The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1873-11-12
For THE RECORD,
sEC0ND-ST0RY views.

VIII. IVY n NOiV VI GA li<thttttOh may
seem necessary touching the above general
/ title, under, which it is proposed--with your
permission-to contribute few articles to
your valuable paper.
Most Of your readers will readily recall the
very able and timely T" Vieps 81 of ssHoMo, y
written from the /. IIousETop and published
in q the other paper, = consequently none of
us could hope TO reach that lofty eminence.
Nor yet again, can we adoptt the caption used
by our dental friend, and dub our lucubrations
"G1souNp F1ooR vIEws;;s such unwaran-
tabls plagiarism might wen produce al "im-
pfession I more durable than was, and more
painful than the, Jumping tootlache. Being
unable, therefore, to take a position, either
upon the top Of the house, OF at the bottom
thereof, I've have'no basernent) we modestly
compromise matters by occupying the " SEC
oSD STORY '-l,alf way between our Illus
ttipps confreres, the D. D. on the BLOUSE
Tor and the d, D. S. on the. GROUND
FLOOR.
Let no one then confonni us with either
of the two illustrious knights Of the quill
above referred to; for, sooth to say,so unas-
Stunning are we, that in undertaking to occupy
even this halfway position, we are not with
out fears that possibly we may after all be
crushed between the upper and the neither
milestone. Nevertheless, may we not very
properly claim some advantages for oven the
''SEcoND STORY" True, it is not so ecva-
ted as that Of our, clerical friend, nor
yet so lowly as the one modestly assumed by
him who lambeth the forceps dexterously-
yet, notwithstanding, even from this position
much may BIO seen and commented upon
Avoiding therefore, that g vaulting ambition
which o'erleaps itselfland falls over on the
other side '-4-as well as that "aping of our
betters /" which bespeaks the fool-we quietly
and humbly propose to take our observations
from this position, whence it is hoped with
'snaught extenuate or set down in malice"
we may speak of sundry matters within our
ken. i6+fl astF,fs ..sts ,,Fsssfs 4s48ft
So much for preliminary observations {; and
now, 1epcaous a nos Dloattons-which means,
we will return to our subject.
We frankly admit that among current
events now transpiring, near and remote,
there are many things calculated to excite
our establishment and CONSERVATION but all
of these-staltling though they be-must
"pale their Intellectual fires" before tho
unparalleled exploit of our ilustrious Modoc,
\ who has swung clear over to the other side
''at one fell swoop ~ and decreed that billiards
and the bar from union are debarred.
! oh shade of St Patrick and can IL be true
That under the there should be something new
A spasm Of virtue has seized PAT MALONE
As If for his pa It sins he lain would atone.
lie votes thar the bill ,ris and whiskey shant mix
.Audentcrs his protest gainst any such tricks
Now give your lie ,nse and then roll the balls,
But you cannot have liquor and bnirds and all.
will not 60 both, but eau stand each aone.
You must not ask too much says Mr.. Malone
1t has been we'll said that
'The whirIigig of time brings strange changes"
But who could have dreamed of one SO great
as this? We feel like exclaiming +" Daniel
come to Judgment yea, Daniel !! but soft
you, now Messieurs-
Can such things be and overcome us like summers
Z, & Are ali things conference.-the the surface. whit they
ron me, w WIS., men touching this sam, caso
Whit means this sud lol and unlooked-for change
of bases.!
We raise our window to it's full height, and
pause eagerly for reply.
A few week since, we saw in your sane
tum, Mr.. Editor a branch from pear tree
loaded with second blossoms the other day
some one told us a pretty tough yarn about
apples freezing solid on the trees in Octobcr;-
we have also noted few spasmodic efforts at
cnforcing the laws on the part of our worthy (?!
City Fathers and now, POTTS and IoPpocK
have been elected in spite of whiskey, corrup-
tion and the ring but although these