The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1879-07-16
IL may be effeminate to play sroauet, but i,
is not near as hard work as to dig garden.


is not near as hard work as to dig garden.
Can these he very hard times--can coun-
| trv be very .shard mp which consumes fifty
million gallons of whiskey, ten million bar
rels of beer and two thousand million cigars
| in single yearg
| Hog cholera is making terrible ravages a.
mong the young pigs of southern Wisconsin,
10 Davies county, III. and Dubuque county,
Iowa, The disease spreads from drove to
drove, carrying off the porkers by the humid
red. The loss is incalculablc, ana has ruined
some farmers and discouraged many more.
Nearly Ave Thousand people collected on
the banks of tire Niagara river on the 9TH
inst. to witness the daring feat to be attempt
ed by II. p. Peer-that Of jumping from the
suspension bridge into the boiling water be-
low, distance Of 200 iset. He was too drunk
to undertake the foolish act, and the crowd
left disguised.
Fitty-one tons of American meat were con-
demned aud destroyed by the London inspec-
tors the second week In June, entailng to, the
American exporters a loss of $780, i 1t is
said to have beet kept ten days at New York
before shipment, and is the first large loss re-
sulting from the fresh meat traffic. About
one per cent. of the meat from all sources
sent to the Smithfeld market is condemned,
and large proportion Of the fish.
| On Newbold's Island, below Bordentown,
on the Fourth, two brothersin=law, named
Armstrong and Johnson, were preparing to
drive into Pennsylvania. Armstrong was
| getting the team, while johnson swami out in
| to tho river to get the scow. All at Office he
was seen to let go his hold and disappear un-
der the3water. 1t is thought thathe was tax
en- with the cramp.
| Gen. Hoxsey, of Paterson = ohs of the most
| impulsive of men, was brought before the Gil
! ty Recorder, Friday evening for assault
| A man named Thompson was id charge
Of a steam roller on the streets, and was run
| ming it in dangerous manner. Gen. HoAeyj
whose son was in charge of the work, told the
man to be more careful and Thompson told
| him to mind his own business. A w0rdy dis
| pute followed, which resulted in a struggle.
A large crowd collected, but before much
| harm was done both contestants We're march,
| ed before the Recorder. That official said both
i were to blame and dischafged them. Thomp-
4 sons face was scratched and the Generals
/ coat was badly torn. ee37a i2S
How TO SwIM.-The editor of the London
Truth, after observing that probably not
more than one in twenty of the persons who
indulge Ia boating on q holiday CAL I'm,
proceeds to tell his readers how to acquire
this accomplishment. .. Nothing" he says
+" is more easy" When the air is out of a
body it's owner sinks; when the air is in the
body its owner floats Let anyone slowly
4 draw In his breath as he draws back his arms,
retain it while he Is preparing for the stroke
which is to propel him, and slowly allow it to
90 through his lips as his arms are passed
back from before his head to his sIe aud his
legs are stretched out The action Of the stroke
should not be quite horizontal. but should be
made on slight incline downward. The real
reason why people take weeks to learn how
to swim is because swimming professors Ell
Their do not know, Or do not choose to teach,
the philosophy of breathing SO as to render
. 1.-The body buoyant. I would engage to make
anyone q tolerable swimmer in an hohr, I'M
less he is congenital idiot.
The yellow fever cases that have occurred
= in Memphis are traced to woman who pack
ed away lot of clothing aud bedding that
had been used by yellow fever patients, ant
/. who brought IL out to disseminate as soon a
the weather became hot enough to insure tn
siccess of her criminal experiment. The frs
victim WINS her own husband, and his death a
the hands of his Wifi has produced q. PAM
{ that has already half depopulated Memphis
I The latest accounts encourage thehope tina
the dreaded disease docs not exist in an ep
: demic form, and that the general condition {
y the atmosphere is favorable to an escape froi
i. a repetition of last year S scourge.