The Lambertville record., 1898-10-12
FROM THE FIRST WARD.

Men of fashion see only the pleas.
ures of the hour men of adversity set
only the dollars; men of piety lool
over all the miseries and wants of thi.
world and see only heaven in the dis
tance; while men at the theatre SEE
nothing but the ladies' big hats and Il
few bald heads
The work of resetting the machinery
at the Lambertville Rubber Company 5
Works is progressing pretty fnvorably,
bnt owing to the great amount ot
worl, To be accomplished, consider
able length of time will vet be con
sumed before all will he in readiness
To start up.
The properties owned by James
Moonan and Nelson Pidcock have
been beautiiea with Il new cont OF
paint aud they now make fine ap-
pearance.
Judging from what We see and hear.
the boys are having some lively times
spending their vacation and money,
with some lively scrimaging along the
line. There is II little square building
np ON Georges Alley that would he
an appropriate place for some of them.
where they would he cut of harm $
way. Some men can enjoy vacation.
others oyerdo the thing by indulging
too freely i'll the disturbing element.
of which we see, To our sorrow, too
much. Bad whiskey will cause good
bit of disturbance, and Judging by the
numerous scraps and attempted sui
cides in the past week. 1t il doing it,
work to perfection.
Our soldier boys of the ith Regt. \
j. Volunteers, pay us n visit occasion
ally. They are getting anxious to he
free again, but without influence they
will find il II rather difficult task
When "Unele Sam gets his grip OF
fluence to gel free. We would all be
pleased to see them "come marching
home" again, and now when the wal
is over it is nothing more than proper
for them to come, but there is SO much
red tape used III the army i'll such
cases that there is no telling when they
will be mustered out. There is one
thing certain they all want to get
away from Sen Girt.
Almost any Sunday morning We can
see after church, little squads of young
men and boys eongregniing in groups
of four or five, laying ont their pro
gram for the day. Some are making
arrangements te 90 ont in the country
for n day = outing to gather nuts, fruits,
&e. others remain around the street
corners aud ean he seen i'll conversn.
tion nj any time in the day, upon any
aud all the leading subjects of the
times, while others are looking for
other "luxuries" something to revive
up their inner feelings The latter
class are most generally successful
Judging by their appearance later ON.
The political debates are getting
rather warm now and little groups of
men can he seen standing and arguing
the political question most any time
in the day; and the Democrats are
holding their caucus every Saturday
evening. They have had three already,
but they all passed OH very quietly.
Their political outlook is not of IL very
encouraging nature, not alone III the
State but in the 4th Congrcasionn
District They are seemingly losing
their grip. There are n few of oul
warders who are looking after and try
ing to rally the forces, although some
are quite backward in lining up.
There is dissatisfaction dating back at
least one year, and these little I'M.
pleasantnessea are sure to be rcmemb-
cred nj the proper time.