New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-23

| man silenced the jingling OF glasses ana coHee
Guns with his gavel In his welcome 10 MS
euests Mr. Beaman raised frequent outbursts
| NJ laughter with his bright witticsms especially
in his humorous comments upon some Oh the
vlands that had been prepared After"aro MT
Beaman spoke upon the present condluoh Oh the
! cie,v mentioning among other things. that
,s funds had increased by $4,000 Dropping
his voice 10 a sympathetic tone. MIR. Beaman
read the names Of forty-two members VINO hao
died in the year. and he referred also TO the
great loss which the President had sustained by
| the death of his mother. AS tricute to their
memories the members. at the suggestion OF
Mr.. Beaman, rose to their feet In pody. MI
Beaman spoke. in part. as follows
| Gentlemen OF the New England Society,", and our
tonight There is one thing tns' b has
| But, you viii see that two gavels and they
each Of them are to 2GSseFys society no
have more pleasure than | am having tonight: as
| last wear il happened that l. by sickness, was
unable to be here but the most GT3teta IF
regard and sympathy in my sickness ana also tne
Other fact that while was absent no loss clnd
himself the vce-president. was here IN my steao
h4 yo have 1 been H fed 0ngh With that
England dnner-not that we got at home Dut tnae
dnmer ssttEe 'r HewYork
goldfish was from the Grand Banks and your oys-
lcoS ES H. Down daughter Your ducks are from
NANTUCKET and instead Of being fed on celery naa
TERI And YOU notice he peculiar Ty Srro Of ID ,h yS
mink those came from? Some of the members OF
my family said to get earned beans They u SAD
haTe Car5 T beans said that we would have
genuine Boston baked beans. and those baked beans
where they came f11W IGey cane Gmnghte The
IHor,N ird-
r baked beans Was fOna , By Gf nsS
states daughtsr) He happened to gnd dd 5Nq
hard and some Of them may have been In,IS
has S S9d thOsf aa aff ns Tkore may
much Boston in them. but there Is great uea'
of brains In them.
NOW. AS TO PIE.
Now. about your pie Senator Hoar said: why
don't you have more pe?' N-aushter) lie cams
from concord where Emerson lived and never had
less than four kinds OF pie. but have had three
kinds of pie l DO not like to speak of this eS-
acty for these ladies in the gallery are The wives
of the distinguished orators VINO are Miin
orators said to me ''Beaman. would like some OF
nat pie but ny wife rd IS so IN tne have not eaten as
much as we otherwise would have -, But inc PIE
c. from what is KNOWN as wo Gne Hxcsanse
furnishes that kind OF pie that We were brought up
and the r9 0n 6 ; Vo not eat than
two pieces and that extra PIECE ieel mn d W. ~
y ySt noe to the Wcmans EXCHANGE 1t is char
ity in which some OF you and are n,eiGSeo;; S nr
sympathy and charity. and they make good pies
u%S O,s What comes next? The Medtord rum. No
Medford rum was ever frozen. Senator Iioar t re9
to pour this edford rum out ana ,eu s1pese ed 10
please Senator Hoar turns out to be VIVA, ne cas
fraud: it something that was nOt rismted
something that was red hot, and mos, an New,
England rum is better hot than coid: c ou SamD
nuts they we're something tina; had settled IN ny
charge and Mr.. tierpont Morgan a. haq char 1 oi
and Judge Rowland had charge OF the music
had nothing 10 do with that music uaughter)
MR. BEAMAN AS SINGER
Now. there is one thing l want TO say TO you
about this music l never should have sung TO-
night. | sang once. because wanted to Sing
There is something about me that when music IS
going on | want 10 sing; but tonight my friend
Mr. Dodge came and said. "Beaman. do sing ana
I said Mr.. Dodge, shall sing" and ne said'
"Beaman sing" Senator Hoar said to me: mat
reminds me OF Charles Wesley and Elder lfooiil-
son. when he said the devil should not have all
the good songs and all the good singers ana
am glad YOU are with us. Great laughter) But.
gentlemen, the real question Is the ooughhuts'
want to tell you where you can get those doush'
nuts No go Eghih-a sS nhqsnse but mat
Il "A
where they came from. regular Ne"'E"S'""'
dOuChnuts. , IN, ,brourh
with YOUR work and the work is now with US l3r
part Of The work anh II IS WHAT may We w are doing
Our membership has a little increaseo-Pr i',p5J
aSGTs9ied sn2q mtaS oSF tI am
speak of these large sums perha tpnd,SSete Hut
what we have done with surplus funds =, Is , XVI
Judge Rowland told me that he Is 81 g a r se yo
| iivng$' and he said I'VE live mostly, on sic%
YamFs We h9yS stopped o na .hios Of bed and
paid $500 for II Roosevelt Hospital. ana any ny
f fwo OF or Sree or fo1r Of you you and get
in that single bed Great iauFHtsF C crowded to-
night we will invest more money the next 'e"'
That is great thing that nave done th rs
year besides other hing which shai w yRfakt the
na that M we the may return Of What
! known as the Bradford manuscript. -, .oor
among us, and fory-four OF our members nave
passed away. | wish had time al ms nou ui a. ~
read Oil yoS Do me n en1 Et becams wish to
press upon you and upon our guests here the char,
names 81 Of the forty.four or forty-ve who
nave passed from us without conmeh in upU.
Of them. ard some OF you Will know the character
Of the men who have asssd rc b 1s and aimed
IT'S bolts. could rot have found me, men whose loss
would have been greater than the loss OF these men
| has been the city OF New-fork
DIR. LYMAN ABBOTT INTRODUCED.
The first regular speaker introduced was the
| Rev. DIR. Lyman Abbott, who responded to the
toast of "Forefnthers' Day" DR.. Al, Oft spoke
with earnest eloque ace. and the thoughtful de-
| auctions based upon his subject which he placed
before his auditors were listened TO with depth
Of attention that even more complimentary
| than the applause He said in part
| Gent.enei. and Ladies and Mr. President: Minis.
teTs often accused OF subscribing 10 creeds TO
which they do not agree, and preaching from texts
in which they do not believe II Is. perhaps. there
| fore seemly that al the very outset should say 10
you frankly that do not believe in the text which
has been assigned TO me 10 speak about tonight.
| Their Lives Knew Joys Thei: Lives Wore Crowns
| that is true; We Do Not Know, We Cannot
| Wear'-that ought not TO be true; and the object
| WHICH have tonight IS TO show that their Joys
ought TO be ours and that we ought 10 wear their
| CROWNS.