Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1880-11-12
VOL. LIV. NEW SERIES, VOL. XVII.
\ CLUB WHOSE MEMBERS ARE MORT THAN
SIX FEET TWO INCHES LONG, A. 'oE-
RESPoNDINaLY PROMINENT.

CLUB WHOSE MEMBERS ARE MORT, THAN
SIX FEET TWO INCHES LONG, A. COR
REsPoNDINGLY PROMINENT.
From the Chicago Times.l
Some of the citizens Of New TX,
whom nature has endowed with l"hgi-
tude far beyond the average, have" h1hz'
ed a society, the doors of which ~ pen,
according to the secretary, only t. en-
tlemen of the largest class, i'll tw" 'res.
L. is body of civil grenadiers The
only physical condition of admit - Is
a height of not less than SIX iwo
inches. Were Frederick the gr. ..ive
he would literally encourage the AMI
zation of such society, and Won tlen
kidnap all the members and for, them
in his pet corps, the Potsdam -lArds.
But Frederick is dead. fortunat. for
tall men, and this new society hat "o oc-
casion to guard against Prussian nap
pers These great men, who take ,sited
views of things, and who are arr''sant
enough to look down on most a. then
fellowmen as creatures not quit mp to
their standard, have adopted the n ne OF
Union of the Titans." Their chef
achievement will be an annual d, iner,
and unless they shrink before mex win
ter they will unquestionably be very
long at the table. There is Il painful
possibility that, whatever may he the
case now, most of them will he tight
'uns before the conclusion of the ban
quet, and more of them than their legs
viii be under the mahogany.
Tho society has forits motto '.Usque
ad Superos," which may be literally
translated as follows: 'Us also add to
the highest ones" A majority of the
officers will constitute council of II
tans regent" corresponding to executive
committees in other organizations. The
constitution also provides that there
shall be at least one annual dinner In
honor of mother earth (matter terra,
protectress of the order" Considering
the extent to which these gentlemen bur-
den mother earth, the compliment of
zone annual dinner" is about the least
they can do for her, but as the Titans i'll
tend to dine together annually for an in
definite period, it would be interesting to
know in whose honor the subsequent an
nual dinners will be eaten.
What interests Chicago people in the
Titans is that they have Just elected the
Hon. John Wentworth member. Mr.
Wentworth, fondly known here as ''Long
John, hesitates somewhat about joining
the union on the ground that the mem
bers of it are SO much smaller than he is.
Certainly if he attends their dinner next
winter they will find that the member for
Chicago is the noblest Roman of them
all. Chicago beats the world i'll Titans,
as it does i'll other things.
The union now consists of about loo
Titans, all prominent citizens, and not
indebted to their height for distinction.
The president is Gen. John b. Woodward.
Among the Titans are Gen. VI. n. Curtis,
a distinguished lawyer, who often has
business in this city; Samuel NJ Fox,
member of Congress from New York;
DR.. William A. Hammond, the expert i'll
nervous diseases ex-Lieut. Gov. Dor
sheimer, Dr. Chas \. Doremus, David
Dudley Field, Major General Winfield
Scott Hancock, the Hon. Thomas Hill
house, United States sub-treasurer in
New York, Leonard Jerome and George
Law, jr. These and other colleagues are
all mighty men of valor, and will make
awful havoc with their annual dinner