The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1886-04-28
THE MAN ABOUT TOWN.


on their old President. He had been
studying for this past year, and was full
up to the brim with good things to tell
the people. eve are the people, !" you
know; but sometimes trouble comes like
bolt from clear sky, and so future
posterity will never know how much
might have been said on popular subjects
incident to the life of Comm on Council
man. The Councilman will get over his
little setback, but the people will mourn
as one who win not be comfortei.
Mr.. ] . D. Margerum, our former towns
man, who lately moved to the city Of
Trenton, we are pleased to say is pleasant
604, and has associated with him his
brother William, under the firm name of
]. D. Margerum 6 Brother. They have
two nice stores, GOA and COG, which are
used, one as a paper and the other as
paint store. From the evidence already
manifested, we are inclined to believe
tucy VIII w u kOou UuStucco.
There is often great deal Of opposition
to a candidate before election, but as soon
as the fact is established that he has been
elected to Office then these same parties
who have opposed, with numerous others
who helped elect, call around and in the
kindlest manner offer suggestions as to
the best way to proceed in conducting af-
fairs. We overheard friend of one Of
the Excise Board giving little advice, q
few nightsago. Where he got his ideas
from, we do not know. His advice was
that when callers came to influence his
vote one way or the other. was to have
bis wife posted, and when they asked
where he was she was to say, HE is
down in the lot burying dog" II they
were inquisitive enough to ask II the dog
was killed. she was to reply, "No; he di0a
terrible DEATH" In response to another
question, why, what was the matter
with him, praya" she was to put 10 the
clincher, "He barked himself to death at
people running here to advise my hus-
band how to perform his duties" Be-
ware of the dog.
A temporary residence in the city of
Trenton for few days convinces ono OF
the fact that many former residents of
this city are now citizens Of the Capitol
city, and 1t seemed to them as well as our
own self good to grasp the open hand Of
each. Amongst those with whom we
conversed not one expressed the wish to
como back to quiet Lambertville They
say there Is q wider field for employment,
and that wages are better and living MS
cheap, but with all this we fail to see
much difference between the two cities.
Changes are very often better for while,
and then comes the drawback that all
are subject TO. and the little saved up
goes out, and the friends of childhood
and old age are remembered and silent
wish for old homo and old associations
comes, If It is not expressed. As we said
before, 1t is pleasant to meet old acquant-
ances, aud the Clarks, Gallaghers, Greens,
Coryells, Gordons, Kitchins, McQullens,
Scheetzs, Coopers, all gave us warm
reception and extended generous hos
pitality.
Ex-Chief Engineer Mitchell, of the
Trenton Fire Department, was generous
enough to lend a man five dollars who
represented himself TO be the Chief of
the Poughkeepsie Fire Department, but
who turned out to be fraud lie after
wards had the fellow arrested and got
back three dollars. Firemen are very
much like editors in regard to money
matters, and the question with the boys
was, How in the world did he save enough
out Of his salary to make 0 loan at ail2
The only persons who can keep dark
on any subject are colored persons.
We have often heard the expression
that "Such and such persons only went to
church to see the fashions, ? but we have
always been generous enough to believe
that the assertion was not true one
that It made very little difference to one
person what another had on, or what
they paid for 1t; but on Sunday morning
last, sitting in the back part of one Of our
city churches, we must plead guilty for
once Of taking In the fashions, especially
in beadgear. The fact is, one could not
help II. The knowledge that 1t was
Easter, and impressed strongly by the
beautiful floral decorations and glad out
burst of Easter hymns, was ali dispelled
for the moment by ''Pa, look at the bon
net that woman has got on" You give
the young one bunch In the ribs and
tell him TO keep quiet, but your eye is on
the bonnet in question, and you think Of
a bootleg with tine sole cut of and trim
med up with flowers and ribbons, OF every
color. Yen try to draw your mind from
the vanities of this world and endeavor
to join In the re Deum, when another
style Of hat attracts your attention, and
the only thing to compare 1t with is the
fcos W es CtStnohb oub VA aDOut tut CC
inches from the leg. then dug out and Or
namented with q feather or two. A half
turn of some lady's head would disclose
another peculiar but far from bewitching
style Of Spring hat that would call to
mind some funny thing before seen. Then
there were some SO small that IL they
charged by the quantity of stuff used
must have cost but very little, and the
man who paid the milliner bill could con-
gratulate himself on having sensible
wife, at least. 1t seems funny, though,
that with all this variety of style and Pc
culiarity OF design. those under them
were not thrown in the shade at all, but
in most cases were improved by their
wearing them. But we forgot; 1t may
be we'll enough to speak Of the bonnets
and. hats, but being married man, for
the sake of peace and quietness 10 the
family the less we say about the wearers