The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-08-30
MONSTER PICNIC.
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lRvsn ORGANIZATIONS At JONES' WOOD
.susxo AND aGIRrz.
SCENES AND INCIDENTS.
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ssrday at Jones' Wood. nne programme was offered
- the numerous pleasure seekers who from early
ns made the woods merry with their laughter, stripped
\ MEASURE not a. in olden time, the green sward,
but on the spacious platforms, which, combined
with arst class hotel under the careful management
Of Mr. Shildknecht and the unsurpassed scenery sur
rounding it, render this the most desirable place poss
BE for holding such festivals. Charity most prom
nsnt feature In the Irish character and where fun VII
end oic can be blended with that cardinal virtue az on
yesterday the exuberance OF the spirit ID great Had
anangeuents been made previously with the clerk or
Ne weather for genial atmosphere for the OCCASION
Aner than thai enjoyed could not possibly have been
sssishedjust the weather for dancing aud as the poet
ssys 80 = 2 60
The music and all was nothing at all
TO the elegant style OF the dancing o.
The arrivals during the morning at the woods were de-
sidedly small and fears were generally expressed by
those present that the attendance would be small on
this OCCASION the postponement Of last week had
thrown damper on the affair as far as the festivities
were concerned Still. there were enough present at
eleven O'Clock 10 form few SETS and the ball opened at
shat hour with the grand promenade dedicated to the
convention Of Irish societies. which first the or
Der OF twenty nine dances, which comprised the pro-
Sramme As the day grew older the assembage IN;
creased the PLATFORM where 'ads ard lasses fair
singled with great vivacty in the various evoutions OF
She gddy waltz, polka and schotshe, and in the more
unconscious displays of that interesting and Oft written
embsr Of female beauty the ankle, was made in this
vicinity by the rapid evolu0ns of the fair daughters Of
Erin in the Of their sturdy partners Of whom
q would appear In the excess Of their enjoyment OF the
became unmndul OF Inc iaSt Ina. tney pressed
Who thus situated to her partner mike, don't hold
me 80 strong you'll smother me ''Sure, what harm,
Nary" was the only acknowledgment which this ten
der appeal ELECTED, and on they passed whiring
around The immortal green ever is the case in
I'll Celtic gatherings noticeable feature in the toilets
d the ladies' At three in the afternoon both platforms
were crowded. and fully five thousand persons scattered
throughout the grounds Fdders were IN every nook
IN right good earnest while many feet beat time to the
tunes Of ''Garryowen to Glory" 'The Rock Road to
Dublin" and many other well known and oft danced
jigs The bagpipes too were there, and swelled the
woods with Celtic national airs which found echo in the
hearts Of numerous audience And 50 with dance
bad and generous aid gved by those who took part In
The amusement to noble and charitable objec-that Of
caring for the destitute Catholic children Of New York.
"Has%-S' AN AMUSING INCIDENT.
In the heat Of the sports incident Of rather anus
ing nature occurred One Of the T. A. B Is dilatng
on the glores Of temperance to crowd Of admiring
hearers, when gentleman, not member Of the ORDER
exclaimed rather incoherenty-
"Yere temperance man, are YEP Fax an maybe
II am temperance man am a Faynian too, an it's
proud I'm ~ II; but you ye drunkin base yer father
"or coward ard aiors ye an i runs IN the bud"
III take fall out Nv ye for that same
With that the two gentlemen caught one another in
and set TO with q will For time they swayed in one
anothers embrace till finally Nick Murphy the Faynian,
ound IAN that's the way said hs ito show these
whe-livered bagards what Faynian u.s. nm that's the
way Wen hurl the saxin dog from our own darlin land
hearty cheering, and the entire party adjourned to the
bar and had q sckly ''sme' in soda water
GRAFTON OF Mr.. r. COCHRAN.
The crowd gathered around the stand, the Grafton
was being delivered, immense, SO much so that
Ouid Tim Mulvany he med the remark
There wasn't such a sight since the days of Nos ark
Sich devarshun an crowds since the deluge
The vocferaticns of the assemblage when Judge Con-
molly introduced 10 them the Hon Richard O'Gorman
were immense and prove how much the eloquence and
subsidized the orator Of the day in clear voice. delivered
the following, which listened TO with interest by
those present.
ADDRESS OF RICHARD oGoRMAN, ESQ.
Mr. 0Gorman, whose presence on the platform
created loud snd prolonged applause commenced his
The summer sum- in its journey TO the west, looks
few fatrer and happier scenes The soft and mellow
Night toying with the foliage Of these stately trees the
bright colors OF female garments flowing too and fro
across the sward, the strains of music floating on the
ail and balmy air, and sweeter harmony STILL the clear
sing OF merry laughter uttering the gadness Of light
hearts-all those appealing TO every sense combine t.
oothe this festival with grace and splendor and
tainly OF genial delight which ] have seldom seen
equaed and never surpassed My friends, the Indians
who few hundred years ago built their huts Man
haitian, were mea pf taste This is, indeed lovely little
sits like queen wearing her young brow the diadem
pf the Western World. And broad, bouneous and beau
0ighty Power on the earth Nowhere. at no time has
Bod showered any other its treasures Of riches fer
lnherit0r OF all past civilization interchangeable worker in
the present. unresng searcher after prosper
GUS days TO come; facing with undauned front storm
and convulsion, which would shake older societies 10
sbsir base rising from disaster with marvellous vgor
md 10 the darkest hour Of calamity losing
Joe OF hope and self reliance who can wonder that mems
M 10
Che empire OF the future-the world which the
eros and wrongs OF the past might be redeemed Who
can wonder that the restless adventure the OVERLOOKING
energy, the banishod faith and the unrequitcd skill OF
europe seeks here an asylum and homer To these
chores ever point the countless prows of ships laden
with the most precious freight that borea
freight richer than silk diamonds gold priceless
treasure, 70 lose which rs the exhaustion Of
10 win Il, magic, might aud wealth and spiendor--
. living freight-men and women, believing hop
sdop,ion-snd welcoming with threbsna h. art 'I ibe
glad hour which first gives to their eyes promised
shores This Is the bright reality which poem aud
prophecy and liable have pointed from OF old The great
Instinct Of humanity does notcr The GrecIsn sage
no nero visionary The Atlantis be dreamed OF did
exist The forefathers OF right when they
bade seek the home Of destiny far away beyond
The waves where they glow Ia the red light OF the setting
island we have LEFT beRndcIoseiy as our sympathIes
grow around u, and clasp u ever in loving embrace
sadly ~ we sonctmes trace in revees the young days
when we rod its eeilhard and bitter as TO brtak
the ties that bound TO mother seyet the thought
does sometimes fosce itself upon that that dear island
ordered march, and that the true land Of destiny, Che
promised nnisfai s berebere freed from the presen
OF Jealous rfva-cabIned, cribbed, conined-no
tonger In the prison OF an alien rule, secluded no
more from friendly communion with the rest ol the
family OF man. absorbed more in memories OF ancient
wrong stung no more by the Dcessant slight and snoer
WIN which triumphant malice delights to torture
We victims into consciousness of its degradation
here at last redeemed regenerated and disenthraled
the Celtic race can arise TO all It's natural stature and
entering INTO generous rivalry With it's brethren, prove
That IN iar held can effect much well the
Of true progress az many and as solid and
lasting benefits on the land wherein Il finds home
Jeuton as Norman or SAXON any oherraco by whose
side II labors for the general good say ihis in no
boastful mood True proud Of the race from which
sprang proud OF us constancy through long and unex
amped suffering, Of its fidelity through ages of trial 10
Che cause and the creed loved search an history In
vain tor an instance ofany other people 20 defeted
Fouted, trampled into the earth, which has will |
such magical elasticity sprung up into health 1
snd strength the inetanhe chains that have we gbed
sown were even partially removed But let the past b.
and enort IN the future The constancy fidelity aud un