New Ulm weekly review., 1879-10-22

The Lord Mayor sits in q huge gild-
ed armchair, behind which, on q carv-
en- buffet, lie the sword and the mace,
and many rich golden and silver yes
sells, and around him stand half doz-
en- servants. On his right we find
Baron de Lesseps, looking very hand.
some, albeit aged, with his blue scarf
of commander, and his many decora-
tons. Onlhis left is the Russian Cen
eral Luders, who has been prominent
in the International Telegraphic Con-
ference; Cyrus w. Field is near at
hand, modest and keen-eyed as usual.
One would hardly imagine that he were
burning with impatience to be off for
home and were going to sail in twenty
four hours. Edmond About, Professor
Owen, venerable and elegant, and
host of literary celebrities, English,
and French, and American, fiji the
places at the table of honor. And now
the human animal feeds, and there is
gradual rise in the conversation un-
till bursts out in the full diapason of
unrestrained after dinner talk, to be
interrupted only by the loud voice of
the toast-master:
Gentlemen, please to charge your
glasses! Please silence for his Wor-
ship the Lord-Mayor?'
The music stops, and the Mayor
rises, with his written speeches in his
hand and a smile on his lips. Some
what disconnected by the tempestuous
Gallo cheering, to which he is evi-
IDENTIFY unaccustomed, he pauses for a
moment; then reads the usual toast to
the Queen. This is vigorously ex-
acted by custom at every public dim
ner, or every dinner where there are
toasts at all in England. All the
guests rise, and the foreigners cheer
while the Enslishmen remain
strangely mute. "God Save the
Queen" is played by the band in the
gallery, and then the toast-master
having repeated the toast in his most
thunderous voice, comparative silence
settles down until the Lord-Mayor
arises once more, to be once more
heralded as before, and to offer
second toast. The guests of the even
ing are called out one by one, and to
hear Edmond About endeavoring to
speak the English, or Frederick
Thomas reading fiery sentiment, or
Baron de Lesseps announcing the
progress of negotiations for the new
canal of international fame, or Pro-
fessor Owen dilating on the delights of
French literature, or the honorable
Sheriffs staggering through set
speeches while their cordans jingle
and their uniforms glisten, is supposed
to be sufficiently keen delight to sus-
pend oil conversation of q private
nature.
Meantime the loving cups are passing
around the table. Each guesttakes the
huge silver tankard handed him by his
neighbor and the two rise and bow to
each other. One drinks while the
other holds the tankard's cover; a Sec
ond bow is made and the cup, which is
filled with r. hippocras," is passed on.
So, after much music and many
speeches, and after the toast-master has
cried himself almost hoarse, the Lord
Mayor arises, and, escorted by his
brother. officials, leaves the dining hall
in solemn state, after which the guests
,disperse to meet again in a second hall
and to chat over coffee and cigars until
midnight. In whichever direction they
may turn their eyes they find a iveried
servant awaiting them, with cigars and
cigarettes in a box in one hand and
lighted slow match in the other.-Ed-
wa1d KING, IN Letter to Boston Jour,aoz.
The East Haven Fish Company has
taken 685, 900 whitetish in the harbor
on tie East Haven shore since May l.
The fish are used for fertilizing pur-
poses.
"A little girl at Springfield, Mass,
was so frightened by a dog which had
been set upon her that she went into