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The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1917-12-20

al YEARS AGO

In these days of and is interesting to re-
call that hundred and fory-one years ago the Amer-
cans living in the Coryells Ferry Community as it was
then known deep the plans for what five days
later the battle of Trenton and doubtless the turning
point toward success in the American Revolution
Revolutionary soldiers encamped at Neely's
Mills at the foot of Bowmans hill south of Jericho Noun
tain, and at what is Aquetong, all the Pennsyl-
vana side of the Delaware hundred and fory-one
years ago today awaiting word that would send them
the Delaware to meae their strength against the
British
AS gather from history, the weather must have
been much like that of the past week. with no lines of
transportation communication available and but
food and clothing to meet the soldiers needs but nothing
daunted uder the leadership of the great George Wash
ington, they prepared to meet foe that we'll fed
we'll clothed and well housed under conditions all in the
latters favor.
General Daniel Bray, that Kngwood man. whose body
lies in the Rosemont cemetery has been given credit for
the securing of boats that enabled Washngons army
cross the Delaware miles below feat that rivals
anything of the present day In darkest of night
amid swrng ice cakes and treacherous currents thou
sand four hundred and many supplies, including
eighteen cannons, transferred the Delaware
and the following night transferred back again. without
single loss
Probably no other event in the Christian Era has had
extended effect the history of the world for
without Washington Trenton the Revolution
airy spirit might have died and the formation of Republics
still have been matter of the future.
1t also gratifying to know that the lands which we
almost daily those upon which this worldhstory
was made.
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WEEKS DOINCS
In new HOPE

+. Il. Slack spent Monday in boy.
lestown.
William Bush was Philadelphia
visitor on Tuesday.
Wilbur Tebo, of Trenton, spent
Sunday with friends here.
?. R. Slack was business visitor
in Philadelphia the past week.
William W. Hurley was a business
visitor in Philadelphia last week.
Mrs. Henry w. Turner was a
Philadelphia visitor on Saturday.
Misses Edith and Sara Higgins
were Trenton shoppers on Saturday
Mrs. George Solomon is a guest
of relatives in Philadelphia for sew
eral days.
Mr., and Mrs. D. A. Davenport are
wishing in Philadelphia a few days
this week.
Mrs. Alfred Hambleton and Eu-
gene Corson spent Wednesday in
Philadelphia.
Earl Yerkes, of Hatboro, spent
Saturday and Sunday with his friend,
William Hooker.
Mrs. Harry Young, Jr., of Olney,
spent Monday with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Frank Kelley.
Mrs, Ellen Pickering. of Easton,
is spending several days with her
niece, Mrs. John Carter.
John Krewsen, of South Bethle-
hem, spent several days the past
week with relatives here.
Earl T. Plummer, of Chester, was
a Saturday and Sunday guest of
Isaac VanPelt and family.
Mrs. Charles Roberts and daugh.
ter, Mrs. j, Wesley Oblinger, were
Trenton shoppers this week.
Miss Lorraine Britton, of Philadel-
phia, was Sunday guest of her
grandmother, Mrs. Thomas Magill.
Mrs. Charles Rosen and daughter
Kathryn were entertained in Phila-
delphia a few days at the weekend.
Mrs Anna Ramsey returned home
Monday from a few days visit with
relatives and friends in Philadelphia.
Mrs. Nora Kerwin and Frank
Kerwin were Philadelphia visitors
on Saturday and Sunday, with rela-
tives.
Mrs. Charles Kurtz and children,
of Altoona, are spending some time
with her parents, DR.. and Mrs. j.
E. Scott.
Mrs. John Simon spent Saturday
and Sunday with her son and daugh-
ter-in-law. Mr.. and Mrs. George
Fizell, at Glenside.
Mrs. Luther D. Gresham and
daughter, of Lansdale, are spending
some time with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Arthur Tettermer.
Mrs. Cassie Krewsen has rein
pushed housekeeping and will make
her home with her daughter, Mrs.
Frank DiIts, on Ferry street.
The pie and cake sale for the ben
eft of the Presbyterian choir held in
the old bakery on Saturday was
great success, amounting to SIT.
Mrs. Harry Trego and two sons,
of husband, returned home Tues
day, after spending several days
with Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Pidcock.
Mr.. and Mrs. George H. Ely will
entertain the Solebury Farmers
Club at their home in the Solebury
Valley on Saturday afternoon ans.
evening.
Donald Magill returned to his
studies at Hatboro High School Mon
day, after being confined to the
house the past week with a severe
cold.
About thirty members of the
Queen Esther Circle enjoyed sled
ride to Buckingham on Tuesday ev-
ening, and dined at the General
Greene Inn. They were chaperoned
by Rev. and Mrs H. A. Sawyer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carroll R. Williams,
of Philadelphia, whose summer home
is in Solebury, announce the mar
riage of their daughter, Catharine
Boyd, to Joseph Burt Lathrop, lieu
tenant in field artillery, U. S. A., on
Saturday. in Philadelphia.
A very interesting and instructive
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u. .. .. -Onlo
U. S. A., Medical Dept.
Co. A, 326th U. S. Infantry
Co. A, 326th U. S. infantry
U. S. S. "Leviathan"
Co. B, 21st U. S. Engineers
Machine gun CO., 311th U. S. Infantry
U. S. Naval Reserve Force
Co. F, 311th U. S. Infantry
Co. E, 21st U. S. Engineers
Co. F, 311th U. S. Infantry
Hath U. S. Infantry
Battery E, 350th Field Artillery
Co. E, 18th U. S. Infantry
U. S. A., Aviation Division
Co. B, 5O2d U. S. Engineers, A. E. F.
Co. F, 311th U. S. Infantry
Co. E, 18th U. S. Infantry
Co. F, 311th U. S. Infantry
U. S. S. Louisiana"
Co. F, 26th U. S. Infantry, A. E. F.
CO. B, 502d U. S. Engineers, A. E. F.
3O3d U. S. Engineers
U. S. S. "New York"
U. S. Naval Reserve Force
Co. B, 303d U. S. Engineers
U. S. Marine Corps
Co. C, 104th U. S. Engineers
u. S. Naval Training Sta.
Co. E, 18th u. S. Infantry
Co. F, 311th U. S. Infantry
U. S. A, Aviation Division
Co. F, 311th u. S. Infantry
Co. F, 311th U. S. Infantry
Battery C, 18th Field Artillery
U. S. Infantry
Co. F, 311th U. S. Infantry
&c Co., 9Th Regt., U. S. M. c., A. E. F.
U. S. S. alabama"
Co. E, 18th U. S. Infantry
114th U. S. Infantry
10Th Ry. Engineers, A. E. F.
Co. d, 35th U. S. Engineers
Co. D, 22d U. S. Engineers
U. S. Infantry
10Th U. S. Engineers, A. E. F.
Co. E, 18th U. S. Infantry
Co. L, 328th U. S. Infantry
Naval Reserve Force
U. S. Naval Reserve Force
Co. F, 311th U. S. Infantry
CO. C, 303d U. S. Engineers
Co. B, 5O2d u S. Engineers, A. E. F.
Co. F, 311th U. S. Infantry
U. S. Cavalry
303d U. S. Engineers, Train Hdq. Co.
Co. F, 311th U. S. Infantry
Co. A, machine gun battalion
Co. F, 311th U. S. Infantry
U. S. S. "Elfrida," N. R. F.
326th U. S. Infantry
U. S. N, Training Station
M. o. R. c., 18th Ry. Eng, A. E. F.
18th U. S. Infantry
Field Secy., U. S. A.
326th u S. Infantry
Co. F, 311th U. S. Infantry
U. S. Infantry
21st U. S. Engineers
Co. F, 311th U. S. Infantry
U. S. S. Baltimore"
Co. F, 311th U. S. Infantry
$40 U. S. Infantry
Co. E, 18th U. S. Infantry
U. S, S, Olympia"
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of the different crosses and their i'm
port. He also told of the organiza-
ton of the first Red Cross by Flor
ence Nightingale in 1859. This was
especially appropriate as the cam
paign for Red Cross members is on
the go this week.
The Queen Esther Circle, after
their regular order of business, re-
sorted to a Christmas social, each
member bringing gift. One of
the girls Miss Blanche Dilts, repre-
sented Santa Claus and came in
carrying a pack on her back and dis
tributed a present to each one, caus-
ing great amusement and merri-
ment. After the entertainment re-
freshments were served.
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New Hope Presbyterian Church,
M. E. Bartholomew, pastor-Ser-
vices for next Sunday: Morning
worship II a. M, Christmas sermon
by pastor; 7.30 Christmas entertain
ment, special music and illustrated
Christmas story. At this service we
will bring our white gifts for the
King; Sunday school at 10 a. M;
Christian Endeavor Tuesday evening;
Prayer meeting Friday evening.
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WAR WORK BAZAAR---Continued

SCHOOLS, cnOWuer, muSn ana eats, Dy
the Baptist church ladies'; pies and
cakes, Presbyterian church ladies';
fancy articles by the Catholic, Meth
odist and Presbyterian ladies'; sta
tionery and novelties, by the w. C.
I. u; plain sewing by both Baptist
and Methodist.
There are program girls, peanut
girls, cone girls and pop corn girls;
specialties by the Catholic club; all
sorts of things by toe Lambertville
manufacturers; war-cake receipts.
See 'em in notion" and Santa
Klaus who is it?
The program includes selections
by the Citizens band; Christmas
tree and Santa Klaus, by the Kalmia
Club; selections by quartet; war
breads, by Presbyterian church; re-
citations; good eats from the coun-
try, by the Countryside club; solos;
candy kitchins, Catholic and Episco-
pal churches; The Funny Little Man
war work ice cream, by fire depart
ment, duets, and other features.
The committee in charge of the
war work, as appointed under the
authority of the City Commissioners,
Mayor Theo. Balderston, S. w.
Cochran and Andrew Foltz, comprises
George w. Prall, chairman; Marvin
j. Holcombe, Secretary; Charles M.
Dilts, treasurer; bazarr committee,
Thos. j. Walker, chairman; George
w. Prall, H. R. Wilbur, George w.
Massey, Thos. Mountford, Raym ond
Rev, Theron Lee. George w.
Arnett, Rev. Henry w. Armstrong,
Rev. DR.. Geo, Boddis, Theo. Cox,
Alfred L. Crimson, Edward w. Hunt,
Geo. r. Kline. Rev. VIM. H. Lynch,
DR.. Leon T. Salmon, Thos. Thorne,
DR.. l.. c. Williams, Rev. Edward A.
Wells. The bazaar will continue to-
afternoon and evening.
The Lambertville boys now in
Uncle Sans service, who will ben
eft either directly or indirectly thru
the bazaar and its contribution to
the Red Cross, are
Agin, George
Akers, j. Bradley
Bailey, Frank
Bailey, Herbert
Barber, C. Burton
Barlow, Prall
Bell, Frank
Bloomer, Charles J.
Brooks, Benjamin H.
Casey, Nicholas j.,
Cavanaugh, Frank A.
Cavanaugh, John d.
Clark, Raymond E.
Conover, Cornelius
Conover, Norman S.
Dicrescenzo, Albert
Dilts, Douglas, Corporal
Ennis, John T., Sergeant
Finan, William j.
Ford, Norman
Ford, William T.
Gazello, Dominick
Hackney, C. Orville
Hath, Paul C,
Hamill, Albert
Hamill, j. Raymond
Hamill, Russell, Corporal
Helms, Charles, Sergeant
Hildebrand, Lewis L.
Hill, Walter M.
Hocombe, Albert Stanley
Hocombe, Albert w.
Holcombe, Earl
Holcombe, John E.
Huber, George A.
Hurley, John A.
Johnson, Horace Q.
Keller, Raymond
Larue, Horace
Lawyer, Harry
Mcclure, Francis
Masterson, Augustus W.,
Masterson, Edward j.
Masterson, Raymond J.
Masterson, William ].
Mellick, Percy A.
Mitchell, John H.
Monteverde, Lewis,
Moonan, John C.
Moonan, Robert
Myers, Harry
Narducci, Eugene J.
Ponniccia, Antonio
Price, Egbert K, Sergeant
Quandell, Lamar
Quandell, Lloyd,
Raphael, Harry, Supply Sergt.
Reading, Welland
Reed, Benjamin R.
Reed, Kenneth V.
Serridge, Francis
Sharpe, John, Gunner
Smith, E. Howard, Lieut..
Sproat, Jesse
Thorne, T. Bradford
Toscanni, James
Twomey, Cornelius M.
Van Camp Russell P.
Van Horn, Lloyd A.
Van Horn, Richard H.
Walker, Reginald w.
Williamson, William w.
U;1,o,o+ cbIo1
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-12-21
Only One "BROMO OUININE"
70 get the genuine, call for full name LAXATIVE
IROMO QUININH. Look for signature o3 II, W.
ihOFH n. Cures q Cold in Ono Day. Soc
Hezekiah's PROGRESS.

Speaking at a dinner, Senator Por.
ter ]. McCumber of North Dakota re.
ferred to the progress of the farmer,
and smilingly recalled this little story
Uncle Josh was on his way to town
one afternoon, and CHANGING to see his
friend Abner working In an adjacent
field, he paused for a small chat owe,
the barbed wire fence. incidentally
Inquiry was made after Abner's eldest
son, HeZekiah.
"Hezekiah is IN the city now," an
'wered Abner with some show of
pride. Been there most year"
"Yes, know that" returned Uncle
Josh. what I was wonderin' was
which side he was on"
(Which side he was on" queried Alb.
ner, with a puzzled expression. q
don't just quite git ye."
What l mean, Abner," explained
Uncle Josh, "is Hezekiah buyin gold
bricks yet, or has he started in to sell
'em?"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-12-21
HOW TO POT HOUSE PLANTS
prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture)

! prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
Here are suggestions which should
help the amateur gardener who wishes
to pot plants in the flower garden and
bring them into the house for the win
ter. The following equipment and ma
terial is needed: A workbench, suitable
soil, coarse soil sieve, 4 sprinkling
can, a shovel, material for drainage,
pots, and plants. The soil should be
rich in plantfood and should contain
sufficient sand and organic matter to
prevent any tendency for it to harden
or bake upon drying. When moist, it
should fall apart readily when squeezed
in the hand. Equal parts of good
'oan, clean sand, and well-rotted ma
lure or compost, all worked through a
coarse sieve, will prove suitable for
ordinary work. The following may be
essentials of good pottfng:
(a) The soil should be moderately
moist throughout; (b) the pots should |
oe clean and soaked in water before
using; (c) the pots should be of a size
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-12-21

To get results the new wood of each
years growth must be cut away and
the bush made to send forth new Wig.
orous stems from the roots or the old
top.
In this way a great number of flow.
ers can be secured. One thousand
bushes three years old will produce
10000 flowers.
The blooms unfold slowly and a full
month is given to cut and market the
flowers.
Being nearly imperishable, no great
effort Is required to secure the crop.
Often the flowers need only to be cut
each two or three days. The value
of the crop depends upon getting the
flowers very late or very early in the
season, therefore the far south, and
far north sections are the locations
best adapted to the cultivation for
profit.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-12-21
TOLD IN A PARAGRAPH

An English street railway is expert.
menting with cars that take current
from overhead wires and run on rails
as far as they are laid, then complete
their journeys over ordinary roads, us
ing storage batteries for power.
An individual life raft invented in
Germany is provided with compass
in front and an intermittent light, op-
Grated by motor, which, like the light,
is supplied by a storage battery, in the
rear.
Five years ago the pupils in the
Kwanju Girls Industrial school, Korea,
never had seen crochet needle, yet
they have acquired such proficiency in
cr0cheting that they have earned about
S40G for the self-help department Of
the school.
Capt. Luis Llanso of Spain arrived
in San Francisco recently with his
wife and nine children. The children
We're born in seven different countries:
Montserrat, in Spain; Estela, in Portu-
gal Joaquin, in United States; Luis,
in China; Francisco, in Japan; Josefa
and Mar In Manila. and Nuria and
Jaime, twins, on the Pacific.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-12-21
A Sahara of Ice.

The interior of Greenland, or the
inland ice, is so cold that it gets virtu-
ally no rain, says Robert e. Peary in
the Century, and the snow does not
have chance to melt in the long sun
lit day. So the snow has accumu-
lated century after century until it
has filled the valleys, and not only lev
eled them with the tops of mountains.
but the highest of these mountain
tops have been gradually buried hun
dreds and even thousands of feet in
Ice and snow. Today the interior of
Greenland, with its 1900 miles in
length and its 700 miles in maximum
width, rising from 1000 to 1900 feet
or more above sea level, is simply an
and unbroken plateau of COM
pacted snow.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-12-21
Concealed Weanons-

"Did you hear! The Crosbys were
so generous as to give their sedan
to the Red Cross. 1 wonder what was
the matter with It."
MY dear, you do knit beautifully,
but what is it?"
"The major looks so formidable in
his uniform, doesn't he? Too bad. the
poor man never wore it at home"
Here comes Miss Veriplain in her
red-white-and-blue hat. Who would
have thought anything could become
her so well !"
'You will go from house to house
canvassing for the Liberty loan. Miss
Stout. My dear, you have the right
idea"
"You put down 20 quarts of beans?
Splendid! Splendid! 1 do so hope
they'll keep for you this time"
'"The Red Cross is to be congratu-
lated, my dear, in securing the serv-
ices of woman of your years and
long ience."-Edmund J. Kiefer
in Life.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-12-21
FLOWER FARMING FOR PROFIT

Few persons realize the enormous
money value Of flowers sold In the
great cities of the United States. The
demand for choice flowers never fails
to consume all that may be offered.
They must be good, though.
The city man who wishes flowers
for special decoration does not care
how much they cost If they are of the
best that can be grown.
/ Flower-farming is an agreeable oc-
cupation. But little hired help is re-
quired. The costly adjuncts of or
/ dinary farming are not required; such
as curing, drying, housing and stor-
ing' all necessary in the raising of the
standard farm crops.
The plants rapidly increase in value,
and once Il place is going it continues
to increase in productive capacity with
each succeeding year.
The peony is one of the hardest OF
plants and should be grown on the
Hover farm. 1t is hardy plant, with
standing the most severe winters with
out protection.
The Chinese varieties are later In
blooming than the native varieties.
These are the products of centuries of
crossing and have in the blooms all
of the delicate shades so popular in
decorative art.
They must be heavily manured to |
produce a profusion of flowers, and
the ground must be well stirred so
that it will hold moisture around the |
roots of the plant.
The blooms are fragrant, lasting and
durafSe and when properly prepared
can be successfully shipped 800 to 700
miles to market.
The flowers are produced one at a
time and this makes it advisable to
have large number of the plants of
the same variety, so that quantity
of the blooms can be cut each day In
the same state of development.
The plants remain in the ground
from five to seven years, when they
must be taken up and divided.
If planted in the fall the peony will
bloom the first season, but young
plants are apt to be too quick in get
ting out in the spring and the buds
may be injured by late frost. The
older plants are more sedate and keep ,
under cover of the ground several +
lays longer and are rarely touched by
he frOsts. !
1t costs upward OF 1000 to pro- :
luce an acre of full blooming plants. =,
A field-grown cut flower must be G
arge and durable. 1t must have a =
ong stem and some green foliage
t must be a single flower perched
N the top of the stem.
The hardy Hydrangea fills all these
and besides is very suit t.
bic for the field cultivation, requiring f
o fertilizing in ordinary trucking soil. t,
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-12-21

suited to the plant; (d) pots foul
inches in diameter and larger should be
hlled one-fourth full of pieces of
broken pots to provide for drainage ::
(e) the plants should be placed at the
proper depth and in the center of the
pot; f) the soil should be filed about
the roots carefully by hand and then
made compact by pressure with the
thumbs; go the plants should be wa
tered thoroughly after potting and then
placed away from direct light for a day
or two G=til they are established. If
the soil has been properly compacted
about the roots, it will be possible to
remove the pot by turning it upside
dGTn and giving the edge slight lar.
the soil remaining compact. AS the
plants grow so that their roots fill the
pots they should be shifted to larger
pots, If they are intended for inside
use. Practice in shifting may be given
along with potting if there are not,
bound plants on hand.
High school teachers of agriculture
who have not received the document
dealing with home Horticulture may ad-
dress the states relations service of
this department.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-12-21

An American physicist believes that
the advantages of camoufage-or at
least certain kinds of camoufage-
can be overcome by an opposing army
by providing its airmen and other
scouts with colored glasses or screens
of contrasting colors to use with field
glasses, notes Popular Mechanics
Magazine. When the colors Of these
screens are properly selected, uni
forms and other objects may be made
to appear in contrast, instead of in
harmony, with their surroundings. he
claims. Camoufage as practiced in
many cases is accomplished largely by
the use of paint, objects being given
shades, that blend with the Landscape.
In spite of certain difficulties that
would arise, it is believed that such
efforts at concealment could be rem
dered quite Intellectual by the means
stated
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-12-21

A striking curiosity near Cintra,
Portugal, is an ancient convent built
partially in the interior of an immense
rock, says Wide World. The convent
is situated in Il very isolated spot, and
was formerly surrounded by dense
wood of cork trees. The convent is
known as the Convent de COrtica, or
Cork Convent" for the reason that
the monks cells, chapel, kitchen and
refectory are all lined with cork to
keep out the damp From 1860 to
1884 the convent was inhabited by an
order of monks known as the Capu-
chins, remarkable feature of their
religion being that except on certain
occasions silence was obligatory. Since
1884, when the mOnasteries and con-
vents of Portugal were dissolved, the
convent has not been occupied, though
it Is open to the public, a caretaker
residing there for this purpose.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-12-21

The use of the word "stuff" in the
presidents Thanksgiving proclama-
tion, comments the Brooklyn Eagle,
furnishes the discord needed to empha-
size the harmony of the flowing rhe-
toric. In effect the president says 1--WE
are the stuff" If our enemies twist
it we shall not care. James G. Blaine
was called the "plumed knight" by In
gersoll, and it passed for fine com
pliment but Blaine thought it suggest
ed the white feather" If the presi-
dent thinks his boys are the stuff, we
shall all agree with him. Here's where
the kaiser gets lesson in thorough
bass.