The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1882-01-18
RIEGOES LETTER.

The meeting of the Mite Society, held at
the home of Liscomb Schenck. last Thursday
evening, was quite well attended. number
were kept away by the dsagreeable roads.
The exercises of the evening were well pre-
pared and rendered. Altogether, it was a
pleasant meeting.
The singing school held every Friday even
ing brings together large number of young
people. intent upon learning the rudiments
of music We hope this school may prove a
benefit to the town, as the knowledge of music
has long been neglected here.
| The regular meeting of the Debating So
ciety was held last 01onday) evening Some
of the regular debaters being absent, the
question, Resolved, That trial by jury should
be abolished, . was postponed until next Mon
day evening. Two of the members were APP
pointed to select question and debaters for
the evening. This was done and lively de-
bate was engaged in upon the question,
. Resolved, That 1t is better to hold fast to a
lions tail than to let CO." Decision was
given in favor Of the negative.
The following appeared in the Hunterdon
Democrat of this week:
RINGoEs .-The New York Observer says
The whole system of giving concerts and
fairs, tbeatricals, excursions and pc-nics for
benevolent purposes, is delusion and snare.
The people who have the means will give
what they ought to give il the object is pro-
perly placed before them, and this idea of
giving them something to get something, is
only an appeal to their selhshness and not to
their charity. Christians ought to have no
part or LOT in it, | am sorry to say, the
above will apply to churches here well as
| elsewhere. MEMBER.
II who read the above Immediately under
stand the object of tho person who had it in
serted in the columns Of the aforementioned
paper All can, as well, imagine the nature
Of such person, in trying TO stir up this
matter in the neighborhood, aud in choosing
a side in direct opposition to the opinion and
decisions of the most respected and honored
persons Of The community. It is certainly
meant as a direct blow at the exhibition now IN
course of preparation. We know not whether
the person, whose signature is . Member" has
not been solicited to take an active part in
the exhibition, or is one DESTROYS of causing a
disturbance In the church and town, but we
think we are justified in placing them in one
of the the above named classes, and that
either one or both of them have led them to
publish the piece. The people of the town
have experienced before the mischief caused
by such persons, as in the items that appeared
about year ago in one of the papers of the
county, under the signatures of g Excelsior
and Captain who, becoming epraged cast
abusive comments upon respectable and
Christian gentleman. Member" belongs
to the same class, and should receive severe
criticism from the lips of the people. |
We consider that g Member has shown his !
lack Of Judgment and, possibly, scarcity of
the article known as brains, by having such
a piece inserted in the columns of any news
paper which has for its object the raising of
disturbance in the ueighbprhood, aud the
criticism of the action taken by the session of |
a church and saae ionod by the majority of the |
people. We are pot to enter with any argu-
ment concerning the propriety Of holdiag en-
tertainmcnts hut if ..Membern would like |
TO learn the arguments in favor of them, we |
would be pleased to send him copy and give
him little advice to keep still when he has
nothing to say, and especially when he has
DO good object in view. POP.
lowing 10 the late hour we received the |
Ringoes letter this morning, we are compelled |
to omit portion of it. which viii appear next |
week. ED. THE RECORD