The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1882-06-21
NEW HOPE AND BUCKS COUNTY, PA.

been repaired.
John Cunningham, ST., is making
some improvements to his property.
The Bristol borough school tax has
been fixed at 81 OH the 800.
Samuel Pickering sells the boss
organs. Call on him and be convinced
Nearly all the schools in the county
have now closed for the Summer vacation.
The Few Hope public school will
close on June S0th for two months
vacation.
The Bristol Presbyterian Church has
purchased a large new organ with over
600 pipes.
Not few of our citizens attended
the Baptist festival in Lambertville last
week.
The Eagle Fire Co. will run an ex-
cursion to Coney Island sometime 10 the
latter part of July.
--Daniel Oblinger formerly of this
place, but now of Bridesburg, paid his
folks visit on Friday of last week.
The regular monthly meeting of the
New Hope Building & Loan Association
will be held this Wednesday evening.
IT. G. Vert calls attention to his
music room, in New Hope, in this issue.
He has fine stock of instruments.
The stage running between this place
and Doylestown, now leaves Solomon's
Hotel at 6 O'Clock instead of Z o'clock.
Mr. A. ]. solomon has been giving
the large porch in front of the hotel a
much needed coat of paint.
Lydia, wife of Henry Wall, of this
place, died at her residence on Sunday
morning last, from the effects of cancer.
The members of the brass band are
talking of moving to more suitable
practice room, the one now occupied be.
ing too public.
Mr.. A. B. Stockton, of this place.
left here yesterday (Tuesday,) to attend
the National Encampment of the G. A.
r. at Baltimore.
We were treated to some excellent
music on Thursday of last week, at
Wert's music rooms, by Prof. Fred.
T. Baker, of Philadelphia.
"A man by the name of Doane, en-
ployed in the Lumbervile saw mill, had
some of his fingers taken off on Monday
of this week.
--Cadwallader's Yardleyville Creamery
is receiving daily average of 1000 lbs. of
milk, and the establishment is said to be
q model one of the kind.
"A party of about twenty Austrian
Mennonites arrived at Quakertown last
week, and experienced little difficulty in
obtaining employment in that vicinity.
The ladies connected with st. An
drew's Episcopal Church of Yardleyville,
held strawberry festival on Wednesday
and Thursday evenings of last week.
"A. j. Solomon purchased two hun
bred and fifty suckers at Scarborough's
fishery on Friday last, took them to
boy lestown and gave them to the inmates
of the poor house of that place.
AT the recent annual election of the
Lahaska Fire Insurance Company George
G.. Maris was chosen President, A. II.
Barber, Vice President, and r. r. Pax
son, Secretary and Treasurer.
"A sixteen page pamphlet containing
among other matters the names of all the
signers to the liquor license petitions in
the county, has been issued and copies are
being distributed by the Bucks County
Temperance Alliance.
While Mr.. Jacob Best, of Stockton,
N. j., was driving along the river road
just above the Union Paper Mills, on
Monday morning, the horse became
frightened and ran away, but Jake ran
him (the horsel into the side of the hill
and stopped his progress.
The most successful attempt to straddle
the Republican split in Pennsylvania is
made by the Bucks County Iatelligencer.
1t has hoisted both the Regular and indie
pendent tickets, and is making an earnest
effort to support both sets of candidates
impartially.
Probably the Oldest twin brothers in
the State, il not in the United States, re-
side in Plumstead township, this county.
They are Barney and John Kepler, in the
91st year of their age. Neither of them
have ever been married, both reside in
the same house, and both still enjoy
pretty good health.
The barrel scarecrow as used by o
farmer who pronounces it success, is
made as follows The barrel is suspend
ed by cord from cross bar which rests
upon the ends of two stakes driven in the
ground, and are about six feet high. The
heads of the barrel are both removed, and
by being hung by the cord exactly in the
middle of one side, it balances and clears
the ground by about two feet, 1t turns
easily with slight wind in fact, a
barrel thus suspended is seldom still.
This constant motion of so large an OBJ
ject as barrel has an alarming effect
upon the corn-loving crows. One barrel
will answer for four or five acres. Pieces
of tin and other bright colored objects
may be attached to the suspended barrel,
but they are not essential to the barrel
scarecrow Mirror.
Upon entering the stable at Eastburn
& Belts mill in New Hope, last Saturday
morning, it vas discovered that horse
belonging to Mr.. T. t. Eastburn had
been seriously injured during the night.
A wound over three inches deep was
found on the right hind hip of the horse,
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