The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1899-10-18
FROM THE FIRST WARD.

FROM THE FIRST WARD.
Our city has been we'll "patronized@
with politicians the past week, who
were looking after their own interests
and presenting their claims for office
nominations in person The Dem
ocratic primaries were held on Satur-
day afternoon and evening The First
Ward Caucus was held at 1.-The Hun
terdon, corner of Ferry and Main
streets, and was we'll attend, and II
good vote was polled. In fact, the
! whole Democratic vote was represent
ed at the Caucus. Some little dissatis-
faction was caused by the way the
Caucus was conducted. and there may
yet be trouble over it, paper has
been circulated among the voters in
order to find out if there was any fraud
in connection with the voting.
The Hibernia boys nj the run to the
fire at the canning factory, met with
little mishap and broke their hand
rope, which put them to no little in
convenience at the time, but the delay
was not serious enough to hinder them
from being first upon the scene and
getting first water.
The Lambertvillc Rubber Company
has decided to stop for one day, Oct
2ist, to give their employees an oppor-
tunity to attend the Export Exposition
ut Philadelphia. The goodwill he
tween the employees and employers is
always shown in fair and impartial
way, A days recreation once in
while stimulates a mans feclings, and
takes some of the WEAKNESS from his
mind.
Little nutting parties can now be
seen roaming through the woods Men,
women and children take delight in
going nutting. The rubber mill girls
are anticipating on nutting expedition
ON Saturday, the elst inst
The different Boards of Registy and
Election made n houso-to house can
vass of our city, beginning Inst Tuesday
morning, and finishing ON Friday.
+. Moore has purchased the house
No. 81 South Main street and now
occupies it,
External vigilance il the price of
temperance and virtue, and good
character.
Suppose mnn comes along some
morning when Nou are not feeling II
spirit of revival in your physical
depths, aud your stomach is full of
indigestiblc food, and the muskrnts of
dyspepsia seem To be digging holes all
along the towpath of your moral coil,
and that man says to you i'll the sweet
accents of n rural neighbor, Come
in and take something to keep the fire
of hope aud tnkc the twist out of Your
trolley Are You always fortified
against Acknowledgements of the male
sircn2 Can You always say "No sir
| have n family at homo To love and
caro- for, and | would not pain them
with tho demoralizing news that |
went inside of saloon mud helped to
drink UP neighbor's wages, which |
should have been applied to buy
little shoes and stockings for the eager |
and watching, waiting children in n |
shabby, neglected homo TINT has been |
robbed by father surnnturnl appetite |
for the liquor ont of which n Christinn |
government collects dollar and ten |
cents from every gallon, to hire n |
chaplaiir To pray for mob of law
makers and ask God to lend them safely |
out Of the clutches of the female lob
bYist and corporation hoodlors. "
Unfortunately our Electric Light
plant fails to respond on the darkest
nights. Sunday evening, oct. 3, the
town was in inly darkness until about
8 o'clock, which made it worry incon-
yenient for those going to church aud
to others who had occasion to go out
upon the streets.
David Roberts, after n twenty five
years residence in tho First Ward,
has purchased house and removed to
the Second Ward.
| am not n streak of famine nor the
potato rot. | am master of the whole
situation; the real, genuine flesh and
blood and bones and shoddy hand-me-
down clothing and normal state of
hand work of creation with liver
pad ON my bosom and ripo corn on
each toe. You don't exactly recognize
me now, because I've been up town
dabbling in politics. The whole air
up town il bedoozled with dead ripe
politics and contingencies. just dote
on political contingencies, and free
cigars makes man sort Of mellow
and full Of promise promises to vote
for every individual that asks me for
his support and I'll do it, too, if the
election board will let me. Why,
goodness gracious, We poor fellows
wouldn't get any beer -contingencies at
ull if the candidates didn't come
around to collect II big mess Of pro-
misses every season, and to slap us on
the back and call us n good old patriot
and call up the enthusiasm for the
whole crowd
President King, Farmers Bank,
Brooklyn, has used DeWitts Little Earli-