The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1894-05-09

IL 10 SAID tnat poker parties are
popular with a number of uptown young
men on Sundays. aquarium in
the front window of Stout's shoemaker
shop, on Coryell street, attracts great
deal of attention. Van Solver, the ar
list, is touching up :" the front of The
Grand Depot of r. H. Van Horn & Son.
Post 20 ask for contributions of
flowers. wreAths, plants, &C., for Me-
mortal Day. Look out for slick talk
Jog young fellow who claims to be can.
wasting for fashion papers. He is a
swindler. -Shad are very plentiful, at
80 cents per pair When the man
reaches the point when be must stop
smoking cigarettes or die, he has it in his
power to place the world under obliga.
tons to him by continuing the use of the
weed. Under new law recently pass
ed all dogs must be registered by the city
or township clerks. Any unregistered
dog running at large may be killed by
any person. The courts hold that a
man who wishes to drive faster than his
neighbor he has the right to pass him on
the highway, and if the latter interfeEes,
thereby causing an accident, he is respon-
sible for all damage done. William &,
Moore, of Trenton, spent Sunday with
friends in this city. -President of Com
mon Council, George w. Trauger, is q
veteran of the rebellion Many lawns
about town look beautiful. Earrings
are again becoming fashionable. Pen
sioners have been receiving their quarterly
payment since the 4lh inst. -Styles in
colored shirts are es gaudy as ever
Times are getting better; even The days
are not as short as they were.-The
works of the Lambertville Rubber Com
pany are very busy, running with large
force. Repairs to buildings, fences and
sidewalks are being made. We are in-
formed that tbs sum of IS. 900 in wages
was paid out in this city last Saturday
evening to the employees of one of the
stone quarrlos in this vicinity ad-
vance guards of the fly army are now
skirmishing around, but no concentrated
attack has yet been made, The prices
OF patent medicines have taken a sudden
big drop within the past week. 1t is said
that at one Of our fisheries, one day last
week, >1e0 shad were buried. Sooner
than take less than $40 hundred for the
shad they were allowed to spoil. -Some
men who marry aud settle down would
have done the world more good had they
remained single and settled up.-New
planks have been laid on the Coryell street
canal bridge. Strawberries are becom.
ing cheaper. Memorial Day falls on
Wednesday this year. Tile school
children are anxiously looking toward
vacation-time. The cherry, apple and
peach trees are laden with blossoms. -
Efforts are being made to organize base
ball club in this city. Agent Donovan,
of the Prudential Life Insurance Com
pany, will leave this city on the 21st inst.
and Mahlon Lear has been appointed to
fill the position. The man who tries to
live without newspaper is at least eigh-
teen centuries too slow.-The neglige
shirt has appeared, with the straw hat but
a short distance in the rear Men are
OF many minds; for instance, when the
coal dealer groans the ice man is sure TO
grin. The comet discovered at Sydney,
New South Wales, is moving nortbward,
and will be visible in this latitude about
May 10th by the aid CT telescope.
Postmasters would do newspaper publish
ers great favor If they would inform
subscribers who refuse their papers that
the law says that they must pay up be-
fore refusing the paper. The law re-
Gently passed by the Legislature will have
the effect of lessening the number OF
worthless ours running at lasge on our
streets, biting and swapping at women and
children-if il is enforced. There are
two reasons why some people don't mind
their own business. One is, they haven't
any mind the other, that they haven't
any business. We said last week that
Peter s. Parker had shown us a duck egg
that measured II inches in diameter.
That was a big mistake. We should have
said II inches in circumference. Mrs.
Patrick Hunt, corner of Franklin and
Bridge streets, has her second eyesight.
After wearing glasses for years, she can
now see to read and sew without them
A good plan has been suggested, that of
putting our flag on the two-cent postage
stamps. Such stamp as this would be
pretty one, and by that means the stars
and stripes would be unfurled all over the
world. After an illness of three weeks,
Mr.. John Larue, of Delaware township,
is able to be about again.