New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-05-20
AN ANNEXATION BANQCEE
RECEPTION OF MAYOR scIuEREn AND HIS
CABINET ~ fLArBusH.

RECEPTION or MAYOR sCliiEREh AND HIS
CABINET ~ FLATBusH.
The annexation Of the town ~ F'aiOlsh TO Brook
lyn WAS celebrated yesterday under unprop.t!ous
conditions Of weather The Mayor ani heads OF
departments had been invited o. reception ana
banquet given by the prominent residents 81 me
town at the Wildwood club Tho Orc companies of
the town were 70 parade and - BE- reviewed hy the
Mayor; there was 90 be an open-ar concert by the
ga Regiment Band on the grounds 81 the club anu
a reception Of the Brooklyn guests laie ln inc "i'''
noon was to bc followed hy an elaborate dinner III
the evening. This programme. which h'l h''N or
dered by a Committee Of Arrangements consisting
Of Richard Young John Lefferts. H.. William J..
Reese Dr. J. /. Zabrlskle. Robert : Walker. Henry
w Sheriff. and Or. Homer l.. Bartlett was carried
out under disadvantages. bat the music was good.
the reception was largely attended. and the dinner
I'm the evening a handsome affair
There were thirty official guests from BROOKLYN
headed by the Mayor Governor Flower had been
invited but was unable 20 attend owing 90 the
pressure OF public business Covers were laid Tor
company OF about 800 and tho Cd Clarkson man
Sion now converted into a picturesque suburban
clubhouse. the scene OF x genial hospitality ana
unwonted fcstivity.
Tho Brooklvn guests were welcomed al the dinner
by Dr. Homer l. Bartlett IN extremely feliciiou5
and graceful speech He humorously referred TO the
civil contract recently entered into between the
venerable town Of Flatbush AMI the city or brooK-
lyn 3 4 marriage. 'tn our part, ne 'a4'' W 4'f
resent the bride in this municipal wedding "hle
the Mayor and the city officials stand sponsor for
the groom. and the only thing that seems 10 milf
tate against the future happiness Of the welded
couple Is the age the bride and the youth OF the
groom but we hope that the number OF her hustri,
Gus sons and the extent OF her ancestral acres VIII
compensate for her antiquity
Dr. Bartlett then proceeded 10 give nI''I IL
count OF the pedigree OF the bride and OF the dowry
which she brought 10 brooklyn: H. described thc
under Hudson's eyes when ne first anchored ~ ne
lower bay. told OF the first skirmish win inc IN
dams and the landing of party OF sailors u Dul5
Coleman on COney Island, recpunied the iounIhs
OF the earliest settlements IN flatands ana ~
bush and the social customs Of the pi0us. thrlity
and nbcrty-lovlng Dutch farmers. VINO began WIN
treating the Indians airly and ended WIN esDilsh-
ing a prosperous, conservative community lie eN-
planned why this n0urlshing old town had been
drawn into the city in order to feel glow IN it,
prosperity never before experienced.
'If we could turn back the d.al-pate OF time. ne
said. nifty a hundred years. 10 the days OF our
simplicity and honesty We might. perhaps, prefer
time is passed Tor that. We neither town, nor
village. nor city. and the great clock WHICH win
unerrlng regularity strikes the hours or hgh noon
and midnight In the dome Of heaven never Turns
backward So accept the inevitable and bccom"
a part Of the future BrOohlyn"
with the Mayor. Judge Gaynor nearly an the
heads OF departments OF the municipal adminlstra-
ton the editors o; the Brooklyn journals and other
guests there no lack OF after-dlnner Speaking
The Mayor made hearty Response, and said much
OF speeches followed in the vein. and the COM
pany did not break up until long after midnight a
uretty feature OF the dinner was the menu card. IL
Illustrating the old village Of Flatbush.