The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1903-04-15
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FROM THE FIRST WARD.

This country has turned out some
great men, and still there are several
IN office that should be turned out.
Very little movings were in pro
gress this first of April in the Ward.
One reason wars there are no houses
for rent in the Ward. We have made
mention before that twenty five houses
could find tenants. IN less than that
many hours here in this district.
The editor of the Wage Worker
doesn't seem to favor ex President
Cleveland for 1904. Chairman Jones
ispushing the ex President to the front
and will make an effort to have him
put III nomination. Henry Watterson
and W. j. Bryan are much opposed to
this move. Cleveland himself stands
pat and will take the nomination if his
friends insist upon it. OF course the
Wage Worker will fall into line when
the proper time comes. Eth, Jaekey?
The people who have rural free
delivery of their mail from Bridgeton
for just one year wonder how they
ever got along without it. Lambert
ville1s city of some 5000 inhabitants
and free mail delivery eau be had by
simply asking for it through our re-
preventative III Congress. Now isn't
1t about time for our city officials to
look about themselves and make a
move towards some of these free gifts
which are so literally distributed by
this glorious Government?
While ! now grieve that life is so
wonderfully brief, there will come
day, | know, when | will feel grateful
that the end of earthly existence is at
hand. Not because men want to die,
but TO escape the infirmities of old age;
not to escape life, but the thing that
makes life SO very miserable. 1t is
not the loss of the tooth we grieve
over so much, bnt the ache and decay
and pain that leads up to the extrac-
ton of the molar. often think if my
birth had been postponed about 5000
years, what II lot of improvements and
Inventions and theories reduced to
real facts ! could have seen, besides
a~hole lot of skins taken from busted
THEORIES and hung out on the garden
fence OF common sense to dry, or cut
un into patches to fnee the mittens
worn by those who so prospecting for
new kernels amongst the mountains
OF mystery whore the new nuts of in
formation are hidden in the chestnut
burs OF natures conuudrums.
Yes, it was away back in 1862. |
think, when first was inspired to be-
come n reporter for the Sourland
Mountain Rocket. was thon attend
ing school Mt Mount Range sat up
night after night bordering over my
new venture and one of the most diff
cult problems ! found to deal with
was, ! couldn't tell a lie, and that put
me to no little Inconvenience. OF
course, as | grew older this difficulty
ceased to annoy me and | have be-
come so proficient i'll this that / use
these little lies most of the time in
preference to telling the truth. Well,
to 90 on with my story Literature is
not the thing planned it ont to be.
After setting UP half the nigh ,toiIing
over an article, rewriting and polish
ing it to the best of my ability, |
would look with satisfaction to SEQ il
in print but, alasl what do you think?
The Editor sent me note saying that
such trash could never be allowed in
the Rocket, and casually mentioned ]
was better fitted for the farm than the
literary field ABE.