The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1886-09-08
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Facts, Fancies and Conceits Picked
From Here and There.
It is quite mistake to imagine that G
"split in the camp" occurs, as o rule, will
" crack regiments"
A municipal candidate, whose principal
supporters are tavern keepers and shoe
makers, proudly alludes to them as mem
bers of the bench and bar.
Natural gas has been discovered twenty
Ave miles from Louisville, KY, and com
pany has been formed to pipe the gas 70
hat city and other places,
The following notice is posted conspicu-
ously in an Office -" Shut this door and as
soon as you have done talking on business
serve your mouth in the same way"
A rural Canadian recently hunted up a
store in Montreal and paid the balance due
on purchase of shirts which he made In
1886. He is q Rip Van Wrinkle of the right
sort.
The next anniversary celebration talked
of is that of the burning of Schenectady
and the massacre of its people by Indians,
February 8, 1904 very cheerful basis for
commemorative enthusiasm.
The ancient city of Damascus Is in a
prosperous condition. Its trade with for.
sign countries is rapidly increasing. The
narrow thoroughfares and bazaars are dis.
appearing and giving place to wider streets.
:" How those trees have grown since last
year. said friend to Alexander Dumas
fills, when passing through the Champs
Elysees in Paris "To be sure" replied
the novelist, they have nothing else t.
do"
Bodega tCal. COW performed a grea
feat in her fright. She ran in the from
door of house, up stairs, through hall.
way into bedroom, thence out ON the bacl
roof, where she stumbled off and broke he
neck.
AZ wonder" said q young lady, "wh.
Hymen is always represented as carrying {
torch 2" To which an old bachelor sneer
ingly responded, ITO indicate that h,
always makes it warm for people who
marry"
Mr.. Fogg (reading from the morning
paper)-Why, my dear, this is very sudden
Our friend Mrs. Smith has died. Mrs
Fogg-Mrs. SMITH You don't say SO
How very glad I am that we had her TO tel
last week
just tell mo, old friend, how you man
age always to have plenty Of cash and neye
a 9 Vap
simple; never pay my old debts" g An
how about the new ones" 81 let then
grow old"
when have cold in my head, | an
always very dull and stupid" remarked
gentleman in public. g You are to b
pitied then, sir" replied another gent
"for I don't remember ever seeing yor
without cold in your head 2"
In the tropics the finest orchids are otter
found in the tops of the highest trees at
such an elevation that they can only b,
reached by cutting down the trees, Will,
few are seen in the lower shades of tn,
forest, which are singularly bare of bloom
In Mexico the mule can still compel,
with the railroad The old time Mexican
scorns to recognize anything good in ths
devices of modern progress, and rather thar
use the railroad for the transportation Of
freight he will send it on the backs o.
mules along the line of the railroad.
Before the ports of Japan were opened K
the Christian nations Of the world Their,
were only eleven intoxicating drinks know
in the country, now there are more thai
200, and many horrible vices peculiar u
highly civilized nations are becoming com
mon to Japan. This is one Of the ways il
which we show the besotted heathen wha
utterly inferior beings they are.
As evidence that civilization is advancing
right along in Persia, 1t Is mentioned tina
pigs are now tolerated in the streets o.
Teheran a sewing machine company ha,
located an agency; young French woman
Ia giving piano lessons, and the wife of {
German clockmaker appears in Persian
play (stolen from the French), being tn,
first actress in the Shah's dominions.