The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1898-05-13
SONS OF COLONIAL WARS.
Patriots of the Society in Banquet
at MorristOwn.

Dinner at the Golf Club House. With Pa
triotic Exercises and Speeches BY Promi-
nent Jerseymen stockton. Pitney,
Shields, Humphreys, whitehead and
vermilye-New Onicers Chosen,
Morristown is again proud. Within ten
days from the passing of her sumptuous
entertainment of the National Society of
the American Revolution she has opened
her arms to the Society of Colonial Wars
of New Jersey anti dating the Revolu-
tionary war-and received its members
none the less heartily. About thirty
delegates were present and the meeting
was successful in every particular. At
5 o'clock a meeting of the council was
held for preliminary business, followed
at $50 by general meeting of the So
ciety, presided over by Lieutenant Gov
ernor William Morris Deem in the alb
sense Of General E. Burd Grub, COVER
nor of the society, who was reported at
Washington in the service of his coun-
try. The important part of the session
was the election of officers for 1898. as
follows: Governor, General Edward
Burd Grubb deputy governor, General
William Scudder Stryker; lieutenant
governor, William Morris Deem; secre-
tary, John Eyerman treasurer, George
Sanford Wylie; registrar, Frank
Obadiah Briggs; historian, Rev.
Frank Landon Humphreys, S. T. D.;
hsplain, Rev. Ashbel Green Vermilye,
d. D.; chancellor, Cummins Thomas.
At the society and guests were seated
for dinner in the handsome hall of the
Morris County Golf Club House, covers
being laid for thirty eight. Flags and
floral decorations made a charming set
ting for the dinner tables, and above in
the gallery, giving tone and spirit to the
delightful occasion, were the ladies of
the Society of Colonial Danes, number
ing thirty. The dinner was an elaborate
one and served in an excellent manner,
without single jar, and has already the
name of the finest dinner the house has
known and will stand as an exhibition of
skill and entertaining energy of the
new steward of the house, Edward Bold
ing, late of Carl Berger's, West seth
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were served in the following order:
CLANS.
Sherry. Oloroso, 1850.
Chicken Gumbo Strained.
Shad Roe. Newburg.
Spring Lamb.
Potatoes Chateau. Stuffed Peppers.
L. Roederer. Carte Blanche 1898.
Asparagus, Sauce Hollandaise.
Navel Oranges Maraschino.
Boned SQUAD.
Dandeloin' and Watercress Salad,
strawberry Mousse,
Cake Fruit.
Toasted Crackers.
Roguefort and Cream Cheese
Bar lie Due Jelly.
Cigars Coffee. Liquors.
The menu card was work of art.
hand illuminated. 1t bore on its front
an Indian head in water colors and the
great seal of the State society in red
wax, with the red and white ribbons of
the society, and on the back color
sketch of the great calument. in whose
curling smoke was painted the name of
each banqueter; it was also deliberately
printed throughout, the work of Tiffany
& Co. During the dinner very excellent
music was rendered by a double brass
quartet from New York. When
cigars had been passed number of the
members, headed by the bugle and ma
tional flags, marched to spirited music
about the hall.
Lieutenant Governor Deem presided at
the banquet called to order with mall
let made from portion of the old Ar
mold Tavern building, now all Souls
Hospital, formerly owned by Phillip Ell.
Hoffman. The mallet was incased in a
solid box made from one of the rafters of
the same building. The box was the
gift of George S. Wylie, an enthusiastic
local member, and the wood was kindly
furnished by Mr.. Hoffman, through
whose kindness a photograph of 1.-THE
Arnold" was also hung in the hall.
AS the first toast, ssOur Country
God bless her. may she ever be right.
But right or wrong. our country.
was proposed, and responded to heartily,
the ladies uniting, while the band
PLAYED 1.-The Star Spangled Banner"
Fhe next was 'sTo the members of the
Society of the Colonial Wars in the
Army and Navy" and this was drank to
the tune of Orally Round the Flag" the
banqueters joining in the singing. This
was followed by an address by
the Society chaplain, Rev. Ashbel Green
Vermilye, D. D., who spoke in praise of
the State of New Jersey, holding that
the name Manhattan really belonged to
the Palisades and North Jersey. He also
stated as additional glory for New Jer-
sey that of the 116 varieties of native
trees found between Maine and Virginia,
seventy-seven varieties could be found
on the palisades in New Jersey within
three miles of Englewood.
After Marching Through Georgia"
the toast, England and America, one in
language, one in heart, one in purpose, .
was answered by F. Landon Humphreys
of this city, whose address was enthus-
iastically received. Old. WORKOUT civil
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