Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1853-12-30
Annual Presentation.

ex-engineer Of that establishment, has become,
by the authority of years, an institution. Though
many OF the places filled by the participants in
the original scene are now occupied by others,
and each year sees new changes, the spirit Of
kindness has been handed down, and new COM
ers andall join with the same interest in the GER
emonial. This year the occasion was marked
with s1susua interest, for, since the last ceebra
lion, sherecipients name has become allied with
the inventors cf the land and his new railway
for getting paper up stairs had taken its place
amongthe achievements of the genius of the
nineteqnth century. Hence the occasion was
tributeto the inventive genius as well as the So
cial worth of the man. The venerable gentleman
received the offering of his young friends with
! becoming modesty, and with that suavity of
mannerthat has characterized his life, bearing
off the ionors of the season and the Thanks giving
! fAings with great pleasantness. His speech was
worthy pf his palmicst days, when the fire of
youthful ardor marked his eloquence, and was
received with tremendous enthusiasm. When
he retired from the rostrum, every voice did him
honor, and every step joined in the tributary pro-
cession that escorted him around the Office. The
following are substantially the speeches made on
| the occasion, reported for the Post =
PRESENTATION SPEECH.
Sir It IS pleasant privilege that we yearly
enjoy oflaying aside our implements of employ
ment for 4 few moments, and, gathering about
you, as devotees gather about some offen shrine.
dark with dust and decay, laying our 1oury Of
fe.ings at your feet. Emotion. 1t is refreshing
thus TO como from our various alleys, from the
destructive exhalation of the types, to breathe
the atmosphere of beRevolence, &c. that peryades
a scene like this. [Cheers.l We are glad to
meet with you, sir, TO once more exchange the
cvilities and courtesies of the season, and hear
ken to ihe tones of that voice whose notes have
become as familiar and pleasant to our ears as
those Of home thrilled from the throat Of a tea
kettle, or anelihuously poured through the bree-
" lungs of November by the mouth Of the Chin
ney. APPLAUSE We need the counsel of that
voice and the experience that it represents. The
road we travel is q weary one. In the language
Of DIR. Watts-his-name
e Jardan am a hard road q trabBle, I be.icbs,"
and when we can, at stopping places ike the pre-
sent, pick up gem or two Of oracular wisdom,
we pouch it with all the avidity with which an
sIrchin scrambles to procure an estray penny
rCheers.l Sir, we have at this time to congrat-
ulate you upon your recent invention-an iuyen-
ton that does 80 much towards saving labor
that is, your OWL. Itwould seem that the genius
Of years. directed to one grand object, had herein
eliminated, and Utility and Elegance had shaken
hands together over an invention the Ike OF
which the world had never before seen. Hear,
hear. BY the aid of this, labor becomes mere
pastime This railroad has no rival No fuc-
tuation in its shares Is seen at the brokers' board
no accidents occur upon its track; no damages
from collisions 10 complaints Of engineers and
conductors no bursting of boilers. [Cheers. i
And though il is to be regretted that it could not
be made to run down hill both ways, for your
own convenience, we trust that the genius which
achieved the present road may likewise perfect
the improvement suggested. [Applause.l Sir,
believe me, as the exponent Of the cOmpostorial
corps Of the Boston Post, that they are gratiied
at the stateofyour Preservation. that therhinocer
ian cuticle that surrounds you is yet whole from
the insidious teeth of Times attack, and that ex
tension of years seems to add, most remarkably,
to the chances of your perpetgity. Rapture.
May you long continue to wave, and cling to me
with the tenacity of coroner TO a subject
[Cheers have nothing more to add but to
make my prcsentati ton In behalf of the men. Sir,
please accept this votve offering OF their regard,
accompanied with wishes as fragrant as the bree-
yes of the south over whole acres Of vegetables,
or the aroma Of Carter's coffee mills upon the
st-I stir of morning, and many hearty Thanks
giving dinner give your Intervals a grateful mem
ory ofyour friends, the compositors of the Boston
The Chairman Of the Comma w. -.--...-
mcnts then addressed the beneficiary as follows /:
Sir: Shakespeare, writer of some note in old
times, has said
'Tis cruelty to load falling man"
therefore will request you to mount yonder
! stool, not OF repentance, but of exaltation-of
triumph-andaccept homage Of oureyes as we
listen to the words that flow from your venerable
| lips. And as the same author has SAID
Courage mounteth with occasion"
1 trust your courage viii be sustained 10 any
amount on the present occasion.
The beneficiary thon took the chair amid great
cheers.
[Cheers.l Genlemen-It does my heart gooC
to come before ye. Hear, hear.l Gen lemen-
thank you for your kindness TO me, which
don't deserve. Yes, yes. l have been show
cred 1.-THE reporter understood the orator TO sa.
q chowdered, - but he is assured that showers
was the word with many things like this
Pointing to the bag of -four. Delighted ap
plause.l You have been good enough to speal
of my railroad. Rapturous sensation 1t !
not yet completed, and, when it is done, 1 wi
call you in. A voice-s'We'd rather you d TAX
us out" Laughter.] Gen1emen-with respeC
/, TO Capt. Ingraham, we have reason TO be prou
t Of him, whose brave act in Smyrna has done
,,cb 90 .hoo,or ro;-;rs tremendous chee