The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1902-09-03
FROM THE FIRST WARD.

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large manufacturing company by thei
employees to shut down to witness
game 1t becomes nuisance to tn
community. Work should be the frs
consideration. Living is high, coal i
not to be had at any price, and recrea
ton days come often enough through
the course of the year, without stop
ping factory to see baseball played.
Freebooter Callan had small gans
at work upon the sewer at the rubber
mill last week. These small sewer,
soon get clogged up after heavy rain
There are two or three of them on
South Main street, and about twice 1
year they have to be overhauled ant
cleaned.
Once more, my dear friends and
readers of this column, l will an.
nounee myself to give free lecture
for the benefit of the children OF
Mount Range. My last lecture at the
Range some time ago upon "The Nat,
ural Rights of Man, was such a sue.
cess that the professor has requested
me to once more appear upon the stage
at the Range. The subject which
will adopt for this lecture will be
Love" We all know what love is
1t begins at the age of ten and lasts as
long as you have tooth in your head.
1t liz n feeling about five times as
strange as hunger and it gradually
spreads from the top of your head to
the soles of your feet. When it has
a fair hold of you, it is worse than the
seven-yoar ague or swamp fever. For
the first three months, you are fool
without knowing it, and if it lasts
three months longer, You wonder why
someone didn't hit You in the head
with an AK.
Swearing is impolite and coarse and
vulgar. The boy who begins to doubt
that the cold boy" will catch him for
GUESSING, likewise begins to doubt the
efficacy of prayer so he naturally
changes from praying to swearing, to
show that his faith is wearing out Mt
the heel and that he is no longer scar
ed at the tales they tell the children,
just like boy whistling when passing
grave yard after dark to make him
self believe he is not afraid Whist
ling soon becomes confirmed habit,
and is very annoying to grown people,
but l don't believe the boys will be
damned for it, The people of Iceland
believe that whistling is sin, just the
same az we teach our boys to look
upon swearing. I'll bet green apple
the boys of Iceland love to hear some
body else take good long whistle.
1t is very exciting to see some other
boy tempting and defying "OldNick. +"
We can stand eternal punishment so
much easier when ii falls upon some.
body else, just the same rs poverty is
elevating when some one else is using
it as lever on themselves and labor
is noble when somebody else digs
your garden at rs cents day, while
we swing in the hammock and praise
God that we can afford to divide our
unit with the oppressed
Forty years ago August 25th. the
18th Regt., N. J. Vol. we're mustered
into the U. S. Service at Pennington
The regiment numbered one Thousand
men and officers. Colonel Fowler
was the commander. The regimen
broke camp August Goth andsMent di
rect to Washington, ID. G. They wer
a proud and manly set of men. The,
joined the LIST N. j. Brigade Mt Bakers
vile. Md, in September of the SAM
year, just after the battle of Antietam
Their first initiation to fire was Mt th,
first battle of Fredericksburg, Va.
Dec. II IA, 'G2, and the regiment par
ticipated in every battle fought by TIL,
Army of the Potomic from this time
until the surrender of Lee at Apo
mattox Court House, April 10, 90
The regiment was also in the Shenan
doah Valley and participated in Sheri.
dams great victory, Oct. 10, "a. On
the morning Of May 10, after the regi.
ment charged upon the rebel breast
works at Spottsylyania, only fifty-one
men responded to the roll call. Co.
A reported only one man and one cor.
poral. And right here wish to speak
OF an incident which happened TO u
Lambertvillian Lieut. George C.Jus.
tice. Lieut.. Justice was n Co. A lieu
tenant, but had charge of Co. G, from
Frenchtown. The lieutenant was shot
dead upon the rebel breast works and
member of Co. G. put his bayone'
through the rebel who shot him. The
18th Regt. lost considerable over tire,
hundred killed in action 49, actual,
more men killed Than were killed il
the Spanish American war in Cuba
Now i'll looking over these trials ant
hardships, is it any wonder the ole
soldiers respect each other, well know
ing the duty they performed in facing
death upon the many hard fought bat
tie fields, and still live to tell the tale
Now people who read this little sketcl
must not think the 10Th Regt. did al
the fighting, for there were others
and we can truthfully state that
Drawer lot of men than those in til
Army of the Potomac and Lees Arm
of Northern Virginia was never mar
tailed upon this or any other cont
nent,
GETTYSBURG AND wAsIISGToN.
Personally Conducted Tour Via PennsyIya
mia Railroad.
The tour will leave New York rs
A. NJ, and Philadelphia 1920 =. M
Saturday, September 81, in charge @
Pennsylvania Railroad Tourist Agen
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