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The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1886-04-07

The Interest Queen Victoria Takes In
Her Farm and Els Occupants.


The Home Park is about four miles il
circumference, extending from the norti
and east sides Of the castle to the banks OF.
the Thames, and containing about 500 acres
largely studded with forest trees, with ave-
nues of elms planted in the reign of Queen
Anne, which throw delicious shade all
about in summer, and afford rest to the
tired eye by their green umbrageous luxuri-
ance, writesa Windsor correspondent. What
a pathetic side TO the character of the Queen
that she should, in the midst of her cares of
state, find time to love her farm, with her
cows and fowls. Her Gracious Majesty is
not bit proud, but is quite as homely as
any one, when she comes roaming about
her farm, and every fowl ON the place knows
her and the sound of her gentle voice We
rambled about, looking at the white turkeys
the golden pheasants, the Brahmin fowls
the cochin chinas and the dozens of other
fowls of mrest breed and beauty, all looking
monstrous wise as they strutted about in
their grave, deliberate fashion. In the royal
dairy were added proofs of the Queens
great love for her royal husband lie ii
was who designed the beautiful tiled build
ing. Marble medallions of the two, the
Queen and her consort are observed as we
enter. The cooling room is filled with the
earthen cans of milk set to cream. The
walls are softly tiled, telling the story of
the four season in their successive divisions.
The windows are double ones, the inside
windows being of colored glass, showing
the red and white roses houses of York
and of Lancaster thistles of Scotland
and the Shamrock of Ireland, with butter
cups and other blossoms. The dairy mis-
tress is a wholesome, clearly looking Scotch
woman. The pans of milk, the rolls of but
ter and the restfulness of the room are all
refreshing TO the weary tourist, even to gaze
upon, We learn that wherever Her Majesty
happens to be she has her own butter sent
for her private table use. After the cooling
room and the churning room we stray down
to see the cows These are of the choicest
breeds--Jerseys, Guernseys, Attorneys and
also the big Lancashire cows. II ia milking
time, and the small breeds of cows look NJ
us with fairly human intelligence Then,
in the little housed pens, the tiny calves
gaze in half frightened love into our ewes
and bend their pretty heads to receive our
caressing touch. Nothing is so motherly OF
look in its big soft eyes as u COW. Next 10
our human mothers, there is n wondrous
,oftness and maternity in the expression Of
cows eyes. We read in its depths pa
tience, tenderness faith, ms nowhere else in
the animal world.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1886-04-07

"Oysters are now at their zenith, said a
Fulton Market dealer. 81 mean that they
have reached the perfection of condition.
But, talking about cooking oysters, want
to say right here that the palmer oysters are
sooked the better. Oysters don't wear any
frills. Now, in order to make stew, put
your oysters in the stewpan with their own
liquor, add small piece of butter, some
rolled cracker, and season with pepper and
salt according to taste. Place over hot
fire, allow to come to boiling heat twice
md serve in hot dishes.
:" When you want to fry oysters, dry them
in clean towel end dip them in freshly
beaten eggs and cracker dust. Have ready
a hot pan on hot FIRE with one portion of
butter to three of sweet lard, fry your oys-
ters brown and serve ON a hot dish. To
broil oysters, prepare them the same as for
frying; place on broiler over a slow fire
until cooked, dip in melted butter and serve
on hot dish. Planned oysters take little
trouble. The oysters should be freshly
opened and placed in chatting dish OF
saucepan with very small portion of their
own liquor only, cooked about the same
length of time "a o stew and served in deep
hot dish with small piece of butter. If
you want to roast oysters, place them on q
hot fire in the shell with the deep side down.
They should always be served ON the half
shell. Some people like escalloped oysters
and haTa te thn 10 af,nE tbav,, D,,k
your oysters in q deep dish with small
portion of butter and no liquor. Season
with salt and pepper, cover with rolled
cracker, bake in a hot oven and serve in a
hot dish. For an oyster omelet take twelve
large oysters, six eggs, one cup of milk,
three tablespoonful of butter, chopped bar.
ley, salt aud pepper. Chop the oysters very
fine, and beat the yolks and whites separate
ly, the whites until they stand in a heap.
Put the three tablespoonfuls of butter in a
frying pan and heat while you are mixing
the omelet. First stir in the milk into a
deep dish with the yolks and seasoning !;
then add the chopped oysters, beating them
well as you proceed, pour in the melted
butter and whip in the whites as lightly as
you can Have the butter in the pan as hot
as possible pour in your omelet batter and
brown both sides. This, when properly
put together, makes most delicious break.
fast omelet Now you know almost as much
about cooking oysters az do myself, and
would like to have you let me know how
you succeed as An FISHERMAN"
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1886-04-07

time for the County Fair said Lefty. II
am sure Il was Whist ptos Aunt Abby meant
By those last disconnected words of hers.
She had been working for it oil the year,
and am determined that her work shall
not be in vain.n
:" 1t II be a job" said Mrs Hopkins,
viewing the work critically.
g can finish it If sew steadily" said
Lefty. "0f course, / can't work as we'll
and rapidly as Aunt Abby did, but can do
my best!"
But, as she sorted over the neat piles OF
brocade satin and velvet, stray tear plash.
ed down. ever and anon, creating its own
separate little rainbow among the brilliant
tints, for Lefty had buiis zip her own small
air-castles on the altar CT her heart and
alas and alack-a-day it was slowly drifting
in pieces.
CT did think he liked me little" said
Lefty to herself But he had plenty of
chances to speak, all through Aunt Abby's
illness and burial, and he never uttered
word. And-good gracious me here's his
writing, on the back of this velvet octagon,
and as live, it's dearest Lefty"
Her eyes sparkled, vivid crimson rose
TO her cheeks, as she hurriedly examined
the rest of the papers which had served as
background to poor Aunt Abby's patel :
work. Parts of the all important letter were
gone, but there was still enough left to
make out DR.. Perth's case as that of hope
less disease of the heart"
Just at that moment, as good luck an
Cupid would have it, the young doctors
gig wheels ratified over the gravel of the
garden drive. He was coming to consult
with the squire about free dispensary in
the village, and before he could reach the
door Lefty had run out and intercepted him
in the shade of q monster lilac hedge.
Miss Hopkins !" he exclaimed.
CDR. Perth Howard /" she said, bright.
ly. II may call you so now, maynt I?
For | have only just received your letter.
And see holding up the fragments" 1t
is all in little pieces! But how glad, how
very glad am to get Il"
Then, OF course, series of explanations
ensued-and, mournful to relate, the free
dispensary was quite forgotten For were
there not more important things to think
of?
As for Elihu, his comment was charac.
teristic:
Didn't tell you SO all along ~
But when September came, and the
County Fair opened, Aunt Abby's Patch-
work Quilt took the first prize. For, in all
her happiness, the young doctors young
wife had not forgotten that!'
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1886-04-07

Technical skill Required I'm Selecting
the Freedoms stones.

The business of picking out valuable dia-
monds is one that requires great technical
skill and marked natural ability. Men be-
come so expert at it that when diamond
has once passed through their hands they
can identify it always afterward, just
as though they had placed upon it tag and
number by which to mark its individuality.
A diamond is not an article which would
strike the ordinary observer as an easy
thing to trace, but the most expert of dealers
tell me that they can pick out of bunch of
unmounted stones almost any diamond they
have once handled. Il requires talent like
this to carry man through the kind of
business which goes ON from day to day in
the little back offices where the most yalua.
BILE of these ornaments are sold. Nothing
is taken for granted among diamond deal
ers. There is an old saying which implies
the existence of honor among thieves, but
nobody pretends that such a condition
exists between dealers in precious stones.
In Hatton Garden broker brings in 8
packet of stones, which he leaves for ex,
animation. Sometimes it takes three OF
four days to go through this operation, for
the reason that many of the diamonds re-
quire the closest and most protracted
scrutiny. When the prospective purchaser
has finished his days examination the
broker comes to have his stock returned &c
him. You may be sure, however, that he
is not trusted over night with the valuable
M clxooa until aor,a ur,.t ~ safau.,ard 1,as
been adopted. The dealer, after folding up
the precious stones, puts his own private
seal upon the package, and If this Is broken
when the stones are returned to him, he cuts
of the negotiation altogether If he were
to leave this precaution unadopted, nine
times out of ten he would find that the en-
tire contents of the parcel had been chang
ed.
Often, when the dealer has gone through
whole package and has declined to buy, the
broker, after taking the stones away, recon
siders, accepts the terms, and brings back
the packet. Under these circumstances Il
is vitality necessary that the purchaser should
go through the whole bundle again, and a
man frequently has to examine the same
| packet half dozen times over before il
finally comes into his possession or is On
| irely given up. The broker has the mer.
chant practically at his mercy, because, IL
the merchant were to absolutely refuse to
look through the packages brought to him,
he would be subjected to the annoyance
and the very probable injury Of getting
bsn,eaf tal-ad ts,,,t IL, a $40 =, a.,
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1886-04-07
The North River Tunnel.

The chance mention of Jersey reminds
me Of the utter forgetfulness that seems to
have fallen ON everybody as to the great
North River tunnel that occupied SO much
attention few years ago. That great ul-
dertaking, wonderful one in its way, SCENE
to be wholly abandoned, though very large
amount Of money has been sunk in II.
When all the available cash were spent over
year ago, the work came to dead stop,
aud there has not since been any sign that
il will ever be resumed. Had it gone ON
the tunnel would be nearly, completed by
this time. But when the money gave out
disagreement among the projectors began,
and the whole scheme fell to pieces. The
pieces may possibly be gathered up some
day and put together again, but at present
the prospect is not promising. About one
third of the distance from Jersey to New
York was tunneled when the work stopped.
II was good work so far as it went, and is
said TO be still in good condition, though
the excavation has been full Of water ever
since the last laborer left it. IT will be a
pity if this great project is not taken up
again and carried to completion Both
New York aud New Jersey would urdoubt-
edly gain immensely by il. Its practicable
ty was fully demonstrated by its successful
prosecution as long as the money lasted. II
il were finished there is hardly doubt thai
it would pay, and none at all that It would
prove great convenience almost a. grea
n. y r1..s,l Dx.kr -. =.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1886-04-07
BANANA SMELLS Ann FISH.
Delight in Finding and Catchi nag
Them on Trepic shores.


About fifty of the Bahama Islands are in.
habted, aud cruise among them will well
repay the trouble. Everywhere are to be
sound delightful hooks, any one Of which at
home would make the fortune Of the district.
On broad reaches Of sandy beach or in
| deeply inlented bays may be picked up
those shells Of rare beauty for which these
found the great eonches, of which there are
three kinds the broad pink-lipped st5ona
bus gigas, the king and the queen. This
irst is used for food, and in il are found
he pink pearls for which large prices are
sometimes paid, the larger and perfectly
Satered specimens selling for as much rs
Sl5 grain; but fear that the exquisite
solor and lustre are somewhat wanting in
stability.
A winter cruise among the islands gives
one many opportunities of sea fishing Al
a rule the banks are level as billiard table
and free from rocks. Here there is no life
TO be found but wherever a rock can be
discerned, with its garniture Of sea plants
and zoophites, there will be found a shoal
Of fish, and such fish II would seem as II
he brilliant hues of the equatorial bird life
had here been given to the fishes, which are
startling in the brilliancy and variety Of
their color; sky blue, deep blue, bright
yellow, blue and black bars, cardinal red,
plain colors, striped, zigzag, half-ai,d-half.
There is scarcely fantastic arrangement OF
solor that cannot be found. Then the fish.
ing for them is quite different process
from that at home, where you fling out your
bait and wait patiently for bite. Here
you are 10 far like hawk or an eagle that
you see your prey, and your interest is never
allowed to flag. With water glass over
the side, you look down on the bright array
Of fishes, whose every movement you can
note Having made up your mind which
you wish to tempt, you play for him, and
probably you will be kept busily employed
in saving the bait from the shoal Of useless
little foragers who are always SO ready TO
bite it off in small pieces until at last but
| the bare hook is left The large fish APP
proaches the matter with much greater de-
liberation; but when he makes up his mind,
after sailing round once or twice, he means
business This is much more satisfactory
sport than sitting for an hour or 80, as one
sometimes does in northern waters, without
n oiuoIe bite
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1886-04-07

Now and then the bunko men meet thu
right person. A couple Of them in Jeffer-
sonvilIe, KY, picked up red-headed news
paper man from Cincinnati. He told
them Of his immense wealth in that city
and lost large sums at cards for which he
drew checks on Cincinnati bank, drank
their liquors, smoked their cigars, and had
a good time generally. Now the bunko
men are looking for somebody to cash those
checks.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1886-04-07
Ghost. Of cren. Men in Congress.

Not only is James Buchanan member
OF the present House OF Representatives,
but so are John Adams and Zachary Taylor.
Curiously enough Buchanan is red-hot
Republican from New Jersey Taylor is OF
the same political persuasion, but halls
from Tennessee, while Adams 10 Democrat
from the town of New York.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1886-04-07
when Bryant Wa. sixteen.

A gentleman Of international fame, whose
word is as unquestionable as his genius il
great, said few days ago: :" was sitting
beside Bryant at dinner one day. Turning
to him said Mr.. Bryant, will you kind.
ly set my mind at rest on the widely agitat-
ed question as TO your age when you wrote
Thanatopsis? Mr.. Bryant answered Il
had finished every line and word of that
poem before was is years of age" There
Is no doubt as to the truth of this.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1886-04-07

Political offices That do Not Pay.
Itis generally supposed that the Office OF
Sheriff Is the richest in the gift Of the voters
Of the city, but such is not the case. Since
the time that John Kelly held the position
no incumbent has been able 10 save any,
thing out of the income and il has bank
rupted most of them. Sheriff Davidson has
proved no exception to the rule, only
financial disaster seems to have oyertaken
him little earlier than usual in the course
Of winding mp his affairs. The Office is a
difficult one to manage and its liabilities are
80 heavy that II is the height of folly for
any but good business man TO undertake
II. A mere politician or one who aspires TO
be nothing more than "a good fellow" Is
sure OF financial shipwreck before his books
are closed.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1886-04-07
How They Live In China.

The conservatism of the Chinese character
and the EXTREMIST point Of provincialism are
instanced in the story told Of the residents
within the walls of their native city Of
Shanghai. The city has three gates, the
North, South and West ones, and many Of
the people living at the South gates have
never been as far as the North gate and
habitants there If they did go. One nation
could not differ more from another than the
Chinese from the Japanese IL they lived 20,-
300 miles apart instead of only 200 miles,
and one is all wrong il he thinks that having
seen Japanese cities he can know what q
Chinese one will be like. While the Japa-
nese are the cleanest people on the face Of
the earth, and far ahead of the English for
sternally bathing and scrubbing themselves
the Chinese are the very dirtiest. The trim.
exquisite little toy houses Of the Japanese
along wide streets are the greatest contrast
to the filthy abodes of the Chinese, with
their dirty floors, mud and bamboo-woven
walls and streets often less than Ave feet
Wlut IFUIl wall W WALL OFtEuctu ~ IOIcbt
Of gilt letters, gorgcously colored signs and
banners that fairly hide the sky. The mar
row streets, with shop fronts all open above
4 low counter, seemed like passages in some
fantastic exhibition hall with booths or
spaces close together. Mere creviees in the
walls correspond to alleys, and, looking up
Them or down the tunnel of street before
one, it is easy to realize what is meant by
q swarms of people" or "masses of human
beings All through old Shanghai the
people are packed as If in mass meeting,
and one has TO dodge into shops or Hatten
himself against the wall at the constant cries
If the coolies carrying loads by poles or
yokes on their shoulders. Buckets Of water
and garbage, bundles of dried fish, bodies
of dressed hogs, collins Of the dead and
sedan chairs of the living crowded us into
the wall and rubbed against us during o
progress through the handsomest and most
important four-feet wide street in the city.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1886-04-07
Everybody Under Suspicion In Russia.

Everybody Under Suspicion In Russia.
Russia is like vast prison. The prisoner
In a dungeon can walk within certain con-
fines as freely as the freest. It is only when
he would go further that he encounters the
walls and is stopped. So, in Russia, as long
as You remain within narrow limit You
may possibly forget that you are in prison.
II Is difficult to forget it, though, when you
would stir. The walls, the officers, meet
you al every turn. On arriving at hotel
the first thing demanded is vour passport,
which you must carry to the police and
averegistered and stamped you, by the
way, having to foot the bill for registration
and stamp. When you leave city the
police must again be notified, and from
beginning TO end 1t seems rs IL every conner
is suspected Of being Eihilist or dyna-
inter. 1t is dangerous to converse ON social
or political topics. Each suspects the other
Of spying. 1t is 80 easy to be denounced
and 90 easy to be waltzed OF TO Siberia that
the truth of the proverb, " Silence is gold
en-" is appreciated in NO other part of ths
earth as it is in Russia.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1886-04-07
M. l.. TRIMMER,
COUNSELOR AT LAW.

SUPREME COURT COMMISSIONER,
REAL ESTATE AGENT, &c.
tpiiicc- Bridge St, adjoining LambeTtville House,
LANBkRTvILLR, N. j..
All legal business promptly attended TO. Special
attention given to tbc settlement OF estates, fore
closures and collections
May 20, 1888.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1886-04-07
WAL TER r. HAYHURS1,
COunsellor-at-Law.

SOLICITOR, AND MASTER IN CBANCERf
AND NOTARY PUBLIC
OFFICE-5I NORTH UNION STREET,
LAMBERryILLE, N. J.
March s, 1880.
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The Cecil Whig., 1886-07-17

The board of County Commissioners
has in cur opinion acted wisely in rec
o3nizing the educational demands OF
the county, in acceding to the request
of the local school board for additional
funds. The new school houses are a
public necessity. We not only want
new school houses, but we want them
filled with pupils, and taught by com
petent teachers adequately paid. More
over we want them open full
scholastic year. Although the County
Commissioners recognized this public
necessity, yet they thought it coed
business judgment to wait another year
before levying the amount necessary
therefor, and for the reason that other
unusual expenses are now being in
cured by the county. We congratu
late Chesapeake City upon the pros
pect of $4,000 public school building.
she deserves it. Her population is in
creasing, and the business thrift and
intelligence OF her people, are only
properly recognized by granting her
necessary educational facilities.
The Cecil Whig., 1886-07-17

cask hoated on toward Lewiston right
side up and all danger was passed. II
was picked up at Lewiston, about tive
miles below the starting point, and Gra-
ham crawled out OF the barrel unlnjured,
with the exception of a slight bruise ou
one arm, which he received when pass
ing through the whirlpool. lie remarked
"WheG | S:ruck the eddies it was one
continued round of jerks, but | am not
hurt bit
Tie cask Is feet long, ;3i:3; inches in dia-
meter at the widest portion, 23 inches at
the top and IL inches at the bottom. Ii
is bound around with iron hoops, which
weigh 800 pounds. The ballast which
was attached to the cask to keep it in po
sition weighs 30 pounds. Graham will
probably repeat the trip. He says he will
yet 90 over the Horseshoe falls.
&. ID. Graham is a native of Philldel-
phia 333 years old, and a cooper by trade
He is poor man, compelled to work fol
his living. About two months ago he
came to Buffalo, obtaining employment
in a cooper shop here. lie has travelled
pretty extensively, and Tor long time
| had SOME scheme of tins sort III
| mind. Being a cooper, a barrel naturally
| suggested itself to him as the best means
| with which to shoot the rapids. All his
| posseSsiuns were put into the barrel,
| which he constructed himself. The bar
rel is made of inch and a quarter oak
stares, wide at the top and narrow At
the bottom and shaped like bury. y
| sand ballast was SO fixed as to keep the
side OF the barrel which Graham faced
uppermast. Graham hung, on rather
| stood, in IA sort of hammock made like a
suit of clothes, and held Oh TO two iron
handles liked at the side. lie could live
tor at least half an hour without reqnir-
ing any fresh air, and by the time the 3ir
| was exhausted he was beyond the whirl-
pool and could pail ont the plug from
The little airhole about three quarters OF
| All inch in diameter and get all the fresh
air he required. Graham did not make a
| cent by the operation. lie received no
pay aud bore all the expense himself.