, it ev mag, Et I vi tell you in cont. lnce, he I give you the elventh I ove nents '--% «c trang': of n palace r' is on wheels y car is low fen with [dea] heads, 12%.r. turn the key HORACE PORTER Foter Will 150916. J Photogravure after a photograph from life NT AND GENTLEMEN OF JEN V PNG rhy: - Isapp sit vas a matter of Lece e of us trom ofer Sates to sock i r we have ear ed from the history of Pria d that a New Fuglander mer be too modest to *sh Tank Pror] Pr this modet, ikea ms ter Blessings of the war. Ten more or ess tay night. eard from the eloquent sa der, IN) birjon my left all about the go tellowst ip and the a'i fclowsans in the rival unyer ties of Hi . We have heard from my scule for trend [AN, W. in on the extreme ri heal. About Haveth, ane's tales, grant Storys that have er arate i fors Sam: not a little surprised that it is.ge, alon, "ge as le principally by those runavy for of ce, you sham'i son one engiged only in, ry tang Că and more par HORACE PORTER MEN OF MANY INVENTIONS [Speech of Horace Porter at the seventy-second annual dinner of the New England Society in the City of New York, December 22, 1877. The President, William Borden, said: "Gentlemen, in giving you the next toast, I will call upon one whom we are always glad to listen to. I suppose you have been waiting to hear him, and are surprised that he comes so late in the evening; but I will tell you in confidence, he is put there at his own request. [Applause.] I give you the eleventh regular toast: 'Internal Improvements.'-The triumph of American invention. The modern palace runs on wheels. 'When thy car is loaden with [dead] heads, General Horace Porter will respond."] MR. PRESIDENT AND GENTLEMEN OF THE NEW ENGLAND SOCIETY:-I suppose it was a matter of necessity, calling on some of us from other States to speak for you tonight, for we have learned from the history of Priscilla and John Alden, that a New Englander may be too modest to speak for himself. [Laughter.] But this modesty, like some of the greater blessings of the war, has been more or less disguised to-night. We have heard from the eloquent gentleman [Noah Porter, D.D.] on my left all about the good-fellowship and the still better fellowships in the rival universities of Harvard and Yale. We have heard from my sculptor friend [W. W. Story] upon the extreme right all about Hawthorne's tales, and all the great Storys that have emanated from Salem; but I am not a little surprised that in this age, when speeches are made principally by those running for office, you should call upon one engaged only in running cars, and more par |