Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-11-17
SOME EXTRAORDINARY ToAsTs.

tered Over tho Bowl
''To the Old Man Over the Water"
was a favorite toast in the reign of
William I'LL; drank also by the Jacob
ties when George II. was king. with
the modification, however, that s'To
the King!" were the only words uttered,
the glasses being held over bowl of
water. so implying the king over the
water. Confusion to the King" also
speedily became famous and treasona-
BILE as well, while even the manner of
Williams death gave the Jacobite tip
piers an opportunity of exercising their
wit in passing the bottle. AS history
relates, William died from injuries re-
ceived by his horse Sorre1 stumbling
over molehill in the park near Hamp-
ton court, and through Anne's reign
the toast of ITO the Little Gentle
man in Black" meaning thereby the
| mole which had thrown up the fatal
hillock, was drunk with all due solem-
nifty by those who still remained faith
full to the ''old man far away"
Nor were the Jacobites alone in Of
fering ibation to their political SYM
pathies, and the famous s'Orange
Toast" composed after Williams death
and drank with enthusiasm by his Irish
admirers, is fitting illustration of
the spirit of the times. ITO the glori-
Gus, pious and immortal memory of the
just and good King William $50 it RAM,
not forgetting Oliver Cromwell, who
assisted in redeeming US from popery,
slavery, arbitrary power, brass money
and wooden shoes. May we never
want Williamite to kick-a Lacobite!
and he that won't drink this,
whether he be bishop, priest, deacon,
bellows-blower. grave-digger, or any
other of the fraternity of the clergy,
may a north wind blow him to the
south, west wind blow him to the
east; may he have a dark night, a lee
shore, rank storm, and a 1eaky vessel
to carry him over the river Styx."
Some part of the toast is necessarily
omitted, but enough is given to show
the kindly feeling toward their political
opponents which animated the wine
bibbers of the period. Reference to the
clergy bring to recollection the story of
another toast. DIR. Egerton, bishop of
Durham, on coming to that see en-
ployed a person of the name of Due as
his agent to find out the true value of
the estates held by lease under him,
| and, in consequence of Dues report,
greatly raised both the fines and rents
of the tenants, on which the following
toast was frequently drank in the
bishopric: ''May the Lord take the
| Bishop and the Devil have his Due."
Not SO very many years ago famous
actress created no little stir by propoS-
ing at banquet a toast that, however
creditable it may have been to her
patriotism, was certainly under the
| circumstances in rather poor taste,
but the incident has a precedent in the
story of a political toast in the reign Of
| William III. It is said that the French,
| German and English ambassadors were
dining together in the reign of Louis
Nv. Upon rising to give a toast the
| first calmly proposed ''The Rising Sun, ~
| in honor of his master, such being the
| device of Louis. with the motto "Nec
! pluribus impair This was promptly
capped by the German envoy, who gave
''The Moon,'' in compliment to his mis-
| tress, Empress Maria Theresa. but it
was left for the English representative
| to trump both their tricks by modestly
| giving the health of Joshua, the son
of Nun, who made both sun and moon
| to stand still" The anecdote is good
one, but unfortunately history, in the
matter of the respective reigns of the
parties represented, proves that, apart
from ordinary courtesy, which must
have rendered the proposal of such
toasts impossible. such meeting as
that described could never have oc-
Cured. --..
o1,a1, II foa \ cod
sensation than did the one proposed by
Wing club in May, 179s. The duke,
who was known as one of the most
slovenly-dressed men of his day, who
had made himself particularly conspic-
uous by wearing short hair when cues
were in fashion, and who had, when
earl of Surrey, renowned the church OF
Rome, on the occasion referred to
spread surprise and consternat ton
among the majority of the two thou
sand guests present by inviting them to
drink to ''Our Sovereign. the People. I"
The toast cost him the lord 1ieutenancy
of the West riding of Yorkshire, which
he then held, and brought about his
deprivation of the command of his regi-
ment of militia; while Fox, who sup
ported him. and who at subse-
guent meeting of the Wing club
proposed the toast of 1.-THE Sover-
eign People," narrowly escaped a
prosecution for sedition, and in
deed did have his name erased from the
list of privy councillors. Yet another
duke OF Norfolk-who died during the
present century-came near perpetual
ing a toast that would no doubt have
achieved considerable fame. He had
just completed the restoration of Arun-
del castle, and his attention was to
celebrate the event by inviting as his
guests all the living descendants OF his
ancestor, Jockey of Norfolk. The said
guests were to drink continued good
fortune to the cause of Howard" but
the discovery that there were at least
six thousand persons who could right
fully claim to participate in the event
proved an insurmountable bar to the
proceedings
Toasts of a miscellaneous character.
and into which the elements of polit-
ical rancor have not entered, have often
become famous. Some have been es-
pecially grim in character, but perhaps
none ever equaled the weird .'Hurrah
for the next that dies" which was
drank with musical honors by the reck-
when the yellow fever was making pro-
motion speedy by its awful ravages.
''To yellow jack many a cup has been