The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1890-02-12
a sumner viii he GIVEN Nv tbe Ladies'

room of the Baptist Church of this city.
Tickets % cents. The ladies always pre-
sent palatable array of good things, well
cooked, and all who attend may be sure
OF getting their moneys worth.
"A recent sale Of horses at the train
ing stables OF w. Scott Smith proves by
the prices obtained that Pennington is not
much behind in The matter Of good stock.
Three horses, the property OF Mr.. Smith
and W. w. Egbert, were sold as follows;
Sir Wallace, young stallion, brought
81, 45o; Iron Prince, gelding, $3.50,
and Garland, black filly, $685..
Next Sunday will be Missionary An
niversay at the Methodist Episcopal
Church, in this city. In the morning, at
1890, the pastor, Rev. ]. H. Boswell,
will preach an appropriate sermon on
Missions. In the evening, at 1880, the
Missionary Anniversary of the Sabbath
School will take place, at which time
there will be addresses by the scholars,
singing, etc.
MIR. ]. ]. Fees brought to our office
day or two ago branch of peach tree
upon which the buds had almost reached
the blooming point. He called our atten-
ton incidentally to the condition of the
limb. 1t was covered with dozens Of in
sect nests, each one of which, he said,
would produce twenty-five bugs injurious
to the trees. Mr.. Fees guarantees to re-
move these pests by his treatment and to
make the trees healthy and fruit-bearing.
"A beautiful young lady became so
sadly disfigured with pimples and blotch-
es that It was feared she would die Of
grief A friend recommended Ayers
Sarssparilla, which she took and was
completely cured. She is now one of the
fsirest of the fair.
Rev. G. w. Clark, d. D., very &C.
ceptably supplied the pulpit of the First
Baptist Church, of this city, last Sunday.
The lecture by the pastor last Thursday
evening, on Earning Wages" was very
practical and suggestive and was full Of
nuggets of wisdom. The pastor, Rev.
w. w. Bullock, will preach next Sunday
evening as usual. On Thursday and Fri
day evenings OF this week the Ladies' Aid
Society will give supper, which will be
fully up to the standard. We hope they
will have large patronage In their laud-
able endeavor.
MIR. A. G. Gandey has in his posses
sion two relics OF the late war that are of
great value. One OF them, q belt Of Or
binary leather with large brass plate,
upon which inscribed "City Grenadiers,"
and is said to have belonged to company
a: Richmond before the war. /: wac
picked up on the battle field OF Gettys-
burg, as was also the other which consists
OF novelty In the shape OF a breach
loading flint-lsck musket or rifle. 1t can
be seen In the show window of his store
on Bridge street.
In accordance with an act relating TO
morgues, passed in March, 1870, the
judges of the Court Of Common Pleas Of
this county have designated the undertake
ing establishment of Samuel Stockton,
No. IS Coryell street, In this city, as a
public morgue, and have appointed Mr..
Stockton as morgue-keeper for term of
three years. The boundaries of the dis
trict of said keeper are defined as follows:
All the territory in the county within the
limits of fifteen miles from the city. Ac-
cording to the law, all persons found
dead who are unknown, shall be taken to
the morgue and kept for Identification a
reasonable time.
The February number of Stras0-
bridge q Clothier's Monthly is embellished
with frontispiece engraving OF the Post
Office, at Philadelphia. There are articles
on fancy work and house decoration;
short story and a continued one. The
department OF fashions is the most com
prehensive; modes for ladies, misses, and
children, illustrated and described. The
Kitchen page and columns of useful notes
will interest housekeepcrs. The music in
this issue is a song, Beauty About Thee, !"
composed by Arthur Foote. The month
ly bulletin OF dry goods, which is fea-
ture OF this magazine, win be OF great in
terest to those who are obliged to shop by
mail. This useful publications. issued by
Strawbridgo & Clothier, Of Philadelphia.
II have good stock of first quality Of
Lebigh Coal for domestic use; such as
Jeddo, Spring Mountain, Lattimer- and
Upper Lehigh, ready for immediate deliv-
cry. AIFRED B. HoLooMBE.
"A short time ago curious incident
occurred at photograph gallery not
many miles from this city. The artist
had placed the negative s.bath" 10 por-
celain bowl upon the top Of stove to
boil down. The bath is composed princi-
pally of nitrate Of silver and water, and II
the hand or any part OF the body comes In
contact with II, after time II becomes
black. A lady, bearing In her arms an in-
} FAINT, came in to get her picture OF the
child. While the artist was preparing the
plate the lady concluded to wash the little
ones face and comb its hair. Seeing the
bowl on top the stove, and. thinking II
was water, she dipped her handkerchief
in and performed the operation. Very
little happened until the two appeared ID
the street where the suns rays struck
them, when she noticed the face OF ths
child had a dark color, aud as sh,
journeyed on it became darker and flnall,
very black. Her hands also underwear
the same change. Trembling with fea
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