Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1894-12-01

Music ar,s' vith IL voiu iuOus swell,
so, s's. look.d love la eyes that -p"ke aysin
hhn All Seht m"rry ~ n mtrriase tall
Byron c"uld not conie nearrr the truth
except In point u numbers, hal he been
presen, on Thanksgiving eve and seen
the brigh, throng u happy faces "lha,
moved down IN the dance. with the magic
Of motion and the sunshine II glance" a,
the fourth annual ball of the FERGUSON
Hook and Ladder company.
II was = great success, III point " al
tendance and happiness. aud every one
of the many present pronounced !, one If
the finest. II not the finest. ever gwen IN
this city
II was An early hour--ouly s.i5 o'clock
D. IN when Prof Ruppc aud his orches.
ira struck the strains ~ th. "Grsnd
March" which was lead 10y l.. u. Mar.
dell. assistant chief II the fire depart
ment, and Miss Pearl Saunders. followed
by Hon II B FERGUSON aud Mise Liz.
Eie Lockhart, and at least i75 ooupl.a.
and not until Af,.r o'clock "in ia.
morning" were the happy dancers sa,ir.
he'd to cry enough"
At 0:25 o'clock. ChAs Vincent. color.
ei. Appeared at the d"or. aud sen, word
in that he would like Ia see the chief ~
the department. This gentleman r..
sponded. and on going out into the CORR.
dor Of the hall note was handed him
aud the same bearer had in his poss-..
sion banner. Tn. fac, then dawu,d
that the handsome present from Mrn
Graham had arrived, and on r--entsr,ng
the ball room. the extra dance then on,
was stopped and all eyes turned toward
the door. The chief. to whom fell the
pleasant duty of acknowledging the mag.
nifc.nt gin, mounted the band platform.
anil with the handsome banner waving
gently, rsad aloud the following lines:
ALBrorHRqrk, ". n Nov ~
t. the Chef of the FIRE Depa rtuneut. All.
buquerquc. N. NJ.
Dear sir--I desire herewith to prrs.n,
Ia the tremen this banner a. q token o4
est-em, IN return for their efforts during |
the hr- in tn. ". T. Armljo building. ON
the morning II July 2sth. when the prop-
trty and life OF the occupants were en-.
iAnger'd.
Gratefully yours,
Mss. MARION GRAHAM.
When the applause. which greeted the
reading ~ the abo' note had becoms |
siilled and its echo-s had waited tn. sa.
lutte of appreciation back To the donor, III. |
chief. on behalf of Albuqu-rqu.'s volun.
'.er Dire department, acknow le,ig-d the |
splendid gif, IN a few appropriAt. words, |
and rAid the irrmsn would always try TO |
follow out the motto Of the banner. I'VE |
Strive To sAyer'
Dancing was then resumed until the |
midnigh; hour. when Foreman JAooby
announced intermission, and stated that |
zeigrr's Cafe had arranged TO feed 100 |
dancers.
Al o'clock a IN dancing was again
resumed. and tho las, ~ the programme,
"Home, Sweet Home" although Eve OF.
,ras had been danced. came ~ q ciose
just a. half dozen Of the brave tre lad.
dies announced - o'clock .. IN"
DANCE Dors
Foreman KnigL Of the No Ii Foreman
Chant berlin. Of the No - Foreman Leigh.
ton Il this No. 3, with q majority of their
members In uniform. werc present. and
assisted the Fergiss In entertaining their
guests.
william Hye was noor manager. while
X. X. Gentry, William Baird. Frank Hy-,
Joe Isherwood, Ralph Hill. william Ma
son and Martin Ti-rn-y constituted his
coamitt--. Mr.. Hye was assisted, also.
in grand style by that prince of go'd
fellows" George q. Montgomery. who 10
at home in ball room.
Capt. Jacob GAinslsy, treasurer Of the
company. looked bewitehing in the ticket
boI. and smiled swee,ly every time he
rakei In the sh-kels. The handsome
souvenir badges, which received mention
in THz CIrIzHs a few DAYS ago, were
handed To the guests by =. Y McCannA.
and With an artistic wave 81 his hand he
saw that every ono got badge until the
whole $50 had besn given away. lie
stood q, the eu,ranoe. which was guarded
in . splendid manner and like veteran
doorksepers, by Chas. Rifer,. John Arnt-
l-n aud Richard Honm-yer.
The executive committee was John A. .
Jscohy foremsnj =. Y McCAnns. eI-
for-mAn; =. T. IsherwnDi ami q. NJ.
Cundih, and TO them great er-di, 10 due
kr the grand success of the ball, The
genial foreman moved among the r.rry
dancers, aud the slightest courtesy Was
not overlooked.
The music, NJ stated above. vas 10 =
nIshsd by RupI"'s 0rch-strs, and was
excellent Prof Landrum, the we'll
known dsacing master, o'iiciatsd ~ caller
In peIfsct style.
Las Vegas, Santa f., Roswell, San An.
tonito. TijsrHs and other towns were
rspressntsd. W. c. Monitor, and wife.
whom the rrportsr rvcos osuil~i, wer. in
attendance from Gallup. Aui CD. W. X.
Stone. Of Rnswsli. LsonAri skinner. u
San Autonito, and Uncle Henry Carpen.
Yer. of Tu-rAs, with othsrs from thu noun.
tains, w-r- slso in,srrstsd spse,a,orp
The following gentlsmsn acted ON the
reception ennInit,ssi Fos the drpArt.
msa,i W. 7. Mecrvight, sAisf, L d.