. The "makings" of the Lincoln Association of Jersey City; a souvenir of the dinner at the Carteret Club commemorating the one hundred and tenth anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln . woman from her wonted sphere to enterthe loathsome charnel house of the democratic party. In a long accountof the lecture, or harangue as the Standard called it, the lecturer wasalluded to as Gentle Anna, a gentleman of the female persuasion,a fair pythoness; words of bitterness crawled from her red and beautifullips like foul spiders crawling from the blushing petals of a rose. Andso on, We say nothing, c
. The "makings" of the Lincoln Association of Jersey City; a souvenir of the dinner at the Carteret Club commemorating the one hundred and tenth anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln . woman from her wonted sphere to enterthe loathsome charnel house of the democratic party. In a long accountof the lecture, or harangue as the Standard called it, the lecturer wasalluded to as Gentle Anna, a gentleman of the female persuasion,a fair pythoness; words of bitterness crawled from her red and beautifullips like foul spiders crawling from the blushing petals of a rose. Andso on, We say nothing, concluded the Standard, of the questionabletaste of turning the pulpit into the stump, further than that the fact ofour Saviour having been cradled in a manger is no reason why a churchedifice should be transmogrified into a stable. The civic side of the Fourth of July celebration was arranged forthe Tabernacle that year (1865). Arrangements had been made byAlderman McBride for the function, and the whole affair was writtenup by the editor of the Standard beforehand—but it didnt happen atall. In their minute book may still be seen the provision made by the 46 •< -^ s i • ■. ;-§ -1: o i; ^ ;;<-■< c ^. i=£ ?-»5:«;-s>. ?:^7:.-S:5 S-^.^ ■^ 1 r 5, ^ 4 •. i I I s I i ^ s t V. J I i r, j 1 i ■; ^ ^5 g I is J :i i = ^ § ^^ s .1 * 3 ft ~ £ s: Ill II I J: .tails;,?; 1.^ .J - s ^ «■ 4 i ; c; ;• .j ; i ■; s: ? 5 ? ■- k; 5 ^=*. = ^5 e I 5s. 5:r 5 ?5,v. ?-^^i■^ i?^■^^^. C ^ c ^ ^^ t — *■*-* ^ r> -^ = 2 t ^ ;^ The Inaugural Hall of 1861. Major Parifihorn was one of its managers. His name appears third <-oIniMUfrom the right, tenth name counting up from the hottom.
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