The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1904-08-03
From The First Ward

Attention! old Soldiers. Pension
day Thursday, August 18th
Have You heard the music nj tho
merrS-gO round?
The Philadelphia Record willrcfrnin
from digging any moro graves for the
old veterans during the campaign and
allow them To draw their pensions in
peace.
Once again the quiet and peace Of
the First Ward Inns been disturbed.
A merry goround has taken possess
sion OF the vacant lot on Swan street
and the sweet muaic of tho hurdy CUR
dy resounds to the lively whir of tho
steam carryall.
Considerable complaint IL henrd
upon our streets concerning the short
time order which governs tile L. Ii. II.
Shops Ill ON city These men have
good cause for complaining, the high
price of all living commodities con
fronts them ON one side and nearly IL
under these circumstances and condi-
TONS II Is wonder those men do not
make more of vigorous kick. But
80 long as the great steam ship com
panies land men upon our shores at
$40 per heud we cannot look for much
relief from such leading corporations
as the T. X. X.
Once more we are compelled to
speak of the dcplornble condition of
South Main street There il moro
traffic upon this street than any other
street III our city aud we honestly he
lieve II is i'll worse condition than
any other street III town.
Now some one is To blame for this
condition of the street 1t has boen
suggested TINT Councilman Charley
take ride i'll II wagon instead of his
bicycle. This might give him some
idea of its condition. might nlso
mention TINT SWIM street, between
Main and Franklin, needa similnr at
tention. There IL "A law III hennaNl
wanna compelling those IN authority
To fix the public rands Perhaps If we
conld look over our city ehartGr we
might find II SINH lnr law or ordinance.
On II fair average | don't auppoae
that one man ont of every hundred IL
man of good hard SENSE. We all
have auppIy of aenae but II has nev=
or been properly hardened OF auni
GENTLY baked.
Well no: ! haven't exactly been II
| blooming fool but in looking hncIl
over the turnkey path Of existence
and seeing myself away down around
the bend in the road where | am out
of sight of all the rest of the world
aud DOING things TINT n fool would bo
ashamed tn father in an open account
| am actually surprised to fine myacli
away up here IN the wrinkles of old
age with only II few scars on my body
to the show the vain attempts of the
foolkllcr to sqnelch the conglomera-
ton ont of my pyaiem
OF course | never pnrndod myaclf
before the general public ms II wise
man nor even II mnu of sense. A mnn
| of sense never gets drunk more than
once. He WANTS the experience the
object lesson, so he can Iudge the evil
of intempcrancr so he COCA aud gota
on just one glorlons Jag.
After that he can talk on the evils OF
rat gut rum and ruin from mn intelh-
gent standpoint. But he doesn't get
drunk again hardly ever.
| Aud this IL the reason why know
40 we'll that nm not man OF sense.
| Eve been full too often to even try to
deceive myself into believing that
have been bcst with the article 10 any
noticeable extent Neither hna the
public been deceived IN tins respect
Not oven my ncGreat ncighbors ever
suspected TINT ! had good acnHe stored
away i'll my skin
Good sense and rum cannot nillllaic
under the same existence.