The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1881-06-01
NEW HOPE AND BUCKS COUNTY. PA.

NEW HUPE ANU BUCKS COUNTY, PA.
Mrs. Thomas Robbins, an old lady in
this place, had an attack of hemorrhage du-
ring the past week.
The first number of The NesO Hope Non
aor, shampanore 8 Son, publishers. was
issued on Wednesday Of last week.
Mrs. Amos Gilbert scalded her foot few
days ago BY splitting some boiling water upon
it.
The New Hope Chapel Is as yet without
regular pastor, but is supplied every Sunday
with very good preaching.
MIR. Simpson Kelly, one Of the New Hope
butchers, had the misfortune to run a knife
through his hand last week, inficting a very
bad wound.
The New Hope M. e. Church intends
holding strawberry festival, June 9th aud
9th, in the Odd Fellows Hall. Everybody
and all their relatives are invited to attend
and they will receive hearty welcome.
The New Hope Drug Store. under the
charge of its new proprietor,.W. d. L. Rob-
bins, ESQ.,, has been nicely refitted and put in
complete order. Its stock is much larger
than formerly, and its business is increasing.
The Hon. Edward Cooper, of New York,
one of the proprietors of the Durham iron
works, accompanied by DIR. r. w. Raymond,
general superintendent, arrived at Riegels-
vile last Wednesday afternoon, on tour Of
inspection. They left the next day to visit
some of their other works at different points.
day last week., a dog belonging to
Allen Opdycke, came through New Hope,
biting every dog ON the way. The cry of
" mad dog " was raised and men with guns
soon laid his dogship low. The dogs which
had been bitten were also shot, which were
quite cumbersome twelve or fifteen.
Rev. Rufus Naylor, of PENIS Park and
Richboro, is paying his New Hope friends
short visit. Some of his young friends from
New Hope and Lambertvlle gave him very
agreeable surprise on last Sunday afternoon
by appearing in his church at PENIS Park.
They came down to hear him in his own
church.
-Whooping cough seems to be terror to
the old as well as the young people, in New
Hope and vicinity. Several old men have it
badly as well as nearly every child on the
street, and strange to say this pest can be
had more than once, as several say they have
had it to their certain knowledge when they
were children, and now have it the second
time.
Mrs. Duckworth, widow of David Duck
worth, of Gainesville, received through her
$1,000 as back pension awarded to her de-
ceased husband, and as pension awarded to
the widow aud children of a deceased soldier.
This will come very acceptably to the widow,
who has several children to support and edu-
cate.
-Debeiges, Atwood filling, are being sol
at 1913 cts, reduction of 81 cts. from last
years price, at Van Horns. m.3o
An interesting story is told by DIR. R. G.
Foulke. Twenty-Five years ago his father
in-law, Mr.. Edward Vansant, having no ice
house, was in the habit, like many Others of
hanging their butter down the we'll. One day
the rope or chain whichever it was) broke,
landing the pan and itscontents in the bottom
of the well. After that the we'll was never
used, and an ice house was built On Tues
day last the well was cleaned out, and pans
and kettles and various other things were
found, and among them the pan of butter
that fell down the well twenty-five years ago.
The pan, he says, was one complete piece of
rust the butter was the shape of the pan
which had held it so many years. A black
crust was formed over 1t about one half inch
thick, which was removed aud the butter
found to be all right. Mr.. Yansant spread
some of it on piece of bread and says it was
far better than good bit of the pot butter we
buy at the stores. The only difference he
finds is that this old butter crumbles, when
spread, like cheese. 1t is not many people
that can say they ever ate butter twenty-five
years old.