The Conshohocken Recorder, August 28, 1900

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11OME
APPENINOS
OF THE FRIENDS AROUND US
THEIR PLEASURES AND THEIR
WOES
s. hooli .i penlng.
Pollttci warming up.
Labot Day, Beptember S.
Vacation is drawing to I oloac
The latest tn praai tbi apple.
Look on! tor llvelj times this fall.
Oysters will be In leaaon next Batui
II. IV
Bummer ring back to
tin' city
Nazi Saturday "inns the reedbtrd
■aw
Heavy h.iis are appearing.
Busmen i* coming op a little.
Chnrcb congregation! are small.
Boa) rockera are going out i>r style,
Llghl orercoata will be .1 heavy ex-pense
tins fall,
Weeds weeds, 1 verywhere and not a
scythe In sight
Mi and Mis. Kllpatrlck pkmli
Roae Qlan on Sunday,
Don*) Corgi 1 to n ad the County hap
1 Dings in. page three,
Englt ben Wetael was in Atlanta
1 lltj for I few Mays hist week.
The lightning last week rained
many large trees 00 the outskirts.
Jesse Allen, of Kighth avenue, was
Waiting HI Washington hist week.
Edward O'Connor has returned from
a months' visit to friends in AJabami
Charles Btcklngs of Books oounty
I,
MICHAEL O'liKIEN. '' v Mart
and Hllsabeth, and one brother', ex-
A LIFE OF USEFULNESS BROUGHT.''""1"11111'1" Henry O'Brien, all of Con
TO A CLOSE BY THE GRIM ' sl '"'<'" survive.
REAPER DEATH .Besides hi- widow he leavea live
lughtera and one sun namely: Kate,
Another great ami Interesting life widow of tie- late James Bullock, of
i troi ir iniiist when all thai Wesl Conshohocken; tanle, wife ol
EJESrSIDE
HIMS AND WAYS
WS visiting his In other. J. lllcklllgs
Baturda) half-holidays arsagfceartng |.1S, „.,,,.((
"""""' John Bulilran, wad la employed in
Miss Susan llia.lley is visiting In Philadelphia spent Sunday with his
this borough,
The pawnbrokers an
wi or ■ happy smile.
The Democratic primary meetings
will be .held on Saturday evening.
Miss 11. M Dianih has returned from
a two weeks' vacation In Atlantic City.
Annie 1 lamaron, of King of
Prussia, was visiting hero on Sunday.
Miss Bailie White of Bala, is visit
Ing Mrs. John Murray, of Seventh ave-nue,
Mrs. Joseph Hallam is Visiting relfl
lives In Boston. Mass.. anil Coneonl N.
H.
Miss Julia Connelly of Sixth avenue
it) vlBltlllK lor aunt. Mis Thomas M
Connors, of Ardinoio.
1 rank Howard has gone to Cleveland
Oiiio. to work for a .ash regtste]
1 nuipany.
Bdward llaglll, of Vlneland, N. J., is
Visiting his uncle. Samuel Muglll, of
this horough.
Miss Ma Belle llewes anil Miss Alice
Wohmus, of Chester are visiting
friends in this horough.
The Conshohocken Cornet Band gave
a sacred concert at the Catholic I'm
ti story oft Sunday afternoon,
It Is said that dugs speak with their
tails. If this be true a short-tailed
dog must be a stump-speaker.
Mlaa 1:11.1 Cunningham and Miss
Josephine Bangor. of North Blm street
spt 111 Sunday al Atlantic city.
Miss Elizabeth Wetzel and Miss Car-j
rio Marks has returned from a week's
rat ition spent in Atlantic City.
George Mullen has had a two thous
and candle power Incandescent eieetru
light erected in front of his hotel. This!
is the first of its kind In the horough
Mr. and Mrs. XI. F Hansom spent
Sunday with Mrs John OTIrien. Mr.
tinnsom Is the Business Manager of
family,
beftaBlBl to M,. ,„d Mrs John Crimean have re
tinned from a week's vacation spent in
Atlantic City.
The oyster Bend is now looking for-ward
to ■ seas 1 delightful dissipa-tion
The congregation Of Calvary Church
in- contributed 996.82 to charity Hos-pital,
The dramatic company is sticking to
work bravely through these hot stim-uli
1 nights.
John J, Kineran is candidate for del
■ gate to Congressional Conference nt
I'ottstown.
Miss Annie Hurrah, of Railway. N.
J.. is visiting her gram I pnrents on
Fourth avenue.
The trolley company run n closed
cm yesterday, hoping to shut out all
heat from the travelers.
Ins. ph Collins Jr.. and his son John
havi lust returned from a pleasant
In Atlantic city.
A s ilai ting ol the Women's
l{.!i, 1 Corps will lie held at the home
nt Mrs Pitman on Thursday evening.
tine Infant daughter of Ed-waul
ami Ida Bailey, Of Seventh ave-nue
lied this morning,
I s itepp. of Brooklyn, N. Y..
■pent a few days last week with Ills
COUSln, Mrs J. W. Townsend of Sixth
avenue.
John llarrold and Robert Crawford
witnessed the EMttslmmona-Bharkeyun-
111 ness in New York on Friday
1 Veiling.
John Cray. Jr., of the Surgical
Works received I severe cut on the
wrist yesterday morning while nt work-on
n joining machine.
1ST, and Mrs Matthias of Fayette
street have returned from a six weeks
was mortal ol the late Michael O'Brien
was laid to rest this morning, The
continuous throng of people which
viewed the remains ami crowded St,
Matthew's Church this morning * 1 an
illustration of the friendship the de
ceased had established In the commun-ity;
men in all the walks of life being
present to pay the last respects.
Michael O'Brien was born In C itj
Heath near Dublin, Ireland Fehnuirv
19, 1980 He received ■ thorough edu-cation
in tin Cltj of Dublin taking a
special course in mathriiial hs M the
age 01 nineteen, he came t.i America
and settled in Philadelphia for a short
time finally coming to Conshohocken.
Hi soured ■ clerical position with the
Philadelphia fiermniitown and Norris
11 <;. J. iiaiioweii. of this bor-ough;
Minnie residing with her sister
ilene, wife of Anthony Bullock,
HI Virginia, Bllsabath at home and
O'Brien, of Norristown
town Railroad, having charge of th
freight h'tw n Manayniik and NoiTtl William
THE REPUBLICAN GATHERING
The Hi publican county Convention
tiled to order in the Court House
Morrutown, this morning n tew mln-iti
I all. : 1. 1. 11 clock h> I Shall man Sol
ly. ICvery district In the count] ITS
11 presented,
i!' ion the convention there was the
usual caucusing on the Streets, not
Withstanding thai it looked as If the
ticket WOUld lie made without taking
an] hall,.is. thereseemlngly beinglittle
opposition from those who were recog
nited as winners.
The tirsl ballot for Assemblymen re
suited as follows, the first live being
elected;
Thomas II Marker 212
\\ llllam DeHnven 218
(Irani It M. Olalliciy 211
i. R Haldeman 211
William II. Murphy 21.",
John I.. Shoemaker 27
The ballot for prothonotary resulted
,11 the "lection of J. Milton Brooke
who received 151 votes, to 49 for John
II McDowell.
John R Kindig was elected Director
d the Poor by Acclamation as also
WU Cram is W. Walters. Jury Com-missioner
The following wen- appointed tin
Committee on Resolutions:
ii.hii Booth, Chairman,
. is'..n. inth Ward.Norristown
DOINGS ACROSS THE BRIDGE
' tour, mostly spent In Milwaukee and
the North American of Philadelphia, Cleveland
Alfred A. Baldwin, of Upper RoX-borough.
and Miss Mary 10 While, of
Seventh avenue, joined a number "i
friends in Atlantic City last week.
The rain of last week Spoiled host*,
of picnics, lawn parties pretty dresses
and their owners, business at the
parks—but lov, her.
Mrs. Carrie Blckings. of Seventh
avenue, entertained anumberoffriendi
from Norristown on Sunday afternoon
and evening.
The sacraments will he served in the
Methodist Church on Sunday morning
and there will he preaching by the pas
tor In the evening.
fhe KeyStOne Telephone and till
Delmarvla Telephone Companj oi WH
mington Del., were conne. ted last
week. BubSCriberi of the Keystone
Company can now talk to Wilmington
The properties or Patrick Qulgley,
John Dougherty and John f. Prince
and Helen S. Prince will be sold at
sheriff's sale on September lli. In
court room No. 2. at the Court House
in Norristown. by John K. Light.
Sheriff.
The greybeards say that all signs
point to an early winter. One man in
tne county has observed that a week
or more ago the wild geese were Hy-ing
South. Another has observed that
the crows antl the blackbirds are
Hocking and the robin has sought SB
elusion of the woods to feast upon Hie
gumherrles. Thus those who have
made a life long study of the weather
signs are convinced that winter will
come suddenly, and that it will be hum
and seven.
The coming of Beptember means far
more than the end of summer to the
epicure. It means the return of the
oyster. Whether it is because the four
months' fast puts the appetite on edge
or not, the native llluepoint. most es-teemed
in this part of the country.
never tastes better than during the
month of September. There are many
who cat oysters all summer long, hut
acknowledged authorities inantaln that
the shell llsh Is not at its best from 'be
end of April to the beginning of the
coming month, 'Ibis is not because of
the rhymed adage that gives warning
against the oyster during the month!
tuat arc spoiled without an "R." but
for the reason that during May. June.
July and August the oyster planters re-move
the beds from warm shallow
places to cold deep water to prevent
spawning. The planters do this so they
may meet the Summer resort demand.
and ay thai the bivalves are not iii
Jured by the process, hut epicures as
well as scientists, say that the check
injures the health and wholesomeness
ot the oyster.
Vacation season Is still on at the
J. Bllwood Lee Co's., and red noses
and blistered faces and arms tell their
tories of sojourns by the sea.
The Brotherhood of the Union will
give a private water melon party In
theii ball, corner of Second avenue and
Harry streets, on Thursday evening.
A full attendance of the membership Is
i equested.
Two young women residng In the
Fourth Ward indulged in a wresting
match on Sunday. They wrestled ac-cording
to the Greceo-Roman rules
Duly one fall was made as that seem-ed
to satisfy them. It took about one
minute tor the fall.
A Lawn Pete and Fruit Festival will
be given by the Women's Relief Corps
HI Saturday afternoon and evening
on the lawn of the C. A. R. Hall.
Pickets including refreshment! can In-had
of all the members. Children ad-mitted
free in the nfternoon.
The people of this horough will have
the opportunity of hearing Mr.
i reweudt play the violin on Saturday
evening, September 8th, In St. Mnrk's
Lutheran Church. While Mr. Trewendt
ipeaka of himself as an amateur, those
capable of judging, regard his ability
is placing him In equal rank with first-lass
artists.
Charles Booth anil wife of lluddcrs-ieid.
England, are visiting John Wil-liam
Hague, of Tenth avenue. Mrs.
ilooth and Mrs. Hague are sisters. Mr.
mil Mrs. Booth Intend to visit all the
points of Interest In the eastern part of
the United States and particularly
thoae in Philadelphia ami vicinity.
They intend to stay In this country
ihont two months. Mr. Booth Is one
•f the prominent merchants of Hud-derafleld,
and he is proud of his native
country and town.
The merchant has about as hard a
row to hoe as any man on earth, says
HI ■ \eliange. and he has got to look
pleasant and hang on to the store box
no matter what happens. If the pas-
'I.IS salary Is a little short the busi-ness
man must fix it. If John Jones
loses a home Mr. Business Man must
help get another. If a celebraton is
going on he must dig up some more.
If a beggar comes along he Is the first
man lack led And yet some who sit
around the edge will tell you the "dear
men bant" is getting rich. Perhaps
some of him are making money hut
the majority of him will tell you the
merchant business is no snnp.
Yi.it will never find any other pills so
prompt and so pleasant as DeWitfs
Little Early Risers.
H. Maxwell Hurry and W. E. Sup-plee.
West Conshohocken.
town, also acting as station .cent. In
that time only two passenger trains
ran each day and one freight trail. BV
cry other day.
The persevering young man then
learned civil engineering and nil
as a mathematician soon brought hint
lo the lop of 111" ladder |[(. vvas ion
lulled with this railroad sixteen years
with the exception of two yean he
spent Surveying in ti"' North Weal
wheie he had tunny thrilling experien-ces
as that region was then almost en-tirely
inhabited by Indians.
He returned ami resu I his position
with the railroad and his business Ilk
methods were the means of speedy a.l
vnneement. Mr. O'Brien then pur-chased
the Conshohocken hotel in, n ,
on the present site of the Philadelphia
ft Reading Railway station and wai
proprietor for twenty years.
About IN"!", he became Interested in
the Plymouth flagstone Quarry, which
supplied stone to Pulton and Swedes
furnaces and In 1880, he bought an in-terest
in the Conshohocken Stone
Quarry Company, becoming a co-part
tier of Boyd, Stlnson & Prince. He
was manager until two years ago.when
he retired from active business
Politically. Mr. O'Brien was a Demo
crat until four years ago when i,,. be-came
a gold Democrat. In 1SS2-S3 he
was Burgess and he served two m
three terms as school director.
He was also connected with the early
building associations of the borough
and contributed largely to their suc-cess.
Until one year ago. he was'
lire, tor of the Montgomery Trust Co
of Norristown and al the time of his
deatli was president of the first Nat-ional
Bank, of this borough. Director
ol the (iei inanlown, Norristown and
Stony Creek R It., also Plymouth and
Mewtown Branch of the Philadelphia
9 Heading Railway,
In 1888 the deceased married Mis
Mary Clark of this horough ami live
daughters and one son survive him.
Solemn Requiem Mass was rclebrat
etl in his honor this morning at St
Matthew's Roman Catholic church, the
celebrants being Father O'Donncll
with Father shannon of Norristown
as Deacon and the l(e\. Dr. Thoi
Kennedy, of Overbrook as Bub Deaoon
assist..! by Father .lames Naylon of
the Church of Aminunrintlon. Philadel-phia.
The Mass was sung in an excel
ml manner by Madame Banilll, Mis-
Anna F.li/.abcth Kelly ot St. Charles
church. Philadelphia, and William
Cannon of st John - assisted by si.
Matthew's choir The ti in "In Tergo—
O Padre" by Nicolas as sung by these
famous singers was a gem of haruioni
oils melody.
The soprano solo of Madame Mar
til In. entitled "Angels Ever Bright and
Fair" was rendered with the express-inn
which lias made this great artist
famous, while the contralto singing of
Miss Annie Flizahelh Kelly, especially
her rendition of "Calvary" was un
loubtedly the best ever heard in the
Horough.
The pall hearers were John 0. Tracy.
Qeorge Tracy, Matthew Tracy. Charles
Mnllony. Thomas II. Ncvlns and John
O'Brien.
Mr O'Brien was a devout ehurrh
member and one of the staunch sup-porters
of St. Matthew's. After an elo-quent
sermon by the Rev. Father Rich-ard
Kinahan, the deceased was buried
in St Matthew's Cemetery.
Deceased was the oldest of thirteen
Thomas F, Shoemaker Upper Dublin
Win. Hagginbothom, Upper Providence
C. I. Buckley, Hatneld Borough,
John M. Hale, 2nd Ward, .lenkintown
I II Bupplee, Hi.s.inont.
'I..' resolutions endorsed tin nomin-ation
of William McKlnley and I lie.i
dole Roosevelt, advocated the paying
of 95,600,000 to the public schools from
thi' State treasury: the election of
United States Senators by direct vote
of the people, denounced the corrupt
liae HI mono] and the oppression of
corporation in elections and favored
the enforcement of the pure food law
and the suppression of the sale of oleo-margarine.
The nomination id mi Anti-Quay
ticket was foreshadowed by the action
Of the delegates of that faction in to
day I convention. There were a num-ber
of those present When their
Dames were called, they were Silent
not answering to the roll call or vot-ing.
W II Daniby. A. D. Fetter,,If. .las.u,
sexton and other leaden of the mo-tion
\>er. present but were simply
spectators They had nothing i.. gay
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The commit! in Resolutions was
appointed on the motion of John
Booth of this borough.
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James Morrison dd not attend the
onveiilioii. William Neville voting 111
his place. M. F. Davis was also ab-sent.
Robert Crawford voting In his
place.
Nothwithatandlng then was parctl
rally no opposition to the leading can-didates,
a great many prominent Re
publicans w.-re present There were
ruinors around that a scrap would be
part of the program but it did not ma-terialise.
DlatriOi Attorney Holland was one
of the spectators, and served to be in
demand for consultation.
i:\ Senatoi Baylor, of Pottstownttaa
" ' I i.lenee. In a (pile! way He was
mil a delegate, but was shaking hands
with those who were.
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John I. SI maker who received the
lowest vole on the Assembly Is a clerk
III the Auditor General's Office in liar
''isburg.
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Among those present at the conven-tion
the views of (he majority were
Unit With thi".' tickets ill the Held, th.'
Republlians would win.
TAYLOR ft SON
\ , in price grocery will be open.-.I
by Taylor A- Son al :!7 Fayette street
on Saturday. This tlrm formerly had
a grocery store at Blm ami Forest
streets and have a number of stoics in
Philadelphia and other places.
Charters were issued by the state
Department yesterday to the following
corporations The PottatOwn .Manu-facturing
Company, i'ottstown. capital
,I...mill; the Philadelphia. (ilensid. ami
\\ illou Qrove Railway Company.
Philadelphia, to build a line from Chel
leiiham tn AblngtoD township, a dis-tance
of six miles capital $HMi.ooo.
Bodily pain loses its terror If you've
a bottle of Dr. Thomas' Kclectrie Oil
In the house. Instant relief In cases
children. Of the number three sisters,.'ogfgjbjurns, cuts, sprains, accidents of anv
rg« Dellaven in Chestnut Hill.
Itlng relatives in re
The Public schois of this borough
win reopen aexl Tuesday
Mis Michael Hiishen and son.
Paul, an spending a week's vacation
ai Atlantic City.
Miss Maggie Adams and Miss
ciara Redtearn, both of Merlon avenue,
an enjoying the cool waves at Atlan
for a few days.
- Bdward Bvans of Meohanlcsvtlle,
' Pupil oi the Williamson Trade School
returned to the Institution yesterday
from a months furlough spent with his
par. ills
—Miss F.va Siinler. of (iulf Mills,
lias been elected a teacher In the pub-lic
schiHil of this horough to fill the
vacancy caused by the resignation of
Miss Clara Marklev Miss BtitelOT
will have charge of the second prima-ry
department
—The annual picnic of the Free Bap-tist
Sunday School was held in Bell'l
Wood on Saturday. It was a day of
much pleasure and merriment for all
who attended. The feature of the day
was Hie game of ball between the Cill-cinnatiis
Lodge of Odd Fellows of
Kensington and the Manayunk Lodge.
The game was won by the former In a
walk the score being ,s to 3. In the
evening a festival was held and a mat
sum was realized.
—Elizabeth wife of James (irilnth,
died at her home al C.ulf Mills, vesier
daj ai the advanced age of MI years
She has been a resident of this vicin-ity
tor a number of years having resld-eii
on the Fletcher farm until about
two years ago. Her death was super-induced
by general debility incident to
oni age. The funeral services will he
held on Thursday afternoon from her
u.l's residence. (Iulf Mills. In-terment
will be made in Culf Cemetery.
—Tin camp meeting of the Holiness
Christian Association which was held
it Twin Oaks. Delaware County came
to a close yesterday morning. The
.amp meeting this year was the largest
that has ever been held by that asso-clatlon,
and notwithstanding the verj
unfavorable condition of the weather
thi crowd which attended tim meeting
on Sunday proved to be the largest ol
the v.ar. fhe camp meeting was at-tended
by a large number from this
borough and they report a very good
time The Rev. E. L. Hyde took part
in the opening service of the Camp
Meeting,
Harry P. Smith died at his home
un M.ioii avenue Saturday morning,
at 7 o'clock, nt the age of 32 yeara.
Whih he has been a sufferer from pul-monary
affection for several years, his
death on Saturday was unexpected and
ami i B evi re she* h to his family
and many friends In this borough and
Quit Mills where he was horn and lived
until a few months ago. He is sur-vived
by a wife and one son. He was
a member of Camp IN, P, (). S. of A.
who together with the relatives and
friends otthe family are respectfully
invited to attend (he funeral from his
late hoine to-morrow afternoon at 2
o'clock. Services will be conilucl. .1 al
I he house. Interment will he made in
the dull' Cemetery.
RKCKLESS WITH FIREARMS
Dining the pasl month there have
been many cases brought to light
where Indiscreet persons have been
alarmingly reckless with guns and re-volvers
and several residents have had
breath escapei namely Officer
William Heald,
The other night, the policeman ill
0.UC tiun saw a.suspicious looking maii
lurking around a house on the corner
of Third avenue and Fayette street
lb approach, .1 lie man at once but a
ravolvei was pointed at him, ami ut-tering
the words "I'm going to shoot,"
the man pulled the trigger Fortunate-ly
the revolve,- didn't go off and then
: I i-i' n I'li.e. i. cognised Officer
lieahi. whom he mistook for an intru-der,
lie was lying in wail for thieves
who had been stealing trull and evi
.bully determined to hang the iirsi one
who came along.
About two weeks ami. the same offi-cer
was ihof at twi.e by a woman from
her second story window, who mistook
hi in lor a man who had been Stealing
her chickens. It was only after he hail
called to her repeatedly that the head-itrong
woman laid the revolver aside
Such people should not be permitted to
have Breams, as their excitable nature
will perhaps lead to something more
serious. It Is very certain they
wouldn't pay for the funeral of the per-son
whose death they caused.
CONSHOIK CKEN
PROPHET
AGAINST FUSION
To the Recorder:—
Please publish this In your paper
and oblige a constant subscriber:—
The continued attacks upon our stal-wart
lender aside from beint? monoto-nous
and disgusting Is like the hewnil-
Ing . iv of the school-boy who only got
one apple while his brother sot three.
The walls are coming mostly from
office seekers who couldn't lantl snme-tfflng
easy, thus do they seek for re-renge
in combining with Democracy
The best minds iii our town have de-clared
themselves against the proposed
Imitation and have pledged themselves
to tight for the real article and siippori
the representative of sensible politics.
Matthew Stanley Quay.
A FAIR POLITICIAN
PREDICTS
REPUBLICAN PRIMARIES
TWO SWINDLERS
The members of the United Bvangel
leal Chinch of Plymouth are very in
dignanl ovei the actions of a man and
a WOman who have been collecting
in. :.. j f.ii the .innch iii this borough
and Spring Mill, wthout being author
/id to do SO, and without turning the
money over to the church.
A lawn parly was given last Wednes-
I r . venng on the lawn of John Karr,
in llannonville by Mrs I lilt tier's class
Of the Sunday School, the proceeds to
go to the church.
Some one who is familiar with the
•burch collected several small aiiiounls
.if money in this borough and Spring
Mill, ostensibly to help along this lawn
party No one was authorized to do
his and the mcmbeis of the church
.vish their friends in Conshohocken lo
refuse at any lime to give money or
other articles to any strangers for the
church,
MANY PEOPLE ARE AFFLICTED
With severe headaches:
Caused by torpidity of
liver. Hood's Pills,
By Invigorating the liver.
Quickly overcome the headache, cause
i he blood to circulate naturally and
bring about complete relief. Hood's
Pills ad drectly upon the liver and
bowels. They arc prompt and reliable
and yet gentle in action. They tone
and Strengthen lnstend of weakening
the system.
VETERAN LEGION
On account of the National Km amp
Hint Union Veteran Legion, at Ft.
Wayne, tnd., on Beptember nt, the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company will
sell exi ursolii tickets at tin. rate of
one fare for the round trip from all
points on its line east of Plttsburg and
I.in in Fl Wayne. Tickets to he sold
and good going Beptember «. lO nnd 11,
returning to September 18, inclusive.
The Republican primary meetings
were held on Saturday evening and the
following elected:
First Ward—James C. Booth and II
II. Heywood, delegates, Llewllyn Jones
Coniinittcemnn.
Second Wnrd—James Morrison, E.
II. Nuss, delegates, William Neville,
Committeeman,
Third Wnrd—John Booth, John
siingluff, delegates. John Lobb, Com-mitteeman.
Fourth Ward—John Knouse, Caleb
Wilson, delegates. Caleb Wilson, Com-mitteemnn.
Fifth Ward—M. K. Davis. George
Hastings, delegates. John Hampton,
Committeeman,
HAD THE WRONG MAN
Thai many a n, I. mail hates to spend
tne summer,
That "cheap watches" |K not anomen
of good times.
♦
Thai the dusky damsel named Dinah
Mite has gone otf.
♦
I hat ii tak. , a pretty good black-smith
to shoo chickens.
♦
That two souls with but a single
thought, gen'rllly go an gits married.
♦
That many a feller that gives a glow-
In account, fails ter throw light on the
subject.
♦
That ther feller that has a fallin out
with his girl, feels hurt when he's
dropped.
♦
That the moonshiner that lives in
ther mountain seldom does blzness on
ther level.
That "all is not gold that glitters" Is
proven by the blonde whose hair be-iins
ter turn.
♦
That the tall man thill uiarryB a
dwarf believes in gettln familiar on
short acquaintance.
♦
That there'll now be an opening up
in the oyster bizness an many a feller
11 find himself In a stew.
♦
That If It WUI ralnin beer some men
d be unlucky enough to go roun with-out
a glass in ther pocket.
That many a man on the wave of
prosperity lets himself become a wreck
by attempting to wet his luck.
♦
That football season's a comln an
ther small boy rubs his hands with
glee^ but a little soap wouldn't
burl them.
lames Young of Philadelphia, who
has been in jail at Norristown two
weeks charged with false pretence,
proved an alibi yesterday and was re-
Yoiing was charged with se-curing
a shock for $4n from the pay
.ai on the Readng Railway, The man
Who received the cheek gave the name
of Janus Kcininerer. At the bearing
yesterday Young proved conclusively
that he was not the man wanted. Two
witnesses had Identified Young as the
man who negotiated a check which had
been fraudulently obtained, but he
proved conclusively that they were
mistaken and that he was not the man
who was wanted.
STATION ROBBED
William Walker, of Charlotte coun-ty.
\'a. was sent lo |all yesterday after
noon by Magistrate l.ciiliaidt. of Nor-lisiown
on the charge of burglary.
Kurly yesterday morning Walker WSJ
arrested by B mounted policeman, lie
had tv... huge grips, containing cloth-ing,
Later It was learned that the
railroad station at Overbrook had been
robbed Walket admitted that he had
forced an entrance to the station.
DEATHS
GRIFFITH. On August 27. i:
Elizabeth, wife of James Griffith, in
hi i 80th 'car.
The relatives and friends of the fain
ily are respectfully invited to attend
the funeral, on Thursday afternoon, at
I I., h.ek from her husband's residence.
linlf Mils, near West Conshohoi k
n Servii. ai the house Interment
at Quit Church.
SMITH.- On August 2.",. I'.inu. Hnrry
Smith aged 82 years. Funeral tin
VTedneeda] afternoon at 2 o'clock.
from bis late residence, Merlon avenue.
Wesi Conshohocken Sons of America
Camp No. IS are Invited to attend.
Services at Culf Church. Interment at
fllllf Cemetery
Scrofula, salt rheum, erysipelas and
other distressing eruptive diseases
yield quickly anil permanently to the
cleansing, purifying power of Burdock
Blood Bitters.
Read the Recorder. $1.00 a year.
THIS HOT WEATHER
This great and glorious country of
ours must keep up its reputation. It
can break records with ease and It has
bean doing the latter In the weather
business this summer. The past few
days have been notable and uncomfor-table
ones.
The disagreeable and enervating
lays ending Sunday made an effort to
heat all records for humidity.
Anybody could get a sponge full of
dampness nt 8 o'clock in the morning
"f Friday Saturday and Sunday simply
by holding out the sponge. On Friday
morning the percentage of moisture at
8 O'clock, when they measure it official-ly,
was us per cent. At the same hour
..II Saturday it was u per cent, and on
Sunday morning it was si: per cent.
Naturally, folks who have the habit of
lying abed at these hours felt somewhat
as If they were in a Turkish bath. The
heat was not Intense on Sunday when
the thermometer was doing Its best
and its worst, but, coupled with the
humidity, it seemed as If the day were
one of the hottest ot the season.
The mercury .climbed up to 91 de-
1 LIE P. M. and then a storm
came out of the northwest. There was
not much lightning nearby but away to
the northwest, whence the disturbance
rams, the sky was scarred with flashes.
For live minutes the wind that rushed
along with the thunder clouds blew at
'he respectable rate of forty-six miles.
II made the rain which was almost tor-rentlal
at times, come down at an angle
pretty dose to the horizontal, and pas-sengers
In open trolley cars who hap-n.
mil to have umbrellas put them up
to ward off the deluge. The shower
lasted thirty-seven minutes, and sent
he temperature down.
Yesterday the humidity was not so
great as the other days, but the mercu-ry
climbed higher. At noon It was up
10 M degr.es and at three o'clock It
had gone one degree higher.
The wolf In the fable put on sheep's
clothing because If he travelled on his
own reputation he couldn't accomplish
his purpose. Counterfeiters of De
Witt s Witch Hazel Salve couldn't sell
their worthless salves on their merits.
so they put them In boxes nnd wrap-pers
like IleWltt's. I,ook out for them.
Take only DeWitfs Witch Hazel Salve.
It cures piles and all skin diseases.
H. Maxwell Harry nnd W. E. Sup-
P>ae, West Conshohocken.
nicycles to hire and repaired at Ke-hoes,
on Hector street. Opposite the
Catholic school.