The Conshohocken Recorder, April 16, 1901

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PUBLISHED EV ERY TUESDAY ANDgFfUDAY
CONSHOHOCKEN, PA., TUESDAY, Al'ltlL 1(5, 1901 $1 PKK ^ BAH
NOTES UF OUR TOWN
ITEMS OF INTEREST CONCERNING
THE PEOPLE OF OUR
BOROUGH
'i he woman \- ho fancies pink taai
will chatter and gash, gDOdMM
knowel
But whan I new Deny she sees
Bh« tlmply goes dad on pink IOM
Bol. Simon haa received the contract
lo furnlsb in « unltonni few the po-licemen
ol this borough.
I'roin Mts. Fisher on Sixlll avenue OB
List Friday night.
Many Nuss la phtcltic (he street
signs in pMltlon al the different eor-aera,
Mr. Harry Nune II the owner of a
eon) ol the Harrisburg Patriot Onion
of the date of July '-'7. 1861. It con-tain.-
much Intereetlnf news of that
war period.
Imitations have been Issuer] an-nouncing
the coming marriage of
.lames llai nit ami Miss Itrrtlia Mur-ray,
of this borough. The event will
be Botanniiad on the Mtb lust.
Prealdent liloomhall ol the Board "f
Trade is getting carious oommnnlce*
lions theae days from those who think
iln Board * an be of advantage lo them.
One enthusiast wauls the Hoard to help
him organize a hand here, alleging that
It will blow the town Into fame.
Somebody should invest a plan to
prevent the stealing of the feed wire
from trolley mads, as this form of
dei n latlon hai become BO common as
i(> b■ a nuisance to the pnbiie as well
as i si ions loss t.i tlie railroads affect-ed.
'I lie light of wild geese to the north
htis commenced, mid from now one
Duty hear I n I y now and then the faint
"hawk! hawk" of a flock of theae wdhl
going through the air at an ex-pat
e up to Hrltlsh ("oli: nbia,
when I hey breed.
Learn to laugh, says an exchange. A
laugh is batter than medicine,
Learn how to toll a story. A well told
.me as a sunbeam In a
si i. room. I.enrn to keep your own
troubhw to yourself. The world is i«
re fpr your Ills and sorrows
i: to stop croaking. If you cannot
i to see any good In the world.
itie bad to yourself. Learn to hide
your pains and aches under a pleasant
No one cries to hear whether
you have the earache, headache or
rheumatism Don'l cry. Tears do well
enough in novels hut they are out of
place in real life. I.earn to meet your
fin lids with a smile. The good hu-mored
man or woman is always wel-eome,
bul the dyspeptic or hypochon-driac
is not wanted anywhere and he
is a nuisance as wall.
iinling In a recent health report.
blanched almonda give the brain the
•:. and the man who wishes
lo keep up his mental power wojil i do
well In Include them ill his daily hill of
fare. Juicy fruits develop, more or Ms,
the higher nan ' brain, and ai - il
en by ail nun whose living depends on
their clear-headedness Apples supply
the brain with rest. Prunes afford
i 1 at; in I nervousness, hut arc not
muacle-feedlng. They should be avoid-ed
by those who .sin'i'er from the liver,
hut at the -line time, it has been prov-ed
that fruits do not have the same ef-fect
upon everybody. Some people have
never been aide to eat apples without
■Uttering tin agony of Indigestion; to
othi is Btrawborrioa are like poison.
I In annual reunion of the cluas of
1891 nf the I'linshohoeken High School
was held on Friday evening in Henzs
parlors. Tin following program was
rendered: Part i. Piano solo. Prank
Cloud; recitation, 11. Vanfoaten; solo,
William C. Harry; Stunt. Howard N.
Roblnspn; solo, Bertram Caine; Mem-ories
of tin- I'ast. I'. Allison Smythe;
solo, Bdward O. T, Davis, Part II.—
(William Allen's Phonograph here In-terfered!
Stunt. K. Allison Smythe;
solo. Bdward"O. T. Pavis; recitation,
William II. Allen; trombone solo,
William C. Harry; solo, Bertram
Caine Frank Cloud (the class muslc-inn)
.closed Urn program. The pro-
, present retired to the
banquet room, where t most delicious
menu, prepared by Cntercr BCOS, was
disposed of amid joycnlsnsss and glad
festivities, Bertram L. Caine was
toast master and responses were made
by members of the class until the ear-ly
hours of the morning brought to a
close a II i si enjoyable event
Now is the tim. of year when the
nop of winter whiskers is being bar*
i Co in almost any barbershop
and the haiues are you will see some
man in a chair undergoing the opera
lion of haling his heard amputated.
There are lots Of men who raise boards
In the fall and ba\e them shaved off
in the spring, Sometimes they enter a
shop with a full set of whisker) and
emerge with a clean shaven face; but
more often tin y retain a mustache.
Thi j are always Mlt-oonsoious directly
after the operation, ami crack feeble
Jokes wib ilo' barber about Hie change
in their appearance (I is amusing to
Watch them as tiny cast sidelong glan-ces
into the mirror and wonder il the
change is as conspicuous to the rest of
the WOrtd as it Is to them. They smile
sheepishly. They don't seen able lo
keep their faces straight. Then they
go out and walk the streets to see What
sort of aaeasatlon their appearance
i nates.
Pliln troubles, cuts, burns, scalds and
chafing quickly heal by the use iff De-
Wltt'S Wii.li Hazel Salve. It is Imita-te!
He sure yon gel IleWltfS.
William Neville, eor. First avenue
and Fayette street.
Dr. Mason K. Moyer, Dentist 16 1st sve
The Conshohocken Literary Society
Vlll hold its meeting on Thursday
"i Dint '" Henzs Parlors.
Melier Chantry, of Philadelphia, a
former resident of this town, will he
Hie puddle boss of the Plymouth Mill.
.1. .1. Meyers has sold the brick dwel-ling
on Hector near Poplar street be-longing
to the Messlnger estate to Mrs.
Mai v A. Binns.
Miss .b mi., C Elliott has opened a
HI the Conshohocken Pike, where
she will sell confectionary, soft cli inks.
cigars and tobacco.
In the Methodist Sunday School on
Sunday morning a collection amount-ing
to $75.25 was raised toward the
mortgage fund of the church.
Liwgi nice! wua arrested lastevenlng
by Ofliier Hastings to answer a charge
ef assault and buttery on Alice Hnpp.
le was held for a-further hearing.
Frank Fnraker was arrested last ev-ening
by Officer Heald charged with
assaulting M. Cohn. He will be given
a bearing ibis evening by Magistrate
Heywood.
Mr. Samuel Davis has received the
contract for the erection of two hand-nme
houses for Mr. Isaac Roberts OH
Fayette street and Tenth avenue. Work
was started on Saturday.
The Woman's Missionary Society of
Hie Presbyterian Church, Mrs. .lames
lleatty, president, will meet at the
church on Thursday afternoon at 3
o'clock. All are Invited.
The Women's Guild of Calvary
Church hold a meeting this afternoon,
ibu-v to the Annual Meeting of
ihe different organizations of the Par-ish
to he held on Wednesday. April
Mth.
A large congregation was present at
Hie Methodist Church on Sundsy even-ing
whin the Kaster music was repeat-
■I. The singing was of the highest
order, the solo by Miss Lldle Turner
specially being well rendered.
A meeting was held last week of a
number of ladies who are Interested
n The Pines, for the purpose of mak-
:in: arrangements for the coming sum-mer.
It was decided to endeavor to
purchase a permanent home, and one
on the Ridge Pilte near Hamionville
was thought to be the most desirable.
\n effort Is now being made to secure
ihe necessary money. A number of
gentlemen who have been Interested In
the work of this splendid charity will
have a meeting this week and It is con-fidently
expected that tho whole
Itnount will be subscribed.
It Is about time for the usual spring
warning against throwing glass and
dmilar debris on the street. Wheelmen
ire beginning to have troubles along
this line. A frequent and annoying
cause of trouble is the small pieces of
wire dropped by linemen. You may
not ride n wheel and this may not ap-peal
to you. but remember the poor
il ist ami throw your old bottles and
lamp chimneys somewhere else than
in ilie public highway.
A special from Washington. D. C.
*ays: An Innovation looking to the
omfort of letter carriers throughout
lie country during the heat of thesum-icr
probably will he Introduced this
year by official permission to them to
lives! their coats on their rounds when
felt to be necessary. It is expected
that the postmaster-general In the near
future will issue an order formally
ranting authority to postmasters for
"his purpose and modifying the re-tirements
so as to allow Ihe carriers
lo wear a suitable gray blouse with
'urn-down collar and a black tie.
The power of school hoards to ex-clude
from public school privileges
i ho refuse or neglect to be vac-lOated,
is declared to he good in law
by the Supreme Court of the State.
This should put an end to further con-troversy
about the matter and he ac-cepted
by all school boards as a Ju-dicial
mandate to enforce the provis-ions
of the act of June 18, 1895. The
icclnatlon furnishes the best known
.roll i 'ion against the spread of small-oox
is beyond question at this late day,
and If Ihe public authorities are Justl-
"ed in enforcing any provisions for the
protection at the community against
ihe spread of Infectious diseases, vac-ination
should head the list of pre-cautionary
measures.
It will he gratifying news to a great
many of our residents Hint the Pap-ist
Congregation has decided to cu-i
or to raise enough money to build
n twenty thousand iollar church on
their lot at Fourth avenue and I lurry
street. This Is one of the best loca-nons
In the town on which to erect a
church, and It will be a handsome or-nament
to that locality. The ground
was donated to the church by Mr.
George Nugent, of "hlladelphla. who
lived so many years at Nugent's Col-lege
in (iuif Mfiis. He attached u
clause however, to the gift preventing
Hie church from ever giving a mort-gage
against the ground. So, if a
building is to be erected the congrega-tion
will have to have the money to
pay for It One of the members of the
church has offered to head a subscrip-tion
list with 11000, and It Is expected
that the congregation will immediately
go to work to raise the other Jlfi.OOO.
"I have been troubled with indiges-tion
for ten years, have tried many
thlnge and spent much money to no
se until I tried Kodol Dyspepsia
Cure. Ivhave taken two bottles and
gotten more relief from them than all
Other medicines taken. I feel more
like a boy Hum I have fell in twenty
Anderson Klggs, of Sunny
Lane, Tex. Thousands have testified as
did Mr. Rlggs.
William Neville, cor. First avenue
and Ftiyctte street.
All School and Borough taxes forl900
unpaid after June 11th, 1901 will be de-linquent
when 5 per cent, will he ad-ded
to same.
if you didn't plant a nee on Friday
do not forget to plant one on tin Nth,
Arbor I lay.
Miss Bditfa M. Cook and Miss Mar-
I*. Heaver have returned from
Atlantic City.
The Men's (iullil and the Yearly Hen-ellcial
Society held a successful meet-ing
last evening.
Joseph Mil 'all Is confined to his
home by Illness. He is threatened
with typhoid fever.
The first day of the trout season was
i elebrated yesterday by a number of
inthuslasts trying their lurk wlt.i the
finny tribe.
!>on't miss seeing It. The display
i.f the International Correspondence
Schools of Scranton this week in the
window of Sol. Simons, the Clothier,
Fayette and Hector streets.
' Miss Kate Krink of Washington waa
visiting Mrs. William Kelly on Elm
street this week. Miss McKrink and
Mrs. Kelly were girls together and
had not seen each other for twenty
years.
Rev. Herbert J. Cook, who has been
spending a few days in Atlantic City
has returned home. He officiated in
Calvary Church on Sunday night. The
morning service was ronducted by Rev.
C. A. Capwell.
The members of Gratitude and Vlda
liebekah Lodges. I. O. O. F. are request -
ed to lie present at a meeting for the
observance of the 82nd anniversaiy of
Odd Fellowship to he held April 27th.
In Gratitude Lodge room.
There will be a Boston Tea lit tho
home of Mr. William Hallowell on
Tuesday evening, April 2;ird from six
to eight o'clock. Following the tea a
pic and cake sale will lie held. The
proceed will he used for the Baptist
building fund.
Mnthias Rohener, a polander. who
has been In this country only six weeks
was taken to Norrlstown this morning
by Constable Ollmore. He Is unmar-ried
and boards In Spring Mill. His
actions yesterday were such as to
alarm his landlady who caused his ar-rest.
He is evidently Insane.
A certain business man Is complain-ing
upon the tendency of the seven and
eight-year-old hoys about the town to
throw stones at vehicles being driven
on the public highways The gentle-man
alnive slated, who owns a valu-able
rig. claims that every time he rides
past certain localities, a band of from
three to five young boys, well loaded
with stones, throw their missiles at the
rig and its occupants until out of range,
ilie yoimgeew* undoubtedly do not
understand the gravity of their offense
and should be severely reprimanded.
Beginning on May 1st Ihe grocery
stores will close three evenings a week
This was assured at n meeting of the
cierks held last evening at English's
store on Kayette street. At this
meeting an agreement was presented,
singed by all the owners of grocery
stores In the town agreeing to close at
six o'clock on Tuesday, Wednesday.and
Thursday evenings from May 1st until
September 1 st. At the same meeting
an agreement waa shown bringing the
grocery store of West Conshohocken
into line with those of this borough.
This was totally unexpected, and has
been secured by the energy of the
clerks In that borough. This early
closing Is In nature of an experiment,
and we believe that It will be success-ful,
the store keepers not suffering fi-nancially
and the clerks gaining in
health and pleasure.
"If the waltz has really declined, as
the dancing masters say." said one who
has witnessed a good deal of dancing
hut has never taken part in any of It
"the reason is to be found In the over
crowded rooms of most houses In
which parties are given. Dancing for
Its own sake Is a very small part of
any entertainment. It is the pretext
for a hall or a small dance, but the
amount of actual dancing done is likely
to be very small. Waltzing requires
some room, however modestly It may
be indulged In. A few glides of u two-step
satisfy the demand for dancing
and take very little room. When a
man asks a woman to dance he has
no Intention of doing any more than
the occasion requires under the cir-cumstances
that attend dancing at the
ordinary party. Any attempt to wiiltz
in Ihe usual way.! guiding his paittui
as he would If there were plenty of
roam, would certainly bring him to
gritf. So ho lets It go at a few glides
of a two-step. To waltz Is of course
more difflcul'. to learn. If the two-step
Is more popular, also, in dancing class-es
whore there Is plenty of room for
th" dancers to enjoy themselves, that
is because the attendants at those Han-sel
are nearly all young persons, who
find more enjoyment In a lively two-step
than in the more sedate dances.
But I am inclined to think that It Is
more the lack of space than anything
else which haa tended to malt" the
waltz decline."
"Itching hemorrhoids were the
plague of my life. Was Jmost wild
Doan's Ointment cured me qulcklv and
permanently, after doctors hnd tailed."
c I' Cornwell. Valley Stree, Sanger-tles.
N. Y.
"A neighbor ran In with a bottle of
Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Di-arrhoea
Remedy when my son was suf-fering
with severe cramps and wan giv-en
up as beyond hope by my regular
physician, who stands high In his pro-fession.
After administering three dos-es
of It, my son regained consciousness
and recovered entirely within twenty-lour
hours." says Mrs. Mary Haller. of
Mt. Crawford, Vt. This Remedy Is for
sale by Win. Neville.
Tracey, the Hatter, makes and sells
the best $2 stiff hats.
RF.AD THE RECORDER, II a year.
LEAGUERS CHAMPION. I
CONSHOHOCKEN DEFEATS Y. M. A
A. IN THE SECOND GAME OF
THE SERIES AND THEREBY
WIN CHAMPIONSHIP OF
BOROUGH AND COUN-TY
In one of tho fastest and roughest
games ever played In this borough, iIn
Cousliohocken League team on Satur-day
evening won the second game of
the series between the two local teams
by the decisive score of 28 to 14 and
art thereby entitled to the distinction
of being the champions of the cviinly.
Washita Hall WBB crowded to the
doors with those eager to see their fav-orite
team win. To the greater num-ber
of those present It seemed as though
the Y. M. A. A. would win. They baa-ed
their opinion on the closeness of
the last contest and the advantage of
the Y. M. A. A. playing on their own
Moor. To others and those who have
followed the League team, victory for
the red and blue was certain. During
the entire season Conshohocken has
put up a faster game on strange floors
than at home and judging from this
alone the faithful followers did not
shudder, hut covered all the Y. M. A.
A. money In sight
Springer, the great centre man of
iliiinb bell fame, waa late In arriving
uid the game was not started until ,(
o'clock but both teams were practicing
and tlmo passed quickly; the crowd
was noisy and eager for the game to
start and when the Conshohocken cen-tre
came on the floor the noise
into a tremendous roar and lioil
tlons greeted him in their own style.
It was but a few minutes later when
Referee Srhcffer tossed the ball h.'lw.. ,i
Springer and H. Bulger. The f.
succeeded In hitting the ball and fol-lowed
it up and in less than a half min-ute
oaged the hall amid great shouting.
This was the beginning of the ending
for the Y, M A. A., for at no stage of
the game did they lead although they
had a winning chance until five min-utes
of the second half bad elapsed
when by some fast scoring Consho-hocken
pulled so far ahead that their
opponent's chances of winning failed
entirely. Shortly after Springer scored
Duncan followed with one from a fouV
and then Mullen took down the crowd
by scoring the first goal for his tram.
Springer again came Into evidence and
scored another but lluzisard succeeded
In tuklng the ball the full length of
the floor and snored for his team. The
next two field goals were scored by
Hulh and Duucan respectively, Dun-can
dropped the ball in the iiasket
twice on free throws and Buzzard
came in fsr two goals from the Held In
ipiick succession while Murphy caged
one on a free throw. Duncan scored
another from a foul and Mullen one
from the field. Springer and Duncan
each tallied from the Meld and Mullen
scored the last goal for the Y. M. A A
Duncan contributed the next two from
the Held and one from foul but waited
for Ruth to tally the next and then got
another from offense and one from the
Held. The final score was 28 to 14. The
score at the end of the first half was 16
In 11 In favor of Conshohocken. The
line-up:
Cnnshnhocken. Positions. Y. M. A. A.
Duncan forward Mullen
Ruth forward Murphy
Springer centre Bulger
Kennedy
Moore guard Hi
Vanfosten guard Huz/.urd
H. Crawford
Goals from field—Duncan 6; Spring-er
a; Ruth 2; Huzzard 3; Mullen 3.
Goals from offence Duncan li; Mullen.
Murphy. Referee—William Scheffer.
lime—20 minute halves. Fouls—Con-
BhohockM IL Y. M. A. A. 15.
WRECK AT THE "Y"
A freight wreck occurred early on
Sunday morning at the "Y" where the
tracks of the Plymouth branch join
I hose of Ihe main line of the Reading
Hallway.
Bngtne No, I'Hi drawing a train of
loaded coal tars was running from the
Plymouth track and was going to con-tinue
on the main track. As the switch
was reached the engine took a sudden
jump to one side and completely on-set,
throwing also the coal cars ii|ion
their side.
As the locomotive turned Engineer
A Q, Smith gnve a shout and jumped
Conductor E. W. Hull heard the warn-ing
and also jumped. Both men es-iipiil
without Injury as did also the
remainder of the crew.
After the accident both tracks were
blocked and coal and wrecked cars
were strewn everywhere. The scene
resembled the work of a cyclone. Con-siderable
damage waa everywhere In
evidence, A w*recklng crew waB has-tily
summoned and they after arduous
labor Anally succeeded In clearing the
tracks at 9.30 o'clock.
It Is supposed that a misplaced
switch caused the engine to keel over
and caused the wreck.
UNIVERSITY EXTENSION
No third game.
Now for a new hall.
There was very little science display-ed.
Ex-Manager Cox was an interested
spectator.
Duncan made 18 of the 2S points
I by Conshohocken.
Murphy did not score a single field
-• al against VanFosten.
VanFosten was forced to retire about
i \e minutes before (lie end of the sec-ond
half. He was substituted by R
Crawford,
lliishfii and Mullen each played a
Steady game. Buzzard played hard
hut could not stand the pace. Ho weak-ened
during the second half.
Kennedy was put in at centre In the
second half against Springer, but he
could not turn the tide. Ed seems to
he carrying too much avoirdupois
Conshohocken has ended the most
disastrous season since Its organization
hut wait until next year.
A woman who suffered for three years
from nervous prostration says, two
bottles of Llchty's Celery Nerve Com-pound
affected a complete cure. She
hardly knows today whether she has
nerves or not. ns she never feels them.
It Is certalnlv n wonderful rei I "'T
nd by Wlllism Neville and J. Ru-fiii
/.nir. W. Conshohocken.
THE BURGESS BILL
I he following is a copy of the act
Introduced Into the State Legislature,
that. If passed, Will give the burgess
the appointment of the police. Ex-
Btirgcss Jacohy of this borough Is giv-
• a the credit of being responsible for
Us being:
An act dliectlng town councils of
boroughs to fix by ordinance number
compensation and regulation of
and authorizing burgess to ap-
| Otnt ami control said police and to ap-point
ail subordinate officers of the
■enough excepting treasurer, secretary
and enf i
Section I. Be It enacted by the Sen-ate
and House of Representatives of
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in
General Assembly met and It Is herc'jy
• nacted by the authority of tho same
that from and after the passage of this
. i i Hie town council of every borough
in his Commonwealth shall fix by or-dinance
the number rank, and compen-sation
of the members of the borough
i "In i force and prescribe all necessary
nibs and ici.nlatlons for the organiza-tion
and government thereof and It
shall bo a misdemeanor In office for
any policeman to ask demand or re-ally
other compensation or re-ward
whatsoever for his official ser-vices
to be followed by dismissal from
office. The burgess shall nominate
mil appoint, suspend or dismiss the
iid policemen any or all of than and
i.i like manner all vacancies shall be
ulleil. He shall designate a member
f the force to lie chief thereof who
shall be Ihe principal executive officer
i f the department subject to his di-rection.
Section 8. Policemen shall obey the
orders 01 the burgess and make report
to him which report shall be laid by
l.lm before council whenever required.
The burgess shall exercise a constant
supervision and control over their con-duct
and bear and determine all com-plaints
against them in the discharge
if their duties and he shall be requir-ed
in remove from fjfloe any member
or officer of the police force upon a re-solution
to that effect passed by two-thlrds
of council. The burgess shall
have authority upon occasions of
threatened public urder to 'appoint
supernumerary policemen to serve for
such period as he may designate not
exceeding ten days whose compensa-tion
shall be fixed by ordinance of
town council,
Section 3. The burgess shall nomi-nate
and appoint all subordinate of-tueis
f Hie borough whose officers are
i real, d by ordinance excepting the
lion,in.h treasurer, borough secretary
pud borough engineer which officers
shall he appointed by the town council
and the burgess may remove from of-fice
any such officers appointed by the
burgess for Inability, official miscon-duct
or neglect of duty and in like
manner all vacancies which mav oc-cur
during the terms of such officers
hall be lilleil Provided however that
the burgess shall appoint the district
ngineers of the fire department from
■lie candidate or candidates nominated
by the respective companies of each
Are department.
Section I All SOtS or parts of acts
iDCoiislst.iil herewith are hereby re-piAled.
The lecture on the French Revolu
lion by Cecil F. L*vell, M .A. Thursday
evening, will be Of the same high or-i.'
r as Ihe preceding lectures given un-der
the direction of the University Ex-tension
Committee. Mr. Surette, Prof.
Griggs and Mr. Lavell are all in the
Ural rank of Extension Lecturers, and
are enthusiastically received whereever
tney lecture..
It is hoped that the support given
Mr. Lavell in this final lecture of the
winter will demonstrate to the Com-mittee
that the University Extension
movement Is on a permanent footing,
and has come to stay as a feature In
the life of our town.
Mr. Lavell is thoroughly Informed
on historical subjects. Is increasingly
si i essful In his work, and gives a
thoroughly good University Extension
Lecture.
Let a large and representative audi-ence
greet him at the Parish Building
on Thursday evening.
Robbers Cleaned the house of Henry
I.lusenblgl' I. at I'otistown of all the
eatables and cutlery.
"Las' winter I was confined to my
lied with ii very hod cold on the lungs.
Nothing gave me relief. Finally my
wife bought a bottle of One Minute
Conel. Cure that effected a ipcedy
cure I cannot sjieak too highly of
thai excellent remedy."—Mr. T. K.
:i ■ an. Manatawney, Pa.
William Neville, cor. First avenue
and Fayette street.
THE PROPOSED NEW COURT
To the Recorder;—
You quote Mr. Haldeman as saying
that 35 of our lawyers sigued a petit-
Ion for an Orphan's Court aud another
Judge. Thirty-five out of 90 is not
much of a showing. All the oldest
lawyers and the Judges have not asked
for a separate court or another judge!
The Seniors have signed against it;
and their objections are on file, and
unanswerable. Many of those who
signed for the new court did so only
to please them who asked them to sign.
It Is easy to get signers to a petition
for almost anything.
The people outside the Bar, aie al-niOBt
unaimously opposed to the 1m-lositlon.
I have made numerous In-quiries
especially to And out. Why
should people in humble circumstances
and homes be taxed to pay the expen-ses
of settling rich men's estate? The
poor have no estates to settle. Yet
every account under the proposed law
would have lo pay nearly $10 towards
the increased expenses, audit or no
audit.
But the advocates of tho new law do
not tell the people that an auditor can
be appointed at the suggestion of the
parties when they agree upon an audi-tor
for the Orphan's Court Judge to
appoint; and here is where the "ring"
'comes In." We will agree upon cer-tain
parties In the "ring" for auditors,
and the Orphan's Court will appoint
the persons agreed upon for the law
makes It so. Under the present system
the Court will appoint whom it may
. SUM the Judges to select, whenever
they deem it necessary to appoint any
■ ne. It Is discretionary. And the
i usts are upon the estate to be audited
aud not upon the taxpayers. What ig-norance
I here is to say It would be a
saving to the county. It costs the
County nothing now. It Is worse than
Ignorance.
Let the advocates be bold and honest
nnil say we want a new Judge and Sep-erate
Orphan's Court. We know it
will be expensive. All law business Is
expensive. A new Court House, new
court room, a third Judge, will all he
expensive. Expense and expansion are
the ruling passions, and we are deter-mined
to he In the fashion.
If a separate Court for criminals
could be arranged It would be wise;
• specially for Juvenile offenders, and
foreigners where interpreters are re-iliilred.
But it is the qulntescence of
folly to ask for a separate Orphan's
Court in our County. No party In Its
resolutions, no grand Jury, no meeting
i f citizens, has ever demanded It. It
i- unnecessary. a. N. c.
COMPLIMENT TO WANGER
Tho following appeared in the Nor-rlstown
Register of Saturday last: A
remark by ex-District Attorney J. C.
Bwartley, of Doylestown 111 a speech at
th( banquet of the Republican Invincl-bles
here on Monday evening, that he
voiced the sentiment of Bucks county
when he said Congressman Wanger Is
eminently satisfactory to his constltu-t
nts in that portion of the Seventh Dis-trict,
and they were for him so long as
he wants to serve In the national leg-
I dative halls, has started politicians
Hiking One prominent Republican of
liueiis county when asked about It,
said sarcastically. "Oh. yes; Bucks
county is for Wanger, so long as he
wants to be a candidate, and when he
dies, they will declare the office vacant
and have an act passed abolishing It."
Th, truth Is. Bucks county will not
ana in attempt to urge a candidate for
Congress from that portion of the dis-trict,
and. until Montgomery makes a
break to give Bucks her rights. Wang-er
will doubtless continue to represent
I lie Seventh lllstricl.
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WEST CONSHOHOCKEN
-Wedding bells will ring In this
borough shortly.
—Mr. Howard Wood has removed
from Philadelphia to his home In Low-er
Merlon ni-ar this borough.
Alfred Nobllt has the oOUtraet I'm
the erection of a house for Henry Rod-feorn
on the lot adjoining his home on
Merlon avenue. The ground will be
broken this week
—The house hold goods of I imes
UrifBth will be sold at public sale on
Thursday on the premises situated on
the road leading from this borough to
the Blrd-ln-Hand Hotel, well known as
the Tlnckler farm. Sale win com-mence
at 1 o'clock.
—Alfred Noblitt and Joseph Baldwin
of this borough and William Moore of
Conshohocken, left to-day forHighland
Park, near Uikewood N. J, where Mr.
Noblitt has to the contract lo erect a
mansion for Roscoe Moyer of this
borough.
*
FRIE4WDS ASSEMBLE
IN PHILADELPHIA
The oSclety of Friends assembled In,
Philadelphia on First-day f<e its two
hundred and eighteenth yearly meet-ing.
About 2400 Friends ssisted In
the services held at the five local meet-ing
houses. This number represents
more than one half of tho total mem-bership
of the district embracing Penn-sylvania
and New Jersey. Visitors
from North Carolina. Maryland. Ohio.
Massachusetts, Iowa, Indiana. Canada
and England were present
During the meeting addresses will be
made by the following visitors: Eli
Harvey, of Indiana. A brain Fisher, of
North Carolina; Eliza Varney. of Can-ada;
Mary Test, of Iowa, and Mr. and
Mrs. Hobson. of England, who have
been making a tour of the country and
examining into the condition of the
IuO.000 American Quakers.
Among the events of the week will
be the addresses of Dr. Benjamin F.
Truel.lood. secretary of the American
Peace Society, "The Outlook for Peace
at the opening of the Twenl
tury;" Joseph Elkinton. "The Dank-hahors;"
Ur I'. Howard Taylor and
Ills wife. "Conditions in China;" Josh-ua
L. Bailey, president of the National
Temperance Society. "The Drinking
Customs of Civilized Peoples."
Several speakers will discuss the'
( nrlstiansburg School, an institution
similar to Booker T. Washington's
College, at Tiickegoe. Ala., having
shout fifty mipi's. and managed l>y the
Frecdman's Association.
The session of the Peace association
promises to be productive of interest-ing
devolopemonts. A strung stand « ill
be tken against American coercion In
the Philippines
THE CONSHOHOCKEN
PROPHET
PREDICTS
That ther wash woman believes 111
suspeiidlii blzniss.
♦
That a close fileud should ulwuz
have an open heart.
♦
Thai water on the brain aint caused
he cariyin a bucket full on yer bead.
♦
That a girl orfln thinks she's a
charmer, yet she's afraid of a snake.
♦
That a man seldim hurts himself be
fallln in ther good graces of his
friends.
That ther feller thlt kin git his pick
in kumplny's there one thlt cuts the
most ice.
♦
That many a feller tblt cracks Jokes
far kumplny wood'nt crack wood fer
his mother.
•
That its ther height of disappoint-ment
when a drunken man thinks ther
moon's a silver dollar.
♦
That many a love tale ends with a
little court, a bureau, and an oil stove,
an love gradllly gits colder.
♦
That its u grave offence ter steal
lowers in a church yard, yet It takes
a man with pluck ter do It.
♦
That ther man thlt tries ter speak
SlVUg with a double ineanln gits talked
about twice as much as others.
*
That ther girl thit marrys a feller
fer his salary reaps ther wages of sin.
That Its a mistake ter think thai red
lemonade enriches the blood.
BETSY ROSS
ELEVEN MILLIONS FOR SCHOOLS
The House at Harrisburg has practi-cally
cleared its calendar of second
reading bills, and it begins to look as
If the legislature would adjourn final-ly
late in May. The appropriation bills
for the State and semi-State institu-tions
will he reportwl on Monday night
from the He 'se Appropriations Com-mittee,
Chairman llllss says the Cen-tral
Appropriation bill is ready for re-port
as soon as he knows definitely
when the legislature will adoiirn. and
re has been given theSenateand House
Hems. The hill Is practically the same
is that of two years ago. and Includes
rn Item appropriating 111.000.000 to the
public schools.
Probably the most Important ques-tion
that will come before the legisla-ture
this week Is ballot reform. All
the ballot bills are on the postponed
calendar In the House and will be tak-c
n up for third reading on Wednes-day.
EfTorts ane being made to effect
a compromise on a measure that will
;:ieet with the approbation of a major-ity
of the Republicans and Democrats.
The outcome of the agitation may be a
return to the old system, with the
booths to retnln Becrecy. There Is a
disposition on the part of the Senators
r.nd memlwrs to pass such a law. and
it Is probable the Squler or Smythe
bills, both of which practically restore
the old system will be amended and
psased.
The Senate legislative Commutes
expects to whip the Emery Apportlon-
"iii bill in shape to report and rend
the first time this week. The Judicial
Apportionment hill has passed the
House and will lie taken up this week
by the Senate. The Senale Congres-sional
Apportionment bill Is still slum-bering
on the House calendar. The
Senate and House Committee have not
acted upon the Henry Senatorial Ap-portionment
bill. After the baUol re
form question has been disposed of. It
Is exjected the several apportionment
bills will be taken up and firmly acted
upon.
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J.\ liii.un A. Brady and Joseph R.
ismer gave a trial performance of
nry A. Dusouchet's new play Betsy
ttOss." last Saturday night in Pough-
KCppsic. thus enabling metropolitan
B< wspapers to pass on the production
which is to open for a run on next
ruesday, April Kith at the Chestnut
Sti-eet Opera House, Philadelphia. The
reviews whlih followed this presenta-
II in not only included the first ade-
|l ale description Of the piece V hleh
s bee ii published but were so full of
ihusi.istic commendation that there
no reason for doubting the success
lie achieved in Philadelphia. Ac-cdrdlng
to these reviews "Betsy Ross"
a drama of the American Revolu-n
in which Mr. DuSouchet has
iugled fait and fiction much as did
le Fitch in "Barbers Frletchle."
I'lie principal character tins liecn
drawn with a view to exceeding natur-alness,
the Quakeress help"; "resented
as an essentially womar'.y woman. An
invented love story In which a real
liersonage figures as lover, forms the
cm nil theme of the work, which has
side issues In the villainies of a former
■rats and In the secret marriage of
ilelsy's sister, Clarissa Griscom. to a
young British officer who plays the spy
in order to visit her in Philadelpnia.
The bearing of Jh'.s latter subject up-on
the main one Is shown at the con-clusion
of the third act, when occurs
Uie really pivotal episode of the play.
the spy, closely pursued by a guard
'Jnder command of Betsy's sweetheart,
Joseph Ash burn, enters the house of
the flagmaker, who finally Is persuaded
to hide him under the half completed
c-mblem of the country to which he Is
in enemy. During the search Ashburn
lifts the bunting and discovers the fu-gitive,
hut, fearful of blasting Betsy's
reputation, maintains silence and or-ders
his men away. Aside from the
evident strength of the drama it ihould
be attractive because of Its local inter-est
and there seems no reason why It
may not run until hot weather. The
cant to be seen in the production fairly
may be called remarkable. Beside
Phoebe Da vies and Joseph Holland,
who are among the best known tieople
III the business, it includes Mice Fisch-er.
Ella Hugh Wood, Louise Galloway,
Dora tioldthwalte, Mabel Strickland,
Sara Stevens. William llarcourt, Frank
Currier, F'ellx Hnncy, and Frank
Hatch. The settings which show the
Old Bankhlll Meeting House and Bet-sy's
Arch street home, are declared to
he exceedingly beautiful. Seats for
the engagement are selling, and every
woman who purchases will receive a
certificate of membership in the Betsy
Boss Memorial Association.
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