National Republican., 1888-03-11

Poruhumta~ or Big Winnie, and advised
himself II savage bride to rear his dtlsky
race and pcrpctuatc his name in that
bliLzarduus region. The poetic fever had
evidently seized Mr.. DOnan, for after
referring IN vague manner to the Cow
punching occupation Of the guest of the
evening he ended with the concluding
lines Of the Byronic sonnet
o, the steer. the festive steer
That kicks the flea from off his ear
The reference to the steer was most
happy one, and the hilarious major
jumped tu his feet with u whoUp that
shook the ceiling, and trOlCd out:
CIT yo' pardncrs, first kwatillion
stump yo, feet an raise EN- high
Tune Is. q dat watcr.milliOn
Gwinc to get to home bmc.by.
When his enthusiasm had been tempo
rarily paruyZcd 10y u few additional glasses
of water the "mujur' resumed his seat
and allowed the next speaker, the Hon.
Robert Jones Vance. alias Rufus to dis
course cluqurntly ON The White Horse in
Connecticut and in Washington That
SOrrcl-tOpped gentleman prciacCd the solid
portion Di his remarks by saving that aS
Major Martin had dropped, like SilaS
WCgg, into poetry. he felt as though the
example waS a good one and ought tO
be followed. lie showed how the
white horse was becoming rarity in Con
nectirut, and then in support of his state
mrnt read the following, which he said
was from the pen of Sarah UlriCh Kelly,
the bard of Shanty Hill:
\ white horse walked New LondOns streets
And he was weak and pale;
His name no longer was his might
The whsk had left his tail
lie sought, In vain, n treasure gone
And frequently he sighed:
lie lost his appetite and then
lie lost his breath and died.
And why. o, why, was this thing SO:
Why was he now n cOrSc?
There was no woman IN that town
with hair To match the horse.
Mr.. Vance then remarked on the i'm
mcnse number Oircd- headed girls in Wash
iugtun, and proved, using the report ot
the tenth census as Il basis, that in seven
years the proportion of authenticated
damSCls will he as one to three of white
horses lie suggested II number of rcmC-
dies for this state of affairs, and they were
received with applause
Amos Jay Cummings was the next ora
tor, and his subject was "rhc ST. CrOix,
the Hudson and the Rio Grandc." The
rclcvanCc of his speech to the subject was
not 81 apparent To the crowd aS il might
have been because things were getting tn
be pretty badly mixed The major was
seated on one end Of the table, with his
feet where Mr.. DOughcrty'S lap ought Ia
have been, and the remainder of the festive
company were scattered like the remains
of tasabianca after he got through wrcst-
ling with that burst of thunder sound.
The only portion of Mr.. Cummings 5
speech that was saved was dragged out hy
one of the walters, and il sounded like this
/ From the highest peaks of the Andes
. Hear that Slrill ancestral
That rolls In liquid hicrOglyphics
The cmpyrcan CragS along.
/ Wild anthropOphagi descending from thcii
SapOnHCCOuS lair
Rciteratc in Soporitic tones their horrd orge'
there.
The last speech waS that of the bcnc'
tiCiary himself and the sentiment t,
which he responded was The Politica
and Agricultural Press At that perioc
the veil dropped, and two hours late
everybody was safe at home without dclin
itcly understanding how they got there.