The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1902-06-25
FROM THE FIRST WARD.

been busy the past few weeks making
their June shipments of boots and
= shoes.
The editor of the Wage Worker at
tended the counting of the votes, cleo
ton evening, at the polling rooms, to
see that the thing was done fair and
square.
The fine rains last week had ten
dency to start vegetation and garden
truck. The tomato crop around this
section is now assured and the far
mers are elated over the prospects of
their corn and hay crops.
The black smoke from the use of
soft coal can now be seen ascending
from the numerous factories in the
First Ward. The soft coal has proved
a success at the Lambertville Rubber
Company's works, and we will not be
surprised if it is adopted altoe ether
in the future.
Evolutionists claim that man grew
out of the animal that change after
change brought him up from the COM
mon herd and placed him in his pres
snt position. But history doesn't
show any great amount of change in
him since he lost his tail.
Mr.. Lawrence Alonzo Johnsing,
whose handiwork as block maker is
second to none in the State, says if he
can borrow 800 on his note, he will
send his wife to the seashore this
summer. That is the true spirit for
husband to display.
That's all right Jackey, to call Abe
Trauger and Joe Cooper's attention to
look out for pastors when they called
off the votes. They had close watch
upon them, and also the ballot box.
The latter has been known to disap-
pear mysteriously upon important oc.
casions, or rather en- route to the
county officials. That's all Let's
shake
The Philadelphia Record of June
10th, published an article from the
pension department., which is very
misleading. Here | will give the ar
ticle, word for word
Washington, ID. c., June 49, In
round numbers there are 1000, 900
pensioners on the rolls. u. s. Com
missioner Ward has had prepared a
special statement which gives the ac-
tual number as 99S, 1903 pensioners on
the rolls April 30.
Now why does not the government
tell in plain figures how many names
are dropped from this list on account
of deaths and other causes? The
pension roll commenced with No. /.
back somewhere in the 18th century.
Are we to be made to believe that this
No. is still drawing his pension?
No number is ever dropped from the
roll. Every new pensioner receives IL
new number, consequently they run
from to 99s, 1903, and if the govern
ment is in existence long enough, the
number will increase to 1900, 900.
80 people must not be deceived over
these big figures, as they only work
one way. The other end of the sta
tistics are withheld from the public.
just little forethought should con
vince the public that to-day there are
not living $685. 1903 old soldiers who
fought in the war of the Rebellion. !
want to see the old soldiers have q
square deal. | myself served three
years in the War of the Rebellion and
happen to know the hardships these
old veterans passed through. We
have been criticised very often upon
this pension business and more so
from people who have been misled by
just such articles as was published in
the Philadelphia Record, June 10th.
Perhaps we could write whole chap
ter upon this pension business, but
time and space will not permit.
Last week received an invitation
from the principal of the Mount Range
High School to come out to the Range
on the 4th of July, and deliver an ad-
dress to the children on any subject |
might select OF course this is a lit
tie out of my line of business never
theless, | wired the principal / would
be on hand at the given time, and the
subject of my lecture would be on
"Natural Rights" 1t is very com
mon nowadays to hear people speak of
natural rights rights of man-God-
given rights and the rights of JUS
tice and liberty and freedom, and
whole lot of unqualified rights that
are not named until capitalists are
ready to use them for their own per-
sonal benefit. 1t is hard to qualify
and lay down the boundaries of nat
ural right, because natural rights are
sure to become tangled up and run
foul of each other, and what one man
would call his natural rights, his
neighbor would call an act OF plumber
or clear case of gall. In fact our
natural rights are turned and tenn
pered to great extent to suit our in
diyidual selves.