love's dear decoy or beauty's maglo spell. The world hath Jmlgccfthem as It judgcth oil. No quarter having given, asked for none. Tho laurels they have gained were fairly won. Their place is cure, their fame beyond recall. They hold ' us-as they list in pleasing thrall. t Within this place so 'beautifully decked, Occasion rare, gift of 'heritage ' Of prudence, honor, thrift and counsel mire, ' We hold no glass but virtue's to reflect Of that fair Past thttt reigns tonight, elect. 'Mid rugged toll the Pilgrim' stands re vealed ; . . . deed, ocpan-smwn of nation yet to be.' -Deemed he .the poet's art a heresy? At war with savage fierce end stubborn field To aught but duty stern he dare not yield. Love's-tireless bend the biasing hearth .Progress, unchecked, thro' forests "-.. , (lamed Its -way; , .. Plejity lit bon fires for the fcstai nayf The Jiix't i-ume ami Jire Promethean tii4! Its beauteutis light to crown the PUltrim'i head. - . '. ' Warm devrttees before the muse's shrine. We fain would tell them o'er these min strels true, F.'en ns some faint his rosary might do; And lind each virtue, theirs, a Jewel fine That would the genu of earth by far out shine. . Fain would we woo the note of him who sung The high "ExeeJslor" he lived so well. And feel a sympathy wo niU;ht not que'l In human woe whose suiiurft murmur sprunjr From broken homes A-caJla's vales amons. Tho sober Quaker with h!s gentle mlrn Anil kindly jnli-th wcru welcome at oar feast; Knn nun, the setr, the stern hls',1 priest Of Hiibit.-t r.-.ture, rugged ard seiene. Were Welcome, toj, to iiarmoulsu the scene. Peace ond not sadness would we feel to hfiir. The -lately Hymn that slnseth for all time Pom- newly forth from Rryant's life sub lime; . Then teio' tho solemn ypt.01 anil calm, how dear. To sts the rtars of Lowell sparkle cli-ar! Gladlv we'd hull the- deacon's "One Iloss Shay" To our wlJe gate in triumph rumbling up. licarirsr elnti with ns to sit and sup. The genial Holmes, with Saxe. unfeigned and guy. A kindred soul to cheer him on the way. "The Onken Bucket's cool and limpid ftore, Belter than choicest wine at King's command. Wo fain would take from Woodworth's proffering hand; And, with each goblet full to brimming o'er, Pledge childhood's home and Innocence once more. We must not pause besldo each fount of rung . Ifnwe'er designed to profit or to please; The river pours Its lih-nde-l melodle; Ta dreamful -hours the various strains belong For us tonight the chorus rich and strong. For us to hear, enraptured ns wn!t, Their voices swell for Freedom' and for night. For home and country, weakness against might, Whatever rilde Is, or purs or great, Or beautiful, uilifht 'good for man's es tate. What tho the glory of their IIkM bo less Than the bright sun that burst before their day! To us the oi-b of night hath sweeter ray: A bended thread of sheen fnir pro- phetes A crescent clear, a dawn of loveliness. Mr. Sturges' llricf Remarks. When E. B. Sturges arose to respond to the toast "New England Through out the World," the clock struck mid night and Mr. Sturges said he would show his forebearance by permitting the company to reach home at a season able hour. The women, he renianu-d, were by virtue of their Puritanism and patriotism entitled to some considera tion and ho would be satisfied with his speech In knowlnsr ho had not been a party to having kept the husbands out so late. Dr. McLeod was unwilling to responu to loud calls for a speech, but flnnlly explained by means of the funniest story ot the evening why he was ready to leave. First he alluded to several references that had been made during the evening to his Irish blood and to the Venezuelan controversy and remarked that he could vouch that Irishmen with their shlllehilis would be In the thick of the prospective fight and on the l.'nlted Ptatos side. The hour was late, ... said, and he was reminded of an Irishman lately landed who explained why he had left his employment nt'Faini'er Thomp son's. "The cow died and they salted her down," said the Celt, "nnd we had beef three times a day; the pig died and they salted the pig and we had pork three times a day; then Mrs. Thompson died nnd I left." At the conclusion of the speechmnk- lng the gathering united In singing "The Star Hpangled Hanner," accom panied by the orchestra. This con cluded the. banquet, and after a few moments of Informal conversation In the hallway and parlors the assemblage drove and walked away. Members and Tliclr Guests. Members of the society present were: John W. A it ken. Levi A. Patterson, Al ber 9. linker, William .1. Hamilton and (!porga Klots, of Carbondale; .Edward H. Chase, Charles I. Foster, Iiac P. Hand. II. H. Harvey, Charles O Porklns, Oliver A. Parsons, Calvin Parsons, Isaac M. Thomas, F. E. ' Wood, Wilkes-Banc; Charles H. Welles, Charles LeR. Wheeler, G. F. Whrttemore, A. H. Williams, O. 15. Wright, T. C. Von Storch, C. H. Von 6torch, Fred K. Tracy, Levi J. Northup, F. K. Nettleton, K. H. Patterson. O. H. Pond, T. 8, Page, F. E. Plntt, W. It. Rich mond, Charles C. Hose, H. B," Sturges, Oeorge Sanderson. Robert' SI. Scranton Charles Reed' Sanderson, Itufin J. Foster, T. J. Foster, J. L. Hull. Alfred Hand, Fj L. Hitchcock, Cyrus D. Jone:i, C. It. Kinsley, J. A. Lansing, It. W. Luce, A, !'. Law, I. F. Slegargcl, E. L. Slerrlman, I). 11. Athertnn, J. L. Aiherton, If. M. Roles. L. SI. Bunnell, 11. H. Coston, A. J. Collins, Herbert H. Cox, ,T. Alton Da vis, A. C. Fuller, J. H. Fisher, Arlhur Frothlnkham, Scranton;' George Ashley Cooper. Robert McSf. I,aw. Theodore Strong, Plttston; Thvon O. Unborn.' Greenwood; A. D. Hlacklngton, Dunmore; Theodore B. Clark,. Homer Greene, Henry Z. Russell, A. T. Searle, W. F. Suydnm, Hone.dalev Vernon T, P.oou, Jeansvllle, John II. Law. Throop. The guests of the members were! R, E. Watson, Captain J. Tt. Flsk, F. M. Hallstead, A. B. Williams, jr., f?oorge H. Russ, Charles McMullen, J. W. How arth, Rev. Charles Lee, M. W. Lowry and R. .G. Colborn, of Scranton; Ralph Glllam, of Dunmore; George Klots, of Carbondale; W. P. Sweatmnn, Rev. J. N. Lewis, T. B. Clark and J. II. Conger, of Honesdale; T. P. Ryder, of the Wilkes-Itarre Record; Will Lathrop, of the Carbondale Leader; Mr. Perkins, of the Wilkes- Barre Times. An Artistic Menu Card. Each year the society has aimed to surpass Its preceding efforts in having designed ond supplied a novel menu and programme, whose covers have each year shown something symbolic of puritan times and from original draw. Ings. Last yeas Salem witchcraft nnd Boston town were programme fea tures from original drawings by Pcr clval J.. Morris, a well-known Scran ton architect. Mr. Morris' handiwork was shown on the front and last page cf last night's programme, two photo grnvures from his drawings. The front showed an embarkation group or Pll grim Fathers and Indicated the period from 1820 to 1646; on the rear cover appeared a Puritan settler in the pro verbial cone hat, clonk and staff and making his way stealthllly past a group of Indians In the forest. Any year In the period from 1760 to 1775, during the ndgratlons to nortneastern Fennsyt vanla might have suggested this pic ture. The four leaves and eight pages of the programme were tied with red white apd blue ribbons, and the whole was by far the most artistic oany of the programme-menus used at the so ciety's nine annual banquets. . . ,' ' For Mama's Present uu H' A VI in,......., - - - - - - - - .. Ington avenue; He has an elegant line of Silverware. Turnquest sets Diamonds right. . .Turn'queit, the Jeweler, 205 Washing ton avenue. . . , . In the; -Wonderland-' Of North America.' Nineteenth Letter of Northwestern Travel. Fertility of Washington State. Written for The Tribune. North Tnklma Is situated on the swiftly flowing Yakima river, between the openings of the eternal hills, ard her. wide and tree lined avenues' make It a pleasant place of residence. At North Yakima we find .the home of our old friend E. F. Benson, superintendent of Washington's exhibit nt the World's Fair, who with Nelson Rich, county commissioner, whom we met on the train furnished us a largo amount of valuable data as to the- resources of the Yakima district. Said Sir. Benson: 'Irrigation Is King, and under It we rab-e larger and better crops of fruit, vegetables, hops, alfalfa and cereals of every kind, nnd even tobacco, than any other section on this continent, viz: five crops of alfalfa ami five crops of clover; two crops ol) wheat, which al ways yield from thirty-five to fifty-live bushels per acre; and occasionally yields sixty-five bushels; from 200 to K00 bushels ot Bound potatoes, while stray pnt'-hes have been known to yield 7."i0 bushels to nn acre; from two sacks of early rose, we raise seventy-six packs; hops from 1.B00 to 2,"i00 pounds per acre; cabbage that weigh 30, 40 and f'O pounds each; onions that will measure all the way from toil to twenty-one Inches around nnd weigh four pounds; watermelons, GO to GO pounds each; squashes as large as S6- pounds each; pumpkins, SO pounds; beets, 30 pounds; strawberries, ten In ches In circumference; apples four and a half pounds each; tobacco, from I SCO to 1,000 pounds per acre; sorghum, which grows ten feet high; corn, eleven feet high: hop vines with solid clusters of hops, forty feet long, and oats which grow six feet high and rustle a bearded head two feet In length, besides alfalfa, ten feet high yielding twelve tons per acre. After the llrst crop hus grown, and cut, turn on the -water and In six weeks another crop bus grown, and will continue until the snow files in De cember." A Typijnl Washington Orchard. The tourist who, in summer time. visits the large orchard of ex-Sheriff D. 13. Lesh, will be astonished at what he sees. Hundreds of peach, pear, plum and apple trees, literally breaking down under the weight of fruit ma turing, while much Is laying on the ground rapidly going to decay, simply from Inadequate means of handling. One small peach tree only three years old, has borne two crops which had realized over $:i.ri. On Colonel Hewlett's farm (United. States land of fice,) are melons weighing forty, lifty and sixty pounds each,- while his fields of barley and oats yield from fifty to sixty-eight bushels per acre, and occa sional yields reach loo bushels. I might further enumerate, did time and space permit. A neighbor. In speaking of Ir rigation, said somewhat lrrevently to nie: ltnln is a substitute for Irriga tion, and a mighty poor one. We can manage it better than the Almighty, for He often sends too much water, while wo only use, just what we want and when we want It. Impressive Mountain Scenery. After leaving North Yakima the rail road runs through a gup Into the Wc iiass valley, another Htrlp of agricul tural land, along the Weiinss river, and soon enters Yakima Canyon, a pro found gorge of bold and impressive scenery in tho I'mptanum mountains. Here some washing for gold Is done by Chinamen along the river banks. Soon we emerge from this picturesque delllo Into the great Kittitas Hnsln, the largest In extent of the fertile valleys traversed by the Yakima river, and after a run of thirty-seven miles we come to an other thrifty town In the midst of a re gion rich In mineral wealth.. Reaching Kllonaburg the tourist is rewarded with a view of mountain scenery which calls forth exclamations of wonder and awe. What do we see? On tho west are the Cascade mountains, above whoso green head3 rises loftily the white top of the great snow peak, Mt. Tacomn, U.iH feet high. On the north are tho Pes hastin and Wenatchoe mountains. The former range Is a mnss of rock nnd snow and Its highest peak, Sit. Stuart, has an elevation of over 12,000 feet The Wenatcliee range are timbered to their summits and reach to the Columbia river. Tho Umptnnum mountalns.whlch shut In the Kittitas batdn on the South, are 3,000 feet high and covered with bunch grass. The Kittitas basin has an altitude of S0O feet higher man the Ynklmu basin, and as we ascenu ...10 climate has more of a mountain char acter, the temperature being notioeniny. cooler. This valley Is watered by the Yakima river, and Its numerous tribu tary streams, fed by springs and melt ing snows from the Cascade mountains, which carry the largest volume of water during the summer season; The soll'ls of a rich alluvial nature rather than basaltic. The Village of tllcnshnrgh. Kllensburgh with Us 3.M0 population. Is one of the thriving places of tho Col umbia Basin. It Is the headquarters of tho Coscadme division of the rond. It has good water power, flouring mills, saw and planing mills, foundry and several. hotels, two banks, three news papers. It Is the center of a large mining district, embracing gold, silver, copper nnd coal. The rich mines of the Oknnogan district are sixty miles north and only eight miles distant arc rich bituminous coal mines. The business portion of this town was destroyed by fire in 1SSS, when a million and one-half dollars' worth of property went up in smoke, but tho wonderful bouyancy of the west Is seen in this town, as In Spo kane or Seattle. A run of twenty-five miles from El lennburg brings us to Clealum, the junc tion of the short branch rnnd, which runs four miles to the Roelyta coal mines, owned by the Northern Pacific, the most Important coal mining point on the entire line of the road. This coal Is a superior hard, black,' lignite, and Is used for locomotive fuel, and also for domestic fuel In all the towns of Eastern Washington. Some handsome specimens we obtained for Inspection. The price per ton Is $4; the dally output, 2.C0O tons. At Clealum are extensive beds of Iron ore, which ' are being worked by an English company. ' The Passage of the Cascades. Nine miles further on, at Easton, we commence to climb the Cascade moun tains at a standard grade of 118 feet to the mile. We have now traversed the valleys of the Yakima and Kittitas arid the Yckima Canyon, whose repu tation extends through all the Pacific coast country, ' and commence the crowning feature of our long, long Journey of twenty-eight dai-s across the continent to Puget SoUnd, "T passage 1 tne Cascade.". T the mountain ranr-s, this time tho giant Cascades, through the famous Stampede tunnel. Which Is nearly twb miles long and feet above sea level the hvight of thi sumnilt above hejnpj 3,9X0 fei-t and regarded as a greater work' of engineering than the famous Hoosnc tunnel, owing to the wlUlm ss of the country and distance from sources of supplies. A switchback line seen from the train was successfully used during the completion of the tun nel, whose maximum grade was 2!") feet to the mile, the trains being hauled over the mountains by decapods or U-n-wheeb d engines. l:y the courtesy of tho division su perintendent v.e bcteke ourselves to the observation ear, and prepare to enjoy such glimpses as we could get now and then, through the dense forest growth of tho wild scenery about, nnd I might say, above and below us. We commence slowly to climb the Eastern Blope of the Cascades at Stampede Pass, and the; view Is wild and grand and becomes more and more so as we ascend. The road-bed Is u triumphant achievement In railway engineering, and-winds alternately across the face of rugged slopes, which reach far down from rock-crowned ond pine-fringed summits, beneath overhanging clUTs, over dizzy gorges, spanned by sleiider lonklng but substantial trestles. Far down at the feet of the stucps," glimpses of tho valley below appear ns the giant "Ul" 'i me mountains open and close upon the Canyons. .Mountain Climbing by Rail. After awhile ve find from the rattlo and clank, the shout and puff and groan or our weary engine that more motive power is needed, and soon two monster creatures, two huge black engines, come steaming from the round-house and wo know there is heavy work abend. One of the monster locomotives Is the Cas cade, weighing one hundred and seven teen tons, and said to be the largest in tho Union. Another start Is made and slowly our long train drnss up tho curving lm-llne, led by the team of Iron horses hitched In tandem. Above us the steep sides tower, thickly covered with the "forest primeval;" below they plunge down In to the wild glens and tangled ravines. Hounding a curve, the black mouth of tbo tunnel swings into sight. High above us rises thv mountain and plung ing down Its rocky face comes a beauti ful cascade. With accelerated epeed wo reach the great tunnel under Stampede Pass. At Slartin Station we enter Its arched doorway hewn out of the soild rock. The Interior Is lighted by Incan descent electric lamps, attached to tho wall on either side at Intervals oi a few feet. Some are near the roof of the tun nel; some are on a line with the tram and some arc low down, and for a long distance behind we can see them fnlnt nnd red. The effect is weird, peculiar, strange, like a long lino of Indistinct stars ns seen through smoked glass. And" as the train rish,es through we catch glimpses of the; npturned faces ot the tracktWaHfers; or tunnel crew, by whom this marvel of engineering sk1, nearly two miles In length to be exact', n.S.'iO feet Is guarded with constant care day and night. The plunge from daylight Into night ns the tunnel hides us from the world, nnd then the swift rush out and down the mountain, racing ngn Inst time Itself, ns we swiftly descend into the wild and weird gorge of CJrecn River, forms nn episode in our Journey long to be re membered. . A Succession of Tunnels. Ilcfore the valley Is reached we piicr eight successive tunnels, often passing from one to another over a high bridge or trestle. There are tdx on the moun tain and two on the Oreen River. The excavation of these wns an expensive and triumphant achievement In rail way engineering, being under the direc tion of Nelson Bennett, of Tacoma. A peculiar sensation Is noticeable ns wo cross the dividing point in the tunnel. The cars tip slightly, but surely, for ward, the speed Increases and we know the Cascades are surmounted and we are descending the forest-clad western sfbpe downward to Tacoma and Pugvt Sound, and even to -the wave-wasiied shores of the. Pucitlc Ocean. ' ,T. K. Richmond. 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