The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1900-12-05
FROM THE FIRST WARD.

Charles Biee has purchased the
house, No. s. York street, formerly
owned and occupied by stephen Hort.
Mr.. Bice has been resident of the
First Ward for about one year.
Wanted, about twenty five tenant
houses in the First Ward. Twenty
five houses could find tenants i'll that
many hours, if they were to be had in
the lower end of our city. When n
house is vacated, there is always n
dozelfor fifteen after it, and the houses
all command good price on account
of their scarcity. The factories and p.
II. r. shops is one cause for this
demand, as people wish to live noar
their work.
Thanksgiving day passed of very
quietly. The day was very nice one
for the season and lots of people were
upon the street. We can truthfully
say that we saw but very little drunken
ness, and we think this alone is an inn
provement worth mentioning in this
column. The entertainment in st.
Johns Hall, i'll the evening, was large
ly attended, and was first class
1t in becoming quite fad for the
children, and some of the older ones,
to go around amongst their friends
and neighbors, and take orders for
soap and perfumery, &c. speak of
this az quite fad, but might properly
buttonholed half-dozen times day
to subscribe to an order for something
we do not want. These soaps and per
fumery come pretty high, and the
persons taking the orders receive
handsome premium for their trouble.
The news came to mo last week that
my old friend Major llengiz2ard was
dead and about to be buried in the
old Mount Range graveyard, and |
thought | would like to look at the face
of man who died believing in the old
low tariff issue and the principles of
the old constitution. But they didn't
let me SEQ him after got there. They
said he didn't look natural; Just as
though IA high tariff Republican, or a
high tariff Democrat did look natural.
To recognize tariff as something else
than plain unauthorized scheme to
help the nottingham by keeping
trade at home, il to looking Mt things
i'll an unnatural why, and you
cant expect such n man to make II
natural corpse after he has been carved
up by the doctors to settle dispute
AS to what allied him before their medi-
cine killed him. They were Just get
ting ready to lower the major into his
Inst six feet of land when | arrived.
by the way, it was his first six feet of
land, too. He had never been bloat-
cd arlstocrat, hut just lived on his
pension and the glory he won in the
rebellion of 'Gl He won glory enough
for dozen men, but could never sell
the surplus. Glory has got the poorest
market price of all human productions.
1t is always big draw on the wind
supply, and unless il IL kept inflated,
II is of no more earthly use than II
pneumatic hustle with punetnre i'll it,
And so the ma or carried all his glory
to the grave, and left nothing behind
but few personal debts, some old
clothes, n life size portrait taken in n
captains uniform, tobacco box, jack
knife, fishing line, Waterbury watch,
and tho battered ounce ball tho doctor
took out of his leg after the battle of
Frederieksbnrg. OF course, this il a
fair sample of worldly possessions left
behind by all tho patriots who served
as private soldiers, aud held up the
flag while the spectators plumber the
people. They get most of their reward
in glory, and even the small pension
paid out is grudgingly criticised by
manV