Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1864-05-19
HEaZZini's feast to Poland.

On Sunday, April II, General GaribalIi,
accompanied by his secretary, Signor Guer-
zoni, took lunch at the house of the distin-
guished Russian exile, NJ. Alexandra, Herzen
at Teddington' near London A select party
Of English and foreign friends were assem-
bled to met him, amongst whom were Signor
Safli, Prince Dolgoroukou, Signor Mordini, Il
member of the Italian Parliament, &c
Joseph MazZni was also present.
a luncheon had been prepared, at the con
clusion of which Mazzini rose and proposed
| the health of General Garibaldi in the fol
| lowing words -
| My toast will include all that is dear to us
| all, those things for which we have fought
and striven [ drink to the liberty OF the
peoples; to the association of the peoples;
to the mar who is the living incarnation OF
| these great ideas, Joseph Garibald to that
| poor, sacred, heroic Poland, whose sons have
been silently fighting and dying for liberty
| for more than year; to that young Russia,
whose device is land and liberty-new Rus
| STA, that will at no distant day hold out a sis
| ter's hand to Poland, acknowledge her cquul-
| ity and independence, and cancel the remem-
brance of the Russia Of the Gar; to those
Russians who, with our friend Herzen at their
head, have most wrought and abOred to-
wards the creation of this new Russia; to
that religion of duty which will give us
strength to strive and to devote ourselves,
even unto DEATH for the realization of these
ideas.
The toast having been drank with enthusi-
asm, Garibaldi rose and said:
| am about make declaration which !
ought to have made long ago. There is
| man among US here who has rendered the
| greatest services to our country and to the
| cause Of liberty. When [ was young man
| having naught but aspirations towards the
| good, | sought for one able to act as the guide
and counsellor Of my young years. | sought
| such a man even as he who is athirst seeketh
the spring. | found this man. He alone
fed the sacred flame He has ever remained
my friend-ever as full of love for his coun-
try and of devotion to the cause of liberty
| This man is Joseph Mazzini. TO my friend
| and teacher
| The General afterwards rose a second time
and said:
| "Mazzini has uttered some words with re-
gard to unhappy Poland to which adhere
with all nay heart. Now let us drink to that
young Russia that suffers, struggles and shall
| triumph like ourselves, and is destined to
play noble and important part in Europe.
After this, raising his glass for the last time
| Garibaldi drank
To that free England, whose generous hos
| pitality and noble fruitful sympathy have won
| from all oppressed people so large debt Of
| gratitude and affection.
JOSH BILLINGS ON " ORDAINING. Josh Bill
lings says:
| We kommense life-we are sumbody's ba-
| by-we have faxen hare-we 90 to districk
| skule-we slide down hill-we pla hockey
we have great dif5erkulty with our nozes-we
Iarn how tn smoke, and find ourselfS men
| grown all tn onst. Thus far natur has piped,
and we have dansed, and their haint bin no
| fiddler tn pa, but now Gums in the speshial
ordainment times | hav bin thru with awl
this miself, and stood on the threshold, yung
man, looking around reddy to be ordained.
I felt as tho wud give $75 at least if sum-
BUDDY wud cum along and Ordain me, and let
me pitch in. | waited for six weeks, II L re-
koleckt right, and l never got the fust smell
ov emmy ordaining. Then l konkluded to Or
dain miself hit OF miss The fust thing tried
on waz 90 akers ov land in the western kin
| try. I ordered the venison and wild turkey
and possum8 tew leave, for l waz going tn
farm it. l ordained a log house and much
rale Tense Immediately, and put in krop oy
wheat, and prokured swine and yoke Of
Stages. worked years, had the ager and
| lite krops principally, and managed tn sink
the farm and Stages; I haint seen neither ov
them from that da, and don't think want to-
I didn't seem to be speshially ordained for
| farming in the western kentry.
Since that time l hav tried every kind OF
bizness that could hear ov, and haint bin
| speshially ordained yet in mi knollege. The
fault all lays in the different kinds of bizness
haint the leaste doubt. The bizness that
was designed for ME probably haint bin or.
dained yet, but intend to keep boring, and
when do strike lie thare will be a good time
generally in mi immegiate naberhood. hay
got any quantity ov friends (tha don't seem
to cum bl ordinashun). got mine, and man
age to keep them by not asking them for en-
thlng put adY1ze yu kant ask ennything Ov a
man that he loves tn give more, and that
kosts him less, than advice.