The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1901-08-21
FROM LIE EIRST WARD

. The Italian population of the First
f Ward was full of patriotism last
thursday Their annual picnic was
heid ut Stockton ON that day, and
they all turned ont in force. and lind
not heavy shower come up in the
early evening, this would have been
one OF the best picnics ever given in
this locality by the sons of sunny
Italy.
II seems strange, but yet ii must he
true, the world seems to grow more
empty ever year. So does nv purse.
The world has way about ii that eats
mp all we produce. or Just little
more. If the world doesn't eat it, the
people who won't work manage to get
their fingers on it, and when they do.
good-by to the surplus laid up for old
age. Yes, indeed, right here at the
beginning of the Twentieth century,
men are mean enough to plumber old
age. Man Is the superior animal, and
the white man is the superior of MI
men superior in everything that is
good and in everything that is mean;
yea, even supcrlative in the latter.
even including present company and
myself.
Our streets are kept nice and clean
and the chairman of our street com
mlttee deserves credit for his ability
IN having the gutters, Ne, kept we'll
cleaned. OF course, we cannot lay
any blame upon him for not filling
and repairing streets. as he has to be
regulated according to the appropria-
tion at his disposal. This is handi-
! cap and streets inAt really snouu nave
attention have to be neglected from
time to time, on account of the short
ness in the appropriations. South
Main street is n hard street to keep in
good repair, as it runs parallel with
the hill and at each heavy rain the
water rushes down and sometimes
does considerable damage to the
street.
With the music from the piano,
violin and photograph, our little
"Bowery' ia attracting the young
men and old boys to their places of
amusement, and any one passing
through Church street most any even
ing can hear the music from these
instruments intermingled with the
usual accompaniment which can nj
ways be found within. Men do not
work by guess, nor do il in dreamy,
unthinking, motiveless manner. In
business, everybody is your bargain
antagonist, trying To out-plank You
and gel more for his money than the
benefit you get from hia merchandise.
II il simply the business of the bust
ness man to get the money from the
laboring man for IA little reward M
possible.
Your correspondent took in the
sights and festivities of the noted AT
lantic City on Saturday and Sunday.
This is the favorite summon resort, we
might say, of all the United States,
and more people visit this place than
all others combined. Some idea can
he formed from the fact TINT sixty
thousand visitors arrive occasionally
iii single day. II is no uncommon
ailair to see twenty or twenty-five
thousand people upon the large ocean
pier of an evening. Enniss famous
band of fifty pieces il now playing
p 5ps 4, the eisr, spa with othsr sttagasst
season is at its height and thousands
can be seen enjoying the surf The
life-guards are kept pretty busy and
several rescucs are made daily. The
hotels are open ON Sunday, but some
of the places of amusement are closed.
Taking NIL in all, we pronounce il II
very sedate place for any one wishing
to take II pleasure trip or place to
spend their vacation. OF course, all
this pleasure and amusement costs
money, and this is one of the most
essential necessarics in all cases: con
scguently, it il we'll to have pretty
fair supply in ones inside pocket