Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-12-30
BILL NYE'S BANQUET.
,s4evlLLs's COMPLIMENTS TO The
NATIONAL IumoRlsT.
.. rssporse 60 a roasf lie Makes a Char
se,eris,ic speech with Some of Hns
history IN it-origlnal Cartoons,
.snn-Ial lelesran . tae IlIslatch.l

special telegram % tee Dtslatch.l
,smvu1r. n. c.. December 20. Tho
,.r.ue, tonight at Hattery-Park Hotel in
,...ro, Edgar W. Ne. whom every BODY
t..os ss Bin Nye." has been brilliant
.s.r 70 was rendered by some o. the
...,.ant.al and prominent citizens in re.
.rrs1n Of what his pen has dono for
... city and the "land OF the skyes. -
l.s, thirty gentlemen were present.
,..r- them were Senator Vance, Just re-
..-.et from abroad; also, Ex-Governor
..uan With such wits as Vance and
>,... ,hc social board the occasion could
.f.tc been otherwise than memorable.
...4.u ". T. l}reese president Of the
r.. National Bank. was MASTER Of cere-
... senator Vance was called ont by
4rfampiu toast aud made character.
... speech. full Of wit and hard sense.
BILL NyE's SPEECH.
,4 Ne replying 90 the toast. The
....fDf The Evening" after an Off-haAd
.. lose or two Suggested by the % casion
.. f.w moments devoted 20 the humor-
...4s az his association with Buncombo
..-. struck a more serious vein, and
w.. other things told the history of
..-reatiOn with the press Of
~
- q. le So closely identified with
lIye years ago he came 20
... broken down in health. having
.I ali his lecture engagements for
..tar. and So enlAciated that he came
.....-f. looking like the cuts now made
f.au he has ever since he came be-
N. was so thin and SO sensitive TO
.. that he wanted to find a tropical
. ,r the winter, whore the nightin-
10 1. 4. 0 A.. 4.
.. the palmetto and the jackass
... . s. tJ1ts mate IN the cleaning"
HIS COLD GBEtTISG.
H.. p. was greeted with two feet Of
... .-. "a Manitoba wave that froze the
..., .u the French Broad and delayed
..... jog "a week. II was pretty severe on
.....a invalid living IN house with
.... - exposure. a cottage that would
..... vainuts, house that would not
H.ihing but grown people, II was so
mia where tho wind-tOssed carpet
.r. saas * TO look al II. One Sab
r.. ..-ug tho storm. after reading
..t.r from JOb and shOvellng
path 20 the we'll with q
A SCI. dressed IN a seersuckeT coat
b.. ..,A.l1w straw hat. ana a pair of ear
- nitle girls asked him TO make
,... .'urc. lie Is an amateur artist
.. t0 draw odd people 10 please the
..... so Ge made with pen and ink a
.. . himself IN his sunny southern
sanding waist-deep IN the snow,
-..r-ucker coat and n general Long
'..... style of clothes surmounted with
.....f- and armed with fire-shCvel.
1uE oLIGINAL CARTOON.
- e., the original Nye cartoon, which
DID,. .a. followed by scores Of others, as
g.. , worse IN appearance, but on the
- .-i,r The picture struck him as
,.....e funny and too good TO throw
.s... .l De- wrote "A half-column letter 10
Hl TO-, p0kng fun at his tropical
and himself incidentally; and as
.. ..-.l was the acknowledged leader in
... .'ter If speedy and accurate repro
t. Oi pCu-and-ink drawing, he sent 1t
D t. . 80 paper. Colonel COckrill, then
.. clifton. was greatly delighted with
ava ly return mail came a
.nI an offer which made the hungry
.I-eye1 hlm0rst dance his cele-
.-. t4uv elephant glide. and, TO make
,. ..-'ury short. Colonel Cockrill on be-
Ar. Pulitzer wrote MIR. kye that a
..-. would not stand between them or
.-..-t au arrangement. Mr.. Nye went To
... I.~k aud with the Word began a
.t.rou. and successful engagement,
st.. .. Dds, grown into the syndicate letter,
... .Iliy very comfortable traffic with
o.. American people. all Of which acci-
r.-..y grew out of that unusual winter in
l......".
IT'S GRATEFUL HIATT.
Is 81: surprising. hs added, that nv
memories Of Ashvyille are PLEASANT, and
p.t.t.o health II has given Inc and mine
accept with q grateful heart tonight
~. indy and generous hospitality and
3D.. su-ct | am glad ! am TO be your
.ljur, glad that here in this beautiful
MI lsnlth-growing valley of the French
where every angle OF the road gives
g.. o. Low picture and calls forth a
..s .y.amation Of delight, we may
.. I'D together, gentlemen; not
o. ..r.v and violently, as DO those who
..t.. t.r fortune on'Wall street, swapping
v..t. and strength for sudden wealth and
f..'..-.i health, hut beautifully and
.4..ra.'v as tue rich eoloring Of your own
...I- sunsets change and soften into the
i-r and mellow twilight Of an October
tfs-.g.