The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1873-09-03
Barnum advertised $40, 900 worth IN St.

Barnum advertised $40, 900 worth IN St.
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Precautions are being resumed in New
York against the epizooty, which has reap
peared among the horses at Poughkeepsie, &,
5 az boat house is being built forthe iron
steamer, on the canal basin in the lower part
of this city. a6.a 4llaisef .3ht
Gratz Brown is IN good health and looks re-
markably we'll He hasn't tasted water
melon this season. iisaitA i's Y - 81 Y
Prof. Hayden, in charge Of the Colorado
exploring expedition, has already collected
and forwarded to Washington 227 different
varieties Of North American grasshoppers.
The monster new rolling mill at South
Bethlehem will be putin operation in a few
weeks. 1t is expected to give employment to
a Thousand men when running to its full ca
pacity. 8as #d p liss asaslsa ~,
Judah p. Benjamin, formerly d rebel Sena-
tor, now d member OF the English bar, has
notified two ladies named Campbell and
Chambers, Of Madison Georgia, tliat they
are joint heirs to ST., 900, 600 from a French
estate. sass' tial''N ~ e'sA ~
Mr.. John Wise, in ,Scribner's, shows several
Inconsistencies with fact Of the theory that
tides are caused by the sun and moon, and
says that the tides of the sea and the air are
caused by the centrifugal force generated by
the revolution Of the earth, ina manner SINH
lar 70 the throwing off Of water from the per-
iphery of areyolying grindstone. !, 81 .ss
Says the Albany Eeeaiag Journal. h"Itis
not fair to throw the blame of Che present
heavy debts of the Southern States upon the
'carpet-baggers.' When the scarpet-baggels'
were ''inside " in North Carolina the debt of
that State was $0,500,00O During the three
years the 'chivalric Democracy have had the
control of her Legislation this debt has run up
to SIS, 061, 800. 1886 = ggfta h7s 80 sIf'l
The surprising advance in the petroleum
trade is shown by an historical fact and late
statistics. tits less than twelve years since
the first cargo of petroleum ever exported
from the United States left philadelphia in tho
brig Elizabeth Watts The amount Of the
shipment could not have been large, probably
q few hundred barrels, but from that small
beginning this trade has Increased to such a
degree that last year the exports from this
country were 4,70s, 049 barrels. No other in
dustry or interest in this country has ever as
sumed SO great proportions in so short a
time.
How to keep hotel--Never part with it. p
The exceedingly disputed question--ssJs
the Democratic party dead or alive ? I" draws
this from the St. Paul {Minn) Press: "The
Democratic party frequently talks as if itwere
alive, but it always acts as if it were dead
We cannot tell. But it does seem as if Demo
Gratis ought to know tasN
The following, proposed to sodds and
Ends for solution iH95 sfssi fat
"A man with eyes saw plums tree, ol i.,st,i
Neither took plums nor left pluns pray, how could
I, that be 2" 81 AAstts = 7il Ft hstst@ ~
| is answered thus gqisa hlaa vi .Nftasi
"The man hadn't eyes, but he Ind just one eye Nv
With which the tree two plums he could spy:
Hc neither took pums, nor puins did he leave;
But took one, and left one, rs We may eahceiye, n