The Hawaiian gazette., 1871-03-15


Tie Tone-EmParJins Committee.
When ~; old and pondcrously respectable,
uuiy one thing ali b. able make me truly happy,
ard thut VII Be. to be pot on the venerable tone
iurz-tiHg committee Of the city Of New York,
ard have aofhinc % Do bat sit on the platform.
solemn and i-1rosinc. along with Peter Cooper,
Ho-ucg G-eeiy and the rest and shed momentary
tame al secondhand On obscure lecturers, draw
r1tEc attention to lectures that would otherwise
clack eioeuenily to sounding emptiness, and sub
doe aalieuoes INTO respectful hearing Of all sorts
of unpopular dosazs aud isms- That is what
desire is- ihe cheer and Qualification Of my gray
haia- LEI NJ Dot SIT up there with those fine
re-rz Of he old Red Sandstone Period, and give
tone 10 a. entertainment twice a week, aad be
e. reported, and ny happiness VIII be complete.
Those uea ave mad ny envy Ter long time,
ard DO memories Of my life are 50 pleasant as my
renIulscencs Of their long aud honorable career
i1 the toue-imra-tiur service. can recollect
ths Fret tine ] ever saw them on the platform
iusi a. vel a. can remember the events Of yes
terlay- Horace Greely sat on the right Peter
Cooper ou The len, and Thomas jefferson, Red
JACKIE Benjamin Franklin and John Hancock
uerr sitting between them. This was on the
- 81 December, 1893. on the occasion Of the
STATE f1Beral OF George Washington in New
York Is was a very great day, that,-a very
great day and very sad one. ! remember that
Broadvay was one mass Of black Grape from
Castle Garden nearly up to where the City Hall
nos STANDS The next time ] saw these gentle
men oflcia;e was al a great ball given for the
purpose Of procuring money and medicines for
SICK and wounded soldiers and sailors. Horace
0rse'y occupied one SIDE OF the platform on
Which The musicians we're exalted, aud Peter
Cooper the other There were other Tone-im-
Ta-ters attendant upon the two chiefs but have
forgotten their names. Horace Greedy, gray
haired and beaming, was in sailor costume, white
duck pauts b.ue shirt, open at the breast, large
handkerchief. loose As an OK bow, and tied with
jauufy sailor knot, broad turnover collar with a
star u the corner, !ttle shiny black tarpauin hat
r1os.iur daiuiily far back on his head, and flying
ave long gallant ribbons Slippers on ample feet,
sr,eclaciss on beuignant nose, and pitchfOrk in
hand completed ar. Greely, and made him, in
ny boyish estimation, every inch a sailor and
worthy 10 be the houored great grandfather Of
de Nepiuue be vas 50 ingenioasly representing.
Mr. Cooper vas dressed as q General Of the Mill
a. and vas dismaliy and oppressiyey warlike.
2 neglected 10 remark in the proper place, that
abe soldiers and sailors in whose aid the ball
clga1. had Just been sent from Boston. This was
ds-iar the var q 1872. AZ the grand national
reception OF lafayette, in 1924, Horace Greedy
81; 0a she right and Peter Cooper on the left.
Tie other Toue-imparters Of that day are sleep
ina ihe sleep Of the just nov. / was in the au-
5ll1ce uhsu Horace Greedy, Peter Cooper, aud
several other distinguished citizens impaired tone
is the meeting 10 favor Of French liberty, in
I-4- Then I never saw them any more until re-
os-tly5 bat nov I am living tolerably near the
CTS. ] run d5sB every time see it announced
tllL Horace Greeiy, Peter Cooper and other
Distinguished citizens viii occupy seats on the
F.a-is-u- and next morning when l read in the
f--i paragraph Of the Photographic report, that
-H5-4ce Greedy Peter Cooper and several other
ul-lished citizens occupied seats on the plat
fl-1l4 say % myself. Thank God I was pres
elt-- Thus I have been enabled to see these
Substantial old friends Of mine sit on the plat
I1-1 ans give tone TO lectures on anatomy, and |
hectares on agriculture and lectures on strpicul
tire and lectures on astronomy, on chemistry, on
uI-ce-euati1u. on b Is man descended from the /
Kangaroo p o. veterinary manners, on all kinds |
o. religions and several kinds Of policies have
selu then give tone and grandeur to the -Four |
le--od-lisr tie Siamese Twins, the great Egyp- |
tan sE0rd-sWaliower. and the original Jacobs |
Whenever somebody is 70 lecture on a subject |
not Of general interest, know that my venerat- |
cd Remains Of the Old Red Sandstone Period |
vII BE- on the platform whenever lecturer is /
20 appear whom nobody has ever heard Of before /
nor Wil be likely to seek to see, l know that the |
real beueyoience Of my old friends viii be taken |
advantage Of, aad that they will appear on the |
platform and 10 the bin as an advertisement
and when any new and obnoxious deyiltry in /
philosophy, morals. politics is TO be sprung up
on he people, know that these intrepid heroes
WI be upon that platform, too, in the interest of
fail and free discussion, and TO crush down all .
narrower and less generous souls with the solid |
dead weight Of their awful responsibility. And /
let Us an remember that while these inveterate
and imperishable presiders Gf you please appear
on the platform every night in the year as regu-
larry As The volunteered piano from Steinways or
Chickering'S, and have bOlstered up and given
tone 10 deal Of questionable merit aud obscure
emptiness in their time, they have also diversi-
fed this iacousequeutal service by occasional
powerful uplifting and uphOlding of great pro-
gTsssive ideas which smaller men feared to med
de with or eOuntenaDce.-[A Marx Teams Mem
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