The Conshohocken Recorder, August 10, 1900

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TOWN NOTES.
BRIEF ITEMS AND NOTES ABOUT
THE TOWN AND THE PEOPLE
WHO ARE IN IT
Tin- Fourth Ward prophet relntel
thrilling denouement and tragli
imi of in aapii Ing poet
riif editor s:«i near the n Indon
The i"»'t stood near the door
The ■ dltor opened It gently,
The pool waa there no more
laltwarmenoughfot i on phew!
The iii:in in suspenders looka ancient
tome girls threaten to gel their hair
(in.
Inov balls have been prohibited in
Philadelphia.
There were several proatratlona
during the past week
Tity the baaeball players who bavi
to perspire publicly.
Foot ball playen havi tarted to
stretch their DlUBClea,
Drummera who come to the town go
away with a Corlot n look.
A committee hai been appointed to
waah the Behnylkill River,
\ii- lamea IfcNally of Fifth avenue
1,, :ii Wood street, is terlonaly ill.
The Spring Mill Band will entertain
us on Bnnday, Don't fall t" be on hand
The Summer girl li at her height and
the type* 1 Iter geta duaty In the corner.
The poBt-ofDce boxes have .1 deserted
look its really too warm to write tet-ters.
Miss Bridget Leonard will leave on
Saturday. Augual 18th, for a trip
through Ireland.
Miss Delia Logan who baa been em-ployed
In Atlantic City the paal few
months, is vlaltlng her parenta here.
T. I! Evans of Norristown, is offer
ing a niimtier of Bhang of the Consho-hocken
Woolen Company for sale,
HI pi< nirs have been acaroe this
rammer. Many of thein end In quar-rels
and young people prefer 10 go
linos iiiR" so Ihey cm snii themselves
The heal was so great yesterday
morning thai the two Furnacea of the
Tube Works were shut down for tie-day.
They were itarted again last
night.
Quoll pitching is much in vogue In
the Fourth Ward. ChrlH. O'Brien and
John Johnston claim the ohamponahlp
of that vicinity, A challenge is open
to all comers.
AI a mooting ni the Conabohocken
Hiii|.|n,i' and Loan Association held on
Inesday evening addlson A. Lindsay
ami ('lirislian Ttonz were re elected ili-icctius
and Samuel Roberts was also
elected to lie- -ami- offlOB lo lili He- va
cancy caused by tlie removal of Elmer
E. Bart $1THII was disposed of.
The Philadelphia Inquirer nl
days says: United States District At-torney
Holland will have no respite
from hard work this Bummer, lie is
now busily preparing an unusually
large buugel ol business for the federal
term of court which opens in the latter
part of this month.
DOR days an now upon UK. This is a
part of the year nlimit the time of the
heliacal rising of the dog star. Various
dates, from July :t(i to August I", have
bean 1 1 lad for tin- first dog days and
various durations from SO to ~>i days
During tills time careful watch should
be kept on all canines and they should
haye plenty of water.
The following program will be given
by the Spring Mill Band on Sunday al-ternoon
ai 1: I' M. mi Colinia iawn
Par! 1
March, siu-r.lian Sabres,. si Clair
Overture, The White city Angel]
a. Glee Clark
b. Hope Celestial Betboven
Porge In the Forest Michael's
Overture, nine and Qray Chotaway
Par) 11.
March, Ocean Lake Cadets, ...Grooms
Holy city, by request Idama
Credo from Mozart. iL'lh Mass.
Dawn of Love Morcean Bendlx
Clarinet Solo, all and var., Nero. Rlpley
The lawn is free at HICK,- concerts.
Nearly all arrangements have 1 n
completed to make the M. R. Sunday
School excursion which goes from this
borough to Ohalfont to-morrow, one of
the most successful excursions in the
history of the school, All the commit-tees
will be at their post In time t" take
charge of the train and see thai every
thing Is carried out in a most sau-fa,
tory manner. It is expected thai S large
number of people will accompany the
Sunday School and all that remains to
be done now Is for the "Weather Man
iu be good and Ho- affair will undoubt-edly
eclipse all former occasions A
committee will in- at the station to see
that all the baskets are loaded hen- and
unloaded at the Park and they will also
see that they an- put on the train he
fore leaving tie- Park in the evening,
There will he a gnme of base hall in the
morning between two .lasses of young
men of the Sunday School and in Ihe
afternoon a team picked fnn the Sun-day
School will play the Spring Mill V
A. These will lie two ini, 1
games and will be worth seeing, Be
sidc: these then an other amusements
which afford much amusement for ail
The trains win leave the p ft H
Station at si.", A. M and 12.48 P. M.
Returning the train will leave Chalfonl
ai a i. p, M. Both no- morning and
afternoon trains will stop ut Main
Street Station, Norristown.
I - - idi II,duns,,n i i mi a la da\ , |
i iitKHI io Atlantic < 'ity.
Mi sea Bllsaboth and Bertha Knecbt,
an ojournlng at Atlantic City.
Richard Glllnget ol Seventh
avenui Is on i he sick list,
An Infant daughtet of Mr. and Mis
r Mi i !oy died on Tui sda]
Piaui, Meaaengei and Howard Jones
- a royagi to Boston.
Its loo hoi to eat, al least one would
think 10 fnun the way some of the gro-look.
John l-'lynn. is having in» I hairs and
electric fans erected in his barber
shop.
Herbert Lewis has found a closet
key thai lie- owner , an have hy ap-plying
to 111 111
Dottle Rockblll left mi Wednes
da) for a vacation to be spent in Pleas-nntvllle.
N. .1.
\iiss Katie English, of Bint street,
has returned from a visit in friends
and relatlvi s in Phoenlxvllle,
\ man has ahplied I'm a posilion to
lo, I, up tin- borough after 11 P. M.
This wont keep the mosquitoes out.
inm Castle win give another trolley
party to Oollegevllle on Friday evening.
ntlgusl .".1st.
Charles Bustard, of Woodmonl spent
Sunday wih his father John Itnslard,
of tini borough.
Tin Spring Mill Band will give a sa-cred
concert on the lawn of Colllnta on
Sunday afternoon,
Mam an- Swapping on -remits tor row
boats bill w lints a man with a row boa I
whin the liver is full of ice.
\ - srrlage win he run by Barman
W. Fisher from the Harmanrllle troi-lej
in young's Btore at Plymouth Meet-ing,
meeting each trolley on Saturday
and .•'uii,lav.
Tin- Itaptist and Lutheran Sunday
School will unite and give an exenr-sini
on Saturday, Augual 18th, to [frees'
W Is«al Told Point. The excurson-ists
will e taken lo tin- woods in wag-ons.
STRI-liT LKiHTS.
BOROUGH LEGISLATION—STkM 1 I
LIGHTS. PAVING AND POLICE
SALARIES CONSIDERED
GRADE CROSSING ACCIDENT
As the result of al errific grade cross-ing
.a rideiii on the Chester Valley Rail
road last evening Miss BUa Fredericks.
the 19-year-old daughter of Dr. 0. N.
Fredericks, of New Centrevllle,tsatthe
Charity Hospital at Norristown and is
likely to die at any moment
The poin « heielheaicideiiloccurred
Is .lust when-the railroad i losses DeKalb
street pike at McGinnls' lime quarries.
in I'ppei Ml noli township. Miss Fred-ericks
was driving from her home to
NorrtStOWn al the lime. Her horse had
already stepped upon the tracks when
trie young woman realized her danger.
she tried hard to drive the animal
icro the tracks, hut it was too late.
.n the Hash of a second the huge loco-motive
had crashed Into the vehicle.
The engineer had seen the team upon
the Hacks, hut it was too late and he
could not reverse his lever.
When ihe crash came Miss Fredericks
wna hurled s considerable distance
from the tracks and when she was pick-ed
up by the crew she was unconscious
and was bleeding from many cuts and
bruises.
The horse was hurled a distance of
twenty feel Into Hayner's hrlrk yard.
It was killed instantly. The wagon
at spinning in different direc-tions
and was reduced to kindling
Wood.
MOUTH OPEN FOR A DAY
Special lo The Recorder: —
Ml i Anne Davidson of west Lata-
>ete was telling her Bister, BUa, a story
yesterday afternoon and although It
was very hut. the lal.-tr laughed so
in in lily over it she couldn't stop. When
she did cease she couldn't close her
mouth, A physician was sent for but
was away on a vacation.
Ihaiing of his daughter's sad pre-uicamenl
Mr. Davis same home and
getting behind the chair she was rook-ing
in pulled il over Ihe Moor. The sud-den
|,ik and the scream Ella let out
wen the means of tier jaw going hack-in
place. Now she is afraid to laugh
again.
DEATHS
T \cri-: tin August x, 1100, Hugh
Tagus Br Funeral on Saturday
morning, at 7.80 o'clock from his late
residence wist of Gulf Mills, Mont-gomery
county, High Mass at St.
Gertrude's Church. Interment at St
Matthew's Cemetet I
VERY APPARENT
The Preacher "We often blame the
d,-\ j| for mil own had actions "
Tommy "Well why shouldn't we
Bin'! that what the devil's for.
Mothers lost their dread for "that
terrible second summer" when thev
have in- Fowler's Bbttraci of wilil
Strawberry in the house. Nature's
i", me for rammer complaint of every
soil.
IT IS NOT YOUR FAULT
That lie Main Spring of your watch
breaks, It is the condition of the
weather Hut WS will replace them.
You gel the benefit of Brat-class work
and material BLOOM II ALL. the Watch
Maker. <- j • - i ■ ki st, Cheapest, Beat
ti was a shin w.ust crowd thai legis-lated
rot the borough on Wednesday
evening, when the regular meeting of
town Council was held, President
I iline ami Messrs. I.ce. Jones. I'. O'Brien
and Maconachy wen- absent
in the absence ol President Calne,
Mr, O'Brien was elected president pro
temp.
The Fourth Wind street lights was
the subject thai mainlj composed the
evening's work.
It was started hy the reading of a pe
titton from the residents of thai ward
asking thai an an light l„- placed ;il
sixth Avenue and Wood Street
Mr Moore moved that I lie arc light
that had been ordered at the last meet
Ing removed from thai corner to the
corner ot Freedley street il,- changed
hack lo Wood street before the next
meeting,
Mr. Campbell said thai Ml. I.ce had
Bseurea this removal and he thought
thai it would only lie courteous to await
until Mr. Lee can in- ai lie- meeting be-fore
action is taken.
Mr. M. ,1. O'Brien suggested thai
lights he placed ai both Wood ami
I'lecdley street on Sixth avenue
A tilt followed between Messrs. Ford
and O'Brien about economy in street
lighting.
Mr. Moore siidediily Withdrew his
motion and Mr. Collins jumped to his
feet and made the motion over again.
Mr. Ford then offered an amendment
that Incandescent lights lie placed on
Hector street and Spring Mill avenue
between Cherry ami Poplar.
Mr Collins with an amendmentwant
eil n light on Klin street at the west
borough line.
Mr Long's amendment named an arc
l.ght for Fayeite street at Eleventh
avenue.
'filings Were getting decidedly mixed
and tin- members seeing thai tie
amendments were offered simply to -1.
feat the original motion, Mr. Collim
withdrew tin- motion. President o
llrien ruled that this withdrawal cans
ed all the amendments to drop.
Then the fight started all over again
hy Mr. Moore moving thai a light hi
placed at Sixtli avenue and Wood street
before the next meeting of Council.
Mr. Ford Immediately lacked on hll
amendment for the two Incandescent
lights. Mr. I.OIIK fell in with a demand
for the Payeite street light, nnd Mr.
Collins stuck out for the Rim street
one. and Mr. Itate Joined the pro,.
ny asking for one in front of the <;. \
k. Hall.
Mr. Campbell opposed the graining ol
any of them on Ihe score of economy;
the borough finances not being in tin
condition to pay tor more lights
President O'Brien left the chair long
enough to make a five minutes speech
calling the motions ami amendment
lOlly and saying thai if they wen- adop-ted
it would be stigmatised as the wort
of fools.
The motion was then put and hist b)
n vote of six to four.
Mr. Collins returned to the attack
again with a motion that the light at
blXth avenue and Freedley be removed
to sixth avenue and Wood street.
Mr Ford's amendment to lay the mo
lion on the table was lost and the orig
Inn! motion was adopted.
The street Committee read an offei
from R. i-'. Qulgley to do the grading
on Third avenue for forty-four cents
n cubic yard.
Mr. Moorcs motion thai the contract
In- awarded to him caused a long dis-cussion.
Mr. Collins thought thai the Street
Committee should do the work, ttroa
giving the tax payers an opportunity
to work out their taxes, lie offered an
amendment to this effect it was put
to a vote and the President pronounced
it lost, but immediately asked thai an
other vote be taken when it was adop-ted,
Mr Moore's original motion was
tlyis lost anil the work will be done b]
ine Street Commltti e
Mr. Urns estimated thai the work
would cost abOIlt a thousand dollars
on motion of Mr. Murphy ihe street
Committee was directed to have First
avenue from Kayetie to Maple street
macadamised,
A petition was presented asking that
Run street he graded from the bridge
west to the borough Ine, and thai it
ne curbed and paved from Maple in i
west to the borough line,
An ordinance to this effect was pre
IT SAVED HIS LEG
P. A. Danforth of LnC.range, tin. suf-feredfor
six months with a frightful
running sore on his leg; but writ
line klen's Arnica Salve Wholly i und
It In five days. For Ulcers. Wounds.
Piles. It's the beat salve In the world
fhires guaranteed. Only Harts. Sold hy
all druggist.
SPECIAL TO THE LADIES
When you have Rings or Jewelry
that iced repairing or new stones. Re-ineinliei.
our owrk is equal to new work-'
in linish. li costs you no more than
others would charge—If as much. |
MLOOMHALL, the Jeweler.
MANY PEOPLE ARE AFFLICTED
with severe headaches;
Caused by torpidity of
i lie liver. Hood's Pills,
By Invigorating the' liver.
Quickly overcome the headache, cause
the blood to Circulate naturally and
bring about complete relief. Hood's
Pills act dreclly upon the liver anil
bowels. They are prompt and reliable
nnd yet gentle in action. They tone
and strengthen instead of weakening
the system.
sented bj Mr, Harrold and read for the
alsl lime.
Mi Campbell presented an ordinance
ih.H wai read for the Brat time amend-ing
the Huekstet License ordinance.
ii ihe amendment is adopted it will re-quire
every one who wishes to hUCk-ii
i 111 the borough to take out a licensi
for one year at e coal of five dollars.
\i the present time licenses all
for one month al a coal ol forty-two
rents per month and il is argued that
ii i not fair lo the home daalei to
make him pay live dollars ami to per-mit
tin- Philadelphia huckster to come
lo town during the slimmer ami pay
lie- lee [or one month only.
The ordinance was referred to tie
Police Committee for investigation.
Street Chairman Long reported that
He- oommlttee was using crushed stum-i..
ai cost twenty-five cents a ton, for all
i.-pans io ih,- streets.
And the members told him ii was
tood si art' ami io keep up thegood wot k,
The following letter thai was re-ceived
from Attorney William I-'. Me]
i i. referred to the Street Commit-
--, tot attenton:
Mr, .ia s .1. Longhery, of icim itreet
-ast of Harry, has consulted me in ret'
prence to a claim for damages against
the ho: gh, It seems that the water
coming through Hie alley from Hector
Street is not taken can- of when It
reaches Dim Street, ami in consequence
,as repeatedly rushed into his house
and done more or less injury. The last
occasion was several weeks ago when
im- first floor was entirely flooded, ru-ining
ins carpets matting, rugs, chairs,
wall paper and damaging the piano.
lie was also put to expense in ri-iuov
Ing tin- mud and tilth.
His whole damage is about $100.00,
\s tin- amount is not large, tin- matter,
I think, should hi- adjusted. I will be
;hni 10 co-operate with your commttee
io whom the claim may be referred in
bringing about a settlement.
ihe Police Committee presented tie
following report of the condition of the
ipparatus of the
I 'oinpanv
Your committee
,f the
nut Steam I'm-
Washington Hose
have Inspected the
Washington Hose
Engine Company
The steamer was taken to the Canal
'auk on August 4th, with Hie follow-ing
result;
Prom first lire to llrst steam. It min-utes.
20 lbs. of steam in .", minutes.
Was .stalled in 7 minutes with tu
pounds of steam. We find the engine In
list class condition. They also have
ine Chemical Engine in first class con
lition. with Mill feet of hose, one Hose
Carriage with 560 feet of hose nnd they
have 100 feet of new hose, total 1860
feet. We find Steamer. Chemical En
Jine, Hose Carriage, Hose. Horses, har-ness
and wagon In good condition and
would respectfully ask for their annual
ippropriation.
Chairman Campbell of the Police
Committee announced that each police-man
had lii-eii allowed 11,115 extra pay
for the extra lime served al Fourth of
Inly. This being cheaper than Hie ens-tomary
hiring of extra police.
This Statement brought Messrs. Ilnr-rohl
and Collins lo their feet who both
objected to these payments as being Il-legal.
President O'Brien stated that the Act
Of Assembly prohibited policemen from
icceptlng any money other than their
lalariea for services rendered.
In view of the protests Mr. Campbell
Withdrew the police voucher and nl-tered
it. so that the regular salary will
In paid each officer.
Solicitor Jones was Instructed to tee
if the Acts of Assembly or ordinances
prohibited the pou.ee from receiving
pa] tot overtime.
Tlie Treasurer's report was read as
fmlows
Hal.nice in Treasury. July II. $11',:'.", In
Rec'd of John .1 Meyers 200 00
He. '.I of Burgess I'lricli, 11 II
Rec'd for Llqnor Licensee 221s 10
14054 a.",
Orders Paid $1607 40
Balance in Treasury $2117 In
The Burgess reported that two ar-rests
had been made during Ihe month
and that $11.86 had been collected for
licenses.
iinleis for the following amounts
wen- granted:
FJcctrir Light Co $ KM •■:•
Gas Light Co a 42
Work on Street 1121.In
.1. .1. Meyers II
Win. Little
William Wright
Police '.
.!. w. i lavanagh, interest
\ 1. Miller a c,
J It. Steinple
Washington Hose Co
71 is
t .-,n
201 fill
in ||
10 12
ll'l 00
1 II
A lasy llvi r makes a lazy mail. Bur-docfc
Blood Bitters Is the natural, never
SlllnS remedy for a lazy liver.
IM) YOUR FEET ACHE AND in RN
Shake Into your shoes Allen's Foot-i
powder for the feet. It cools
llie feet atlll HUlkl'S tight Ol' IUW SIlOCS
reel i say Cures Corns. Bunions, Swol-n.
Smarting. Hot. Callous. Sore and
Sweating Pent Allen's Foot-Baae re-leves
all pain and gives rest and com-
I'oit. We have over IIII.IIOO testimonials.
Il i ures while you walk. Try it to day
\ll druggists and shoe stores sell It.
:-'.".i Sample sent PRBB. Address Al-len
8. Olmsteud. I.elloy. N. Y.
8-24-1900.
WEST CONSHOHOCKF.N
THE DOINGS OF THE PEOPI.F. IN
THE BOROUGH ACROSS THE
RIVER
William Dougherty is having his
Ford Street residence beautified by a
i oat oi paint.
Mi sales an- epidemic among the chil-dren
of this borough, nearly fifty cases
been reported.
Several classes of the Free itaptist
Sunday School will picnic „t Chestnut
Hill Park to-morrow.
—Joseph Mitchell. of Chester is
spending several days with his brother
Frank Mil, lull of this borough.
Hilling He present vacation the
public School building has I n replas-tared,
greatly beautifying tin- structure.
Mrs. Kedl'ern. of Merlon avenue is
Spending a ten days' vacation enjoying
im- cooling sen incizes ai Atlantic City.
Miss Chrlstnuin. of Norrislown. is
Spending a vacation with her lister,
Miss Alice Chrislnian of this borough.
Rev, L. Frank Bauaeman is an ca-per!
cyclist He takes a daily spin of
live or six miles on a handsome Bnreks
machine,
— The annual picnic ol Ihe Free Bap-tist
Church will he held In Hell's Woods
mi Saturday, Aunust 26th. A festival
will he held in the evening.
—The fair committee of the George
clay Fire Company arc busily engaged
preparing r„r their grand fair which
will be opened on September 22nd.
—Howard Clark, who sometime ago
resigned as a pupil from Ihe William-son
Trade School. Media, and who has
since been living ill this borough, left
mi Wednesday morning for his home
in Upper New York Slate.
—Mr. and Mrs, Henry DoHaven will
leave on the 2'ith of this month on a
trip through Ohio and Iowa. They will
ic the -nests of Mr. IleHaven'sbrothers
and during their stay will visit the
principal points of interest.
—A twilight meeting will lie held on
Hie road lending from this borough to
blrd-ln-Hand at the foot of "Itehel
inn" on Sunday evening. The meeting
will be conducted by the members of
the Holiness Christian Church. Ad-dresses
will he i le by Itevs. W. P.
..uslin and II, Mages and Mr. and Mrs
/.ec. On Wednesday Ihe Camp Meeting
of the Association will open at Twin
Oaks. Delaware County and will he at-tended
by a number of our residents
The lamp this year will he larger than
any previous year, over 100 tents will
he pitched,
—During the present week there has
been all kinds of threats made by some
of our residents on Ihe ice nun. They
have not had a pnrlicle of ice during
it ntii'c period of this sweltering
weather and consequently they have
been wailing and bemoaning their fate
This morning one of the numberciinghl
Ihe ice man having a piece of the "cold
comfort" on tin- door step ami demand-ed
an explanation for receiving no lee
im Other days. The man Of extreme
coolness persisted in arguing thai he
had leil the Ice. and tile woman argued
strongly to the contrary, it was finally
dei hied that the Ice had been left but
the weather was so extremely hoi that
it melted entirely before Ihe lady of the
house could get to the front door and
take it iu.
RECORD BREAKING HEAT
51 terdaj A., really tie- hottest daj
of He- y, ;n so far \t i p. st whan the
am usually puts in Its warmest work
Hie temperature was only sn decrees.
Seven hoars lab r tin- mercury had 1 n
unable to gel In low the M mark. Be
iwc-u thee hours it had fluctuated be-tween
Mi degrees and M degrees, reach
ing the hitler point at .", P. M. Thai la
Ha- beat record oi tin- summer, tqua!
ling thai of last 'lues,lay. whenlhetem
peraliire. only I'm g minute. howcn i .
was al !li; degrees.
The highest temperature yeaterday
lasted a full hour, or until li o'clock.
when it dropped lo III degrees. There
was agentle breeze, chiefly from the
northwest. The prospect of a might]
hot night waa apparent from the height
of tin- official mercury at 10P.M.,which
was M degrees, To lie- Westward of iis
tneic was no hope of coming loolncss. '
The temperature at Ptttaburg, Cincin-nati
and St. Louis was at liu degrees at
-I' M,
lie record to-day will heat that of
yesterday, At noon the tharmomi
ihe Recorder Office was 97 'i-
There was rery little air stirring, hut
Hie humidity was not as high as on
W'eiln sday.
THE C0NSH0H0CKEN
PROPHET
A SAD CASE
Mi Louis ll.illuiaii whO died recent-ly
in West Conahohoeken left live des-titute
children and as yet there has not
been enough money raised to bury her.
A meeting will be held al the resi-dence
of ihe deceased woman near the
(Jiilph Road on Saturday evening and
it Is hoped that the necessary amount
will br- raised.
SIX LIVES SAVED BY
A LONE BOAT MAN
Not satisfied with swimming around
and performing all kinds of aquatic
feats, a half dozen youngsters who gave
West Consbohonken as their residence
Went out on the river last night from
me west side ill all old boat. Confident
of their ability as expert swimmers
Ihey purposely upset the boat several
times and crawled into it again.
Finally some of the boys got tired
ami wanted to go in to shore
1)1 hers objected and a quarrel ensued
which ended in tin- boat going over
again. The distance to shore was too
great, so they clung to the boat and
veiled Prank Lawton, of Barren Hill.
who had rowed up from Lafayette, saw
the terrified younsters. thanks to a
moonlight night, and after much trou-ble
tied a chain to the upturned Isiat
ami towed the clinging hoys safely to
shore They thanked him nmld tears
and sobs and went quickly homo. A
sltnillar accident happened two weeks
ago.
WAS IT A MIRACLE?
"The marvellous CUrS of Mrs. Itenn J.
Stout of Consumption has created in-tense
excitement in Cammaok, Ind."
Writes Marion Slaiirt. a hading drug-gist
of Muncie, Ind. She only weighed
im pounds when her doctor In York-town
said she must soon die, Then
she began to use Dr. King's New His-
COVery and gained UT pounds In weight
nnd was completely cured," It has
cured thousanda of hopeless eaass, and
is positively guaranteed to cure all
Throat, Chest and Lung diseases. 50c
and $1.0(1. Trial bottles free at All
Druggists.
THE SCORCHING WEATHER IS
RESPONSIBLE FOR
a -mall boy falling Into pitcher of lee
water and being scalded to dentil.
A freezer of cream, which was left
mil In the air, being served as hot corn
surah podding,
A a,, of hail stones which Bel Ihe
trees on (Ire.
A rubber neck on a fat man melting
and causing his head lo lop down like
a withered sun-tlower.
A cake of he burning up While being
delivered eleven feet from the ice wag-on.
A yellow dog exploding and setting
a hen's feathers on fire nnd roasting
ner to death.
A cow lying down on the sidewalk
ami being barbecued, ronnt beef being
ill oil' for the poor.
A horse's shoes getting so hot that
ihey Inn iied the street crossings and
the (Ire department being called out lo
\iiio uish the (lamea.
Spikes were drawn out of several
structures by the heat ami fell in
showers on the sin ,1.
A celluloid collar melted on a man
and pasted him to his clothes.
A pig. waking up with boiled ham
ad his sides a bacon.
The moon being full of freckles and
the water in the Schuylkill boiling all
'he llsh.
PREDICTS
That sound m j | resounding.
♦
That high living often makes a man
low.
'.AMP BREAKERS WILL
BE PUNISHED
Youthful vandals are going about
die town breaking theelectrlcllghteom-iiiiiy's
lamps, evidently for the want of
one-thing to employ their Juvenile
-ninds. The company has offered a re-tard
of ten dollars for the apprehen-don
of the culprits and if caught they
.vill most likely be given lots of chnnce
lo think the matter over In quietude.
Ihe town is now being very well ligh-
•ed and the oerassionnl "dark corners''
is caused by the mischievous young-sters
who smash the lamps. If this
nuisance is not instantly stopped, the
youthful culprits will lie taken in hand
hy the Conshohocken Klectrlc Light ft
Power Co.
I.AWN FETE
Owing to the storm on Tuesday
evening the Lawn Pete to be given on
the lawn of S. Qordon Smyth on (lie
Slate Itoad. West Conshiihocken. was
postponed until this evening.
The cabs will leave First avenue
and I'ayett" street at seven o'clock
and half past seven.
The proceeds will be used for the
organ fund of the I'reshyterion Church.
SEVENTY YEAR OLD TRAMP
CAMPS AT SPRING MILL
Thai a hair's breath escape Is usual-ly
a close shave.
♦
Thai an ,-gg won't hatch an ox be-cause
it has a yolk.
'thai molested corns often cause a
husky voice to yell with pain.
♦
That the man who don't chews his
words often eats them.
♦
That ther feller that blows himself
seldom lets his wife git wind of it.
♦
That girls are usually dyin ter know
Iher feller that's dressed ter kill.
♦ #
That the belle of the season Is ther
one that rings In fer everything.
♦• -
I'hat stuttering fellers will be charg-ed
more fer talkin through telephones.
♦
That some musicians git so poor they
have ter live on ther beats—of ther
drum.
♦
That many blondes become such from
Inking (be gold cure, which goes to
their head.
♦
That the Schuylkill is receiving ita
ennual suicidal guests and forcing it on
its drinkers.
♦-
That in company ther feller that cuts
ther most Ice usually gits nis pick—of
' her girls.
THINKS GIRLS SHOULD INQUIRE
BdltOT of The RECORDER:—
In regard to company keeping, I
Hunk girls should Inquire moreintothe
character of their chosen friend than
Ihey do. There are many worthless
yonng men traveling around and look
prosperous bUl they're merely Millers
and time wasters and should not be tol-erated.
Reference in love is as essen-tial
as reference in business.
SPRING MILL GIRL.
VERY RISKY BUSINESS
To the Editor of The RBCORDBB:—
Most courting in my opinion is very
nonsensical. Some young men call on
their sweethearts every night in the
week ami even then Ihey seem to be
continually quarreling. The girl baa
io abandon all other enjoyment to sit
and talk with an inconsiderate admirer,
who often makes life a burden for her
and although she wishes she had never
met him. still she cannot turn back and
must how to the Inevitable,
A WATCHFUL MOTHER
JONATHAN JONES
Jonathan Jones, one ef the oldest
residents of Lowei Marion township,
died im Tuesday of general debility at
his home on Coiishohockcii State Road,
above Waters Pord Road, near West
Manayimk. Mr. Jones, who waa a son
of Silas and Mary Levering .lone.;, was
born near Flat Rock dam. De, ^niher 7,
1810, His ancestors were among the
Welsh colonists who settled in Merlon
in 1082 When I year old Mr. .limes was
taken by ins parents to the farm on
Which he died.
Like his father Jonathan took a
strong liking to agrlcultureand therais-
Ing of high grade cattle and fruit trees,
a vocation which he followed until his
lasl illness. In his early manhood Mr.
Jonas was married to Amanda Hoheson,
daughter of Samuel I.evis Robeson, of
Mill Creek. Mrs. .lonea died In 1885.
Ot their three children, two sonB. Silas
loins, Preaidenl of the Hoard of Lower
Merlon township Commissioners, nnd a
member of the Philadelphia Bar. and
Jonathan R. Jones, artist, survive.
Travel stained, and almost exhausted,
Owen Brenner, a seventy year old
tramp pitched his tent at the southern
end of Spring Mill yesterday, and drew
many spectators in watch him in his
expert whittling,
Brenner's tetal is portable, being
merely a piece of canvas thrown over a
large tripod such as used for a camera
He can bundle his home under his arm
and carry It with him. The old man
is remarkably well preserved nnd
stands si\ feel, one ami u half inches
in height, lie has walked all over the
I nited Slates and never pays railroad
fares or hotel hills: a valise full of
small looking utensils being the means
with which he prepares his >frugal
meals. Brenner earns a living by calv-ing
pipes and Ornaments out of ordin-ary
pit s of wood with a simple jack
knife. His work is of the highly ar-tistic
kind and he has no trouhlcinsoll-iiii-.
it. The aged wanderer travels in
the North during the summer and in I mmM w||, ^ gpm( ^ ^^ (hu
the extreme South in the winter, thus Ve„,.. \Vl. can't keep the campaign go-he
Is able todefy thccliinatiei oiidiiions. ing without money any more than we
He is now on his wav through the 'in keep the body vigorous without
schiivlkill V-,llev 'H"'1 Hyspeptics used to starve them-
' ■ selves Now Kodol Dyspepsia Cure dl-
[ gnats what you eat and allows you to
Itching piles? Never mind if every- eat all the good food you want. It rad-liong
else failed to cure you. Try I ically cun ■ Stomach troubles.
Dunn's Ointment. No failure there, 1 H. Maxwell Harry and W. E. Sup-
50 cents, at any drug store. plee, West Conshohocken.