The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1890-11-26

paid were not sworn to by any of those
rendering them, but as the auditing COM
mittee directed. 1t was high-handed
sample OF outrageousness, suitable alone
for such men as were formerly found in
Hudson county, but lately changed for
quarters in Mercer, furnished by the State.
True there were several Freeholders be-
sides our own whose names we have not
learned, who were disposed to be just and
generous, to pay men for work actually
done, although not in the spirit and letter
of the law as laid down by its Counsel
men who were not afraid to get up on the
floor and give their opinion as to the mer-
its or dement's of bill; men who did
not sleep Through the session of the
Board men who watch every measure
that comes before the Board involving ex-
pense; men who, no matter what bill is
brought up, will express their opinions in
the presence of the owner, and will vote
accordingly and not wait for the man to
leave and then talk behind his back to
such men we say thanks.
We are in favor of fair play and honest
wages for work done, and the bill Of Mr..
Bell was no doubt faithfully earned, and
he should be paid, but it ought to have
come in with Mr.. Blooms bill. He was
hired by him, and IL the Board allows Mr..
Bell for advice, there is no reason why the
attorneys of this city who gave advice
should not be paid There is no law for
the above bill and how it could have es-
capped the ever-watchful eye of the Coun-
sci is mystery.
Perhaps things would have been differ
ent had not the County Clerk selected such
an inopportune time for the happy event
Of his life and left us all in suspense until
his return, when it was too late to make
change or offer other advice. Blooms
bill of $685. 90 looks like large amount,
but we are disposed to believe shat every
cent of 1t was just and he ought to have
it, and did get it. He was from Flem-
ington.
There are no advocates of the Free
holders and it's Counsel's action. Every
one condemns it. The two dollars and
sixty cents out of pocket, we could cheer
fully give the county to help pay the Free
holders for acting on our bills, If, like
men, they would only ask for it. Free
holders and Counsel have to live and can
not afford to work for nothing. "Econo-
my is wealth, but such economy will not
enrich Hunterdon. We are told that the
works of man upon earth follow him into
judgment. But they also remain here as
witness and testimony, either for good
or for evil, before those who survive and
come after him. There will be nothing
that one can point at which will show the
pure life and noble record of the average
Hunterdon county Freebooter that will be
read and remembered, when everything
of the contrary character has been lost in
oblivion.
1t is always we'll to look ON the sunny
side and there is one in every prospect.
The prospect before us is bright; we have
lost our little, but we shall make it up in
the near future. Two dollars and sixty
cents worth Of amusement will SO good
ways and when that is gone there are nn
merous small amounts that will follow, to
'sTurn on the light More than one hun
dred and fifty contributors to the ''Light
column are self-engaged and the ''show
up" will develope the true construction of
those who were ''penny wise and pound
foolish" FIRST WARD.