The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1871-03-04
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giles again, hearts which were ssspe be-
fore beat wprmor mud quicker, and rs no
closed roaad affes round 81 APPLAUSE
telahoa sincerely an field ada loysa the
eadse Of which he spoke sha tie man
who had been speaking.
The next regular toast-"The elliott
Independent Hook and Ladder Com
papyy,D was responded to by Mr.. John
A. Hamilton in his usual unapproacha-
bic style.
As the Press was announced by the
President, Dir. Browning CHR. Meyers
predecessor was called upon. Mr.. Browns
ing, in reply, made a fow graceful aud
earnest renarks, and concluded by call
ing uponE. 3. seabrook, Esq, to. respond,
more fully. Mr.. seabrook excused himself
upon the plea Of indispositipn resulting
from his .arluous labors in Court, which,
he finely said, hadsalGnost ''clipped the
wings of his fancy, and tied the chords IF
his tongue" T
Mr.. Henry Kohn, in full Young
America costume, then sang, in his If
restibly comic way, a local song, composed
expressly for the occasion, by Augustus
b. Knowlton, Esq, and entitled "Under
Fircman's Hat" The singer aud the
song were welcomed with roars Of laugh
tcr-and it is, without doubt, sometimes
n good thing to be "under a iiremau's
Mat"
DIR. Taber being enthusiastically called
for, sang in a style seldom heard out of
the best concert rooms, that f~ayorite
gem of Brignoli's, aGood Bye, Sweet
Heart" AS the Doctors glorious bari
tone filled the hall, the audience was
spell bound with a keen apprcciative de-
light, and as the last words died away.
such laundering cheers, braves and en-
cores, rent the air, that the Doctor was
oblige to begin again da copo, and, as he
finally ceased, 1t was amii such e1pras-
sions of hearty Kindness and good will
as must have gratified him as intensely
as his music had gratified his hearers.
Next in order was ",The Town Coun-
Gil" which was handsomely acknowledge
ed by DIR. j.. j. Oliveros, one of the prin-
cipal members of that important civic
Society.
Then came, CATER more ~debs'.siul
music aTl,e Fire
Board" And this, Of course, brought
Fire Master Briggmann to his legs.
Right bravely did he stand ON them
and right CALAMITY did he speak as he
stood on them, and right heartily and
noisily did all the audience cheer and
applaud when he put them under the ia
bic again. Long live our jolly Fircmas-
ter!
The last regular toast was, "Womanp
as it Cor she) wac announced there we're
tremendous, iteratcd and reiterated calls
for Major Knowlton.
To do justice to the manner in which
that accomplished gentleman responded,
is impossible. Although our heart is
ever thrilled by the merest mention of
the word woman yet, in our enthusias,
tic appreciation of her, our control of
language is always lost or weakened.
Not so with Major Knowlton. Amidst
al his appreciation aud love of her, he
still retains that peculiar power of e!o-
quence that can alone compliment wo-
man as she deserves.
Burst after burst of applause, and
round after round of laughter continu-
ally interrupted the Majors witty, pa
thetic and well timed spsech, 30 that it
was frequently sornc moments before he
was permitted to proceed again with his
touching yet iaugnter-proyok.ag pcr.pus.
Then followed more songs, more