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The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1889-04-10
THE WISDOM OF THE MULE.
Evidence Of the sagacity of the Cotton
Plantation Animal.

Evidence Of the sagacity of the Cotton
Plantation Animal.
Working animals, such as horses and mules,
are generally kept on cotton plantation In
large open PEN In tho center there is a
feed she'd, containing a trough for corn and
rafter for fodder overhead Stock is fed
only twice a day, noon and night. By sun
up ON work days the pillow hands appear, each
to catch his ''critter, and the forty or fifty
mules at their sight move In utter confusion
around the shed, hiding behind one another.
But how is it ON Sundays2 There reigns then
an Arcadian peace in the pen. Each mule Is
paired off with his 'schum" Ia selectiye affin-
ity, no doubt In an angle Of the rail fence,
head and tail together. The object is prac-
tical exempli6cation of the golden rule. To
enjoy an untroubled siesta, each head secures
immunity from the fly pest by a close prox-
unity to his friends perpetual mobile"
Farm hands may go in and out without pro-
ducing the least sign Of alarm. But, should
brides appear, that distlrbs only masters
saddle or carriage horses
As to the mules, no extra witch in tail or
eau. shows the least suspicion that their owner
could possibly be tho victim OF mistake;
!, WITH eyes dropping and head on 4 level with
that of his neighbours tail, his sonnolent tor
por Is a picture Of trust and safety. He
knows IL Is Sunday / remember well the
amused look of my foreman, Essex, when ask.
ing him for his opinids ON the subject;
why, in course said he, ''dey knows it's
Sunday
Pertinent to the above query Is the other;
Do animals know noontime2 For the sake OF
lively scene let us some forenoon go into a
large field. Presently we are startled from
our reverie by an unearthly ''Ee-hung, ee-
hung, ee-hung, hung, hung" II is the Mes
tor Of the four-footers that calls thus thine
for refreshments la signal similarly seconded
and approved in succession by forty others
We look at our timepiece and sure enough,
the large hand is about covering the smaller.
1t Is noon. The mule, however, is some min
utes ahead of time, and there ensues fearful
contest for the mastery between him and the
driver, which the distant dinner horn only
ends.
Now, how Ia it that the mule knows noon
timef Does he rely ON the infallibility of his
timepiece, that warns him that 1t needs re-
windinga Or has he noticed his equally hum
cry partner, Sambo, who, on reaching the
end of the row, halts moment, and turn
ing face northward, anxiously scans the
shadow at his feet2 Or is the sensitiveness Of
his back so delicate that he can discriminate
between oblique and vertical rayss
We are prone to mystify, and because we
are unwilling to grant brute creation the
power of reasoning we call their actions that
surprise us instinct" In the barnyard,
stable and field we never observe this quail
ity Of instinct in the young. 1t is only the
old that become wise by experience --Scien-
tifc American.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1889-04-10
CLARK PERSON, Editor.
LAMBERTvILLE, N. j.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10, 1889.

There seems very serious hitch in the
Werts liquor law, if Judge Knapp cor.
rectly interpFets its provisions, which will
require another supplementary act tc
make it entirely satisfactory to the liquor
dealers. In his charge to the Grand Jury
at the opening of the Hudson Courts on
Tuesday of last week, the Judge said in
constituting the new law:-"Those who
sell in smaller quantities, as we'll as over
a quart, must have two licenses. One
would not answer, and interpret the law
This view is a sumner for the liquor.
dealers, for, if it is correct, they will be
obliged to pay for two licenses instead OF
one. There is scarcely bar-room in the
State in which liquor is not sold in small.
er and greater quantities than quart.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1889-04-10

The Hudson County Liquor Dealers
Association held secret meeting In Jer-
sey City one day last week and decided
to sell liquors on Sunday, but with the
front doors closed and the shades drawn
down. A few of them, however, thought
better of it afterwards and closed up on
Sunday. But the great mass of them
openly defied the law, and although one
or two arrests were made there is not the
slightest prospect that anybody will be
punished. The action of the present
Legislature is producing its legitimate
and expected fruits.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1889-04-10
Tonight and Tomorrow Night,

Tonight and To-Morrow Night,
And each day and night during this week
you can get at all druggists Kemp's Bal
sam for the Throat and Lungs, aoknowl-
edged to be the most successful remedy
ever sold for the cure of Coughs, Group,
Bronchitis, Whooping Cough, Asthma
and Consumption. Get bottle today
and keep 1t always in the house, SO you
can check your cold at once. Price SOC.
and $1.00. Sample bottles free.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1889-04-10
Cashier

VIM. E. Durgin OF the Boston Loan Co.,
275 Washington street, says: | recon-
mend Sulphur Bitters as the very best
medicine have ever used. There is moth
ing like them to give an appetite, tone mp
the system, and do away with that Ian
guild feeling which is so frequent among
those confined indoors.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1889-04-10


win sell at my Fifth Annual Spring Sale 70
NEW CARRIAGES embracing roomy family car
riages. depot wagons, extcnsion-top ph@tons.
jump-seats. drop-seat Jenny Lind carriages, New
town wagons. one-seated phetons, sido-bar and
fuil-spring buggies, spindle or road wagons, road
carts. top and no-top express or milk Wagons &C.
These are the best finished aud finest assort-
ment Of carriages that have ever offered at pub.
lie sale. The wheels are all our own make Tex
cept the patent ones) and are guaranteed not 10
get loose In the hub. The carriages all have steel
axies with patent double collars end steel tires.
The curtains are good leather, rubber duck or
flock the cushions al-wooi English cloth, fast
colors. or corduroy. They are well painted and
finished and are worth the attention Of. all who
are in want of good homemade carriage that Is
guaranteed to be just as represented.
The road carts are roomy and easy.
Come 10 the sale and secure good job,
Six months credit on approved notes, or three
per cent. off for cash.
J. ". RANDALL.
CyRUs HnrBoRS, Auc'r.
j. s. x I. w. MERRIcK, Clerks.
Aprif 81 i8Sq.-at
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1889-04-10

Princeton has been-a prohibition town
the past year, but reversed its policy at
tho municipal election held Tuesday Of
Fast week, when the Citizens ticket fa-
voring license was elected over the Pro-
hibition ticket by majority of 200.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1889-04-10
INDUCEMENTS
MANUFACTURERS.

Lander tville, Hunter
don Co. N. j. on the
Delaware River, fiji
teen mi les above Tren-
ton, N. j., for ty-six
mi les from Phi ladel-
phia, and sixty from
New York, offers supe-
Tor indu cements for
the location Of manu-
factur ing es tablish-
ments. 1t has a popu-
lation Of A, 500, and
plenty Of labor can be
cur ed.
There are excellent
S Il ties in the town,
along the Penna. R. R.
{ Belvidere Divis ion),
where iron, coal, &C.
can be ght direct
ly from iron and coal
mines, and run into
the manufactor es wi tn
out car tage. Two or
thre e good water-pow-
ers may be secur ed
along the canal. There
is also connection by
canal wi tn Phi lade l.
lphia and New York, for
heavy frei ghts. Land
is cheap, taxes are
low, labor can be Sc
cur ed at reasonab lie
wages, and there are
other indu cements that
should lead manufac-
tur ers to locate here.
The LambertviIle
| Improvement Co.,
organized for the purpose Of improu-
ing The city interests, and Incorporated
under the lars Of Neso Jersey, soig
erect suitable buildings and lease them
to parties desiring 70 engage IN maa,s-
featuring.
address,
GEO. II. LARSON,
Secretary.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1889-04-10
w all Paper +!
In chancery of New Jersey

m CMaMCtFy Oh Now JtFsty.
Between
RICHARD II. VAN HoRN, On Bin, &c.
Complainant
and
SAMUEL s. VAN HORN, et. ais. Rale 10 Bar
Defendants
By virtue of q rule of said Court in said cause
bearing date the twelfth day of March, A. d
eighteen hundred ard Il i ordered
Samuel S. Van Horn, partners, trading. &c, as
Van Horn Brothers. present their claims to Walter
T. Hayhurst, the Receiver appointed In said cause,
and prove the same under oath or affirmation TO
the satisfaction of the said Receiver within two
months from the date of said rule. or that they be
excluded from any claim against the said Receiver
on account of the funds Of said firm that may
come Into his hands.
s7-as'-e't
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1889-08-03
A NEW PACKET COMPANY.
4 River Freight Line TO be EstnI-
Iisled Between Kansas
city and ST louis.

A packet company TO operate a line
between Kansas City and ST. Louis is
now being formed in this city. A
paper has been drawn up aud the sie-
natures Of about a DOZEN busines,
firms and corporations have been OBJ
tanned and they have taken stock to the
amount of about 1000. The canvass
is as yet incomplete.
1t is proposed, it the steamer Dacotal
can not be purchased, to have 4. new
boat built. The DacOtah was built
tor the Missouri river and i,
especially adapted for carrying heavy
loads of freight on low water. But the
boat is owned by New Orleans mer
chants who are running it i'm the Red
river trade, and will probably not sci
it. II new boat is built il will be a
stcrn-whecl steamer, hat will carry
about 1000 to LOO ons on a draft OF
three and a half feet of water. There
will be no passenger accommodations.
Ii will cost about 1925, 900, although
some of the bids already made reach as
high as $50, 900. 1t is intended Ia
begin work this fall, and have the
SO amer ready for business in March,
1890. Those identified with the enter
Prise are mainly members OF The Com
mercial club, although that ~organiza-
ton is not formally associated with the
packet line. a second boat will bC
added to the line next year.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1889-08-03
Stock Notes.

The aged mare, Concordia, owned Nv s.
Bisse!I, ran away on the fair grounds IA, e
track at ST. Louis, last Sunday. She collided
with the fence, and a rail sixteen feet long
passed clear through her body, dropping out
on the other side. The mare walked twenty
feet, deluging the track with blood, anu :hep
dropped dead.
EDITOR lNTELLIGENCER' Through you.
valuable paper please extend my thanks TO
those Whose patronage of Nettiewood stat
lions has been so liberal this season now clos
Ing. Merch ant $500 30 highly esteemed for
his individual excellence Combining AS he
does the fashionable and speed producing
lines OF the day. and IN view OF the scarcity
aud rarity Of his blood lines as well AS the
high appreciation placed upon these consid-
eratlons by breeders of the American trotter.
Merchant in the future will be permitted to
serve a few select mares only (besides my
OWN at the low price of 800, with no excep.
ton. r.. T~ODurNrrp
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1889-08-03

The Rome correspondent OF The Lon
don Standard says that he is authorized
TO state that the principal reason for
converting the recent secret cOnsistory
was the fact that the French govern
ment had advised the pope to quit
Rome and had offered him an asylum
in France. The pope told the cnrdi-
nails that he had refused the offer be.
cause he would not cause France ia
declare war against Italy for his sake,
he being personally well disposed to-
wards Italy.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1889-08-03
Il. 7. Brown, q leading banker OF

e. L. Brown, a leading banker OF
wichita, KaR., who was supposed to
have been robbed and murdered on the
18th of last January, has returned to
his home. lie is Il mere skeleton
and almost insane. He came TO The
back door Of his house. His " lie
though him Il tramp l0aiing around
Tor n moment, apparently uncertain as
to his location. lie said: ''Starving,"
She gave him some bread and he tried
to eat, but could not. She observed
some scars on his hand and recognized
him as her husband. He was found IN
in cOInatOse state and unable to speak.
His beard is four inches long and his
face looks as il he had been in the sun.
His body is covered with blisicr-. and
on the back OF his head, corresponding
with the cut found in his hat ut the
he disappeared, is n large scar,
which is said to indicate the cause of
mental trouble.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1889-08-03
Y. M. G. A. Items.

Meetings OF the ASSOCIATION will he held to
morrow as usual. Mems meeting IN the hal
AT y. IN Speaker, Judge john h. liy'
land. Open air song service. liz the court
house yard ri ! p. III. Speaker, Rev. J.. W,
kceble. All men invited to the former and
aud every bOdy to the latter.
Statistical report for July:-Totsl attendance
Sunday afternoon meetings, 154; daily over
age, 30; total visits 10 the rooms, / ,G9S; daily
average 20; letters written bv Young men
from rooms, 20. TIL falling OIL in attendance
at Sunday afternoon meetings is due to the
hot weather and the fuct that we have hal
no special attractions in the way of speakers
from "ut OF town. The number of visits to
the rooms IL fully up TO The last months NV
eraVe.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1889-08-03
TO THE Committeeman OF THE
BX-OONFEDERATE REUNION.

DEAR SIRs:--The ex.c0nlederate as
ISOLATION of Missouri was invited TO
| hold its annual reunion in LAFAYETTE
Co. the u, 2S, and 30 of August, this
| year. Higginsville was chosen as the
place for holding said reunion. Our
committee have investigated and find
that at the reunion held at Marshall
in 1887, in addition to the provisions
served on that occasion it required an
expenditure i'm money of nearly 81 300.
We have reason to expect as many if
/ not more to be present as were present
oil that occasion. The citizens of
Higginsville have already contributed
in money about $500. besides having
contributed provisions literally. We
now earnestly request all the citizens
from other parts of the county TO con-
tribute in money as literally as they
can, to the end that our invited guests
may be handsomely and Hospitality
entertained and that old Lafayette Co.
shall, in the future, as in the past, enjoy
and merit that enviable reputation for
open handed hospitality, such as is
surpassed by no county i'll the state.
We trust that Onr citizens will rcmem-
! Der that this IS a matter IN which every
| citizen of the county Is interested aud
and that the reputation and good name
| of the county is at stake, and eIncm
bering, do their duty. We further
earnestly request every committccInan
| appointed on The committee of rance
and provision to do their whole duty
and report to the chairman of this
committee on or before Wednesday of
each week what progress has been
made. thereby enabling this committee
to understand the situation and know
! how to proceed.
j. j. FULKERSON, Chm.
NJ. l.. BELT, Sec,y.
Jackson CORuER,
GROyE YOUNG,
T.. Y. FORD,
| Committee on Arrangements
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1889-08-03
~"wILKoMoNT, (2734),

herewith we present a cut, from life, of the
great stallion WilkOmont. the property of
LinwOOd Lawn Farm, near Lexington. Mo.
Wilkomont was bred by b. A. Smith, Law
renee, Kansas. Color. chestnut, with small
white star IN forehead and white hooks be-
hind; lO3 hands high; foaled in 1881. In the
combined qualities OF breeding, size, style,
olor, disposition aid trolting acton. he is
the equal Of any horse in the country. WIKI
omont was sired by Almont Pilot 1881, (sirg
OF Rosemont 2:231, Eli AlmLnt, private trial
at Tour years old, = %, and others WIN will
soon make their mark, LIST dam, Wanita. by
Geo. " likes, I'd de III, Vienna, by (BerKIey's)
Edwin Forrest; 3D. dam, by (Hanley's) Uis-
toga; 4Ih dam, by Cedar, thoroughbred.
Almont Pilot BY Aimont (33); Ii, dam,
Lucille, by A~lPxsnder's Abdallah; % dam by
Pilot, Jr.; 3D. dam, thoroughbred. WIlko.
mont, in breeding, represents the union OF
the Almont and Geo. Wilkes branches of the
Hambletonian family, on u foundation repre-
sent.ng the MambrIno CEiei, Pilot, Jr., aud
Clay families, which includes "a very large
part OF all the horses that have made records
OF 2;3O or better. The direct descendants OF
e"O h'unohC anu ueO. wilkes, With records OF
2:3O or better, now number over 100 In the
trst generation, and over 200 in the second
generation, or by sons and daughters, making
IA total OF oyer 300 performers with records
from 2:l33 TO 2:30-over fifty having records
III $40 or better. Wilkomont's breeding
shows the true science Of breeding the trot-
ter. The more remote crosses represent the
foundation. IIambietonian MambrIno Chief.
fllOt Dr., Old Abdallah and Henry Clay we're
the greatest producers OF speed 10 their day,
Aimont anu Geo. Wilkes represent the ac-
cumulated strength in breeding lines of all
that has preceded them, there being no brOk-
en- or non-prodncIng lines. DO not present
indications favor The belief that descendants
OF AlmoDt and Geo. Wilkes according to this
same law OF accHmulating strength in breed
ing lines, Will as much surpsss them as pro-
ducers oil speed AS either AlmOnt or Geo.
Wilkes have surpassed their ancestors? Maud
5. has - per cent. of the blood of the great
Pilot Jr., while Wilkomont has 1877 per cent.
Of same blood. He is a sure fOal getter, over
80 per cent. Of all the mares served by him
have dropped LIVING foals. He is also an I'M.
pressive sire. All his colts have good size
and have the vide. open Almont gate. No
one can make II mistake by breeding 10 this
grandson OF Almont and Geo. Wilkes, and
double great grandson of the Mighty Atial-
lab l5.-ltural World
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1889-08-03
PREPARE TO CELEBRATE.

EDITOR lNTELLiGENCRR:-WOuld il not be well
tilat immediate steps be taken TO call IA meeting e OF
our citizens TO take in 10 consideration tue cele-
brLtion of the completion OF iae pontoon bridge
which Will be compistsd In Ehe yvrsssear Aasare,
Such an event 'houldl be eelebraAed ay& Is sural
invitation TO lifhe citief. toHns snd coanties
around. to JOIN with us. Id reducing over the
link that binds Us 10 old Ray; opening up IA new
road and competing lines to Kansas City. ST.
Joseph. Chicago and st. Louie. Then let the
bands play and the canOns roar on such n day.
send out your dodgers, call II meeting, raise the
necessary means. This is the first grand stride
of Lexington catching up with the tin es. W.
have broken the ice aud now let the water now.
RIP VAN WINKLE
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1889-08-03
A SUGGESTION.

EDITOR lNTELLIGENCEH. You met with such
great success after putting out dodgers calling
Il meeting 10 III" interest of the p'nton bridgc
whereby II company was Organized aud the
ppntoh bridge IL now under way. Again send
out your d6dg"r calling IA meeting % our citI-
|"ns, rich and poor, white and black, and ol
all natiOnalitics Tor Wednesday night next al
: aD O'Clock, at the cOurIhOu,e IN the interest OF
the public school, Ia he voted on the following
day Let everyday and the school commis,
sioners he present, and feel confident that yO"r
tow-line will bring about the desired result,
voting the tax required to build II new high
school. Put out the dogers.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1889-08-03

A large number of tents have been
secured for the camp at the reunion at
Higginsville, August u and 2S. They
will be pitched en- high, dry ground,
properly ditched, and filed with straw,
so that with a blanket and overcoat the
old soldiers may, if they 80 desire,
sleep once more under canvass, and
comfortably. This will reduce ex
penses, beside atlording all old fash.
ioned campfire chat. We speak for a
tent and some dry wood.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1889-08-03

Col. Roger ). Page, d prominent law.
yer and editor of the Times Register al
Marion, Ala, was shot and Instant,
killed at that place a few nights ago just
after alighling from the midnigh. train.
lie had gone a hundred yards from the
station and was leaning on the arm OF
his friend, Judge Haywood, of Texas,
when some one came up from behind
him and shot him through the neck
The assailant ran, mounted q horse, and
lied.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1889-08-03

This month is the time set by the H.
man international steamship company
for the City of Paris TO break ali ocean
records, her own great record included.
The fast ship must make the run from
Fastnet to Sandy Hook in five days and
eighteen hours, as Captain Watkins
-E@
confidently predicts ii will.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1889-08-03
Elk CONFEDERATE REUNION.

The committee met agreeable to no.
tice, at the Office of &. Ben. Russell,
Oil Saturday last III IL f. IN. After a
general discussion. it was decided that
every member actively canvass for
money and supplies. A committee con.
sisting of Judge VIM. Young, Charles
Mitchell, John Worthington and G. b..
Russell was appointed 10 canvass Lex
iDgton. The committee rs now organ.
lied consists OF Capt. 30. Barnett,
Capt. 10. Wilson, Jack Bradley. rhos.
Sawyer, Jas. Slusher, g. Ben. Russell,
James w. Harrison, Judge VIM.
Young, John Worthington, Chas.
Mitchell aud Bob Campbell, all OF
whom are authorized to solicit money
and supplies, and it is to be hoped that
our citizens, in city and country, will,
when called on respond literally.
Committee adjourned to meet Satur-
day, August 3, at 4 p. m, at the Office
of g. b. Russell where ali are expected
to be present and report progress.
10. BARNETT, Chairman.
10. WILSON, j. w. HARRISON,
Secretary. Treasurer.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1889-08-03

| Adjutant-G General Wickham has kind
ly consented to send up a few pieces of
artillery TO make the welkin ring at
H~igginsrille, August p and %. All
about here it will sound as il Price and
Lyons were coming in on the George
town road, but this time it will be
reverberations of reconciliation not of
strife.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1889-08-03

The fight between the Farmers ALI
ance and The jute- bagging trust is rap
idly assuming warlike proportions in
the cottOn-growing states. The ALI
ance men have resolved to use no jute
Banging for wrapping the present crop.
They will use cotton bagging in
stead. The Farmers Alliance OF
Alabama has just purchased a site for
a cotton baggiDg factory at Florence,
and propose to be making 800 yards OF
cotton baggiag per day by the first OF
September. The threatened war will
be made o interesting by the fact
that the cotton crop promises TO be the
heaviest yield in ten or fifteen years.