The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1901-04-03
FROM THE FIRST WARD.

| On account OF tue surplus oil water
from the buildings next to Main street,
the Lambertville Rubber Company has
built sewer across the street, the out
let emptying into tho creek. This
water at each heavy rain has been u
source of trouble for number of
wears.
James L. Petrie. engineer at the
Lambertyille Rubber Co. s works, met
with serious mishap last Tuesday
while attending to his many duties in
connection with the monstrons engine
that he runs. In hurrying to attend
to one of the connections, his feet slip
ped from under him. badly sprnining
one of his ankles, which compelled
him to be taken home, where he has
been confined for some days.
South Main street will want con
siderable filing up this Spring and
should have several chr loads of broken
stone deposited thereon. The traffic
il pretty heavy upon this thoroughfaro.
This. with the recent heavy rains,
necessitates thorough top dressing.
All macadamized streets need looking
after occasionally TO keep them in first
class condition. OF course, We know
the appropriation for these repairs is
limited to II certain extent. but now, as
there will be no expense for spring
elections, perhaps Council will be more
liberal in their street appropriations,
and tho few hundred dollars spent
upon these elections will do consider
able upon the much needed rernira TO
some Of onr streets
But very few changes viii be made
i'll the residents of the First Ward this
spring, owing to the scarcity of houses
in the ward, although inquiries arc
very numerous concerning houses from
people who wish to live nearer their
work.
Our boy often twist
our mind in Il big knot and on tho far
OFF end of the string is Tootscy Tyler
distant relative of President Tyler
80 distant in fact, that NIL tho neigh
bors and-even Tootsey's mother her.
self were not dead-sure whether loot
sey's last name was Tyler or Smauser.
He did look more like Smauser than
old grandpop Smauser himself. My
first recollection of Tootscy is dated
on my first day at school in the old
| Mount Range school-hOuse. Tootsey
didn't look prosperous ut all, but he
| was actually giving away whole slate
pencils and whole sticks of candy.
How the girls smiled on him and how
| envied his prominence. never saw
such prodigality before. | had often
given away birch bark and wintorgreen
berries and cnrroway seeds, but whole
slate pencils and whole sticks of candy
to my little mind could only be given
away by millionaires or sons Of store
keepers. Now. there is nothing funny
nor humorous about this early recol-
lection. | tell it because it is peculiar,
| and peculiar because it is true. In
those days Il slate pencil and stick Of
candy must have looked like a fortune
to my hungry eyes, else ! would not
find this recollection bul9ing out ON
my memory like large wen on bald
mans head Tootsey Tyler is still
living and still prodignl when he has
got anything to give away, The last
time ! saw him, he was living on the
stale charity of his friends, and when
] mentioned the prodigality of his
younger days he gave me n look of
painful remorse and Raid solcmnly,
"There is something nice about being
n blasted good fellow, but it doesn't
pay. Those who accept gifts from
the prodigal give him the horse hugh
when he is obliged to back up against
the wood shed while strange woman
goes to look mp a pair Of her husbands
cast off trousers that have got It 9oot
bottom and arc mended Mt the kneea.