The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1881-08-31
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The Cotton Exposition at Atlanta promises
10 be of Importance second only to that of the
tentennial year, and its projectors are pro-
Ling by experience derived during that
memorable occasion. The last important
aove is in the creation of department to
lake charge of the goods of exhibitors who
cannot be present SO that people who have
aoods to exhibit and would not send them be-
cause of their inability to be present, can now
end them along. 1t is said that this depart
,nent is in the hands of experienced men. The
ally difficulty presenting itself tending to In
icrfere with the success OF this exposition is
in the matter of furnishing accommodations
'or visitors, but recent adyices indicate that
such arrangements are being made that little
inconvenience is to be apprehended on this
score.
Insurance follows the hapless Pennsylvanian
from the cradle 20 the grave. The practice of
assuring decrepit old men on the assessment
ilan for speculative purposes has already been
isferred to. Recently the industry of birth
Insurance has sprung into existence. Only
carried folks are permitted to become men,
bers of the h-Insurance Associations, and
hey do not pay assessments until one year af-
Ter they have taken out policies. Twins and
triplets are at owners risk. The assessments
viii not exceed $1.25 on 81 900 certificate,
- 80 on 81, 600 certificate, and So. 40 on a
$4,000 certificate. The insurance is against
births. A member becomes beneficiary the
aoment there is birth in his family, provided
.e has held a certificate for one year. This
iemarkable association is in operation at
s-aurelton, Union county, and the Press
gouches for history of its operations, which
it gives as authentic. It ia quite as trust
ssorthy APP institution as, for example, the
Woman's Bank in Boston. which promised to
pay interest at the rate of s per cent. per
mouth, and was a splendid thing while it
iasted-for the managers.
Postal cards on which the WRITER'S have
neglected to place addresses fall intS the Dead
letter maelstrom at the rate 2, 100 day.
And then the writer's wonder they have
never reached their destination aud put all
The blame on Uncle Sam and his pdstmen.
The Douglas monument in Chicago, It is
announced, has at last been comraeted 1t is
-wenty years since Douglas died and some
thirteen or fourteen years since the corner
stone of this monument was laid. 1t takes a
great While to put up a monument in this
country, but Douglas has been more fortunate
han Washington.
Johnny Skae, of San Francisco, was once
worth $10,000,000. One night last week he
@as committed to jail in San Francisco in de-
FAULT of the payment of SIS fine for drunken
ness
The Lehigh and Hudson railroad having
passed into the hands of the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company, a line to connect the tw o
is being laid at Belvidere.
The Yorktown celebration and the Atlanta
cotton exposition win keep the mind of the
country pleasantly excited the coming Fall.
The Wisconsin Greenbackers, who denounce
monopolies and milionaires in their platform,
have nominated for Governor one of the
richest men in the State.
The Summer of 1881 is more than half gone
and the days are shortening quite rapidly.