The Lambertville press. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1858-1???, 1860-02-22
VOLUME 2, NUMBER 68.

.. A PRINTERS ANECD0TE 1t used
| to be related of Corporal hymn, Print
er, known for many years in this town
as being more remarkable for his odd
humor than the length of his purse,
that while he was travelling from Low
ell to Boston, he was met by a high
wayman, who politely ( as was the Gus
tom of those gentry demanded his
purse. aaY
aMy dear sir" qnoth Corporal
hymn, l perceive you don't know
me y
"That's nothing to the purpose sir,
give up your purse immediately" de-
manded the highwayman.
The Corporal repeated with earn
estness. which. could not be misunder
stood" Positively you do not know
me1h sad g s
/" We'll, psaidthe highwayman, some
what surprised at the manner Of the
Corporal, !" who the-are you 2"
ar" Why, Pm printer is
"a printer did you say ? Whew !!
I'm off-dry picking l'-Lo'oeH pa
per. ~ $3.50 aa
IT i've" said John Wesley, for
eternity. I steer for the headland be-
yond and expect nv reward not here
but in Heaven" This solid convic-
ton of a future state was the great Sc
cret Of John Wesley. What to other
men was distant cloud land, to him
was an intense reality. He walked
every moment consciously on its verge !;
and when he preached, it was with the
feeling that at any instant he might be
called to his final account.
A writer in the American Medical
Gazette furnishes the following lucid
description of the cause of bushes in
young ladies "The mind communi-
Gates with the central ganglion the
latter, by reflex action through the
brain and facial nerve, to the organic
nerves in the face, with which its bran
ches inocculate. y Clear as mud
JONES had been out to a champagne
party, and returned home at late, or
rather an early, hour He had hard
ly got into the house when the clock
struck four.
ne-one-one-one hiccup-
ped Jones. " | say, Mrs. Jones, this
clocks out O. order; it struck one four
times.
How To PRESERVE LADIES' FURs. :
Fins furs should be keptin cold place
An experienced dealer will tell, the
moment he puts his hand on piece Of
fur, fit has been lying in warm, dry
atmosphere; it renders the fur harsh,
dry and shabby, entirely destroying the
rich, smooth softness which it will have
if kept in a cold room.
The Sabbath is but one day younger
than man-ordained for him in the
state of his uprightness and innocence,
that his faculties being then holy and
excellent, he might enjoy them, espe-
cially on that day, in the singular and
most spiritual worship of God his Gre
ator. Bishop E. Hopkins
The little town of Epworth, Lin
colnshire, England, produced both the
Rev. John Wesley, the founder of the
Wesleyan Society, and the Rev. Alex
ander Kilham, the founder of the
Methodist New Connection. Wesley
was born in 1903, and Kilhani in 1893.
A FRENcHMAN thinks the English
language is very tough. +" Dare is
lookout" he says, which is to put
your head out and see and lookout,
which is to haul in your head and not
to see-just contrarie." d
IT keep an excellent table," said a
lady dlsputing with one of her board
ers. M
"That may be true, ma'am," says
he, but you put very little upon it. >
"Pa, have dogs got wings 2"
Wingsl No, child. Don't you
know better than that I" 9
Why " pa, this paper says a big
dog few at him and bit him. 9
cam mot little pale 2" inquired
lady who was short and corpulent, Of
crusty old bachelor "You look
more like big tub, was the reply.
Prentice, of the Louisville journal,
says" IF when you visit neighbor
he tells you in husky voice, to make
yourself at home obey him literally
as soon as possible."
THE following toast was recently
given at a fishing frolic -
The Ladies-May we kiss all the
girls we please, and please, all the girls
uo kicc sstAAtss a2s