The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1885-05-13
Rambles About Town.


the day--the Street Committee are filling
up portions of Union street ; Titus, the
furniture man, has had a new pavement
laid in front of his place of business aud
his residence, Nos. &c and 4S Coryell
street new pavement has just been
laid in front of Scott Thorne's barber
new store, Nos. 6, and 10 South Union
street, is rapidly approaching completion
improvements are being made by carpen-
tiers to the residence occupied by G. III.
w. Van Solver, Ferry street, near Union;
Freebooter Foran has added much to the
appearance of the front of his grocery,
South Main street /; gardens, yards and
lots are being cleared of rubbish, lawns
are being trimmed, flower beds are receiv-
ing attention, fences and outbuildings
are receiving their annual coats of white
wash, the general utility man y is over
run with business, but still there is room
for further Improvement, particularly the
more so than the walks on Ferry street.
"A new 4 inch main is taking the place
of the 1-inch main running from Butter
foss' canning factory, on Coryell street,
to Main street, and from Coryell street,
down Franklin, to Swan reek,--Our
police force will soon receive their new
nd mi hot
proud set they are. They are all good
looking fellows, but the best-natured fell
low in the crowd NOW this in a Whisper
is our friend, Policeman Cleary, of the
First Ward. The German Electric Belt
Company gave free entertainment J"
in the yard connected with the Lambert
vile House last evening. The audience
was a very large one, composed of men,
women aud children. 1t is not consid.
cred the right thing any more to say,
He's on drunk" The expression now
in common use about town is, =" He's on
the band wagon. Our oldest fisher
men say that a finer run of shad was never
kindergarten at first proved too much
for some of the smaller children. A little
Miss of our acquaintance was selling
tickets for the recent kindergarten
" Musicale when lady inquired of her
what the tickets were for, and the reply
was, The Kingdom Band. Com
pany are having their Armory greatly
improved. The sitting room, or parlor,
has been wainscoted, and now the main
drill room is being papered, painted and
thoroughly cleaned. - The landlords
who recently received license from Coun-
Gil are having their several places fitted
up with new wall paper, fresh paint and
decorations, and new floors have been put
in at least two of them.-On Saturday
last five or six young men from up the
river visited our city, and after getting
"on the band. wagon" visited the rail
road, where one of the party seemed de-
termined to jump on every train that
passed up or down the road. He narrowly
escaped being run over three or four times
and at last was arrested and taken before
Justice Lyman, who gave the fellow the
choice of paying five dollars into the
treasury of the city or to serve five days
in the city Jail. Having no money, he
was locked up, but at the expiration of
the fourth day he was released A new
shingle roof has been put on the store
house at the foot of York street; the front
of the stores in " Boozer's Building" are
receiving fresh paint; carpenters are
"fixin' up" at Mr.. Ed. Rittenhouse's
residence, on York street, near Union |;
extensive improvements are being made
at the residence of Mrs. Kate Crook, 81
North Union street, and the busiest men
in town are the mason, the carpenter and
the painter. RAMBLER.