The Sunday tatler and Jersey City express. (Jersey City, N.J.) 1883-1886, 1886-06-20

pressed INTO valley DIV Underground
agencies, and the enquiry is suggested
whether the city may not become 30 heavy
eventually as to drop out of view some
fine night into the round hole over which
it stands.
Miss Folsom is reported to have said that
her g only regret was, she could not marry
the Buffalo lawyer with whom she fell in
love, instead of the President" But it is
noticeable that the President is not going
back to Buffalo any more. He has sold his
property there, and will hereafter reside in
Washington. But Buffalo has been pretty
lucky place for him, and he should not
change his home until after 1883. New
York ia good place to hail from in Pres
idential race, and it has been eni-oficially
announced from Washington that if the
pressure becomes too great, the President
may reconsider his determination not to
run second time. That means -if it
means anything that Mr.. Cleveland will
run second time. He knows that in
case of that kind the pressure never be-
comes very great. 1t is generally the man
who exerts the pressure that secures the
prize. Presidential nominations are not in
the habit of going about, hat in hand,
soliciting somebody to take them.
The fictIon OF the law is novel middle
to some poor minds Here for instance is
T. J. Armstrong signing himself to notice
published in the journal, as Jersey City
furniture dealer Mr. Armstrong used to
be furniture dealer. Two or three weeks
prior to January LIST, he was won't to OBJ
serve that there would be some surprising
failures at the opening of the New Year.
AS none other seemed likely he proceeded
to establish his reputation as a prophet by
failing himself. Then his assignee sold out.
Tommy Armstrong and the creditors at the
same time. bought the whole stock in for
him, made Armstrong his clerk and put
him again in charge of the store on Newark
avenue SO it is that Mr.. Armstrong feels
justified in posing among the solvent fur
niture men as furniture dealer But
when any one goes to him to collect bill
he climbs down off his business pedestal
and becomes at once an humble clerk to
the assignee.
s'Old Sport, the dog SO long identified
with the Newark fire department, is dead.
The boys thought SO much Of him they
would have buried him in the Firemen's
plot in the cemetery, but were refused per-
mission on the ground that that would be
too much like Christian burial. And
good thing, too; for if the dog was half as
intelligent as he is represented to have
been, Christian burial might have trans
ported him to sphere where they would
not have known what to do with him. They
couldn't have told whether he was Chris
tan masquerading Or a dog springing
false pretense on them. It is well to have
the line drawn here SO that the dog may
know his place which, we are grieved to
say, is more than some Christians do.
The Hoboken Yacht Club showed that it
is made of good timber by racing in the
driving storm of last Monday. The guests
enjoyed the sight from pleasant quarters
provided for them on the Blackbird, but
for the men in the boats it must have been
very unpleasant. Next time we hope the
boys will have a pleasanter day. They
have shown their pluck, hereafter they
should have little comfort along with
their sport
The Argus fills up its baseball column
with clippings from the Msriden Journal.
The Meriden Journal complacentl OBJ
served, on the head Of it, that the Argus
baseball column is the most readable
column of its kind in the world. The
argus republishes the observation, swells
all out with its sense of the fattery, and
proceeds to clip another column of base
ball notes from it's Meriden contemporary.
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Sewell's friends are playing the pension
boom. It is good card, but to make it
thoroughly effective the General should
stand up in his seat and pitch pensions at
the heads Of every man, woman and child
who ever heard of the war That's the
kind of Law the General should advocate
if he wants to swing into Office on pen
sion boom.
The proposition that the President pardon
Fisk Of the Marine Bank comes at bad
time. Wait till he gets the small fish Of
Canada'S marine banks off his hands and
then he can look after the poor deceived,
persecuted victim Of that wicked partner,
Ward.
Who loses hope may then part with
Everything says an alleged moralist But