The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1902-10-01
FROM THE FIRST WARD.

The q. \, Il. week commences next
Monday, Oct. 9th, at Washington, ID.
G. This will be one of the grandest
affairs the cid soldier has had since
the organization has been in existence.
All the preliminaries have been ar.
ranged for this great gathering; no
little details have been left out, even
to the sid show of visiting the old bat
! tlefields, All these arrangements are
made in connection with the encamp-
! ment. This is to be the last time this
+ Grand Army will ever assemble in the
| National Capitol, and all the old vet
Grams should take advantage of the
cheap excursion rates and attend.
Save something for rainy day; also
for the days of old age, when there is
neither rain nor sunshine, but bleak
and cloudy weather. The November
and December of life are the DAYS
when the snow flakes of old age be-
gin to feel the chilly air, and the
icicles of rheumatism hang from ev-
cry Joint, and ones bald head sticks
out through the mists of time like an
old aspen tree robbed of its leaves and
full of woodpecker holes. | often pic
ture myself going around on two
canes and the charity of the neighbors,
peeping the back garden fence. 1t is n
sad, sad thing to find yourself worn out
and cast aside like an cid coffee pot
before your hopes have been half real
lied. You feel like gun that has
gone Oft at half-eock and killed two of
your best dogs and tore hole in the
big copper kettle, while the women
folks are stirring apple butter and
talking over the latest village scandal.
You feel yourself all over to find the
spot that is most worn and played out,
and then sigh a soulful sob, and re-
solve to buy new pair of trousers,
and bow to the inevitable, like an old
maid who has lost her last beau Mt
sixty five.
This nice, warm weather is n bless
ing to those who have no coal. The
price of wood has been advanced
about 80 per cent and no doubt there
will soon be another advance. The
question has now become very Sc
rious one among the laboring class.
The question il not so much regarding
the price, as there is none to be had
at any price. Some of the factories in
the First Ward have fairly good sup
ply of hard coal, which they are not
consuming i'll their furnaces and never
intend to, as they have now adopted
the soft coal. This coal might be sold
to their employees, but this they will
not do, as for some reason they are
holding on to it The strike should
have been settled long ago. We of
course don't wish to side with either
party to the controversy, nevertheless,
the miners must have had grievance
or there would have been no strike.
The American people are proud of
our National colors. Hundreds of
thonsands of lives have been saeri-
feed in upholding the emblem. 1t
has been placed upon the public
schools through patriotism and to
further teach the children to respect
the flag of our Union Inst Wodnes-
day this beautiful flag was displayed
from the staff of the First Ward school
house upside down. Whether this
was done on purpose, or simply a
blunder, we are not in position to
say; but nevertheless there it was.
spread b. siiff brecze in full view of
all passers by.