, 1874-07-31

,nhe Ind ceasdl to rtlgp poopld wontd nay dbd
p!eag iief," lIe woild aoso " Calling uton tito
Untot statca," followed by oloors aud music
from tho band.
atn.. THOMAS q. m'or,ELbAYD
reshordod. who thought tho toaat brought to
t!so minds Of all poiaons, whatoyor notifications
they might wtsll to make, tho general idea Of
t1loit ctitt ntllnB olllcor tho raIb Of ptetdqlt,
!iborty lihd hot aotrddd to be ao6lf6d. I'll Atex-
leo and IN South Anlorica t1loY called their OK
ec.itlvo officers Presidents, but liberty hnl not
inlleretl in tlior Governments. Not NIL our
prea!dcnts Ind been an honur to the 9lllco thDy
filled, or ortsatnoits to tho clIatrA they ant III,
but porhnpB our prosidohtinl limo had not av-
crngcd lower tllan tho royal llhoages which had
nlatto the history Of Europe.
o Mhs @ tqsSt c T'1 n Guf sma s'E so9Sssa h
Atg,aintaueo 1jo Forgot httor which tho band
performed "Comin' Ifiro' the nye,"
af,. noBEnT nEAyEY
responded for tho st, Andtbw'a Bociotv. Uo ro-
so!yos from tile caros mid tolls of lfo to indulge
II innocent, hoalthf,il, aud Improving recreation.
Ho felt tint he could Bay nothing that was
worthy to keep thonl from tue healthful, invig
Grating broezcs that were inviting thon every
TINT was never worn out-tho old homo Of
thcir boyllood aud early. years, tho land
that boro thon,. OF it they would dronm
while ltfo lastod itB inonsorioa they would
reea!lItlo harp,iest they eyor had. or ever
that. Though since those timesthey had travol-
cd "muny Il weary foot" had crossed thousands
Of mi!oa Of seas, had met with oil tho ups aud
downs which holong to mans lot 1t was still no
disgrace that tears Should fill their eyes when
they thought Of their old home. But oil now was
cl,angod. Now they wore citizons Of ono Of tho
most wonderful cities ovor known, In d land far
away from tint wlildli held tho ponos Of their
friends. 11ero thoir children wero born; hero
thoy themselves expected to dc md lay thoir
cast, ahl El that concorns tho fltutc uf this city
and country concerned them. Yet, with it all,
with oil their lovo for md hopo In tho 1nnd OF
their adoption, they still dd look bacIs to tho old
nourishing mother, and tho homo Of national
slr. Moore, sest Prasiaont Of tho st. Georges &c.
cioty Of streator. ILL.,, was caltcd upon, but do.
Glued to respond.
MONS. AlAnGuEnAr,
OF tho Frcnch Benevolent Society, WIS called
upon, uo declined to respond in, d very ueat
speech. IN tho 1irat ,plnco ho wns not q
Frcnc!lmnn, ho Raid, but a Swiss, aud
secondly, ho did not know how to nako speech
llo beltoyel that France had the sympathy Of
English and Americans in all hor troubles, a,td
which Tho Whole world would real} tho advantage
of, as it Lad done i'll tic past.
MONS. GENoux
was also caltod upon to respond for tho Same
Society. III. aoronx nlso decliued III tho aa,lle
happy manner, ns NJ. AIarguorat. Neither WAS
ho y Fronchman, any moro than hia friend who
hud preceded nirn. But having stated tlnt, llo
would proteed to bxnain. lilo was born In En-
gland, bnt bis paronts woro Frcncl, and he hid
boon brought up. in franco. His namo WIS
lorman by extraction, mud yot ho confessed tint
ho could hayo indulged 4 preference for Trance
In tho Into var. lIo had chosen Amotlca for Ills
adopted lun1o. lid Lad, therefore, ties binding
him to four difroront nationB and he did not
cosmopolitan, propose na sentiment the union
Of Ill nntlons aud tho brotherhood OF mankind,
and tint, ho believcd WIS tho ultimate onl
which Franco III all hor trlbu1ationB was tenling
to accomplish.
DR.. Walker, from tllo othor end of tho table,
proposed tho toaHt, " Chicago" the cosmopoli-
tan city, to which people OF all races camo, ii
their own FREQ choice, uncolnpelled.
MAYOR coLy1N
was callod upon to respond. 10 said: Whom
this toast was called lie supilqBcd no person had
u bottcr right to rospond, for ho WIS hor pro-
siding officer. But first ho would speak OF tho
St. Georgo'a and si,nilar societies. Ho know
thoir, workings, and hc knew many Of .thoir
,woll-know most all those whom he saw botoro
hiul-hnew them peiaoralIy. IIo was gratiliod
always to DO ablo to speak good word
for them, or to aid thcm whom ho
could, for ho know tho good work
tuenco to exert, ho should give itffeelyto to them.
Their intentioIlB aid their deeds wore equally
good.
;. Tho Mayor then branohcd on onto tho quoa-
ton Of fires and insurance, and suited That,
though We Ind lately l.ad groat fire, 0tld lost
tnucl property, no believed We wero bettor off
than hDfoTo tho tlrd. "Tho INSURANCE cpmpa,,ics
tell us tint trey will loaye the city, Baid tho
Mayor, "Let ti1om go" he replied 1t is
they who will ho tho losors-not W." YeBtor;;
a,tcl, gu import with regard to somo prop
sg ss in LII IL Ioas sIs' 20 peoPs Tesa they ss'ss Ct
tempted to preach. to tue people Of Chicago
lot them look to it that thoy Lad not thelnaaIves
coiltribntcl to tho fires VIC haYo Ind. Lot thom
Bond All agent to investigate tho action of their
owsl under-agonts, inHtoad Of investigating the
condition Of our rilro-opartnlento Or o tirepatrol.
Let them send All agent to investigate whether
Chcago, and had invited tho worry CONGREGATIONS
anl losses tllat Ind beou visited upon til. Lot
them clear their own sLirt8 before they preached
to u.s. And aa for ourselves, lot us look more to
ourselves, and our Interests, and losb to 9TH
ors: Let ns depend moro upon our own efforts
mud precautions, mud loss upon insurance. For
ono ho thought thu City Of Chicago would sur
yivo tho loss Of all tho insurance companies in
tho lar,d. Let them pay lis tho losHos thoy had
caused, and wo should DO richer than over DO:
fore. =
Tic Mayors remarks wore followed by great
applause, and the:conpary joinel In singing
e For hos 4 jolly good follow" lilo Mayor
nroso and returned lis THANKS.
Tho tnoxt toaHt was, 1.-THE Ladioa, and Our
Invited Guests" Responded to in q witty speech
by
Dn. CARR,
who pfaced in striking antitlleRis the good and
bad points of tho sex. They wore, lie said,
tho bottom Of his pocket. ind tho
height Of lis ambition-tho sun Of Ills oxisteuco
md the black night Of his dospair-for Lau ho
not, Iiko otbor mon, beon In love aud disap.
pointed. But tho poasuzes bud far outwoghod
tho rn,ns and theso he would bring aud deposit
them as baakot Of flowers at the foot Of tho
blosH theml
10 tho toast OF "Tho Clergy"
TIE nEy. q. II. ". BTooKING
responded. Tic royeronl gcutiouan's romarka
kept tho company iu n roar from beginning 10
pnd, but Muut lavo boon heard to DO approos-
nted Takiug his namo as q text, ho wanted first
10 know low tho Iadies. ut loast, could
got along without Stocking. Again, ho
suggested tint it WAS rather lutte for him to
think Of spinning q ynru-tliiB. too, though ho
himsolf q true Knight Of tho Gartor.
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