Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1859-04-27


Of Rebecca"--there the speaker broke down;
said he thouehthe had gone far enough Cries ol
ego on" He theu--commenced-" The toast
drank'-but recolleoting that the supper was
gotten up on strict temperance principles he
corrected himself and proceeded. )--Tho Tth
toast, he thought, did not take quite high
enough position; o. r. ras the Gospel Of
Christi there is nothing in It but what is found
in the Bible; we 60 there for everything; all
our Information is derived from that sacred
book; there we learn the doctrines Of The uni
versal brotherhood of man; learn our duties;
eminent ecclesiastical gentlemen taught that we
should show our love to God by loving our fcl-
low men; good o. +. endeavored to do so; the
new degree ofD cf r, opens the doors to re
ceive out wives and sisters into the order to
assist us in reforming deeds Of charity and
mercy; when we call the ladies never fail TO
respond. lie didn't know why the degree hon
orcd Rubecca by taking her name; she was
nothing but au ordiusry jewish maldeu who
married Isaac, merely because he had few
canels, aud was pretty well fixed up to make
living that was the only work Of charity he
was aware she ever performed Any one Of
the single Daughters would, he presumed, be
willing to be equally as charitable if good fel.
lows offered, whether they had dozen camrls
or notl lie thought there would have been
modern names--Florence NiRhtengne for in
stance--equally appropriate, and moro sugges
tive Of noble deedsj the spirii was all right.
haWaVar iha
tion
lllh Our Host.--One who knows how TO
supply the wants Of his Guests. May his
shadow never grow less aud may he be abun
danlly sustained by discerning public
Mr.. Hubbell having suddenly disappeared
Mr.. Nichols was called to answer. In the name
of the Host he would say that il the entertain.
ment ploased the company, he was more than
compensated. Coming to this city stranger
he had been warmly received, and his inter
course with the citizens Of Dayton had been
vastly pleasant. He returned his warmest
thanks, and hoped that health aud happiness
would ever he the PARTON of the people of this
beautiful city.
The Regular Order here closed. Several
Volunteer toasts were then offered but we can
only allude TO them, "The Marshal of the
Day" was given, when Capt. Cain arose. He
had but commenced by saying Brethren and
Sisters" when he was told to address the chair.
He came there TO hear and did not intend to
say n word the committee had promised that
on account of his distinguished services, he
should not be called up He rose to ques,
tion Of privilege some one had alluded to him
personally % he could not see anything pecu
liar in his erect form he was not in habit of
riding horse, but If his performance had met
their entire appropriation, (cheers) he was hap
py He then alluded TO the violent opposition
Of the Religious Telescope of this city to the
Order, and all "secret" societies. The Order
did not abuse that paper, or the Church Of which
it was the organ thought its course was very
wrong, aud recommended that the fraternity
pray for the enlightenment of the editor, and for
on increase of his Christian charity He closed
by offerings sentiment about true aud false tel.
escopes, which we could not hear, owing TO The
intense excitement in the neighborhood of tho
speakerl
Elliott gave-"The secular Press Of Dayton"
when Mr.. Denny of the Gazette excused him
self, as he was not prepared, and speaking was
not in his line. We presume he forgot to ex
cuse us, according to agreement y as some
curious people persisted in calling our name
Happily we were drowned in toast-"the
President Of the Evening-AlaY his shadow
never grow lessl" b. NJ. thought the toast cruel;
he wouldn't respond to it hot weather was
coming on, and the company didn't appear to
have any compassion besides, he was "too
full for utterance /"
!. Here theparty seemed inclined to dissolve; and
the President saying something about "being
played out, a motion was made to adjourn,
and carried
We never attended n more pleasant patty
than that at the Phillips House last evening.
1t will ever be a pleasant spot for the mind to
dwell on in remembrance.