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and grounds of the Company, with which and its novelty, 

 all expressed themselves highly delighted. 



Preparations were made for le banquet extraordinaire, 

 and members and visiters sat to work industriously. 



The General expressed a desire as a member to do his 

 duty, was duly invested by the Counsellors with a hat 

 and apron, and introduced to the kitchen where he was in- 

 itiated into business, by attention to the turning of the 

 beef steaks on the gridiron. 



All were pleased with the aftability and condescension 

 of the illustrious guest. Seldom an occasion presented 

 itself since his arrival on our shores, for him and his com- 

 pany and assembled visiters, to be so perfectly "at home. " 



The incidents of this day at the Castle, will long be 

 remembered by all with delight, and that the names of the 

 guests might not be forgotten, they forthwith recorded 

 their names on the spot, and on the page which attested 

 the acceptance by the General of honorary membership, 

 in his proper hand writing. 



IN TESTIMONY of my accq^tance of Honorary 

 Membership, of " THE FISHING COMPANY OF 

 THE STATE IN SCHUYLKILL,'' I hereunto sub- 

 scribe my name, and promise conformity to the Constitu- 

 tion and Laws of the State, as far as I am enabled so to 

 do. 



CASTLE, State in Schuylkill, this 9.\st day of 

 July, A. D. 1825. 



LAFAYETTE. 



