The Lambertville press. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1858-1???, 1859-02-03
VOL. 1, NO. 10.



ament in 1910, I" that all women, of whatever
age, rank, profession, or degree, wether virgins,
maids, or widows, that shall, from and after such
act, impose upon, seduce, and betray. into mat
rimony any of his majesty's male subjects, by
scents, paints, cosmetic washes, artificial teeth.
false hair, Spanish wool, iron stays, hoops, high
heeled shoes, or bolstered hips, shall ineure the
penalty of the laws now In force against Witch
craft, sorcery, and such ike miSdemeanors and
that the marriage, upon conviction, stand null
and void"
The OH IRON of the burned Crystal Palace,
New York, was last week sold at auction; ,470
tons of cast and wrought iron have been weighed
out and assorted, and it is believed there are
500 tons more The cast iron sold at from SIT
to $18 per ton, and wrought iron at from $24to
$26.
IT is SAID that there is not an unmarried
man in the town of Yarmouth, Mass.
A LADY In PORTLAND, Me-, has just returned
few beets she borrowed fifty years ago of
neighbor promising to return them in few
days That the oldlady should have remembered
the incident and returned the triHing loan at
the end of half century, excited not little
the meraiment of the neighborhood
SENATOR SUMNER. received at Wash
ington from Senator Sumner, dated Paris, No
vember Is, state that bis health is much improv-
ed, bnt that his physicians insist that he must
remain longer He win not return to Wash
ington till January, or later Il
AN IMMENSE BALusTRADE for private stair-
way in the Capitol extension at Washington has
just been completed in Philadelphia by French
man, at cost of over $50, 600 The work is of
bronze, and is beautifully ornamented with ap-
propriate designs.
TWENTY years ago Jos. Harrison, exhibited
in an obscure locality of Philadelphia, small
collection of wax works To day he is the
owner of dry goods palace, corner of Eighth
and Chestnut, and is worth 81 900, Oo0-Thus,
some go up and some go down
THERE is no man on earth so pure but can
find something in himself to amend. Hence the
necessity-absolute necesSity-of every man min
ding his own business.
HARMLESS CURE For WARTs.-Dissolve
penny of sal animoniac in gill of soft
water, and wet the warts frequntly with the
solution
A grain Of prudence is worth a pound of
craft
A JEW named Lewiston, distributed to the
poor of Worcester, Mass, on Thanksgiving
day, 2,S72 pounds of lamb, and 1000 loaves of
bread, all of superior quality
A letter was dropped in the Post Office in
Greenfield Mass, last week, directed to "Eg-
garborc ~ Nuscbersy." After some study it
was sent to Egg Harbor city, N. j.
Cold feet are the precursors of consumption.
Totescape them, warm the feet well in the morn
ing, and covering the sole with piece of CON-
mon paper, carefully draw on the sock and then
the boot or shoe
BARBARA HAMMOND, q servant girl in Gin
cinnati, saw advertised for sale, at two dollars.
receipt which, if faithfully followed up, would
make the homiliest the handsomest and Bar
barra who was decidedly homely, had invested.
The receipt runs as follows Take half gill of
hyenas blood, the yolk of two ostrich eggs, an
ounce of gold dust, and pearl as big as your
thumb nail dissolved in vinegar mix into paste,
and spread upon the face every night before
going to sleep. The effect is astonishing"
AN EXCHANGE tells of an editor who went
soldering and was chosen captain. One day at
parade, instead of giving the orders, Front,
face three PAGES forward, !" he exclaimed,
cash. two dollars year, in advance"
THE men and women in Japan write with en-.
tirely different letters or characters, and hence
cannot read each others letters. =
JuDsoN L.HurcHINsoN, one of the members
of the well.known Hutchinson Family, com.
mitted suicide by hanging. at Lynn, Massachu.
sets. on Tuesday.
IT is said that an American farmer In the vi.
entity of Sioux City, Iowa, has with his whole
family, embraced Judaism He performed cir
cumcision on himself and now lives strictly in
accordance with the rules Of the Mosaic law.
Two centuries ago, not ono In a hundred
wore stockings. Fifty years ago, not one boy
In thousand was allowed to run at large at
night. Fifty years ago, not one girl in thous.