The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1904-01-13
WHOLE NO 1913.
New Hope Forty Years Ago.

The following interesting article We
clip from the New Hope News:
lis moi we'll Ia look nourniuilN into
the past. hut there come times IN the
course Of every ones life, especially
when the Years have reached out into
the seventies, " hen We can look back
with pleasure and profit, and which
brings before lls the great contrast Of
noN and then.
People of New Hope say they see no
great changes They only look fol each
years changes, hui togo hack with me
forty Wears and you' Il see more changes
than would ill n book. Where are all
the men of forty wears ago"
Some are lingering very near the
shores ol eternity; some have passed
over into the great unknown. As we
take n memory View of the old times
We can recall many Il jovial face many
an old landmark TINT have almost
faded from our memory "old Logan
that stood sentinel, pointing his arrow
always toward where the Wind came
from ton The triangular square rotted
down and Was never resurrected.
And the old frame building we used Ia
call the Academy has long since ceas-
ed 10 teach the Young IDEAS those three
RS, which MAS ample for those daNr
and has ferried III over these long years
With no Inconvenience Md those
teachers the three burroughs girls
still maintain bright place IN our
hearts that time can never etiace
William t'mplehy Billy We called
him W ho never failed To always dis
tribute tfaets;&e., te the boaimen oh
Sunday mornings. We SEE him Set
smilinglv holding out his hand tous,
saying: "on thefoad Ia heaven; On the
road to heaven. lie has passed To
his reward Lou Horn, with merry
laugh aud cracking jokes whether in
sunshine OF shadow, holds another
place III our memory thai cannot he
filled
The cotton mill of = 7. Gove--itr hia
Coflles engine. its hie frame boarding
house. its suafms OF rosy face glrl-
from whom many II man picked out y
useful wife has passed into II more
modern mandatory, hut not more
useful nor more happy are its oc''u-
pants. The old llufnagle dam, where
we iished and betried and hoated. The
Islands where the eatties most conprt.
gated, the paths over roots and rocks
that lined its banks, liz hickory nuts
and wnlnuts, it, snsafras bark and
sweet cieclS. vi has changed We 500
II only rs forty Years ago shows il 10 rs,
There may be, In some ours, music IN
II humping piano nj footing ri brass
baud hui never have We heard music
So sweet as came from the long horns OF
the hoatnnen, OF when Jim Pickering
rcsincd llp his old fiddle aud gave us
some of the lively tune, of that time.
The old swift Sure Stagc as II
Wis called, 4as ample for all our trnN-
cling 10 Philadelphia. M rush OF
called him went 10 HE city Ice tt
year, bought his poods and had them
shipped lay wagon.
We houphl the goods. aud our other
old landmarks that havedisnppenred--.
Bnve Levin and Sammy smith made
oul clothing Poppy Schcrmerhorn
took our measure and made our boots,
heh stood The strain N hey do not
nov
We see all these times rs they app
pearcd - the happy lay gone day.
Ner Mefll We have them changed.
NeaieE HAT we could turn back ihe
hand al old Father Time and bring
hack the familiar scenes; hrine X
the old sehoolboy faces, aud the II ~
OF the iiaNmIll bell. Bat lheN hnNe
paS-,.,l One by one HE old time tu-es
disappear Like the Trees of The forest
they crow feeble aud old and fall and
are IN time forgotten. sun the pco.
tIe snN they see no difference IL oar
old toMn.
hui the man who can look hnck
forty Years secs n panorama of chnnpes
We have seen other chimes, other faces
hui none TINT bring joy to.u- n~ theoId
by-pones OF New Hope Md m We
one bs one pass of the stage of action,
God grant that We may meet again on
the shores Of eternity. FRANK.
The cold weather last week was a
record breaker for lhis part Of Jersey,
the thctnomeletfe registering from lotto
rs degrees below Zero in different parts
of our city. All the ice houses have
been filled with ice If the very best
quality and It second crop of T. inch
ice. could be harvested now.
William CouoVcf has resigned his
position with the Armour Packing Go.
ia New York mud has returned 10 his
home in this city.