The Lambertville record., 1903-03-25
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
LAMBERTVILLE, n. J.
MARCH 25, 1908.
Buy your coal of Geo. w. Massey.

James NJ. Caffrey is suffering from
rheumatism of the eyes.
The township schools in Pennsyl-
vania will close this year about the eth
of April.
Harry Vert, who conducted gro
Gerry store, has removed with his fami-
ly to Trenton.
Smoke "Lambertville Puffs. Take
no other on the statement that they
are just as good.
The shad fishermen along the De. A.
ware are preparing their nets for the
approaching season.
Joseph Sproat,a veteran of the Civil
War, has had his pension increased
from Sc to $40 month.
Miss Irene Eggert has secured
position as stenographer with s. b.
Goff & Sons Co., in Camden.
The Rev. Samuel G. Snowden, of
Great Bend, Pa, preached in the Mt.
Airy Presbyterian Church last Sunday.
The bill extending the Meeker
anti-election law to boroughs of 1000
population was defeated in the house.
"A handsome new bronze tablet has
been placed on the west side of the
Lambertville National Bank building
Ball playing on the streets should
not be allowed. 1t is dangerous to
passersby as well as to window glass,
etc.
The Primary election bill has pass
ed the Senate with only one opposition
vote. Senator Barber cast the negative
vote
The fellow who sits down and waits
for his rich relative to die must con-
slider that they are worth their wait in
gold.
-Self-control is recommended as a
cure for nervousness. Just so, but
people who are nervous have lost their
self-control.
Hiram Stemets has secured posi-
NiVii III IiuRol illil anu
left here for that place last Wednes-
day morning.
When you see a married woman
nursing n pet cat or dog you can rest
assured she is married to the wrong
kind of man.
Councilman Louis Guillick, of the
First Ward, is being treated at st. Fran
els Hospital, Trenton. He has been in
poor health for some time past.
The fifty y-sixth anniversary of Mag
nolia Lodge, No. 81, 10. 0. F., occurred
last Friday. John II. Roberts, of this
city, is the only charter member living.
The private office of d. J. Price,
superintendent of the New Jersey Rub
Der Works, has been torn away and
new office located on the second floor.
Charles Hammer, who operates
the Cove fishery, near Titusville,
caught 1 200 catfish in three hauls one
day last week. They weighed 700
pounds.
Strength and vigor come of good
food, duly digested. Force, a ready
to-serve wheat and barley food, adds
no burden, but sustains, nourishes,
inyigorates.
The garden season is coming on
apace, as one is reminded by the ex-
hibition of seeds, rakes, forks, shovels,
sprinkling cans and the like, shown in
the hardware stores.
Past Select Commander Harry S.
Kroesen was in attendance at the an
niversary of the A. o. X. of M. G. at
Glassboro, N. j., few evenings ago
and delivered an address.
The ground hogs weather contract
has expired and he can now crawl out
of his hole whe never he "darn pleases"
without any fear of creating any dis
turbance with the weather.
George b. Dalrymple, of Baptist
town vicinity, has lost four valuable
cows from tuberculosis, two dying
lToiu the ulStHSt anu TWO utluR hilltu
by order of the State authorities.
Levi Mettler and Moses Matthews
attended the funeral of Theodore Nett
Ter at Bloomsbury on Wednesday of
last week. He was brother to Mr..
Mettler and uncle of Mrs. Moses Mat
thews.
The requirement of home is but
question of few details these days
of local building and loan associations.
A few months of economy will enable
one to purchase lot and the home
loan does the rest.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred G. Reading
celebrated the twenty-ffth anniversary
of their marriage at their home on
Coryell street, on Wednesday evening
of last week. A number of their friends
enjoyed the occasion.
The executive committee of the
Christian Endeavor Society of the
Presbyterian Church and the county
executive committee met in this city
ON Tuesday afternoon of last week to
arrange for the annual convention of
the society in this city at an early date.
If bill lately introduced in the
State Senate becomes law the indis-
criminate sale of firearms to everybody
will be prohibited and merchants will
have to keep record of the individuals
to whom they sell, and it prohibits the
sale of firearms to children under fif-
teen years of age.
w. Holt Apgar, of Trenton, was
reelected Grand Master of the Grand
Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons,
of this State, during its recent session
held at Trenton. One of the most i'm
portant resolutions adopted was for