Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-07-11


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in lhl- t.tsi oalublled sra4l aud aei.is
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us5 he considered uf fra1l
whatever point uf tl.s. ul- a Elorllu-
thsmr. aud what Is lood of ncusrlvs
nopd 0f history ari-e- Ia tDe mention n
those ~ord-, -tht tuued States of Amtu-
ca or tlr 1 LIon ~ Elose 0iate- Con
slider Il from ..ny point uf view. Take IL
area ID is stated % Dee a.tnN.un square
miles which lsy lt- hands ou NO oceans,
aud ~ John Bright ones expressed ID. w ilch
extends from the ffozcn North almost Ia al
unbroken hno 10 the gi0slns south, and
from the waters Of tlv Atlantic 10 Tie com
mon waters Of the Pacific main. Here aud
there scattered throughout that vast "a
pause TO be cure there are sterile deserts,
barren deserts, and sterile mountains winch
raise their peaks heaNen~ard bat Set who
can paint the siOrirs Or count TIE wealth
when the time shall come-a- ] am Informed
il l. near al hand-Wheu al those places
shall be irrigated by H0ptonic Laughter.
Then shall the wilderness bloom ana bios
som. For the time is coming, the dawn OF
the day II weil-nigh breaking now, when
John Long who has already sci hIs face q
the setting sun. shall strike the geysers of
Yellowstone Park. they shall begin evolving
fountains of Hoptonic. Laughter.
Could speak OF the vast population Of the
people of the United States, over fifty mil
lions of people. Think % II little more
than century OF existence from a few scat
4 81 "a
70 day, a. ! say, there are fifty millions n
people and all crying for HOptonlc.
Laughter What shall become Of the pro
fesSiOn of which an hOnored member d. %
address YOU tonight Think OF the calaTn-
titles that will follow when Hoptonic shall be
introduced far and Wide IN TIE United States
| was struck when my friend Crosby was
speaking of the ottawas being on the west
sids of the river, that the greatest calamity
that befe them was that they lived III an age
before HOptOnic was born. They were
Obliged 10 take iirewater when, II they had on
ly had Hoptonic instead of beingsix feet they
would have grown undoubtedly ten. Laugh
ter. And now you have long program
here before you, and there l. much eiOquence
in store, and would only say IN conclusion
that better had Alexander persisted al Mace
don. or Nelson at the Nile. or Napoleon al
the field of MarengO than that one link
should be broken III the golden chain that
binds the Union of these States together.
The Union Is cemented 10y the best blood of
Americas sons. 1t came into existence at
the close of seven years Of war and Is a.
eternal and imperishable a. truth itself
as eternal as liberty itself. because without
the union of these States bound together
not 10y bayonets but in the affections
of the people,. | say without the
existence and the union of the states liberty
would have perished from the earth. Some
of us have worked and many have died for
II, and a. long a. the union shall be main
tanned this Government, this nation shall
stand as the bulwark of liberty and the
crowning glory of the ages, and as that
Government and that union which God has
vouchsafed TO build up in these latter days
for free people. Loud applause.
Following Mr.. Uhrs address Mrs. AIDE
la;de Hicks. of New York City, delighted the
audience by reading in an admirable man
ner, an amusing medley.
1.-THE WORLD"
United States District Attorney J. w
Stone was next introduced 10 respond 10 the
toast, "1he World" He said:
MR. CHAIRMAS. LADIES AND GENT ENsES:
Ii is difficult to put the world
on ones shoulders and get up here with IL
/ was requested to respond briefly 10 the
sentiment of ''The World" and | thought /
had it within my grasp while sitting here.
but nov that | am before You II seems 10
have escaped me. So much has been said by
the friends who have preceded me
about the progress of Grand Rapids
and the United States that there
seems little left for the world: al
the same time we cannot confne all the
progress 10 the United States or Grand Rap
ids. mo pent up Utica can bind our pow
ers for the whole boundless world l. ours. "
IL Il q question who made the world The
question was asked of little boy and he
said: al did. but III never do II again II you
don't punish me-" Laughter. We can
safely say. in view of the audience We see
before Us this evening. the world moves. This
was asserted some three hundred and fifty
years ago. by the Italian astronomer. Calico
and believe he retracted the assertion. but
still said as he rose from his knees. The
world moves for all that" think he would
not seek TO retract the assertion this evening
If here in Grand Rapids. Great progress
has been made in the last century in science
art and all deuartments os life. Illustrations
of progress have been made. and II we are
10 believe our host. not only Will sickness
and sorrow soon be no more. but death viii
be averted II We only use HoptOnic. II was
Charles Dickens. ] believe. who said IT'S
love. 'fis love that makes the world ~
round. bnt that was before the days 81
Hoptonic. We don't say that now. ] Will
not. however. say more on the subject ~
love, a. some OF my friends Wlll refer 10
ihat the world moves and Grand Rapids
moves aud progress Is being made in Grand
Rapids and in the United States. To return
10 Grand Rapids. 7 congratula it, citizens
and these gentlemen who have started this
new enterprise. II y evidence te my mind
that the world doe move. and here and
now. did not expect To speak over five
minutes ] have thought serion-'y over II
for few moments aid hsvs
concluded - bid you good night and say
n1tbin fGrther upon the -ahject
n be Soldier Joy was eKcelleuty rem
dered. At this time. by a double quartette
composed Of Messrs. Beneker. Russeli. stu
art. Hoyt. Morrison, Gilmore, Nilmarth and
Hansen.
Business Interests was the subject o'
Wm. A. Smiths address. which follow 81
Mr. Smith said
Ma CHaIRNAS. AND LAuFs ANn GESTLF
NFS. fee 90 night Ehile coming upou fhi'
platform a= though / either owed AZ aroloEJ
- the manager 81 the Hoptmic Company 0'
that the manager owed an apology 90 me
I did not come here this evening - entertain
this audience. intelligent a. it seeu'
q BE-. with any sgh5ecf. ~ know
the occaeion would errec7. hut J cam'
here At tire invitation 81 gentlemen. vb'
asked nae 80 respond - q toast ] consent {