The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1877-02-23
NIGHT OF THE TWENTY-sEC.
~ OND, ...
ITS Observance Ina This city.

The anniversary OF the birthday OF the
"Father OF his Country' was observed
last evening In good style by entertain
ments, banquets and reunions.
BoNs AMIs AT THE HIGHLAND HOUSE.
Ofall the balls last night, or even Of
the present season, that at the
Highland House, by the Bons Amis,
stands prominently at the head. 1t was
a select affair in all that the term i'm
plies, and the ladies aud gentlemen who
were the fortunate participants will
long remember the occasion as one with
nothing but pleasant associations.
At 8 O'Clock the display OF fireworks
commenced ana lasted for about an
hour. Thousands OF persons witnessed
it from below. while the hundred couples
OF ''Bons Amis" occupied the balconies
above. The display was grand, but what
elected most praise were the four large
pieces: "Bons A mis- Welcome" Wasb-
ington on Horseback Ladies' Whim"
and ''Rapid- Transit"
The bal room was a perfect bower of
beauty. Magnificent plants, elegant cut
flowers and graceful iesteonery first at
traoted ones attention on entering, and
then almost a hundred singing birds in
cages, hung in every nook and corner,
soon made themselves heard, enlivening
the scene with their music at every in
terYal; in fact at times their songs were
heard even above the orchestra and the
hum Of voices.
The supper was a perfect banquet, and
embraced everything that the most epi-
curean taste could desire. The High
land House is most delightful place,
nicely arranged for such an occasion,
and the Bons Amis know how to make
the most OF all its advantages.
THE OLD FIREMEN. .......
The old Volunteer Firemen Of Cincin-
natl held their annual reunion in the
Gifts Engine-house.
The following new members were en-
rolled: M. Pfau, of Franklin No. 4; Will
liam l.. Little, OF No. 5; George Goodale,
OF No. 4; Isaac Treat, OF Relief No. 2.
The following were elected officers: G.
W. Thomas, President; First Vice Pres
ident, Chris. Won Seggern; Second, f.
Latta; Secretary, A. Paddack; Treasu-
rer, A. Paddock. III
The following is the Executive Com
mittee Tor the ensuing year: Enoch Me-
grue, ID. w. Z. Lee, VIM. Rankin, Lew.
The following were the toasts Of the
evening: -.5r- .sa ,-l.. q.
The 22d of February, the day that
gayeiour country George Washington.
May Americans never forget to eele-
brate it. =-..-s.4r-. r-.-..--Hs-rl,g
Response by R.. C. Phillips. t....r
The City OF Clncinnati-Her progress
is upward and onward, aud her former
rivals all admit that she has won the
title of the "Queen City of the West"
Response BY G. j. W. Smith.
Our Present Fire Department-Asi it
was in the beginning the first steam fire
department in the world, IL is now, and
ever has been, the best.
Response by Finley Latta. .'i ~
The Ladies-Their bright eyes and be.
witching smiles kindle the only flame
that brave fireman can not extinguish.
Response by j. W. Hargv. f, -
Our Old Volunteer Fire Department
"our Impulse to action, the danger of
our citizens" "Well done, thou good
and faithful servants" '
Response by r. b. Moore.
The Press-The great lever OF public
opinion; may its efforts always be di-
.rected Tor the good OF our common coun-
try.
Response by Cal. Thomas. ~ -
Our Departed Volunteer Friends
Drank standing and in silence.
The Centennial Parade of 1876 Of Vol
unteer Firemen at Philadelphia. "'cr
Response by Chris. Won Seggern. .
oar Sister Fire Department Of Covfrig-
ton. .cj o. O. "a
Response by Chief Engineer Glore, Of
CoVington.
.n TEA PARTY. ID.
The Martha Washington tea party in
the Welsh Presbyterian Church, on Col
jlege street, was well attended. The re-
lfreshments were in excellent taste, and
served up by young iadies dressed with
caps and frills, such as worn in Wales
fifty years ago.
SOLDIERS AND SAILORS MONUMENTAL
,t'n.' ....' ASSOCIATION. - -'s
At Robinson's Opera,house fair au-
dience assembled to witness the rendi-
tion of an excellent programme given
under the auspices OF the Soldiers and
Sailors Memorial Association. The
chief feature OF the occasion was an elo-
quent address from Prof. James E. Muir
doch, the actor, entitled, Glove of Coun-
try" the concluding portion of which
was as iollows: a. n, q, p. i Ff
As one OF the people of the United
States Of North America, j profess to
love my country. First, because it tore
down the wall of partition which divided
tue man of labor from the man of
wealth, placing both on the proud pin
nacle OF political equality, establishing
upon this CONTINGENT the principle which
boldly asserts there shall be no supreme
power, temporal or spiritual, save the
will of the people; that the divine
right of monarchies and oligarchies
shall not be perpetuated here, but
be lett to- the Nations born
and educated in such doctrines. love
my country because Warren, the noble,
generous Warren, and his farmer boys
died for it on Bunker Hill. love It be-
cause a mighty host OF glorious ances-
tors shed their blood in 0rder5t that their
posterity might be free. l love it be-
cause it dared; in lis early manhood, to
hurl in the teeth of Great Britain (the
self.styled mis- tress OF the'seas defiance
and rebuke in 1872, and to assert to
the world, by the stern arguments
of iron, lead and cold steel, that
America l5 was Undetermined to
maintain her rights on the highway