Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1878-05-28

puTJmeuJ III his speech auu uuTl0R
the evening. George hit the boys
"between wind and watern and sa {
down amid tumultuous and long
! continued applause.
"rhe City of Los Angeles" toast
Nc. 2, was responded to by Mr.. c..
: 9. Lips, "the member from Los
Angeles" as Mr.. I. w. Lord
dubbed him. Mr.. Lips, though a
German, approved himself to be an
excellent master of English and
made neat and fluent little
speech, in which he dwelt upon the
City Councils interest in the De-
partmeni. His remarks abounded
in capital hits and were closed very
happily, amidst applause.
Mr.. Thomas Atwell replied to
the third toast, 1888 Engine Com
pany No. L." 1t was a manly and
ringing effort and was received
very heartily by the "boys."
The fourth toast was 10 the
"Press," and was responded to, in
the absence of Col. Ayers, of the
Express, who had been originally
designated to the office, aud who
was unavoidably absent, by Mr.. j.
D. Lynch, of the HERALD.
The fifth toast, "Confidence En-
CINE Company No. q" was very
neatly handled by Mr.. George r.
Furman, who proved to be in n
happy vein and who was heartily
cheered by his comrades.
"Our Honored Dead" the sixth
toast, was drank standing and in
silence.
One of the treats of the evening
was involved in the seventh and
last regular toast, "Our Lady
Friends" the response to which
was assigned to our gallant and
silver.tongued fellow citizen, Mr..
l. w. Lord. He did the subject
ample justice, and closed amidst a
round of applause. We thought
number of his quotations from
Moore and Byron were specially
appropriate; and, altogether, he
approved himself a preur chepalier
of the first water.
VOLUNTEER ToAsTs.
Judge Sepulveda was the first
gentleman called out by the clam
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pleaded indisposltion and was al
lowed to get off with sentence or
two.
Mayor MacDougall avowed, in
response to calls, that he would
rather sing n song than. speak a
speech. TO loud calls of "sing it,
sing it," the Mayor, with rare
municipal modesty, avowed his ill.,
ability to do either, and sat down.
STREAM OF EDITORIAL Flo.
oUENCE.
In response to many calls Mr.. w.
W. Creighton, of the Star, was
called to his feet and that gentle.
man responded in racy and en-
tertaiDlng speech, keeping the at.
tention of his audience for few
minutes, and being greeted with
hearty applause. Mr.. Berry, of the
Republican. was next called out,
and honored the compliment in a
few neat remarks, which were also
well received. Mr.. Ganee, of
u Union, was compelled to "speak
his little piece" and gratified his
listeners by some happy observa.
tons in French, which were nota-
bly, well delivered and hugely ap-
preciated by those who understood
the language of La Belle Francs. Il
MORE VOLUNTEER ToAsTs.
In response to repeated invita-.
tions, the witty City Attorney. Col.
John f. Godfrey, got Off some ia
cetie which was very highly en-
joyed.
Tue Rembrandt figure of Judge
Peel was next made 10 elevate it.
self. The Judge proved himself to
be an old fire laddie" and gave
the boys some excellent advice, in
a geneal and taking style.
Councilman Il. Cohn next fa-
vored the audience with some
sound municipal IDEAS, in response
to repeated calls.
Mr.. George e. Gard, at this
stage of the evening, read u tele.
gram from Chief Scanuell, of the
San Francisco Fire Department.,
regretting his inability to be pres
ent and extending his warmest
congratulations to Confidence Com.
pany No. 2. he was followed by
Gen. Walter s. Moore, who read a
telegram from Sheriff Mitchell
now in San Francisco, expressing
similar regret.
In response to calls for speech,
Mr.. Ludovici gave the sentiments
of one of Martin Luther's psalms,
He Who loves not women, wine and
song,
Is a fool his whole life long"
TO which plous declarations of the
great reformer the audience gave
hearty assent.
Chief Harris next eventuated in
q little speech, in which he pro-
fessed his hearty desire, though in
a different department., to co-ope.
rate with the Fire Department..
Gen. Walter s. Moore, who was
evidently in sensational vein,
read dispatch from Rutherford B.
Hayes regretting that the Potter
Investigation prevented his dining
with the Los Angeles firemen.
Mr.. Ludavici then lead in the
"Jolly Good Fellow" song, the
whole audience joining in the che
rus with hearty accord.
The "Engine House on the HILL"
followed, by George Il. Gard. 1t
was sung with spirit, the audience
assisting in the chorus.
Councilman e. X. Green next
indulged In some remarks complI-
mentary to the firemen.
Hon. j. G. Eastman then pro-
posed the health of George E.
Gard, eulogizing him rs 'good
fireman and true friend" 1t was
drank with three cheers and
tiger.
Councilman j. J. Mutually next
expressed his hearty regards for
the firomen and induIged in a
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