The daily gazette. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1874-1883, 1880-09-24

spect from This society 70 the late Pom.
tiff, Plus TX, and had brought back from
the rsvered head of the Church words
OF good cheer and encouragement and
the Apostolic blessing. He paid high
tribute to the present Ponuff, to whom
he said the whole people owed debt of
gratitude for his noble altitude iniregard
to the marriage tie, and his emphatic
declaration that IL is a divine sacrament,
higher and .holier than mere civil con-
tract.
AZ "The United States, --Wm. c.
M eff Fadden, of Harrisburg, Pa respond
ed in an eloquent tribnte to this country,
which Is In truth "the home OF the free
and the refuge Of the oppressed OF all
nations" he hoped every citizen of
ths great country would remember that
IL his duty to honor the laws and insti-
tutloDs of this country, and to sprotec.,
defend, and, If Drcessary, lay down his
| life for the preservation of these grand
great United States and for the defense
Of the flag of the Union.
| Next came a recitation, "Shamus
OBren." by ID. w. AherD of Philadel-
| phia. The STIRRING poem WAS rendered
in excellent style and was greeted with
prolonged applause.
The hour being late, the toasts were
skipped from the nth TO the eleventh.
| - ne IEtN~, bO WHlCn w ILL., Il OTOS
dale, of EUery EUening, briefly respond
| ed.
| To "The Ladies'" J. V. Reddy, Of
Richmond Va, responded, but he repli
cd more particularly to the Press, open
with an allusion to Charley Collins, the
| great newspaper man who started one
hundred aud thirty-three newspapers
during the past thirty wears, and Is now
editor of the Dakota Daily Times. To
In.Nt f.A aa.N E..I -
tribute.
To the combined toasts. "The State OF
Delaware" and "The City Of Whining.
top," Harry Sharpley, Esq President
of City Council appropriately respond
ed. He said the history OF Delaware
was one every citizen could feel proud
o. The city, be said, has no great in.
stitutions, but what we have are good
The city /, nearly two hundred years
old, and has grown by slow sccretions
to population of $4,000, bnt in thrift,
energy and enterprise we are the biggest
city In the U nted States. Mr. Sharpley
spoke at some length in regard to the
great and varied business interests OF
this CITY.
MI Daniel Kelley, of Allegheny, Pa.
being called on for recitation, reuitet
the following original poem, which, wa'
received with applause:
Wilmington, FAREWELL no word orpraist
can tell
The feeling thought that in. our bosom
| swell;
No f1owery eloquence can e'er reveal
The gratitude, the sweet delight we feel
To know thee is to love the, and :ht
thought
That for our cause this pageantry wa'
wrought,
Is In itself heritage of fame,
Priceless to us, who revere thy name.
What joy, what happiness, what pride
TO know
That DER this lovely land, where e'er W,
go,
The same cid smiles of friendship trul.
prove
That here is union and brothers love
Farewell Farewelll God bless thy nobl
heart
We pray It fervently as now we part
From those who showed us with friend
ly hand,
We were no strangers in strange land
FAREWELL we thank thee for thy goot
cheer.
With hearts o'erflowing for thy welcome
here;
And sweet the thought to thrill us wher
we're gone,
A Kelley welcomed us to Wilmington.
With another humorous selection b.
Prot. Clark, this pleasant entertainment
concluded.