The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1899-06-14
FoI THE RECORD.
TOWN AFFAIRS.

TOWN AFFAIRS.
The position taken by the REcoRD's
First Ward Correspondent, in his last
weeks letter, in reference to having
an oldfashioned fourth OF July cele-
bration this year, is one that should
commend itself to all of our citizens,
particularly that portion of them doing
business in our midst True, business
is generally suspended ON the fourth
of July, and it might be argued that for
this reason, business men could have
no interest in the matter; but if the
city of Lambertville was made a good
place to come to on days of recreation,
is it not reasonable to suppose that
people from the surrounding towns
and country would argue that it would
be a good place to come to at other
times, and would not their coming
benefit business? If, on the coming
fourth of July, we should be able TO
pleasantly entertain not only our own
people but IT large number of people
from other places, throughout the
whole day and evening, would not our
beautiful little city acquire areputation
for public spiritedness that would be
Of future benefit to all classes of our
citizens?
We believe that the business men of
I I, 10 80 h1xy
with business men in any other com
munity in business sagacity, and that
the only thing necessary to insure
genuine old-fashioned Tor up to date,
if you wish it, celebration of the fourth
of July in our city this year, is to start
right in at once and say eve are going
to have it." We are pleased to note
that the LambertYille Beacon has
taken up the cry and that some of our
business people are trying to talk it
up.
Talk, without action, however, will
accomplish little. We would therefore
suggest that the editors of the Record,
BEACON and Wage Worker call public
meeting just as soon us possible and that
citizens be urged to attend for the
purpose of adopting plan of celebra-
ton. Let us make it big thing. 1t
is easy to accomplish if we but go to
work at it.
How about a six hundred dollar
celebration? Could we raise it? You
ask. Let MS see There is in Lambert
Vile over twelve hundred adult male
citizens. Six hundred dollars is an
average Of so cents per head. Is there
not patriotism enough among the men
of Lambertyille to do this? We think
there is. Why, the women of Lambert
vile would accomplish this if they
went Mt it,
Let the editors of our city papers
cnll meeting early, let citizens gen
orally attend and let committees of re-
putable citizens be appointed to solicit
the funds We think six hundred
dollars could be raised easily perhaps
more. OF course some would be UNI
able to give anything; others would be
able to give many times the per capita
ratc, and we believe the amount could
be raised, and we could have cele-
bration of which we would be proud.
Is it not worthy of our best efforts?
Would not every citizen be the better
of it?
Let us briefly consider some of the
things that would please and entertain.
First, let us engage the band for the
whole day and evening. At 10 o'clock
A. NJ, let MS have parade consisting
of our tiremen, the civic societies, and
any other feature that might seem
desirable Then at 2 o'clock =. NJ,
let rs go to the city lot; there let us
listen to a patriotic address, to the
singing of national airs by grand
choir composed of the choirs of all
the churches combined, to the reading
of the Declaration of Independence by
one of our elocutionists, and let Prof.
Kerr give all our citizens an opportunity
to witness what few of us were privi-
legged to witness at the Memorial day
exercises at the public schools. We
refer to the drill so beautifully execut-
ell by the scholars. Then in the early
evening let us have tub races on the
ID. u II. canal for prizes, and at $50
O'Clock, magnificent display of fire
works
Citizens wake mp! You can, if you
will but kindle the fires of patriotism
that are smoldering in your breasts, ac-
complish all this and more And when
the day shall have been spent, we will
feel like shouting Hurrah for the 4th
of July!" We may differ in religion
and in politics. but we are patriots,
always and forever.
Yours, &c,
MoRE T. Follow.