New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-01-25


Of New York Is organized for the purpose Of introducing
this innovation, then hope It may live for sxtyhree
Sloan private note TO be present at this dinner IN
doubt ssto precisely what It might be the H0Ttcul1
tural Society dinnerOf the state OF NewYork Then
thought II another OF Mr.. 6oans peeuarites or
procliyy OF his and that II dinner OF yegetarlsn
Carriages and water with II the art Of De@cncO
csed TO produce the finest results from those succuen
duck which familiar with the atmosphere in which
Mr.. sloan lives anghterl that when shOud get here
would brought into requslOn for the benefit OF the
HORTICULTURAL Society Of the state Of NewYork as Ie
would he In the OF st. Patricks dinner with Hugh
Hastings presiding. lG!eat laughter.l ,,,,
Prcc scly why We were gathered here tonight did
oeived those eminent agricuturiss. Mr. Fish, Russell
Sage and Jay GOnld then saw through It, fGreat
laughter. knew then that monopoly was In the Wane
and that the agricultural interests OF this country were
to be thoroughly protected and fostered GIeat laugh,
teri r6sd something before coming down here from an
eminent authority this subject" What know aD0nt
Farming" BY Horace Greeley-and after going through
several pages made up my mind that TO hear what ne
knew about 1t and what didn't KNOW what this dn'
ner called for Laughter The most usefnlp
and expensive that know OF Is The get oil
gentlemen who engaged IN Railroad business. In ner
camille life and the professions who spend three months
In the country the summer, Dfacticng this useful p-
suit. Laughter mr. Eyarts has told ne that upon us
than botiis Of champagne did in New-York aud Mr..
Greeley said that cabbage he raised at Chap
and down the Hudson River Road, with the horucnl-
tursts whom soc around me here know one OF them
in this country but II there thing that he u
afraid Of besides his wife, II Is his gardener Laughter
Inside his house be dare not call bis soul his own ana
outside Of his house he hasn't any soul at ALL Renewed
laughterl And the poor men VINO are associated win
him In the company want that three months ended on
the principle pracusrd by the boys school by which
the punch the head Of the bench throws the last man
oG-the authority which he does not exercise inside
his door inside his garden, they suffer IN the ONCE
lGreat laugherl
Imet the other day who has boen orthe last forty
years specializing In Wall street successfully, though
he never gave me point ana who spends his r after
Because" said he, where man Is past fifty years OF
the only pleasure leit to hm: to drive HGT
hnd, as DinsmOre and Other eminent men have found
nt 4 tGey aSe Geg dge
In their country seats aid become t ,sn't tas
culture of flowers. they have not only increased
their pleasures but have added ten years 10
pIsusej Now, these 6orcuiturists social people
agregarious people There much sald III Engiisn er-
upon hi' farm or country seat Bt wnat We want Is 10
bu'ld country place, aud grta hrecliss garden anu
nothing unless tue association VI gentlemen
such as around me-men who 20 up anu down on
aughter Mr. Sloan would sell his place AT Ghrrsons Tor
tw0and-s 1-penec Il he could NOT beat jay Gould IN
his conservatory lltughtcrl aud Nham j.. Dodge may
recall the foundation OF thus society but tue welfare OF
IT Is nothing - him compared win the nut. ne mas
prnduccd a Iryngton tit beat those that J. Prrp"nt
MorgIn can sho up West P0ut lLauGhier.l So the
whole philosophy Oi the Iorcu tlra Sorley IL emud-
ton the atIitiOn OF ideas; IN the interchange OF com
munIcaOn and knowledge a man improves ny DEE
glug that he has produced better move nr s t thi
IL did not know before. ,,
Gentlemen. 1 AN giving yon points though
nave received from auy ~ you. Mr. sloan never
said WORD to me ABOUT the rsr IN DelaWaln l.lcS'-
wanna ana Nrstorn Il he had. would have tuid hi'n
how he might the prze Owe. Parsons by T'ls-
ing canbHgrs, potatoes or gitpe'. IiAfghi'r'l but,
gentlemen was horn upon me Hdtnon River. of IN old
Dutch fnmily up there remember that New f"rbef
sn1 but stately castle; Was tue Won
der OF the "nd the boy g'pe at IT, ina castle
has now gone other hands aud near by j. ahotntr
casjle. which has conse vat'ry on ono SIDE ana
garden the other; nnl know that those Two hsh ~
the cur the flowers reeeynE tuat sort 81 GU
gather The sweets Of nature all about ie
ami makes them better citH n ~ rae same ue la' ~
gives them that pleasure when VIII luVgrratr mem IN
strned 10y the multitude oi their cares, giving - hrh
Longevity and abundant i0ymrut IN the renewed Ine
OF which they partake lGrcat applausc.I
OTHER REMARKS
HUGH Hastings on being called on for n speech,
said that the florists OF tins country had done
great deal for the cultivation OF the National char
actcr. He meutiOncd the transformation ma ic bv
neiehbor on thc-racoast of what once almost
.'howIing wilderness" into garden. lie referred
to Mr. llocy, OF Long lranch.
Mr. Sloan suggested that az "our speechnake'"
General Grant, had not arrived. and II was 10
o'clock the hour at which many carriages had been
ordered, il might be well 90 brng the dinner 10 n
close Mr. Dodcc Tejoined that his carriage had
been ordcfed for IL o'clock. aud hc thongLt that
several other gentlemen who were present should
lie called upon To speak. Somebody suggested that
Mr Dodge should go on" himself So hr. Dodge
WAS Obliged to speak. He said that lac thought the
time had arrived when some central point should bc
established where the society could hold lis annual
meetings and place in the markets whcre di.-
inlay. of flowers cOuld be held. lie thought there
yyonld be 10 difficulty III carving Sli, suggestion
into effect Peter henderson was then requested 10
speak. and he did So briefly. He SAID that Chicago
Cleveland. Irtf,burr. Baltimore and Philadelphia
su,pa-,rd New York III the decorations OF
their public parks. This society, he sad should
stir up the Park Commissioners IL tie matter oi
horticultural taste. w. K. Bennett modcstly re-
plied 10 the chairman when called upon thai lac had
nothing 10 say. Daniel W. NorthIup. OF Brooklyn.
sup,esied that every one should drink bumper 10
nm, president of the society, whom lac st}leI the
conductor OF the floral locomotive typical OF the
snciefy and trusted that IN It's prOspcroi.s career
there would be no misplaced switches me todsI
WA. drank and Mr.. sloan expressed ills thank'.
The guests then slowly dispersed, many OF them
expressing their regrets that General Grant bal lot
returned IN time to address thrW
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