New-York tribune., 1889-12-24

Y sssosiatons with the New England Society Of New,
York at their festival on the s3d Inst s ra i
/ delivered their anniversary Grafton at lhe ola
Broadway Tabernacle. i was one Of the prGndcs1 >,
occasions of my early life, and would denght 10
recall some Of Its incidents and some OF ts Inspiration
At the dinner to which you so kindly invite me But
T dare NOT think of a Journey to New York and back
Be at home with our children and grsndchlldren
Accent nv sincere thanks for the invitation and my
ocS' "'''"0 ''' ROBERT C. WINTHROP.
MANY Of those present could not help feeling,
despte all the jollity, sorrowful. They rcmcm-
bored that three years before Henry w Grady
had entered the banqueting hall leaning on the
arm of S. w. Fay, and had delivered an address
that will always be remembered as ono of the
most brilliant and eloquent ever spoken before the
society," on the subject with which his life was
bound up and in the cause of which he was labor
ing when he was stricken down" the New South
The following was the menu;
Hutrcs
csD,omme 1avuiperre Tortue verte panslase.
eS"'0""s ,"' Hors d'oeuvre.
Tmbaies Ia Dumas
Poisson.
Bass rass' fdamss Ia as eSie hoandase
Filet de b9sut aux shanpisnOns cham s1tSs ct olives
Entrees
chapons bras@es @ = Ia To. Toulouse s =. r,.,enne.
Terspeno a la Baltimore.
sorbet la Rcgeneo
canvss.bsck duck. csilles.
Froid.
Terrines dc fOiegras a la gelee'
Entreme,s dc dOuceur.
Plum Plum. pudding tsuias ag sHsagon a. chantrny
Fruits. Pctits fourS.
II was printed upon an artistic card, which
mad painted upon it scenes and objects reminiscent
of old Puritan times There was on 1t a repro
ducton of the old seal of Plymouth, New-bngland
Near il was pictured Miles Standishs platter Be
low that was rough wood table, and on IL spread
the Puritan tankard. prayer-book blole ana norm
Another of the pictures on the caro- represented
Miles Standsh making some culinary experiments,
and in that moment and mood when he first dis
covered the possibilities and the beauties oil the
union Of pork and beans
The arrangements for the dinner were maze py
committee composed of the following memqeIs
J. f. Plummcr, ex-Judge Henry Il. Howlanu'
ex Surrogate Rollins and woodbury. hansuTm a'imn
The Rev w. II. p Faunce said grace, praying
that God might bless the sons of the Pnritans, as
lie had blessed the fathers.
THE TOAST LIST.
The following was the toast list, the sentiments
and the speakers:
3Founders of New England James G. Carter
r no a, American Saxondorn and at that little fact
Of the sailing cf the MsyGower from Delft Haven in Hol
land Were OF sense as the Greeks "ere' We
had found poem here one Of Natures own poems suvh
as she writes in broad facts over great continents for
WAS properly beginning OF America; there were suug-
Cling settlers in material as OF BODY there
but the soul of it first this.-Thomas Carlyle.
Faith in God fsith in man. faith in work this Is the
short formula in which may up the teaching of
the founders Of gland creed ample enough for
this life and the next-James Russell Lowell.
0our Country and Its People" John W. Noble,
Secretary of the Interior.
When everything Is thoughtully considered Of all So
cetes is Of importance than that which unites
us with Republic. our parents, children knored
and neghbors are exceeding but the whole round Of
those endearments is embraced in "our Fatherland In
defence Of it who would not dare TO dlef-Ccero
They love their land because 1t IS their own.
And scorn TO give sught other reason why;
Would shake hands with a king upon his throne,
And think it kindness to his majesty.
-Fitz Greene Halleck
"Tbo State Of New-York," Senator Frank Hscock.
Rv your leave I am an officer Of State-Coriolanus.
act 3. scene .
come to talk Of Common wealth arairs-2 Henry VI.
act /, 3.
@The CITY of New.York in the Twentieth Century, y
the Rev. Dr. J. W. Brown.
The pories Of the Possible ours.-Bayard Taylor.
The best of prophets Of the future is the past-Bon
"The Mayor" Hugh ]. Grant.
When the men Of the twentieth century read the
record the past which is our present they Will per
haps wonder at things they will learn; but they
will admire energy and pluck of the Mayor OF 1882
who cleared the streets of unsighty poles and pto'
better than light if light could only be
secured by the daily sacrifice OF human life ask you
to drink to the health Of
HUGH ]. GRANT. Mayor Of the City Of New.York.
"why Are New .Englanders Unpopular'' The Rev.
DR.. II. L. Wayland.
Do you question me as honest should do for my
iudon inch do Nothing,
!. scene /.
Merit less solid less despite had bred:
The that makes character makes foes.
"Boston and Men and Things Therein and There
abouts," George A. Marden.
The farther 1 90 West the convinced am that
the wise came from the East-Joseph Jekyll'
State House s the hub of the solar system you
c&ldn't pry OF a Boston man II you had the
entire Of all creation Strengthened out for crowbar
Oliver Wendell Holmes.
@Unsolved Problems Chauncey NJ. Depew
There are many events in the womb Of time that will
be dclivered.-othello. act l, scene 3.
Since the affairs Of men rest still Uncertain.
Let's reason with the worst that may befall.
Julius Caesar, act g. scene 1.
"The Future Glores of the Western Continent" Dr.
Horacio Guzman, Of Nicaragua.
The vast Republics that may grow,
The Federatons and the Powersl
For we Ancients Of the earth
And in the morning Of the times.-Alfred Tennyson.
"Tbe Army of the United States" General o. o.
Howard.
IT'S brave army and full OF purpose.-Antony and
Cleopatra, act 4, scene 3.
The Navy OF The United states,' Admiral D. L.
Braine
Our severed navy too hath knit sgain.-Antony aud
Cleopatra act 3, 13.
@The Good General General W. 7. Sherman.
The soldiers music and the rites Of
Speak loudly for Mm.-Hamlet act ), scene Q.
" he had been forgotten 1t had been
As gap IN our great foastMacboth, act 3, scene L.
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