Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-10-01

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EXTRAORDINARY TOAsTs.
Odd Sentiments which Have Been Uttered
Over the Bowl.
From the Philadelphia telegraph.
ITO the Old Man Over the Water was q
favorite toast in the reign Of William III drank
also by the Jacobites when George III was king
with the modification, however, that ITO the
kinge' 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
reasonable as well, while even the manner OF
Williams death gave the Jacobite tipplers an
opportunity OF exercising their wit in passing
the bottle. As history relates William died OF
injuries received by his horse Sorrel stumbling
over a molehill in the park near Hampton
| court, and throughout Anne's reign the toast OF
''To the Health Of the Little Gentleman in
Black" meaning thereby the mole which had
thrown up the fatal hiilock, was drunk with all
due solemnity by those who still remained faith
full to "the old man far away"
Nor we're the Jacobites alone In Offering a
libation to their political sympathies, and the
famous Orange Toast" composed after Will
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Irish admirers, is a fitting illustration Of the
spirit Of the times. "To the glorious, 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 Will
liamite to kick-a Jacobite! 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, q west
wind blow him to the east; may he have dark
night. lee shore, rank storm and leaky
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 brings to recollection the story Of
another toast. DIR. Egerton, Bishop Of Durham,
on coming to that see employed person Of the
name Of Due as bis 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
drunk in the bishopric: MAY the Lord take the
bishop and the devil have his Due"
Not SO very many years ago a famous actress
created no little stir by proposing at a banquet
toast that, however creditable II may have
been to her patriotism, was certainly under the
circumstances in rather poor taste, but the in
cident has precedent in the story Of politi-
cal toast In the reign of William III. 1t is said
teat the French. German and English ambas-
sailors we're dining together in the reign Of
Louis XIV. Upon rising to give toast the first
calmly proposed 1.-THE Rising Sum-" 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 1.-THE Moon," in compliment to his mis-
tress, the 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 pro-
posal of such toasts impossible, such a meeting
| as that described could never have occurred.
Probably no toast ever caused more sensation
than did the one proposed by the Duke Of Nor
folk at o dinner of the Wing Club in May, 1888
The duke, who was known as one of the most
slovenly dressed men of his day. who had made
himself particularly conspicuous 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 CONSERVATION among the
majority OF the 1000 guests present by inviting
them to drink to '.Our Sovereign, the People"
The. toast cost him the lord lieutenancy
of the West Riding Of Yorkshire, which he
OF the command of his regiment of militia;
while Fox. who supported him. and who
at a subsequent meeting Of the Wing Club
proposed the toast of 1.-THE Sovereign People, :"
narrowly escaped q prosecution for sedition,
and indeed did have his name erased from the
list of privy councillors. Yet another Duke of
Norfolk-who died during the present century
came near perpetrating toast that would no
doubt have achieved considerable fame He
had just completed the restoration Of Arundel
Castle, and his intention was to celebrate the
event by inviting as his guests all the living de-
scendants Of his ancestor, Jockey of Norfolk.
The said guests were to drink Continued good
fortune to the house of Howard" but the dis
covery that there were at least 5000 persons
who could rightfully claim to participate in
the event proved an insurmountable bar to the
proceedings.
Toasts of q miscellaneous character, and into
which the elements of political rancor have not
entered, have often become famous. Some have
been especially grim in character, but perhaps
none ever equaled the weird "Hurrah for the
| next that dies" which was drunk with musical
honors by the reckless middies Of man-of- war
at a time when the yellow fever was making
promotion speedy by its awful ravages. ITO
yellow jack" many q cup has been emptied.
| and the perils Of a campaign have time out of
number given birth to sentiments that else-
whore than on battlefield men would shrink
from uttering. The ladies, too, have had their
share OF this form OF compliment, and 'the
beautiful Miss Cummings" were only two among
countless beauties to whom the wild bloods ~
other days offered homage "across the walnuts
and the wine" But surely there never was A
toast Drumming over with audacity and double
meaning like the following which is said to
have been given by Smeaton. 1t ran TINS.
Dam the canals, sink the coal pits, blast the
minerals, consume the manufactures and dis
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