The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-12-21
NEW ENGL AND DINNER
torney Harry A. Fuller OF Wilkes
Barre.

| Barre.
! have every reason in tie world +" be- Ton.
| tent. ns | am content. with my aliol nent ot
| those two best ut;s nt Gnd-hcrelity and ar.
''ionncnt. Rut. wjhal. | am not proud. tel
! >on frankly that | .iy, Les, tloUgh, To ,hc ~.
| iortai"e ot my ancestors tnln To She import.
| arcc "f myself an ancestor tor somebody else.
| Though moi proud. still ! am upprcciatiyr do
| appreciate thoroughly. ii not proudlr the >upc'.
| ior position which W all here occupy IN lllrll.
ahh state. and our own estimation. IN acronrt
| OF the superior heritage of blood. and honr, and
BRAIN derived iiom those superior and nlumt.
| able folk whose nerve IN boarding the May.
| flower s,ould no, II" lcsr remembered and ,;.
| tcemcl. because at the present. time some q, H..
4 very few. have nerve enough to board Scan.
ton :;Icet car. We should he thankful to PrO.i.
dencc 70. subicctng or Puritan fathers only to
s'lch risks is would not quite eradicate the race.
DO apprccittc Thoroughly, i, not proudly. that
wc would not be so&Sting, wc are. ii ihey had
no. tasted they did. although the thought
does not affect my appetite.
| do appreciate. thoroughly. the sarcastic "a.
gac,y OF the declaration often pokci at me by
ardent SONS and daughters OF the Revolution,
titat one who is no5 proud OF his ancestors will
give 10 cause TO III, descendants to be proud Of
him. although ! have sometimes ventuicd. tim.
idly. to believe that | WAS an exception 10 !hc
rule. And | have always entertained y most IN
tc'iscd appreciation, ii not pride. Tor that par.
ticnllr type OF good blood and noble descent
dcnominatcd the Scotrh.llisln,an From the
early dawn al consciousness. when ] was mere
infant mcwiing, etc. in the nurses AIMS.
down to this very ,lo,,,ent wien hay. reached
years OF remarkable discretion, have been i'm.
hrcd with the conviction, justified by the facts
that the d;stncti,c phrase in The English Ian.
suagc mos, expressive of human perfection Les
igna,i ing the mia,rrest product of evolution the
sbli,nated essence Of all that is excellent in an.
,hropo!ogy the brigl.tes, most particular star in
the armament OF cthnologv discrcditi,r the ,lc.
scent md proclaiming the ascent Of man, ouin,.
essence of the good. the beautiful and t.c ,.uc
especially the bca,ltiul wa. Sco,clrlrish!
Bred in u mining community. among the lo, Is
coal haroS, and not having had extensive inter
course or closc comranio,ship in Wilkes Barre
with any representative II tn, Srotcn.lri,h race
except myself and u few other blood relations |
have naturally retained my early impression, on
the subject IN the long and beautiful vista of
your dinners that are eaten and gone, cann,i
doub; ,hat eyer, possible cnromium in every nos.
.ihlr form of ,pcrrl, has been uttered cloulen-iy
delightfully."- and pc,l,aI,s even truthtullv abou,
the New England Man. cannot hone to increase
the genera! information and admiration already
existing among Yourselves, and pcr,opl even
among others on that subject Yet | may hone
To say somelhin; about your concercr, the
Scot, l,.lrishnan which may yrstitv vour e,if.
appreciotjun ON ocro,ut ui ,hr close rcl,t;on.hin
Socialists may sheer and enthusiast, may rro.
claim the essential aril,ocrlcv of iu,.,ec, or NJ
character but we know very we'll. you and l. in
the privacy of this apart,ncnt. tlut good society
depends ,,pon the origin ol the succics
Our Scotcl..lri,h speties. like your N,w Enp
Land sprrcs dates w.u h,cI, i, tho ,.,n,,onno
,ucnl of the seventeenth century. and wa h,,,
lust cause Tor Joint pride in the ,hmrsht ,l,t
while il only takes ..,brec pcncra, ,ious :, mako
II gentleman" it has taken all OF three centuries
To make us Very eminent organizations, have
lately aliscu founded uron rc.pcctob;I;iv ~
origin and j,sipn,t.d Lv y,rio,s letters oi ,,o
alphabet, AS Tor instance the d. A. r.. but wc
alone may adont for our ,,sinno, ion tIos, Ia, saw.
which stand for spcrutivr excellence. c.,r.
rially in Scotch mltt,r.--V n p tho vcrv oId
c.t procur,bl, Om or;pin iiio v,urs ,yns .o
lominantly religions ,l,hough n Joos ,,rr, in.
credible that s,,,h n,r,mon ,s e,ch -, ~ ,,..
have been. ,ould have wn,.hin,cd ,h. ,Im;o,,,r
with any pr,pcr iccIinp n, in,srinr;,r ~, h,ro
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dispoyed for cyamnlc in thn ,,s, of ,h,, hyr,,r.
atcd patrouymic Srotch.IrisI, ,,,.norou.l, and
m,,le.tlv ,Hvij;nr ,h. ,roIit ,r u,l,,t r. ,
with thc humble JIir,r,i,, ,,.,,, II, ,,,,,i u,,
hardly ,,iyoJ mn in tbn i,h NJ an
Our Luml. I,ihemion friends ho,, riu ,o,
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rizc. thai the urinary ,unrtion os NV ,,,o,,n,i
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