The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1885-08-19
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Wednesday, August 10, 1885.

The Rev. NJ b. tanning has resign
ed the passionate Of the Baptist Church at
Sandy Ridge, IN this county.
Attention is called to the advertise
ment of the MI. Tabor Record. Every
one interested in the camp meeting at Mt.
Tabor should subscribe.
The report that Col. David Sander
son, of White House, intended to dispose
of his property and remove to Boston, is
denied, as he has no such intention.
-Messrs. ]. r. and Stacy B. Sutton
will take charge of the store at present
kept by Mr.. David Pittenger, at Baptist
town, the first of September.
The Hibernia Fire Co., of this city,
held pic mic on Holcombe's Island, last
Saturday. There was a good attendance,
and no doubt good financial profit.
-Scudder & Durham, of Trenton, call
attention to some very low prices in an
advertisement on our second page. "For
81" you can buy great deal at their
store in these times.
DO not forget the harvest home by
the ladies of the Mount Airy Church, to-
morrow Thursday morning, afternoon
and evening. Good speaking, good music,
and good meals and good refreshments.
Mr.. G. ]. Fisher has been fitting up
the second story of his new store corner
of Union and Ferry streets, and making
it into two fine rooms. The front one
will make nice Office.
"A large excursion from Easton to
Ocean Grove passed down the Belvidere
Division last Saturday. 1t ran in two
sections, and included excursion parties
from Reiglesville and Point Pleasant.
There were twenty cars in all.
-Donnelly's Clothing Store, Taylor
Hall, Trenton, offers some rare induce
ments in its advertisement in this issue,
and our readers may feel assured that
whatever tho Colonel says he means, and
will do.
Before spending thousands of dollars
in putting down country turnpikes
through our streets, our authorities
should get enough public spirit in them
to try to get few people to move into
town so that the grass may be kept from
growing on them.
Carver s. Williams have one of their
store windows handsomely draped and a
bust of Grant standing in the centre.
They are agents for the sale of the bust,
which is a fine one and would ornament
any library or parlor.
The managers of the State Fair have
decided to add dog show to their other
attractions at Waverly this fall. For the
purpose handsome building 81 by 1870
feet is to be erected, which will contain
some 600 stalls on the first floor for dogs.
The gallery on three sides will be ar
ranged for seats, parlors, etc.
Mr.. j. Frank Groman, druggist, of
this city, has just had made fine wagon,
nicely painted and lettered, which he in
tends to use in carrying stock of medi-
cines, extracts, &c, through the country,
he having made speciality of preparing
flavoring extracts and two or three pro-
prietary medicines. Thus faf he has met
with good success in introducing them.
The peach growers in the vicinity of
White House recently held meeting at
Wooden's Hotel, to select man to take
charge of the fruit in its shipment to the
market. Carrot /. Stryker was unani-
mously selected. He has officia ted in that
capacity for seven years. There were 49,
600 baskets of peaches shipped from that
station last year, and it is thought there
will be at least 40, 900 this Fall.
If our city authorities are going to
Tut down pavemeDts in the streets, let
them put down good ones. Our people
don't want any country turnpikes laid in
the streets. Let us have asphalt, which
is the best now known, is free from dirt,
noscless, and healthy, as it does not alb
sorb and hold moisture. But just now
we don't want pavements as badly as we
need sewerage. Sewerage first-pave-
ments afterwards.
The Stockton Baptist Sunday School
will hold their annual picnic in Eyes
Grove, below Lambertville, on Thursday,
Aug. 9th. The boat will leave at 8 A.
M. The Stockton Cornet Band has been
engaged. A general invitatation is ex-
tended to the people of Stockton and
neighborhood to 60 along. There will be
no charge to any one for transportation,
which will be by boat.
Rev. c. III. Woolston will preach next
Sunday morning, in the First Baptist
Church, on 1.-THE Perfect Peace" The
subject of the children's sermon will be
"Habit." In the afternoon the pastor
lecture will be on the 'Sacred Tombs. :"
In the evening the 3rd sermon on Home
and the people who live there" will be
preached, the subject being "Our
Mother" A short praise service before
the sermon.
The post Office in this city, in COM
pany with large number of offices
throughout the country, is short of postal
cards. The department ordered stop
page of the printing of the present style
of cards some time ago, with the expecta-
tion of having the new style, recently
adopted, engraved and in the printers
hands in time to keep up the supply, but
delays in furnishing the plates and the
subsequent burning down of the buildings
in which the stamps were to be printed,
has SO greatly delayed their issue that
numerous offices have failed to get their
acquisitions filled.
The Sixty ninth Anniversary of the
Hunterdon County Bible Society will be
hald in thu Raforn,ad Church at White