The Sunday tatler and Jersey City express. (Jersey City, N.J.) 1883-1886, 1886-05-16

is worth more. If the teacher is not, he
or she is not fit for the position and should
make room for some one who is. When
the salaries were reduced there may have
been sufficient reason for it, but 1t no
longer exists. Hoboken is prosperous
city, and is abundantly able to pay its
public school teachers fair salaries.
The average six to ten year old boy of
Jersey City don't appear to know as much
as he might, without injury to himself.
The other day crowd of about fifty of
these lads were marching down Newark
avenue at the heels. Of two men whose
only claim to distinction was the fact that
they wore their hair hanging down over
their shoulders;s while their heads were
covered with sombreross These wonder
full beings wese supposed to be Scouts of
the Plains" As a matter of fact, they are
most familiar with Jamaica plains and
plain whiskey. The majority Of them ars
scouts of the Bowery, and never saw an
Indian, except in front Of q cigar store.
II Jersey City boys have no more intelli-
gence than to follow such frauds through
the streets, Chief Murphy should be sup
piled with brigade of truant officers to
drive them into school. ' p
The weekly appearance among our ex-
changes of the patent inside and patent
outside sheet published somewhere down
in the pines that has taken on its shoulders
the task, impossible of accomplishment,
of booming one Andy Albright for the
Goyernorship, suggests the question how
in heavens name the aforesaid Andy AL
bright ever found it, and why he employ
edit7 The first of these questions yetre
mains unanswered to our satisfaction. The
answer to theNsecond lies probably ia the
fact thatno other paper in the State would
sell itself to him for fifty cents. tse
| "a "A. relentless Nemesis seems TO be on the
track of every one of the rascals who
helped to consummate the great fraud Of
1876. The latest report from them is that
Ferry the President of the United States
Senate, whose insistment upon the right
to count the electoral vote defeated the
participation of the lower House of Con-
gress in the count and led to the compli-
cations that were afterwards settled by
the Electoral Commission, is in Europe, q
fugitive from justice. Hehas been forg-
ling notes and checks in Michigan, and
one of the grand siuries of that State haE
indicted him for bis crimes. Il IS
That was a funny case of duck hunting
In court the other day in which w. F
Albeit obtained the cquittal of client OF
the ground that those stolen were black,
while the birds sold-not by the accused
| but by friendsof bis were gray Mr.
| Albeit made the point that they couldnf
be the same ducks, and the court agreed
with him, We congratulate Mr.. Albeit
| on his success, but all the same we ar,
afraid that if tue case had ever gone to al
| intelligent jury the verdict would hay.
| been mot guilty, but don't steal any NOR,
| ducks" laassg
\ II is bad enough for dogs to get mad, hu
one kept as q watch in Second stree
| grocery appears to be worse than his fell
| lows. He got mad because he was locked
1 up in the Store over night, and as soon al
he learned where the matches were located
ne scraped an acquaintance with then
and sst fire to the store. OF course sucl
conduct was repyehensible, but there i
no limit to the 'cusscdness" OF a mad dog
| When he gets real mad be is almost a
bad as human.
i Officer Glunan. Of Hoboken. did him.
| self credit by his capture of Goes bruta
shooter. at The Hoboken ferry. last Satur.
day night. 1t turns out that the man il
well known to the New York police as
4 desperate housebreaker. Perhaps If youny
Coe had known the disposition aud char
acter of the man he wouldn't have beef
quite SO fresh in seeking an unnecessar,
encounter with him. A.a8
st The Jersey City Base Bali Club is rap.
idly making name for itself. 1t stand
at the head Of the Eastern League, ant
we trust 1t may stay there until the cnd d
the season. 1t has shown its superloritl
In batting. fielding, base playing, an,
base running, and has won many friend
outside Of Jersey City for its general geo,
conduct in the field.
Il The health of our city does not seem i
{ be SO good as usual. We are panied i
learn from the journal that two Fire De
partment horses are on the sick list. Blu
unpleasant as it may be to impart sucl
intelligence to the public, it is gratifyin,
to know that there is one paper in the cid
capable Of doing its duty in such an emer
gency.
II A labor fable A sudden thought strucl
man and he attonce took it into partner
ship. Moral-When Labor and IntelIj
gence strike together they are likelyto b
j successful. But when Industry allow
I itself to be led astray bycharlataus ans
demagogues, its latest condition win b
worse than its first.
! Its funny, anyhow, to see the Senator
are trying to square their sconsciences h vi
with public sentiment on the Lavert,
3 il. 4E
d question I The verdict that they hoped /,
use with such political effect has returned
to plague Them and every one of them i
on the defensive 81
New reading for an old saying Dew
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