The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1875-06-09
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with a full force.
Strawberries, cream, and music, mixed,
at the festival on Friday aud Saturday nights.
The Fourth of July is to be celebrated
with appropriate ceremonies at High Bridge.
Go to Hooker's for the best makes of
Kid, Silk and Lisle Gloves. ap. %.
The Milford Christian Bible School pur-
pose having Strawberry and Ice Cream Fes-
tival at an early day.
Spend pleasant evening with your
friends at the strawberry festival on Friday
and Saturday evenings, in the Baptist Church.
Helms, So Clinton ST., Lambertville, puts
on slate roofs in all section of the country.
Orders by mail attended to promptly. 1t.
The Milford Cornet Band intend to pro-
cure new set of instruments.
The establishing season is nearly over,
expiring on the 10th of June The Delaware
is SO low that very few are being caught at
the present time.
--R. H. Van Horn has just received new
lot Of rag carpets, which he is selling cheaper
than any before this season. June I'd, If.
--"N No money for tramps,' voted at our
last town meeting, says the White House Cask
OF, has dried up the flow Of that stream to
wonderful degree.
Pacific Percales, at 12t cts, at Cooley s.
Crouse's.
AT Hooker's you can find all of the best
makes of Corsets, cheaper than the cheapest.
- ap. %.
The Commencement exercises of the
Seminary at Ringoes viii take place on June
18th, at o'clock P. NJ, in the Baptist
Church at Ringoes. Rev. T. E. Vassar is ex-
pected to deliver an address.
Good Prints, at cts, at Cooley 8
Crouse's.
: MIR. Robert 8. Fithtan, trucker at
Bridgeton, has discovered sure remedy for
potato bugs. 1t is Gas Lime. He says that
he has Killed as high as a hundred of these
pests with two teaspoonsful of the lime He
scatters it on the vines, and the bugs die
Instantly, OF immigrate to the next patch.
This is harmless remedy, and should be
tried.
"A fall line of White Goods and Hamburg
Edgings, at Hooker's. ap. 20.
"A match game of base ball was played
between tho Model School Nine of Trenton
and the Stars Of this city, on the grounds of
the former at Trenton, on Saturday last. The
Model School Nine coming cut victorious by
score of "a to /.
Good Prints, az 8 cts, at Cooley s.
: Crouse's.
Mayor Palmer's little son, who was
thrown out Of the wagon in the runaway last
week, appears to be improving. It was
thought that he would lose his sight, and
he was blind just one week, almost to the
very hour, when he first saw after the acct
dent - renchtown I,sdependen emit
Our Gas Co. has been agitating the ques-
ton of making gas from petroleum instead of
coal After q discussion of the matter, action
has been postponed for three months. In the
meantime, the company intends to put in new
washers, SO that consumers may expect
shortly to receive purer quality of gas.
"A Monmouth county man writes home
from Colorado that farmers should examine
their potato vines and take off the leaves upon
which the Colorado bug has deposited its
eggs and burn them. This is the practice of
the farmers in Colorado, who say that the
mischief is done to the crop after the eggs
are Matched, and not by the bug that lays the
egg.
1T is expected that the contract for the
building Of the Masonic Hall, in this citys will
be given out in few days. Delay has been
caused by waiting for proposals of parties in
Trenton and Philadelphia. We hope to see
1t secured by some one at home. We believe
in giving home the preference, even if the
cost is little greater than it would be with
outside parties to do the work.
lon Monday night some one who was in
great stress for " fun - or else was consider
ably vicious, carried off one of the wire win
dow guards in front Of Schulhaus' clothing
store, and placed it across the pavement in
front Of the residence of Mr.. Jas. D. Stryker.
1t stood at sharp angle, SO that persons CON-
ing in one direction might have run against
the sharp points on the top and injured
themselves seriously. A gentleman passing
along the street walked against it and came
near breaking his leg.
The term of the County Superintendent will
shortly expire, and there are several persons
who are anxious to succeed him. Among the
candidates are the present incumbent, Rev.
C. s. Conkling VIM. Lyman, of this city i;
In. Leigh, of Remington E. NJ. Heath, of
Locktown o. H. Hoffman, of Lebanon r.
s. Swackhamer, of White House land A.
B. Noll, of New Germantown. The APP
pointment will be made at the next meeting
of the State Board of Education.
A tree was felled near Cushetunk Park,
one day last week, that measured IL feet
inch in circumference-about four feet in
diameter. This large tree was felled by
Messrs. VIM Lare and Richard Bells, the
champion ak swingers of Cushetunk Mountain,
in II minutes. The combined weight Of these
little giants will not exceed 275 pounds, and
they are ready to cut wood one day against
any two men-regardless of weight-who