The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1889-05-08
WEDNESDAY, MAYS, 1889.

Iron ore is being dug on the farm
of Edward Hunt, at Little York, in this
county.
"A State Convention of the Daughters
of Rebekah will be held in Trenton
May 21st..
The expense attached to the running
of Frank A. Robbins show is said to be
over s., 200 per day.
The grocer that sells Tulip Soap ca
tiers to the interests of his customers.
The new Board of Freeholders oil
this county will hold its first meeting
and organize to day "wednesday.
Many of our Hunterdon county
farmers are planting corn. This is per-
baps couple of weeks ahead of last
year.
-"The Doctor of Alcantara" at Hol
combe Hall, Wednesday and Thursday
evenings, May 10Th and 10th. Don't for
get the dates and secure seats early.
If you expect to get along pleasantly
with your neighbors, keep all your last
Winters tomato cans on your own side
of the fence when cleaning up the yard.
Oliver Holcombe has already raised
this season $1,000 tomato plants on his
farm in West Amwell township, and in O
snort time will commence setting them
out.
Rev. DIR. Mott preached his TWEEN
tieth anniversary sermon, as pastor of
The Presbyterian Church of Pennington,
last Sunday morning. He was installed
May 4, 1869.
Rev. J. w. Vandyke. one of the
editors of the Cranbury Press, has sold
his interest in the business and accepted
a call to the Presbyterian Church OF
Stockton, this county.
On Thursday last, on the occasion
of Barnum's circus and menagerie iD
Trenton, 1876 excursion tickets to that
city and return were sold at the Penna.
r. r. Office in this city.
john W. Larson, who for many
years kept the hotel at Larison's Corner.
near Ringoes, died at the residence of
his brother, in Delaware township, on
the 23d ult., aged SO years.
The Washington Reoie,O has changed
its name to Warren Ttdings, and appear
ed last week in folio shape, and printed
on new type. 1t is an excellent paper,
and should be we'll supported.
The commissions for the newly elect-
ed and appointed Justices of the Peace
and Commissioners of Deeds are now at
the County Clerk s Office, where they may
be obtained by the officials named.
"A nurseryman who has been engaged
in the tree business in this county for
many years, says there will be 400, 900
peach trees set out this Spring in Hunter
don, Somerset and Warren counties.
Shoes for Men, Boys, Youths, La
dies, Misses and Children, at the Peo-
pies Store. If. s. s. VAN HORN.
Improvement have been made and
are still being made in Mount Hope and
st. Johns cemeteries. Some trees have
oeen cut down, others have been sim-
med, grass out, flowers planted, &c.
The first stated meeting of the Hun
terdon County Branch of the State
Charities Aid Association of New Jersey
will be held in the chapel of the Presby-
terrain Church in Pennington, on Mon
day, May 10Th, at O'Clock, P. M.
The Postmaster General makes the
following suggestions to the public:
''Have your name or address printed on
the left hand corner of all mail matter.
This will insure its immediate return II
improperly addressed, and if not called
for at its destination it can be forwarded
without going to the dead letter office.
County Superintendent Heath calls
attention to the following, and District
Clerks will please take notice: A law was
passed this Winter which provides that
all children between the ages of six and
twenty may attend the schools free of all
costs. This, however, does not affect the
census, which must include only those be-
tween the ages of five and eighteen as
heretofore.
Two years ago potatoes were SO nign
in price that it paid those we'll who inn.
ported cargoes from Canada and Europe,
and there was a demand for higher du-
ties on this vegetable. This Spring all
this is reversed. Last years abundant
crop has given us supply in excess Of
the demand, and we hear that in some
parts they are selling as low as 20 cents
per bushel. The uncertainties of the
crops have seldom been so plainly demon
strated.
From thirty to fifty years ago fax
was quite extensively cultivated in vari-
GUS parts of this county. 1t required a
good deal of labor to prepare it for the
market and kept the farmers busy during
the Winter months. 1t also made en-
ploymentfor day laborers. 1t was thought
to be very exhaustive to the soil; besides
It did not do we'll on land that had been
recently lined, and the farmers ceased to
cultivate it. Very few of the rising gen
Grafton have ever seen field of flax
growing. Democrat Advertiser.
The new marriage law passed at the
recent session of the New Jersey Legis
latnre went into effect last Wednesday
and the ministers and matrimonially in
clined in the State will do we'll TO inform
themselves as to its provisions. 1t pro
hibits any one from mrrying minors
unless their parents or guardians are
present or certificate is presented sign
ed by the parents or guardians ane
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