Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1888-03-07

able, but which at the same time seemed to
open up an entirely new line Of thought
from what had intended 10 follow.
i was about TO administer tart rebuke
70 Mr.. Jerome when l happened to re-
member his greater age and resolved not
TO do so. My attention was also at this
time attracted by the sounds Of music. 1t
was Tyrolean air, and referred TO the
Derby Ram, which seems TO have a wild
fascination for the gentlemen Of the club,
and when such voices as those Of Wayne
MacVeagh, General Horace Porter, Colonel
Thomas Y. Ochiltree, COl6hel McCaull and
Colonel Mcclure join in the refrain, it
IL well worth going TO Philadelphia and
sitting up till long after nine o'clock to hear
SO / decided not TO speak while these
well-known vocalists were engaged in song.
As they were encored, they obliged by
singing Maryland, My Maryland" with
improvisations by the great impresario,
Mr.. Jerome.
then stood on the other leg awhile and
tried TO recall what / had said, which had
reminded the auditors Of these songs, But
could not. In al my remarks so far, al
though had been on my feet twenty min
utes or so, had carefully avoided saying
any thing that would call forth an attack
Of this kind. had used no language which
would naturally provoke such men as
Colonel Taylor or Colonel Mcclure 10 song.
Ithcn stood on the other leg, and tried TO ex-
press In my poor, weak way "A few withered
thoughts, but / hated TO interrupt other
people who were engaged in a conversation
which reminded me Of those delightful little
tetc-a-tetes for which tho Stock Exchange is
noted all over the world. SO / sat down
after repeating and emphasizing what had
previously said, and which is given above.
Twas on my feet about twenty minutes,
but during that time l can say truthfully
that l said nothing which / now regret.
People afterwards spoke Of my impressive
manner, and said / also used rare discre-
ton in avoiding so many unpleasant feat
ures which are apt TO stir up Il-feeling at
such time.
They named whole columns OF things
which | had thus evaded, and every one said
that IL had erred at all it was in the direc-
ton ofconservatism. All the members of the
club who expressed any opinion about it
said that they were in favor of printing my
remarks with n rubber stamp
The Glover Club is one of the most enjoya-
BILE and unconventional i'm the world. Some
Of the most eminent men Of America and
Europe have made gestures at these annual
dinners.
They have in the possession Of the club
silver gridiron costing over $500, believe,
and loving-cup which passes from one to
another early in the evening, and as the
lower end Of "a mans face disappears in
this cup, and while he is standing up, his
name is called. This is the introduction to
the members and the guests.
Many of the greatest and wisest Of our
public men have quenched their thirst in
this loving-cup
IL is an excellent place for the formation
OF pleasant friendships and the acquisition
Of knowledge. 1t is also the only place
know of in America where kindergarten
orators, armed with keen appreciation of
themselves and a stentorian voice, obtain
calm and unprecedented estimate of their
abilities.
There can be no more comfortable sensa-
ton, fancy, than to be guest at one of
these annual dinners, with the personal
recognizance of the president in your peck
ct binding himself not to call upon you for
speech and certifying that you have pre-
viously had fair and impartial trial on the
charge that you were a good after-dinner
speaker and that you have proved an alibi.
Bill, NYE