172 MISSOURI STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



of the State Horticultural Society was adjourned to meet at Nevada, 

 Vernon County December 5, ^, J, 1888. 



Dr. Goslin then took charge of the meeting, and the visiting Dele- 

 gates, Clergy, Press, Choral Union and others proceeded in procession to 

 the " Banquet Hall," where that which was good for the inner-man was 

 in waiting. At the 



OPERA HOUSE 



The climax of a great meeting was reached. The Hall was displayed 

 in its most gorgeous aspect. It was neat, brilliantly lighted and taste- 

 fully arranged. Along the walls were^an array of seats for the guests 

 not accommodated at the first table. Down the body of the Hall were 

 two rows of tables freighted with rare luxuries for the festal gathering. 

 Strawberries, whose fair cheeks had just blushed in the vernal sun, invit- 

 ed our honored guests to partake. Ice cream served with lavish hands, 

 awaited to refresh the inner-man. Cakes, in huge proportions, sat upon 

 their silver pinnacles, ready to fuse their substance with other forms ard 

 satisfy the most varied tastes of the multitude. Flowers — those rare 

 beautificrs — mingled their fragrance and beauty with the hum of merry 

 voices, to animate the flow of events, and embellish the scene. In the 

 distance the sound of martial music ; while at the front entrance, the 

 Silver Cornet Band, sent peal after peal of harmony to float upon the 

 evening air and die out in the distant hills ; and within the hall, Phil- 

 brick's orchestra swelled the souls of all with choicest music. The 

 assembled guests were moved to admiration, as the daughters of Oregon 

 moved with easy grace among the happy throng, dispensing luxuries 

 without discrimination. They were arrayed in colors that you could 

 hear coming, while on their cheeks stood thit rosy hue — the index of 

 health and merriment. The reception was worthy of a metropolitan 

 town and filled our visitors with profound gratitude. The scene was one 

 that will long live in memory and will enroll Oregon among the royal 

 hostesses of the state. No toasts were responded to, for all were too 

 full for utterance. — Holt County Press. 



