The Lambertville record., 1900-08-22

iCN lphhN VI hlOhtn Hlput, hN lilt
heavy traffic is telling upon the surface
of the road and considerable saving
can be made by going over this street
occasionally with few loads of broken
stone.
1t is nice to sci upon the ice wagon
these warm days, although the other
part of the business is not no pleasant.
This getting up at A. NJ, and going
cut after n load of ice, even ON hot
morning, is no snap,
The Lambertyille Rubber Co. has
had gang of men at work cleaning
out their dam and looking to their sup
ply from this source, "a we'll as from
the river. The recent fire Mt the Mann
paper manufactory demonstrated the
fact that water is one of the most I'M
portant necessities in case of fire, and
should at all times be come e-at able.
The Mann Paper Company is about
ready To commence rebuilding it's
plant which was destroyed by fire re
Gently. No doubt in IL month or two
this busy mill will he in operation
again, which will be good thing for
those who were employed there.
Factories and mills are none too
numerous in our city and it seems n
difficult thing to have new ones located
here. We came very near having n
hosiery factory start here, but it seems
to have fallen through with after Il
short trial. Some cause must he as.
signed To this, and they aay they could
not get sufficient help to run the maehi
merry. But whether this il fact oi
not, We cannot eaY.
There are thousands of men and
women making their way in the world
and prospering and growing alllnent
on no other capital than the r sublime
gall, Some of the poets call il cheek
But gall IL the most appropriate. A
man with II sound and active liver is
full Of gall, even i'll literal sense and
gall makes courage and nerve, and
stiiiens the back bone and upper lip.
and puts sand in the stomach, aud
hardens the cheek and clears the brain,
and WHITES the spirits, and makes one
man amongst men, gentleman
amongst criminals and II criminal
amongst gentlemen. While | was
located in the West | made the acquain
tance of II notorious newspaper man
who was down ON his uppera financial
ly but had magnificent stock of Il gall
still on top. He had owned and pub
lished big daily in Omaha, ran II
weekly in Denver, edited politicnl
organ in San Francisco, and acted ns
reporter on all the great papers of the
blooming West But call can never
buck against whiskey with any hopes
of success in coming out on top, md
when | met Looney Dniler he was fiat
on his financial vertebra and working
his gall for handouts as he passed
through this vale of tears. When he
discovered that | was sort of hide
bound journalist, he began to tnke
some interest in my future and advised
me to go along with him for II few
months and rough it on the rough side
of the world and rub off some Of my
modesty and exclusiveness. They were
going to have big time over il
Durango, and Looncy advised me tc
| Join him in an excursion to TINT town
to pick up information and few dol
lars through the careful manipulation
of the shell game and few othel
scientific processes to milk the noun
| taineers OF their dross. | was to euloy
half the spoils and all the excitomont i
] would put up the transportation fund.-
and $40 with which to open the game
after we struck the town. consulted
my better half on the proposition and
she sorter thought it would be good
thing for me, to broaden my views and
accumulate new batch of experience.
| SO / put up the money and LOoney and
| went up the Gunnison narrow-gungc
and crossed over into the San Juan
metropolis and opened our game,
Looney simply coined money during
the first two days, but on the third
day he began to feel his prosperity TOO
keenly and started in to paint the
town. He refused TO divide the spoils
lust then, fearing | didn't have sniff
cient experience in the traps set by
civilization TO catch suckers and might
lose my head away up in tho light
mountain air, and he felt safer with
the cash i'll his own pocket. One night
/ lost sight Of Looney Dull'er, and
didn't set eyes on him for two days. ]
was passing IA saloon at the time and
he crossed my orbit in n sort of mete-
oric manner-just kicked out Of the
front door and crossed my milky way
in time to fall into my arms-dead
brok and completely busted. | couldn't
reproaeh him, for | was dead broke
busted myself | have simply related
this little episode to illustrate the fact
that when two men full Of gall run
| foul Of each other, you can't tell how
the game is going to end until the last
card is played And if you lack gal
Yourself, you want to keep ont Of the
contest. When you take suit to court
and the attorneys on both sides are
chock full of gall and legal lore, you
can't tell how the scheme Is going tt
pan out until your last dollar is paiC
and you have mortgaged your home tC
carry the case up to court displaying
more supreme gall.