Clan Fraser in Canada

FIRST ANNUAL DINNER. 2J
number of letters it would be difficult to make a selection for the
reader and the demands of space would prevent it, although
some of them are really worth reproducing. Of special
interest were the letters from Messrs. O. K. Fraser, Brock-
ville ; John Fraser, Wm. Lewis Fraser and Thomas Fraser,
New York ; P. M. Fraser, St. Thomas ; Donald Fraser,
Windsor; R. J. Fraser, Barrie ; R. M. Fraser, Goderich ;
Rev. R D. Fraser, Bowmanville ; Rev. J. B. Fraser, M.D.,
Annan ; John Fraser, Montreal ; W. G. Fraser, Buffalo ;
Hon. Christopher Finlay Fraser, and B. Homer Dixon,
K.N.L., Toronto ; the last named a Fraser on the maternal
side and a gentleman deeply versed in the history of the Clan.
The dining hall presented a very attractive appearance.
The table was made beautiful with a tastefully arranged and
selected display of flowers and plants, and appropriate to the
occasion there were stags' heads on the walls, and the Fraser
Clan tartan draped the pillars, doorway and windows. There
were a number of articles of interest sent by friends, such as
finely executed mezzo-tint pictures of Simon Lord Lovat,
beheaded in 1747, and of Brigadier Simon Fraser, the hero
of Saratoga ; and a water-color of the Clan arms, from
Mr. B. Homer Dixon ; a map of Inverness-shire, showing
the Clan possessions at various stages of its history, with
the lands in the hands of cadets of the Clan, a life-size copy
of Hogarth's picture of Simon Lord Lovat, the "last of the
martyrs," a life-size copy of an engraving of Sir Alexander
Fraser of Phillorth, founder of the University of Fraserburgh,
sent by the Chairman.
The menu card, a copy of which has been reproduced
for this volume, will be found to have been a clever effort of
the artist, Mr. W. A. Fraser, Secretary of Committee. A