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Show Happt AiTAtB. The storm of yes-tirday, yes-tirday, coming m unexpectedly be-oium be-oium enr Dr. Ay.r' almanac saya; "about these dayft look Jot Indian m miner baxe" this itorm gave us gloomy thoughts, and on the oounte- : nance of every wayfarer we met upon i the atreeta we thought we saw the blues, or incipient hippo grippe typhoid ty-phoid tastroerysipelatoua loryngitis. Imagine our fnrprie last evening at finding ourselves suddenly collared by a rriend and notified that a happy, jolly, gay and glorious company had assembed at the rooms of Messrs. Gar- ! vey and Lyons, and that tbe presence j of a reporter was immediately demanded demand-ed at a wedding, feast, or funeral. ' Summoned thus urgently and suddenly, : ourpbonograpbioelectrical bieroplyph-ical bieroplyph-ical reporter sciEcd a quire of paper and a dczen of Faber's leal pencils and hastened to the solemn scene. Of the affair he says: Piloted by a reliable scout, we (our reporters are all plural and ubiqutous) found our way to the place of assemblage, at the new aod elegantly furnished rooms of Lyons and Garvey. The illustrious gathering of great and famous gentlemen gentle-men was dazzling to ono entering from the damp and dusky streets, and the common walks of life, but we soon recovered re-covered nonchalance and although but a non-com missioned high private among captains, colonels, and generals, we appreciated the whole-eonled company com-pany and took notes with both hands from fourteen speakers at once. The happy occasion of 60 noble a gathering was the presentation, upon the part of Garvey tt, Lyons, of a handsome span of dark bay marcs to general P. E. : Conner. Tbe assembly being called to order at an early hour the transfer papers, pa-pers, duly signed and sealed, were de- i livercd with proper ceremony, Mr. Lyons making a most eloquent speech which lack of space forbids our giving in full. The ideas conveyed, were, that, exu- ; be ranee of admiration and elongation of consolation prompted to this testimonial testi-monial of respect and regard tbe subscribers, sub-scribers, who hoped tho general might never have a runaway, might steer clear of all the ills of life, and strike it rich. Iq reply Mr. Lawrence, by re-qaest, re-qaest, returned tbe thanks of the 1 proud and happy recipient upon this one of tho supremely joyous moments of his existcDcc. About to leave this happy land, the home of the fair and the brave, to enter upoa a journey of difficulty, he, Mr. Lawrence, personally, person-ally, was glad to pass his last moments amid so great-souled gentlemen and he should ever pray here, sixteen persons call the speaker to order and he 1 modestly took his scat. Other speakers speak-ers then eloquently addressed the multitude, mul-titude, among them, Mr. L. N. Patterson, Patter-son, Dr, Vollum, Col. Mackay, Capt. Stover, etc., etc., Col. Mackay finally olosing with ono of the finest addresses ; of the evening. His soul expanded with joy and his heart throbbed with emotion to witness merit rewarded in a manner so noble and generous. The monetary value of tho gift $1,000 showed tho estimation ia which was ! held the gallant recipient. Ia days of 1 yore, when Andy Johnson was swinging swing-ing around tho circle, a notablo gathering gather-ing oame topotUor at Pittsburgh to wiuieea the presentation, to Andy the first, of the contents of a sealed casket The opening of tho case was one of solemnity and feeling, but the contents a dead duck turned tho tide of feeling to ono of hilarous mirth at tho expense of tho chop-fallen recipient of the "dead duck." And just here wo ohoked off our long winded reporter permitting him merely to remark "after that speech wo all went and took oysters." |