The Conshohocken Recorder, November 30, 1900

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No. L08i CONSIIOHOCKE.V, PA., FRIDAY NOVEMBER {JO, 1900 $1. PER YEAH
GQ OME
HAPPENINGS
I
OF THE FRIENDS AROUND LS
THEIR PLEAURES AND TillUK
WOES
Alas.
Crepe Is in ili'inaml.
i. ' n iii.' prophi i a disgusted
'i lie old old sioiv, brace up!
din1 more game please and ire'll tor-five
all if JPOU win.
Christmas trees have appeared.
A little skating would be u relief.
Pains and plea are at Uietr height
I'aini your sleighs, iwill snow
day.
Kid coats are popular with the fair
lints.
Hlg pearl buttons are again coming
to the overcoat front
The fellow thai can i keep • promise
can seldom keep a wife-
Mrs. Streeper of Bristol was rUitlng
relatives here th.s week.
Thanksgiving Day was cell bl
very quietly here yesterday.
Hard luck again. What Jonah is fol-lowing
tin- basket ball team?
Huy your little slsted a nice muff (01
Christinas and you'll not regret It.
Very nearly every night there are ru-mors
that wire thieves are nt work.
The Clothing business is having a
boom, our advertisers offer some eXCi l-lent
ehanees.
in u few days the prophet will tell
you, to the best of his knowledge, what
will be appropriate for • hristuKts.
Mrs. Horace C. Jones gave a tea t
her Fayettc street home this alter n
to meet Miss Seull of Camden. N. J
A union thanksgiving service was
held in the Methodist Church on
Thanksgiving morning. The sermon
was preached by Rev. J. P, Sheppard.
Let us have a new hall and every
entertainment in town would have a
good bouse. Would it pay. Just thfnk
D minute and you'll agree that it would.
The annual melding of the stock hold
ere of the Conshohoeken Gas Light
Company will be held at the office "i
the company on Tuesday morning, De-cember
I lth.
Jp response to the request of a num-ber
of our residents the trolley will
now meet the Philadelphia train on the
Reading Railway due here at 11.43 on
Sunday nights.
The services at the Spring Mill Band
room held under the auspices of the
Methodist Church on Sunday afternoons
have been discontinued. There will be
no services on Sunday.
Girls are looking forward In expec-tancy
and the lover Is counting out
how much he call spend for the pics
cnt. What he spent In the past don't
count. Pity him for the future.
At a meeting of the Tradesmen's
Saving Fund on Tuesday evening
IffOO were sold at par. The next meet-ing
coming on Christmas evening, will
lie held on the evening of the 2fith.
The Conshohoeken Water Company
Is extending their water pipes from
the corner of Spring Mill avenue and
Jones street, down Jones street to Hec-tor,
and down Hector to the borough
limits.
The Conshohoeken Cornet Hand was
in attendance at the entertainment
given by the Cult Ixxlge, I. O. O. F.,
No. 526. on Saturday evening and ren-dered
a few fine selections under the
leadership of Perry Smith.
Conshohoeken Lodge No. 117 went to
Manayunk on Tuesday night and as-sisted
the George Pea hotly Lodge in
celebrating their twenty-ninth anniver-sary.
A most interesting musical and
literary entertainment was rendered b)
talent which had been secured by the
Manayunk lodge after which a banquet
was held.
By the falling of some frail scaffold-ing
which was being used to raise a
sick horse belonging to Michael Hlck-ey
last night In his stable, Daniel Ken-nedy
was struck on the head and se-verely
cut. Dr. Hlghley attended to his
injuries and he will come around all
right.
The new Hook and Hastings pipe
organ is now in place In tin I'resbyti :
Ian Church and the excellent taste in
Its outward appearance secures for It
universal admiration. The tuning will
be done on Monday morning when the
instrument will be ready for rehearsals
for the Organ Opening and Concert on
Friday evening.
The Jury of view to hear testimony
regarding the damages done to the
property of James Morrison at Sprint
Mill avenue and Harry Streets met this
morning. Messrs. Holland and Evans
represented Mr. Morrison and W. F.
Solly Esq.. represented the county. A
number of witnesses were heard and
the Jury will report to the Court In De-cember.
Miss LlSSle Ogden of the China In-land
Mission will speak 111 the Haptlst
Church on Sunday evening. Miss Og-den
Is well known in Conshohoeken.
She has been in China five years and
left that country only a few weeks ago.
She Is thus well qualified to tell about
religious and secular affairs under the
recent reign oi terror. The meeting
will begin at 7 o'clock. All ar r
dlally invited to attend.
There Is likely to be a collar and
elbow wri-stling match between a
Trentonlte and a Conshohockcnitr
very shortly If they stick up to the for-feit,
lloth men bear good records. It
Is most likely If the contest comes off
it will be worth seeing as the men are
going on the mat for a fierce old strug-gle.
It Is rumored that lots of Tren-ton
money will be on hand and there
will be plenty of Conshohoeken money
to lie put against It
One of the moat disgraceful things
thai has aver happened la this borough
Happened yesterday afternoon after the
Of football, when a I'onshuhocken
rootm Hires • stone and cut Captain
Powers Of the Villa Nova team over the
aye. Ma was was coming uown In a
coach when he was injured. This mis-euievous
work was nnproVoked as
rS played a .air and square game
ami It was only done to take spite out
>n Villa Nova In" .ins, they beat Con-di]
and li, ueiit of the foot
hail team is determined to find out who
the thrower w is and punish him for his
work, Notwithstanding that the local
did c.et beaten this is no way for
any person !n the town to get even
with any team that did Its duty.
WEST C0NSH0H0CKEN
Thanksgiving Day was generally
ired throughout the borough yes-terday.
The mills were closed all day
and the stores and other places of lius-losui
at noon.
Officer MeShane arrested three per-il
last Saturday evening tor driv-ing
through the borough without lights
on theil wagOM. Evidently the officer
Ifl determined to enforce the horough'8
ordinances. I he fine imposed was
I, This is an example and all
■hOUld take warning.
Walter Gaj I, the iu year old son of
Hal iy and Mary Levan died at Ills
pan ill's residence, Calf Mills, yester-day.
The funeral will take place at one
o'clock on Sunday afternoon. The ser-will
In' held in the Gulf Christian
Church. Interment will be made In
the cemetery adjoining.
BIRTH OF CHRIST
It is certainly very difficult to settle
in What month Christ was born. For
a long time attar the establishment of
Christianity, according to Hermann
i senei, there were only a few-festivals
telebrated by the Church. Clement of
mil la writes that some In his
inie (300 A." 11.1 held that Christ was
oin on the 20th of May; others said
he it'ih or Nth of April. Others
gain thai he was born November 17.
II the year ISO A. D, many held Christ
'pi ,1 1 and other held Ha-th
of March for the date.
Bast celebrated the feast Jau-ary
8th. In Jerusalem they celebrat-d
Christmas on the 6th of January up
o the eighth centry, The Armenian
Church, separated from the Roman,
elebrates the feast on the Cth of Jan-lary,
There were two Christmas days
observed by the Anglo-Saxons, and the
twelfth-day, or the Cth of January
seems to be the older. In the Philoeal-
,on calendar it la stated that Christmas
falls on the Bth of December, and the
,iame Is stated In the Syralc "Martyr-iloglnm."
now In the British Museum,
luere Is a fact, however we must not
overlook.
From the fourth century Rome, Af-
I'ranee and Spain recognized the
16th of December us the feast of
hrlstnias. Augustine seems certain
hat Christ was born on Hint day.
It is very Improbable that shepherds
.mi' in the mountains in December,
■wd It is most improbable that " the
inrolllng made by Cyrlnus" should be
irdered, when travelling was difficult.
But are all these reasons decisive of
the question? To my mind the Com-mentary
of Hlppolyttis on the Book nf
Daniel, which was given to the world
i few years ago. settles the matter. We
trace the Commentary to the year 204
A. I). I shall give the translation by
the Rev. Peter Kelly, the distinguished
Creek scholar and assistant at St.
John's Church:
The first time that our Lord appeared
in the flesh was at Bethlehem, where
lie was bom OH the eighth day before
til mis of January, on a Wednes-day,
during the forty-second yearof the
reign of Augustus and counting from
Adam B.B00. And He died at the age of
:..: on the eighth day before the Kal-ends
of April. Friday, 111 the eighteenth
year of Tiberius Caesar.
Now. the eighth day before the Kal-ends
of January was the 2Bth of De-cember.
The
BOW paper
R) plains all the »
Real news In town
".very issue and you should
Continually read it for full accounts
On subjects pertaining to the sur-rounding
county
Regular correspondents send every-thing
worthy of note, and
Describe minutely the happenings of
our friends near by.
KM IV issue Is tilled with Interesting
topics' to please all.
Read it and be convinced that what we
s iy is true.
Our neighbors In the nearby villages
ue otp'ii perplexed as to where to go
when they want to buy. Many wont
enter a store unless they know the
prices. It is encouraging to know that
Is a means of acquainting them
with the prices of the Conshohoeken
stuns by inserting un advertisement
in the Recorder, winch penetrates ill
the surrounding places.
"I suffered for months from wire
throat. Bolectrio Oil cured me In
twenty-four hours." M. S. Gist, Hawes-ville,
Ky.
Ten dollars reward will be paid by
David / Wood, the well known butch-i
■ of Washiia Hall market for the ap-prehension
of the persons, who are cir-culating
report! to the effect that he
not manufacture his own scrap-ple,
sausage, etc. Having built up an
excellent business by sejllng pure and
lie goods, he will use every effort
to discover the mischief makers and
make an example of them.
OUR TEAMDbFEATED
THE TEAM FROM VILLA NOVA
COLLEGE WALI-OPS OUR
GREATS''
With all the velocity of a wei
hurricane the football team from the
\lllu Nova College Mowed into our
Iron-clad itorough yesterday and to-day
there is nothing to tell the tale but the
dejected look of the locul players and
ardent spectators. We were not in the
ganie at any stage ami Villa Nova won
by the score of 22 to 0.
it was a repetition pi the University
ot Pennsylvania—Harvard game at
Cambridge. The visitors started in
Cram the first anil so fierce and quickly
did they get off their plays that it was
just 1 minute and B seconds after the
game started that Captain Powers—
thai noble hero Of Villa Nova's team.
lie. who Is their main stay—slipped
away from ten of the local players and
eluded Captain Crawford, who was
playing back to make the tackle, and
•con i their first touchdown on an ss
yard dash which amazed the nearly
2000 crqwd of spectators. He also
mane the run complete by kicking the
goal, it was this that virtually deter-mined
the number of touchdowns for
the Collegians. It broke Conshohoek-en
up completely. It km .eked the life
and ambition out of every player on
the leam. Their team work was not
iiroiigiit into play ut all, and Villa No-va
won as they pleased making veri-table
monkeys of our brightest stars.
On the other ham. the Collegeians had
their team work down to perfection.
Our heretofore impregnable line was
knocked by their backs In all direc-tions
and was pushed along like chaff
before the wind for 10, 15 or 20 yards
at a time. They were never held for
three downs during the game. Their
interference too, was a thing of beauty
to look upon—even though Consho-hoeken
was getting a blackened eye.
The difference between the two teams
is that the College boys had been train-ing
hard for the game, while the local
team was sailing along on her past rec-ord—
not scored upon—and did not
practice once for the game. It Is a les-son
to them. They learned more yes-terday
than they have since the organ-ization
of the team. They were over
confident and many may be thankful
that Villa Nova supporters asked odds
of I to I on their team. They might
have bought ground ami built a palace
had they had the sand to put up the
money. They were dead willing to give
even money after the first half was
over, but It was too late and while
many Conshohoeken live-dollar bills
grace the pockets of Villa Nova sup-porters,
the amount Is nothing com-piled
to what would have been lost
had they bet even money at the start.
The game was played on its merits
and the better team won. What the
locals can do again has nothing to do
with what they did yesterday. The
game is lost and there was all kinds of
joy in the Villa Nova quarters. The
shrill shrieks of the fair supporters
were heard above the deafening roar of
the student and it was Indeed hard for
the local enthusiasts to bear. It is all I
over. Conshohoeken has been scored
against and even beaten my a shame- j
fully large score, and more than that !
they were blanked,
The first ha., ended 17 to 0. Captain
Powers made the first touchdown and
kicked the goal on an 85-ynrd run. M.
J. O'Neill made the second touchdown
and Powers kicked the second goal
Nolan scored the third touchdown hut
Powers missed the goal. The second
half was a much closer game. Consho- i
liocken pulled herself togetner the last j
twelve minutes of piny and had the vis- ,
itors on the run. but It was tpo late. |
Nolan had scored for Villa Nova, hut
Weir missed the goal which was the
last scored. The game ended with the
ball on Villa Nova's 20-yard line.
The line-up:
Conshohoeken Pos. Villa Nova.
Crawford I.eft end Her
«_nrter Left tackle Nolan
Ramsey Left guard Donahue
W. Shaw centre Rooney
Hlack Right guard McFnddin
Duster Right tackle Kgan
Neville Right end O'Rourke
McCarthy (Jnnrtor-haek Wilr
B, O'Neill ..Left half-back. .M. O'Neill
Rambo Right half-back Crow
Morris Full-back. Powers leapt.i
Touchdowns—Powers 1; O'Neill, 1:
Nolan 2. Goals kicked—Powers 2. Um-pire-
Moore, i.efcree—Boyle. Lines-men—
Ford and Coster. Timekeepers
Doyle Iv EC Rambo. Time of halves—
20 minutes.
Although a majority of the teams
cense playing football on Thanksgiving
Day. Conshohoeken is going to try and
make up for the misfortunes which
they have run up against and they will
OOBtinne I" plgy thl gaino If they c n
secure teams to play In H»is borough
They are endeavoring to Becure only
first class teams, teams that are strong-er
thun any that has ever played here
and the chances are most ilkely that
this can be done now that the hlgteans
nave completed their schedule and the
greatest games of the season are to In
played yet If the locals succeed In get-ting
the teams which they are now
Ashing for. The management is nego-tiating
with the Unrobe team, of the
Western part of the State, for a game
to be played In his borough on Decem-ber
8th. This game would be one of the
greatest games that was ever played In
this part of the country If It Is pulled
off and the grounds would most likely
be unable to accommodate the enor-mous
crowd that would turn out to
wltneM that game if the weather was
anything like football weather. The
l.atrube team Is one of the "big four"
in the Western part of this Common
weskltb and they like the locals have
sen losing money on account of the
unfavorable weather and If such a
game Is played It means a big pot for
both teams if they come together. The
Ijitrobe aggregation has defeated the
Orcenburg and Duquesne A. C, two
teams of the "big four" and the Home-stead
team defeated them by a single
touchdown In one of the hardest games
they played t,,ls season. The team Is
composed of professional players and
it would certainly be one of the great-est
game in the history of football If
the "Champions of Eastern and West-ern
Pennsylvania" should come to-gether.
It la sincerely hoped that the
tnnagement of the two teams will come
to a satisfactory agreement as thd
people for miles around would flock
to Conshohoeken to see such a game.
Over confidence and Insufficient prep-aration
was undoubtedly the cause of
L'onshohocken's defeat Knowing of
Villa Nova's brilliant record during the
season, they should have made the
most careful preparation. Practice for
this game should have really started
three weeks ago, special nights being
set aside for th.« contest in particular.
At times Conshohoeken was too much
divided, that general compactness and
team work for which they are noted,
being entirely lacking.
Villa Nova practices every day and
wnilo our players are working at their
different occupations, their opponents
oi yesterday were practicing punts and
passes. The home team was battling
against strength, science and general-ship.
It was very evident by Villa No-va
s playing, that they were led by
ome superior mind.
if Conshohoeken expects to play an-other
game this season, let them "get
together." Incidentally it might be
said that the absence of Bulger and
bang greatly weakened the team.
If the home team wishes to retain
their reputation let them get an ex
periettped coach next season, who will
snow them how to play Twentieth Cen-tury
football.
One defeat in a season Is aot a bad
record, yet It should not have been. Let
us nope that there'll be one more game
this season In which Conshohoeken can
rake a brilliant wfnd up. Don't be dls-aged.
Get together.
Yesterday morning the Harmanvllle
Foot Hall team defeated the Gulf team
In a close nnd exciting game by the
re uf 10 to 0. The game was hotly
contested and the Hannanvlllers scored
ad tier points ill the first half. The
playing of William, Campbell, Streblg.
yuigg and Evans for Harmanvllle and
Taylor, Cook, and Owens for Gulf were
the features. Line-up:
uarranhvUIa Pos. Gulf
Evans I-pft end Iluler
Spare I.eft tackle Wertz
Campbell Left Guard C. McPete
Baker centre McPete
Cunningham ..Right guu,rd ...Gambel
Qitlnley Right tnckle Davis
Williams
Strebig Right end Williams
Taylor
(julgg Quarter-back Cook
Albright ..I-eft Half-back... Mclnty.re
Corson. ...Right half-back... Bowman
Rhlnchart
Williams Full-back Owens
Touch-downs—Williams, Evans.
Greensburg, I'a., has tried profession-al
f.iotball and found It a losing game.
The experiment in fact, came to a dis-
MtroDI end there this week. Greene-burg
supported one of the four big pro-fessional
teams in Western Pennsyl-vania.
The team was disbanded, and
..c Advisory Committee of the associa-tion
will have to make up a deficiency
of J 1,200.
The lAtrobe Association has lost
• 1,800 ..ut is hanging on.
The slump Is attributed to bad
weather and enormous salaries paid to
payers.
MIDNIGHT THIEVES
CAUGHT IN THE ACT.
BASKET BALL
The new soft hat. the "Teddy R„" In
tl.riO and $2 qualities at Tracey's the
Hatter.
If you go about It right. Take two or
three Kmuse's ColdCureCapsulesdur-tlie
day and two before retiring at
night. This will Insure a good night's
next morning. Continue the treatment
next dav and your cold will melt away.
Is an Infallible remedy for croup.
H. Maxwell Harry and W. E. Supplee
W rv>««hohnc1r«">
CONSHOHOCJtEN OFFICERS MAKE
AN IMPORTANT CAPTURE. SEN-SATIONAL
DEVELOPMENTS
PROMISED
During the past three months, there
has been considerable thieving done In
the vicinity of Spring Mill and White-mart!)
township. The culprits have ei
en gone over to the west side and after
making hauls there, rowed the spoils
across the river. The Conshohoeken
officers have long suspected certain
parties of being connected with these
robberies and early Wednesday morn-ing,
Policemen Henld, Conrduff and
Constable Flllmore Stemple made an
Important capture near Spring Mill.
Seeing three susplrlous.Tooklng persons
carrying bundles quite a distance apart
they made some very quiet moves and
flnallly discovered one of them to lie
Joseph Taggart Jr.. and Clara lag
gait. As they were aliout to enter
to enter their home the officers asked
why they were out carrying bundles at
such an untimely hour. Taggart said
he was carrying matting for Ferdinand
Evans who was moving. Constable
Stemple made It a point to notice the
design of the matting and further up
the street he found another bundle. On
opening it, he found It contained matt-ing
which corresponded in design to
that carried by the Taggarts. Stemple
also noticed a man running in the dls-tance.
He had evidently dropped the
bundle on secin* the officers. Then the
officers eagerly awaited to hear of a
robbery. Yesterday morning a man
named Pierce who works on the plnce
of Dr. Dean of Spring Mill told the
Spring Mill Post Master that the place
hud been robbed. He was then sent to
Conshohoeken and after Interviewing
the officers who had seen the Taggarts,
secured a search warrant from Squire
Smith for their arrest. The warrant
was given to Constable Stemple and
when he asked to be admitted to her
home yesterday, Mrs. Taggart shouted
from the second story window that she
wouldn't let him In. Stemple then
bursted In the door and searched the
house In a closet on the second floor
he found matting which Pierce identi-fied
as belonging to Dr. Dean. From
the evidence given by Officers Courduff.
Henld, Constable Stemple and Pierce,
the Taggarts were held under five
hundred dollars hall by Magistrate
Smith for their appearance at court
Taggart's father went his son's ball
but Mrs. Taggart was not so successful
and was taken to the Norristown Jail.
There will undoubtedly be more Im-portant
captures made in the vicinity
of Spring Mill In the near future. The
arrest of the Taggart's is only the first
step.
FELIX MeLERNON LAID TO REST
Felix McLernon was buried this
morning from his late residence. Hec-tor
and Oak streets. His funeral was
largely attended. Solemn Requiem
Mass was celebrated at St. Matthew's
Church by Father O'Donnell. He gave
an elegant sermon and spoke on the
uncertainty of life. St Matthew's
Choir rendered some excellent music.
The Holy City, a favorite selection of
the deceased's was sung by John A.
Collins, who sang in excellent voice
with very fine expression and nechnl-que.
The whole rendition was soul
stirring. The pall bearers were Tini-othy.
James Hunt, John A. Colllns.John
Butler, Robert Flemlg and ObrlStOnhfn
Delyaney. Interment took place iu St.
Matthew'B New cemetery.
Thanksgiving Dny was generally ob-served
ot Norristown. All Industries
shut down, nnd business was suspend-ed.
A feature of the occasion and one
which brought thousands of strangers
to town was'the parade of the entire
fire department. The parade was nndeir
the chief mnrshalship of Harry Hi li-ner,
and the flremen were reviewed by
Burgess Toild and the members of
council,
Mrs. David Schwenk, of Bridgeport,
has broken the record for fracture of
Iiones. In a little over a year she has
suffered three such misfortunes. First
her right arm was broken In several
places. Her left arm was fractured sev-eral
months afterward, and on Wed-nesday
she fell downstairs and frac-tured
n leg.
To-morrow night the Tannhauaer
Wheelmen will make their Initial np-ice
iu this borough and another
great game Is being looked for. The
Tannhauaer is one of the foremost
teams in the lea-uo us fur as strength
goes and a great game is in store for
ih.■ public of this borough and vicinity.
I lie new centre man. Carlin, of Villa
Nova College, make also make his first
appearance here and with Ruth and
Neville nt attack, and It. Crawford and
Kllam at defense, the team should make
a good showing anil it is poped thai
the result of the gome will be- differ-ent
from the one of lust Saturday
night. It Is a sad state of affairs when
any one who has boon Interested In the
game of basket ball In this borough re-
Bectj over the past and then looks at
t lie present condition of the team. It
is enough to dishearten the people of
tne borough and the players also, but
when the few players who havesttirk to
the team are striving to overcome great
odds and get up another team In this
borough the people should not hold
back and support them In their efforts.
We know that there aro some people
In our tpwn who are sorry to see the
state of affairs but what is to be
done. The best players have been
signed by other teamB, while some
otners who helped to make the team
famous In days gone by have retired
•oni the game and as a consequence
the team has taken a slump and while
they are doing their best the people
are grumbling because they have not a
winning team. But could they always
i .to have an unbeatable team
hereT They do not seem to be satis-fied
with the laurels which have al-ia
ady been brought to our little town
but seem to think that the team should
have gotten any weaker. Now
this is nonsense, and the followers of
the game should think twice before
they speak once. They should take In-to
consideration the difficulties under
which the management is laboring.
They are doing the best that can be
dune under the circumstances, trying
to bring the game up to the standard,
breaking in new players and still the
people are dissatisfied and do not sup-port
the tenm. After Inst Saturday
night's game the spectators were heard
to say "why don't thev get some good
players?" Why don't they. Well here
are a few good reasons. The team Is
not like some other teams that are lo-cated
in Philadelphia and other big
cities, who when they hear of a good
player getting their release from one
•cam can go and sign him and
then by the time that Ihe manager of
the local team gets word to him for his
services he is already gone. And then
again the people will, not, or has not
so far this season supported the Con-shohoeken
team in a fair way. Ijist
Saturday night was the flrst time this
Boason that a fair size crowd has turn-ed
out to see them play, and then It Is
well enough for some of them to say
why don't they get some good men on
the team? The team Is not backed by
a gold mine and as the mem who are
Playing on the team are running It on
.heir own hook, they can not go down
in their own pockets to pay large sal-aries
to any one and If the games are
not patronized they will never get a
good team here. Now It remains with
the residents of this town and vicinity
wnether we have a good team or not
and to them belongs the blame If our
borough Is not represented by such,
and the sooner they turn out at the
gamcfl the sooner the team will make
■ good showing in the Interstate League
and as to-morrow night's game will be
a hard one the house should he over-crowded.
The following Is the schedule for
neZl week:
Monday. Tannhauser nt Penn.
Tuesday, Conshohoeken at Philadelphia
Thursday, St. James nt Manayunk.
Friday, Philadelphia at Tannhauser,
Saturday, St. James nt Conshohoeken.
FIREMEN'S PARADE
OUN FOR SALE
A flrst class double barrel "Scott
Gnn" with carrying rase, chest and
with every thing complete; Including
Gunning Coat, belt for shells and load-ing
Implements. This complete outfit
is on exhibition at I, Hart's cigar itore.
SOME FOOLISH PEOPLE
Allow a cough to run until It gets be-yond
the reach of medicine. They of-ten
say, "Oh, It will wear away," but In
most Cases It will wear them away.
Could they lie Induced to try the suc-cessful
medicine called .vemp's Dalsnm.
WOlch Is sold on a positive guarantee
to cure, they would Immediately see
t.ie excellent effect after taking the
flrst dose. Price 25 cents, nnd 50 cents.
Trial size free. At all druggists.
Men's and Boy's winter caps 25 and
5 cents at Tracey. the Hatter, 38 East
main st, Norristown.
NOTICE
The Conshohoeken Foot Ball Club
offers a reward of $10.00 for the arrest
and conviction of the person who threw
the stone that Injured Captain Powers
of the Villa Nova team when return-ing
from the game last evening.
ROBERT CRAWFORD.
Captain and Treas.
YOU
Know well that the big city papers
don't bother with the small places.
Yet there are lots of things happening
among them constantly. It is well to
know how our friends are. Just what
they're doing, etc. The best way to
become acquainted with all the doings
of the nearby places Is to read the Re-corder
which Is read In all the places
for an area of ten miles. The reason
we can tell you so much is because we
have correspondents in each village
and borough. Do not delay, if you
don't read the Recorder always, order
it now and keep abreast with the coun-try's
doings.
The Independent Fire Company, No.
'_'. of .lenklntown, celebrated the open-ing
of Its new fire house by holding a
street parade yesterday. In which twen-ty-
two visiting companies pnrtleapated.
J. Ramsey Itlake, president of the or-lion.
acted as chief marshal with
i nristian Myers and John M. Hanway
as aides. The parade formed at 2 P.
M. and marched through the prinrlpnl
■trecU of the town. Fully 3000 visitors
iron the surrounding country witness-ed
the prooeggtan.
The independent Company has a
membership of over 200 nnd Is one of
'ue strongest in southeastern Mont-gomery
county.
The new lire bouse is complete In ev-ery
respect, being fitted up with every
convenience Incident to a modern fire
department.
A NOVEMBER WEDDING
One of the most notable weddings of
the borough was the marriuge yi
day at noon in the Presbyterian Church
ot Miss iieien Manet Wood, the daugh-ter
Of Mr. Janes W. Wood, to Mr. I .or-lano
lties'stra Hooper, uf Baltimore,
Mil The ceremony was performed by
Itov. .1. F. Sheppard. pagtof of the
Ciiurch.
The bride ' ntereii tin. church, with
her father, preceded hy Miss Maude H.
benjamin, of PhoenlZTlIle, the maid
"f ho ■ and Miss Bllaabtth Wood, as
flower girl. At tin' altar she was nut
by the groom, and bis best man, Rob-ert
Albright, of Philadelphia
The processional was Lohengrin,
played by Miss Laura Eaehus. ol I'll..,
tiixville. The ushers were Charles
Moss nnd Albert Horns of Phil-adelphia
and Samuel It. Junes and
Francis S. Martin, of New fork,
A breakfast followed at the home of
the bride's parents. Iir, l.'jrth avenue
After a brief trip, Mr. and Mrs. Hoop-er
will live in Philadelphia untilChrlat-mns
when they will take up their per-manent
residence in Dayton, O.
Among those present were the fol-lowing
:
Mr. nnd Mrs. James W. Wood.
Oscar T. Wood.
Mr. and Mrs. James Wood, Jr.
George Wood.
Mr and Mrs. John Wood, Jr.
Miss Nelye Del-. Wood.
Mrs. Laura Wood.
Miss Ijiura Wood.
Mrs. Hettie P. Wood.
Miss Mary 1-. Wood.
Mrs. Walter D. Wood.
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. I*ee.
Mrs. William Cleaver.
Miss May B. Lee.
Mr. and Mrs. D. H. Ross.
Mrs. C. H. Clark.
Miss Florence Jones.
Mrs. Helen Maurk.
Miss .Mabel Mnuck,
Victor Mauck.
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Mauck.
Mr. und Mrs. H. J. Cook.
Mrs. Wilson.
Mrs. R. H. Bate.
Mr. and Mrs. George Stees.
Mr. Charles Wood.
Miss Sarah Wood.
Miss Anna DeHaven.
Mrs. Alice Goodwin.
Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Harry.
Mrs. Nixon.
PHILADELPHIA
Miss Georgia Shearer.
Gordon Shearer.
NORRISTOWN
Mrs. John W. Harry.
Miss Ida Harry.
Miss Bertha Harry.
WASHINGTON
Mrs. W. H. Cresson.
Mrs. Henry Newbold.
THE C0NSHOH0CKEN
PROPHET
FRITZ IN NEW YORK.
For many years J. K. Emmet ('Fritz
Emmet) held a first place In the affec-tions
of American theatre-goers. Ills
death left gap which, until the appear
ance upon the stage of Emmet Dcvoy.
his nephew, has not been filled. That
gentleman possesses all the artistic and
magnetic qualities of his Illustrious
uncle. He is a flue actor, with a su-perb
tenor voice; Is' a good dance and
has graces of manner and person which
fit him for such a role as Frit/, iu
"r'ritz In New York," to lw seen at tin
Grand Opera House on November SO.
'I he play Is a musical comedy drama,
and In Its* German form now at the
German Theatre. New Yurk over n
year. It has been translated and adap
ted by the well-known authors, Messrs
II. It. Valentine and Robert (1. Morris.
CALVARY CHURCH
No service tills (Friday I evening.
Advent Sunday, Sunday Schouls and
Bible Classes, 9.15 a. m. Morning Ser-vice,
noly Comniunine and Sermon.
10,80 Evening services 7.00.
The Men's Guild will meet un Mon-day
evening December, ■' aftei busi-ness.
President Murphy has kindly
ciiust'iiyd to give an Informal talk on
his recent trip to the Wist. This Is
open to all men interested, whether in
the Guild or Parish or not. The ad
dress will he about 8.30.
Tuesday and Wednesday December
1 and 5 the Women's Guild will be
glad to see their friends at the Parish
House. A grand supper and Christ-mas
Gifts will be chief attraction.
PREDICTS
That every turkey dies Maine.
♦
That a short answer turneth away—
creditor.
Thai wish bone, are hanging over
the family door.
♦
That some eggs are not what they're
cracked up to be,
♦
That some men with bulb eyes don't
Be I ben- way clear.
♦-
I hat grass wuiders aint green when
they marry hayseeds.
That a clear conscience
help on a foggy day.
is a great
That many a feller that sees his op-portunity
fails bW seize it.
That dice git badly rattled
they're shook, so does u filler.
when
That many a bounein boy lies quiet
In ther mornin when he's called.
That Its the soft thing that sepa-rates
himself from his hard cash.
Thaf*many a feller gets broke him-self
from breakin his good resolutions.
♦
That ther old soak thit sponges,
takes water when It kums ter payln
fer ther drinks.
♦
That ther singer that strikes a chord
orfln gits a knot In his voice from beln
on a string too orfln.
THE PARK THEATRE
That the Park Theatre should have
■shaken Its hoodoo and plunged forth
in a burst of splendor and success is
only n natural sequence that follows
the new and careful management that
now guides the house, for the names
of Nixon and Zimmerman have never
yet been associated with a failure,
neither has that of Fred ' O. Nlxon-
Nirdlinger, whose handling of the Peo-ple's
has won for that house Its pres-ent
place at the top of the city's melo-dramatic
theatres.
"The Dairy Farm," the original of-fering
played the largest engagement
In the city at the Park, and "The Girl
from Maxim's" displayed the standing
room only sign every night, and last
night the Broadway Theatre Opera Co.
In ". ne Highwayman" again illustrat-ed
that the experimental stage at ">'•
Park Is at an end, and that Its perma-nent
policy, that of high-class shows
at popular prices, is here to stay.
The attrractions already booked for
tnis rejuvenated house are: Dei
Miss Mildred Holland, in her new play.
The Power Behind the Throne;" Dec.
10th, Mr. Daniel L. Sully, In "The Par-ish
Priest;" another play new to the
city; Dec. 17th, Frank Harvey's great-
"8t of melodramas, "Woman Against
Woman;" Dec. .list, a grand spectacu-lar
revival of "The still Alarm;" Jan.
7th, 1901, the flrst attraction of the new
century, "The Great White Diamond;''
Jan. Hth, Neil Burgess In "The County
Pair;" Jan. 21st. Al. H. Wilson, In "The
Wachl Am Rhine;" Jan. 28th, "Near
the Throne;" Feb, lth.-Rose Melville
In "81s Hopkins;" Feb. I lth. Charles
Dickson in "Mistakes will Happen;
Feb. 18th, "The Night Before Christ-mas;"
Feb. 26th, "Shenadoab:" March
lth. "Man's Enemy:'' March 11th. Rob-ert
Mantell; April 1st. "On the su-wanee
Itlvei■;" and negotiations are
now pending for Hnnlon's "New Su-nerba.
Ihe Sign uf the Cross." "The'
l'nristian," 'Hearts :i\:- Trumps" and
lots of other high-class attractions at
the pricei thai never change.
BF.WARE!
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Sabbath) December I, 1000. Preach-ing
by the pastor 10.80 A. M 7.80 P. M.
Biaramenl of the Lord'i Bupper al Ihe
morning service. Evening theme "The
Missionaries have caused the uprising
in China. Junior V. P. S ('. K. fcM
P. M. Minute Men. MO P. M. Y. P.
s. C. K. 'el'. P. M.
MOTHER GRAY'S SWBBT
POWDERS FOR CHILDREN
Successfully used by Mother Gray,
nurse In the Children's Home In New-
York. Cure Feverlshness. Bad Stomach
'teething Disorders, move and regulate
the Bowls and Desjjoyes Worms.
Over 30.000 testimonials. They never
fail. At all druggists. 25 cents. Sam-pie
FREE. Address Allen S. Olmsted,
1-eRoy, N. Y.
If you have ever seen a child In ago-ny
of croup you can realize how grate-ful
mothers are for One Minute Cough
(lire which gives relief as soon as It
administered. It quickly cures
coughs, colds, and all thromt and lung
troubles.
Sold by H, Maxwell Harry and J.
Rufus Darr. West Conshohoeken.
BAPTIST CHURCH
Sunday servicis. Preaching by the
pastor at 10.80 A. M. and 7.00 P. M
Minilav School at 9.00 A. M. Christian
Endeavor, fi.30 P. M.
Builds up the system; puts pure.
rich blood in the veins; makes men
and women strung and healthy. Bur-dock
ltlood Hitters At any drug Btore.
Tracey. the hatter, carries a stork of
hats four times as large as any other
dealer In Norristown and sells at a low-er
price.
Dr. Mason K.Moyer, Dentist 16 1st ave.
Wlpit's the secret of happy, vigorous
health? Simply keeping the bowels,
the stomach, the liver and kidneys
strong and nctlve. Burdock Blood
Bitters does IL
MADE YOl'NG AGAIN
One of Dr. King's Now Life Pills
Btch night for two weeks has put me
in my 'teens' again" writes I). II. Tur-ner
of Dempseytown, Pa. They're the
Deal in the world for Liver. Stomach
aad Bowels. Purely vegetable. Never
gripe. Only 25c at all Druggists.
Of the man who offers you something
for nothing.
Of the girl who writes you too many
letters and limes you to call.
of the mother-in-law who bivuiiies a
constant visitor.
Of the young man who has Just full-en
in love.
Of the stranger who nsks you to ride
with him on a lonely road.
Of the gem which you have neSt I
properly introduced to.
Of the little brother who hovers
nround the pnrlor door.
Of the open door in the dark hnll-way.
Of Ihe slippery tongued friend who
loads you with compliments.
Of the fellow who keeps late hours.
Of the man who knows It all.
IF YOU WOULD BE HAPPY
Wouldn't It make you mad when you
found out that the hat you paid three
dollars for Is no better thnn the one
your friend bought of Tracey, the Hat-ter,
for two dollars? Wouldn't It Jar
you?
Rend the Recorder. $1 a year.
Many people worry because they be-lieve
they have heart disease. The
chances are thai their hearts are nil
right but their stomachs are unable to
I I. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure dl-
«rrts whnt you eat and prevent
formation of gas which niakei the
stomach press against the heart. It
W..I cure every form of Indigestion.
H. Mnxwell Harry and W. E. Sup-plee.
West Conshohoeken.