The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1884-01-23

giving evidence in his own behalf on the
witness stand, which he knew, and we
too, TO be false from the ground up. A
Kingdom of Heaven for an old balky
horse
Keep Cool MIR. d. B. Sebold has just
harvested large crop Of very fine ice,
from eight TO twelve inches in thickness,
grown from pure spring water. He has
we think the largest ice house in Hunter
don county and ought to be happy, and
should favor US occasionally with the
clatter Of his pen, as he used to do. We
OTTER think of his Niagara Woodpecker'
and that ever memorable "Guide. post
poety, and long for more.
Apples are poor, scarce, high and hard
to get, and that's fact.
Public opinion sways the multitude and
must settle all great questions.
We hear it estimated that the dog tax
of West Amwell will pay only about go
per cent. of the sheep bills. The town
ship voted last spring forthe dog tax to
beso arranged as to pay all losses of sheep
by dogs The Committee, however, fixed
things differently, hence much dissatis-
faction.
According to the Gazette skunk
bite has caused hydrophobia. Look out
for 'em they are bad customers at best,
and may be the source of that dreadful
malady.
The old stone wall between the chu rch
and chapel should be removed and an iron
fence substituted. The old wall is good,
to be sure, but it makes the place appear
like prison. A neat iron fence would
add very much to the. appearance OF
things and cause people TO wonder that a
change of the kind had not been made
long ago.
Individuals of contracted and suspicious
minds, sometimes imagine themselves
badly treated, and instead Of coming
right up to the scratch, begin TO pout and
pout, and the world moves on as though
nothing had happened. CAPT. JACK.
In Reply to "Capt. Jack"
The facts IN dispute are these: Certain
parties in Lambertville were indicted some
months ago for the illegal sale of liquor.
They appeal to the Supreme Court upon
the question of the right of bringing these
cases before the Circuit Court because (ac-
cording TO recent unrighteous-rum. fav-
oring law all such cases must be tried by
the local courts in cities where the law
gave them power. Nobody has asked a
re-indictment or a trial of these cases.
But since then, evidence was submitted
to Prosecutor Conkling for the purpose
of having certain illegal sellers of liquor
in this city indicted, not for selling H.
quor but for keeping diserderly houses.
AS we stated last week, Chief Justice
Beasley charged in the Warren Courts
that the special law under which the APP
peal was made, did not affect common
law action for disorder and since then
two or three other Judges have charged
the same. So it is plain that the cases
brought TO the Prosecutors attention,
were not similar to those appealed. In
any case, we cannot see that the Prosecu.
tor is the person to decide whether an in
dictment shall be found or not. We sup
pose he is sworn to do his duty, and his
duty is TO bring all complaints backed by
reasonable evidence to the attention OF
the Grand Jury. TIC allow Il Prosecutor
to set as judge and jury and decide wheth-
err the people shall have redress for grev-
ances or not is to set up little King to
play the tyrant. When the little King
plays into the hands of the law breakers,
it is time TO stop the play.
If the Captains argument is true that
prohibition increases whiskey drinking
then the opposite proposition is true, that
the more places there are licensed, the
less whiskey will be drunk. II, as he
charges, it is impossible to prevent the
sale Of liquor by total prohibition, pray
how IS the Illegal sale of it in ''small
grog shops to be prevented by the IL
censing of two hotels at high figure ?
That nothing has come of the complaints
made to grand juries and tried before the
courts at Pennington, is no fault of the
temperance people, but of jurors who fail
to do what they are sworn to do.