Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-01-21
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tieth anniversary Of the birth day Of BEN
FRASKLiN, on last Saturday night, by Civ
ing Festival at, the "Diuing Rooms" Of
i. s., GctZ, at the corner Of State and Pear
streets. The supper was gotten up In
most magnificent style, and every luxury
Of the season was spread before the guests
In proiusion. Mr.. Getz was assisted by Mr.
G. A. Wagner, the old and reliable caterer
of this city-sDd Of course everything
which could be obtained was served up IL
the most superb style. . gA ~
The following list comprised the bill o.
fare on this occasion, and the mere reading
of the bill Is enough to make the mouth o
any old gOrmand water: saar ss
-eio imt BILL OF FARE, o41
Oyster Soup. 49,
prairIS Chicken. plain; Prairie Chicken, baked
Wine saqcs; Quail, on Toast; Quail, plain; Rabbits
s'sTsa oo Stswed Oysters Escalloped Oysters
Raw d ysters; Fried Oystsrs; Broiled uysters:
Hs%s HHDla 6rSa Sonesd Boiled CIicEea Roast Tur
fss Pressed SGSc Scof Rssst Pis BCnod TarEsy ST
'iily iRilSyIisbss-ohichsn Salad; ranbsrry Sauce; wOr
eSmbSr Pickles; Black Iss; Green Tea; Englist
Mustard; Currant Jelly; Milk; Lobster Salad.
WINS.
Port-smiLh's old Por., old Brsi PORT. Rhin'
Wine--W Nchenheim, Grafenberger 1857. Schloss
berror NAtiye--Lon worths Dry Catawba. Werk'
DRY ICatawba. Claret--St. Ju len Msdoc, Foriae
Chateaux Mareaux, Bordeaux Medoc. hhiskjes-
Fine cd Bourbon, fine Rye, fnso old Monongahels
Sherry-BrowD Sherry, Cabinet Pale Sherry, Rex
brown Sherry. Harmony Pale. Sparklig-- 3atawbI
--Bogen's Sparkling. NJ. Merk's spark ing, Long
worlds token Wedding: Champagnc- eugene Gil
quot, g. H. Mumms. Bicarte Salmon. lmperia
Oabilet Ale Porter. &c.--Harries' Dayton Ale
Muir { Sons' Sparkling Edinburgh Ale, LondoI
Porter, H.rri,s' Dayton Porter, Congress Water.
The following named officers presided on
the occasion: p $500
President-C. r. Riley Vice Presidents
John Miller, S. Yearick, M. II. Ham
! mond, d. II. Mooney, and William f
Bloor. @ rsl ~ .yii'f
Reception Committee-R. W. Kerr, John
C. Stockton and Thomas w. Flood.
The members of the Union met at thei1
rooms in the Union Block, and at half past
8 O'Clock, marched up to the Festival in a
body. After the guests were seated, the
President, Mr.. Riley, announced that the
time had arrived to test the luxuries which
were spread before them, and all with one
accord pitched in, and after having satisfied
the inner man, with the bounteous repast,
Mr.. Samuel Yearick, who had been ap-
pointed for that purpose, commenced read
ing the regular toasts of the evening, as
follows: ll-r
let. 7Ao Day We Celebrate. G
ID. Frdnklfa-AA illustration Of what may be
accomplished By prudent labor. 80 p
Response by w. w. Webb, of the Crisis: !:
Mr.. CHAIRMAN AND FRIENDS: When
Thomas Jefferson was in France, q snob
with the notion of fiattering that great
man, said, "You fillthe place of Mr.. Frank
lin, / believer mo sir" said Jefferson,
81 succeed Franklin, no man can fill his
place." We meet Tonight to revive the
memory and honor the name of the man
whose place Jefferson believed could not
be filed. II Jefferson could not fill his place,
j cannot be expected to add to his fame nor
Illustrate his character by anything that l
can say. We revere its character, we pre-
serve his name, we esteem his memory, not
30 much because of his fame as a pbilOs-
opher or his standing as a states
man; but because of his connection with
q fraternity which is noble of itself aud
which is dear to us. He was great with
out us and without his craft, but fortune
has made us more especially the guardians
of his memory; and we do ourselves the
honor to celebrate the anniversary Of his
birth with convivial festivity and the res
tOration of fraternal feeling. We know
something of and can sympathize with that
feeling Of gloom and despondency with
which Ben. Franklin entered Philadelphia
with bis pack upon his back and his two
penny loaf In his pocket; we know some
thing of that struggle which followed his
entrance in that dirty, dingy, black and
forbidding printing office In the quaint
old Quaker city; we can recall a picture of
that hard, and cherries, and desperate
struggle with poverty, and we know that
prudent labor Is not always sure Of its re-
ward; but we remember also the final
triumph, and we share the exultation of
the printer boy when he stands among the
pioneers Of civil and political liberty, and
when, upon the final adoption Of the Con-
.stituti0n by the convention, he referred to-
the dingy picture of the sun behind the
Speakers chair as having been so long OBJ
senred, but then rose gloriously upon the
consummation Of a work which assured
liberty and confirmed the voluntary unity
of States. We share the triumph; and we
remember also that in the midst Of 1t he
never forgot his calling, for when invited
to join society Of snobs formed In Phila-
ldelDhia upon the plan that no mechanic
should be admitted, ,he told the fine gentle-
man he could not do it because they had
excluded the Almighty, who was the great
est OF mechanics. He was never subser-
Went to rank, and when presented to the
beautiful and unfortunate Maria Antonette,
could not persuade himself TO kneel to kiss
her hand, but honored her with a kiss upon
the lips. In all positions In which fortune
placed him, franklin was always
great. The profigate and frivolous court
Of France could not overcome our patron,
for his sagacity penetrated the schemes,
his simplicity 'disarmed the resentment,
his genius commanded the respect of the
diplomats, the courtiefs and the intriguers
Of Paris. Still he was not great like We'll
lington, who tranpled through the map of
Europe as a school boy tramps through
the ice, forgetting that it would freeze
lagain--not great like Napoleon, who shook
4 tlle lever Of che world so roughly that he
unset himself-not great like Shakespeare,
who. all unmoyed himself moved all man.
kind to laughter and to tears-nOt great
ike Bacon, who penetrated all human
weaknesses with his acknowledgement great
like ancient heroes, whose barbarous milf
! tary skin conquered worlds with bloody
swords, aor Inisled mankind with a
pagan philosophy; but great like
GallileO, who detected the old worlds
mysterious oscillations = great like the
qfeat GenOese, after whom our own beau
tifnl city Is named, Columbus who pene-
tfated the untraveled ocean. which SUPER
sfition had peopled with devils, surrounded