The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1884-11-19
wadnasdav Nov 10 1894
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Facts, Fancies and Conceits Picked From
Here and There.
Bismarck abhors steel pens and uses only
goose quilts.
We rate ability in men by what they
finish, not by what they attempt.
Over one hundred couples from Ohio and
Indiana have been married at Covington,
Ky, during the past year.
In 1926 Catherine Rementer, at the age
Of is, opened market stall in Philadelphia.
To-day she is So and has $3.50, 900 in the
bank.
One single oyster will produce 128, 000,-
900 young oysters in the course of year.
What family. An oysters anxiety must
be as great as Presidents
There is noticeable very strong ten
dency on the part of many people West and
North to come South" says the Nashville
american.
The number OF Quakers in the United
States is put down at 100, 900, but not over
half of them are square Quakers. The rest
cheat in horse trades and water their cider.
The damages in suits now pending against
the city of New York by persons claiming
to have been injured through defects in the
street pavement amount TO over 81 SOC, 900.
As rule, mans fool when it's hot, he
wants ii cool when it's cool, he wants II
hot; always wanting what it's not never
liking what he's got; / maintain, as rule,
mans fool.
A dude returned from college to his par
ents city apartments. As he was undress.
ing to go to bed at night he noticed hand
some motto on the wall, "God bless our
fat and 1t bothered him all night so that
he could hardly sleep.
Macaroni is made by Italians in New York,
Neufchatel cheese by Swiss in New Jersey,
Schwetzerkase by Germans in Ohio, Albert
biscuit by Englishmen in Albany, and
caviare by Russians in Harlem.
1t is common in India to find an album
dant supply of water flowing below the sur
face Of an apparently dry riyer-bed, fac.
taken advantage Of by natives to sink dams
across the bed and to bring water in this
way to the surface.
The clam is gradually propogating him
self all along the California shore. 1t is
only ten years since this shell-fsh became
common on the shores of San Francisco
bay, and now it is heard of as far down the
coast as Santa Barbara.
There is more railway travel in Massa
chusetts than in any other State in the
Union. The number Of passengers carried by
the roads last year was $4,000, 600. Penn.
sylyania comes next, with $4,000, 900, and
New York third, with 100000. Illinois,
New Jersey and Ohio follow in the order
named.
Mrs. e. b. Grocker, one of the million
aire widows of San Francisco, left ajar the
doors of her art gallery once week, TINT
the public might profit by free views of the
collection. Yexed at the vandalism of WISH
tors who on the public days injured the
statuary, Mrs. Crocker has locked tho doors
in the face of the public, and, like Mr..
Vanderbilt, she now wishes bad wish
about ii.
When horse cars were first introduced
into the British metropolis, loud were the
lamentations Of the London General Omni.
bus Company, who saw ruin staring them
in the face. Compelled to reduce their
fares, they have, against their will, popu-
larized their buses, and their profits are
greater than ever, dividend of 1875 per
cent having just been declared for the past
year.
England 10 q small fruit growing country,
and yet can produce fruit Of excellent quail
ty. Foreign fruit is imported In great
quantities, the value now reaching to rs
much AZ twelve million dollars per annum.
This 1t is calculated equals fully one-hali
the value Of the native growth which in
eludes but q limited number Of berries,
components Of the sour tarts y which
make English meals matters of long recol-
lection.
A charming and popular lady of Lewis
ton thought abe would like foreign trip.
She enlisted as governess in New York
lady's family about to travel abroad. She
saw the old world, and returning to the
United States on an ocean steamer the mate
OF the steamer became fascinated. He
wanted mate. There were trips to the
moon by the way of the phosphorescent
wake Of the steamer In mid-Atlantic. The
next will be honeymoon, in which the
Lewiston girl win ship as mate. So ssya