The Sunday tatler and Jersey City express. (Jersey City, N.J.) 1883-1886, 1885-05-03

The Board of Education tackled ques-
ton the other evening that puzzled the
Legislature last Winter. It was whether
the resignation Of Dr. Eddy from the Board
made six votes an effective majority. Com
missioner Romano quoted Governor Alb
bett as having held that resignation Of a
member from legislature of sixty men,
bers did not reduce the effective majority
to thirty, but that thirty-ons votes were as
necessary to pass a bill as when the House
had sixty recognized and active members.
Speaker Armstrong, it will be remembered, !
however, held otherwise last Winter. The
resignation of Messrs Chapman and Car
son left the House with only fifty-eight
members, and the Speaker held that the
designations made thirty votes only neces-
sary for the approval of a bill. If we re-
member rightly Mr.. Romaine voted with
Speaker Armstrong on the question, too.
EIlizabeth-the city, we mean-has q
child which is three months old and weighs
but four pounds and three-quarters The
midget is seventeen inches high and its
wrist is about about as large as an ordinary
adults finger. A yard of flannel twenty
two inches wide makes three sacques for
the infant. SO that it has one great advan-
tage over the usual three-months-old baby.
The child has great many visitors, people
going to see it from New York and even
more distant places No dime museum
man has yet put in bid for the little one,
but that will come in time
The TArTLER did not misjudge Mayor
Collins when it doomed the movement
that places the appointment of a Board of
Education in his hands. He has given the
city the best Board it has known in many
years. There is not man among them
who is open to the objection that made the
old Board a stencil in the nostrils of the
people. They are all gentlemen of the
highest character. The people were wise
in entrusting the selection of the new
Board to his hands.
April Oath was ssArbor Day." but there
were very few trees planted at this end of
the State. 1t would be good idea to give
this day a practical observance all over the
State. Trees are great blessing and there
are none too manyof them in this State.
If the great prairies of the West were COW
cred with forests it is doubtful if that Sec
ton would be devastated by SO many tor
nadoes.
Little Tommy Leather resigns his honors
ungracefully. He wouldn't even congratu-
late his successor in off ce at the organiza-
ton of the Board the other evening. It
doesn't take avery large supply of man
hood to animate so diminutive human as
he is, but he seems to be short of even the
little supply required Little Tommy
Leather is even hitler than he looks to the
eye.
A New Brunswick age driver refused to
pay toll on a turnpike running out of the
city on the ground that the roadway was
not thirty-two feet wide, as required by
law. So the road was wide enough for his
stages, what difference could it maker The
court looked at the matter in that light and
gave Judgment against him.
John Boyd is going to s'stand on his
rights That knocks the Bartholdi Statue
out on the first round. This country needs
no sublimer spectacle to fire its patriotism
than John Boyd standing on his rights,
though it might possibly improve the exhi-
billion ii John were to stand on his rights
and 1efts.
Newark and the Morris Canal Company
no longer sspeak as they pass by, because
the company made the city pay $1,000 for
sewer purposes. Newark is angry about
it. But city that couldn't be content
with the Morris Canal as sewer ought to
pay S., 900. Let the Newarkers come down
and look at our section of the canal.
When the Board of Works has the offer
of public service from so distinguished
citizen as ex-President (better known as
'sSix") Whelan, they should not hesitate
about accepting it; and the delay in maxi
ing him Street Commissioner of Jersey City
shows an unbecomihg want of proper pub
lie spirit ON the part of the Board.
A milkman who died in Bergen County a
few days ago left the proud record that he
never delivered milk on Sunday. His
morals were as pure as his chalk-allowing
that man who wouldn't deliver milk on
Sunday would use chalk. By the way,
wonder if his COWS had to milk themselves
on SundayP
1t seems to be settled thing that the
postofices in this State are not to be filed
by Democrats until the terms of the pres
emit occupants expire. This is civil service
reform, but we will know more about the
system when the Republicans come into
power again.
Senator Youngblood is said to have made
a funny speech at the Essex League dinner.
Wonder what he said Some of his speeches
in the Legislature were very funny, though
not intended to be, hence our anxiety to
know what the Senator considers real
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Ex-Repistrar Cleveland oiyea some good