The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-04-04
LAW sTENoGRApHERs ASSOCIATION

The third annual dinner OF the New York Law
Stenographers' Association. which was partaken OF
last evening &C Delmonico's, on Fifth avenue, was
q most brilliantly enjoyable affair. The lightning
fingered gentry were out in full force. they ate
and they talked and they were wise
and witty, and they enjoyed themselves
generally, as men OF their Tx ito speak
paradoxlcally) on holiday night only
can. Finishing the bountiful repast, 10 which
ample justice was done. preliminary TO which, to
speak parentheticaly, although, however. d.
vine was present no blessing was asked, toasts
and speeches followed. The leading toast and
speech was by Oliver Dyer, the toast being, 'The
Princess or Photography and the speech being
In the most happy vein.
Following next and one OF the most brilliant
speeches OF the evening was the response OF A.
Oakley Hall 10 the toast, 1.-THE state OF New York,
every ready TO take the initial step IN the paths
OF progress, IL was tue rst state IN the word 70
make the stenographers part OF Its judicial sys-
tem.n His speech was as tnus:-
GENTLEMEN or THE CRowFEET TRIBE (who
scatter crows tracks on legal caps)-I greet you.
times ever pointed pencil Is beginning TO trace
phono<raphc crows feet beneath my own eyes.
WIZ o tSe mystic language tnat ransaes Dad
orators bnt does eye jnsiiss =, seholsrs
can az least. help you to soak IL. visa / could
Join you In brewing spells. Not spell match, nor
a spell OF weather, bus spell OF nice rhetoric.
Every one oil you has at nome portfolios OF mag
nlnceut speeches.. Why not Drlng them and lei us
spell them out herei it is said that the aroma
around Delmonico's coffee mill IL wonderful. Pow
many years 10 has ground good coneei What
millons OF grams have gone through ITS noppers.
gone through the brains OF you, gentlemen, TO
ooze out Bob Acres hkel So the mill preserves
your brains preserve the good things YOU have
heard at the Bar, from the Bench, IN the banquet
hail, In church, IN STATE house. and indeed, every
wnete where the American CAB comes galloping
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS pufrem sonttu QstGtH
ungitid caD.pun2 Why, then, ask outsiders Tor
speeches. Mr.. Hall then made illusions OF
semi-pltnetic, semi-humorous nature TO the
speeches OF departed or living Empire
he then feared the toast was getting burned,
ike King Ahredis cakes, BY being 100 long on the
grlddlc, and passed 10 topics growing out or the
sentiment That which reaplng machines had
done Tor the farmer, sewing machines Tor the
household, cogwneeis Tor tne mechanic, &C.,
courts lawyers Witnesses, Jurymen. He referred
TO what the world might have been In wealth OF
information Il st. Paul, Loyola, Savaranola
Bossuet. sidney aud the judges and lawyers me
past Two centuries had only Iound Roman senate
aud Jurisprudence. Inen now much o. prosiness
and boredom might have been savedi Men who
knew they were 10 De literally reported were
Lord BurleiQh, who was content 70 nod
wisdom IN the sheridan burlesque. Phonog-
state trials to q thousand volumes. Il would
have shortened the Warren Hastings trlal and
that OF Queen Caroline, although the Quincy ap-
biography mad assisted the Tlchborne trials the
claimant might even now DE waxing lat under the
oieaginous tongue OF Hawkins Alternating with
the cod liver OIL OF Kenealy. Without photography
the Brooklyn scandal might burn until next
Easter. II Is right to make the public treasures
pay for tue stenOgrapher in court He abbrevt-
ated tue hours OF attendance Tor the taxpaylng
witness and jurymen. Moreover, the trained ear
and skilled pen OF the stenograpner kept the lines
oil truth and fought perjury, just as soldiers cap
ture Iorts by parallels All honor, therefore, to
the crOwieet tribe Mr.. Hall concluded by pro-
posing an upper slice OF toast "Pnon0grapnY and
Photography, tue twin magicians who perpetuate
the expressions OF voice and eye.n
Succeeding were the following toasfs:-
'The Press.n The magic power which enls7ges
the Forum, the Church and the legislative hall
tall the boundaries are coequal with the range OF
human intelligence. Responded TO by Whitelaw
Reid.
"The Stenographic Profession Looking with
pride upon the standing 10 mas attained, we cele-
brate ourselves. Responded 10 Oy Colonel James
b. sheridan.
cine Bench ana Barr The readiness with
which they favored our art when its value was
made known merits the cordial recognition OF
our craft Responded TO byA. II. Purdy.
tue Ex-Stenographers.n We commserate
them upon their loss Of caste, but are glad tnat
tney fnd partial compensation In the unbroKen
rest in tue hours assigned to slumDer. Responded
TO by w. L. Ormsby, Jr.
Isaac P1tman,n the author OF pnonograpny.
His conscientious devotion 10 his lilewOrk merits
the warmest recognition OF the thousands oi MS
Palmer
woman Responded to by Judge Happen.
Volunteer tOaet5 and speeches followed. the
toasts, a. those above, beng most appOsite, ana
teSized by the epgrammatIc style OF Photographic
speeches. IL was late when the company rose
but II was an occasion that will be long and pleas
antly remembered BY the participants.