Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1864-04-27
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csns arrived at Hotel Byron, to "do' Chilon
and spend tho Sabbath Among them was
Mr. T., who at that time hailed from Phil
adelphia, one Of the most perfect specimens
Of the irrepressible yankee that it was ever
my fortune to meet In less than half an
hour after his arrival, he was oil in boat, in
spite OF the beating rain, 10 have fish" in
Lake Geneva. he returned in the afternoon
thoroughly vet, With couple Of "shiners"
thrs or four inches long, and expressed bim-
self as perfectly satisfied 'Yon see, said
he, 81 have carried this fishing pole of mine
four thousand miles, and was not going to
take il back without using somewherei and
wont il be a big thing to tell the folks at home
that went fishing in Lake Geueva2"
After dinner he installed himself in an easy
chair in the parlor, and delivered lecture to
the gentlemen assampled. upon subject that
was more interesting 10 him than any other,
viz himself He began with his schoo-days
and brought his biography down to the mo-
ment of speaking "Do you see this three
dollar gold piece p he at length demanded.
!" Well, sirs that is the FIRST coin that was paid
in on our railroad. Three years ago had to
pawn it to keep from starviug-nsU | am
worth hundred and fifty thousand dollars"
he had concluded, he said, as be did not
know what else to do with his money,to Some
over here to Europe" and spend little Of IT,
Then he produced Harper's Handbook, ,,and
showed the gentlemen the tour be had mark
ed out for himself, in whinh he was to see the
principal part of the earths surface in six
months and then claimed their wondering
admiration by the announcement that he was
plum up to his programme with a day 30
spare .ssseH
He wanted to know il they we're Masons.
He never was till he was about leaving home,
but then he ''got dispensation from the
Grand Master and was put through the three
degrees in three weeks at has been an
immense advantage TO me sir Why got
this repeater Of IL matchmaker down here in
Genevy the other day--a real bang up thing
-at discount of five per cent, just because
he saw from this hreastpin that was Ma
SON Then he dissoursed for a while about
his couAtry--"Hai Columby"-as he called
it, I'VE hav'nt got any ari'tocracy over
there, said he, "the country amt old enough.
Got lots Of rich men, but they are all mush-
rooms" Whatl" said young F. ofNew York,
"do you call the Schuylers, the Van Weeks
and Van Rensalaers, mushrOoBis1" Ger
tainly," answered Irrepressiole, "all mush-
proceeded TO tell them how our institutions
and people--everything American, in facl-is
infinitely better than anything else under the
sun, and informed them what "you men here
in Europe" ought to do and leave undone
with the most engaging nouchalanee aad
modesty,
The rest Of Us Americans, knowing that
the Englishmen who listened so eurlously,
were thoroughly educated and refined gentle
men, were mortified beyond expression at the
exhibition he was making of himself, but he,
innocent soul had no other idea than that
he was conveying q great deal ofreliable in.
formation TO poor benighted set who, as he
phrased it, had "never travelled -l
Next morning early, Sabbath as il was, we
we're all startled BY most vigorous pounding
OF the piano in the ladies pArlor, and lnsty
voice shouting with rapt enthusiasm, the Star
Spaugled Banner Irrepressible was distin
gushing himself again f WI
He was really Q Very fine musician, and, in
the evening we Americans formed an i'm
promptu choir, and woke tho echoes with the
Sunday School and other HYMNS from the
0riola, Golden Chain aud Pastors selection.
which believe with the negro melodies. are
our only really national music The Sabbath
keeping Bnghsh, finding that we confined our-
selves 10 sacred music, came 10 in such mum
bers as to fI the room They were resery
cd and silent foe aitime. hut she enthusiasm of
the musical ones among them ives soon awak
ened, and they crowded around the uiapo and
sang With as, with all their souls They were
not satisfied until we had sung Autumn"
three times; Sweetest Name" "n'JoyfnHyy and
"SWeet Hour of Prayer, twice and~We
come Oh We come, three times; "Souran"
and Marching Along" we're also encored,
but they could SEQ no beauty in "Go6d III.
dings, aud rDo not be discouraged One
gentlemen sook the name of the book which
eontained Marching Along" and the sddress
of is author, and said he was determined 40
send TO New York after it, Oar HYMNS were
all new to them and tbny protested that Meth.
or iu Great Britain oFGermany did lhey ever
hear any that equaled' them in sweetnsss. or
were so welladApted 10 the worship of C6dI
Rev Nj, Lamson IN Paris told me that The
best organist in France holds an opinion very
different from this He was amazed thai
Amerieaass' Dud DO satisfied with such aim.
Pile chords, and shopld consider them music.
"Old Hhundred' nailed by the Father of
Frederick the Great, God Almighty's GfenA.
dior March, he admitted, after a trial, 10 30
"tolerably good, but declared he. had never
never seen or heard OF Il before "''
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Here let me advert to the common, ys,
perfectly glaring and apparent error. that 10
part NTH our jurisdiction 0ber efspsa Stafis
iagoipss tkf DESTRUCTION Of oHr GopernpssnL
The statemen Of iAe proposiiioa demon
strates rs abSardib As well might one
say who had farm Of Two hundred acres of
land, that he had lost histitle deed 10 oAll Of il