The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1903-09-16
FROM THE FIRST WARD.

The great Altoona railroad shops re-
sumed full time Sept. Sth, with full
force of hands, this will be incourag-
ing news for our shop hands here in
town. The men here in our shops
have been on fortytiye hours per week
complaint has been heard, concerning
the short time as the wages are not
overly big when the men are upon full
time.
To show how fast the old veterans
of the civil war are passing away.
Commissioner of Pension Ware an
nounces that about Al 900 were drop
ped from the pension roll the past year
principally from death. The pension
list will rapidly decline now, and in
very few years will be obligated alto
gether OF course, the Spanish Ameri-
can and Philippine wars will continue
to draw upon the L. $. treasurer for
the next forty years, but the obligation
is an honorable and Just one, and our
glorious government will act faithfully
with the men who risk life and limb
to substanciate it.
Politics seem TO be one of the lead
ing features of the First Ward, and the
Democratic voters all take great in
terest i'll their caucus, and one would
naturally suppose, while attending
caucus, that each and every one was
endeavoring to catch an office, but
from year to year we generally find
the same men running, these few
men monopolize all the officers all the
time, and once they are elected, they
never want to relinqush their hold
upon the voters. They never seem to
think there are others who could per-
haps represent the ward, town and
county equally rs well rs themselves.
Unfortunately, the amendment to the
State Constitution makes no allowance
for an increase in our ward or town
Office holders. Consequently, the q.
o. i. will have to pull along the same
as heretofore until they are able to
legislate themselves to few more
vacancies. 1t is rather too bad that
the amendment didn't take in II wider
scope, and make provisions for each
voter to have some little Office in the
ward.
II is not generally known, but never
theless it is fact that we have right
here in the city of IIambertville, the
head officers of the East Side Gold
Mining Company. These mines are
the famous Warren District. The fol-
lowing is taken from the Bisbee DaiIY
Rcrie@, Sunday, August 30, 1003;-
"The East Side Gold Mining Com
pany, whose property is one mile east
of the Easter Sunday group, is about
to enter upon new season Of develop
ment work of vigorous character. OF
this company, G. G. Mccoy is presi-
dent and general manager, Edward
Rittenhouse, OF Hambertville, n. j.,
treasurer, T.. G. Gallagher, of Lam
bertyille, N. j., secretary, and w. A.
Eckerly, of Bisbee, assistant secretary
and treasurer. The property has four
well-defned lodges and has two shafts
sunk -one sixty and the other eighty
feet, in both of which pay streaks
averaging $50 to $40 ton. Arrange
ments are now being completed for
the installation of heavy machinery
and the sinking of II y compartment
shaft, 800 feet. II is probably that air
drills will be added with the outfit.
Thirty tons of gold rocks are already
on the dump which will average $40 TO
the ton.
Wives made to order. Realizing the
constantly increasing demand all over
the country for wives who are able to
discriminate between fish and game,
who have the ability to raise bread with
ont resorting to mechanical means and
who are capable Of doing tho market
ing without bankrupting to those male
citizens who figure as providers, Rusk
in university has established course
Of housewifery The head of the in
stitntion thinks that the cause of di-
yorce is found III the fact that women
do not understand their husbands, aud
he is going to educate them in way Of
Knowing more about them. This will
strike the average wife in somewhat
peculiar manner. There was never yet
wife who did not think that she I'M
derstood her husband only too well
and who will not argue up hill and
down that what she wants is course
that will enable her to know less about
him, because she already knows too
much. 1t will not lessen divorce to
educate brides to distinguish calls
liver from canvas back ducks, nor will
matrimonial infelicity entirely cease
when graduates Of the Ruskin course
announce that at last they have learn
ed that eggs should not be fried in
castor oil. And if, as announced, psy
Geological researches will be 80 applied
that the bridal student will be able to
tell by the looks Of man what he is
going to be after marriage, eligible
gentlemen will steer clear Of the gra
duates Of Ruskin university. II they
can't get the right kind Of cooking
from oldfashioned bride, they will
pull up steaks and strike ont for the
boarding house. ABE.
SAFE for sale. Inquire at The
RECORD Office.
cry. MISS HOFFMAN, Lambertville.