The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1899-11-08
FROM THE FIRST WARD.

i lit Nolc AttcAtleu the wedding OF one
of their friends at Trenton recently.
The youngsters had great sport
Hallow Fen footing their tin horns
andmasquerading. Some rather over
did the thing by changing gates, re
moving steps, etc This, of course,
should not be allowed.
One of the big elm trees that has
done duty SO long as shade tree at
the rubber mill barn had TO he chopped
down ON account of decay.
Politics has two sides the outside
and the inside
BE careful what YOU say and how
you say it. If Il great man says
wise thing it COOS into history, but if
wise man says II great thing, he
very often goes to Jail for it,
Possibility and probability are al
most similar in their general mean
ing, but very different in technical
sense, When lived in Minksyille
previous to the war and would so into
town to see if the seeds of local poll
ties We're sprouting around the county
seat, and our nearest neighhor would
so over and stop Eliza Jane for
moment from the active verb of sliding
up and down ON the dashboard To ask
her if she had any hopes of seeing me
como home perfectly sober. that dear
old girl would stop to wipe her nose
on her sleeve and reply "lIe pos-
sibly may; but he probably won't.
This is the technical difference in the
two words. When men are uncertain
about the right and wrong they real
ize that something must be done at
once; they drop all the possibilities of
life into their trousers pockets and go
feeling III the air to avoid humping up
against the Representatives,. The pos
sible md probable things have always
been source of bother to the human
race. AT one time men tried To reach |
heaven by building great and tall
tower. Their idea of astronomy was
that of IL child. If there had been
any big trusts and corporations in
these days, ono would Jump at the |
conclusion at once that tho common
people had been told to get off the |
earth and were foolish enough To think |
they could get of alive. The posi- |
bllity of reaching another world from
the top of tall tower was rather
doubtful, but the people probably |
learned n good lesson in Astronomical
science. In fact, 90 per cent. of nll
our scientific facts were discovered by
men reaching out after impossibilties
and catching aomething possible by
means of accident.
Two young ladies were barreled up
recently Mt the rubber factory. but not
IN the way one would imagine Mt the
first glance mt this item. 1t happened
III this way Some of tho girls ARE in
the habit of bringing fruit, such rs
pears apples, etc, To the factory for
their own consumption. 1t so hap
pcned TINT two of the girla employed
III the same room got ut the fruit and
jumped into the barrel to masticato it,
and while in this position tho super
lntendent happened in, and in conso-
quenee of his being present in the
room they were prisoners until his
departure.
Every lnboring man should look TO
his vote. Ten years ago whom our
Union was gliding peacefully over tho
waves of prosperity, and no miuda
doubted ns to tho probability of II
bright future, the industrial sen began
to roar, the winds to whirl, and tho
clouds 10 thicken around the masta,
bespeaklng mn approaching storm and
possibly shipwreck. Weary ycnrs
passed before adversely loosened her
grip, giving fires TO our furnaces and
freedom to the market. Finally stag
nation has vanished; the wind and
tide both favor us; myriads of furnaces
are enkindled; thousands of wheels
are set IN revolution, and nature
echoes the hum Of our industries
Every press boasts of the many manu-
factories having resumed operations,
with an additional per cent. in wages
Everything seems 10 be taking
boom, which wall inspire the capital
lists with confidence to invest II we
continue to advance for the next
decade at this samo ratio, work will
search the laborer, rather than vice
versa. We'll satisfied with our eond
tons and scanning the horizon, we
see clcar path, but what lies beyond?
1t IL no prophecy TO say that corrupted
and dellcd government will entail n
final downfall. History confirms tho
proposition that impure government
will finally eliminate in the wreck of
II nation.
Mr. John Call deserves II great deal
of credit for the interest he takes in
keeping the Hibernia fire engine in
good repair and such splendid work
ing order. John puts III many
whole day upon this machine and gets
no compensation whatever Now we
think it would DO very appropriate for
the boys to get together and show
their appreciation by presenting him
with some nice badge in recognition
Of his good aud faithful service.
The darkest hours we often find just
before the break Of day. Therefore
il is really II necessity that our arc
lights should be doing good duty in
the early morning. There are six arc
| lights on Main street batween the
rubber mill and Ferry street, and in
the early morning we often find one,
two and sometimes three of these
lights failing TO respond to the cleo
trio current. This is pretty big per-
centagc, nevertheless it IL fact, and
we hope that for the convenience Of