The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-01-03
LON WILL REST IN EASE.
Alonzo S~chooner's Friends Presenr
Him with a { air.

A delegation went to North Paterson
last Saturday to present a chair to
Alonzo Schooner. at one time a resident
OF this city. and employed on the Penn
sylvania Railroad. but who for the past
twenty years has been with the New
York, Susauehanna and Western Pail
road, and resides at North Paterson.
pounds; his good nature n pleasant dis
posstlon hays won for him a host OF
ffisnd of pre A59q6 f b;9 w m9nt i ,as ago i tbs hs
chair arose In the minds of a few friends
who were Sitting with him enjoying a
! PheaI matte saa rs S and thss Mes gantif gnaIb took 9 Ok
Afberts were first seen. and these gentle
men We're sheartily in favor. and started
eas eal Mr. rolling II 4 WITH Ro 3 80 w, BIN. ! and a,m nss !
starter: then came contributions from
Frank Scott. George Vanarsdale, Charles
Metz. John n FdiegalHf. NJ E Tomlinson},
Rood. Horace Farrier. w. Page, Henry
RohRfs. Hiram Wallace. Captain Farrier,
Harry Vanarsdale, U. Joeger. Issac Fry,
Francis j. Weis. o."
After obtaining the none the next
so sola AIon Mas was 90 g fnSit q chair hail R large enc
who pretended that she wished to pur-
e 6 1sev a IA e aga m for her es husband 3b;I who was
tried to sit In several chairs. but it was
no go, as they were too small. 1t was
thought that one made four inches larger
was secured.
The next thing was to keep it quiet;
c con Reeso Were pa's allowed ct 'f fe KNOW " on t the
tfme set to present it until the day 1t
was to be done. his wife only knowing
that he was to have company twenty
minutes before the party arrived. Mr..
Willard f. Tomlinson. assistant freight
train master of the Pennsylvania Rail
ro "a t n ma e ngv the ona prFSHSi eg abst s mnlid
show to poorer advantage at than trying
t % e nanah General s e Porter or cha9ncey
have h, pf fafied On eap s to the ecf present Il lime tins Il J
find put what It is. Having no special
abilities in any direction, and one what
sSer IS have an o made k nolme 10 ot 1e,, tb frie na1
ture of our visit. We have those with
US who eo3Ild have lone it ereditably and
trying. to say something in behalf of
my friends. to. a man who by his upright
a alnsI a ssnssa q q asa}sP 4 Ri friend gs%ilil H neea,
and. above ali other attributes. has no
word to utter against n man liked or
ing n1e'l Of yo ssn ME- s SCI oaeF, and these am s aaaii-
ties have made you hosts of friends. a
few only of whom are here tonight.
cate p that 1 ~ to tie he's present sem. time meu you ih had
enjoyed fair health and that you had
been able to stand no If you did not want
to sit down. but time is making us all
older. and deserving though you be,
time discriminates in favor of no one.
You must submit to the Inevitable n
grow old with less deserving and smaller
people. Your good nature or your pounds
Of flesh will not save you from that fate.
and in order that you might get as much
comfort as possible in your older days,
we desire to present you with a chair
that was selected ease, COM
fort and durability, and is
ol.@<F& 81 r~,A. AFF 4s-~ Z-E N--,~ ~ s4
was ~purposely built that way. When you
desire to occupy 1t remember you are
about to sit in. your own chair that no
one can disturb you in that right or
call on you to prove it. by your qualities
before mentioned you have proved your
self worthy May you live long to en-
joy it. n should you ~olftlast the chair.
may there be enough of us left to get
When aIonDarose to reply. the we'll
founded suspicion that he had a hig
heart was fully demon trated. He
wears a 2O-lnc,lh collar, but his massive
Those present were Mr.. and Mrs. .John
Carroll Of Newark. Mr.. and Mrs. Albert
Storms. Mr.. and Mrs. n. Shea of Pater-
son, and the following from JERSEY City:
Msssrs. q Woolsey, ". B. Schooner,
Charles Metz. George Yanarsda,e. Cap
tain Jaynes f.. Burrage, Milfa r1 F. Tom
linson. William J. Virgins. Frank Scott,
.Tahn T.. Fliegauf. James Mccoy, E. l..
and Samuel T@fRar