New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-12-23
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| ADMIRATION FOR THE PURITAN CHARACTER.
But all these things aside sitting at these tables
has higher admiration for the Pilgrim Fathers than
have-the men who believed In two great doctrines
which the foundation of every religion that Is worth
anything; namely. the fatherhcod OF God and the
brotherhood OF man. these of backbone and endowed
with that great and magnificent attribute OF stick toi
iveness Macaulay said that no one ever sneered NJ t
Prtsns who had met them halls OF debate crossed
swords with them the field Of battle. Applause
They sometimes DETAINED for their rigorous sabnains,
at all Its said that they destroyed witches wish tnai
they had cleared them all out for the world is i Oh
has not sometimes been bewtched let him hold up his
glass of aughter II Is said that these roae
kissed his wife he asked blessing, aud aferward said
Having received another favor from the Lord let us re-
turn thanks. lIaushterl But our great need now is
more religion in everyday life. 80
think their plain diet had much tn do with their rug
gedness Of nature They had not many good things 10
eat as we have and they had better digestion NOW az
feens at BE pit of their stomach and the food taken falls
10 assnilate and in the agated digestive organs tue
thew SV have ie mind mind TO- Laughter After dinner sat
down with my friend to talk He had for many years
sisted on his taking that last piece OF lemon pie Knew
that pastry always made him crusty said 70 hm IA
putting hand one piece Of lemon pie ana 'ne
other hand the other piece OF lemon pie ne mo- old
| fathers, but it did them more good
| vANITIEs OF THE FOREFATHERs
STILL take IL all in ALL think the descendants OF the
Pilgrim Fathers are good their ancestors, and in
many ways better Children are apt TO be an echo OF
their ancestors. We apt to put halo around the
Forefathers but expect that at age they were very
much like ourselves People not wise when they long
for the good old days They say Just think OF the
pride OF people this day Just look at the ladies' hats
Laughter Why there is nothing in the ladies' hats OF
today equal to the coascute hats hundred years ago
They say: Just look at the way people dress their
har! Why, the EXTREMIST style of today Will not equal
mt IN vii
thought would have made our greatsrandiatners de
high on the top OF that tower lay white Shoes
OF bespangled white KID and heels two or three inches
high Grandfather went out meet her on the floor
with of skyblue silk and vest of white satin en-
broidered with gold lace lace rules around ms wrist ana
his hair flung in queue. The great George washington
had his horses hoofs backened when about to appear on
parade and writes TO Europe ordering sent Tor the use
himself and family silverlaee hat one pair OF sill
yer shoe-huckles q coat made OF fashionable silk. one
pair of gold sleevcbutons six pairs OF KID gloves one
dozen most fashionable cambria pockethandkeromels
beside rufies and tucker That was George Laughter
fashioned sdeboard Did not have an old relative who
always, when visitors used to go upstairs and take
drink through economical habits not Offering anymng
to his viSorsf Laughter On me od-lasmohed Tram,
ing days the most sober were apt TO take day TO
70 f6e9 bt their hard Cider mint ep
methegn, hot toddy and lemonade in which the lemon
for the broad brimmed hats and silver kneebuckles
Talk OF dsspang parties OF to-day and Keeping or late
sagetungs and tea parties and Dances that for hearth
and uproar utterly ecpsed all the wazes lancers
they went home till morning. And as to the old
time courtshps oh, my Washington Irving describes
But though your orefahers may not have been much
any, better than yourselves let us e1to them Tor inc TACT
laid the foundation for American manhood The founda
ton must be solid and firm and unyielding than
any other part on that Puranic ounda
ton safely build all nationalities Applause
Let remember that the coming American Is to be an
admlxture of all foreign bloods In about twenty-five or
fifty years the model American will step forth. He VIII
ners of the French the artistic taste of the Italian the
stanch heart of the English the steadas piety OF tie
Scotch the lightning wit of the rish and when he steps
forth bone muscle brain entwned with the hbres
all naonalities the nations will break out in the cry;
Columbus discovered only the shell of this country.
AgaSsh came and discovered ossfercus america sl-
man came and discovered geological America Audubon
and discovered poetic America and there are halfdozen
other Americas yet TO be discovered
BACK FROM THE WAR.
Inever realized what this country and is on the
day when frstsaw ofthese gentlemen of the Army
and Navy. 1t when at the close of the War our
armies back and marched in review before the
Presidents stand at Washington. do not care whether
a man was Republican or Democrat Northern man
or Southern IL he had any emotion of nature he
oOs nS e eeae the heaven Of
cloud and mist and cn and sprung the blue sky as
nm hrn aae iG MeSs he Spring ase out It's
welcome as the hosts came over me hills ana the spark
the battaons they came 70 the Long Bridge and In al
most ntermnsble line passed over The Capitol never
majestic that morning, snowy white looking
down upon the tides OF men that came surgng down.
bilow after bllow Passing In silence yet heard in
every step the thunder of conflicts through which they
had waded and seemed to dripping from their smoke
backened flags the blood of our countrys martyrs For
the best part days stood and watched the fling
of what seemed endless battaons brigade after br
gade division division host after host rank beyond
rank-ever moving, ever passing marching
terry 'front.' shoudered. columns sold shoulder to
shoulder wheel to wheel charger to charger nosrl to
Commanders on horses with their names entwned with
and necks enchaned with garands fractions at the
shouts that along the line, increasing from the clap
ping of children clothed in white. standing on the steps
the Capitol 10 the tumultuous voceraton or hundreds
of thousands OF enraptured multitudes, crying huzza
huzza. Cleaning muskets, laundering parks Of artillery
| rumbling pontoon wagons, ambulances from whose
wheels seemed to sound out the groans OF the crushed
from bamy Minnesota, those from Illinois prallles These
were often hummed 10 sleep by the pines OF oregon
| those were New-England umbermen. Those came ont
coal shafts OF Pennsylvania side by size IN one
great cause cOnsecrated through fire and storm and dark
ness brothers in peril, their way home from Chance
| louisville and Kenesaw Mountain and Fredericksburg,
| in lines that seemed infinite they passed on
We gazed and wep md wondered lifting up our heads
if the end had come hut no! Looking from one END
| OF that long avenue the other saw them yet in
solid column battery front host beyond host wheel 10
wheel charger linden e Ca aSt Forwar
Their bayonets caught In the sun gnmered ana flashed
and bazed, till they seemed like one long river OF silver
ever and anon changed into river of gold No end to
procession rest for the We yeeed our heads
from the scene unable longer look We felt disposed
to stop ears but still heard IT, marching march
| ing-tramp, tramp tramp But hush, uncover every
head Hero they pass, the remnant of ten men OF
on and wiring their hands. But wheel into line all ye
people, North, South East West-all decades all centt
RES all millenniums Forward, the whole line Huzza
| Huzza!
GENERAL SHERMAN HEARTILY RECEIVED.
| When the cheers which followed Dr. Talmages
brilliant peroraton had subsidized the chairman