New-York tribune., 1879-01-01

-svde. fund that shall furnish them also with an an
-. dinner with hope that sueh meetings may 'ehu
- ,Ne unity aud happiness of the recipients Indeed
socal dwight provided annual dinner for
-. ,rc.s of Ringhamton, setting apart $1,000 for
,n.4 nurposc II il 20 he dinner iof inc
-, for,nen aud such guests they may choose TO
80 90 with the hope that the same may tend 10 pro
o,e kindly spirit to each other and pleasant recoi-
..ttcp Of the donor" Many personal friends are re-
hsr,j lie gives $500 to one ." a mark
-. tnd,v regard -; 81 OGO to clergyman IN rccogui-
tca Of his earnest Christian work IN my raNe I2W9
Al 600 another MAJ " IN Ter9Su0n m "i ns as
s,sbt testimonia TO MIN for uuvarying courtesy ana
E i oaice With which he is connected - and 10
two men the Of $4,000 and So,COo IN paH
,ecosnition uf their substantial favors ana more tha
,,seotberiv Kindness toward me in the DAYS OF my
frayail" There many gifts 10 relatives. fuI me- m
soa - 600 are apart, and that he may grow up
no be man in the broad a,ceptation Of tue word has
always earnest wish The VIC W,Ie % hoe9lnGS ~.
preYiousIy named IN the will are proNlocu IoT'
Paris is transformed. The gayeties of the
snmmcr are gone and bleak Winter IS upon the bouc'
yards and snow flakes have whtened parks and gardens
The hronz, figures nymphs and Tritons, III the iouE-
tsns On the Palace de la ConcHde are half
hidden by monster iciceS. and the trees III
,be Champ, EiyseGs aud in tho Bois de BOulOsne
a. tipped with scintillating atoms of snow.
writer in Jhc Globe UOndon) has II, the race
lrsc at Lougchamps, with its picturesque stands and
windmill looks like picture. the Laplanders,
e and tear about III their sledCes drawn by reindeer
ioyous barking dogs the echoes Of whose voices
.o,l1d over the snOw-COyered plain, In the city
he heavy fau Of snow has made locomotloh OK
scemcE difficult. The omnibuses have taken
,ird horse. and the stIectcar drivers handle % I1nr
,.hands The carts OF the milkmen ana bul"h-
g. eau only Just get about. The streets are quet
l tic hoofs Of horses and the wooden shoes OF rhe
-,1incu no longer rcsOund from the pavement Inc
y noises heard the shouts ana crles OF thc g8n
5,o delights in iraving police regulations and snow
,ling friend OF foe.
Dean Stanlcv's birmingham address Is the
Inject Of a long editorial in The Lo"don Times II
a a. courageous in him 80 select America as his text
seeing that Mr. Dale. TIE most eminent OF the local
% cbrItcs o. Birmingham. had very recently maze
similar himself and had given his impressions 10
ne public. But the Dean OF Westminster vindicated
is courage and proved his independence. Whatever
,c NAV be safe Of his address, - must allow Its
rignality." auG &" q man Of independent mind shows
= sindepcndcnce by the way ne treats old subjects
no Dean has universal kudlinvss and preferences
c as free from national preiudce6 from theoog
cal bgotry, and he follows Parkman IN his history oi
the French on the 81 Lawrence and the Upper Mi>ss
slppi with ~ much good will he bestows on Ban
rrots narrative Of English settlements. Sti Ihe I""tS
Il not wholly pleased with his address Iu vague way II
e. afraid that his suggestive catholicy may not eAer
10 The influence il deserves because citzeus Of
grminC ham may tuIn aside from breadth or vision
hat does not appear to them to be welded to equal
fts Of dcpih and intensity II il disappointed, too,
that he does not give any indication OF some special
growth within THIS country which Is "bToueht De-
torc u, as exemplIfying the youth Of nations
.p.li,.l one iusti'd, it thinks. i'm requiring such
,r9Cafo,, I;y way Of int reduction, Ihc Times re-
laTk~ tAHt thDrc are many advantages, nut utle ~
rrrr iiaV backs IN the publicity which attends the
.nudrrug> oi any IuSilsbman U nOie III i"e west me
~cWsulpers Of the states thro ivlc @ movements h.
glycJ and M ms gougs ont and colin9s ~ h. L. &F'
obr attended 10y too KIND friends bent on SddH- hlh
every point worthy of observation Inc privileges
ht the rewards oi oD-cNtl'S are lust