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The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1894-08-15

Augustus Sproat, young man Of
this city, was quietly sitting on the limb
OF tree at the base ball park, last Satur-
day afternoon, inlently watching the game
and wishing away down in his heart that
something would happen that would give
the game to Lamberlville, when the limb
suddenly broke and down went Gus 10
the ground ieadforemost, bruising his
head, shoulder and arm. II Is said that
when Gus struck the ground he thought
il was night time, with about million
stars shining, and Il at Scarborough had
hit the ball with sledgc.hammcr blow,
while Trusty made home run.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1894-08-15

The picnic held by Branch No. 2,
L. b. A., on Holcombe Island, last Sat-
urday afternoon and evening, was very
enjoyable affair There was large at
tendance, among the number being several
ladies and gentlemen from New York,
Trenton, Pennington and other places.
Thomas Ryan was Grand Conductor and
the managers were Frank Drudy, Thomas
Mcnamara, John Sheridan and Andrew
J. McCIinton, while Timothy BAhan m ide
himself useful, in his usual polite man
ner, both on the fl ,or aud at the r. fresh
ment stand
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1894-08-15

The Greenwich On. Y Clipper Of
July 9th says 1.-The performance given
10y Chas. Lees circus yesterday was far
superior TO anything of the kind ever wit
messed under canvas in this city before.
Mr.. Lee Is certainly manager of rare
skill ard ability. His business like me-
thods aud the absence of all fakirs and
gamblers or other olj ciionahle charac-
lcrs has gained him rel ninlor here That
will fill his tents whenever he comes to
Gre wich again"
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1894-08-15

For the first time within the recollec-
ton of the oldest farmer, wheat and oats
are selling at about the same price per
bushel-something never before known.
This is due to the short oats crop, causing
that article to be rather scarce. The SELL
ing price of oats ranges from 80 to so
cents per bushel, according to locality,
while the general figure for wheat is from
So to So cents, though, 10 few instances.
il. has been quoted as low as so cents.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1894-08-15
SupDOsed Murder.

Ga Thursday, Aug. I'd, the body Of AN
infant was found buried 10 corn-tield
near Riegelsville, in Warren county. A
post norton examination showed tbat the
child's skull had been punctured by a
sharp instrument. IL was soon ascertain
ed that the child was the son of Miss
Haycock, daughter OF Madison Haycock,
a respected farmer, living just over the
line in Hunterdon county, and that DR..
Nixon, OF Riegelsvile, Pa, attended its
birth. AS soon as DIR. Nixon, who was
summoned to the inquest, learned that a
post norton had been held, he ran of,
but was subsequently arrested and lodged
IN Pennington jail. Circumstances go TO
show that he Is the father Of the child.
He will have hearing at Pennington
to-day.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1894-08-15

There is to be a grand rally of the
Butterflies " at Trenton next Friday, at
the rooms of Aaron Wilkes-Post, No %,
G. A. R., at 10 A. NJ. This date was
fixed upon as it is the anniversary of the
first time the regiment was under fire and
in which they Loot 2l7 men. The But
telflies composed the Third Regiment
Now Jersey Cavalry, and number of its
old members are residents of this city.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1894-08-15

ANY colored boy or girl of this coun-
ty, between the ages of ten and eighteen
years, who wishes to secure an education
free, can do so by making application to
Senator William H. Martin, of French
town, who will gain them admission to
the BordentOwn Industrial School. Each
applicant must come we'll recommended.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1894-08-15
WEDNESDAY. AUGUST Is. 1894.

@- Administrator and executors of
estates who wish their notices to appear
In this paper Will please instruct the Sur
rOgate to that effect, as the law gives
them full control of the business, and he
can act only with their consent or
through their neglect.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1894-08-15
August Meeting of Frssholder..


The regular monthly meeting of the
Board of Chosen Freeholders was called
to order by Director HOLES, at the Court
House, last Wednesday.
The finance report shows balance
credit to date Of $50, 901.82.
Bills to the amount Of $7,S5l. 45 we're
ordered paid.
The Asylum Committee reported a
quarterly visit to the Morris Plains Asy-
lum on July 2lst last. The report shows
AZ female patients and 38 male patients
on hand and everything 10 the usual ex-
cellent condition.
The report of the committee on the in
yestigation of Freebooter Callan's work
in Lambertville shows that there was no
way of telling what amount OF work was
necessary to be done In order to clear
some of the bridges and other waterways
for which he charged. They further re-
ported that there was some work done
which may have been necessary, but was
an error of judgment on Mr.. Callan's
part, and the committee advised that
much OF this work should not be done
again next year. The report was accept
ed and the committee discharged.
The Finance Committee was authorized
to borrow SO, 900 on note.
The passing of bills was then taken up,
after which the Board adjourned to meet
on the second Wednesday OF September.
Democrat Advertiser.
List of letters remaining unclaimed In
the Post Office at Iambertville, N. j., for
thirty days:
| A. M. Atmore.
Miss Lizzie Bowlby
Jno. Perhofshi.
Mary Ross.
e. w. CLossoN, p. NJ.
LAMBERTvILLR, N. j., Aug. IL, 1894
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1894-08-15
Last Personally Conducted Tour to the
North via the Pennsylvania Railroad.


North via the Pennsylvania Railroad.
On Tuesday, August the 2lst, the last
of the personally conducted tours to the
North, via the Pennsylvania Railroad,
will be run. The party will leave Phila-
delphia In special Pullman cars, and the
tour includes Watkins Glen, Niagara Falls,
the Thousand Islands, the Rapids of the
St. Lawrence, Montreal, Au Sable Cbasm,
Lakes Champlain and George, Saratoga
and down the Hudson River.
The rouDd-trip rate, including ell neces-
sary expenses. from New York, Philadel-
phia, Newark, Trenton, Baltimore and
Washington, is $4,000 Tickets will also
be sold from other stations at proportion
ate rates. Tourist Agent aud Chaperon
will conduct the party.
For tickets, descriptive itineraries, and
reservation OF seats on the train, address
Tourist Agent, Pennsylvania Railroad
Company, Broad Street Station, Phila-
delphia.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1894-08-15

The specially.selected segars and to.
baccos sold by J. B. Kline are noted for
their excellent flavor and good smoking.
qualities.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1894-08-15

j. B. Kline, the Bridge street iobac-
conist, makes special efforts to carefully
select his different tobaccos, segars, &c.
When any goods fails to give satisfaction
to his customers he drops the sale at once.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1894-08-15
To Build Up

both the flesh and the strength OF pale,
puny, scrofnlnus children, get DR.. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery. It's the best
thing known for a wasted body and a
weakened system. 1t thoroughly purities
the blood, enriches IL, and makes effective
every natural means Of cleansing, repair
ing, and nourishing the system. In re.
covering from "La Grippe" pneumonia,
fevers, or other facilitating disease, no;h-
ing can equal 1t as an appetizing, restor-
alive tonic to bring back health and Wig
or. Cures nervous aud general debility.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1894-08-15

All diseases of lower bowel, including
rupture and pile tumors, radically cured.
Book OF particulars free. World's Dis.
pensary Medical Association, 66S Main
st., Buffalo, N. Y.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1894-08-15
s27.GOo,0O

See. o That to raise the revenue necessary to
provide for the appropriations made in section
first, the tax rate for the current year 1894 sha II
be at the rate of one dollar and fifty cents upon
each one hundred dollars of valuation the State
poll tax shall be one dollar, and the tax upon
In levied shall be assessed and collected upon per-
sons and ratables as follows;
1st For the county tax ofls94. and the defcen-
cy for 1898, five and one-haf mills to the dollar
Cd For the State School Tax three mills. and
for the appropriation to the public schools OF the
City, three-quarters of one mill to the dollar.
Sd. For the special tax for the supply of school
books TO the public schools, one-haf of one mill
to the dollar.
4th, For the support of the poor of the city, one
half of one mill to the dollar
9th. For the lighting repairs and improvement
ofthe streets, two and one-quarter mills to the
dollar.
9th For the support of the fire department, pay
ment for the water supply, for police expenses
and for the payment of salaries and fees, two mills
to the dollar.
7th For contingent expenses, one-half Of one
mill to the dollar, aud for such sums OF money
above appropriated as the rates herein laid may
fail to produce and for deficiencies in the
collection OF taxes, there Is hereby appropriated
the poll and log taxes OF the current year. togeth-
or with all moneys accrued or which may accrue
to the treasury during the financial year from
any and all sources whatever not belonging TO
any other fund
See Sd That this ordinance shall take effect im-
mcdiately after its publication according TO law.
GEORGE w. TRAUGER.
President of Common Council.
Approved August 9th, 1894.
TORBERr C0RYELL, Mayor.
Attest w. WAYNE RonINsoN
City Clerk.
Aug.s, ise4.-IPfs fee, $3.50.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1894-08-15
by Authority.l
An ORDINANCE

To make appropriations and levy tax for the
year 1894.
The Inhabitants ofthe City of Lambertyille do
ordain
Sec /. That the following appropriations be
made for the current year 1894:
list. To pay the county tax for 1891, Ss,920.30
ID. To pay the deficiency Of levy of
County Tax for the year 1898. 1886
Sd. To pay the State School Tax for
1891, 5328.25
4th. To pay for the support of the
public schools of the city, / 400 90
5th. To pay the special tax for the
supply of school books, 1,025.00
9Th To pay for the support of the
7th. To pay for lighting the streets, 100000
9Th. To pay for the repairs and i'm
proyement o. streets, 10000
9th. To pay for the support of the
Fire Department and Water
Supply 1900 90
Ieth For Police Expenses, 10000
18th. For Salaries and Fees, 10000
18th. For Contingent Expenses, 1879
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1894-08-15

Our home base ball team will play
at Flemington on Saturday afternoon of
this week.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-08-10
a paclMoods Piano FACTORY.

'There was piano factory at
Wartburg, Tenn, before the war;"
said L. d. Dodge, of that State, at the
Laclede. "rhe singular thing about
it is that Wartburg was about one
hundred miles from the nearest rail-
road, and in the heart of the Cumber-
land Mountains. The wood of which
the instruments were made had to be
brought from New York, and then
hauled one hundred miles over
the mountains to Wartburg, which
was German colony. The pianos
were made by practical musician,
and when an instrument was ordered
he would finish up the different
parts Mt Wartburg and then haul them
to the home of his customer, generally
many miles away, and put up the
piano there. One of them is now at
Wartburg, and the building where they
were made still stands, although no
longer used as q piano mandatory
The town, which consists Of about two
hundred people, is away from the rail
road, and has not grown since the
war. The homemade instrument made
over thirty years ago is still in good
order and in constant use. st. Louis
Globe-Democrat.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-08-10
a Big PHO orCodnsh.

Imagine $500 Quintals, or 604, 600
pounds, or 352 tons, or ll3 cords Of
sailed cod and pollock, all neatly
piled up In one building. and you
will have before you the largest stock
Of fish In the city Of Portland at the
present time. II has all been brought
from Nova Scotia and Newfoundland
since the 10th OF October There is
one pile Of fourteen tons OF specially
selected Goldfish. They were big fell
lows when taken from the water and
weighed then from forty to eighty
pounds each. Now they weigh from
twenty-five to thirty-f,e pounds
apiece. When they have been stripped
of the skin, carefully boned. trimm
into slices OF faultless flesh like 80
much clean, clear bread or cheese,
and packed in boxes marked bone.
less fish," they will weigh but from
twelve to fifteen pounds apiece. Such
is the shrinkagc OF an eighty-pound
goldfish Into the perfect food product.
In the trimming process about twenty
pounds OF scrap" are removed to
every 100 pounds OF the homeless
slices. This Is, OF course, good food
tissue, though 1t looks decidedly like
"lcavings. 1t Is sold for about y
cents pound. Country flsh-peddlers
buy it, sometimes in 100 and $50
pound lots, and sell it to farmers and
villagers to make into hash for about
10 cents POUND. The skins are
packed in barrels and sent to Glouces-
ter, Mass, where they are made into
glue. They bring about cent and a
half pound. The bones sell for 50
and SO ton and are hauled over to
Cape Elizabeth to be utilized as o
fertilizer for cabbages.
Journal
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-08-10
L, Hn. Como. win !, No asn,,s,

Gentle spring with tho flowers Of May may
WOO us into careless indifference OF gani-
'ary laws. 1t is tho old story, thrice told
lale OF being rash and taking tho conso-
quonces. THERE'S no tIme In the whole round
OIL tho year when results nre moro serious
from an ordinary want OF care than now.
what with changeful temperature and in
iectious dampnoss, rheumntism Is most prov
a'ent and In tho most aggravated forms.
Even In the pursuit OF the seasons pleasures.
lis pastimes and sports, thero will be n pro-
aigions crop OF spraius and bruises, OF Iame
backs and stiffoned limbs, OF neuralgia nfrec-
lions and sclatic troubles. Men and women
Will suffer Intensely, and only because they
tall to DO provided with what ia known to be
the remedy for thom all. When II is said that
Ut. jacobs OIL is that remedy. 1t is only say
Ing what thousands know and thousand,
havo pronounced Il tho beat
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-08-10
OBTAINED BY PUBLIC BUSINESS.

Mrs. Upiohn-" Henry, you have
kept us waiting dinner long time.
What detained you?"
Mr.. Upiohn-" business. Couldn't
get away any sooner. Looks like rain,
doesn't it?"
"Yes. What was the nature of the
business?"
'Public matters that wouldn't in
forest you. That coffee smells de
licious. Is the steak all right?"
eyes, the steak is all right. What
were tho public mattcrs?"
Tremendous crowd in front of q
tall office building. 1 got right in
the thick of it and couldn't get away.
You had n headache when went down
town this morning. Is it better?"
Eyes, tho headache is all gone.
What"
elbow about these folks next door?
Have they decided to rent their upper
fiat to that family from Kcnwood?'
"No. They nrc going to let it to a
newly married couple from tho North
Side. What was the crowd doing?"
"Why--why-why, it was-it was
watching some men raise safe to q
six-story window. Seems to me YOU &c
mighty inquisitivc. Chicago Tri-
bupe
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-08-10
Marr and Her Littlo I.auh.

Is thero boy or girl in all this broad
country who has not heard Of Mary and
her little lambf Tho one. you know.
who followed her to school one day,
and made the children laugh. OF course
everybody knows about the little ores.
ture, and perhaps has sighed to think
that it went the way OF all mutton
years and years ago.
Perhaps the great majority Of road
ers, whom they grew up TO be mon and
women, came to the conclusion that
Mary and her lamb were both fiotions,
as much as the old woman who lived in
q shoe, or Cinderella; but, strange 70
cay, there WAS Mary, and also lamb,
and the world-famous ditty was found.
cd on fact. The author was Sarah J.
Hale, who died in Philadelphia, some
years ago, at the age Of eighty-six. The
lamb, rs previously remarked, muot
have died long ago, and on December,
10, 1889, tho heroine of the poem
breathed her last.
Her name WAS Mary F. Sawyer. She
was born in Sterling, Mass, in 1906,
and in that town the famous lamb Cpl.
sode is said to have occurred.
1t does not appear that Mary other
wise distinguished herself than in own.
ing the lamb. but the poem gives us
tho assurance that she was kind
hearted girl, and in that respect she
maintained her reputation until the day
Of her death.
Her married name WAS TYLER, and OF
Aunt Mary Tyler she was known by
everybody and esteemed by all.
Thus the famous trio disappear from
the earth, Mary and her lamb and the
woman who made them both renowned
Tho poem itself is ono Of those imper
ishable things like the "Iliad," which
generations yet to come will read will
undiminished pleasure. There Is nj
use speoulating as to the cause Of Il.
popularity-it has come to stay
| Golden Ddua.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-08-10
Love or che Fan,aatin.

When VIC behold the wonderful re.
suits obtained by florists who bring
plants, notably roses pansies and
chryaanthemumS to the highest point
OF cultivation in order to Increase the
81. o of the bloom, we are filled with
admiration; that seems worthy am.
bitton indeed. But In the ulden time
the mania In the great gardens of
European palaces and 9 lateaus was 10
torture plants and by trlmmi make
them assume the forms or men and
animals. The time expended TO OBJ.
tain results was great but the results
themselves were not. Queer, Quaint,
are the qualified terms of praise that
alone can be accorded to them. Such
gardens are now rare enough, but one
exists near Steinham. In Germany.
As tho cars speed along passengers
SEQ strange no lRe, which gradually
assumes the forms of sportsmen, a
man on horseback, men quarrelinQ.
u general with his laurel wreath. an
elephant camel, llama, sheen,
deer, goat, hog, ass, cat, crocodile.
monkey, hen, peacock, bird feeding
Its young, spinning wheel. etc.
The dwarf trees Of the Japanese are
now very we'll known. Some of them
are so small that you could have a
dozen OF Thorn In your window gar.
den. In all these dwarf trees, the
root, unable to expand, being hemmed
In by tho pot, becomes distorted and
crops out OF tho ground. 80 that there
is sometimes moro root apparent than
rcal trunk. Among wealthy japan.
csc, it is not uncommon to find stand.
ing outside the window a little case
containing number Of these dwarf
trees. which, left to their natural
growth, would have formed Ia grove
large enough to surround and over.
shadow the house.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-08-10
KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. Tho many, who 1.-Two bet
ter than others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by moro promptly
adapting tho worlds best products to
tho needs Of physical being, will attest
the valuo to health Of tho puro liquid
laxative principles embraced in tho
remedy, Syrup of Figs.
Its excellence is due to its presenting
in tho form most acceptable and pleas
ant to tho taste, tho refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of perfect lax
alive; ctl6ctunlly cleansing tho system,
dispclling colds, headaches and foycrs
and permanently curing constipation.
1t has given satisfaction TO millions and
met with tho approval of tho medical
profession, because it acts on tho Kid
ncys, Liver and Bowels without weak
oning them and it is perfectly free fiom
every Objectionable substance.
Syrup of Figs is for salc by NIL drug
gists in 900 and 81 bottles, but It is man.
ufacturcd by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose namo ia printed on every
package, also tho name, Syrup of Figs,
and being we'll informed, you will not
accept any substitute il offered.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-08-10
A PHEASANT MOMENT.

Squire B is the ''first citizen" of
the New England town in which he
lives, and is respected by all classes
for hissterling qualities and abstcmious
habits.
He has much of the courtliness of
the old school, coupled with great
personal dignity, yet tempered with
so keen sense of humor- that he can
appreciate n joke, even though it be
at his own expense. He relates the
following episode with relish:
Not long since his business called
him to New York, which is as much
his home as is his native place He
hailed Fifth avenue stnge, and en-
tering it, found it nearly filed.
Sprawling across the aisle sat man
iii that stage of intoxication which
renders one careless of appearances.
Squire B attempted to step over his
legs, but just then the the stage gave
n lurch, and he stumbled over them.
To the great amusement of every
ono in the stage, the man sat erect,
and with maudlin severity said, "Man
n your c'ndish'n oughter take er
cab. "-Harper's Magazine.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-08-10
An lmnorted Enrn,

Il once saw said Bertram Reyn
olds, OF Boston, "an imported farm,
the soil as well as the products being
absolutely foreign to the surround
ings. This was In ono Of the coolest
parts of Manitoba, whore was en-.
tertainod by family which had re.
tained Its lovo for milder regions and
cropa The bill OF fare was neces.
sarlly meager, but sore Of the veg
etables were 30 bright aud green that
] could not help asking how they
were preserved so we'll. To my sur
prise learned that thoy were cul-
tvated In q garden patch or minia-
ture farm, the soil OF which had been
brought from milder regions so as to
Insure fertility not found In the re-
gion OF leo. Tho vegetables them.
solves had been grown from imported
seed, and owing to tho care and pro.
toction they had had they were n
perfect luxury. The expense OF con.
yeying the soil In barrels such II long
distance would prevent any but COM
paratlvely wealthy people from try.
Ing the experiment, but my frlcuds
had made 1t hobby. The only othor
case OF eorth-importing that ! have
met with Is that done by the Shah OF
Persia. Tho traditions of his coun.
TRY prevent his treading on foreign
soil, and when lie makes trip In
foreign nations his Attendants carry a
supply of Persian soil, some Of which
Ia placed In his shoes, II practice
which accounts for the great lncon.
vonience walking always appears to
his Majesty when abroad. st. Louis
Globe Democrat.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-08-10
The "Toadv Ring.

The "toad" rings are among the
curiosities of the Londesborough col
lection of antique rings. They are
very curious specimens, symbolic OF
the superstitions of tho middle ages,
when the toad was supposed to swal-
low diseases as easily us he is repre-
sented swallowing snake. 1t was
then believed TINT stone called cra-
pauline was found in the head of tho
toad, and the virtue it contained was
a talisman to the wearer. This is de-
clared to be the precious jewel"
Shakespeare immortnlized bnt which
is usually interpreted MS the eye
Sweet are the uses OF adversely,
Which. like the toad, ugly and venemous
Yet wears Drccions level in in head y