The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1886-04-07
PICKED UP HERE AND THERE.
BY A SPECIAL REPORTER,

tiger.
Next Sunday will be the Fifth Sunday
in Lent.
Fashion is at last putting on common.
sense shoes.
Gardeners are beginning TO get ready
for business.
Dandelion is now plentiful. Some
people eat it.
The Easter bonnet is getting ready to
crack its shell.
Business is expected to boom this
Spring and Summer.
Election for Chief Engineer and two
Assistants next Monday evening.
A few shad have been caught in the
Delaware during the past few days.
Wisdom for April-Neyer go out with
out your umbrella, or some other per.
sons.
Quite variety on Sunday last--snow,
rain, more snow, hail. snow again. and
then rain.
About time to trim shrubbery aud
clear up the Winters litter about the
house and yard.
Over four hundred suckers were taken
from the Delaware in one haul. at the
Gap, one day recently.
Lonnie Hatch, one of the artists Of
the Hanoverian Family, died at Bur.
lington on Saturday, 9th ult.
The latest diet for fat people who
want to get thin is lean beefsteak and
hot water for seventeen weeks.
From the report of the Chief Engineer
of the Fire Department, we learn that
the valuation of pi operty belonging to
the Department is $15. 900.
The flowers that bloom in the
Spring 8" have appeared. Crocuses,
snowdrops and violets have come to
cheer and receive glad welcome.
The gloomy, drizzly weather of the
past week has had its depressing effects
on human nature, especially on business
people and parties changing their resi-
dences.
The New York papers say the price Of
eggs has not been so low for many years,
and were it not that their cheapness has
caused heavy consumption, the market
would be swamped.
The Democrats will nominate Ward
officers this Wednesday, evening, and
the Republicans tomorrow evening.
The Republican City Convention will be
held on Friday evening.
The members OF Common Council
whose terms expire at the next meeting,
on the 10th inst, are First Ward, John
e. Kilroy; Second Ward, ). ]. War.
man Third Ward, George X. Mellick.
For woman to throw red pepper into
the eyes of gentleman caller is not very
lady-like, and is not a very pleasant ex,
perience for the gentleman but just
such an affair took place in this city one
evening recently.
Some people think it would be nice il
everybody in the world would mind
their own business. But il would not
Over half the people in the world would
be out of employment and not know
what to do with themselves.
This is what lady says If the wives
and mothers who labor from early morn
until midnight, with little time in the
twenty four hours they can call Their
own, were to strike for eight hours O
day, what would become of their lords
and masters
Persons who have superstitious dread
of Friday will not be pleased to learn
that this is thoroughly Friday year.
1t came in on Friday, will go out on O
Friday, and will have fifty-three Fri.
days. There are four months in the
year that have five Fridays each changes
OF the moon occur Ave times on a Fri.
day. and the longest and shortest day OF
the year each falls on Friday.
Easter this year falls on q day on
which no living person ever celebrated
it. and on which few now living will
again celebrate flowing to its coming
SO very late. 1t falls on April 25tb, q
something that has not occurred since
1874. and will not again before 1913.
Very few persons know the rule which
regulates Easter. 1t is the rule Of the
Council of Nice, and they nicely fixed i;
on the "Sanday after the full moon fol-
lowing after the 21st OF March," This
will make the fact plain that it cannot
occur before the 22d Of March. It ia
152 years since Easter has been so late,
aud not even the oldest inhabitant -
can go back that far. II will, as said, be
1913 before it falls on the 25th OF April
again, and hence the improperly OF
making engagements for that day.
NEW HOPE AND BUCKS COUNTY. PA.
New Hope now has garbage collec.
tor, appointed by Council.
The New Hope w. G. r. U. have
rented the band room for their meetings.
1t will be used Saturday afternoons for
the Band of Hope.
The creek along Whitley's mill, In
New Hope, has been very high owing to
the rains. Lately it wss so high it put
out the fires In the boiler Of the cotton
factory.
The people Of New Hope begin to
think that ii Is time the tolls were re.
duced on the river bridge. They are
much above the rates ON many other
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