The Conshohocken Recorder, December 24, 1901

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READERS.
More men than usual.
IfOTe dlSgl R "ling.
Kan1 DII-S in ■ peoh of troubk over
deciding.
A child who wanted t" see BanU in
pa rson. .
John Tracy Is confined to Ills homo
by Illness.
Mary Dlnneht arrived home to day
from the Municipal Hospital.
The mills of the l.ongmead Iron
Wmks closed on Saturday to make re-tails.
The members of Hie Baptist Church
will meet cm .Monday evening to select
a pastor.
Careful young mothers ai aa
I" ; Kris should forget sets of hire for
dulls.
George Heuz accompanied Sheriff
J. K. Light to Huntingdon Rcforma-toi
v last week.
BanU ciaus in the window of Rob-erts
& Meredith is a great attraetton
to the children.
Ready-made neckwear at moderate
prices that Is truly beautiful and like-ly
to lie li ruining.
To judge by appearances, anything
from a scrubbing brush to a piano sells
tor a Christmas gift.
Down quilts In silk and satin are
gems, but thoso of satine are not to be
or under.
The Christmas celebration of the
Presbyti nun Sunday School win be
nlng.
■ how became be-calmed
in the region devoted i» the
sale of I( minine underwear.
The regular meeting of the Glrl'l
Friendly Society has been postponed
ling until New Year's
Eve.
A prayer meeting will In held In the
Methodist Church at six o'clock 01
Cnrlstmas morning. It will be led by
lie- ry i"i ei
The mills Of the Alan Wood Compa-ny
clost i oi Saturday for two woeka
to make necessary repairs and to take
account of stock.
The trills of the J. Wood & Bros.
Company closed down to-night until
the new year. Stock will be taken and
necessary repairs made
Charles Lyle fell over the railway of
the steps going from Fayette street to
.he Pennsylvania station and was
painfully injured. He was taken to
Charity Hospital.
The sixty-ninth birthday of Mrs.
Margaret Jones was celebrated on
Sunday at her home on Eight ■
and Hallowell street, by a gathgrjng
of her children and grandchildren.
Mr. ami \i Matthias gave a recep-tion
at their hou tie street on
Friday in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Walter
Smith, who were recently married. Mr.
and Mrs. Smith will reside in Boston.
Thf snow storm of Monday did not
amount to much. The sun to-day rap-
Idly removed all vestige of It. The
thermometer at noon to-day register-ed
fifty degrees. It looks as If It would
be a green Christmas.
There will be no inciting of Hie Lit-erary
ociety on the Ml h Inst. The
next meeting will be held on January
Sth. 1902. at which time Plot, King, of
Istown, will give a lecture on ge-
An Invitation to be present Is
extended to the public.
Tne following have been elected of-ficers
of Frltt Ixxlge. No. 420. I*. and A.
M.:
\v M.. s. Gordon Smyth.
B. W., Oscar T. Wood,
J. W., Gtorge F. l-ongncie.
'I reai urer, Ri ese P
rotary, Harry H Heywood,
l(e| tentative, c. B, Hippie,
Trustees, James Hall,
W;l lam Cleaver,
Elbridgi McFarland.
Saturday night will be a gala one
for the lirenieu. when lianner and Bag
will be presented to them by the ladies
oi the town. The American flag Is of
sllK with sold cord and brass eagle on
stafT, as generally used for parade pur-poses,
while the banner is suitably In-scribed
In gilt with a painting of a
tlretnnn with a child in bis arms, des-cending
a ladder from a burning build-ing.
Tlie banner will be presented in
behalf of the ladies by Hon. James II.
Holland, while Rev. II. T. String, of
the Methodist Church, will present the
Itsg. In behalf of the firemen Burgess
Ulrlck will receive the banner and
Councilman John Campbell the flag.
The banner and flag were made by
horstmnn, of Philadelphia, and is ex-pected
to arrive the later part of this
•week. There are ten ladies who have
i n specially Interested In getting
these silken tokens. These lndii
'•.rs. Miles Stemple. president; Miss
Sarah Jones, secretary: Mrs kfayall
May, treasurer; Mrs. Joseph U
s.er, tary; Mrs. Thomas Murray. Mrs.
Lwellyn Jones. Mrs. Joseph Mason, Jr.,
Mrs. William Horn. Miss Lizzie Rupp.
Mrs. Benjamin Lobb. The presenta-tion
will take place at eight O'clool
i.uneheon will be served afterward.
A wilderness of toys.
Some wonderfully perfect birds
among the toy animals.
The Sunday afternoon lectures In St.
tatthew'l Church by Rev. Mr. McSor-ley
on the Apostles' Creed are largely
attended. Many of the audience are
non-Catholics, as the meetings are free
in all regardless Of religious convic-tions.
The Christmas celebration 6f the
Baptist Sunday School was held In the
Church on last evening. A cantata
The vision of Santa Claus" was
sung. After the singing , boxes of
candy and other gifts were distributed
to the pupils of the school.
No one can reasonably hope for good
he !,,, unless his „owels move once
sach day. When this Is not attended
to. disorders of the stomach arise, bil-iousness,
headache, dyspepsia and plies
soon follow. If you win to avoid these
ailments keep your bowels regular by
taking Chamberlain's Stomach and
Liver Tablets when required. They are
so easy to take and mild and gentle In
effect. For sale by Win. Neville,
Candy Toys, our own make, at IS
cents a pound, 2 pounds for 25 cents.
At Bern's.
Pop corn, Fruit and Nuts at Benz's.
CHRISTMAS JOYS
Down across the ages echo joyous
■trains of the angel voices which
Chanted o'er Judean plains that mes-sage
of "peace and goodwill to men."
Still, amid the discords of dispalr and
wrong, that sweet chorus rings out,
i oiiipi lling men to look back across
time to the manger and the Babe of
Bethlehem, and remember that that
till lives and will live
us long as doeB Earth.
And as those three Kings, the wise
men of the East, gather their gifts as
soon as the Star of Bethlehem appear-ed,
and Journeyed with them and pre-si
at) il them on the natal day, so on
mis approaching anniversary of that
day will young and old present to dear
ones those gifts which they began to
prepare or obtain with the first signs
oi Christinas.
it is this atmosphere of friendliness,
good cheer, and true happiness which
makes real Christmas Joy. Those who
' ir ai much as they give and are
1 ai this season lose all part In it,
for
" I hat man may last, but never lives,
\.no all receives and nothing gives;
\\ noni none can love, whom none can
thank,
Hi's blot, creation's blank."
.-'uch-n one should live back In the
uark ages, when Christmas was no
Christmas. Then It was the practice
to owe no one anything; if able, to take
wnat one wished, but, at any rate, nev-er
give anything that was not earned.
The children of those later generations
.• d all that and made the day one
ol goodwill.
It is their spirit which animates and
binds all Christian lands together by
Uae bonds on this one day. no matter
What difference! or feelings may exist
at other times*during the year. The
Italian Child's "Bambino, or Chrlst-cmld;"
the Russian's "Saint Nicholas,"
Hie German's "Krlss Kringle," "Noel"
of the Frenchman's petite uns, and
•tin I a Clans" of the sturdy, British
youngster, are all understood by each
other on Christmas Day, It Is In this
land of many nations that the Amer-ican
child understands all and uses all,
a characteristic from one country, a
custom for another, a narse from a
third
It has a Christmas tree, elaborated
from a land across the sea. On It Is
1 representations of angels, stars
nnd candles and toys, in memory of
Hi" announcement, the shining guide,
and the precious gifts of that first
ChrlBtmas. It fondles dolls or woolly
nnlmals. sucks striped 'candy canes"
and char candy animals (made In
try of the Shepherd's crooks and
flocks), eats confections, has decorated
cakes, hangs upMts lockings, decorates
i lie tireplace with holly and the door-lintel
with mistletoe, believes In the
reindeer and sllgh and "the Jolly old
fellow whose round belly shakes when
ho laughs like a bowl of Jelly," and
t i bed very early on Christmas
eve. All these customs and things
have been adapted and enlarged with
the customary energy of Young Amer-ica.
Of course the day is peculiarly one
of feasting, the word Christmas mean-ing
nothing more than the Saxon
"feast of Christ" At many a board
the family gathers complete for the
only time In the twelve months. Also
It is that the shock comes back at that
time when a vacant chair Is noticed,
which was flllnd by a friend at the pre-ceding
feast, and sympathy goes out to
others who weave the holly round the
Christmas hearth with trembling fing-ers.
And then there is a thought for
the sailors on the stormy seas, the
friends scattered In many parts of the
earth, and the ones who have no home
nor any Christmas. It Is this mixture
Of Joy and remembrance and goodwill
which makes the celebrtalon what It Is.
THE TROLLEY SUIT
The Court yesterday Issued a rule in
tne case of the Burgess and,Council of
Conshohoeken vs. Conshohocken Rail-way
Co. et ai. BUI will be disi ■
provided the Conshohocken Hallway
Co., or Its lessee, within forly-Iive days
erect guard wires as provided In ordin-ance
of January 10, 1894, otherwise In-junction
will be granted as prayed for.
This looks as if the Court believer
tne company has a right to operate Its
Chestnut Hill cars In this borough, and
tnat It can charge five cents for each
passenger.
KINDI.V TAKE NOTICE that Ely's
l.iipii.l Cream Balm Is of great benefit
to those sufferers from nasal catarrh
who cannot Inhale freely through the
nose, but must treat themselves by
spraying. Liquid ('ream Balm dlffere
in form, but not medicinally from the
, Halm I hit baa stood for years
at the head of remedies for catarrh.
11 may be used In any nasal atomiser.
The price, including a spraying tube,
. i is Sold by druggists and mail-ed
by Ely Brothers, 66 Warren Street,
New York.
For toys of every description, go to
Kehoe's 217-222 Hector street. Opp.
Catholic School.
BeSI hats for least money and thous-ands
to select from. Go to Tracey,
the Hat'er. Norrlstown.
Following our usual custom, a pres-ent
will bo given to each customer, at
McCoy's Drug Store, Fayette streot
above Elm, on Tuesday, December 84.
Following our usual custom, s pres-ent
will be given to each customer, at
McCoy's Drug Store, Fayette street
above Elm. on Tuesday, December 24.
BASKET BALL.
The Y. M. A. A. continued to kt ep
up a good thing on Saturday night and
smothered the Holy Family team of
Manayunk by the score of 48 to 8, In
one of the easiest games of the se ison,
A glimpse at the line-up of the Holy
Family team warranted a better game
that they put up but they were simply
outclassed nnd the story is easily told.
The line-up:
I. M. A. A. Pos. Holy Family
Mullen attack Dunn
Murphy attack O'Neill
Kelly centre Smith
lliishen defense H. Bulger
Huzzard defense Brognn
Referee—Robert Crawford.
• e s
The Norrlstown team trounced the
Penn Wheelmen on Saturday night for
the second time this season, by the
score of 16 to 10. The line-up:
Norrlstown Pos. Penn.
Duncan attack Zimmerman
hill attack Gammon
Fredericks centre Houghton
Shaw Math'is
Rambo guard Bckhardl
Moore guard Hoi mes
Goals from field—Duncan 5: Rambo.
Ijammon, Holmes. Boughton 2. Oails
from offense— Mathers, Duncan, 3,
Zimmerman. Offences—Gammon 2.
Holmes 4, Duncan, Hill 3. Mom,
Rambo 7, Fredericks. Shaw 3, Eckhnrdt
Zimmerman. Referee—Walter Bald-win.
Time of halves—20 minutes
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On Thursday night the local trnni
will play the crack Pennsylvania Ath-letic
Club and a good contest is sure to
be the result. The preliminary will be
between Orner's Stars nnd the Crystal
*. C.
• • •
On Saturday night an attraction that
should make things interesting for the
local team will be the Collingswood
team which Is composed of Hnos' Penn
Treaty players. This team Is one of
the best amateur team in New Jet ■■ \
sad as they are not strangers In this
borough there ought to be a general
turning out of the fans to see the con-test.
This team played here last year
and the game Is still fresh In the minds
of the spectators and there should In
no holding back on Saturday night.
1 ne preliminary contest on Saturday
night will be between Merlon A. C. and
l.ulf Mills.
CHRISTMAS SERVICES
WHAT is rjonra ON AMONG THE
DIFFERENT INSTITUTIONS Dl B
[NO l ill-: VULBTIDB SEASON.
NEW COURT HOUSE
The cost of the enlargement of the
court house was figured down to the
1300,000 mark at a conference held on
b rlday afternoon of architects Scher-merhorn
& Relnhold. with Judges
Swartz, Weand and Solly, the County
Commissioners, and the committee of
the Bar Association, at Norrlstown.
The plans agreed upon are practical-ly
as given in the newspapers recently
Including an extension qf the present
building In rear of present structure to
within a few feet of the line of the
Preston property.
The court business will be done ex-clusively
on the srond floor, where the
tnree court rooms will be located, to-gether
with the private rooms for the
Judges, witness rooms. Jury rooms, the
lay library and offices of the Clerks of
Courts and of the District Attorney.
The first floor will be devoted to the
business offices, all connected with cor-ridors.
The basement will be fitted up
for use of transcribers and other neces-sary
clerical work.
The basement as well as the second
noor will be reached by winding stair-ways.
Of course the stairs leading to
the upper story will be more elaborate.
The furnishings, It Is understood,
will not be at all prodigal but substan-tial
and moderniy convenient In every
way. The' casings or filling apart-ments
will be fire-proof.
The new arrangement will give
greater space (now much needed) for
tne various offices with private apart-ments
for each official.
The Christinas eniei taiiiiuciil of the
Methodist Church will be held on
I iiursday evening In the church. A
vi ty good program has been pr,
and it promises to be very Interesting.
• • •
Christmas exercises will be heid In
most of the schools to-day, and this af-ternoon
the schools will close for the
holidays, to reopen January 2. In ma-ny
instances, elaborate entertainments
i,live been prepared In which, not only
the children, but, also teachers* and
School Directors will take part. In
some sections well laden Christmas
will be the delight of hundreds of
little ones, who will be the recipients
el Kris Kringle's gifts.
The celebration in the G. A. R. Hall
a great success. The room was
crowded and the entertainment wag de-lightful.
• • •
ST. MARK'S CHURCH
The following Is the program to be
given by St. Mark's Lutheran Sunday
School at their Christmas entertaln-whlch
will be held this evening:
Processional.
Singing by school, "Beautiful
Eastern Star."
nslve Reading.
Prayer.
Beautiful Star by Primary Class.
Singing by school, "The Stars
are gently Sleeping."
Recitation Ada Bchlli hter
1. liber's Cradle Song. ...Ada Eldrldge
Singing "The Dear Stranger."
Christmas Joys by Primary Class.
' The First Christmas,"'by Miss Allio
Messimer's Class
solo. "I do not know," Maria Swelmler
■ hrlstinas Hells Primary
Singing, "While the World is sleeping'
Address W. Anson Moser
<!P""!ing8.
hut ion of gifts.
Bi "i diction.
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CKfllSTMAS AT CALVARY CHURCH
The following is the musical pro-gram
which will bo rendered at Cal-vary
Church to-morrow. This musical
program will also be repeated next
Sunday morning:
Morning Prayer.
Processional ..O Come all ye Faithful
Vaults Oliver In C
Te Detim Field in I)
Jubilate Deo Tours In E. Flat
Holy Communion.
Introit, Angels from the realms
1 of Glory.
Kyrle Eyre
Uloria Tlbi King
Hymn. Sing. O Sing the'blessed morn
Anthem, Glory to God In the
Highest, Simper
Sursum Corda Gower
Sanctus Gouno.
olorla In Excelsis Ellwanger
l!,i,".sionnl. Hark the Herald
Angels Sing, Dykeo
Gloria Excelsis from Mozart's
12th Mass.
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CALVARY CHURCH
WEST CONSHOHOCKtN THE CHORAL SOCIETY
U'BHS OF INTEREST CONCERNING
i . i. DOINGS OF THE PEOPLE IN
01 K BISTER BOROUGH, »
DEATHS
M'MANCS. On December 23, 1901,
Katie, wife of William J. McManus, ag-ed
21 years.
The relatives and friends of the fam-ily,
also St. John the Baptist Ladies'
T. A. B. Society, and Sodality of the B.
V. M., are respectfully invited to attend
the funeral, on Thursday morning, at
8.30 o'clock, from her late res! i
4332 Crcsson street. Mannyunk. Re-quiem
Mass at St. John the Baptist
Cnurch. Interment at St. Matthew's
Cemetery, Conshohocken.
Tuesday, Christmas Eve: Christmas
s.-rvlces for children and friends,
' M. Boxes of Confectionery nnd
Church attendance prizes will be given
out.
Wednesday. Christmas Day: Holy
Communion. 6.30 A. M. Second Ser-vice
and celebration with sermon, 10
A. M. Offerings for aged and Infirm
Thursday S. Stephen's: Service 9.00
A. M. Festival for Intermediate and
Infant Schools. 3.00 P. M.
Friday, St. John's: Service 9.00 A. M.
U for Bible Clases, Choir and
i pper School, 7.15 P. M.
unlay. Holy Innocents: Service 9
A. M.
Sunday after Christmas, Celebration
7.45. Morning Service with Christ-mas
music 10.30. Special Preacher.
Rev. R. W. Korsyth, Rector of St. Mat-thew's
Church. Philadelphia.
A Ifetry Christmas to all our read-ers.
The stores and other business placeB
will close at 11.80 to-morrow morning.
A marriage license has been issued
Mr. Hugh C. Dellaven and MisB Anna
1,. Mattson, both of Gulf Mills.
Services will be held In the Holi-ness
Christian Church to-morrow
morning at 5 o'clock in charge of Ri I
1. I', lluuseman.
In the different grades of the Pub
In Schools this afternoon entertain-ments
will be held after which tin
pupils will be dismissed for thsll an-nual
Christmas vacation, which will
last a week.
Prof. Ralph Johnson, principal of the
High School of this borough, is ms
atlons for u teacie rs' la titute to
lie In lii on Millvll 1. A 111;;.
dresses will be delivered, including oni
on history by Si myth, and
another on High School, by Prof. J.
Frank Myers, of Arilinore. Thai
be class drills and a spelling In e in tin
evening, it will be the Brsl time an,
Institute of the kind will be held, and
Prof. Johnson is anxious for its .sm-ile
will deliver an address on
the occasion.
The great elm of historic association
lit West Conshohocken, underneath
which the late Hartley Campbell wrote
several of his plays, is no more. Tin
high winds of Inst week destroyed it
and hundreds of curiosity seekers since
that time have carried pnrts of it away
as souvenirs. Standing on the west
hank of the Schuylklll. within a few
feet of the water's edge, the sheltering
tree erstwhile afforded the author an
iuenl and reposeful retreat. Among the
plays which were composed under it
are "The White Slave." "Siberia,"
"Fate," and "My Partner." After an
•arly-mornlng row on the river It was
Campbell's wont to He under the tree
and write until breakfast time. When
writing In the library of his home,
within a stone's throw from the tree.
the author never seemed contented,
and only obtained satisfactory results
when working under the elm. His In-itials.
"B. C," were carved on the
trunk.—Phila. Times.
The season for Christmas celebra-tions
is at hand. The opening event
will occur this evening when the schol-ars
of the Gulf Christian Sunday school
will present n most interesting cantata.
The interior of the church has been
nod for the occasion and nothing
has been left undone to make the af-fair
a success. On Friday evening the
Dalilgomingo Baptist Church will hold
their Christmas festival. The pro-gram
will consist of reading, recita-tions
nnd dialogues, The choir will
special selections appropriate
to the occasion. On Saturday evening
the Holiness Christian Sunday School
enti rtainment will be held. The Inter-ior
of the church is being handsomely
lecorated with laurel and evergreen,
and will nlso be ueantlfully Illuminated
with different colored lights. The pro-gram
Is conceded to be the best render-ed
on such an occasion in the history
of the church. The usualy distribu-tion
of gifts will take place. The doors
will open at 7 o'clock and the enter-tainment
will begin at 7.45 sharp. On
Wednesday evening. January 1st. the
Free Baptist will give their entertain-ment
by the production of the cantata
"Santa Claus' Carnival." Rehearsals
are being held almost nightly in order
to make the best presentation possible
li is one of the best cantatas obtainable
ind those lu charge are potting forth
extra efforts to have this entertainment
surpass anything of the kind svi hi Id
in the borough.
OF BENEFIT TO YOU.
D. S. Mlchell, Fulford, Mr.: "During
a long Illness I was troubled with bed
sores, was advised to try DcWitt's
Witch Hasel Salve and did so with
wonderful results I wns perfectly
cured. It Is the best salve on the mar-ket
' Sure cure for piles,
burns. Beware of counterfeits Win.
Neville nnd Clsrk'B drug store, W. Con-shohocken.
HEALTH AND BEAUTY.
A poor complexion is usually the re-sult
of a torpid liver or irregular action
of the bowels. Unless nature's refuse
Is carried oft It will surely cause Im-pure
blood. Pimples, boils and other
eruptions follow. This Is nature's
method of throwing off the poisons
which the bowels failed to remove. He-
Witt's Little Early Risers are world fa-moii.
for remedying this condition.
They stimulate the liver and promote
regular nnd healthy action of the bow-els
but never cause griping, cramps or
distress Safe pills. Win. Ne\ 111,- and
Clark's drug store, W. Conshohocken.
PEOPLE BELIEVE IN IT.
It has been cynically said that any-thing
can be sold by advertising now-a-
days. This is not so. Many lini-ments
have beeen ndvertlsed but only
one—Perry Davis' Painkiller—has
stood the tteet of sixty years' use. To-day
Its popularity Is greater than ever
and is based not upon what anybody
says but upon whnt the remedy does.
There Is but one Painkiller.. Perry
Davis'.
Fine Mixtures at 15 cents a pound.
At Bcnz's.
Following our usual custom, a pres-ent
will be given to each customer, at
McCoy's Drug Store, Fayette street
above Elm, on Tuesday, Decenth> I 11
Chocolate Bon Bons, 39c pound, or 5
pound box $1.75. Equal to candles
sold elsewhere for 50 cents a pound.
At Benz's.
Subscrloe tor the M5CORDEF
MERCANTILE APPP."
After eight ballots Frank SMV
Iron Bridge, WSJ 'I intlle
Appraised by the County Oonml
ers. Other •
•lace wne Charles Johnson and John
Klnsey, of Bridgeport; Gideon Nyce,
: lanoyi r; Thoi Do ilston,
i i> nntii: James Bw< nk, Lower
i i nil Id ily. I
ini 11 C. Miehener. OgOl
PERU DBF
if the tormenting cold in it
winter one long ml* I » Will
Ihls year. Certainty not, If 1
\iens Lung Ballam when til
and rawness in the thraotj aim iunc<
Hie presence of the old enemy. Do
not PX| i t tli" i Id i" i OUl
the right rernedy In time. *
1 .-HIT Balsam is free from opium.
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phla Government, members of Con-gress,
the State Legislature and Ju-diciary,
the National Government, a
comprehensive record of sports, full
chronology of the closing year, and
mtiih other Information of interest to
the general reader. The almanac as
a whole Is a very useful compilation,
containing much In little space and
that much selected and presented with
good Judgment. It is furnished free to
Inquirer readers.
Bverythlng points to a very enjoy-able
production of the "oratorio "Mes-siah"
during the Cl .Istmas week, Mon-day
evening. December 30, by the Chor-al
Society of Philadelphia, In the Aca-demy
of Music. The rehearsals are
going forward with great enthusiasm,
and the choruses are sung by the mem-bers
with virility and precision, the re-sult
of perfect familial ty with them.
The beautiful choruses, "Surely" and
it Is Break Their Bonds," will be
repeated this year, and a new chorus,
"Lei All the Angels of God," will be
added. Some other changes from
Hie ordinary rendering of the work
Will occur, and will undoubtedly add
U) Its interest. The soloists, Miss
li Uebling, Soprano; Mrs. Emily
Sluart Kellogg, contralto; Mr. Ellison
Van I loose. Tenor; and Mr. H. Whlt-
I W, bass, are of the first rank,
and although they Include two artists
i nun abroad, new to Philadelphia aud-thi
it reputation and experience
i oraorlo work gives us an assurance
bat ih. quartette will be equal to any
UDa! has sung with the Society In the
past. It seems that the Christmas sea-son
and its incident festivities and de-votions
are not complete without hear-ing
of this grand old oratorio, and it
s a pleasure that the Choral Society
tfforda an opportunity of hearing it
under the most favorable clrcumstan-
[f II i ontlnue* In this worthy en-ii
prise it is not too much to expect
<hal It may be compelled, as Is the case
HI New Vork and Boston, to repent It
lei to accommodate those anxious
ii it. The general sale of tickets
will Open at Miss Harris- Office, No.
Ill", Chestnut street, on Thursday
morning, December 26.
After several years of successful
achievements the Choral Society has
demonstrated that It occupies a neces-sary
and Important place In the mu-sical
life in Philadelphia Its one ob-ject,
the production of oratorio and the
larger choral works In a thoroughly
artistic manner, has been zealously
pursued, and the greet work accom-plished
last season, still fresh In the
memory of those who heard the fine
ring of "The Messiah" and "The
Damnation of Faust," Is ample evid-ence
of Its ability and an assurance
thai (he same high standard of excel-lence
will be maintained In coming
Masons.
WANGER'S SCALP IN DANGER
RURAL MAIL ROUTES
Postmaster J. D. Souder, of Telford,
ias Just been granted two additional
rural mail routes by the Post Oiflce
i- ■ irtment at Washington. The same
ire to start on February 1st and are to
,.e known as numbers 2 and 3.
No. 1, which commenced on June 1st
Inst, takes In what is known as the Iu-linn
creek and Branch valleys. No. 2
starts out through Reliance, Halte-tian's
creamery. Harleysvllle road and
; ipik- to Salford Mennonlte meet-ing
house to Groff's mill and Garges'
blacksmith shop; thence to Shutti's
mill through Vernfleld and Bergey's
office, to the Ridge road and out
(lie Ridge road to Nacevllle and on the
county line to lelford. Distance trav-eled
will be 22 miles; area covered. 8
square miles; number of houses on
route, 175; population 'served. 1787;
carrier, William M. Souder, salary,
$500.
Route No. 3 starts out on Church
1 to Derstlne station, to the Beth-
!■ In in turnpike to Unionville, east on
Church road to beyond Hllltown
birch to Snyder's mill, taking in the
sillersville road and intervening roads
en this and the County line road,
19 mill ... i-',l. 7 square miles;
r of houses on route, 125; popu-ei
-.'I I r,52; carried, Clayton
ST, salary $500.
In connection with this, requisition
i mule for s large II. S. collect-in;;
boxes to be placed at the most
Blent points. Carriers will sell
ipers and perform such duties
as piny be at a first class poet office,
ordors. registered letters,
ped envelopes, postal cards and
fi i it will be a full equlp-
I in i office mi wheels. When fully
isbed carriers will have to use a
i particularly fitted for this pur-wit
h alphabetically arranged Int-er
boxes for papers and mall matter.
be three routes from Telford
lost ofbee are fully established over
OS "III be served from that
Wherever the service has been
etabllahed it has met with universal
It Is no longer an exper-inu
nt : the weather forecasts, the
iml the news of the
World will be laid at the farmer's gate
at u early hour. Rural delivery has
proven to enhance the value of real
tats and In many sections.brought
about better roads. The benefit arriv-al
is three-fold—people must only
learn to realize the greatness of our
country and the rest will follow.
For Dolls. Doll conches and Go-
Carts, go to Kehoe's, 217-222 Hector
streot. Opp. Csthollc School.
Dr.Mason K.Moyer.Dentlst.K, First avo.
I use and presrrtue Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy for almost all obstin-ate,
constricted coughs, with direct re-sults.
1 prescribe It to children of all
SgSS, Am glad to recommend it to all
in need and seeking relief from colds
and coughs nnd bronchial afflictions.
It is non-narcotic and safe in the
hands of the most unprofessional. A
universal panaeea for all mankind.—-
Mrs. Mary R. Melendy, M. D„ Ph. D.,
Chicago. III. This remedy Is for sale
by Wm. Neville.
Fruit Cake, extra, 40 cents per pound.
At Benz's.
An exhibition of fine Christmas beef
next Monday and Tuesday at George
Wolf's meat market, 217 W. Sixth ave-nue.
If you do not want to buy come
in and see it
With the filing of a petition in the
ITothonotary's office on Monday, at
Norrlstown. by five representatives of
the Union ^arty In Montgomery county
came the first real Intimation that a
campaign against Congressman Waug-er's
renomlnatlon is Intended by the
Independents. It appears that all but
one of the petitioners are opixised to
giving Mr. Wanger a seventh nomina-tion.
If the same proportion of Bentl-ment
for and ngainst Mr. Wanger pre-vails
In the I'nion party in Montgom-ery
county, where Judge Yorkcs In No-vember
had a majority of MOO i i.
probability of a chance of Representa-tive
from this district cannot b
gardod as remote.
Mr. Wanger has done what, no oth ir
Representative from the Buoks-lfont-gomery
district was ever able to do. in
that tas captured six nominations in
tw.lNSj years, only the first of which
carrie# no election. Until he estab-lished
his claim to perpetuity
counties alternated every four years in
supplying the nominee. When first It
was proposed to igijure or abandon the
two term rotation rtjL there was some
vigorous protesting Trom Bucks, hut
the county has become accustomed to
continued representation through a
resident of Montgomery, am> there is
little or no opposition among the fol-lowers
of Gllkeson and Yaxdley lo
keeping the present Representative in
Congress for life or good behavior, fol-lowing
the custom In several district!
where re-election seems to came as a
matter of course.
The Montgomery county antl-Quay-ites'
principal grievance against Wang-er
is his proneness to practically Igm e
them in his recommendations for ap-pointments.
A leading Unionist yester-day
said; He ids gone out of his way
in nearly every recommendation, front
postmaster up, completely ostracizing
the Republicans who are opposed to
Quay's domination. This he did when
he was In a capital position to hold the
balance evenly between the two fac-tions,
always having received hearty
support from both, and having trained
with the nnti-Quayites In the first great
fight In 1895.
"Whose name, if not Wanger's I
LOCAL ITEMS
ARAGRAPHS CONCERNING INCI-DENTS
THROUGHOUT THE COUN-TY
IN GENERAL
A horse 40 years old died on Sam-uel
Siesholtz's farm in Upper Hanover.
The West tPottstgri.'.i School I
Is deadlocked over ti lection of a
teacher.
Pottstown public schools ate being
ornamented with pictures presented by
teachers and pupils.
Iron moulders of the Eastern district
of Pennsylvania will hold a convention
in Reading on January 4.
Bishop Coleman, of Delaware, con-tinued
a class of forty In St. John's
Episcopal Church, Norrlstown.
The Abram Cox stove Company
whose foundry is located at l-ansdale,
nas been Incorporated with a capital
oi $150,000.
The Keystone Hosiery Mill of Ell-wood
Wright & Co., at Norrlstown,
has been sold for $46,000 to Oeorg
Anders. Charles Templeton and K I.
l.ong.
8tanley O. Flagg & Co., have pur-chased
ten acres of ground adjoining'
their Pottstown foundry plant, and fur-ther
enlargement of their business
there Is expected.
The line of Montgomery and Herks
Counties runs through the house of
Joseph K. Shultz, of Nlantlc, so that
when they are seated at the same table
part of the family eats in Berks and the
other part In Montgomery Couonty.
Little Esther Horwltz. run over by a
trolley car In Norrlstown, had a leg
amputated, at Charity Hospital. Grace
Horwltz, the other victim, has been
removed to a Philadelphia hospital.
Her condition is critical.
The Pennsylvania Railroad company
contemplates the erection of a new
passenger station at Devon, during the
coming year. The different division
suprintendents are now sending In
tnelr recommendations as to the Im-provements
needed along their lines
and it Is stated that the erection of a
new station at Devon has been recom-mended
to th head officials. It is
said that they are more than likely to
, act favorably upon it. New stations
I are contemplated at other points, but
likely to appear in the Union party | lQe „„, have QOt been dpflnlte|y de.
column?" was asked of the Unionist
spokesman.
"It seems clear," he said, "thatstrong
support will be given to a Bucks coun-ty
man, and probably Hugh B. East-burn,
of Doylostown, will be the prime
favorite."
In the absence of a getting together
of the Union party adherents for a Con-vention,
it is held that the five petit-ioners
for the poUthsal appellation
"Union" can control the new party's
column for the next election. They
are C. Tyson Kratz, Isaac Richards,
Alfred Craft. Hugh M'Innes and Chas.
H. Shaw. But It is unlikely the nam-ing
of a ticket will devolve on them.
for it is apparent the Unionists are de-termined
and united In their efforts to
prevent the election of a State Senator
who cannot be depended on to oppose
Penrose In 1903 for United States Sena-tor,
and Quay in 1905, and to elect five
antl-Penrosc members of the House.
And they will not stop here at ticket
making unless peace shall come. Re-gardless
of how Stalwart leaders feel
about It, many Regulars are disposed to
treat with the Unionists, and signs arc
not wanting that, beginning with the
selection of delegates to the State Con-vention,
the organization will give evi-dence
of a willingness to let bygones-be
bygones, and get the party together
as It was constituted a half dozen years
ago for an old time rally. To :i
plish this it may he necessary to retire
a number of lleutennrts before they
shall have reached the age limit, with I
secret understanding that some time
In the uncertain future they may be
given another taste of office pap. Sen-timent
in favor of placing prin
above party and party above in
growing, and If Congressman Wanger
shall not offend his constituency by
supporting the Ship Subsidy bill, and
will Join +n the movement of unifica-tion,
there is a possibility of a Union
victory without the aid of a I'nion col-,
imn on the ballot.—Phlla. ledger.
If you would have an appetite like ;
bear and a relish for your meals tak"
Chamberlain's Stomach and I Iver I'M
leu. They correct cliBorderB of the
■uomnch and regulate the liver SI '
bowels. Price, 25 cents. Samples f. i
it Wm. Neville's drug store.
Mechanical toys and gaue of evi
description at Kehoe's, 217-222 11 • -■ I I
Street. Opp. Catholic School.
termlned upon.
Before Judge Ralston. In Court-No. 5,
testimony was heard In the equity suit
brought by Henry W. Brown against
Charles J. Mcllvain, Jr., to compel the
latter to furnish the plaintiff a com-plete
and accurate deed for a strip of
land in Bryn Mawr, 13 feet wide. On
the part of the defenso It was contend-ed
that Brown had received one and
three-quarters acres, all he was entlt-lti
to under their agreement. The case
was continued for future argument.
Announcement has been of the en-gagement
of Mr. John Paul Morris of
I pton to Miss Ellen Ellison Miller of
Haverford. Miss Miller is a daughter
of the late D. Leeds Miller and grand-daughter
of Mr. Charles Miller. She
made her debut about a year ago and
is well known in the fashionable set.
She IB a sister of Mrs. Stephen Morris
of Haverford and In company with her
accompanied Mrs. C. A. Grlsrom to
London last month to attend the mar-riage
of his excellency Lloyd C. Qrls-com.
United States' minister to Persia.
Miss Miller attended the school of
Madame La Marquise se San Ctrlos,
Borneo de Pe Pedrosa, Olse, France.
Mr. Morris Is a son of Mr. Frederick W.
Morris of Upton. Pa., and grandson of
Israel W. Morris. He is a member of
the Merion Cricket club.
A WOMAN'S AWFUL PERIL.
"There Is only one chance to save
your life and that Is through an opera-tion"
were the startling words heard
by Mrs. I. B. Hunt of Pine Ridge, Wis ,
from her doctor after he had vainly
tried to cure her of a frightful case of
stomach trouble and yellow Jaundice,
Gall stones had formed and she con-stantly
grew worse. Then she began
to use Electric Bitters which wholly
cured her. It's a wonderful Stomach,
Liver and Kidney remedy. Cures
Dyspepsia. Ixiss of Appetite. Try It.
Only 50 cts. Guaranteed. For sale by
Wm. Neville.
Special Mixtures at 19 cents a pound.
5 pounds for 85 cents. At Benz's.
R. N. Campbell makes his own
scrapple, sausage and mush. The hosts
of people using It say "It's fine." Stall
No. 3. Conshohocken Market.
READ THE RECORDER- $1 a year.
READ THE RECORDER $1 a year.
Hot Rolls,
hot muffins, hot cakes,
made with Royal Baking
Powder may be freely
eaten without fear of
indigestion.
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