The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1897-02-13
Some American ministers Sent
There Make Fools of
Themselves.
TheyLaud Everything That is Eng
lish and Forget Their
Own Country.
A Happy Burlesque Of How Things
are Sometimes Done
Over There.

f'I wish Reverdy johnson would dine
in private and hold his tongue. He
overdoes the thing" So wrote Charles
Dickens to James T. Fields in 1883 when
the American Minister to Great Britain
was gobbling and gabbling on every pos
sible occasion, just as his successor Of
today is doing, says the Boston Pilot.
The word of Dickens, who 1espised g
toady, are quoted by Mr. Curtis Guild in
his newly published delightful book en-
titled "a Chat About Celebrities"
Minister Johnson's conduct gave deep
offence to patriotic Americans, especially
when he distinguished himself by shak-
ing hands with the notorious Lairds, who
built the alabama" and other pros
nounced friends of the Secession cause.
Mr. Guild quotes clever buriesque Of
the period which, while eXaggeratins
the mutual fulsomeness exhibited, gives
the actual facts respecting acts Of the
celebrated personages during the Civil
War, and in view of Mr. Dayard's
speeches during the past year is no bur-
lesque at all on the customary Blood;
Thicker-than Water business. 1t is en-
titled:
=, GRAND ''ALABAMA' BANQUET.
We have with our usual enterprise
again distanced all our contemporaries
in procuring the, exclusive report of this
important banquet which we hasten to
lay before odattss E1 .,.1t will be seen
that the English are already showing
their hands, and that there is some shak-
ing among them.
The hall that was occupied for the
occasion was elegantly draped with the
Confederate and British flags, beneath
which the U. S. flag occasionally peeped
out At the head of the nall appeared
the following motto, a gratifying eyi;
dence of Englands honest profession to
u.s.
G--A--M--M-ON
Signifying- America May Mould
Our Nation
The chair was occupied by Lord John
Russell, who after shaking hands with
Mr.. Johnson, said he acknowledged the
compliment; the people Of the u. S.
would recollect him for acknowledging
"a voice-"The Confederacy in 1857
Here he shook hands with the u. S.
Minister and sat down. k
The following gentlemen had been
elected vice-presiden for the occasion:
Hon. Jefferson Davis, Admiral Raphael
Semmes, Mr.. Laird, Mr.. Lindsay, Bull
Run Russell, IL. D. and A. s. S., Messrs.
Among the invited guests we notice WI
the following friends and admirers ol
our government: Editor of the London
Times" captain of the British Yacht
"Deerhound," Mr.. Roebucl, M. P, Lord
Stanley, subscribers to Confederate Cot
ton Loan and 290 British Merchants.
The tables were decorated with appro-
pirate ornaments.
No. Represented the Alabama"
receiving salute on entering British
Port.
No. Pyramid of forty-two Chro-
nometers belonging to whaleships:
No. 3-Whaleship on Fire.
No. 4-The Ocean covered with British
Flags, Britannia Rules the Waves
No. 5-Cruiser With Confederate Flag
at Mast Head and Crew on Board dressed
in British uniforms.
The following was the bill of fare: t.,
BILL OF FARE. Il.
SOUPS.
Peace Soup-Soup PAbolicien-British
Ok Tail-Irish Stews.
FISH.
American Suckers-Small Soles British
Canadian Lobsters - Tongues and
Sounds.
ENTREES.
British Calves Head and American
Pluck-Indian Preserves-Irish Po-s
tatoes-Fenian Sauce-Spanish Oh
ives Will fT6Hcu oduce-Cu1uSf5e &
Preserves Ia Burlingame-Pot
Pourri, American Affairs by English
Cooks. ,%$
ROAST, AND BOILED.
English Goose well. cooked, Union
Style-Beef a la mode American
!. Southern Chicken, in small pieces
Turkey, Crimean Sauce.
FRUIT, ETC. III. 5-ss
Apples Of Discord- Dates Of 1ss1-sss, 1l,..'ss,
Freeze Peach -Block ckade Plunuasssgss sss;s;ggE
Cotton Raisins- t,urrenas
Charleston Iarbor.
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