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VOL. XX11-NO: 18.
AMBLER,  PAn  MARCH  24,   1904.
$1.25  A YEAR
YOUR HELP I
SOLICITED.
Wissahickon Fire Company, of Ambler, Presents Statement
Be Undertaking Borough Work tho Company Ha. Prospered—HcrMI Being Paid
For—Organization on Bii.luesB-l.lke Ban-
■Is—Contributory Member. Wanted
How is the Wissahickon Fire company, of Anibler, progressing is a
Question that has often been asked by
'the citizens of our town. Previous* to
March, 1903, the progress made by the
company was about the same as made
during other • years. Commencing
with March thA members became active. Something had to be done. It
was almost impossible to get the new
engine to a fire with any rapidity by
pulling it, and only through the kindness of Mr. J. Watson Craft the company was able to get the engine to
some .of the tires as quickly as they
did. Mr. Craft was always ready
when an alarm was stranded to allow
the company the use of a pair of hones from nis stable. It was imposing
oil good nature in expecting that Mr.
Graft should always furnish horses,
and the members came to the conclusion that they must procure animals
of their own**in older that the department might become more efficient.
What to do with the horses besides
using them in palling the engine to
fires, was tin hlxt problem that confronted the company, which felt that
these horses must earn enough to pay
for feeding them and also * to pay a
driver.
The question wag answered by presenting a'bid to council for the street
work, which was accepted by that
body, and which proved to be the
right solution of the question.
How to pay* for these horses was the
next problem. This was met by tlie
company accepting the work of sprink-
g the streets during the summer,
the company is happy to say that
s also proved the right move. By
_ lepting this work the oompany was
compelled to secure another pair Of
horses. These two teams earned
enough to pay for themselves.—feed,
driver, and $158 on he two fire horses.
" There is no doubt that the citizens
of our town will be surprised to know
that the liabilities of the oompany at
the. time council accepted the company's bid to do tiie street work
amounted to $828.10. This sum was
incurred in purchasing four horses,
one cart,, one sprinkler wagon and
four sets of harness. The company
not only met its running expenses, but
was able to pay $518.10 on the $823.10,
leaving a balance at the present time
of $800. Tllere ,s no doubt that all
will agree that the member, of the
Wissahickon Fire oompany have been
wording hard during the 13 months
they have had horses. In order that
tlie public may know. what tlie receipts and expenditures of ,the company are from month to month, tlie
following, statement is given. for the
month's of December, January, February and March:
DE. DECEMBER.
Proposition' lee of Valentine Koebler ...J   1 00
CE. DECEMBER.
R. Ford, salary '.    48 00
Mrs. J. M. Stackhouse.rent of stable 4 mos.   24,00
R. Dager, use of team    io 00
Ambler band, furnishing music at parade
In Norristown....... ,.„.,.   40 00
Total _,.„ S122 00
DR. JANUARY.
Ambler Borough council for street work ...s 99 00
Proposition fee of N. B. Meyers..................     1 00
Wm. I. Devine, dues     1 00
Total....*. ......$ 92 00
CR. JANUARY.
Paid on note in Ambler bank .....f 52 50
R. Ford, salary, and hired help    84 90
William Thomas, balance on harness    15 00
R. Dager, balance on sprinkler wagon    40 00
Total ..192 40
DR. FEBRUARY.
Ambler Borougb, for 2 months work on
streets....... •$_>(* 15
CR. FEBRUARY.
Paid on note, Ambler bank S 5113
R. Ford, salary....    60 00
Keasbey & Mattison Co., waste     2 00
J. W. Craf%, feed    26 48
J. McClain, 100 bundles fodder     4 00
A. Hoyden, shoeing horses, repair work....   25 40
Total  (169 01
DR. MARCH.
A. Hayden, contribution for sprinkling.. ..$  7 50
CR. MARCH.
Insurance on horses f  7 86
The above statement will give anyone who is interested in the fire company an idea how the company is
transacting its business. A word
about the membership.
The Wissahickon Fire company is
composed of working men, about 19
in all, who are assigned as follows:
Chief, John C. Bobb; assistant chief,
H. Stong; engineers, Frank McCool
and N. B. Myers; stokers, Edward
Clemens and John Stong; horsemen,
John Signs, William Showack, C.
Foell, William Wilson and John Hendricks ; truckmen, Fred Stong, Samuel
Stong, James Stratton, William Urban,
Meno Landis, N. B. Myers and Valentine Koebler; driver, Richard Fold,
The officers of the company are; John
Signs, president; John O. Bobb, vice
president and treasurer; William Urban, secretary; Harry Stong, assistant
secretary; trustees, William Showack,
Fred Stong, Samuel  Stong and John
plie company has very few oon-
ibuting members, in fact, tlie con-
ibuting members can be counted on
the fingers ol two hands. There
should be more 6f these contributing
members. Every property holder of
onr borough should be entered on this
list and should take a deep Interest in
the company. Everyone will recognize the fact that it is necessary for
any town to have a fire company in
order to protect property and also to
secure a reduction in fire tax. If * the
present members saw fit to withdraw
from the fire company the borough
would be in a sorry plight. The mere
jjwt of having a first-class engine will
not help to reduce the insurance rate
on property.  It takes men who under
stiiml an engine to run one. The apparatus must be looked after every
week to see that everything is in first-
class order in case of fire, and who
does this work? Hen who have not
one cent's worth of real property in
the borough to protect. If you cannot
become an active' member send your
little contribution along. Show the
members you are interested in the success of the fire company. Any member would be pleased to furnish you
with a proposition blank. If any property holder in our borough would
like to know more about the company,
any member would be pleased to give
tlie required information and also to
show anyone about the fire house if lie
should call.      WILLIAM URBAN.
WEDDED.
DEPREFONTAINE—SHOOK.
At the residence of Mr. and Mrs.
Albert Shook, Blue Bell, a very pretty
wedding was solemnized at IS o'clock
noon mis Wednesday, when their
daughter, Clara W., -became the wife
of Charles DePrefontaine, Jr. The
ceremony, with whioh the ring was
used, was performed in the bay window
under a pretty bell of pink and white,
where the. bride was given away by
her father. Bev. Thomas Roberts,
pastor of Union M. E. church, Centre
Square,  officiated.
.Tho bride was attired in white Paris
muslin and carried bride roses. The
maid of honor, Hiss Catharine Conard,
wore pink silk muslin and carried pink
roses. Clara Stannard, niece of tho
groom, the flower girl, wore white
silk and carried a very pretty basket
filled with white roses.
The groom was attended by his cousin, Mr. George A. Houpt, of Willow
Grove. The ushers were Clarence
Zimmerman and Harvey Danehower,
of Centre Square. Prof. Walter DePrefontaine, of Norristown, brother of
the groom, rendered the wedding
march.
Tbe house was beautifully decorated
with pink and white. The presents
were numerous and handsome, among
them a gold watch the gift of the
groom, to the bride.
A reception followed the wedding
breakfast, the caterer being R. B.
Stiles, of Norristown, after which Mr.
and Mrs. DePrefontaine left amid a
shower of rice and best, wishes on an
extended wedding trip/ On their return they will reside at "The Cottage."
A large number -.jSigfrelatives and
friend- were present,' from Philadelphia, Trenton, Norr»towii, Fairview
village, Pottstown, Germantown,
Willow Grove, Dreutfertown, Jarrettown, Horsham, TJEsee Tuns, Broad
Aze, Ambler, Belfry, Centre Square,
Eaglesville and Blue Bell.
TREGO—SINCLAIR.
A very pKtty home wedding took
place Tuesday evening of last week at
the residence of Hr. and Mrs. James
Trego,^.of Conshohocken, when their
daughter, Benla Augusta, became the
wife-of Hr. Thomas Sinclair, of Plymouth. The ceremony was performed
iu the presence of the immediate family and a few friends,by the Rev.Frank
Thomas, of St eel ton, Pa., a cousin of
the bride.. Hiss Esther Thomas, of
Norristown, a cousin,officiated at the
piano, playing the wedding inarch.
The bride was becomingly gowned in
white chiffonette and carried a bouquet of white carnations and * ferns.
The bridesmaid was Hiss Kathryn Sinclair, a sister of ihe groom. She was
gowned in white and carried a bouquet
of pink carnations' and ferns. The
bridegroom was attended by Hr. G.
Stanton Trego, a brother of tlie bride.
The home was beautifully decorated
with palms and terns, pink and white
carnations being the chief decorations.
Double Weriilinjg at Flourtown.
A very pretty double wedding took
place on Wednesday last at the home
of Mrs. John Thompson, in Flourtown,
when her two daughters were married
at the same time and with one ceremony—Miss Mary to Hr. George Walter Hinkie, and Hiss Emily to Mr.
KussellT. Pulliriger. Rev. J. Eugene
Dietterich.pastor of Whitemarsh Lutheran church, officiated. Promptly at
eight o'clock the two couples marched
into the room and took their places
before the pastor. At the close of the
ceremony they received the good wishes
and congratulations of their friends.
Refreshments were served, after which
they left in a well decorated cab for
their new home in Germantown, where
a house already furnished and prepared awaited their occupancy, taking
with them the best wishes of their
friends.	
Montgomery Republicans' Convention,
The Republicans of Montgomery
county at Norristown onTuesday.elect-
ed the following delegates to tne state
convention; Walter F; Childs, Norristown ; Jacob Ehst, Douglass, West;
Thomas B. Harper,Jenkintown; A. H.
Hendricks, Pottstown; B. F. Havener,
Lower Merion; Ralph Kibblehouse,
Gwynedd; James Kilpatrick, Bridgeport; John M. Kohn,West Telford; N.
H. Larzelere, Norristown.
The resolutions strongly endorse
Judge Swartz for the supreme court.
Many speeches were made in behalf of
his candidacy by members of the county bar.      	
North Wales.
De Wolff's comedians will appear-at
the Ambler opera house for one week
only, commencing Easter Monday. Entire change of program nightly. High
class vaudeville. Moral and refined.
New farces, "new song, new dances.
All .the old favorites. Admission for
first 5 performances 10 cents to all the
theatre. Sqecial matinee Saturday
at 2.30. .     	
—Samuel Delp, proprietor of the
Elroy hotel, Franconia township, this
county, committed suicide Saturday
morning by hanging himself in a shed
adjoining the hotel stables. For a
number of years he conducted the West
oint hotel.
ROAD MAY
BE FORECLOSED.
More About the Finances of tbe P. &
L. T. Traction Company.
K. _. Wright (Jive* Out Figure, at the MeAl-
iiiB la Philadelphia - Bondholders to Meet
Friday and May Take Stepg'to Foreclose
the Koail.
The hearing before the master in re
the issnenceof .140,000 receivers' certificates by the receivers of the Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley Traction,
company, was continued at Hr. G. L.
Crawford's office on Saturday,and was
attended by J. Watson Craft and Dr.
ft. V. Mattison, in the interests of the
First National bank.
Hr. Hagerty, a trolley expert from
New York, testified upon behalf of Hr.
Leasley, one of the receivers, that the
construction of the trolley line through
Ambler,, especially,was very poor, but
that outside of the town, along the
turnpike, it was better. He testified
that the curves were bad and in most
instances would have been unnecessary
had the line been property constructed
in the first place, and that now it only
requires a new survey and the relocation of the line to avoid, thereby, the
numerous curves, which are at present,
so prolific of accidents and loss of time.
The superintendent of the company
testified that at three or four points on
the line, the voltage is notoriously
weak, upon account of the deficiency
in weight of tho copper lead wires,
thus causing bad service,and later made
the startling announcement that he did
think that the traffic would not be as
great over the - line in 1904 as it. had
been in the year just completed.
Robert E. Wright, one of the directors, testified that there had been $55,
000 paid out for damages upon account
of accident, during the past two years,
and that 80 per cent, of the accidents
had ocoured at the curves, some of
which were of very short radius. He
said that 45 per cent, of the year's
business is done in the three summer
months, and that 45 per cent of this is
done on Saturday and Sunday. He
stated that it is' the desire of the oompany to maintain a two and one half-
hour schedule between Chestnut Hill
and Allentown, which would mean a
speed of about 80 miles an hour between stopping points. Mr. Wright
refused to commit himself as to the
particulars concerning the sale of the
Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley Traction company's 4 per cent, bonds, planted so thickly along the line of the road,
but stated that only a few bonds were
sold at 60. and that tiie 1897,000 of the
bonds given in part payment for the
Allentown & Coopersburg railroad, et
al., were Valued at 60. and that all the
earlier sales of the bonds had been at
00. also. $1,051,000 of bonds had been
sold to a large number of investors
among:- the public for cash, netting
$703,808.
He stated that $70,000 had been paid
for.rights of way. $48,500 for the stock
of the Chestnut Hill and Springhouse
Turnpike company, $160,000 for tbe
electrical equipment, $68,000 for the
general equipment.$17,000 tor fixtures,
$18,000 for engineering expenses, while
$106,000 had been lost in . interest
before the road began its operations.
Mr. Wright' stated that although F.
J. Crilly is the president of the Philadelphia & Lehigh Valley Traction company and Hugh E. Crilly the contractor
building the road, he, nevertheless,
dictated the policy of the road and
looked after its interests generally.
A great deel of quiet comment was
made among the disgruntled bondholders who were present, regarding
the enormous -profits going to the
vendors of the (18 miles only,) Allentown & Coopersburg and Inland Traction Railroad no less than $897,000.
Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley Traction "ompany, 4 ppr cent bonds, $80, -
000, of Coplav, "Egypt & Ironton and
$79,000 of Allentown & Slatington
sceurties being given therefor.
A meeting of the bondholders will
be held at Allentown on Friday of
this week, at whioh meeting it is pre-,
sumed a good deal of righteous indignation will be ventilated by the disheartened investors and steps taken
for the foreclosure of the road.
It is a significant fact that all of
the expert testimony was to the effect
that the actual cost of such-a road as
the Philadelphia & Lehigh < Valley
traction should not run beyond an
average of $20,006 per mile, ready for
operation, including equipment, etc,
while the general average cost of trolley roads is in the neighborhood of
$15,000 per mile. As at $30,000 even
the cost of the 4K miles would be less
than $1,000,000, and as there has been
$.,500,000 in bonds issued, $2,000,000
of which have been disposed of, investors in these securities can form a
pretty clear idea of the kind of a future return which they are likely to receive for their money.
St. Patrick'. Day Shoot.
The regular weely live bird shoot
was held on the grounds of the Flourtown Gun olub Friday afternoon. The
event was largely attended and the
birds proved to be a good lot. As a
result no high scores were made and no
straight kill was recorded in the ten
bird club shoot. William Clover, of
Germantown, shot a 15-bird race with
John Winkle and won out easily.
Richard Dawson, of Valley Forge, won
the first sweepstake shoot. Miller taking the second.
jDjttred, He Asks for Hospital Admission.
James Murray, a farm hand, giving
hjis residence as Barren Hill,applied to
Chief Rodenbaugh at Norristown
Thursday evening, asking that the
chief make arrangements for his admission to Charity hospital. Hurray was
barely able to drag himself along, owing to an injury received to his leg a
week before. • The injury was the result of a horse's kick, whioh gave no
trouble at the time, of occurence but
which -was not treated by a physician,
REFUSAL
Uf COST $5810.
Susanna L. Garrett, of Springfield.
Declines to Tell Bet Age.
J iiry, 111 Mar Salt Again.t t'ou nty for 06400
Dsnlage. tor Widening of Hill Road,
Therefore Unable to K.tlinate Value of*
H«*r Lire Intercuts, and Award. But XK4UO.
That it cost Susanna L. Garrett,
of Springfield township, dearly to refuse to tell her age as a witness in her
own behalf was made evident by a
verdict reached - in court at Norristown last Wednesday. The jury
awarded her only $490 on her claim of
$6400; and this is how It came about.
She was * plaintiff in a suit against
Montgomery county for damages because of the widening of Hill road,
|in the above township. "What is
your age?" asked counsel for the defense. "I refuse to answer," indignantly replied the plaintiff. "ButIt
will be necessary to' guide -the jury in
determining your life interest in the
estate," pleaded the counsel for the
other side. The witness remained
mute, however, and the jury, unable
to find her age as a basis of legal calculation as to the number of years
I she might yet live, gave her the minimum allowance.
The case was one of several whioh
arose out of tho widening of the Mill
road, whioh runs in Springfield township west from tho Bethlehem turnpike at Flourtown, and were tried together.
SCHOLL VH. SCHLIMME.
In the case of Scholl vs. Sohlimme,
the defense called H. E. Hauser, who
was the contractor under whom
Schlimme worked. He said that at
tho time the contract was made nothing was said about making payments'
on tbe 10th of the month, and that
Scholl did not know that the whole
contract was to be completed within
a specified time. Witness further said
that he went to Scholl's and found
that the brick kiln was, two-thirds,
empty, showing that he was burning
bricks at the time. ,
The plaintiff in rebuttal called
Charles Hart, who was the contractor
under Sohlimme for the laying of the
bricks. He testified that he had sent
Sohlimme a bill for laying 150,000
bricks, and that- Sohlimme had written back saying that he had charged
him for too many. This was contrary
to Schlimmo's testimony that he had
used 103,000 in the operation.
Hart said that only $10 or $16 worth
of mortar was lost in waiting for
bricks, and that this would not have
been lost if it had berti properly
looked after.
The bookkeeper of Smith & Sehive-
ly, from whom defendant had said he
had bought 10,000 bricks, testified that
no bricks. had been sold to Schlimme
during the period of the Wyndmoor
operation.
Other briokmakers said that they
had-tfurnished considerably less brick
than Schilmme claimed.
Sohlimme claimed that he had diverted a load of 2000 bricks from another operation to Wyndmoor, thus
accounting for a part of the discrepancy.
The jury rendered a verdiot in favor
of the plaintiff for $455.76.
HYNES VS. EIEHL.
- The case of Richard L. Hynes vs.
Emma Riehl was an action of trespass
for the recovery of damages. Plaintiff owns a farm of seven acres between Whitemarsh and Plymouth
townships, fronting on the Conshohocken turnpike. He alleged that defendants, the owners of an adjoining
property, filled up a water oourse running throughtheir premises into Hud
creek, in the fall of 1001, thus diverting the water and overflowing plaintiff's land The court directed a verdict tor defendant.'
Breail Axe.
Laura Hellings gave a birthday party
on Saturday afternoon.
Rev. D. N. Dittmer visited in our
village last week.
Hiss Mary Gibbis has taken up her
residence in Philadelphia.
Mrs George W. Hellings, who has
been on the sick list, is able to be out
again.
E. O. Weiss has improve the looks of
his hedge along the pike by pruning.
Hr. Cornell has been laid up with a
bad cold.
William Hinkie, of Prospectville,
visited friends here last week.
H. H. Rynear, of Ambler, has the
contract to do tlie papering for J. W.
Craft's new house.
Lizzie Tylor, of Atlantic City visited here on Thursday.
The new farmer has removed into
the Shelmerdine farm. He is from
New Jersey.
C. H. Kehr is much improved in
health and his many friends are pleased.
Eddie, the youngest child of Grant
Stackhouse, died Friday morning and
was buried Saturday in St. Thomas'
Episcopal burying ground, Whitemarsh.
Isaac Sheppard has given his barn a
coat of paint.
Winkle Won Flourtown Shoot.
The eigth of the series of ten live
bird shoots being held by the Floutown
Gun club was hotly contested on their
grounds at Flourtown last week.
George Winkle, of Flourtown, shot
high gun and scored the only straight
kill' of the day in both the club and
sweepstake, miss and out event. The
scores follow: Club shoot, ten birds,
Winkle, 10; Henry 9; Dawson, 0;
Rotzell, 8; Parks, 8;White,8 ; Everitt,
7; Yerkes, 7; Booker, 6; Huston, 6;
Blue, 5, and Herman 5. Sweepstake,
miss and. out, Winkle, 10; Henry, 9;
Sharp, 8; Rotzell, 8; White, 7; Boyer,
C •. Martin,- 6,' and Mommie,_5  _.*.•■'
Centre Square.
George Murphy purchased a pair of
fine horses at the public sale of Lewis
Biddle. Hr Murphy was very unfortunate last fall, losing .all of his horses
by distemper. There have been no
horses in his .tsable   since
Pinkeye has been quite an epidemic
in this community for several weeks.
The home of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene
Duncr has been brightened hy tbe coming, of a little boy.
Mrs. Caroline Katz lias been quite ill
for several days with grip.
Mrs.' S. B. Drake is convalescent
after several* days' .severe sickness.
George Arp is able to be about after
an illness of about five weeks.
Mrs. John P. Righter is suffering
with an atack of grip.
Harry Swartz has secured a position
with H. W. Moyer; North Wales, as
driver.
Mrs. 3. H. Seiple and daughter,Miss
Margaret, spent a short time in Conshohocken with relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. S. T. Yost, of Luzerne
county, spent several days with* their
niece, Mrs. W. E. Baker. Their stay
was shortened by the sudden death of
a niece near-their home.
Miss Marion Smith, teacher of our
primary school, has gone to West
Chester to attend the funeral of her
grandmother.
Miss Correine Schultz, who is attending Miliersvlile Normal school, is
spending a two weeks' vacation at her
home near Belfry.
Miss Anna Bell Haag is home for a
short time* from West Chester State
Normal school.
Harry Auchy, who has been employed with Aaron Phillips, has gone to
Landsale.
George Righter, of Phildaelphia,
spent Sunday at the home of his
parents, Hr. and Mrs. John Righter.
Miss Kate Botts spent Sunday* with
[friends in Norristown.
Mrs. Anna Mary Brainier, Mrs.
Amanda Kratz and Mr. and Mrs. Albert Kulp wish to extend their thanks
to the- friends and neighbors for kindness during the -recent bereavement
caused by the death of their mother,
Mary H. Reiff.
I_ansa1__aa.
Police Officer Charles Kulp will
likely,after April 1, be assigned longer
night hours and less day work. It is
a hard business, especially in winter
and stormy weather. ••  ,- \
The new Evangelical pri-acher, Reje.
B. C. Krupp,  preached for tb'e; ■first']
time on Sunday.      \
The State society for the prevention
of cruelty to animals, will likely appoint an agent in Lansdale.
An association, called the Lansdale
Game Protective association has been
organised in Lansdale. Its president
is Dr. J. Warren Baumau and its
secretary is H. P. VanHart.
William S wartly, a son of Grocer
Samuel Swartly Is at home at present.
He is a student at the Evangelical institution, in Lebanon county, called
Albright college. The cause is an
epidemic of small pox among the students, ai whom 38 had the complaint
and several died;""1
The death of Fronts*, Mattis took
place here on Friday morning from
pneumonia. He was about 40 years of
age and leaves a wife and two ohildren.
He had lived here many years, was a
section hand employed by the Reading Railroad and in summer took
charge of the flower lawn near the
station. .'
The death Of James Lloyd took place
at his residence here on Friday afternoon, aftervin illness of several weeks.
He was a blacksmith by trade, and
had lived in Lansdale since 1861. He
was married three times and leaves a
widow, but no children. He was a
member of the Mainland Lutheran
ohnroh. His age was about 88 years
and he was man of considerable wealth.
Carrie Edgar, a girl past 14 years
of age, died here on Saturday evening,
as the result of a spinal complaint.
She was the daughter of Samuel Edgar
and a member of the Baptist church.
The Estey organ procured by the Reformed church came from Brattleboro,
Vermont.* Its tones will likely be
heard snext Sunday. The church has
never had an organ hitherto.
The various Sunday schools of the
town are preparing for the annual Easter entertainments. About all of them
have one.
The -ice plant and its other properties
have passed into the hands of L. H.
Childs, • the attorney, who bought for
creditors. The price the sheriff obtained was $100—plus debt of $ 16,868.
Builders are busy planning new
houses. John Detwiler ■ will build a
double briok house on Green street,
near West ward school house.
It is not known how long the bread
war will last. Though Felver has
been selling for three cents, the price
will likely sag back again to four cents,
or the old price. Unlike the southern
people, we have been used to paying
a nickel for a loaf. The exception is
the bread brought from Philadelphia,
known as Kolb's. This is sold in
large quantities by our grocery store
for five cents. It is, however, of extra
fine quality and the loaves are larger
than the local bakers furnish.
A visitor from a distance is Mrs. D.
C. Rosenberry, daughter of Davis
Stover, who holds the combination
sales. Her home is in Mineville, N. Y.
[This -is near Lake Champlain on the
border of Canada. It is a very cold
country, where the winter is not near
over yet.
All quarantines have been removed
from houses, but there is no telling
but that others may go on again the
present week.
. .In Lansdale. the locality of a fire is
|told by the gong strikes. These numbers run up to 12.
At present writing, Isaac Freed and
James Lloyd continue on the borders
of death. 	
—In the matter of the appointment
of a commission to make an enrollment of the inhabitants of Abington
township, the answers of the supervisors, was1 filed by the. court Saturday
morning.*'"^
SPOTSWOOD'S
PRIZE CATTLE
Broad Aze  Herd Increased by 29.
Bead ot Foreign Stock.
Walter'Jauucay Returns With the Kettutles,
Which are Now In Quarantine—Preparations to Show at the St. Louis Fair—Spots-
wood Catthi tn Demand.
Walter Jauncey, superintendent of
Mr. E. T. Price's Spotswood dairy
farm, Broad Axe, has just returned
from a trip to England and the islands, having purchased a fine herd of
29 cattle, which are now in quarantine at Baltimore, and which will be -|
brought to Broad Axe in June.
Hr. Jauncey toft home on Jan. 9,
sailing on the steamship, St. Louis,
and arrived at Cherburg, France, on
the 17th. From there he proceeded to
Southampton, and after visiting in
England for a few days took passage
on the Alberta from Souhampton to.
the Island of Guernsey and there purchased 39 head of cattle, including
several prize winners and members of
tho best families on the island. In
this lot are some heifers, coming in
profit ia August, that will be shown
at St. Louis, this year.
Having spent five weeks on the is**
land, Mr. Jauncey was afforded a
splendid opportunity to look over
every herd of any prominence. Hr.
Jauncey also secured for Mr. Price a
son of one the famous Old prise win- |
ner, Justinia; first prize and champion cow over the island. This young
bull was sired by Mashers Sequel, a.
winner on the island, also a winner
at the Royal show in 1898. This bull
has 60 per cent, of tlie blood of the:
France family, well known to all
breeders. Ho will be reserved for use
in the Spotswood herd, as he is considered a great acquisition to the herd'
already established.
Mr. Jaunoey sailed from Liverpool
on the steamship, Ulstermoor, of the
Johnson line, Feb. 27 for Baltimore,
Md, and landed on March 14th after
a very stormy passage of lo days.
During the whole voyage were en*
countered terrific westerly gales with
high seas. The seas sometimes completely breaking right over the vessel-
Qufe-,Q%.Mr. Jauncey's experience of
J?3"*1ri"i_!«acJosB t-hkdceanAj&is. was.the
Wrtt^Caf cattle, '-however, all ar-
rivediii line condition.
Plans are now being made at the
Spotswood farm to take two carloads
of catle to St. Louis, where the greatest cattle show ever held in the united States will take place. During Mr,
Jauncey's absence from home, Mr.
Price sold to a New York banker a
foundation herd. In this lot*: were
some very valuable animals tliat Mr.
Jauncey had purchased last summer
abroad. Mr. Lindeiiburry has been
in the market these last two months
for some choice well-bred animals.
In his search he visited all the prominent breeders in New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, "and he. finally
paid Mr. Price a visit and secured
■just what he desired.
These cattle have just been examined, and the tuberculin test has been
applied by Dr. S. H. Johnston, and.
they all passed free. This consign- •
ment leaves Spotswood farm Friday
for Newark, N. J.
Hr. Price is receiving applications
from all parts of the United States for
Guernseys, and with the growing demand for strictly pure bred cattle will
place ".Spotswood in a position to,
make another importation again in the
summer. It is Mr. Price's intention,
to go abroad with his manager for the
next lot,
Mr. Jauncey says tbat on the Channel* islands in Jersey and Guernsey
the. potatoes and seeds were nearly all
planted before he left and flowers and
strawberries were all out in blossom,
giving the island a beautiful springlike appearance. Cattle were also out
in grass almost up to their knees.
M.
Bine Ball.
Services  will be held  in Union
E.   church  on Sunday at 8 p. m.
All but one of W. E. Walton's large
family of children are suffering from
the scarlet fever.
C. DePrefontaine and daughter Alice
visited in Three Tuns on Sunday.
Work has begun on Casper Slingluff 's
house.   It will be entirely remodeled.
John Mehen lost a valuable horse
lata week.
J. S. Rapson is expected here this
week from Florida.
Miss Angeline Jones has been on the
sick list.
For Cemetery Purposes.
Three acres of land have been sold
by Percival K. Boyer to St. Peter's
Latin-ran church,at Barren Hill. The
price paid was $1500. The land is located on ihe northwest oomer of the
Ridge pike and the Spring Mill road,
opposite the present cemetery ground*
of St. Peter's church. The purchase
will be used for cemetery purposes.
The Sellersville board of trade held
a meeting last week to take into consideration the proposition from a textile concern. The oommittee appointed to investigate the financial standing of the concern rendered a favorable report. Their rating is high and
business reputation very good.
Big Money for Freed Turnpike.
The Chestnut Hill and Springhouse-
Turnpike company was awarded $16,-
000 damages Thursday by a Jury of
view for the condemnation and freeing of from toll of three-quarters of a
mile of the turnpike within the Philadelphia city limits.
The corporation has been in existence
since 1804, and constructed 12 miles
macadamized road from tho top of
Chestnut Hill through Flourtown to
the Springhouse tavern in Montgomery county. The damages awarded
were for me taking of the company's
franchises, its toll houses and other
property* _£_5J