The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1886-12-22
THE MAN ARour rows.
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the market abonnds, while standing in
the large siore-room of G.. j. Fisher, one
evening lately, we accidentally gave
friend Snow thrust in the ribs and said
there was no good cayenne pepper for
sale in the city. He remarked that ait
was queer, and asked for box of the
article, such as put up by his firm and
sold by Mr.. Fisher. Taking the top off
carefully he said, "Taste that" We did,
and have regretted it ever since. Cayenne
is described as "pungent pepper We
do not dispute the description. We got
an overdose and are satisfied that the
adulteratien with which the cayenne is
adulterated was stronger than the original
ITSELF Itwould have been of 10 use or
we should have tried to quench tho burn
ing sensation by swallowing the huge
lump of SnosO before us that laughiugly
asked, "Do you think that cayenne pure e'
We shall taste that pepper until Snow
comes again, no doubt, as be kindly pre-
sented the can.
If one attempts to tell an old story or
joke, geteff a funny saying, or do any
funny thing, said or done before, some
body will say "Chestnuts." But when
any one gets off that old familiar and oft
repeated question, ''Boys, what are you
going to drink p they don't say chest
mats once. It's more generally rye, apple,
beer or ale. The older the better; you
can never convert them into chestnuts.
IL is said that while five men were
struggling with drunken man to arrest
him, sixth was seen running up and
down the pavement with an umbrella un-
der bis arm, saying, Brute brute he
ought to be arrested; shooting would be
too good for him; he ought to be shot, ="
and other such CALCULATIONS, but it did not
help arrest the man worth cent. It re-
minded us of the time once, when we
were unfortunate enough to get horse
mixed up with hive of bees. A friend
who was with us got a pair of buckskn
gloves, tied veil over his head, then got
off about fifty yards and sung out, "Untie
the horse, take the harness off, lead him
away from there. We was doing that
all the time, but il helped amazingly to
have him do the halloDg.
In the hot air of July night we are re-
minded by the ringing Of bells of the birth
of Freedom for those of our native land.
Why should not joyous chino Of bells
from all the towers remind us of the
scenes and incidents as when centuries
ago the stars looked down on the plains
of Palestine, and one pure bright star
guided the ancient seers to that lowly
manger Of Bethlehem ? When jubilant
voices broke on the air; when a Joyous
swell of music rolled over the kneeling
group, aud could we fancy that angels
bent down from their starry spheres to
listen to the rejoicing. sons of earth.
might almost hear their silyery voices
blending in the chorus, "'Peace on earth.
good win to men, In the old country
we are told, that when the Christmas
morn breaks, from church tower { o church
tower all over the land peals tho joyous
tidings that the Saviour is born to men,
and the very ivy climbing up the old gray
walls trembles aud quivers in the reioic.
ing air. 1t is season of the year to be
happy, and true happiness must be found
within ones own bosom. Self must be
left out of the question at Christmas
times and the happiness of those we love
and respect must be the uppermos
thought; then in trying to gladden. the
hearts of others we shall have the Salts
faction, whether endowed with much or
little, of experiencing Merry Christ
mas" which we heartily wish all the
readers of THE RECON- particularly and
mankind generally.
Commissioner of Pensions Black has
deemed it advisable to call upon each
Post of the G A. r. to furnish separ-
ate and complete list of its members and
others, giving post office address, who
were at any time prisoners OF war. All
ex-prisoners so reported will be furnished
with cards prepared expressly for the pur-
pose, and the history of their services and
captivity thus obtained will be q valuable
addition to the "Prisoners of War Re-
cords All those who have been prison.
ers who are not members OF Post 90, will
confer favor upon themselves and the
Commissioners, by reporting their names
to Commander VIM. H. Moon, who will
have charge of the list.
It's astonishing how much local re.
porter or correspondent to a newspaper
gets blamed for, when he is as innocent
of the crime of which he is accused az
the accuser himself. An article appeared
In the North american few days ago In
reference to our Postmaster, aud we have
had several intimations that the said ar
ticle was written by us. That is mis-.
take. We do not write for that paper.
II we did, we should not make thata sub.
ject. Mr.. Foran has treated us as politely
and waited on us as punctually as formei
Postmasters have done. If there has been
any mistake made by placing Mr.. Forau
in the Office, it belongs to the party In
power and II is responsible for any short
comings. The Postmaster does, no doubt
make some mistakes, and so did others,
but he does the best he can to ill the pc.
sition which has been placed In his charge.
If the little mistakes in pronunciation OF
reading made by every business man
were criticised and ridiculed, there would
be many exposed to the world who pass
for educated men.
The new delegates from the three com
panies, comprising the fire department
and from the Board Of Engineers, met a,
the Truck House, ON Monday evening
last, to organize the new Board OF the
Fremen's Relief Association, for the
ensuing year. After the old Board bad