The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1899-11-01


Mrs. John Metz and son Hamilton.
are visiting Edward Metz, ON Cottage
Hill. Mrs. Motz is former resident
of Lamhertville, but now resides in
the State of Delaware
Mrs. Lahen is having her house ON
). Main street tastefully painted and
beautifed.
Mrs. Peter Roach. who was taken
to the Trenton hospital recently with
a lingering ailment is reported doing
we'll under the treatment received
there.
The milk of human kindness has
long ago soured, the cream skinned
off and ehurned, and tho buttermilk
mado INTO smearcase and spread ON
the broad that wns cast on the waters
and hasn't got back yet.
Mr.. Rittenhouse, the superintend
ent of the llambertville Rubber Com
pany, spent II couple of lnys in philn-
delphia the Inter part of last week,
looking over the exhibits at the Expo-
sition.
When look over the world from
the kitchen window of my disgusted
soul and behold 40 many little shams
and frauds and humbugs and decep
tons going on in this wide world of
ours, and realize TINT fellow dare
not fight these frauds, etc, without
everybody along the public highway
from the saloon TO the pulpit, pitching
into him with tooth aud mil and
printers ink, ! fear sometimes That
tho whole human rnce has grown de
PRAYED and utterly lost to every sense
of honesty.
Quite n number of our First ward
young men have provided themselves
with new oyercoats of the latest STYLE.
This shows good sense Better, BOYS.
to invest in II good comfortable over
coat than to blow your hard earned
coin into something that you will reap
no benefit or enjoyment from.
Isn't it about time for some one 10
catch that eighteen pound rock fish?
We are just spelling for II good fish
story.
The girls IN the press-room depart
mont nj the Lnmbertville rubber works
gave dinner in their room ON Tues
day, the cath, in honor of the return
to work of one of their sister workers
Miss Bessie Cole who met with
serious accident some two or three
months ago by slipping and breaking
her leg. The dinner consisted of
baked beans, cheese, coffee. pickles,
bologna, cakes and doughnuts The
following girls took active part in the
festivities: Miss Nora Hurley, Miss
Fannie Mangan, Miss Sallie Cole,
Miss Maggie Coryell, Miss Bella Muir
ray, Miss Rode Dietz, Miss Mary
Leigh, Miss Annn O'Neil. All pres
ent seemed to enjoy themselves and n
Jolly good time, only such M these
festive girls could make, was the
order of the occasion.
wonder what popularity there is
about my general character that at
tracts so many odd and peculiar human
anticipates To my shack If crank
bobs up anywhere along the margin
of unsurveyed space and the COLLINS
don't get him and swallow him down
with his working clothes on, he il
sure to discover my existence. Now,
il III my correspondence to The RE
CORD, made an error in regard to
the Hibernia Fire Company getting
first water on the fire at the canning
factory, it certainly was unintentional,
AZ / was 80 informed by one of the
members. 1t is not my intention to
do injustice to any one, IA / always
endeavor to get the facts; but, unfor-
tunately, once in II while n little nm
truth will steal in, which am hardly
responsible for. Few Of ua believe
that George Washington lived through
two political campaigns without belch-
ing up few misleading statements,
nor made love to charming widow
without bursting the seams of truth
while praising her damask cheeks
and the rotundity Of her well dcycl-
oped figure; and perhaps on this one
great historical occasion when he bag
gled down the sour cherry tree in his
fathers lot, he knew that circum-
al ,unnl1 nnf - I.n So,
in the cross-examination. He may
have detected one of the colored help
peeping out Of the pantry window
while he was plying his little axe, or
his mother might have called from an
upstairs window: "Gwang, you tow
headed scamp, what are you chopping
at I'll be out there in right smar
time and VAIN you, Just as soon rs
get the pasteboard stuck in this sun
bonnet" circumstances have got
whole lot to do with truth and moral
ity, and there are times when real
nasty truth will leave us out much
easier than asweet-scented lie sugared
all over and creased with yaseline or
sweet oil Now, isn't it ridiculous to
call this Christian country, with only
one individual man in all it's history
who could not tell liel Other Christ
ian countries lack even this one truth
full individual to redeem themsel YES
II the Lord were to introduce the
same conditions in civilized cities a.
he did at Sodom and Gomorrah, HI
would hardly get material enough Il