The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1889-04-03

Ball playing in the streets has begun.
The vendue season is drawing to q
close.
The nights and days are now about
equal.
The fishermen are busy getting their
tackle in repair.
The boys are getting the canoes aud
row-boats ia order.
But few RATS are passing down the
Delaware this Spring.
AHave you tried your hand in housing
the " Pigs in Clover?p
Our public schools are closed this
week-the first week in April
Mr.. iona. Everitt is now night-watch-
man at the Lambertville National Bank.
The saw. mill property at Stockton has
been sold by Sheriff Cox to Mr.. Akin
son. for 81, 400.
Repairs are being made to the old
brick blacksmith shop occupied by q.
Sutphin, on York street.
The man who purchased new sleigh
early in the Winter is willing to trade it
for Spring suit of clothes.
Kingwood township voted at the re-
cent election to purchase road,scrapers
for use in working the roads.
The greatest weather profit of this
season is the money saved by young
men who didn't go sleigh. riding.
This year two important events will
be celebrated on the same day-Ascen-
sion and Memorial days, both on May
S0th.
Lung fever is said to be prevailing
quite extensively among the horses in
Franklin township, in the vicinity OF
Quakertown.
As removals and changes are the order
OF the day, give both the old as we'll as
the new address when you want your
paper changed.
Hunterdon county has only three
representatives in the State Prison
This is the smallest number of any
county in the State.
The Presbytery of New Brunswick
will hold its Spring meeting in the
Presbyterian Church at Bound Brook
on the 9th and 10th inst.
Mrs. George Probasco, an aged lady
of High Bridge, who was badly burned
on the 18th ult. by her clothing taking
fire from the stove, died few days ago.
Moving time," the plague that an
nnally affects SO large mum Ger of our
citizens, is now here, with its innumer-
able train Of minor trials and difficulties.
It's early yet for rope.iumping, but,
nevertheless, death from the over
indulgence in the pastime has occurred.
The victim was an indianapolis girl,
who kept up to 265. as the children
put it.
Never skip the advertisements when
reading o newspaper. They show just
what live business men are about and
every one who has trading to do will
find it pays to trade with those who
advertise.
After two years of trials and expert
ments the Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany has adopted system for heating
the passenger cars by steam, which ex-
perts declare to be the best, safest and
surest mode of heating yet devised.
Corporal Tanner says he il in favor Of
granting every worthy pension case
Nearly all the applicants for pension
and bounty in this county are filing
their claims through II. d. Phillips, Of
Trenton, who makes speciality of New
Jersey cases. He procured a pension
for veteran of this city in about eighty
days.
While nickel three cent pieces are ex-
tremely scarce, it is curious fact that
they are freely found among the plate
collections Of some churches each Sun
day. 1t is supposed that in the dim
light Of the churches the donors mis-.
take them for dimes. They also find
their way over bars and thus many O
drink is sold for cost price.
Again the good news is given out that
the price Of coal has been reduced.
With no frost in the ground, blue birds
singing, buds bursting and the dande-
lion peeping its yellow face from the
ground, this news cannot be very in.
spring. What is needed is reduction
in the price of coal along about Novem-
Der, when bins are being filed.
Rev. Father P, r. Connolly, of st.
Mary's n. @. Church, Bordentown flor
merly pastor Of st. Johns Church, this
city,, has been presented by the young
ladies comprising the Sodality of the
Church with handsome gold watch
The ladies' Of st. Joseph's Convent gave
him a handsome dressing case. The
gifts were in remembrance of Father
Connolly's birthday.
There is no one so learned that liz
cannot improve his spare time in study
Those who think they know enough and
spend their time loafing around shopl
and stores or in running from one neigh
Dor to another, retailing gossip, watch
ing other peoples business and neglect
ing their own, however insignificant i
may be, are off the road to greatness
and paving an easy road to the poor
house.
A chance exists for preserving th,
sanity of the thousands of men, womel
and children who are now endeavorinl
to master the puzzle, "Pigs in th
Clover" An exchange says that TIL
four usually recalcitrant marbles may b.
quickly rolled into their pen in thi
manner Place them in the outer circl
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