The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1900-04-04
FROM THE FIRST WARD.

ooh, Amanda, what kind of dessert
is this, anyway cts called sur
prise pudding, replied the dear young
thing. I" I tried to make bread, but it
wouldn't rise for me, so just made Il
nice wine sauce for it, and made des-
sert of it.
Now prepare your ballots for the
election or rejection of freeholder,
councilman, etc. We understand there
will be quite some scratching done next
Tuesday in the ward.
Every boy may have an equal oppor-
tunity to become president OF these
United States, but he has not got an
equal chance to become the Honest
John Soolenberger of his neighbor-
hood. Far from it! The dead man
has about monopolized this exalted
position. The man who has gone back
to common dust and has lost his APP
petite for fried bacon and liverworst;
and no longer is haunted by spirit of
ambition and greed for political spoils
aud social honors-this man has got y
dead cinch on honesty and perfection
and very, very, few living men are now
competing with him for the laurels.
They seem to know that honesty will
be thrust upon them later on, and but
toned inside their shroud. No tempta-
ton throughout long eternity will
again lure them into paying blind
man pewter nickel for Il glass of
fresh-roasted peanuts.
We after wonder if men believe the
human race simply grew up in the
morning of creation like toadstool
or the moss on sandrock, or the
fungus growth on an old cheese.
The new Hibernia Fife and Drum
Corps is fast approaching proficiency
and is now about ready to fill any en-
gagements that happen their way, and
where good martial music is required.
Did you see that your name was put
on the register yesterday when the
election board was in session? Ifyour
name is not on, you cannot vote.
Miss Nellie Slack, Miss Kate Fields
and Miss Nellie Mills visited Trenton
last Sunday, the former stopping on
Walnut avenue. Miss Field and Miss
Mills visited friends upon Centre st.
Warren b. Cummings met with quite
a serious accident while at his work at
the Lambertville Rubber Company's
factory last Wednesday afternoon. In
adjusting piece of over head shafting
which he and Theo. H. Fields were
lining up, the temporary propping
which they used for. holding the shaft
in place gave way and the pulley and
piece of shafting fell upon Mr.. Cum
mings.
Little groups of politicians can be
seen standing around on the corners,
talking over the political situation,
and by all Indications, Democratic
victory is again near at hand Here
in the First Ward it hardly looks now
az if the Republicans will attempt n
| fight for. any of tho Offices which are
to be filled this Spring. But we dc
expect the end and Bird wards each to
land Republican this Spring in Coun-
Gil.
My experience in life has fitted me
for the profession of helping people to
| forget. | have had such fight with
difficulties and poverty and private
ambition and shoddy clothes, and have
come out of the fight covered with
scars and my soul puckcred up into
the shape of Chinese alphabet tied te
the tail of n scared dog, but still able
to laugh Mt the past and face the futur,
as boldly ms sheep facing a bear-skiI
on the garden fence. ALI goodness
graciousl how often have j faced 8
frowning world with the half.soles on
my solar system turned to the wall and
my coat-collar turned up in June to
hide the prominent absence of a cotton
shirt, with a chew of tobacco in my
mouth about the size of dogs hind
foot serving as substitute for dinner
until / could raise the price. II looks
funny now, but there was no fun in it
at that time. In fact, 1t was painful,
especially if my solar system needed
half-soling down along my natural Or
bit whore / usually set in perihelion,
while grinding out column for THE
RECORD at 40 cents column.
When Dan McGoogan was working
for medical faker who was running q
Liquor Cure" out ON Sourland noun
tain, one day while the doctor was off
on spree and Dan, the stable man,
was loafing in the office, an old Russian
Hebrew rag picker came in with both
hands on his stomach and inquired in
broken bits of English and long slabs
of Russian Hebrew il Dan was the
whole doctor shop, and whether he
could give him something for pain in
the stomach. "Bedad, Dim tn hull
shooting match, sor,' replied Dan,
land We COON to de roight institutoo-
shun to get knoved. Lets see your
tongue! Now yer pocketbookl How
old are ye? Is your mother alaiyet
The color ov her hair2 Wor you
liver in Jail? Did you liver hay n re.
lashen hung fur haighway robbery
To which the poor Jew nodded and
grunted assent without knowing &
thing the freshman was saying. Oar
then gave the sick fellow about hal
pound Of flour Of sulphur and locke,
awfully wise while giving him instruc
lions. "Go home and take a table
spoonful Of these golden powders iver,
two hours, sor-take 'em in warrun
lard, sor, and wash it down wild bacor
shkin cut, sor. Being jew, sor, WI
must use shtrigent remedies, sor, ant
if the powder duzent coor yer belly
ache, bedad, the lard will kill you
preggydice aginsht hogs. Two dol