| Show TIIE OLD FOLKS they are the happy of a grand dinner one year ago last thursday the beaver choir upon motion of elder wm win fotheringham was constituted a 9 committee to provide on each thanksgiving DAY some entertainment men t for the aged 0 this year and on last thursday this committee provided a grand dinner for our a ged aged fatherland fathers father sand and mother all over go 60 years of ago age were most cordially invited in tu meet in the meeting bouso the day came aright and beautiful and so came the venerable fathers by the score from all parts of the city they could be seea wending their way may toward the generel gen erdl bous for that day at 11 Il they were called to order by Cli chairman airmar robert stoney who stated the objector object of the meeting after v short adit dinner was waa announced and the smiling c countegan ces of the assembled hosts were turned toward the im basement tables were decked with the bounties 01 0 lifo life and the goodness of god every precaution bad already been taken and the seating occupied but a shori shore time As aa 81 s a as all were plated placed the blessing on the food was asked be young ladies of the corn cittee who for a week past havo have been zealously laboring in this cause were seen dashing hither and thither exerting every power to make the meal as enjoyable as possible to tho the participants the dinner wits was grand the cool cooking in superb and the viands delicious G great reat credit is due to the untiring efforts effora of these young ladies and the th lr ir re ward for the labor performed is sure after a busy hour spent around the well spread board tho the company returned to the upper room where a pro gramme of sons songs 0 Epee peeches ches and recitation recitations es was mo coo t cr credi lally ly carried out there are few things so pleasing to lo behold as a throng of such happy faces facea as were seen on this occasion all care and anxiety were thrown aside and ha happiness p iness beamed irmi every countenance all their thanks to the committee in manner more suitable than words the recurring rb years are looked for wai aard d to with joy now hy by our baroca and heroines heroine and the UTOPIAN joins in wishing w shida them many happy I 1 odthe of the da day |
