, 1859-04-02

aoss nAscA1At IAf fHS0has' oul
1f'enu om1tners IRON "hom nc quote'lsnt ofd'-
nat1fy swearing man, not by no means, but be !
bought load Of hay Saturday morning. lie
has had his eyes opened, has Suithers, by our
frequent late references to certain practices on
on the part Of hay vendors which he agreed |
With us in believing did not Immediately threat-
en- with the fate Of Enoch any mothers son Of |
the large class to whom our city gramnivora
look tor dessicated herbaeeous sustenancc.
bf1ehy, smlthers was aware, and wlde-a-"ake,
anu IN q acomlortaole frame Of m'nd went down
to safkct street, TO purchase loao OF hay.
veneer was found. emshefs scleetea nm
1roIl 'he crowd 1o' certain PhyS'oghom1cai. anu
"itcAea los phfeholoSlca1 tfans' 1ne lhu's'oual
hle" h's nose On req oanaanna hahakefchle1'
carried in LIS hat' Tue oar1ns OF Ills cronium
beng tue OCCASION looked 1or' IN lact mus 10
snithcrs. lie was his hr'n frlcna from mat IN
stant anu WOULD hasc trusted the has-aealcf
with unt"ld gold An honest man s'r' sad
smthers 10 himse4t-ana ne took Inc nay at
price and register OF "e'ght 'e't entirely With
the seller 49,.
That niuht l1rhc1d Grni1herS smiling aa he rim.
md IN ,he <,ens INV dc,r-. Nrs sm;t,or.
.vorc n f1own sm;thcr. s,o,,ed shnr,. shc
to,k nm The stitch he dronncd-
..WLut did YOU send III, that rllo of rocks and
stones by that hay dealer for:''
smitlers went to the yard. There were tile
traces abundant of the honest mau's' replen-
ishment Of the hay-mow, but here, there ande
everywhere in the yard lay dark looking stones
Us If Smthers' leased-lot had been visited bv j. !
IN. weighing them and the matter. RcadcE.
yo,, have i, On the evidence of Solomon S1nithct
that orer an hundred weight Of stone shook
mystcriously out of single load of hay bought
on Market street. near Randolph, on Saturday
last. Whe,he. the case belongs to the Police
Court or the Society Of Natural Sciences re-
mains unsettled. In the meantime among other
farms Of proximity, smithers has forsworn the
aid Of phrenofogy in buying hay. lie confesscs
10 us that the discourse at the Bulbous street
Church last Sunday morning was timely, and
well chosen. "Wby,' said Smthers war1nly,"I l
never knew the Book of Esther had anything
so much to the point Us the fate of hay-mah.
| uanged high, wasn't he? Good for him.
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n'eh's' u'heF1o 'ne Ptan OF 4e'tlne the eoh'
| tracts for public work has been to make the
| rr;cc narahIc ,v1,cn thc nszaesmcots for t},c
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| WORK we're co"eeteo' ohoer 1ne III" requiring
| all sales Of real estate for uncollcctci assess-
mcnts, NJ well as taxes tn he made to..cthcr in
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'"e t4''A'" y, '". -. - 'u.'' "s''
mcnts may be delayed Tor mauy moths, eren
| after the work las been completed This has
! o.,o,.r,o,ars n ,5a tror, +,,,,+.- ~ .,,;,4,
eaoSs" ~o"'i - "1N o"' ~ ~
per cent. TO thclr 1ahos 10 enahie 1hcnl 10 fais
| funds TO carry on their work. which Of course
,,,,;,,,,.tx .rnos ,,t of fin poclc,s or ~, ,ro-
f
by the issue Of city construction bonds, bearing
10 per cent. interest, to pay contractors as the
work rrogrcsscs--thc bonds, wc suppose, 10 be-
come due and payable on the tic collection Of
the assessments.
This is matee of no little importance to
property owners and taxpayers, and the Board
Of Aldermen should give it a careful cunsi.acra-
tion.
The petition referred TO also asks for some
amendment to tie ordinance recently passed
i'll regard to the manner of letting contracts
for public Improvements. Say thu petitioners: =:
Ws are still Of opinion flat it goes too far, as
y aslfNs, rfoptI!s Owners o. HAVING voice
f. If t,rn, may dcr;d,. mnnn alsn in thc jrtfinr
as many Of the proprictors have their own street
him. ana o1hef aavan.agcs 'Ac! .hes might
with narties to do thIr owo portion of the work.
hut by the nbovc ordinance are left to the mercy
n's eale, "S'u . .ns'soae s,. l,ss sna' y"
t. mon nny street. NJ nortion Of street nc,t;au
contract VIII parties Tor any sucl, Improvements
r M orE ~. ~ dona ~ Jr Hu.n ,'e ~
rec,iou and to tic satisfaction Of lie Cjty Su-
pcrintcntlent.
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e'Ix vho vow ,1l,ro,1 r,nn. v..7cr,,,v ,ho
following arr worthy OF mention: black
smith, mt tar fr"m h'nzlc street bridge. nailed
horseshoe to the sidewalk IN front OF his
shop ana fetlscd 10 wait ior btcs. Inc hrst
rlan who ca1ne along glanced INTO the shop to
ser 1t anybody was looking anu then made 4
hurried grab for the iron. His hngcr nails
came oil rather tue worse Tor the contact, and
when he heard the laugh OF the sons of Vulcan
within, he blasphcncd quite earnestly. 4 dozen
or more repeated his experiment during the
morning with the same unfortunate result.
1T noon, however, the proprietor Of the shop
went to dinner, and one Of his men took Il l,a1ls-
nler aud knocked tue shoe of. When the party
rc-asscmbled for the afternoon, he drew the shoe
: out of his pocket, rcmarking that lie had found
it in the street, a4l sold It to tie oHatr Jor t,rt,4-
tY-dr, .4nts'
The other conspicuous April fool referred ia
MAS '"e e'1'o' " '"I on'@Do w." ~ '' "''''
see'ns 'el.eF !" '.'s I "ksS ASp .1''ts1 4i'"'
A'eh'San eHs' "n'cn VIC sree'a''s uce':''eo ~
" an in'enoea se'' eonc'uaea al onee 'a''
NC hao oeen 'oolea " the "fner IL MAY oe
remarked t!a1 thls KIM ol 1olis' IN t"at quarter
. Is not peculiar 10 1he ilfst aas Oh 6APF'.
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s.~s.. as.a.a 80 r.. r;a,t ~ the wosh;na,o,
~.ra.,, aa+,,,,o ~, ,horn.ner,cd nr,xcr nect
9 :.. h.,s ~. &C.,, t,-,,~o ~ ona o.o,o.t
neS A1e n''o oa'!: '''. 49, ~ w.
Yesterday, the RcT. W r. Ste"ar1, OF th'
Clark street Methodist Church, conducted til,
G n,oot;nr Tho cvercixcs vere n1,asant 50 tha
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