The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1886-10-06
THE MAN ABOUT TOWN.

Phllipsburg, on Wednesday last, Sixty
associations were represented, there be-
ing about two hundred and twenty I've
delegates present. The meeting was held
in Parochial Hall and presided over by E.
Bird Spencer. The delegates from this
city were VIM. H. Moon, No. / Peter
Smith, Jr., No. Q; Walter F. Hayhurst,
No. 8, and Chief Van Solver. A great
amount of business was transacted, which
will be printed and sent to each depart
ment. At the close of the morning ses-
sion, by invitation Of Chief Smith, the
delegates, accompanied by the Phillips
burg Cornet Band, visited Easton to wit
ness a trial of the apparatus. In one
minute and fifty-two seconds after the
alarm was given water was thrown
through three sections of hose, the
horses having been hitched up in the
meantime and run a distance of three
squares. The next meeting will be held
at New Brunswick. The Easton people
speak in high terms of the gentlemanly
conduct of New Jersey fremen.
A preliminary meeting was held at the
headquarters of Maj. c. A. Angel Post,
No. 20, on Thursday evening last, for the
purpose of organizing Camp of Sons of
Veterans. There were quite a number of
young men present, and committee was
appointed to solicit names and report at
meeting to be held at the same place to-
morrow Thursday evening. All sons of
those who served in the army, navy or
marines, eighteen years of age, are eligi-
BILE to membership. There ought to be
no difficulty in procuring goodly num-
Der in this city, New Hope and the SUR
rounding country There are great many
perhaps whom the committee may not
reach in the short time given them. All
such are invited to be present to morrow
night.
The healthfu and delightful exercise
of horse back riding is becoming more
fashionable in our community than has
been the custom of late years. The de-
mand for good horses is such that we un.
derstand several will be bought by our
livery men as soon as good ones can be
selected.
There are very few cities in this coun-
try that afford as many opportunities for
country strolls or walks as Lambertville.
AT this portion of the year especially are
the walks delightful and invigorating.
The ever changing foliage is pleasing to
the eye, and to those who wish to collect
Autumn leaves there is an abundance on
Goat Hill. Every afternoon persons may
be seen returning, hands and baskets
filled with leaves, ferns, grasses and
flowers, selected from Natures great
garden.
There used to DC question something
like this: Which would you rather do,
or go fishing on Sunday ?" 1t would
seem that there are great many who
would prefer to go a fishing on Sundays,
judging from the number of boats along
Are those who sit on the banks aud watch
the others fish any better? Some people
do not look upon fishing as sin, but call
it innocent amusement. There are a
great many things done under that head
which are probably worse.
We never like to dictate to the teachers
Of our Public Schools. Confidence in the il
ability to instruct the young intrusted to
their care is the only reason why we send
our children to them. In the midst of ar
duous duties there are some things which
are overlooked that are not always the
fault of the teachers, or parents either
Cleanliness should always be one of the
rules of the school, and if children slir
away from home with dirty faces and
hands, hair uncombed, or otherwise un.
tidy, we should, and we suppose all other
parents would, consider it favor if they
were sent home for the purpose of having
them made clean and tidy Early inn
pressions are made and easily followed.
In the regular army aud navy men are
taught the lesson of cleanliness, and il
becomes a rule with them to always be
clean. So it will be with children. II
they find that the teachers are in earnest
about how they appear in school, it will
not be long before it becomes part of their
preparation.
Gard playing and penny pitching are
not the things for Sunday amusement.
Grown persons ought to know better and
children should be taught.
Sometime ago committee was appoint
ed to confer with the officials OF the Penn
sylvania II. r. Company in regard to
placing a fence along tho canal at the
foot Of Elm street, where the man was
drowned last Spring. AS there is con.
slant agitation abont the Excise Board
and the fatal results therefrom, is 1t not a
wonder that the committee have not at
tended to the business entrusted to their
care We are informed that nothing has
been done in the prem Uses by the said
committee.
The Second Assistant Engineer of the
Lambertvlle Fire Department, Alex. G..
Bray, having accepted situation with
the Pennsylvania r. r. Company, which
pecessitales his removal from our city to
Trenton, he was therefore compelled to
tender his resignation. Assistant Bray
has made very efficient officer as well as
fireman, and will leave with the best
wishes OF all.
There seems to be an accumulation of
kicking horses in and around this city
at least there were up to last Monday.
The number has been decreased by one,
it having kicked itself into the canal aud
drowned, while two able bodied men, WHO
had alighted from the buggy rather sud
denly, stood by and witnessed the scene,
but were unable to render assistance.
We have heard of another, where the
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