The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-09-05
THE GREAT BRAN BREAD FESTIVAL.
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The Whole World RefOrmers in Grand Green
Squash Reunion.
Miss Lucy Stone and Company as
Vegetable Productions.
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metropolitan Hall in a Glow Of
Verdancy.
THE BOUQUET MAN IN HIS GLORY.


1855. ..-4s..~e
THE BOUQUET MAN IN HIS GLORY.
SPEECHES OF GREELEY DIR HARRIET HUNT,
MISS SUSAN CLARKE, MRS. NICHOLS,
AND ALL THE NEW LIGHTS,
&C., DC, &c.
As a lit and proper winding up to the vagares of
Miss Lucy Stone and company which were duly
chroniciea IN the HERALD last week, another set o.
reformers joined issne-de bcne esse as the lawyers
say-and gave "Grand Vegetarian Banquet" at
Metropolitan Hal, on Saturday evening last.
The givers of this interesting dejeuner sans four.
chette ore banded together under the title of the
"New Yo,k Vegetarian Society,"" headed by a cele.
brated hJdropathic physician, Dr. R. 7. Trail, who,
1t seems rot satisfied with rolling his patients in
wet sheets, like SO many recuperated mummies, puts
the finale, or rather, we might say, the capsheaf.
upon his temple Of reform, and gives them nothing
but Graham bread to eat and cold water to drink.
Even the production of our Chinese friends
'sThs cup which cheers, but not insbr,ates'-
Is also ta6ooed The reformers eat nothing but the
products Of the field and the orchard No mates de
mitre, no cotelettes d la Jenny Lind, no pigs feet
d Ia fric0sSee, no woodcock and champagne accom-.
paniments for them. Tbey believe in allowing all
the birds Of the air and the beasts of the Geld to live
until they die natural deaths for all that the reform
ers viii do against them. The human mind, which
" naturally looks forward" cannot think of such a
state Of things without wonder. Are we all to be.
come vegetables-shall the men and women Of the
twentieth century become SO many pon,mes dw terre
an matssyel? We hope not.
But to return to our-not mutton, but vege.
tables. The banquetng hour was announced for six
O'CLOCK and at thai hour our reporters were at ha
but Tor some reason unknown to us, the edibles
were not prepared. The members of the Committee
OF Arrangements, assisted by several young women in
oyepowerng Bloomer dresses, acted as servitors on
the occasion They were designated by crimson
rosette, from which depend satin ribbon tab, or.
namented with spangles, making the effect "real
pretty" as vegetable young woman was good
enough to infolm us. The company at this time was
more stiect tnan nume rous; and in the dim twilight
the leaders of the several wings Of reform were
holding little levees and receiving the homage of
their adherents, for there is great deal of man
worship among reformers, and they rank according
to the amount of notoriety they have achieved, and
the quantity of martyrdom they have suffered in the
shape of peltngs with unmerchantable eggs" and
other equally pleasant missiles We noticed par
tcular homage was paid to Greeley, who was con
tnually ducking his head as women Of all sorts and
ages were paraded before him.
b At about seven oalock the victims began to
0ome in by little squads of two or three and the ga
was turned on. There were o very few pretty wo-
men In the two hur dred specimens who were congre
Be generally from the rural districts" We nytc
several Boomers, but the dresses looked like the work
Of botches in the mantuamaking trade. One lady
we noticed was got up in tremendous style. She
I. a. -.
height, good figure and blonde complexion. Her
hair was arranged q Ia Chino,S, with number of
little water curls' fattened down each side Of
her face She wore brocade silk dress of the color
of the same, open in front so as to display white
satin waistcoat, which was cut high in the neck.
Her skirt was short enough to display her white
satin Turkish trousers which were gathered around
was failure. She had evidently got herself up for
effect and her pedal extrenites were too extensive
for the style Of things to which she aspired. She
was accompanied by another disciple of the Amelia
Bloomer school, who was dressed in crimson and
black Her figure was petite. and her appearance
rather more piqaiant. To give variety to the
there several shaker ladies present; their long
nnwieldy bonnets, oldfashoned short wasted dres.
formed very interesting feature Of the entertain
ment.
At this time, quarter past seven, the stten-
dance became general the shilling gallery was nearly
filled, and among the auditors were observed party
from Kentucky, including George D. Prentice, from
Louisville, and several other distinguished gen
uemen.
And, finally, the banquet was ready. The party,
numbering some two hundred women and ono huu-
dred and fifty men-we saw no negroes, sat down
TO the tables which were arranged 50 as to run pa
rallel with Broadway. The high seats in the syna-
gogue, (strange that even socialist reormers will
make these odious distinctonsD were placed upon
the stage. Thore was nurmur Of applause as, by
q welLexecuted flank movement the leaders de-
ployed from the dressing rooms on each side OF the
stage and took seats on the platform Horace
Greeley presided and each side Of him sat the file
leaders Of the new lights. Among them we noticed,
Miss Lucy Stone, Miss Mary c. Vaughn, President of
C.J. II. Nichols, yermont Miss S. Clarke of Leroy;
Dr. Harriet X. Hunt, Of Boston; Mrs. Frances d.
Gage, of Missouri: Mrs. Lydia M Fowler, phrenolo-
gist, of New York: Miss Susan b. Anthony, cdi-
tori Of New York: DR.. r. I. Trail President Of
the New York Vegetarian Society; Rev. John Pier
pont, of Massachusetts; G. G. burleigh and c. M.
Burleigh, of Connecticut; Or. j. c. Jackson, Of the
Glen Haven Water Cure Establishment; DR.. Sn0d-
grass, OF Maryland, and many others, representing
all the isms'' Of the day and night.
Mr. Greeley, having been Obliged several times to
restrain the brethren from pitching into the ban
Tet' which was spread before then nov announced
that the Rev p. H. Shaw, OF Williamsburg, would
invoke the Divine blessing, which the rev. gent
proceeded to do with roore fervor than elegance In
his invocation he prayed that the audience might
"have strength to make their appettes Submissive
20 the requirements Of the love Of God" which was
very singular idea, to say the east il. The Am
phiens indulged us with quartet.e, commencing
ssbus:-
Lo, the world is rich in blessings
Thankful all, His praise repeat;
"Eyery herb and each tree yielding
Seed and fruit, shall be our meat"
Natures banquet pure aud peaceful,
Is q 'feast O. reasoc,o too;
Every healthful sense delghting,
Ever changing, eve, new.
The company then proceeded to attack the fruit
and vegetables. The following is the
o0oSs1
BILL OF FARE.
Vegetable Soups
Tomato Soup, Rice Soup.
Is Ihrigace1
Graham Bread, Mixed Fruit Cake,
Fru.ted Bread, Apple Biscuit
Wheat Meal Cakes, Moulded Rice