Orangeburg news and times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1875-1877, 1875-12-04

Fare Department. lie indulged in a
little 1eYity, Which created much 1Iun
qaa lnaghIer, He protested that al
though hewasaalled The &c ty father"
he wanted itstlisilc.ly undcrstood
h5ht tl5. qio~ditlgpot propose to father
merythaAgGin Orangcburg; that ;hsS
had enough Of his own responsible
ties in that rcspcct-thc chain gang,
z&c.-and was determined not to b.
i.,p,scd upon.
Our Departed Fircmcn' was re-
sponded by both companies standing
in silence. .'-tfii
- .'Aur Town" called up w. II.
{iirarlcau, ESD, who made very
interesting sPe@ch, descriptive Of tile
most important events that have
transpirc'l here within tile last four
Or five dccadcs.,7IIe spike oflhe fires
of a'54;sis'65, !and'75, and Of tic
Phoenix like spirit our .itizcns Ind al
ways shown in building up the places
made vacant by fire. IIr clcs:d by
hoping that Orangcburg would al:
N;ays ,.bS as pfqsperous as she dcscrv-,
4 The next Regular toast was was ."Our
Invited Guests" top'which Nj. I.
Browning l;sq.,, responded in a man
ncr which did credit both to his head
and hehrt.'' ,Hc alluded to the sympa
thy which cxistcl between the fire
mam mnnd the citizen, and pictured. in
touching language, the dependence Of
the hitter for security upon The excr-
tipns Of the former, iii time Of danger;
Of the ties o.! friendship cnycndercd
and ccmentetl by such rcunionsas the
celebration Of The anniversaries Of
fire companies; Of the spirit Of hospi-
taliity they gave, rise to, and ,he hap
ny results which invariably followed
the sentiments that ever found cx-
preston on such occasions. Mr..
Brownings S speech will long be re-
mcmbercd. Ue
Mr. B. Boyd followed in re-
spouse to the toast Woman" He
acquitted himself with remarkable
success, and elicited the hearty ap.
plnusc Of Tie audience. The poem
which he repeated will be published
in our next issue.
|la MI" tIIarpin Riggs followed in re
sponse1 1tp tho ftopst Our Board Of
Fire Masters It had been his Gus
tom TO come before his brothers Of
Orangcbnrg as III able fireman. That
he coul1 do 10: longer. Elected Just
.preyiiqDpt's tothe to the accident which lad
fallen upon him, he Lad mnIc up his
mind to l,egcncpte 14e fire depart
meIllt; but as nc had, Eccn- deprived Of
one Of lis lands, lie could hereafter
DO no more than give il his advice
md snpcrin,cndcncc. Mr.. Isiss<
spoke earnestly and tcclingNy. II
""Our' Country el;ci,ed an interest l.
ing speech from Capt. JAS. L. lzlar
lio dwclt with burning cloqucncc
uponher greatness, tie beauty and
sublimity Of her mountains an,, val
lcys, her lakes and rivers, and the
lame OF her statt.nlcn, hor pliluso-
piers, her, historians and her poets.
The Captain touched, with master
hand, all the chords Of our national
greatness, and closed with pcrora-
ton which brought DOM the house.
Our Verify Patron" was replied
to, by Dr.. Elliott, who said it had
been his pleasure to he present OH all
similar occasions, but on the present
one he felt too full far uttcrancc, By
wishing sheTcompany continued sue
cess, tEc Doctor took lis seat amidst
the applause Of honest loving hearts.
he next regular toast was to "Our
Adopted Citizens" to which Mr.. Il.
a. Webster responded in flank and
mani y spirit. His speech was listoncd
to with n great deal Of attention and
Was well received by all present
rf'"Ihe Press" was responded to BY
j.. FEEDER Meyers, Esq, Editor Of the
NEWS AND TINES, whose remarks
will be published next week
The evening was happy one. and
will loup be rrmnn,I,nroJ h,, ,l