The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1877-11-07


strains Of music furnished by well-trained
band. From this quiet nook can observe
the passengers. Here il foreigner III q vel
vet coat, he seems to be substantial old pat
cr families, and has just brought his three
pretty daughters some tempting fruit, and
listens 10 their lively chatting With al ap.
proving smile. His wife has oufious dfoop
of tho features, VEL ~ intellectual fsce.
stately girl ii 4 long linen dasteF sweeps III,
a duh looking woman with treepifa Will
passes back and forth. There stands upset.
men FUN seven feet high, born and breti down
East, am sure. Men with eye-g glasses aud
heavy gold chains, aud whose clothes out
largely into the cloth, waddle through Tho
long saloon. Hero Is i group Of lovely girls,
brim full Of fun, returning from trip to tho
White Mountains. Being weary, retired
early.
Wednesday morning, five o'clock. When
I 60 upon deck find we are passing Black
Well'a Island. SEQ some of the convicts IN
their prison uniform at work near the shore.
When the boat lands sit still until The crowd
pass off. Soon familiar voice says 30,
here you are I" and find relative has
come on board TO meet me- In d few minutes
we are in the street, and after short walk
enter one Of the cars on the elevated railway
which takes us nearly to our destination. At
ter breakfasting have a pleasant chat with
my friends the time passes SO quickly that
the bell rings for lunch before / am aware
that il is nearly noon. Taking the half-past
one train from Jersey City, soon hear the
conductor calling out the familiar names, and
wonder If 1t were not rather sentimental
railroad official which gave such flames, Dun
ellen, and the like, to the little wayside sta
items. Somervile is reached, and young
mai1 in military uniform comes in and takes
seat in ffbht Of me. inquire II the war Of
the strikers has invaded the precincts Of
staunch little Jerseyp Oh, yes we have
been having quite time at Phillpsburg y"
Then follows recital of the military opera
tions Of the past week. The young soldier is
a workman in the rubber factory oil Lambert
vile and evidently regarded the present. caui-
paign in a favorable light, as affording I'D
agreeable change.
was amused at little episode which oc-
CURED just after we left Pennington. 0ur
well known conductor came through the train
collecting tickets, the young soldier proffersd
some sort of d pass, but Mr.. Williamson evil
IDENTIFY did not,regard it as an equivalent for a
ride from Pennington TO Lanib5ftvile. The
young man explained, expostuIated, &C., but
to no purpose nothing short Of thirty-six
CENTS would satisfy our worthy official who
evidently did not appreciate the necessity Of
any peculiar privilege being awarded to the
militia.
As looked upon the well-tilied fields which
surround our little village, promising III
abundant harvest, and remembered the scanty
crops of that portion Of New England which
I had been visiting. thought that It was
indeed privilege to dwell where the soil gave
an ample return for the labor expended And
yet am not sure that the fertile land and d
genial cline will induce the most earnest eff
forts The rugged hills OF Scotia produced a
Knox, a Burns, a Miller The Alpine prov
inces a Calvin, a Guyot, and al Agassiz -
Could the luxurant valleys of sunny Italy,
France, and Spain do more ?
And how patient reader, the " Notes from
New England . are ended. They were writ
ton in the belief that a description Of Bunker
Hill, Cambridge and lts University, the Home
Of LongIeilow, Mount Auburn, and other
noted features Of Boston, might be of inter-
est to some of the students of the Seminary
who are readers Of THE REconD,
The Summer vacation is past the mild
hazy Autumn days are here you, and |, and
other tourists are doubtless quietly settled in
to the work Of another year. We know not
whether future vacation will be given Unto
us. 1t may be that ere the long bright Sum-
iner days Of '7S beam upon the earth we shall
have entered upon that life Where Summer
and Wntet seed time and harvest are not
known. X. B. LARSON.
Seminary at Ringoes, N. ].