Society, P: Nineteenth Annual Meeting and Banquet of the Pen

Excerpt from Nineteenth Annual Meeting and Banquet of the Pennsylvania Scotch-Irish Society at the Bellevue-Stratford, Philadelphia: February 21st, 1908The scotch-irishman knows what he is about. From a boy, he knows that. I feel sure it was a scotch-irish boy who asked his father for a half-dollar, that he might give it to a man at the foot Of the village street, who was there taking in money, and, when the father, pleased with the boy's benevolent turn of mind, asked him who the man was, replied: Why, be is standing at the door Of the circus tent. (laughter.) The scotch-irishman always knows what he is about. Mr. Carnegie, we are told, received a letter some time ago, entreating his financial assistance, and the letter ran thus: Dear Mr. Carnegie: Please send me a dollar. I wish to buy a hymn book. P. S., Be sure and send a dollar and not the hymn book. (laughter.) That was a scotch-irish petitioner, surely.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.