The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1885-11-11


Quoting the vital statistics of certain
town newspaper says: "Of the births.
1000 were children"
Wet clay or mud will give relief from bee
Or wasp stings, and none of the modern
remedies are any better.
What is sweeter than to have friend
you can trust 2" asked Sawkins. To have
friend who will trust you,n replied Daw-
kins.
1t is proposed to utilize the motive power
Of the Montmorenci Falls, near Quebec, to
operate railroad to tho miraculous shrine
If St. Anne, which yearly attracts $4,000 or
10000 visitors.
Uncle Sam has established ut Aurora,
Ill, bee farm, which is to be the centre of
honey sweetness and singing in the coun-
try. The gentleman in charge of this api-
culture station is Mr.. Nelson W. McLain.
Grandpa-Tell me, Ethel, why do you
have six buttons to your glove? Ethel
Yes, grandpa, dear, / will tell you. The
reason is, if had seven buttons or five
they would not match the six button-holes.
Young Christian-Pa, who was Shylockf
Old Observation-Disclosures, boy You at
tend church and Sunday school, and don't
know who Shylock was? Now you had
better read your Bible and find out right
away.
Fond mamma-Why thought you and
little Flossie Brown were great friends
Little Miss Fashion-So we are; but you
wouldn't have me play with a girl who
dresses her doll in last years fashion, would
you, mamma
The widest game in the world is the
Rocky Mountain ram. The animal is more
like the chamois than any other creature
In Colorado law has just gone into force
prohibiting the killing Of the rams for ten
years to come.
Chiyalrous Southron-You have offended
me, and demand satisfaction. Tomorrow
morning at eight | shall meet you. choose
pistols. Commercial Traveller. ALI right.
II nm not promptly on hand, yon had bet
ter begin firing away.
A Frenchman has patented a process of
making butter by passing current OF cleo
tricity through milk, thus rendering the
operation Of churning unnecessary. A SINH.
lar method is to be used for cheese making
and to restore ancient butter to it's original
sweetness Of flavor.
The cotton seed product of the Southern
States amounts TO $4,000, 900 pounds,
large proportion of which is wasted Be-
sides being convertible into oil, this pro-
duct contains the richest nutriment for fat
tening cattle, sheep and hogs. 1t is also
one of the finest fertilizers known.
1t requires great deal of labor to run 0
large vineyard. Tho proprietor of a raisir
vineyard of 400 acres at Fresno, CAL, EN-.
ploys a force Of 100 men to pick the grapes
and will require this large number for a
period of three months. His payroll fol
shat time will average $500 per month.
A Pennsylvania farmer last year sold over
$4,000 worth Of potatoes from twelve
acres He fortified with compost Of hard
wood ashes and oyster shell lime, ploughed
deep, planted medium sized, we'll formed
uncut potntoes three feet apart, gave level
cultivation and cultivated often From one
hill he took forty-one fine large tubers.
The Bangor Commercial says: "A Ban
gor man just returned from the Chaudiere
river district tells how the people look Mt
smallpox. He stopped over night at
French Canadians whose son was foolish.
The native said he was made thus by small
pox Said he: You see, we have all got
TO have 1t sooner or later. and 60 last fall,
having our work done up early, said to
my wife, guess this Is o good time to hive
it, SO htched up, went down to the vii.
lage, and got it. 1t killed three of my chill
dren and made that boy FOOLISH"