Omaha daily bee., 1886-12-22

youngest New England state, but it was
a good state to come from and n good
one to 60 back to, Her sons and daught-
ers were hardy, rugged, honest class
OF people. 1t had given birth to the poet
Lougfellow, than whom no man ever did
more in elevating the tone of American
literature. There were many other
things that Maine people were proud OF,
and among them was the Maine liquor
law. That state had taken the leading
stand on the question of prohibition.
| And above all, he said. the Maine people,
men and women, were fond of each other.
Colonel Chase spoke for New Iamp.
shire. That state he said was n little iN9
country, but its best men states 1OX90, in
the men II sent forth Daniel Webster
was New Hampshire man. Can YOU show
any other Daniel Webstcrs? ? If so, trot
them out. Wherever bravery and intel.
llgence was needed, you would find New
Hampshire men ready, Her schools were
also Il feature to be proud of, In closing
the speaker said that Nebraska had been
made what is was by the New England in
tluences. And the duty of New England
crs toward this city was to make it what ii
was claimed to be all over the country,
the grandcst city in the United States.
Tie made an appeal to Granite staters
not to forget the state they hailed from
The speaker from Vermont, w. j.
Connell, failed to matcrialize and in lieu
OF his speech, Judge Thurston read II
short poem on Vermont, by SAKE.
Mrs. Ii. d. EStabrook sang n beautiful
solo, the Kerry Dance and was loudly
applausod.
w. j: Whtmore, the representative
from Massachusetts, said that he had
thought that he had something to say
about the old Bay state until he had
heard the gentleman from New Hamp-
shire. After that he didn't have much
to say. Some bucolic newspaper man
had said that all that was necessary TO
make a Yankee perfectly happy was to
Waldo Emerson and his belly full of
beans. All these conditions had been SO
perfectly met that all those present
ought TO be thoroughly happy. Mr..
Whitmore apologizcd for imperfect prep
aration, but nevertheless he made an elo-
qucnt speech on the subject of "Massa-
chusetts," which he characterized as the
greatest of the chain of New England
states.
Mr.. w. o, Taylor. "the man from
Rhode Island was not present
on account of illness. Judge Thurs
ton remarked that he thought
Colonel Chase's speech for New Hnmp-
shire could be taken to include the state
of Rhode Island also. Amid peals of
laughter the toasting was resumed.
Mr. w. ii. Alexander spoke for Con-
necucut. The old superstition that the
Ionkcrs of this state had allowed their
ingenuity to carry them into serious er
rors--and had manufactured hams from
basswood, nutmcgs from birchwood-hc
thought, was under % heavy cloud of
doubt. AT any rate, he took pleasure in
asbeleving these stories. Mr.. AleXan-
der reviewed the resources and charac-
teristics OF the state tor which he spoke,
and referred especially to her schools, of
winch Y ale college was 4 grand repre-
sentative. He closed with an appeal to
New Englandcrs to perpetuate the IN
iiuences which had cminated from the
land of their birth, and bespoke a bril-
liant future for the newly founded So
ciety.
After music by the New England
quartette, Dean Gardner responded to
the toast The Puritans." He said that
he thought that subject was Il rather dis
NAL one for him to handle--in compari
son with the other subjects which had
been taken by the other speakers. He
did not see why he had been selected to
talk on this subject. Nevertheless, he
was glad to say that he was II descendent
of the Purltans. 81 thank God for the
strong iron which has come INTO The ma.
tlonal fabric from the grand old Puritan
element, but do not disregard the other
elements which make up this fabric. The
chivalry of the sunny south is an element
which we ought not to disregard. There
are other elements which are an import
ant part of our glorious civilization. The |
New England society ought not to form
itself for the exclusive purpose of perpet- |
uatlng the Puritan character, Without re-
garding these other elements
Dr. c. Nj. Dinsmoor made Il thoughtful |
dissertation on the theme Our Fore |
fathers" lie paid an eloquent tri but, to |
the subjects of his discourse when he |
said: 1.-The breadth and kindliness which |
sees in each man a brother and bids HIM |
glean in new fields and search among |
other harvcstcrS for truth-wccomng all |
is our gift from the pill
srims."
Mrs. Orpha c. Dinsmoor spoke of ''Our
After telling of the
women of the Puritaus and the part they
had played in the forming of the ma
ional character she said: From the
LONE OF our national capital pictured
against the deep blue sky the form of
woman rises in all its majesty and
beauty; SO, too, all over our fair, land is
sculpture nodded mans prophcsy of
destiny. And tonight in rcver-
mt mood | pledge the women of this
'oyal land to the hcrolsm, the integrity,
ofty sacrifice, which animated our fore.
nothcrs.'n
George w. Hall, who responded to the
oast. "New England Churches" ," said he
allied to see why it was that the commit
ee had assigned such subject to him
Who had been for eighteen years n rall.
Dad man-and that too in the employ of
he Union Paciiic-which one would
hink to read the newspapers was the
most depressing monopoly of |
he nineteenth century. II was to
he influence of these New Eng
and characters, he said, that the
people of this country owe their sturdy
qualities. In closing, Mr. Hall quoted
IN eloquent passage OF Daniel Websters
m the subject OF the Puritan churches
ma religion.
Rev MIR. Crane responded TO the toast,
New England Schools, taking occasion
o pay n neat compliment to the aud
cnce, when he said that the best
ROOF Of the thoroughncss of New Eng
and schools was the intelligent gather
ng of the evening. Schools in New
england We're well supported and no
nan there dared to die without incor-
'oratipg II clause in his will leaving a
egacy to some school or college-and
many of them did not dare to live with
mt so doing.
The speaker who was to respond to the
oast, New England Laws" was EXper-
ence Estabrook, That gentleman was
,ot nrn9nnt and Judnro ''Tbur.,on ~, |