New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-12-08
KNICKERBOCKER FEAST.
,,rp or TIE sT. NICHOLAS SOCIETY.


,.r NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. BY GEN
1nh rn1 HORACE PORTER AND OTHERS.
,e lt vcracious chrOnclcT, Diedrlch hn,cK-
~ onld have seen the criminal waste of good
Itch names on the various French ashes that Iorneu
49, dper OF the st. Nicholas Society last evening" 'hele
I'D have pecn "a run on the vocabulary OF DA'cn
such as it experienced since the Gays Oh
.na cbolarc Old Governor Petrus Stuyvesant nHseH'
- Ito tho venerable weathercUck that In his DAY
emented the Stadt Hugs, at.the head OF CoehtNe-sP
IS borue In with pomp and circumstances WIFI '"o
no,s of trumpets and the busting about o. hNe'e" ''
Its the RULED feelings OF his Dutch Authorship "o'
80 heen smDothed again For 1t W0uid nave peo wv
snt even t. his Seventeenth Century Dutch lhteeoV
- these frisky descendants OF generations OF phci
~,nbeors 81 clearly knew the Difference que " "
rSathercock OF such pedigree The much NeheiA'ou
ol,c was placed the table IN front OF tue preSio
clio feast Its head was turned toward the o'9'' ~ Wv
ome position which 1t held for so many years III
nj the strongest gale, and oil Oil ruIes vi oo"u"0
am for well regulated weathercocks. Ihere was
g., ao,rs that nearly cracked the trumpeer cheehS'
,,,ent Cornelius Vanderbilt received the Ollu WIN
his hat his head and 1t was genetaiy
t.it that duo Difference had been palu u TUG Ni
past. ,o. -. ,no Ct Nichoias
Twas the fifty first annual dinner OF tDo d.
socetv The new badge OF the society reposeu Piouu'
,,, hosoms of the members and rem hered them
tn amy of their guests. Along the table at the hcau Vi
the aiming room sat President VANDERBILT rehe" o'
a,e Porter Park Commissioner Beekmah IL =. -
lani W. III. Bogsrt, OF Aurora N l.; the nov ~. "
milye j. s. Kennedy representing the o. AH"io"
society: r. J. Crrtis OF the ST. Georges oocie' ;
Tbo,u.s L. James Of the st. Davids society "ehoi"
stewart l. Woodford, OF the New England society ;
Joseph j. O'Donohue. of the st. Patrick oocieS 'o
Law and Levi z. Morton. Among those az INC o'noi
tah,s were f. j. De Peyster L. Benedict Oakley Dc H.
Reekman Austen g. Fox and j. EDWARD oilnnlo"'
s,ewar1s OF the society the Rev. Mr.. Boyd f. d. Yer
NaIo II W. Z, L.. NJ.
pohert schell General W. H. Roome, P. Remsen' Johh
r. Mills the Rev j. W. Buckmaster. D. Van Nostranu
General Van yliet, f. A Quntarl, H. NJ Dnraht u
Norwood. r George H. Pell, r. G. Livingston, ;; a.
Schuyler NJ L. Roosevelt ;. n ssllerAee irnes' 0'"'
g. ~ Van Huesen aud Dr. Anderson. 49,, o,, .,,
Belors beginning tue serons work OF the evening ;nc
.tr for The wear were duly installed by comLl!lee
c"nsisIinr of j. Seaver Page and Alfred Wagsaf linen
$50 hungry men fell upon tue Son,ehts oa f ontD
norapeous geographical interest tohsohine oPu lon
RnIyi rapidly disappeared, and species Of the hnny
HeOdrck Hudson followed Ponlaruos prSiscs d Ia
commuuipaw" and Sobet la Van Corlear came III
an order Pouuing la ROwcrie y WAS warranted 10
he The identical padding that the fat Onrgomase uscu 70
eat m the green and peace t9 secuSOn OF tner bower!
for,is and lace Tappan Zee suggestive oil skat-
in foics ami ice boats The whole list OF these Ienca
ces was duly .set forth on what puIporleu 10 Ne
sk,or" After the weathcrcOck was born III trluHpha
procession 10y servants in gorgeous SInHe eOou
livery the historic loussem pipes ana tobacco were 'S
trnnte,i aud the fun OF lighting them oegan no ".to
who has not the frantic struggles OF man Slns 10
light pipe whose bowl Is almost Out OF Vhn , 'i ~
cate the situation. BY extending nelling nanu one
last surmOuuted ana soon an were punnS 'pro,cnt
edly ia imitation of their Dutch orcfathers. fresue.
Vanderbilt then raped for order ana rom te
battle cloud OF smoke the broadde OF speeches was us
charged into the ranks OF the company.
President NaudeTbil: thanked the society Tor e honor
OF his reelection made neat speech ana onerrI tne
FIRST toast II. Nicholas The Sent Mas It
abnnt me hall the vice presidents ana whth inc
glasses were back in their places Oh the ta"les W ~
Bogar replied in few fitting rena. Ks t m Silence
and without reply. II L. Rowland spoke IN rG'poso 20
tn. toast 10 Holland" He said at he was MOI one oi
,hn nlu themselves
Mace in the selection OF which their ancestors au So
froIliu" voice This is an OF good feeling said tue
s,Esr i'm conclusion -The OF the Pilgrims for
give OF Dutchm,n Tor g Ui'S IL
Kork il worth little than when they Ist idhUeu
Each nationality forgveS the other Its sins ana we a
forgive the English for attempting 70 heAu On our Ho
for Independence. We melt and merge mo conhoh
Nation. We all friends There T. no leal9u5S Te
tween US We are like the ltlSh family over "nion '.o
most perfect peace brnoded that t. they neFcr hao
call IN the police What Ioint we ind pos6e To- saw
There is no example history Of so great Naloh Jun
so ebert 1 9Sa 6ve ei RST s
tiona NE We to Holland where even the IlIgfns
under vent course OF preparation 0'i0'0 '"""s Az
'" Wv ,ci"rirt DE Teyser spoke for The Founders
New Ans erdam-COiTmhus discovered the oyster th'y
picked the pearl lie complain ca tna ne nau IN
AbuuIe,l in to sneak To this toast at an hours notice
q bavin been expected that Channccy NJ Depew would
have tackled it. THIS, lie regarded decldedy
III. cirI,,e tuat The Dutch had discovered federation
ana nerpe;uated it. He regretted that CentrD fatk
contained OF the men who htd IouhueV aV9
ora. brt Rome itself. lie hoped that this disJscc
wn,'ld NOT be allowed 10 exist another year Dut
~ n did the city itself founded on the PtIn.
cip,es of liberation and equity "orld MAKE me oeSI
monument to the memory OF its Dutch fOreiathois' ~
General Horace Porter spoke for the next oisl-lnr
Army and the Navy-may they wear IN peace
H. congrMuated the society upon the robust apoehr.
apc- of its members. recalled remark hiade ny VIC
Duke OF Wellington that army travels NANNY on lt
stonlaph and said that If that were the case those
cafLrrrd around the festal board could perform
forced lrches which would eclipse anything rccOfdcd
in history General Porter told some factions Htolcs
aIont the early efforts to crush the Rebellion which
In lrgs al "A
crushed clear up 10 PcnnsylvaDs.' Concerning the
first battle Bull Run. lie said that several members Oh
Congress who h"d come out 10 , zee
the fight suddenly remembered that they
had unfinished business III Washington anu
ioiped the cavalry. Although their election was not
Contested for weeks afterwdrd they did not take their
seats and took their meals of the mantlepiece.
Tnis wear" said General Porter IA conclusion mas
been sad one for the Arsy OF the Potomac TINS year
have have" been snatchcd from by death
lis first and its last commander and today. OF all the
heroic commanders of that historic army, there Is not
m uuol the roles OF the living But the laurels they
hove won will live through all eternity, their names
will be handed down through MI generations,
and their memories Will be cherished
r the hearts Of grateful people long az manly courage
Is tnlKed Of or heroic deeds honored lApplause ~
one an rob them their ldure-. They nave hhhhed
down 10 their chdrens children the richest legacy man
car leave to msn-the memory OF good name the III
hertaDce OF a great example. ApplauSc.I
i : Kennedy OF the 81. Georges society, sp"ko Ioi
"Our Guests" AMI at comparatively cary hOur tnt
members OF st. Nicholas and thor friends went nome
bed.