The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1874-03-11
srocKroS, N. J.,Manct LORE. 1874.

oA1~AAVN, ~ Js$l@uAlSC4 lUIH, 1914.
Mr.. EpsFoR :7,Tliefe has beer u great
mystery and excitement IN our village the
past fortnight, in regard to certain hand
writing mot upon the wall) but in .sTHE REC
ORD" The astrologers Chaldeans andsootl-.
sayers have appeared, and have given tho IN
depreciation thereof, but the author of the
mysterious prediction has not been discov-
cred. A certain scribe, "a wise man." has
venturcd to assert that he knows the man.
This scribe" testifes THAT he knows Of
certain individual who cannot spell correctly
in five letters aud therefore concludes that be
must be the inystefio,ssF X6ht as Inc is not
prophet nor the son Of d prophet, the people
arenot inclined to ibelieve in ibis Tprophecy,
and therefore are still In doubt, anxiously
waiting for moro light upon the subject.
When this ssscribe" and wise man, who has
attempted to be prophet, conceived the
grand idea of preparing lengthy epistles for
publication, he selected as his signature the
pear still more mysterious he repeated it,
but the very characters he made use of were
the means of unfolding the secret that he
wished to,conceal, as many of the readers Of
hisietters remembered the Zig Tag course he
made at certain time, when being pursued,
and thus managed in his flight to escape with
out serious injury. 1t must also be admitted,
after aTcfafly aiding Ills lepistlc land obser-
wing Che gag style OF niscompostion, that
he has selected tho most appropriate charac-
ters to represent himself that could be found
either in the English or Greek alphabet
1t is hoped by many inquisitive minds, that
something can be made out of the signature
that the y JfEcohD I CORRESPONDENTS has Sc
lccted, that may also lead to his discovery.
z. z. or Zig-Zag, complains in his last
epistle that he has been misrepresented, and
attempts to explain his true position as re-
porter Of the public press He asserts that
NJ has the gympatly9spd respect of a large
majority of the influential citizens and bust
ness men Of Stockton We think he had bet
ter changeshiss expression and make it tho
'sBnsy bodiesAof the town. If he should,
however, be laboring under the delusion, and
having a better opinion Of himself than the
business men have, suppose that he should
test the matter by calling upon these SYM
pathizlng friends and asking of them the favor
of loaning him five dollar grcenback for a
few days! This will settle the case in q
practical way, and relieve his mind from all
such erroneous ideas in the future.
If there is another who shall dare to say a
word against the fair fame of this spotless
"scribe,' then let him give a sketch of his
life, showing how pure and perfect has been
his way, stating circumstances and surround
ings carefully and correctly, and thus COM
pei all men to respect and love him for his
works sake.
was reading a letter last week in one of
our " first-class" journals, and was pleased with
the idea Of inserting beautiful "Poem' of
two lines, adding much to the force and APP
pearance of the letter, and at the same time
making known to the world his poetical talent
l cannot expect to equal him in style or
thought, but have composed the following
touching lines to close this communication in
an affectionate manner: