New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-01-28
THE PEACOCK DINNEH.

And over the whole with ouNprcad wings
peacock "Sprcading lis wings hallway 10 the
ceiling" SAYS the graphic chroncler OF the &C.
ca>ion, "and guarded by turkeys ana oco''n
phcasln;S in full feather below and AROUND IT,
Roautiful. beautiful bird And most appiopr-
atclv guarded Then astonishing pyramids oi
mails phca>an,s and other game birds, whose
Lrown-roa,ted skins were hidden for the
time within their natural covering Of feathers
skilfullv replaced. caught and held the eye.
Did not 50 hold it though but that il could
catch the view of fcstopnS Of flag. OF " TWEEN
tv-,ne covers" Of high backed lcathcr-cpNeIcd
chairs" Of "a large oblong table covered win
wonderful creations from the club kitchen ana
oycrloo king the whole business a portrait OF
General Jackson
If was a brilliant scene; an historic occasion.
JJoro in q iph-backcd chair sat David H. Hill
there just in front of him perchcd the peacock
above both beamed General Jackson Hanged
around we're statesmen Ct familiar names ana
recognized capacity, some with NlGcWhiNhcrN
and some with " whiSiers trimmed carefully 10
a point-' some wore sc mbruld'rcd WnSicod'H
with gold buttons" some had "a wealth OF
snowy shirt bosom in the centre OF which "A
spa,kling diamond cleaned icrcey." Joseph
! O'Donohue and Senator Hill smiled joyfully
at each other" Judge TruaX was there with
= flower in hir button hole" and "a little IatcI
Governor Albeit. of Ncw-Jcr>cy, appeared and
WAS handed around like plate of refreshments
Next TO Hill sat Cram. Cram is Dock Com
missioner. AT one point in the proceedings.
viyidly described by the chromcler, Senator lilll
clicked down the length If the mammoth room
where the crowd was surglng 70 and iro' ana
turning 10 Cram, while the peacock and the
ouai1s and the phcasantS and other game birds,
conscious that they had been cooked to a turn
and had nothing but dead feathers with which
to futter their emotions viSby leaned to listen,
said: There seems to be something going on
here tonight" The peacock and the quailN and
tho phcasantS and other game birds, together
with the turkeys and Scotch pheasans which
guarded the peacock, were vlslbly affected
There was "A rllStng of feathers all over the
table. Cram made no answer. But General
Jackson clearly and distinctly smiled out of his
gilt frame, and Tammany Sycamore who was
lust taking his third appetizer is confident that
he heard the words gurglhIG out Of the canvas
like new rum from an old bottle, Bless you, my
childr' There had been nothing said like
this since the great Senator startled a great
audience by the remark " ] am "A Democrat" ~
1t seemed to the watchers of the skies as if the
Senator had struck his climacteric and Cram was
at his periheion. Then, as the record runs, g the
walters ruthlessly stripped the plumage from the
roasted game birds" An aegory of great sig
niGcance, There was the banquet all prepared.
The :" logic of the situation family tuttcred on
the peacock and the quails and the pheaslntS and
the other game birds, famed by the gusty en-
| tance of arriving guests Then-ah. then
what "reminiscences the story wakens in the Mug
wump breast -" the walters ruthlessy stripped
the plumage from the roasted game birds"
Roasted Aye; roasted 70 Crisp.
IL was gay festive scene. The peacock
and the quails and the pheasants and the other
game birds. and Cram and the fcstooncd flags
and the gas and General JacksOn-all formed
in the language dealt out in handsome portions
on the bill-of-fare and perfectly comprehendcd
by all the guests at some time during the even