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The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1882-03-15

We call the attention OF our readers I'd
the advertisement Of J. Monroe Taylor.
This house has been established nearly
forty years, and their goods arc celebrated
for purity and strength. We would rec
ommend a trial of their Gold Media
brands to all who desire superior cookery.
n.l6, Am.
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Westminster Chimes.

Westminster Chimes.
Not the least Of the attractions at the
establishment of Bailey, Banks 6 Biddle,
Philadelphia, is lot of large Ginning
clocks recently received from abroad
These are very imposing in appearance,
standing over two feet high and elab-
orately decorated, some of them in
Grecian style with gilded columns
frezes, &c. Besides performing the
usual duties of well regulated time
keeper, these high toned favorites of the
wealthy chime on gongs and bells every
quarter hour, exactly initiating the Ca
thedral chimes of Oxford and Cambridge.
Only the English have as yet succeeded
in producing gongs and bells of the re-
qnired mellowness and purity of tone.
Bailey, Banks & Biddle import great
many of these clocks and there are GER
tainly few as handsome objects Of house
decoration.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1882-03-15

The Senate has passed the bill prohibit
ing Chinese immigration into this country
for twenty years. Some score or so of
centuries ago China erected wall about
her dominions for the exclusion Of
strangers. The United States seems to
have arrived at the same stage Of ciyiliza-
ti0n In its onward march.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1882-03-15

Lambertvine Water Co.
Water Co. was held at the Company
office on last Thursday.
The Directors presented their annual
report, showing that during the past year
i,Os7 feet of four inch pipe had been laid,
making with the amount previously laid
| nearly four miles. of main pipe. The
pipes are now so connected that there is a
continuous circulation of water. During
he past year, owing to the drought, the
Jump was run ninety days of ten hours,
fully supplying the demand
Mr.. s. w. Cochran, chemist, employed
by tho company 10 analyze the various
waters used in the city for drinking pur-
poses, furnished statement showing
lst That the well waters are not of a
kind to be commended for drinking and
culinary purposes.
They are generally contaminated with
surface drainage to greater Or less ex-
tent; some of them not by any means
economical where soap is used, las IN
washing), being too hard for general do
mestic use.
I'd. That the water of the Island
Greek, though soft, is in the latc summer
and early fall months apt to be contami-
mated with the product of decaying vege-
table matter. The conclusion is apparent,
that when it is necessary for the Water
Company to supply the pipes by pumping,
the water should be taken from the pure
and clean water of the river instead of the
| island creek.
Sd. That the water of the reservoir,
when supplied from its natural sources, is
very good.
" 1t is soft, contains very small per-
centage of lime, salts and other mineral
impurities, and the proportion of ammo
mia Sfree aud Automatically ia much below
the limit allowed by eminent sanitary au-
thorities to potable waters"
The Directors during the past year
purchased 4S. IS acres of land, upon which
a second reservoir was built which will
hold 5000, 600 gallons of water. This
new reservoir is about 200 feet above
Union street, and if connected direct with
the main pipes, as is proposed, would in
cases of fire give us still greater force
than we now have.
The Treasurer's statement shows the
following receipts and disbursements for
the current year ending Feb. 9th, 1882 /:
Received for water
400 O
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1882-03-15

Miles Premium Baking Powder, the
cheapest and best. Never fails. Ask for
it. A school slate gratis with each quar-
ter pound package. For sale by Gardner
]. Fisher & Co, Lambertville and Stock
ton, N. ]. March,
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Feb. LIST, 1882.

Have you tried Thulbers Al Roasted
Coffee, in pound packets mot ground, at
25 cts. per h? For sale by Gardner j.
Fisher & Co, Lambertylle and Stockton,
n. j. march,
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Don't condemn good thing because
you have been deceived by worthless nos
trums. Parker's Ginger Tonic has cured
many in this section, of kidney and ner-
vous disorders, and we commend it
heartily to such sufferers - Freeport
Nens. MI, I'm.
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CLARK PIERsoN, P. NJ.

Smiths Superior Philadelphia White
Wash Lime, put up in Id air tight tin
cans, for white-washing purposes, at 10
cts. per can. Our sales are rapidly in
creasing for this article. For sale by
Gardner j. Fisher & Co., Lambertville
and Stockton, N. ]. March,
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Mrs. A. McHenry, s North Union
street, Lambertville, invites attention to
the large and beautiful stock of new
Spring goods just received, including mil
linery goods, fancy articles, gentlemen
furnishing goods, &c. Prices low. Best
sheet music at cts. per piece. Piano in
store to test pieces. Call. m1.4t
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1882-03-15

If you want to get the best sewing
machine in the market, try the Light
Running Domestic, for sale by Mrs. NJ q.
w. COOLEY. Every machine warrant
ed. Dec. 10.
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A MOMENTS ATTENTION &c Children
Hose, &c. /; Ladies' Hose, &c. /; good Dress
Plaids, only 7c., cheaper than calico small
size Corsets, 20c., were 50c.; always bar
gain in Remnants. r. Fl. VAN HORN
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Catch of suckers.

Catch of Suckers.
We are credibly Informed that the
evening before the late freshet was at its
height, John Wilson and Daniel Larue
put their sucker net in a boat and rowed
up the canal to the mouth of the Alex
sauken Creek, by the Aqueduct They
then pulled their boat over the tow path,
down INTO the water that had backed into
the creek and over John Barber's field,
and after rowing to tho further end of the
field near the public road, cast their net
and caught about eighty 1907 pounds of
as fs"es .aoisossz ever-~~.-.--. .s.es-~s .s.-
Delaware. The fish were caught abou,
quarter of mile from the river and at
some distance from the creek, in field
where Mr.. Barber last year gathered his
harvest. Some of them were caught near
Mr.. John Mathews slaughter house.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1882-03-15

The agency for the celebrated Do
MEsTIc SEWING MACHINE is now at
Moore's Book Store, where the machines
may be seen, and bought on accommoda-
ting ter ms.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1882-03-15

Boots and Shoes, as good as the hest
and as cheap as tho cheapest, at
m15-3 LoUDEs's.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1882-03-15

For the fifth time Queen Victoria has
had her life endangered by an assassin. A
crank shot at her last week.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1882-03-15

List of Letters remaining uncalled
for at the Post Office at Lambertville,
Hunterdon County, N. j., for thirty days,
March II, 1882:
James Pittman.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1882-03-15

-Seneka Balsam is wonderful medi-
cine. Over three hundred bottles have
been retailed in Lambertville this Win
ter. mch,1
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1882-03-15

The patrons who wear the Eighmie
Shirt is guarantee Of the superior make.
For sale at X. II. VAN HORNS.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1882-03-15

% #. Oil Shades, spring fixtures, made
and hung, at $1.0O each. Shades made
ready to hang, with fringe, at so cts. each.
Shades by the yard, reduced to IS cts.
[ Cut this out.] VAN Horn & Bro.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1882-03-15

A Bargain.
A complete set of new Harness, includ-
ing saddle, will be sold cheap. Inquire
at THE RECORD office.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1882-03-15

Ladies' Cloaks, Coats, and Dresses,
cut and made to order at short notice, at
Mrs. NJ. w. Cooley's. dsff
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For Group, scneka Balsam

DIR. Morris LIVER PILLS are the best
Cathartic Regulator.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1882-03-15

Hotel, halter, 33 f. State ST., Tren-
ton. Biggest and freshest stock in the
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1882-03-15
The Lyceuin.

The Lyceum.
The regular meeting of the Lyceum was
held on last Thursday evening, in the
room of the Friendship Social Society.
The room is much larger than the one in
which the Lyceum has been usually held,
and this, together with its always pleasant
aud cheerful appearance, suggests the fact
that the change is an advantage. The
question, "is Longfellow greater poet
than Tsnnyson was discussed by DIR.
j. Hayhurst and w. F. Hayhurst, ESQ,
on the affirmative, and Rev. E. X. Smith
and Messrs. w. c. Ryan and S. w. Cochran
on the negative, aud decision rendered
in favor of the former. The next meeting
will be held on Thursday evening, at the
same place, as will all the meetings here
after until the close of the season.
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Union $. f. Engine Co.

Union $. f. Engine Co.
The annual meeting of the Union Steam
Fire Engine Company, No. /, was hello
last Thursday evening, when the follow.
ing officers were elected to serve the en-
suing year:
President-Chas. A. Skillman.
Vice President--Jonas j. Warman.
Treasurer. Mcdowell.
Secretary-John B. Jones.
Foreman-GeFshom L. Akers
First Assistant--Samuel L. Kroesen.
Engineer-W William Probasco.
First Acknowledgements Sweazey.
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Wednesday, March 10, 1882.

a
Easter Sunday comes the 9th of April.
Next Friday will be St. Patrick,s Day.
The 1st of April comes in on Satur-
day this year,
Mr.. Joseph Roberts is building new
frame kitchen to his residence, No. 90 s.
Union street.
Fifty persons have been received in
the Pennington NJ. E. Church this Winter
on probation.
The Hill school house, in this city,
was entered last night and robbed OF
books, gold pens, sc.
Mr.. Thos. B. Fiddler, of this city, is
very low with an attack of paralysis. His
recovery is very doubtful.
Services are being held in the Pres
byterian Church this week by visiting
ministers appointed by the Presbytery.
j. c. Swayze, who formerly was bar
keeper at Zeigler's Hotel, in this city. died
suddenly at Phillipsburg, few days ago.
Mr.. Edward Rittenhouse, of this
city, has just supplied the New Hope NJ
E, Church with powerful and excellent
Estey Organ.
"A communication in reference to the
work of the Woman's Missionary Union
for Heather Lands came too late for in
sertion in this weeks ISSUE
The farm near the Kingwood Presby-
terian Church, known as the Hner farm,
has been sold to Ezra D. leonard, of Ev-
erittstown, for $34 per acre.
Ten persons were received into mem.
bership in the Presbyterian Church in
this city last Sunday mornlng--nine on
profession of +, itl and one by letter.
Our City Treasurers annual state
ment appears on the first page of THE
RECORD. 1t will be seen that the city
finances are in good condition, and the
debt is small.
Coal Oil or Petroleum may be very
nice for Illuminating or lubricatiug pur-
poses, but surely it is not the proper
thing to cure a cough with DR.. Bulls
Cough Syrup is looked upon as the stand
ard Cough remedy.
Fine line of PLAQUES, Holly Panels,
Smoothing Irons, Horse Shoes, Fans, &c,
for decorating, at Johnson's Drug Store.
Edward Rttenhouse, at his ware
rooms in Telegraph Hall, has some beau
tiful organs, of the best makes, on
exhibition. He defies competition in
price and quality. Pianos of the best
makes sold on most reasonable terms.
Call and look at my stock.
There are a great many persons who
do not seem to understand the light of
way on the street. They should always
keep to the right, aud when two or more
are together they have no right to monop-
lie all the pavement or crossing, forcing
those whom they meet or desire to pass
them into the street. Courtesy on the
street is one of the best evidences of good
breeding. En-.
That wonderful Royal st. John Sew
ing Machine for sale or rent, at
m15-3 LoUDEN's.
While Edward H. Croasdale and
family, who reside on a farm near this
city, were absent from home, on the af-
teinoon of the Sth inst, two boys named
respectively Elwood Metz and Grantley
Skillman, both OF this place, entered Mr..
81 house and ransacked it thoroughly
They stole two revolvers, basket of eggs,
some iewelry, old coins, &C., valued at
$50. Metz was arrested yesterday and
taken before Justice Lyman, who COM
mitted him to the county Jail. Skillman
is still at large.
Best aud most improved makes Carpet
Sweepers at $3.50. VAN HORN & BRO.
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0pIIM Morphine Habit Cared in 10 TOTO days. No
i,Vl pay tlll cured Dr.J Stephens, Lebanon. q.
May 20, lssi.-iy
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Doors AND SHoEs.-We have some
special bargains to oifsr. Call and exam
inc our stock. Gardner J. Fisher & Co,
Lambertville and Stockton, N. J. mi
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Gain since last report. -. S343 "
The following named persons were
elected Directors to serve for the ensuing
year:
Charles A. Skillman, VIM. V. Cooley,
Gershom Lambert, Martin Coryell, Hugh
b. Ely, Warren A. Greene, Torbert
Coryell.
The Board OF Directors organized as
follows
Observation-Disclosures A. Skillman
Treasurer and Secretary---Wm. v.
Cooley SUPERINTENDENT Coryell
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New Jersey Conference.
This Conference adjourned, after a
weeks session at Mflville, yesterday
The following are some of the appoint
ments of ministers well known to our
readers
Lambertville and Amwell--W. p, c.
Strickland.
South Amboy--S. f. Post.
allentown and Sharon Enoch Green.
Trenton, Greene Street-G. X. Morris.
Tuckerton--H. G.. Williams.
Camden, Tabernacle--J. S. Hsisler.
Gloucester City--a M. Brown.
Mays Landing--W. w. Christine.
Rev. w. E. Walton is presiding elder
of Bridgeton District, and j. B. Graw of
Camden District.
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THE ROYAL ST. .JoHN--Is ahead of all
competitors. Because it has NO WRONG
WAY to ran III; it sews equally well
whether it is run FORWARD OR BACK
WARD high arm, seli-setting needle no
holes to thread in machine or shuttle
runs light; handsome in style and finish
perfect lock-siitch. Prices as low as any
first-class machines in the market. Terms
easy. Call on or address T. E. LoupEN,
Agent, Lambertville, N. j. Feb 22-1m
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1882-10-11
An Eccentric Italians win.

Signor Pasquale Favale, late OF Nh
pies, seems to have been one a. ..
Ihumorists who reserve their supreme
effort for a testamentary joke. This
gentleman, whose will was proved in
London the other day, the value OF tho
personal estate being over f12, 900, has
left some rather eccentric requests. In
the first place, after stating "his intcn-
tion of dying as he had lived. an honest
man, hating tyrants and corruption"
he leaves the sum OF 5000 lire-about
f240-free Of legacy and other deduc-
tions, "to the editor enjoying the
greatest repute in any towns in Europe"
on condition of his printing and issuing
to the public the testator's novel, writ
ten in French, and entitled "Zuleite, a
Prince of Satriano In 1907 five-act
comedy, called "An English Election"
and several poems, including one on
1.-The Final Judgment" The next
legacy is to "Her Imperial and Royal
Majesty Of India and Of tho United
Kingdom of Great Britain" and con-
sists of the late Signor Pasquale Fa-
Wales "most cherished production" a
tragic opera named "Alzira.". This
work, which is still unedited, he trusts
her Majesty will order to be performed
!" for the benefit of the poor of London"
Further sums of f480 each are left to
the municipalities of Gioia dial Cole,
Bari, and Naples, the interest to be ap-
piled every year in portioning three
"poor but honest girls between 10 and
.25," on their marriage, their names to
be drawn by lot. Seven hundred and
twenty pounds is also bequeathed to
the corporation of London for the same
purpose.
The eccentric Italians bequest Is not
the first Of the sort which London has
received, for, though 1t is not generally
known, a Rosiere is crowned twice q
year at st. Georges, Radcliffe Highway.
A certain brewer named Henry Raine
early in the last century founded q
school for boys and girls in that neigh
borhood, which has never enjoyed too
good repute. In addition TO tho
schools, he also endowed an asylum for
girls, who were to be trained for four
years in the duties Of domestic SER
wants, and afterward to have good
places found for them. For another
four years after leaving the asylum
they were to be under the surveillance
of the authorities OF that institution,
and if at the end of this time they had
kept their good character and found n
lover who was native of ST. George
or an adjoining parish, and a church
man to boot, they were to draw lots for
a marriage portion of f100. This in
stitution has been kept up for over 400
years, and the ceremony of marrying
the successful Rosiere and presenting
her with her dowry takes place every
May and November, with appropriate
surroundings. -London Standard.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1882-10-11
Literature or the Sword.

The literature of the sword has been
as widely extended rs its use. When
the story-tellers or the troubadours of
the Middle Ages told or sang about o
noble knight, his trusty sword was men,
toned as often as himself. In those
days many of the swords were named,
and in reading about them you might
almost suppose that they were actually
personilied, and that they thought out
in their own minds, and carried into
execution, the brilliant deeds that are
recorded of them. We all have heard
of King Arthur's famous sword "Ex-
calibur," and of the sword of Edward
the Confessor, which was called Cur
tana," the cutter, although we are told
it was not very sharp. But even before
the days of chivalry the favorite swords
of warriors bore titles and names. The
sword of Julius Caesar was called Cro-
cea Mors' yellow DEATH" and the
four blades used by Mohammed were
called "the Trenchant," "the Beaten"
"the Keen," "the Deadly" The
sword of Charlemagne, called Joy
euse," is famous in history.
Not only were names given TO swords,
pub luSCllpJlOnb luIcuucu 10 luulCate
their quality, or the deeds they were
expected to perform, were engraved
upon their blades. Some of these were
OF a very Wanting and boastful spirit.
The best inscription upon sword OF
which l ever heard was one upon an
old Ferrara blade, which read thus: my
value varies with the hand that holds
me. !" On q great many of the blades
made at Toledo was the inscription:
"Do not draw me without reason, do
not sheathe me without honor" Among
the Wanting inscriptions was this:
"When this viper stings there is no
cure in any doctors shops" ASicilian
sword bore the announcement 81
come" meaning, probably, that every
body else had better go away; while a
Hungarian sword declared: ''He that
thinks not as / do thinks falsely"
These are but a few of the legends by
which man S sword, in the days when
cavaliers and warriors used to do as
much talking as fighting, was made to
initiate its master.-Join Letoees, in 81.
Nicholas.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1882-10-11
Origin OF the Term " Buckets Shop

If the spectators on the spot, watch
ing the fluctuations of one "point,"
as they call a tenth of mill on the
Cotton Exchange, as a cat watches u
mouse, have SO little chance of making
fortunes, what chance have the outside
spectators who have to do their gamb-
ling through othersP Think of getting
speculation down to SO fine point that
the mill has to be split into ten parts;
and when cotton goes up or down a
point or two there is an immense ex-
element The term buckets shop"
was first applied to the small gambling
establishments which went wild over q
change of point or two in the mar
ket. In the same way that for five
cents you can get enough beer dregs
in some of the Five Points grog-shops
to intoxicate a whole family, SO the
cheap points in the cotton market,
looked down upon with contempt by
the Stock Exchange men, give rise to q
wonderful excitement upon a very
small monetary bas<s. In the grog-shop
stale beer is dealt out by the bucket
full at trifling cost; hence the word
bucket-shop as applied to any place
where excitement may be had ut small
cost. But bucket-shops are safer by
far than specializing at a distance
through brokers; in the bucket. shop
at least you see your money go to your
neighbor who is betting that certain
stock will 90 down while you have been
betting the other way, and you see the
whole game as the quotations are
chalked up on the blackboard, while in
the real market you lose large sums so
quickly that it requires days to under
stand exactly how it happened.-M Y
Cor. Detroit Free Press.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1882-10-11
Tie Discovery OF Porcelain.

Kaolin, a natural hydrated silicate of
alumina, is absolutely refractory and
Opaque; it constitutes the resistant part
OF porcelain. Feldspars are slicates of
alumina and potassa, fusible at very
high temperature into beautiful trans
parent glass. If, now, we mix a guam
tity of feldspar with kaolin, cover the
mixture with layer of feldspar, and
heat the whole at very high tempera-
ture, the feldspar will melt and COM
municate to the Opaque clay clearness
greater or less, according to the guam
tity of il present, and to the superficial
part of it that beautiful glaze with
which all are familiar A part of the
action in this process is chemical, and
consists in the production of new
crystalline silicatc formed by u combi-
nation of all the substances present.
The discovery Of porcelain in China
is traced back 10 high antiquity.
The Chinese have certainly made il
regularly for at least thousand years;
many authors fix the discovery ut lif-
teen hundred or eighteen hundred
years ago, but no evidence exists TO JUS
tify our going further back than u
thousand years. The first pieces that
came to Europe were probably brought
by the Venetians at the end of the
thirteenth century. Charles VII, King
of France, received a present of Chinese
porcelains, about the middle of the
fifteenth century, from the Sultan of
Babylon; but it was not till the sixteenth
Gentry that the importation OF these
Oriental products by Portuguese and
Dutch merchants assumed n real i'm
portance. The discovery of tender
porcelain was made i'm France toward
the end of the seventeenth century, but
whether by Louis Poterat or by Rever-
end, at Paris or Rouen, is disputed.
This ware has no relation with real por-
celain; it contains neither kaolin nor
feldspar, but is an artificial product, q
kind Of glass made from n mixture com
posed essentially of sand, lime, potash,
soda, and small quantity of marine
mari. This mixture, made plastic by
the addition of manganese or other
fluxes, is baked without glazing, and is
covered after baking with glazing
composed of silica, lead, potash, and
soda. The beauty of the material, its
perfect glaze, and the facility with
which vitriliable colors arc fixed in it,
make of tender porcelain ware excep-
tionally adapted to decoration. - Charles
Lauth, IN Popular Science Monthly.