The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1890-02-26

AN uncomfortably tight shoe may be
made easy by laying cloth wet in hot
water across where 1t pinches, changing
several times. The leather will then
shape itself to the foot.
The blue bro ana tue rouiu nave
come, but their songs are not entirely free
from sadness. Possibly they realize that
there is yet time for the blizzard to hump
itself and grippe them hip and thigh.
Twelve shares of Union National
Bank stock at Frenchtown, belonging TO
the estate of Mariah Friling, was sold at
public sale on Monday last at an average
of nearly $45.7i.
- = Edw. B. DUNCAN, formerly Of this
city, but now q resident Of Harlingen,
Somerset county, had his right arm ampu-
taied above the elbow, recently, cancer
having made such an operation absolutely
necessary.
Tho Lambertville Vigiant Society will
hold Its fifty-fourth annual meeting on
Friday of this week, In Thatcher's Hall,
at 10 A. M. The annual dinner will be
served at o'clock.
!. Rev. G. s. Vancleve, formerly pastor
OF the Greene street NJ. E. Church, Tren-
ton, and well known throughout the State
In Methodist circles, Is very i'll at his home
In Pennington.
- Gabriel C. Daley, of Three Bridges,
has turkey that stole her nest out in the
field In some bushes, where she laid fifteen
eggs, and Matched out nice brood on the
first OF February.
John Hulse, q young married man re-
siding near Pennington, has had his reason
dethroned by severe attack of la grippe,
and 1t was found necessary last Monday
TO take him to Morris Plains for treatment.
The great majority OF so-called cough
cures do little more than impair the d.
gestive functions and create bile. Ayers
Cherry Pectoral, on the contrary, while 1t
cures the cough, does net interfere With
tue functions Of either stomach or liver.
During the present week arrange
ments will be completed by The Postoflice
Department for change 10 color of The
stamps of nearly all denominations. TIE
new two-cent stamp win be deep car
mine and the one-cent will remain bright
blue, as at present.
Extra meetings are being held In the
Sandy Ridge Baptist Church, with incIeas-
Ing interest. A new baptistery has been
put in the church edifice, where the or
dinance of baptism was administered for
the first time last Sunday evening, after
the regular service, in the presence Of
large congregation.
The man who went out TO milk and
sat down on q boulder In the middle of the
pasture and waited for the cow TO back up
10 him, was the eldest brother OF the man
who kept store and did not advertise, be-
cause he reasoned that the purchasing
public would back up to his place when
they wanted something.
The story lie told that in one of the
nearby secret societies the other night,
while they were initiating candidate,
the presiding officer, after instructing him
10 the unwritten work, said: 81 will now
give you the grip No sooner was the
word ''grip" uttered, than the candidate
made dive for the door and escaped.
"A spelling contest between the Titus
Vile and Bear schools came off Wednes-
day afternoon, Feb. 10, Bear gaining the
victory. The champions we're John Mar
tin and Charlie Wharton. Both schools
have some very good spoilers, and the
contest was quite exciting. There will be
another contest the first week In March.
Aaron Pidcock died at his residence
on Clinton street, in this city, on Tuesday
evening, Feb. 25lh, in the SSth year OF bis
age. Mr.. Pidcock has been nearly all his
life resident on the banks of tue Della
ware, near Titusvile, where he owned
= nice home In which he lived till the
death OF bis wife, about three years ago,
when he came to end his days with bis
soh-in-law, II. g. Hurley, in this town.
1t will be remembered that while living
here during the last three years, he at
times would visit friends near Titusville
by going down the river from here 10 a
boat, rowing alone through Wells Falls.
His friends would take his boat from the
river and putting II in the canal, and he
would row home again. He was water
man Of the old-time ''Durham boat" days.
He was attacked with apoplexy on Satur-
day at 10 A. NJ, and was unable to speak
Or swallow thereafter.
Among the decisions rendered 10 the
Supreme Court last Thursday, was the fol-
lowing on a local case The Singer Manu-
featuring Company v. Skillman. Chief
Justice Beasley. One William J. Scott
received from the plaintiff a sewing ma
chine on hire with the right to purchase,
&C. -Scoti failing 10 fulfill his stipulations
with respect to payment. the plaintiff, 10
conformity TO a condition to that effect in
the article Of hiring, demanded possession
Of The machine, which was refused and
the machine was removed The plaintiff
brought an action Of lTover against Scott,
and obtained judgment. That judgment
beng unsatisfactory, and the plaintiff
finding the machine in the possession Of
the defendant, brought trover against him.
Held, lha. the judgment in trover without
satisfaction will not change the title Of the
thing converted. Judgment given for the
plaintiff.