The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-10-27
THE STOVE PIPE GUARDS.
They Create a Sensation as They
March Away to Their Outing.

The twentieth annual target excursion
of the Stove Pipe Guard OF Jersey City is
on today 1t is great event. AS early
as nine o'clock nearly two hundred men,
prominent in business, political and Soc
ial circles. each decorated with a white
high hat. Prince Albert and and elegant
boutennierre. assembled at Headquarters,
No. 1S0 Newark avenue, and formed for a
grand parade preparatory to an ex-
cursion, via the Pennsylvania Railroad.
to Caledonian Park, Newark. Prior to
the formation Of the parade crowd OF
notables were seen moving about head
quarters. Captain and ex-Alderman
Charles A. SteIlman; secretary, Edward
Lamster; treasurer, L. Steinberger. and
host of captains, and first. second, third
and fourth lieutenants and orderly SER
csad WE'RE h seen sh nlOuh eeor
alton Of red shashes. Judge 8
Daniel Baughmaun. Joseph Fox and
Joseph Harburner wore a look of su-
preme dignity. which effect was highly
supplemented by the black hats they
wore in contradistiDction to the white
tiles which decorated the brainy head
pieces of the ordinary guards. Jake
Kramer's eye was still in mourning, and
the elegant cut of his jib had no connec-
tion whatever with an auction sale which
he recently attended. The socks were
hidden.
Justice Weed looked as trim as a
Dixey-Adonis. Fat mems .Coney- Island
clam bakes are over, and the judicial
would -be-coroner has recently been in
training to reduce his weight for the next
political contest. 1t he'd have worn that
white high hat he'd have knocked out the
undertaken at the convention in the first
round.
Candidate for First District Assembly
honors johnny Brennan's cheeks glowed
with the rosy hue OF sixteen-year old
school girl. There was the usual glad
light in his eye, moreover. and when he
yelled out "10.30 for Newark, +" ETC., there
was O scramble for positions in line.
Gustav Metzler, who strung the letters
''Stove Pipe Guards" across the street in
real genuine material from in front of the
Boston, was still looking for white tile
with genuine silk lining. He got there in
time, but had to go back to the Boston to
get the real article. He forgot to call at
Vessels, the halter. who loomed up
early with one of his latest designs Then
there was Billy Meschutt, the restaurant
teur, whose white hat would have so
beautifully harmonized with the apron
he had doffed, and Paul Decker, decor
ated like field marshal.
The whirliug arms of the windmill had
hurled Gus Hombrach from the top of
the elevator to the flats to pose as an
ideal guard when the picture of the
group is taken, or. is Gus to b 9 the artist
of the occasion : Then there were Captain
Fred Farrer and Billy Farrier, and Hor-
ace Farrier, the life of the Crescent Club.
ex-Captain Reuter-. Baker Munckle,
Henry Woerner, Dave Muller, Oscar
Scarf, Louis Gruber Eugene Frank and
whose names will be handed down to
prosterity SO long as the song, 1.-THE Hat
Me Father Wore'' is sung in this broad
land. The guards were headed by Voss
full military band. of Newark. They
marched up Newark avenue to Jersey
avenue, to Wayne street, to Henderson
street, 10 Newark avenue, to Montgom
cry street, to Pennsylvania depot, where
they embarked for their ''targeteriap
destination.