The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1899-03-15
Foi THr REcoRp
TOWN AFFAIRS.

llttlluS WIS utlu III lut iltUHt "a INV
Company. and was for the election of
officers. the principal interest ccntrc-
ing ON the election of Foreman, \. J.
Hurschlcr aud Walter Williamson
being the candidates Mr. lImschlcr
was elected After some further
business Of minor Importance had
been transacted the meeting adj
journcd, and the boys under the lead
of the new Foreman Tony. as he
is Familiarity called fell IN and
marched To the Union Hotel, whore
WAS 10 be held the annual banquet
After arriving there the Foreman,
Mr.. Hurschler who is also the pro-
/ prietor of the Union Hotel, ut will be
noted we say Union Hotel, which we
! do 10 distinguish il from the Union
Fire Engine House, and Tony says
that he does not want the impression
to get abroad that he is the proprietor
of the Union Engine House. He ~,
he says, only the Boss nj present. by
the consent of tho members of the
/ Company, easily and naturally took
the position of host, extending the
glad hand To all and IA Chubby Con
way said, looking "purtier" than
ever, III that could be possible, "
thimed i'll uncle Joe. Vert After
few moments of pleasant conversation,
the banquet was announced IA ready
and the boys To the number of so or
more, took their seats ut the table,
and did ample justice to n menu that
all agreed reflected great credit ON
mine host llurschler. His Honor
Mayor Wagg, Chief of Fire Depart
ment c. Ii. W. Nansciver and Chief
of New Hope Fire Department, A. b.
stockton, wero invited guests, his
honor the Mayor being present, but
unfortunately, and to the regret of
the members of the Company. Chiefs
Nansciver and Stockton were unable
to attend on account of sickness
Speeches, wit and repartee were
INDUCED i'll by many of the members
The Mayor also made speech which
was well received, particularly TINT
part of it where the Mayor in his
humorous way, referred to the Fleet
Wing Company as being an dHfiiialY
IL the Fire Department proper Paus-
ing moment, the Mayor continued,
Il am member of the Fleet Wing
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down. But We would advise the
Mayor To Keep his weather eye on
Tom Thorne. Tom belongs to the
Fleet Wing Company, and says he il
Just as good II fireman az any one,
even if he ia only little shaver.
Lew. Coryell also got n good one off
on Jack. Masten II was this way.
q. w. Moore. the Coryell Street
fruit dealer, IL II member of the Union
Company, mud jack. Mnsten seemed
10 have II great desire To hear Mr..
Moore mako II speech. luck kept
shouting Moore MOORE Moore,n
Lew, looked up and said .,Jnck. |
should thlnl, TINT after having been
eating for an hour, you would have
had enough, md not he CRYING for
more. This brought IL shout of
laughter, and silenccd Jnck, (nnd
Tint is not easy.) After much pleasant
raillery of this kind, and when Whin.
Ent had said he Ind made ii n practice
not to stay out after 10 o'clock mid
night since the losa of his dog
family, and Benny Horton snid he
f thought they had better all go home,
the members wendell their way 10
their several resting places well
pleased with the evenings entertain
ment, and expressing the view that
the annual meeting was beneficial 10
the Company, Burroughs Swcazey
remarking TINT he thought the ban
qnet fenture of the business was pnr-
tlcularly beneficial and reully ought
tocome annually twice n year
Having occupied 40 much spnee
with onr report of the Fircmcn's
banquet, ii will be necessary for us TO
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will briefly call the attention Of
citizens to the present and past con-
dition of our Board Of School Truatees.
Let citizens look back over our letters
OF the past weeks and see our crit
cisms of the Council, andnpply those
criticisms To the Board of Trustees. and
ii is in nut shell The conditions arc
identical, trading, trading, ever
trading Vote for my sister or cousin
To be teacher and will make II com
binntlon to make you clerk or chnir-
man of the purchasing committee, or
something where there are some
pickinga That we have most excel
lent corps of teachers Mt the present
time does not make the system less
dangerous. II only shows TINT the
sisters, cousins, etc, of our trustees
past and present have been and are Of
high moral and mental qualities. But
this does not alter the fact that the
system of appointments il fraught
with danger. We have no guarantee
TINT SISTERS, cousins, etc, of future
trustees will be of the same quality;
even if we had tins guarantee, would
ii be right Is it right that no one
should be eligible to appointment as n
teacher III our public schools, except
the sister or cousin Of come school
: trustee? DO we not loose the oppor-
tHnity Of securing even better teachers
than we now have? The best is none
too good TO teach the youth Of our city.
We do not say that our present
corps Of teachers could be improved
on. Being personally acquainted
with ncnIly all of them, VIC have no
hesitancy in saying TINT we think it
would be hard to improve on them,
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