The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1901-07-31
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after couple of weeks vacation.
George w. PralI, the gentlemanly
chief clerk at the rubber mill, started
last Friday morning for the Pan
American Exposition at Buffalo, where
he intends making short stay.
The Rubber Companys dam has
been very much enlarged and deep
ened. The breast of the dam has
also been raised four feet. This in
creases the capacity greatly. This
dam will now be kept full as a reserve,
pumped from the river in dry seasons.
Thomas Crowley, superintendent of
the boot and shoe department of the
Lambertville Rubber Company is
home from Atlantic City, where he
and his wife have been stopping for
couple of weeks. Mr.. Crowley gives
a glowing account of his visit, and
Judging from his healthy appearance,
there can be no doubt but that he en-
Joyed his stay at the shore. The
factory is pretty combining and little
recreation is always looked for as an
offset
Having been asked several times
what We saw at the great Pan Ameri-
can Exposition, we will, for all those
who are interested, name some things:
Starting on the Midway ~ The
Spanish bull fight was here exhibited;
A tribe from the deserts of Egypt; The
streets of Cairo, where the natives
danced the Koo- Chic Koo-Chie, n
peculiar muscle dance; A trip to the
Moon; The Johnstown Flood; A
den of wild animals; A house upside
down; A big Ferris Wheel; Merry go
round; A lady champion swimmer;
with here and there man guessing
your weight for nickle. Then there
were other exhibitions which perhaps
can better be explained than pub
lshed.
! suppose ! am always little bit
suspicious of those people who boast
of the firm and unyielding morals
surrounding their daily walk and con
versation, for have always found Il
loop hole through which they can
crawl, or Fragments of their trousers
on the top rail of the fence. left in
sealing over the enclosure to get bite
of forbidden fruit while the world has
its baek turned and the night watch
man was as eep and dreaming of catch
ing burglars with bear trap, set near
the front door leading into tho United
States Senate chamber. How many of
these goody good sort of people who
have moral influence surrounding
them all painted over with golden
texts and quotations from Watt y
hymn book besides illustrated with
scenes from the Bible and Pilgrim y
Progress and, yet, perforated with n
dozen underground tnnnela leading
ont INTO the orchard of forbidden
fruit, aud other worldly pastimes and
pleasures. oh no! dear reader, You
cant always Judge by the color of n
man y moral surroundings the extent
of his virtues or the brand of whiak ey
he is taking daily as II medicine.
Your correspondent had very nice
visit up i'll Pennsylvania recently.
The weather has been very dry in that
| section of the country, and we found
the thermometer registering about the
same temperature as in New Jersey.
Work in Williamsport and Lock
Haven is plentiful, although the
wages are not very high. The silk
mill at Lock Haven il running TO its
full capacity, and about 600 girls find
employment in this industry alone.
The New York Central is double
tracking its road from Williamsport to
Lock Haven, and the Pennsylvania
from the latter place 10 Renova
These improvements make plenty of
work, and in consequence the wages
are little higher upon these works,
being $3.50 per day. The lumber
and IRON mills and shops we found
running all along the route, and pros
perity was plainly visible on all sides.
Lock Haven il the county seat of
Clinton county and is ilonrishing
town of 1000 inhabitants The main
streets are paved with red brick. The
town is supplied with electric lights
and also electric railroads, the termi-
nation being al Mill Hall, little
manufacturing town some three miles
from Lock Haven. The Susquehanna
river passes by Lock Haven and often
overfows its bank here in the spring
of the year. The river is about like
the Delaware at Lambertyille, per
haps not quite so wide. This, OF
course, is only the west branch of the
Susquehanna. AT Sunbury, the north
and west branches meet, forming 4
pretty nice sized river. The north
branch of this great river runf
through Wilkes Barre, aud on up into
New York State.