The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1886-11-03
THE MAN ABOUT TOWN.

Nato Cl0iuS' Az tue secOuu pfactlce, cap
tain Slack and Sergeant Cook, tied on
seventeen, and 10 the third practice, the
Captain took the first prize by score of
twenty, one, against eighteen. This en-
titled Sergeant Cook to the second prize,
four dollars. Lieut.. Hartman came 10
for third and Corporal Heath, fourth.
The Company ought to make arrange
ments to secure permission to erect
bull and make a two hundred yard range
upon the site where the practice took
place, only short distance from the
Bridge over the Alexhsauken.
Our readers will not wonder much if
our endeavors to write readable column
are not successful. To those who have
had past experience in acting as candi-
date for public Office, we shall not have
to render an excuse. They have been
there and know how it is. The train of
thought has been in one direction almost
constantly since the nomination, that of
trying to do the best thing to secure sue
cess. Many funny things have happened
which can better be told further on. We
hope to be able to settle down and do bet
ter in the future.
Last week we spoke of boys being out
late at night. 1t is bad enough to be out
late during weekday nights, but much
worse on Sunday nights. The shouts Of
laughter and loud talk in the immediate
neighborhood of Union and Ferry streets
was really annoying Sunday night last,
and to cap the climax dozen or so ran
through Ferry street, ringing door bells
and banging shutters and blinds. To
accuse the Police of carelessness In not
arresting them, is unfair, because they
watch the officers when such conduct is
to be performed. Strategy must be used
to capture such disturbers of the peace.
We have often heard of the Swamp"
but never had the pleasure of ride
through that portion of Hunterdon until
last week, and we must admit that we
were agreeably disappointed Instead of
finding wet, marsby land, we found
farms, well titled, houses and buildings of
every variety, new and old, and, as a gen
eral thing, people who exhibited as much
taste for thrift and money making as can be
found elsewhere. There is no doubt that
the land is much harder to work than in
some portions of Hunterdon, but the fact
that it is worked only proves that the
owners are not idle or lazy. We must
90 further than Kingwood to find swamps.
1t is very like the man who starts out
from the South to find Yankee. At
any place be stops they tell him he must
go further East, and it is barely possible
he will have to travel to Maine before he
finds genuine specimen. There is one
thing can be said of the people of King
wood-they are hospitable, and greet one
with a warmth which is unmisiakable.
Almost every one knows what "boodle'
is. We presume such is the fact, from
observances lately made. The whole
truth of the matter is, however, there are
not SO many people bought at times Of
election as are estimated. The question
comes home to each man. Can be
bought aud the answer in almost every
case is, No Money is necessary though
to carry on an election, and those who are
wealthy are better prepared to meet the
demands made upon them than those who
are not The want of 1t sometimes makes
a canvas very unpleasant.
After defeat. no matter what the ad
vantages or disadvantages may have been,
there is always feeling manifested tc
hunt up an excuse, or several excuses,
that led to 1t. Our defeat was simply
caused by the want of enough votes. We
retire from the conflict with the satisfac-
ton of knowing that we fulfilled our
pledge to the convention, "sodo whateve or
was in our power" aud worked faithfully
until the last vote was polled. The can
vas has been a pleasant one and the time
well spent. Our knowledge of the dis
trict and its people, that has been gained.
and the many new acquaintance formed,
will result, we trust, in good. 1t is I'M
fortunate sometimes that in running for
office reports will be circulated calculated
to ipjure, in which there is no foundation
of truth. There is only one report that
we wish to speak of and contradict, and
|. that was the one 10 reference to our be-
ing pledged to the interests of the Penn.
sylvania r. R. Company. That company,
nor any one of its many individual EN-
ployees, never asked the question, "Will
you stand by us if elected 2' Had fortune
favored the brave, we should have been
free to have done what we could for that
or any other railroad in the State of New
Jersey. SO long as it was in the interests
of our constituents. The late hour at
which the report was put in circulation
gave us no chance to refute it, and no
doubt 10 some cases it did us an injury.
We weot before the public as an un-
pledged candidate and are DESTROYS of cor
recting the reverse impression. To those
of our friends in all parties who gave us
their assistance, We return sincere and
hearty thanks, and since 1t is willed that
we cannot reach the ear of the public
through the rostum at Trenton, we shall
continue to pour into your ears each
week scraps of Information through the
usual channel. We congratulate our op.
ponent upon his success, and trust no act
of ours or word spoken during the canvas
will put breach between us, nor cool the
friendship already existing. We shall be
found as usual at the works Of the Lam
bertvile Rubber Company, toiliDg on at
the old schedule of wages, instead of bask-
ing In the sunshine ON five hundred a
term and sharing the smiles Of Captain
Farley at the American House, Trenton