Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-05-03
NEWARK FISHING
PARTY DISCOVERS
LAMBERTWLLE
Headed by Mayor Haussling,
Doughty Band Is Honored
by Natives.
"We'n go again to Lambertville,
And go there often. too.

wen 60 again 10 IdlllDSTLNliit
And go there often. too.
We like the mayor, we like the town
We like the fishing crew.
That Treftz House feed was sure a
t:eat.
The speeches, too. were great.
Wen all be down again some day;
Start early and leave late"
All of which means that fishing by
proxy is great sport. and betting fish
scales on the result of the hauls Is bet
ter than seeing the Tigers play ball.
Gentle reader, the song that you see
at the head of this column was sung
last night by a delegation of Newark
fishermen, headed Mayor Haussling,
who returned from an alleged fishing
trip to Lambertville, where they had
the freed,-l of the city and the free
dom of the Delaware river, and where
they ate, drank, played pool, made
speeches and showed the folks down
there the sort of people that make up
Newark.
The party. which was composed of
the mayor, Joseph F'ritzsche, the host,
or guide: George Fl Smalley, Fire
Commissioner T. I'D" Burke, Free
holder Bullivant, Charles Leick, the
champion pool player; Jake. the Bar
y iiiiC . yin OOiilA A1OhA
Tough, Neil J.. McManus, George Win
decker, Scott Terry, of Plainfield;
Mayor William J. Ledger, of Lambert
vile, and Lawyer Hunt, of the same
city, invented a garne yesterday that
is called "fishing by proxy" 1t con-
sists of this: You stand on an island.
which yesterday was christened
"Haussling Island" watch the horses
and the men drag in fish, and you bet
on the results of the haul Remember,
though, that the betting is not for
money, not on your life, Fish-scales
were used as currency, and if you don't
believe it ask Commissioner Burke. He
bad a pocket full of them this morn
ing.
Who "Svipcd' the Eish:
But, before any moro is sale there Is
a little matter that ought to be cleared
up. Who "swiped" the fish? When
the party left Lambertville zach had
six shad weighing about 81 pounds a
piece. That was when they left. On
arriving in Newark nary a fish was to
be seen, for a time at least, and the
party went right into the STAR Office
to advertise for the shad.
Someone lad sidetracked the greater
part of the fish. Who that person is
has not been discovered. but it is be-
lieved that Attorney-General Dickin-
son., who, it is said, ) after Jersey's
waterways, is also after it's fishes and
had one of his sleuths down hers to
take home specimc s. While the party
were In the STAR office part of the fish
were mysteriously returned.
Now, let us talk about the doings IT
the NeWarkers on their arrival In Lam
L-.- Ns4 ~
bertVille. FIRST they walked down
Boozer street, Whlch was named after
a temperance advocate ana Whlch
boasts OF not a single saloon ana then
~anchored at Ireltz house
AT the hotel they Were weicomed oy
Mayor Ledger VINO gave them each a
ponce ara decorated with tne Amer
can ana irish liags and tod them that
1hey mad the freedom OF the city he
SAID; Boys, I'm glad you're mere TINS
is a great town you ought to be
non ied by It's nospltanty' ~ isn't
everybody that gets carte oianche here.
Make yourselves at nome n don't
forget TO come asaln'
Lampertviiie Is Discovered.
Mayor fHaussling was the next
speaker, and got off this: Mayor
Ledger, we appreciate o cordiality,
and also appreciate the fact that from
this day on nambertville will be known
throughout the world as a city. Here
tofore, before III arrival, no n had
ever heard of your place. but our pres
ence here, this delegation from the
greatest city in the Union, will give
you all the prominence you need. and
although we realize that we W you a
great zeal to us we ask nothing more
tina hat you order the landlord to
bring on the eats
All the other members of the party
spoke with the exception of Smalley