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Show j Birthday Party. On Friday evening a most pleasant pleas-ant puriy of Indies and gentlemen, numlcrmg ulumt one hundred persona, per-sona, composed of relatives, neigh-Itors neigh-Itors and personal friends of tho family, on invitation ol lion. Win. Jennings, ii.vsenihleil at his lino residence resi-dence in the ltith ward, the occasion being tho eelehr;iton of the tweiily-I'lrat tweiily-I'lrat anniversary of the birth of his eldest son, Mr. Thomas W. Jenningc The gtieHts were received and enter- .lined by Mr. and Mrs. Jennings, as-sisteil by their daughters and sons m their usual pleasimt and hospitable hospit-able manner. When the company' luul assembled a number of handsome gifts wore presented to tho hero of thai evening, tho most beautiful and vul-1 liable of which was a richly choked solid silver pitcher aud goblet, tho gift of his father, accompanied by an address which was read by Mr. Frank Jennings. The address, after expressing ex-pressing to his son tho prido and gratification ho as a father felt in celebrating his arrival at his majirity, '. congratulated him upon tho event,1 tendered him some excellent advice for his guidance through life and wished him every success in his new sphere of manhood. Congratulatory add recces were also ina.lo during the evening by Father William Paul, Bishop Ktsler and others, to which Mr. Thomas briefly and feelingly returned re-turned his thanks. A magnificent collation hod been prepared to which tho guests appeared ap-peared to do ample justice; after which music, danciug, firoworks, ; toasts and other amusements were indulged in to an early hour S.itur-1 day morning, when thu guests separ-. atcd, each in turn extending parting' ' c jngratulationa and well-wishes to the young geutlenian who luul just ar- rived at manhood, and to Mr. Jen-j nings and his family. 1 |