. 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 . t Home. For somereason, individual toilettes were notdescribed, although we are assuredthat the beautiful ladies and their dresses were most bewitching. It seems curious that the Journal found it necessary to incorporatein its story of the dance the statement that no liquor was sold orobtainable on the premises or nearby. Champagne, of course, didnot count, for another sentence tells us that that was serv
. 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 . t Home. For somereason, individual toilettes were notdescribed, although we are assuredthat the beautiful ladies and their dresses were most bewitching. It seems curious that the Journal found it necessary to incorporatein its story of the dance the statement that no liquor was sold orobtainable on the premises or nearby. Champagne, of course, didnot count, for another sentence tells us that that was served at the supper,free for those who chose to use it, just like ice water. Mr. Green wasthe capable caterer. Benjamin Van Riper was floor manager; he wasassisted by William W. Ward, Joseph Acton, and James C. Orr. Thereception committee was WilHam B. Dunning, C. A. Zschau, and Lane. Some of these days, I hope to find one of the orders ofdancing which some sweet Jersey City girl may have laid away witha little faded flower in memory of that glorious night! On Thursday, February 6, 1868, the Association held theirregular monthly, as well as the annual, meeting of members at their 51. Library Hall. rooms at Zschaus. The Journal was so excited over a distinctionpaid to Capt. Dunning that it overlooked such unimportant details astelling us of the progress of the big dinner or vs^ho was elected to theofficiate of the Association. The Captain was made the recipientof a heavy hunting case gold watch bearing this inscription: Fromthe Lincoln Association of Jersey City to their Secretary, William , February 6, 1868. The Journal continues: The pre-sentation was followed by certain agreeable exercises—bibulous, gus-tatory and social. We congratulate our associate upon having been thuswatched to some purpose. We have always found him on time and haveno doubt he will be as much so as ever. The only possible objection wecould have to the affair being a slight apprehension that
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