Happy are we met, happy have we been,
Happy may we part, and happy meet again.May Satan cut the toes of all our foes,
That we may know them by their limping.
The man we love--he who thinks the most good and speaks the least ill of his neighbors.
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Our National birds--
The American eagle, the Thanksgiving turkey.
May the one give us peace in all our States--
And the other a piece for all our plates.* * *
Here's to the girls of the American shore,
I love but one, I love no more,
Since she's not here to drink her part,
I'll drink her share with all my heart.A little health, a little wealth,
A little house and freedom,
With some few friends for certain ends,
But little cause to need 'em.* * *
Col. Lovell H. Jerome, who resigned as second lieutenant Second United States Cavalry, in 1879, and now repels the invading smuggler in New York City, brought a new toast to the Hoffman House bar recently:
To the ladies,
Our arms your defense,
Your arms our recompense,
Fall in!
--New York Sun.
THREE GREAT COMMANDERS.
May we always be under the orders of General Peace, General Plenty and General Prosperity.
We now toast the superb Electric Flag of the people with every honorable Elk who has beautified and made memorable these pleasures of the Queen City.--Cincinnati, July, 1904.