The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1903-09-02
FROM THE FIRST WARD.

machine OF Professor langley :. mat
wonderful bird of passage, which has
been building down on the Potomac
secrecy for these many moons, flew.
When the cover was taken of the
thing,it sailed straight up into the blue
sky for Il couple of hundred feet then
turned itself gracefully downwards
and went kerplunk into the Potomac
where it lay twisted wreck until it
was rescued by somebody in boat.
Then some of Langeleys men came
along and after passage way was
hewn in the gloom which had settled,
conveyed it TO headquarters. If a
man had been hanging to the tail of
the thing-if it had tail-folks would
now be firing cannon along the banks
of the river to bring the body to the
surface.
\ few words concerning eur factory
systems: The factory system IL not
free from evils, though its advantages
are many and great. The charge that
the factory is injurious to health can
not we'll be maintained, rs compared
with the domestic workshop of the
past. No doubt, there have been many
unsanitary conditions connected with
the factory, but official inspections
have removed many Of these, and the
modern we'll managed factory, with its
large, light and we'll ventilated rooms,
seems immensely iii advance of the
close dark, unclean and unyentilated
household workroom of the past which
certainly must have been fur more in
furious to health than the factory OF
today. lntemperance can i'll no sense
be claimed rs II resultant of the factory
system, further than the bringing to-
gether of many workmen i'll contracted
localities, may be CONDUCIVE to it..
Certainly, intemperaneo has greatly
decreased during the past fifty yeurs.
Its eliminating point was reached in
the beginning of the eighteenth CEN
fury. Thriftlessn ess and poverty are
constant accompaniment of Ignorance
and lack of forethought, and owe their
prevalence to no industrial system.
They have long been diminishing,
rather than increasing, and object
poverty has never been more prevalent
than during the period of domestic
manufacturing.
A good story is told concerning n
young married couple who live Ill the
First ward. The young man is one OF
those study industrious young men
who strives to make ends, meet and
pay as he goes. At the beginning OF
August he decided to make PROPOSE
ton TO his wife, which he thought
would benefit each of them. So upon
the above time after supper WIS over,
aud ms they We're enjoying sociable
chat ON the back porch, he said to his
wife, Eliza, think. by little in
genuity and economy we can save III
! something for rainy day. And my
proposition, | think, will also be agree
able to you. You know we pay cash
for all we buy. Now, ] propose It
| leave Just as much money every day
with you as heretofore, but | want yol
to look out and buy things whercyo
Won can get them the cheapest, for in
stance you need not buy the choices
ent of steak, neither allow the butche
to cut You Il pound or two more tim
you want. You can also get fres
vegetables from the hHcksters ut near
ly your own price, providing you pa,
cash for them. And to further you
progress all the money you have lief
en- Ii day, You shall keep for pi
money. Well, she thought the pro
position II fair one and said she woul'
try it and also said she would llk'
about S3. % i'll the morning; tins ht
counted out to her and started for hi
| place of business, aud each morning
he would leave her II similar supply o
cash. This continued through tn,
whole month of August. And he seem
| ed pleased with the arrangements
The steak was just MS nice and JUICY
the fruit and vegetables seemed fresl
and good. And above all his dear
wife had not mentioned pin money tt
him through the whole month. Sept
the first came, and when he sat down
to his dinner, there were several NIGEL.
folded documents along side OF hl'
plate. He looked at them aud SAT-
"What are these, dear ?" ooh, sh
said, these are bills for grocerie
which purchased last month. " Bills
why | thought we were paying cas-
for what we got know, but foun'
out our credit was good at the store
Just go i'll aud look at my new dres
on the lounge, it is really beautiful
And besides, ! have saved nearly iift
dollars for my own use. Just thinl
fifty. Well, the language the youn
man used, would not look well i'll prini
But / will state this ended the econom
business. ABE