New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-03-01

truth teaching - t. speak the lines Of duty. That our
solemn commission t flemish daylight To Gods chd'ch
l.. fIlnlcd bv every pen t"'t l. r'pl'N'""" w
hand hcs. Tonight. (Aplla'sc'
The great treat Of the evening. 1t must De- "''
nitted wifi dcf"rcuce to every oth"r sp'amF. was
t. charming addr,-,, If Joseph Jefferson l"crc
wa, nu,c suggestive If Zip Van Wnhc III III, VT
.oual,v of m, GENIAL faced young old man VINO slt
beside the chairman throughout tho evening i'"''
to J, was a -pl,ndid greeting when MI Jefferson
received Il, the hands Of hi, fellow authors. Ills
speech Ia r follows;
,.ntlcmcn: I need how | thank Won Tor tu'>
rcn,rou, greeting. On very Sai ua' your "'''"S
3D., r.an h1- defined position. kn'" was t''1
bar ! ID not know was an author H""c| r. W."
,..n my r.u,,as hc,c because | think II I, apIropfiu"
=, AN author club to quote from able ani 50 lo''y
na1 o., ,harlc, Lamb. Charles Lamp ma '''i ',''' Wv
yoI 3. G,lrd into Two classes. those VA" ar DOT" "
ior-. ,tI those horn 10 lend AMI II you halI''
,. b.. - IT, laur las why dc IT che rf"y' 40" Wv
world ,..n., 10 Dee divided into two Other rn--r'' ""
VINO az. always anxious maxi speeches AMI 'hos' VINO
ND, not II II TIE latter when YOU ar" rather uncertain
u ,our.L / am now and 'ou have 10 MAXI 'i''''
,l.v 4, j, ch',rfullv. lAppliu''J
- Kim, a speech chN rfuly and making checHu'
.f..t az. two different matters i'uthpr anu ap'
inns. You know how dnnr 1t j. for any man
, .,,f.r away from the legitimate paths OF his pro-
800, a,r I have ben oyer-lmlrrun mt; have
,n ,..n rud. .nousa e>h'i, my picture; in!'rui"n
nou-h a. W.T." book. hay" h''or" al a''"VF u
m i,r ,rI The authors have kindly admitted m ana
A''l"''t''
.,..-r, mint I presume that The orators VIII ihNit"
H., t. th..r io,ri lNrp'ai-cI am Amos a'n''ru
~ RS ~. SUMPTION and IL would serv" M very ''E"'
Il failed to-norrow n,h' TINT VIII rA'h nv "'t''
lf. sal oN;'ui M" n"h of nv operation" '' '"''''
cut 3. d, curious thu, Is one path in which the
actor awar- Nand.rs-h always lk'' 10 b" lnnu""''.
II f q 90, l,u, tane the actors Of Inra" o'
.,!I.e IN O.. odcn tinos you must ron'mh r. t'at VIZ
hal none hut Tn,.h actor, In ths country ana ~ soon
- ,hc, came her. thcy i Ia own land They Couldn't
4, i, IN In4l,nl The elder Booth owned farm u
Il .Iiirr 1hona, Cooper. the c"lcbia|d I'hp"'h "d'
-,dan bought firm near philadelphia ana j.
4. ..t,. act he Is tn first man WI" '''t """''
f,.. tro'finc hos, America. H. u-i T." driN' 'r"''
IN. ,,ri to rehearsal =, the hcatr'. ana O''N" '"S
.,v.u know occasions when III '"hN .N'' ''",
Jaw even to drive night af'cr"ard. t'n'Sh'''
Iolouin, ard cnua'ng III" eNamp" oil my l!u''''ou,
,r.l... o.. / became a farmer VIII MT a'ud I" MY
niuttioI n Lou.-linl. Nv r''oI '"N'' CIV VI '
h,. not heard from him a'".y bat am toll BE- taxes
,v GOOD car. ~ 10. ti.aught"rl trust h"rc was 10
,tc..iol II dl-tru>t iI,,l part l'"ne"'d "u'h"rI
mt allute 10 nv farm In NcwIcr-cv. have NOT t''"
% -uqc.,iu q, Mr. Burroughs, but was a''i"'Vr ~
an advertisement and bought farm IN Nr"'1''N'N
WEE. out mt c>anln" TIA" soil rIl inc nom
,,,,,.. vim vn. nbou, - sell this pace uh't
tbo,pht the son looked rather thin u'tN was E'''
deaf ~ gravel. lie told ne th"' th' RfaN'i wa, Wv
fin =. thing for DRAMA. in the world told him hal
hard t,i but Ind always p'c-nmd m'' J. 'n' '",'
Ca, underneath +. would answer the purpose h'ttr II"
,,l: ..No at all: this soil i Of that chan''r u'' u
ul d,oln both wav'l aughterl-by what h. termed
Thin. cai,rlllary attraction daughter ana aW""u'r'
fought the farm and myself To work m increase the
,t,, Of nv shoulders. help appetite ana e" fo''h
,lout th, work 81 farm. even "'ht :" l." u ="
,,,,, t,c example -ct BY Mr. burroughs. ana split e
,,t | did not succeed at that. Oi course. a. MI
rur,ouphs wi.cy remarks heat comes at hoth ems "
r.s when You split wood and again whrn S"n burn IT,
but ~ only lived at my farm during the '""%r
time it bcc,nic quit unnecessary IN N""'''''E " ,l
,,oi m ,ulv ana farming operations were h"' SUI
a Immense quantity on cHlVh'HS WI"
they all turned on, 10 be- roo-t"r'. (LauRht'rl h'o
r.olNcd-I presume A. william Ny" say '"'"' '' '
10 carry IL would carry on that arm ~ o"R ~ NY
Wife, money lasted daughter and Applause.
,,, ,, ,,..h,n wa. whcn my Ald'rncy bull got into
,h greenhouse There nothing 10 stop HIM bu' ','
,,r,., II, tossed the now r pots flSht anu e'" Jun
% .ui the flowers that bloom III u'e 'l''"H :,
~, such a wreck aud an fully cohNlh''u 'h'' u''
-, ,ho, viii stop thoroughly w"ll-bred
bun but u ml-brcd South american" "'
u,ught.rl went down 9 look AZ thc lu
and the devastation that this animal had mace anu
rornd him quietly catins black Hamburg s"p''' W..
,, ANYTHING inner than black Hamburg grapes ior NJ
tcrn.y bulls. (I.aught'r n iri'hn oil "n"" ""o ~
,,riuo me- for my farming procVlte'' Sa'u l NV
y,,c cot In some confusion hc'e IL loo"s ~ Inc iron"
ccnr tna gentleman thrrc-that stranger IN Tue gnrh
,on..-that you're trying to rails" early bulls uhuer
glass Laughter. Well viii not TIRE you VIII"
these experiences - A., ..
can only congratulate Mr. burroughs upon MS success
a h., TINT YOU wi symIathile with me- upon my
failure and now thea allow 10 conclude my crude re-
marks BY thanking You for the very hihu '''r III ""'
,u have listened To- NY remarks and my eNr"i1enee ana
,..tt yoii thv are OF them true. And thank YOU.
- for YOUR Kind Introduction. which am AFRAID do not
Icr,c And 80 gentlemen. wish you success and hap
nine, and long lie your honorable club loud ap
plausc long contnu'd)
The nest speaker was Pirke 60d"in' VINO SAID;
am very proud 10 80 many members OF your So
cirtv It takes back 10 the early days OF literature
n New. York when eminent men Of letters few
in numher Their, was the brisk aud burly Cooper. who
l,oscd more Ike a captain than an author; IN"
MODEST and genial Irving who always had twinkle in his
eyes and lisp his tongue who seemed 10 surround
hiuet with an lmO pcr Of codness but when you had
.uc penetrating this reserve yon found him Ia b.
one OF ihr most delightful and loyiblc Of men, There
So, one hon did not knowI mean IIawthornc-hmsch
30 modes, and shy nobody else knew him except the
EDITOR, OF one or TWO naQa7inds and his family.
Mr. Goodwin introduced IIalleck and Bryant ms
authors of the cider times whom he knew, and
dw.it on some "reminiscences II those earlier days
in the history OF American literature Ending his
REMARKS he sud: u hope that the old generation