The Conshohocken Recorder, September 30, 1904

              o,f)c €onsl)ol)oclicn HccotrW.
PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY
No, 2338 CONSHOHOCKBV, PA., FHIDAY, 8EPTBMBBB 30, L904
NOTES (tf OUR TOWN
II IM OF IN'TKIIKST CONCKKN
INtl THK PKOPLR I IK OUR HOlt-
OUGM CONDENSED FOH ItK-CORDICIt
READERS.
obei JI has been designated M
i' Irhor Da)
"i'ii Pugb, ol Plttaburg, is
'«• I'" brother, William K.
■an, ni this borough
■cKenale will have her
■llllnerj Opening mi l-'ridn. ami
lay, October 7 and 8, in her mil-parlor,
7i Payette •treat
■--•- Huasard, ni this borough, has
plaj topi hail »icii the
'■ni The) open thi
v.
'i Catharine A. Knouse
'ernoon from her late
Ninth avenue, in-emetery.
ii have hail cement
ni the mill building
Bice building; They
apes.
»T . .r the Church
B Church win hi
room uf the church
ig, October L'L'
lief Corps win meet
ling in I! A It Hull
iiif greatest amount
requested in in
"i John .i Meyers coner-f22.000
during the Dral Blxty
duplicate! have i n issued
Thb) is the areatasl amount
• ver been collected by a tax
during a like period In ibis
in.
I has
eotor
ougb.
The Odd Pellows' Sovereign Qrand
has decided lhal Rebekahl can-no!
hold repreaentatlon in the lodge
H.'.MM i they will be permitted to
banquet Odd Fellows as heretofore \t
least, the} an not prohibited from so
doing by the mipreme body,
The bleak winds tit Fall win ihortl'
■■ howling in.iinni searching out the
threadbare snots in itio lightweight gar
mentfl that havi not as MI I n rele-gated
fin- ill., season Prepare for win-ter
bj degrees Do nol wall until it |s
here to evade the rhining blasts.
in in.. Preabj terlan Church on Bun
daj ai the Rally Day services in the
church, in., i asm, win preach in the
morning mi sunn, of the betri fruits of
good living, nii.i in the evening on
■Hallow..,| be Tin Xnme." the tirst of
lea .if autumn evening sermons on
the Lord's Prayer.
Mall. II. John A. Hanoi.I and
t■ h:iiu— iinyiaii w.'ie in attendance at
the meeting ol the Knights of the Royal
Arch in Philadelphia Mr. Mullen' is
a chalaman of the Board of Trusteee
While Mr. Hanoi,I anil Mr Itovlnn are
two of Hi., three delegates from this
county. The other delegate is Hoke
Smith, ..r Pottstown.
I'or ihe Rail) Day services in the
Presbyterian Babbath School on Bun-da]
morning, the I mberi of the
Home Department ai well as all oth-
11 friends of the school are cordial!}
Invited. Visitors unable to he present
ai th,. opening of the school are invit-ed
for such parti of ii lerdses ai
the; .an attend, especially to the pas-tor's
Blbli Class, which meets in tin
chnrch. There will be a special Rally
al-,i at the Christian Endeavor meeting
at 'i r. i 'dock in the evening
The memberi of the Goodwill olub.
of tlii- borough, ha.l a merry time on
Honda: evening, when the club held a
"Kindergarten Party" in their rooms
Ftecb guest enme In the dress „f a
Child atnl the character was well sus-tained
all through the evening. Ohll
dren'i game! were played ami a bran
pie delighted all present when the
grab! disclosed uifts Bulted to children.
This Is the Dm one of the season giv-en
by the club and will long be remem-
1 1 by all who were praaenl and en
joyed the fun.
The Consbohocken Fir.- Company
has tie. Ided to nnlsh their temporarj
building Immediately. William Tracy
has been given the contract for the
b'llldlng ot the .-..liar Tii,. memben
win .1 .it ihv foundation walls Wil-liam
r.itis Jones has offered enough
. i iw cement blocks free to erect the
ln.nl walls an.I Hie members will help
in the carpenter work. Thej expect to
have the building ready for occupancy
about Thanksgiving Day.
A meetlni was held in Little's Hall
last eveniiiK iii iiisenss the organising
of a a. w building and loan association.
An expert from a lite insurance com
pan was present ami explained the Ufa
Insurance feature us other associations
nave It The stuck is divided Into two
led i I i A an.I Class It.
The former Is like the slock now .tar
rleil In Hie associations in this hor-ongb.
the latter has the life Insurance
attached, in the latter each stock-liol.
ler pays i ilollar a share, the same
as Class A. Of this amount sixty cent!
goes into iii,- association proper and
inn. cant! into the Insurance fund.
The life Insurance company Issues
policy to the association and the latter
payR the amount over In case of death
Figures were shown to prove that the
life Insurance feature was very popu-lar
wherever tried an.I thai al i nine-t]
per cenl of the stockholder! chose
the Class It shares In maturing these
latter shares would lake only a few
months longer than the class A and In
many las.-s matured as early as the
A tbaret Another meeting will
lie held on Thtirsda] evening, October
tVth, when it is expected that n definite
to;,II win he adopted,
VIOLENT ATTACK OP DIARRHOda
CURED BY cilAMHKltl.AlNscot.-
IC, ciitii.ioitA AMI DIARRHOKA
REMEDY AND PERHAPS \ I,in:
BAVBD.
' A short lime ago I was taken with
a violent altack of diarrhoea ami be-
Heve I would have died if l bad not
gotten relief," says John .1. I'attoi. a
leading citizen of I'atton. Ala. "A
Colic Cholera ami Diarrhoea Remedy
I bough) a twenty-five cent bottle ami
after taking three doaea of It was en-tirely
cured. I consider it the beat
i dy in the world for bowel com-plaints
For sale by .1. Itnrus llarr,
\V I'onsbol oeken. and Wm. Neville
i '.u.h.iiiocken.
W. C T U CONVENTION
The eighteenth ann tal i ma. ntlon ol
W. c. T. |i., in M
county, met yeaterda) in tl
church ai Royersford I
lull attendance ■ agates ami their
friends, Evi , in th. count)
wai wi! i, pre anted b] n lie i Intelll
gent Women. ||,e V, | , hesl the nllllllt
could produce to represent the m
1 1 ot our count.. mi i in. ther to
, ntniiat not only the evlli Inl
an. i luit all other evils n]i
good of a
Al in I.", A M live meet-ing
i onvened
10 V M II.i l hour devo
exercises were lad b) Mi Murn
11.00 A. M. Convention opt ni i
I C Williams, of Roy. :
I nioii. in a few well chosen woi .1
corned the deli ,| Mrs. Be
ernoltier, Count.. Buperlnti
Httlngly responded ami i., n
llfiil poem, entitled "A I:.
Ribbon."
Then the real wm-.; ol th,. da)
as ti,,.,-,. were twent: three di
in.-ins of work in hear from. Ea. b su
perlntendenl made tl
brief as possible ami still Hi,,
vm> little tin,., left for
Space will onl) permll a ft
from each report.
The treasurer re t. e , .- ....
in the count., win, „ ,..,;„ 0| |2(j .
hers over last .ear. Two new
have been organized, one al Amblei
and the other ai Peonsburg \ hal
■nee is in the treoaurj "i IC4.89
in.. Becretary ami Con
Secretary ha.l good rep.
The following was the result of the
election of officers: Preal
8 !■: Oberholtzer. Phlladi Ipl la
prealdenl at large. arel
While, inn-ell. iit-.ti Mawr; -
ding Becretary, Miss Ban Hi
risiowu. Recording -
Elisabeth Houston, Plymouth: I
iirer. Mra. Wm. D. Heebner Lan
All in.. Buperlntendenl menI
w.uk w.r,. re-elected
IJ-W n Noontld as led
b] Rev, i.inwoo.i Elsenl
* »aral let* ra wet pad from
uient workers who ... !.| :
"in As the noon hour had arri ■
were Invited lo a,I ion, n to a h
square away, where a bonntlful lunch
w.i prepared, to win, h , | Id |
During 'be Intermission tl
strolled through the pretty little
..... delegate! from the local Colon
visited n,e Lutheran Chnrch an
surprised at :ts n,.-i ;
Mieir guide tol.l them
'I'M the. thought that was th.
Heal part of It.
At 100 P, M the conren
. ailed in order ami after thi
he . Isltot ■
Each one bail a ,. ,
say. They were \|. R.
the speaker of thi , -.,,.
'•T. Of I,os Angeles. Cal . and
caih.iofer. of the Reformed church
He said several things in the conven-lion
amazed hint. On., was thai
should have a chano to ipe... n. i
''• \ Monny. of the i;
Church: Key w \i Wilson,
Baptist Church, who is a
man, weighing oonsiderabli
pounds, who said he was .,
monument to cold water. Mr H
of the state Bulletin, i
marks ami t,,],| some of the
made for the National Convention '..
he belli In I'liila.lelphln the last ol No
vembar.
Miss Bliaabeth Houston ol PI
mouth, was elected delegate to
s-tit the count, to the National
vcntlon.
Mrs Charles Conover then favor .1
the convention with a contralto
entitled 'What I have 8.
Mrs. Hyde, of Weal Conshohi
Superintendent of the Mothei
lug. gave a goad report Every child
has the mother before it a
pie: the mother in her proper pi
a light, out of her place site is a shad-ow.
Mrs Race, BvangeUatli Buperlnten-denl
reported meeting! h i In
oils places. Hospitals, jail and i -.
Home visited.
Mrs B. Davis, Buperlnten lent L T.
I... reporteii not enough worket In the
field; the children wlllli aught
inn not enough teachers, TI are
374 members In the I.. T I. School,
I thai number In Eat t and Weal
Conshohocken.
Buperlnti ndenl of Mi i i tented
an Int. , , |oas.
on worl II was teaching the children
lo he kiml to .In: h animals
Flow-.-r Mi. -i, report
of bouquets given out, Each railroad
employe received ■ bouquet on Mentor-lalDay,
with text cards attached and
told of the kind expn
to them from the men
The i.ight nearer Buperlntendenl
reported Id babla on hi r roll
Of tl over last .ear.
Superintendent of Bclentlflc Temper-ance
Instruction reported of the dif-
.erent similes the. had be. n Hi means
of placing in the public school and that
directors and teachers commi ii.-.
work.
Rev. tin. jones. of t ,,. M .- church
was Introduced and ma I. ,
ing remarks. He sal,I in his exper-ience
that the principal work ,
cniirch was done by the w.
looked on man and though! he could
.lo heller, so he guide woman."
Mis Carter then sang a solo, entitled
"Saved by flrnce
The Committee on Resolutions pre-sented
the following:
It-solved, That it is will-sorrow
we observed the attitude taken
by Bishop Potter In connection with
the Subway Tavern, claiming thai his
action has cast a stain upon
iastical office.
Resolved. It is with -
thui we view the promise o( Prealdenl
Roosevelt to the Interparli in,
union recently In session al Bl
tO call a see I pej Iil'elell I
Resolved. Thai we express our
thanks to Royersford Union for the
kind entertainment accorded ui and
to the past.u- ami n it teei foi tl
of the church.
The convention then adjourned and
a nation, but sin la ■ reproai h
to all people " su,. handled her sub-
!"i brougl it man; point!
hat wi re entire!) new. After listen-si.
hour lo her the local deli
■ ompelled to leave to catch the
ot ho AH agreed it was one
' - onventlom ..-i held.
The next convention will be held al
\rabler in v
THE SIPPLEE FAMILY
A HISTORY i.i Tins PaDMlNBNI
I A.MII.V READ AT WOUC|,M,.l
Ill KINO THE RECENT RE-UNION
VISITATION OF LADI1S
OF GOLDF.N EAGLES
A di I. gallon ol i ..-m live lady mem
ol Washington Temple, Golden
'■ of Phoenixville, and
the same number from Hancock
ot Norriatown were
' airtt) entertained by Iron
rempl \.. .: of this borough on
1 moon In their lodge r n
con I avenue ami Harry street
arrived on the two o'clock
.> me depot lo a
JJSwmltl ■ .i Iron Ten -. ami escort-room,
Where the. „,,•
urnoul of ladies
i' routine ol hu
through with, Mrs Han ; trlcl Deputy, Installed Mrs. c
of Phoenlxvllie, into n in,,.
"i Grand nigh Prii b - The cere-
,,-"n'- as vi iy Impressive and beautl-
>:|m Mi- HUMS had received
ic made an ad-
- "■■■ oi the benaflti ol the
the ladies to greater
She cited many Instanci
ihnt had . nine under her obsen
lT "'" ""ii .in.: noble work the order
The committee then
■! Mrs, Davis with tores lovely
rhlch sh,- very graceful!}
b d. and remarked as she ,
'■"ul.I Had a place at t|„. bad-
Ick friend, another would b.
'Ve oi a loved one ami
i* would k- ■ i. M a memento
■ on. A short
'llOWei | :: ieipalcl |n
'''• "'»» Berth! Bpare, lv Qllben
u '■ in" i ting n.i
- were i scot te.
b: u commltl ■■ tl
-i the
n ton Horn Hon..,- they were
ned b) Mil, . Stemple who klnd-tbera
permission to
show hem
ol the iii- apparatus
lx oeiock they returned to the
Bore a course supper was served
rhe I , beautifully decorated
olors wed neing pink, white and
visitor! returned ho on the
P. M. train, about lo men ra „,-
aVcompanying the,,, to
the 'I. pot. Th.- vis,, rofnajo
111 "' for the kind i
1 ~'V"n them.
th
CAPITAL^AND LABOR
Ret, ; ler:—
u'!l and political scono
lectur.ng on mis great Bub-
■ an i (hare an Intelll-
■ sympathetic hearl
-• '" harmony and bow to keen
"i how to gel these two force
■> harmony and how m keen
One ol the rori m
leal men and om ..r the
live is Mr
mi. Prealdenl of the
- ir Companj oi
iiiii" The Rector ol Calvary
'ins borough i (formerly rector
Church, Daj ton, of which
ivniaiii. in a ,-,.-
1 referred to the work of
-.-ii, Ds
iv ma
red to th.
'i Caen Register Conpan] ,„,
the spirit which should hi.
to the church. The lie.ior made
01 the fad thai employees of the
'• '• Compan: he number
and or more have lust been !" the Bl Loult Exposition al the ex-he
C i !• later Corporation
thai neither this
i ni- other outlays of money r.,r
th' » iple should he biokeii
■ : charlt) in any sense n i.
- oplo .- to i person, are
In the iiiisiti, ss gad it is the
to hold and in, iia., thai lu-
I'lesi.ient Patterson truly
ll when capital and labor
pull together their power is well nigh
tlblo. It is onl. when they dl-
'ii.I work the one against the
thai disaster Invariably follows.
Whs ng :.i our country ii
I i. ws wet-,- universally held and
gently pul Into prai |
what might nol the church or
Chi ist accomplish if then
i ; and loyal (ol-
- "■ hearl and hand deeply
vitallj and um-casingiy Interested in
.ni's buaine
''"■ following family battor) o ■
Suppiees, arranged by Bdwln af, Sup
pi". i"i the famll) reunion In Wor-waa
printed In the Phoenixville
ugi r:
Kl" i and friends, i am. pleased to
in. .1 ami grei t you here to-day. \\,.
»*»« ""•' in this famll) reunion ....
.von are awai,. t,, honor Hi. ineinon ot
our ancestor, Peter supple.., the Revo
lutionar] soldier, and now meet at bis
well-known home Here he spent his
boyhood and bis manhood .lays; from
here he tuaieheil forth With III.- I
lutionar) Arm... to tight the battles
-loin, serving |u., country until
death . ame al \ a'lle) Korge. tjli re-were
r.lH ,, ,, ;.| m ,
grave, aiverythini pertaining
to in ■ history ol our ancestor is honor-able
a ,-tl.-.is credit upon his
-,. miauls.
I have UlOUghl at this lime it WOUld
be appropriate and perhaps m go.,,1
lorn, to recite Supples bialpry, or rath-at
siw .von u siiori sketch ol out
'"."HU ot the family, MJ sources ol
intorniatlou aoaoemins m.- hlator) oj
-ui ancestry hay,- been limited, M
record ol II has beed kept, either
.I print in- manuscript, l will, how-ever,
give von the heal l have been
able to secure.
Hu- pioneer ot the Supplee family in
America was Andria Souplls, a PYench-niaii.
horn in Ihe year H,:il. He was |
. distinguished parehtage, a Ml
and officer In the French ann.
.ml a Huguenot, ■ protnatant In relig-ious
taitii, and lali irranoa in ins.'.
i ra ice al mat time had a monarch
lal government, the eatabliahad relig-ion
waa Roman Catholic, ami the
:..,i~. on account ol their rellg-falth,
were peTsecated by tin
Catholl. s.
ler tin reign „i Loola xiv., then
ll riaii.e. theae persecutions Ii.
cami intolerable; thooaanda and tens
"i ihoiisamis ol Huguenots left theli
native country beeauaa>«f them to aeek
homes in foreign landa. Among thus,
1 ■'• ani-i Mm, Amiris Souplb
i stated, be left PTanoa in 1682. He
went tu Qermany ami was virtuaU) •
- Boeing from peraecution.
Ahii.- in (orman. tic married a Ger-man
lad) named Qertrude Streaalnger.
left Oerman) m the year 1«8J,
and with a pan.-, of Oerman emigrants
'■'""■ to A ri.n. arriving In Philadel-phia
in il ail,, part ot the ..ear |i;\|
History Intbrmi us thai Andria Sou-pns
was a man ,u Intelligence and
ability, and waa held In high esteem
i) \. iioaiii i .-tin. th.-n residing in
Philadelphia, and Governor ol the
■ rovlnce ol Pennsylvania Governor
Penny packer in his hiator) informs us
that An.Ins Souplts was sheriff ol
Philadelphia county In the yen 1691.
Andria ami wife settled in German
town, the., ha.i live ohildren, three
sons and two daughter*. Naming them
In the rotation ol their ages, the)
"were: Bartholomew, Margaret, An
Ann ami Jacob. Andria in his
win. dated March M, 1724, stales be
was aged hut of sound mind and good
health: be also slates thai be was
then residing upon his plantation in
Kingseaalng township, Philadelphia
>. in ihe province of Pennayl
tranla, it.- died in ti ari) part ot
the year 1726, and bis will was probat-ed
on the 20th day of March thai year
Counting ha.k from the yeai 1721
to the year 1084, the year ot Andris'i
lb, would leave ninety two
ins age ai the time of his death; his
Wife, who survived him, was eight
yi an but Junior, bul I have no record
'■ i he time of her death.
Their oiii.si son. Bartholomew, set-tled
in Blockley township, Phlladel
phia count... Thai territory
within ihe clt) limits
and the bid farm is
treets and building!
*1 PKH YEAH
now
il Philadelphia,
covered with
with the "... op-tion
of II astern portion ol it. which
is occupied b] the Cathedra] c, me
The old Supplee mansion si i
uiion the ground occupied by the ceme-tery.
The Blockley Baptist Chun h which
stands al Wft) -third streel ami Wya
i one, wa. built on th.. west-c.
ItKCOItliKIt RIPPLES
all w.-i-e again Invited to the hail
where supper was served.
Ai 7.::u P, M the convention
called lo order by the Rev. W
Jonea. Musi,- was rendered b
quartette, entitled "Lead Klndlj
and after prayer the
was
Gray
;' anile
of the
Pollti II. is the bred thai ouatom
wa] ;.. II pulse a backbiter is to
ml on a hold front
Thi almshouse is. never-i
poor su.
The tirst Violinist III. sent lo
i in a duel.
Th.- meatman who likes his work
niisi feel ilk., cutting up
Lawsuits o*e things thai should be
n their prop
Belf-made men ■ometlmi i allow oth-
! in in miserable,
i I Die kind in which
ins lo he tearing mad.
wrber -. i always
under the head of "cutting re-
A voice Isn't likely to sound pii
the tali phone when thi
In the ..
A BOLDlBR'S WIPE"
Dr. MASON K. MOYI.Il
DENTIST
316 Payette street
Hours: 7 a in to I :in p m. 7 to S p. in.
GAS OR LOCAL ANAESTHETIC
evening was Introduced Ml i
Mosher of New York
Ml Moahar has a slight olrllsh flg-
"ie and you wouhl not It
could speak to the l.-m-e an.li, t .-.. hut
ihat thoughl disappears when fbu
have listened for a few momenl I. Sic-held
the audience spell-bound
baaad her remarks upon the following
of scriptitr. "Rlghteonsni
"A BOLDlBR'S WIPE"
"A soi.iIIi:ns wni:
It I it i onve.ilem-.- lo have al
He I' Ce lie.. (Of II 111 ease
: i and i"i slight injuri,
\ I i iii at lei i and one
lhal i : i becoming ■ favorite If
ot a I,ous, hoi,I : iinher-
'"•'- Bali B applying it
toacu'.bralseorburnll allays
aln and causes n.,. injury to heal
nit one-third the time usually
required, and as it is an antiseptic
II previ uis any danger ol blood IKII-
- When Pala Ralm Is kepi al
hnml a - ■ rain .- I ,,,
-
Hair.
A SIM..ill-Its Wi e.
mil Bold by ,Trai i . the Hatter
n in all leadlns Pall styles.
n from.
A BOLDlBR'S WIFE''
in part of this farm, the ground! foi
the church and ..-meter, being donat-ed
b) John Supiee. WHO belonged 'i> the
oiirlh yen,.nith f the Supplee famll)
In America. The dwelling house thai
ii in 1212, . lands on Fifty-third
set, a short distance north of Hi
i bur.-b; the number of the house is
611; ii Ii now owned and occupied by
bar] Francis Supples, a greal grand-laughter
of John Supplee.
Margaret, the eldest daughter of Au-iris.
married Petei Cayson; Ann mar-ried
Charles Yoi inn. both their bus
Bwedea Jacob, the young-n,
married Eilzaiieih Enoch, who
purchased and settled upon a farm in
I'pper Mi rion. in ihe vicinity of
land: some oi their descendant!
in- i! .-.. residing In that neighborhood.
Andrew, the s. nd son m Andria,
was horn in 1688. He was th. anus
tor of "in- branch or the family, ami i
have, therefore confined my researches
to his ami descendant'! histories. An-
Irew purchased and settled upon a
farm In Upper Merlon, Montgomery
ni'. near what is now the vHlane
..I Malsnnk. a short distance of the
swe.i, furnaces
Amir, w was twice married, his first
wife was Anna Stackhouse. and his
second. Deborah Thomas. There was
bul one chilli by the firsi marriage ■
son. Hanoe; by the second marriage
there were four children, .lames. An
drew, John ami Sarah. Andrew con-tinued
to reside upon bis farm the re
■lain.I.r of his life, and died in the
>car 1717. Ills reinnins together wilh
those of sixteen others in-,, burled III a
vault In Norris citv Cemetery, which
is locale,i two miles north of Norria-town,
These remains were removed
from an old burying ground on Swede
strcei. Norriatown in thli aai n
closure is also burled one Mar) Sup-plee,
who was one hundred ami one
and tWO months old at Ihe time
of her death, and she was the oldest of
the name that I have record of
Hance Supplee. Ihe oldest Soil of
Andrew, is Dexl 111 the direct line of
our ancestors He belonged to the
third generation of the family in
America ami was horn in fpiier Mer-lon.
July :,. 1714. nis W|r,.. Magdallne
Itiifns I Deboroh DeHaven, was horn Novem-ber
Sth, 1716. They were married on
Angnal 8, 1786 They also resided in
i'pper Merlon until aboul the war
I,..n. when Hance purchased ami with
in-- family, settled upon the prop, m
where we are now assembled.
This is Hi,, i,hi Hance BUpplee home-stead
property, ami the house that he
iiuUi In 1758, stands about one-fourth
..i I mile north ol this cemetery. Ton
who visited the house today will liear
me out in saying that, nitiiouKh bull!
one hiin.lie.l and fifty one
r
!
good repair, and thai
to in., mind is very home-like,
This farm ai the present time con
aboul 78 acres of land: It was
rormerl) much larger, and the original
plantation, I understand, has been di-vided
Into four farms
Hance Supplee ami wiTe were the
I"" "is ot a large family, six sons and
fourteen in all
The) we,,.; Andrew, Bllaabath
Sarah, Deborah, Catherine Peter Kb-
!»nam, . Rebecca, Hannah. Rachel
Jacob, John ami Mary. Hance
In the >,-ai 1770 cave a plot ,,| ground
and bum thereon a meeting house, th,.
nous., stood tn ihe southeast corner m
Hits praaenl cemetery; he also donat-ed
the mound for this cemetery for
""• "-" "' ""' i» ]'■ "f his vicinity
and strange to relate, bla remains were
tl e hi si t„ he burled there, and his
"'i*'' I ■ the ..id.-si marked therein
ii.- di.-d mi December 16, 1770, aged
ars ami :, months, his widow
Magdallne continued to reside al the
'.ni the remainder of her life
nine, ami died on October .. I.MJI aasd
ars.
After the death of his father, Peter
Supplee, the Revolutionary soldier hi -
,;""" ownei of this pr n.. he he
i to the loiirih generation of the
""""> ii- was in. greatgrandfather
and also the greal grandfather of ma-ny
who are praaenl to-day, ii,. was
the grandfather m our good aunt,
Bllia Kennedy, his neatest living rela-tive,
who is present wm, us lo-dav.
Peter was horn iii i'pper Merlon, on
Septen r 2, i7i.-.. One hundred and
yean ago yesterday, his
wife, Susanna Wamimr. was born
I7M, The) wen married in Ihe year
Int. and had hut two children a
daughter Rachel, horn at this home-place
January is, i,,-.-,, and i
son Peter, also born there, Pebruar) 8,
This Peter Supplee was my grand
lather: he was the rather Of „iir Aunt
Knxa, she is the only living child of
this Peter Buplee, and the only living
- hii.i oi his father, Peter Bupplee
the Revolutlonar) soldier. As the sole'
surviving representative of these two
families she certainly occupies the post
"I honor.
!'' tar Supple,. a,„| wit,, and little
Rachel were llvlnu upon the home
•^"i"1 i"' rty when the Revolutlonar)
War broke out, and Peter on the ILMII
m September. 1777. volunteered to
serve as a soldier iii the American
army. He joined Captain Charles
Wilson Peale'e company, of Philadel-phia,
militia, attached to the Ponrth
Battalion of the fourteenth Regiment
Peter's gounger brothers, Jacob and
John w.re also Revolutionary soldiers
ami belonged to and served in the same
tuns i.i, Peter. Their
captain Chanel Wilson I'eale. was a
'"•"I Ol not... |„ Colonial days he was
i noted landscape and portrait painter,
and a warm friend ol Qeneral Wash
mnion during his occupation of Valley 1 mi-..-. In the winter of I777-7X. Cap-tain
i'eale painted Washington's por-trait.
The original paintim,- is now
the property of the sun.. Normal
School al Wesi Cheater, Pa., when, u
is highly prized.
Th.se are historic grounds; this
place is a Revolutionary landmark:
the Revolutlonar] Army was twice en-camped
upon this property in the
month of October, 1777. When under
Washington II left Peunypai her"!
Mills, on the Peralomen, a 1 the isi
01 October, 1777, to give battle to the
British Arm. at Qermantown, il enme
'o thli place ami encamped here on
'he second an,, third da. s m October
vVhllsl the arm. was encamped upon
'he faun. Qeneral Washington and
General Greene had their headquarters
"i the Buppl Inelllng house. On the
third da. ol October, Waahington and
his officers held a council or war upon
the lawn in from of the house.
Thai afternoon ti,. arm) broke camp
and marched to Qermantown. Yon
ii" ail aware thai the battle ol Qer-mantown
'..ok- idac 1 the rourth dav
oi October, 1777. and owing to a denae
Hating there at the time, that
proved disastrous to ihe Amerl
can Army; II was defeated 'here. On
ihe null da) of October the) retreated
hack 10 I'enir. packei s Mills, on this
same road lo which they marched lo
Qermantown tWO days before.
Resting 'I' Pennj packer's mills until
in.- sih of October, Hie army was ad-vanced
to Towamenoln township; h-a\-
i.iu' there mi ihe i.-.th, Waahington and
"i> again name to the Bupplee
homestead place, and ware encamped
from Ihe 1 ".111 to Ihe Hal of lie
iolier,
1.. avtng here the army advanced to
Whltpain: leaving there on November 1 Washington mov...i his army to
Whltetnaish. and on the :M of Novem-ber
he took a position Intending there
in give battle to 11 aamy. On the
third day of the following month. De-cember,
Qen. Howe, with the British
army, marched oul from I'hiindeibia
and look a position at Chestnut I
tome three miles distaiil from Wash
Ington'l army.
The armies remained confronting
ach other in these positions without
coming to a general engagement until
ihe nub of December, when Qen. Howe
uddenly withdrew his army, marched
'a. 1, lo Philadelphia where be went
Into winter Quarters.
Qeneral Waahington on the nth or
December look up his march to Valley
Forge the Schuylklll river II
lord on the Ifth, Ihe armv
leached Quit Mills on the 18th. Peter
Supplee and his brothers Jacob and
John we,,- serving as sohijer.s in the
ranks during Ihe campaign I have re-
' Ited I'.-1. r's teami were also uaad al
lhal lime to remove the army supplies
from Whileinarsh lo Yalle. forge. On
Hu- i si ii day oi December the arm) re-sumed
ils march over the snow-covcied
toads to Valley Forge,
Hi"' march, history linforius us
could he traced h> th,- blood tain
Upon ihe trodden snow, left there by
ihe shot i.ss f.-et of the American sold
l« is iin ihe loth dav oi December,
1777 the armv went into winter quar-b
r among the snow covered hills of
Valley Porge,
Thai whole winter there was replete
with suffering, endurance and patriot
Ism, There upon th.- bended knee
Waahington invoked the Divine na-nce,
ami on me 2iib day or Janu-ary,
in that memorable cold winter of
17.7 7v encamped with Washington's
SWSj upon Ihe bleak hills or Valley
Forge, surrounded b) hla compatriots
In arms in the darkest days of the
American Revolution, there our ati.es-i.
ir. Peter Bupplee, gave up bis life to
I,is country. A mam i to libert.. he
'iis life for the libert) we enjoy
And in grateful remembrance m ins
tan i"-s ami his (real sacrifice to his
country'! cause, wa tO-da) dedicate a
monument to bis memory, May ll
stand li.-re throughout egea and agi
c e. ami hear to future generation!
the nanie and fame of our noble ances
lor, and perchance should time and
NORRISTOrYN LETTER
» III DQBT OF INTHRBSTING 008
WP PROM Till- PUN OP OUR COR
MHBPONDfCNT AT i.ll-: f;oi \ n
Norriatown, s. pi, gg, pun.
Efforts of the Republicans lo organ-
." a marching club, and the u. tlon oi
th' I '''ll'"' "I.-.' lo li-.IIITe, | |llr ,,,,,
lefferaon Club dl town
is ver., much organised In OU. wa. oi
another so no- . -,,,. ,,,,,
earned. Within the pasl everal rears
ai leaal a halt dosen nea mean. .
IlllVe he,,, ||, I, p., I |(, |h(, ||gt Then
are all kinds ol secret, Iratoinal i„
nevolenl and sot and ome
ihai masquerade as sui h, In fact tin
town is rut,nine ,,, ..,,,, v, ,,„ ,||(.s,
k""' '" '" There Ii real-ly
not enough nights in the month foi
a professional j r .,,
'in- incline., by person.,!i, attending
•\'"~l ol in - ol member
their dues mid soon become rra
sticks. This da.ss of Umber it
sprouting greatly now and soon the
Ida..- will be a regular forest prater-an)
buttons are seen on 11„. lapels ol
nearl) every man- coal one meet - on
Hu- street, ami soon the i- oi the
A. it. Ws, ann wean r . w ill i„ in
force to signify thai the reaction has
~" "i So being crowded to the limit
ii manifests no la, k m Int. real in poll-
".'•';• *"•" ■ « me campaign
club lulls to induce male loll,., to leave
""■"' B»PP) i i ■ i few span-evenings
In the mould t given up to
castles, societies, etc. Theae
are nol the days of ihe ma
■ ' there too quick b) I
ii we are In .lass "A" ol finances «-.-
"-'■ automol s. No om Ii going lo
march or should now, unless be is
sun- of a rai place al ll id of the
1(1 • In days gone by, we yelled will
enthusiasm as we walked our Ii
Ml iMg stretches ol ciiintr. nm,|s
mere!) ror the take ol making our po-litical
opponents squirm, or in other
""ids nil,I,inc. it i„ ,,, them." Cam
paign orators were listened to witb
wrapt attention then, ai the crowd
1 »ooul a kerosene lighted plat-
'•""'■ I" I li'H nlghl air and drank 111 the w as y fell warm and too
often dlscusslvet) from thi paaker'i
Ipa, Now. some sort of a tnake-he-lleve
occasion is called together, and
speaker, ad.lr.-ss not n,,,.,. whl, .„,
win absorb it from the newspaper
listening, but the large i lence who
Social political clnbi which an- roater-ed
through ihe .cm, s.-etn to tall ol
111,11 i""i ai permanent Institu-tions
tor the good ofthe part) Which
encourages them, all because mankind
dislikes living ill an., kind of .,
onisin ..in, their neighbors, AH par
ties are working for ihe e. i ol the
country ami n is only a question with
ihe thinking people which party win
lake iin- inosi , tractive way to sec
th.- greatest blessing to ihe largest
number. Where ther,- is an element
oi doubl io th,. out,,,,„,.. „,- ail have a
.hance to slioui with hope I
nut whme there is a mare question ol
majorities those on the nppei Idi
Wind and those in t ilnorit) save
etlOIl, l-'or this reason I ..... t|„ ,.,,,! ,,,
* irchlng clubs both parties an-nounce
thai they Intend to
""'""i"" matead of extracting
' » "« Wtne sea II ihe sull was
th* p.... „„,
■"'"I'll Im proeeedm* be-
;:" : *»J If K,H„,IJury
nexl w..,.k. three
"'' '"I" I" idleness instead
In Xuiiimn thought: There were
;;" I'"'"" la ' Summer who 1 hu) or borrow a dress suit
OBBBRv-RR.
WEST CONSHOHOCKEN ITEMS
i i I:\IS «)F- INTBRBBT
BOROUGH At'Ross
OONDBN8BD FOR
RBADBmS.
PROM THE
THE RIVER
RECORDER
Talking of stow
POSSIBLE (i.i i.
■ clue io ihe mystery
veioplng ihe burning ol the hay
and the poisoning of tin
Melvln ll. Zleglei
Monda
ml hoi
thief.
of the
ell-llollsc
Cattle Of
"i Skippack, on
" !"si week, is thai the
crimes le i chicken
. WO Wee,, |„.|,„„ J,,. Z|( ,
"i"1 two -hots at two men who,,, he
his i hi. ken
rarmei i, iievee thai om
'"ok effect, though not
to a., n-.. |,j hurts, th.
""'I' '""' Poison. Th,- two cows pole
"1| The loss io the ha) bouse
' > "' J'ol.n.on which
Mr. ziegier held $i<ui Insurance in the
" l''H" Insurance Company of
' I . i.r count) . Th
coop. The
' of Hie shot!
seriously. a,,,|
thief applied
thief u«ver takes
•Ithoul a bit of reliable
inlKht
cos are ■ total
CA7.VARY CHURCH
No 1' rice this afternoon, on ae-counl
.;• Brotherhood ConvenUon in
I uilailelphia.
On Sunday, Bible ("lasses and Sun-
'•' i-. A. M. Morning ser-i
ami iioiy Communion,
7.00.
la)
vice,
10.30
Bel Is.
sarmoi
A- M. Bvenlng service,
MF.THODIST CHURCH
Next Sunday morning will be the
nontbl) Sacramental sen,,,
in ihe evening there will be a
worth League nivangellstlc Service
7.J0.
Sunday School
as usual.
The su.,.
chances.
A letter
;;;-;.. ".nay-be-Veo-wl,^^^
« Blgh-atrung." a' >ou
Mawr , mPH T "■^'•'llan. of Bryn
'»•, Is spending several davs with
'"""'••'■ Phl"P "Istlue. of KorS
I,
treat
Mr. Wilson,
"Bp-at
ami Men's Hihle
fiUI.F CHURCH
,. - for
Sunday school
lO. Subject
followed by tin
I .old's
cut. .
jeel
come.
Bupper. At
Pi■■-.,. hlng in
Banner of
Sunday. October 2nd:
al :■ SO. I't-ea, hlng ai
•The mood of Christ,"
Communion of the
SO P. M. 0 lv So
• O'clock. Sub-
Truth.' All wel-www
organlae,
A remarkable contrast betw i the
present day method! of expediting le-gal
business al the Court Hou ■ and
most ol the days gone by came to ,„,-
ibis we.-k. m looking over the
proceedings for opening a doaen streets
in Pottstown begun In 1848 The pa-pers
numbering nearl] ■ ..ore are ail
written in various styles of nenman-
Bf"P. st oi them showing haste in
"reparation, The reporl of the Com-ml
-i.in.is is a long doci m in One
hand writing With no ail Is .11 pnra-trapbing
and ll li with difficult) tie
reader can discern when, one topic
-mis and another begins The pro-ceedings
w.-i-e hoiiy contested and oc-cupied
the an, ntlon of the Court for
>•' i a year, and there an- all shape
in,i sizes oi papers, wilh ordlnar) and
ixtraordlnary bad writing on mam ol
the documents, • • •
.\,,w a davs m, attorne) dictates to
typewriter, or typhene, who transcribes
has thoughts in short-hand and suh
■equentl) works them off on a type
writer, producing clear manu
'"'i'1' punctuated, paragraphed and
■■'I in tasteful mannei on e - i
"'•'l ' ta ui paper, uniformly bound
and •hacked" im- mine, accordini
: I" Ihe preseni and future ■
"■" s I have „fi, „ wondered how
the lawyers wltb big practice! in
"I Ihroii'.h thell work, writ-ing
.mi everything in laborious long-hand
and doing all their own tran-scribing,
when i observe in nearly ev-er
attorney*! office at present the fa
cuitlea im- expediting the met ban lea of
the profession.
LITTLE'S OPERA HOUSE
Saturday, October let, Mr. William
l'""' ' IB. H Allen's scenic
\ Soldiers Wire," a
' »""' Of the civil War limes This
1 nted with the original bast and
' Y. We have heard nothing hut
;■ reports of ii ami the patrons or
Little's Opera House are to be ron-tratulatad
upon me push ami anerg) ,,r
Hi" praaenl manager In giving them
i oe hesi or attractions al popular pric-of
Jamestown N v s"" ', .raderlc* Ashwortb ' aa bow
,":•;, '"'■ Irawlng depart me,, ""S 1 . Harrlgaa Woratad Mills
.'■Holiness fhristlai, Ass.K-i.tlon
""' '"•"• a new church at Darhv
MX month. The members of th" lo
cal chapel are preparing to attend ,be
dedicatory exercises which promises ,o
" '' , faction in the his.orv of
the AsHocialion.
Otto llebel. who has been employed
viicsT,",,.",'"c- "•^«*«'« wSSSt A-llis in this trough for several v«ara
paet. ^R. on antnrday. aever Ua i«h
neciion wltb that Arm to accept a more
"""'Ivc position or a similar ehara-
I' wlih the lv,,,, Mutual Insurance
' oinpany, of Philadelphia. Mr. Hehel
will lake up his residence In .be Quak-er
< ity. His removal from Ihe bor-ough
leaves the Columbia Basket Ball
team. „r the Consbohocken league
without a manager. The team Is ram-posed
ot Ko<„| amateur pluvers ami Mr
Hehel s successor should la-well
worthy of the position
retary or the League
,.i'l'!";,A";I,ay nlo,'li»K I" the Holiness
( hrlstlan Church was largely attended.
peopla coming from Philadelphia Dar-y,
' luster, Manayiink. Norristowu etc
Last evening. Rev. Penile Weiss, mis-sionary
from Cuba, | bad an excel
I'-nt sermon. To-night Rev. A. PerCl-vaI
Hodgson, pant.., of the Kmanuel
M EL church, Roxbonnigh, win preach
loinorn.w evening Rev. John Taylor!
ol Philadelphia, will preach. Sunday
win be Grand Rally Day and services
will lx- . oii.luet,.,i all dav.
» person
He was
BASE BAM,
BAPTIST CHURCH NOTES
Ihe Central Union Association or
Baptist Churches will i t in con-shohocken
nexl June. The church on
Monday nlghl decided by unanimous
'.on- I,, extend Its hospitality and the
n « church building to the
atlon for the annual meeting „r
1 Yenl Will now be looked for-ward
to with much interest.
On Thursday night. October 6th, a
h ". i,l Will he given at the I'ar-
• ll will be tendered |,v the
Ladies' Missionary Circle In honor or
' A good lime is a«-
Ured and all will he welcome.
i e Address ol the Letter" win be
ihe title ol the Pastor'! sermon for
Runday morning Observant r the
Lord's Bupper follows the morning
worship
The Young People's meeting at 7
'.lo.-k will consider How We Are in I
"i-aLiiu ■ i" Su,.- i Others."
Mi.-.- i.eii.i Webber, ■ returned mis-ry
from the Par Baat will be
I • in and make an address al the
i n in- sen Ice. The pastor win
on Holding Hark the Hood
Consbohocken A. C. will plav a spec-
"' 8" with St. Veronica's team, of
Philadelphia in the meaduws. • • •
Ihe Consbohocken A. A. will play
ih. Manayiink team on Saturday at
Seventh avenue and Maple street. A
special game will I* played with ths
rtttellenber, of Philadelphia. • • •
Through the discourtesy or Manager
Brooke, Of the Itrandywine team In
noi answering the communication of
Manager (iallaghcr in reference to the
proposed Brandy wlue-ConBhohocken
game. Conshohocken has no game
scheduled for to-morrow.
PHYSICIAN'S GOOD LUCK
Hr. Hart's Kortuuale Bxperleneo
special Interest to Many In Con
shohocken.
of
',' -' arm i h - bu In ■ looking
The plain ban had ■ very dull
Th.- manager of the big Lees Wool-en
plain in Bridgeport where the prin-cipal
Indiistn is the minimal lure of
carpet
up
summer Tin- factor) ,,r the Isaac w
Smith Compani In thai borough
when cloths im men's suitings are
woven, has been pressed to its fullest
. HI .ii Ity all year and the outlook is so
ravorable thai Contractor Richard
Kerns, who h making the Imi rove-nienis
to the Hotel i.ai,,,,.,ie |n ,-.,
■hohocken. broke ground this week for
I three story addition i,, the Stniih fa<
Th- building win be IS ', go
l.e, III MM. To help 'louse Ihe I|CM
employeea when the building is flnlsb-ii.
Contractor Kerns Marted to build
three houses mar the works
Manage, Carpenter, of the
hOUSe, ill-Serves it-edit |,,| ,||,,
Inga so far this season. "The
ler Is ' nlghl proved an attraction
thai dnw a big audience Prldaj nlghl
11-.. . i
book-
Strol-
"Sherlock Holmes." il itectlve, win
exploll the pr is m .-\. luslon which
i" i conclusion In ..'■ n ■
Satiinlay will afford a double opportun
" '" D on the Parm " a hay-seed
drama mil of Innocent run ami
pathos, in which Charli ■ Manlej. the
famous charai i. r actor is given an
opportunity to dlspla) hh talent .'.ion-da.
evening the Byron Opt ra Company
'•"■ I Ited in a spectacular production
pi "The Prince ol Salerno," an operat-ic
fantasy in three acts with well
trained ami attractive chorus
The happiest man in New Kngland
10 I.I , and one who is rsoalvini i
i itulations from hla friends, i- in
Z, Han. oi Laconla, ti. n.
Probably no physician Is better
Itnown in all parts ol the Halted Btatea
i ban Dr. Hart, as lie has been a greal
traveler and knows the best people
wherever he has h.-en. For years be
has Buffered wltb catarrh In its woral
form.
Although he resorted to the latest
-cieniiilc treatment, and consulted
nan.' of bis brother physieinns, I )r
Harl Bnally said. "1 might |ual as well
lone thrown my money iii Hie river
•' i- I crow worse and worse. II Is
dUf io my wife's good judgment
lhal I triad Hyomel." The Doctor, In
- mphal i ..a. added "Thank Hod
lhal I did. for Hyomel cured DM emu
I'letely. My wife and I will swear that
11 omel cured me of the wors, case of
catarrh n ver existed t used to
rough constantly al night ami had a
■ rapping in the throat, which kepi me
swake a greal deal. I raised thick
. ■ in and was In a horrible . on ■
illtlon, However. 1 am entlrel) cured.
through the us., ol Hyomel."
Thomas l". McCoy is the local agent
im Hyomel, the famous treatment
which .ui'..- catarrh without stomach
dosing. A complel Mill costs hut
• I mi. extra bottles, U cents, He sells
ll under guarantee to refund the
ic i If H does not give quick relief.
ksk nil -how- you the strong gnar-in
under which it Is sold.
This is Christ's ideal: a radlatlug,
gospel, a kingdom of overflowing con-yiiering
love; a Church that Is elected
lo he a means of blessing t„ ihe human
race, Thli ideal la the rerj nerve of
| Christian missions at home and
abroad: the effort to preach the gospel
io ever) creature, not merely because
the world needs t,, receive It but be-cause
the Church Will be rejected and
lost unless she gives it. TIs not so
much a question for us whether any
ol our rellowmen can be saved without
Christianity. The question Is whether
WI can he saved if we are willing to
keep mil Chrisilanlty to ourselves.
And the answer is No! The only re-ligion
that can really do anything for
iin- Is tin- religion that makes me want
lo do Koiiieiblug tor you. The misslon-ar.
v enterprise Is not the church's af-ter-
thought. It Is not secondary and
optional. It. Is primary and vital.
Christ has put it in the very heart of
H,s gospel We cannot really see Him
or kuow Him. or love lllm, unless we
see and know and love Hla ideal for us
the ideui which is embodied in the
law oi election of service.—Henry Van
Dyke.
DEATHS
On September 2«. isot. tleorge Gray,
ol Pittsburg, son of Matthew and the
line Martha Gray. In his 47th year.
Relatives and friends of the t.ninU
are respe.-lfull. Invited to in lend the
funeral on Saturday arternoon at 2
o'clock from bis father's residence,
Sixth avenue above Wells street. In-t.
iin.til at Barren Hill Cetnelerv
The best l:\oii suit and stlfr bats a le
made and sold b) Tracey, the Han
Norriatown, in all leading fall styles
Tl sands to select from.
fall
(Continued to Fourth page)
Th,- calling in oi Judge Lan ■
Lancaster county, to SSBIBI the local
.luiicas nexl wed. ai Criminal Court,
should Impress grand Jurors w.th the
Importance of expediting n • bus-iness
with dispatch Grand lurors ni-ways
see,,, ,o believe II their dut) to
bold little trials ol a case, tome oi
tueee jurors even ualng up valuable
time to display their cleverness
I
at
\ soi.niKirs WIPR"
Dr. J. B MAHN
DENTIST,
II. . meal equ,
R9 Fnyclle Street.
tour- « a ni. to 9 p. m
Phone 61 W.
THK STOMACH IS THK MAN
A weak stomach weakens the man
because ll cannot transform the food
In cats Into nourishment. Health or
strength oanaol !»■ restored to any
sick man or weak woman without
lirst rcsiotii.e health and strength to
the stomnch. A weak stomach cannot
enough food lo r i the tissues
and revive the t.red and run down
limbs and organs of the body. Kodol
Dyapenala Unn digests what yon eat,
cleanses and ■ Itrengthem the glands
and membranes of the stomach, and
inns Indignation, dyspepsia and an
stomach troubles. Bold by all Drug-gists.
'A BOLDlBR'S WI.-K"
Dr. LAMBLEY
DENTIST
PIIII.A. DKNTA1. ROOMS
Payette St., and First Avenue
i-,.„■ iioluii I,, n. ;over Bell's grocery)
I'nlnlasn Kxtractlng
Hours » A M. to 7 30 P. M Sundays
by appointment
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