New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-12-13
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| now Dh. HOLINESS BlR IIrAY lRIBI H.
DIFFERED FROM MAXI IWAIt'S.
'THoN A. OD. N-I.N Al ,J.-i'> DEAD rit raisr
/ Bo,joN, De. u. The graceful, kindly
/ ruru which Ou."r Wooded h"iu., WI,.c fo. " 10
I1Du's semi u'e lulI. lac ytnaS from the
.r.ovcI Doctor. pen ha, boon widely pIh, ci. 10
Accomplishment 81 watch ans Amcr.,tn-or any o,hcr mon
MIGHT we'd ur proud; AMI if the line, aIIIu.cl 10
Gee les, r'lIAut cor n-'ut than those with which the
Doctor been wont TO cmuc-l such oc,.s'o.- thcy
| certainly glow wI.h pL-uu,cI hclrtur,, OF f,cIns:
An. Clemens when law thee last
! W both 81 "a. were younger
How fuud.y mumpnnl DER tur past
! IamrmoiJ = too HIr,s huu-cr!
So my year. have Ged they say.
Since hr-t You tocA jo drinking
| Imcan ia natures milky way
| OF course no lII I'm thinking.
! Bat while on Iif,'. uneven roid
Your track you've been pur-urg.
! WHIT fountains from Your Wiz have flowed
what drinks you hiyc been brewing!
know whence al your magic came
| Your secret I've discovered
| The -nurcr That le,l your inward flame
The dreams That round You lowered:
Before you learned to bite munich.
! huii HI, kihs iu Your CRADLE
! IT," Musr- mixed "A bowl Of punch
| And lIeDo seized the ladlc.
Dear babe who's" iftielh year today
| Your ripe hdf-ccntury rounded.
Your books the pr'cI'iS di"hsI hrtrIy
The laughing nine compounded
go mlAcd the sweet. the sharp. The strong.
! Esch md, IT. faults AMENDED.
| The virtues tLat To each belong
! IN happier union blended.
| And what the flavor can surpass
! or sugar. spirit. iclnunNf
So While one health MI, every Glass
MAlh Twain Tor BdOy Clemens!
these verses remarked to themselves that there
Nrro birthday tributes amt b.rtDduy tributes and
! then frN to contrasting the tribute which
DR.. Holmes rendered to Mark Twain on Mlra's ntich
birthday with the ct tribute" which Mr., Twain rem
dcred to Dr. Holmes on John q. Whittcr'- seventeen
birthday. "Look here upon this picturo auj this"
\ comparison cannot fairly bc rrckonet odlous which
reveals venerable poet rrtu rning kiss FOR blow.
Mr. Whittier reached seventy -r ght years ago this
month-Drcenbcr l.. 1877. Tho publishers OF The fN4
lie Ho,tiiy celebrated the Anniversary by dinner 10
it, contributors at which Mr.. Whittier vas tho guest OF
honor. II notable gathering ~ or ut,rl.L
Among those present were Emerson Llngfclow. DR.:
Holmes. w. " story l.. T.. Wmpplc. Charles Eho, Nor
ton, Howclls. StUddnr. warner. IroVbudge iggiusOn
Crtnoh john Weiss Horace Scuddcr. rckuor O-good,
Houshton Jonn Boyle OEcihy. Mark Twain, and half
hundred other wel-known men. who had made or
were making their mark IN prose The cigars
on. there deal oil sOod speaking. the majority Of
The gentlemen mentioned paying their a,ctIonnte re-
spects to the dear Quaker bard Or. Holmes. usual
"Iod all tho rest' reading dcIciOu5 poem fall of
mrth, hre aud tenderness. Mark Twain being called
upon made address rcShted with the butte" to
Dr Holmes OF when mention has been made. Mot
strange TO relate 10 contained no alusion-not the
slightest. directly or udrccty-to the vcrcrat.d bard
In whose honor the feast sprca, the speaker a-
pareuty hborng unIor the Impression that there IA
'omcthng IN the Junction of hunori-t which absolves
It's possrssor from rspoctns tho elemental prophecies
OF social intercourse Hero Is tho substance OF Mark
Iwain's address "a rrpOrtoi by one Boston paper:
Through The deep caves OF thought
near a voice that sings:
BulId lhrr more stately IuansiOus
my SOUL"
saws l. " can't afford IT, Mr.. Holmes. and moreover
don want to- Blamed II liked % pretty we'll either
coming from stranger, that way. However started 10
get out my bacon hId beans, when Mr. Emrr.nu came
ana looked on while, and then no takes luo asi e by
tho buttOnhOle and says:
give me agHcs for my meat;
Give me can hards - cn
FROM AFR and ocean bring me- foods.
From All zou0s and attitudes"
says J. " Mr.. Emerson II yOun excuse mo this amt
no MOTEL You SIC u sort of red me-I war't used 10
me ways or Ilttcry swells. But went ON u-.wr,tln
over my work. and next comes Mr. lungroow aud Int
tohhOles me, ana lnterrupLs me. says no:
Honor be to Mudjekeewisl
You shall hear how Pau Pax keewis-"
But broke In and says /. Begging your pardon Mr.
LOngicOw, yOnll be 40 Kind hOl your yawp for
about five minutes and let get this grub ready yon
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