New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-12-07
SONS OF KEYSTONEST STATE
MEMBERS OF PENNSYL lANiA
SOCIETY IN THIS CITY
TO DINE TOGETHER.
SOME OF THE STORIES WITH hoA
THEY HAVE BEEN AMUSED AL
THEIR OWN EXPENSE-OFFI-
CI-pS OF ORG ANIZATION-
GERS OF ORGANIZATION

hi. o,,iet NAYS and when he is alone Win "
number q the inhabitants OF some other ''1'e ~
Is ant to preserve q certain retfcence-
II ,s only when these descendants OF "lliiai
Penn and his associates chance to reunile ma
they show their foot as is sald OF GER
,slzs when they believe themselves out OF uei'e
Then il is that the Pennsylvania reVeais ll
as not such a quiet character after an ne
,o,,es over mis- reputation for slowness, ana Oh
such occasions shows that such TePu'a'
based more on appearances than on ac1nai e.
Then it is. too, that he loves to ten STORIES %
good old Dutch days. when the housewives me- me-
..srrannler and the good husbandmen 'ooh
i'schnapps'' before breakfast.
At the fourth annual dinner OF the Pennsylvania
Society next Friday at the Waldorf-AstoIIa NV
hundred of the more prominent natives OF inc
keystone State who have now MADE thelr hoNie
here will gather together 10 celebrate the genius
n their birthplace Although only four years ~
the association has grown faster than most oh the
older State societies of this city One reason Is
that Pennsylvania. next to NeW-JerseH' mas
more sons IN this city than any other State IL Is
estimated that four hundred thousand OF TINS Ci's
three and half million inhabitants were porll III
,tbe- States and that of these four hundred thou-
sand adopted children Pennsylvania has con'Fio-
nted thirty-stx thousand Another explanation u
he growth ofthe society is the homesick tendency
II a PennsvIvanian and the comfort II alloroS hii
% meet his kindred
Il is expected that the wit which has oeeh So
characteristic, of the dinners of this society and so
illustrative of the peculiar individuality OF the
PENNSYLVANIA Dutchman will be of a still hlsher
standard next Friday night for the reason that 'ile
entertainment committee has made extra pfePdi"
tious Bishop Potter. whose father was Bishop OF
PENNSYLVANIA, though himself born IN Ne"-hoIh
49,. 4 .re president Of the organization, and Will
act as POSTMASTER Among the speakers OF the
evening will be George F. Baer, president OF the
Reading Railroad and spokesman of the coal OPP
traitors in the coal controversy; Attorney GeheFaI
Knox. who was born in Pittsburg fifty years ago.
DIR Alexander Aackay-Smth Bishop Coadjutor 1or
Pennsylvania and John Patton of Grand Rapids
Vrbo was at one time United States Senator from
Michigan but who is a native Pennsylvania
At the dinners of the Pennsylvania Society there
ts a1Vrays some allusion made TO the fact that a
Pennsylvania is a great sucker for rule ana
from his Dutch ancestors he has lnherlteo.a love
tor order. Samuel W Pennypacker the Governor
slect of PENNSYLVANIA. told the society TWO years
s-o fbe following story to illustrate this trait:
"A branch OF my family, he said. Just after
the Revolution. went up into the Valley OF VIZ
ginia and they have been there ever since AFTER
the Civil War 1 visited them, and one of them
told me this story. All the region had been burned
pver by the invading armies and on one occasion
The Confederates captured little dark eyed Penn
syiyania Dutctman. They handled him with a
good deal of roughness. until finally he broke his
silence long enough TO say:
Vat WOO fellows want to do NIT me?
We are going to take you down and hang you,
mas the fierce answer of the leader.
The Dutchman thought while, and then sald:
Vel. vatever is de rule.
That answer brought about the mans release
The Pennsylvania has shown himself to DE of
pretty broad gauge, and there is more than one
side of him The following story is thus told by
he Rev Cyrus Townsend Brady, the well known
aoveIist TO illustrate his all-round character:
There was Pennsylvania boy" said Archdea-
:on Brady recent dinner Of the society, whose
,ather was extremely DESTROYS of knowing what he
would become Accordingly, he put on the chair
opposite the youngsters bed one morning u, a
bottle Of whiskey and a Bible 10 which one
he would choose when he aggoke The dollar would
.hus signify business career, the whiskey one OF
dissipation and the Bible the life Of churchman
The young Pennsylvanian however, was equal 10
the occasion. When he awoke and saw the array
De put the dollar in the pocket Of his nghtsnirt-
Tor the Pennsylvania Dutch all have pockets in
their night clo1hes-slipped the Bible under his
arm and drank the whiskey."
The early Dutch Of Pennsylvania were noted for
their cooking the nutritious qualities OF which
we're shown in the rotundty Of the majority OF
those who partook it. Even latter-day Pennsyl-
Fanians who have migrated TO other places reilsh
the mention Of the oldtlme dishes much as the
legendary viands themselves. Scrappe. for ex-
ample. is an ancient delicacy Of the Keystone
State. which, from the glowing accounts Of ma
i've. might think made OF the most costly
condiments Nevertheless, scrapple is nothing more
,r less than d form OF sausage. 1t is prepared
rom scraps of pork liver and kidneys. minced
serbs stewed with rye corn meal, pressed into
sarge AXES, and then cut up and fried
NJ BRADY also has a story about this delectable
SANITY which he told his brother Pennsylvanians
at one az their dinners as follows:
4 lived in Kansas a long time, and one day, in
,araway corner of that State, ran across a
butcher shop over the door Of which read, Penn
;vlvania scrappe' 1t new store, just opened
~ a Pennsylvanian- / went in, bought some and
carried it a journey of oseT six hundred miles IN
nv grip IN order TO get it home to my children
ON The train a man came UP to me and asked:
NY good friend, what is st that smells so
sweet IN your grip?
'Scrapple.' | answered
For heavens sake give me some he cried. al
most overcome with emotion 1 haven't had any
- years
We'll gave him liberal dose. and he ate it
,aN. eNclaiming:
oh il only had flannel cake with this. my
happiness would he complete
Although reruted slow in some things. the charge
hat a Pennsylvania politician is slow is always
vigorously denied by a native
James NJ Beck Assistant Attorney General. tells
story for example 10 show how active Pennsyl-
garia politicians can be
1T was when Governor Beaver Was at the helm
IT Harrisburg he said, that an oficeseeker went
% him for the place Of janitor Of the state House
h 49, - bon Fed The man though disap-
ooined remained in Harrisburg. waiting for some
he banks of the susquehanna. and noticed some
hing floating down stream When the object was
5shes out what his surprise 10 find that II
was the body Of the man who had been appointed
10 the place he was after Accordingly ne hurrleo
20 the Executive Chamber with precipitate haste
asked to see the Governor. and was admitted
mat place OF janitor
m very sorry was the reply, but there is
40 vacancy exclaimed the oficeseeker; why
1 Just saw the janitor taken out OF the water! He
' 5SndeTstsnd' said Governor Beaver. but
have lust appointed the who him fall in -
A peculiar feature OF the dinner Of the Pennsyl-
van!a socety next gTGa9 1 vii % 9e ane pTe
OF historical fags of Pennsylvania origin or use
ing been made by hand and deliberately ernbroid-