Ambler Gazette

              Gazette.
VOL.   XVII-NO.   49.
AMBLER,  PA.,   CLOSER 19,   1899.
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NORRISTOWN   LETTER.
Visit ta VTeat Chaster—The Centennial
Celehratioii—Present Campaign _ List-
lens One—Re imlilicKii Convention for
PbllnclelptaU.
Norristown; Pa., Oct. Hi, 1 Sim.
Last Thursday I had tho pleasure of
visiting West Chester on the occasion
of the centennial of the incorporation
of that, ancient .borough. It was mv
very good fortune to meet Judge Yerkes, of Doylesto _ n, on the wav to the
celebration, and, although we were
tendered a carriage, we preferred _ to
walk, for it is a long and tedious ride
from Philadelpha out to West Chester,
though true, I believe it is only 28
miles. The cars from Broad Street
station run through a hilly, rugged and
ragged country, full of ravines knolls
and much immature and frowsy tin*
ber. We do not see the broad, and
beautiful plantations that are in full]
View all along the drive from Noorris-
town to West Chester, through Bridge-
poit,King-of-Prus-d.",Centrt vill*,Howel-|
ville and Paoli. We wended our way
to the beautiful law library at the
court house. Here we saw in an adjacent room exhibits of antique and
curious things that spoke to ns of the
beginning of the century in a mute
eloquence, that could not be misunderstood. It was the day of tbe civic
parade with a sprinkling of the military. Many Odd Fellows were tbere
from Vallev Forge and other parts of
the ancient county; American Mechanics, Sons of Veterans and Patriotic
Sons of America, technically so-called,,
and truly so all of them. We meet men
from Pottstown, Philadelpha, Norristown and from all parts of Chester,
Delaware, Lancaster and region's around.
On the house built by Joseph Moore in
1799 was a conspicuous sign telling
ns of the owner and builder and that
six Hessian soldiers of the Revolution
were buried in the lawn adjoining. It
is a square old mansion, with front
door, and windows on each side, and
dormer windows, so common a century
ago. In tlie parade were noble oxen
with lustrous eyes, long horns tipped
with .brass knobs,* ancient chairs, the
kind our grand sires rode in, and
bands of harvesters carrying the four-
fingered cradles' and scythes, with
which the people swept the wheat fields
in' former days, and of course all the
modem vehicles down to the automobile moving along as gently as Sir
Thcinas Liptoh's yacht off Sandy
Hook. There were repiesentatives of
the Friends of 100 years ago, the Dunkards and all the ancient implements
of husbandry. It was a memorable occasion. The court house, Mansion
house, Green Tree, Eagle and Turk's
Head and all the private residences were
decorated With flags and emblems of
various designs. The people were
hospitable without ostentation, aud we
had a good dinner and_s^unne**VJSffli...aL
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also assured in large letters on numerous arches that spanned tho streets., Not
only the citizens bnt all Kinds of machinery were in motion. The weather
was delightful and warm and every
man and woman was at their best and
seemed "blest. What a flood of thought
the celebration inspired! We involuntarily recited in the secret chambers of
the mind, "Out from the land that
gave them birth our grand sires passed
—a brave, determined band, driven by
hard fate, as men were driven of Old,
whose story has been told in. lofty epic
strain—to build with toil and pain,
on a distant shore and in a strange
wild -land tbis great and glorious state."
Norristown is older than West Chester, but was not incorporated a borough
till* 13 years, afterwards. Our charter
dates from 1812, theirs from 1799. In
1912 we will enjoy our centennial if
we live and are not ill the meantime
degraded into a third-class city. Let
that we have a third-
old commonwealth of
it never be said
class city in the
Montgomery.
Chester county
was one of the .three
original counties of the province established by William Penn in 1682. Tbe
surface fs much diversified. Tbe bills
and valleys are numerous. It it rich
in limestone, iron, sand, clay, gneiss,
copper and lead, and as an agrieultur
al district stands in tlie category with
Lancaster, Bucks, Berks and Montgoni
ery. It waa the birthplace of General
Anthony Wayne, and within its boundaries are Valley Forge and Feoli of
Revolutionary fame. Phoenixville next
to West Chester is its chief borough.
Many distinguished men .were born
in that old oounty; men of learning
and renown; distinguished as orators,
poets and sages, jurists, divines and
statesmen of superior order and degree.
Sbe may  well be proud of her county
, seat, her yeomenry, her industries,
"her hills, rock-ribbed and ancient as
the sun; her valleys, stretch ing in pensive quietness btween; her venerable
woods; rivers that move in majesty and
the complaining brooks that make
her ■ meadows green;" but above
all for her inhabitants, royal dames and
great men; her rich fields, stretching
from the Schuylkill across the Brandywine to the Octorora. She is an empire
■ of   wealth,   learning,    refinemnt    and
«iblic and private
.'uphill and Butler
courts as mariners in
a wreck.
Judge Yerkes was delighted with the
beauty of the borough and the appoint
ments of the court house, offices and law
library. The library is better than
ours. I do not mean in books.
I speak of the building, the order and the rules. All the offices have
the same rules. No boisterous conversation is allowed. A man may go to the
library or the prothonatory and no
one except the visitor and the officer
. in- charge will know bis business or
bear a word that is said. Seats are
provided for ladies, and. ladies and gen-
temen are invited to sit down.. The
business is sacred and confidential. In
our offices it is like the deck of a Mississippi steamboat. Everyone who comes
in pays no attention to the business
transactions going on, but plies.-thel
prothonatory with a thousand questions
that" he .ought to be able to answer
himself and even be able to instruct tho.
prothonatory" if the interrogator be a
member of 'the bar. Men who have
been reared in respectable families and
ought to know better from their home
surroundings actually run into the prothonatory *s office and interrupt the most
important business with questions propounded in the" loudest voice and without even the English apology that precedes every question, "Beg your pardon." Our judges have instituted and
enforced order and decorum in our
court rooms. We never had better
order. The older lawyers are deferential without being obsequious or menial
lin their manners. The only people who
do not comply with- the rules are tlie
females, who sit there with their hats
on as if it were a nicnic.
There is another subject that requires
attention in our trials. Jurymen have
said to mc, I suppose a thousand times
since I was admitted to the bar in
1856, that they could not hear the wit
nesses, and I myself have sat neaier
to the witnesses that tlie majority of
the jury were and could not distinctly
hear tbe_witness on the stand. Lueretia
Mott the apostle of the Friunds, once
arose in horticultural ball, West Chester, away back in the audience and
sent a thrill through the vast assemblage with these words, "Am I
heard?" and then proceeded to chastise
the speakers and officers a round the
stand for speaking as if they were inl
a little parlor 10 by 12. From that utterance she commanded attention, and
from that cast igat ion to the end of
the. convention the speakers com pre
hended tbat they bad to raise their
voices if they expected to be heard.
Many witnesses have lost their testimony entirely, in the Montgomerv county court house. Witnesses to.be effective
must be emphatic.
* The listless campaign drags on
It seems to be an era without air or
motion. Even the yachts cannot catch
a smiling breeze. It is reserved to the
little republics of South Africa, to
whom alone we can look just now for
any sign of strife, and to the Philippine
Islands in the far distant seas. We
do not realize that there is an election
in sight. Our candidate for recorder is
watching atthe death bed of his father,
John Righter, at Spring Mill, and all
tbe other candidates are quietly drifting with the tide, whether it go up or
down, like Buchanan Reed on the
Vesuvian bay. Al. Helffenstei n will
hav. a big vote in Norristown for
register of wills, and Major Cooke will
climb high in Pottstown for clerk of-
the courts.
The Philadelphia PreES is .to be
commended for appealing to the Republicans «f the United States to hold
the nest national convention in Philadelphia, the ancient-capital. That is* all
very well, but the politicians of Phila
delphia always think that there is nobody in the state but themselves. I attended    the    Fremont   convention.* of
place for the next oi-!7 It"looks' now
as if the Republicans wonld nominate
McKinley for president with an indorsement of his policy and the treaty rat iii
ed by tbe senate, and tlie Democrats
will nominate Admiral George Dewev
on his record, nolens volens. It would
serve the politicians just right for the
Democrats to do so. Tbe noisy crew
have Deen lauding Dewey to the skies
simply for doing a plain duty, and now
if their vaulting ambition overleaps
itself and falls on the other side it
will be the legitimate consequence
of their fulsome adulation, the irony
of fate.
Our people'have an idea vagne, indefinite and undefined that we hold tbe
Philippine archipelago by conquest. It
is not true. We bought the islands and
we hold them by purchase. We paid
$20,000,000 for them and got a deed
for them from the owner, in
fee. * Wise or unwise it is a fact
accomplished and they are ours as much
as Texas or Alaska, what will be the
outcome is a question to be answered
by posterity. I am no prophet, bat
I am a citizen of tbe United States and
can see what has been and oan judge
tbe future by tbe past. I never pass a
venerable mansion without emotion
and sigh to think how true it. is as
Longfellow has expressed it:
We hold no title deeds to house or lands.
Owners and occupants of earlier dates,
From Knives forgotten stretch their dusty hands,
And hold in mortmain still their old estates.
OLD FRIEND.
MARRIED.
CLAIR—JAMISON.
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virtue. Judges
carry along ber
the sea  without
Injunction Agalnat Trolley.
A preliminary injunction was granted
Wednesday by Judge Harman Terkes
against tbe Quakertown Traction company on petition of the borough of
Quakertown. In October 1890, the borough passed an ordinance giving pei-
mission to the traction comany to lay
its tracks on certain streets, the document specif ving that only L or girder
ivila should be used. On Wednesday
tbe borough officials discovered that T
rails were being laid on tiie part of
the extension to Perkasie, which is within the town limits and they immediately took action in the matter by asking for an injunction restraining tlie
company from continuing work. Sheriff Irvin Aaron went to Quakertown on
Wednesday afternoon and in the absence
of the officials of the companv, served
the Injunction on the foreman of the
construction gang.
Two Burt In a Runaway.
A serious runaway occuured Thursday
evening neat Collegeville, in which
Mrs. Bowen.of Jeffersonville, and Mrs.
Isaac Custer, of Astor > street, Norristown, were severely injured. The two
ladies had driven to Collegeville to visit
friends and were on their return home
when one of the lines suddenly broke
and the horse became frightened.
While the animal was rearing and plunging about Mrs. Bo wen jumped from
the carrige and in so doing her head
was badly cut. The vehicle was finliy
upset by the animal's frantic plunges
and Mrs. Custer* was thrown out. She
sustained a badlv bruised shoulder and
other- bodily contusions. The two unfortunates were taken to' a nearby house
where*their injuries were attended to,
and arrived at their homes later in the
evening.
The wedding of Miss Anna B. Jamison, daughter of Mrs. Georgiana C.
Jamison, and Mr. Howard Wakefield
Clair, of Ambler, was   solemized Wed-
I nseduy  evening, Oct.11th, at the home
of the   bride, 8220   Frankford   avenue,
Holmesburg.   The house was tastefully
decorated with   palms, plants and flow-}
ers, and   the  light  of  many  banquet
I lamp shed a soft and subdued light
over  the scene.
The bride, who was given away bv
her uncle,Mr William Castor, Sr, was a
I beautiful pictue in her wedding gown
of   white taffata covered with organdie
j de chine, which was made en trian and]
j trimmed with gauze ribbon. She wore
a tulle veil held up by a cluster, of
orange blossoms, and she carried a shower
I bouquet of bridal roses and lilies of the
valley. Miss Katharine Griffiths was
main of honor, and wore a gown of
white Persian lawn with pink stock
and belt and carried a bouquet of pink
cirnation _ The bridesmaids were Miss
Ida Castor,cousin of the bride,and Miss
Jennie Petit, of Philadelphia. Both
were attired in white organdie with
pink ribbons and carried bouquets of
pink and white carnations. Miss Lizzie
Hooper, a   cousin   of   the groom, acted
I as flower girl, and was in.white organdie over pink.aiTil carried a large basket
of pink and white carnations-. Mr.Chas.
E. Thompson, of Germantown, was best
man. Rev. George Rakestraw, pastor of
Mt. Zion Methodist Episcopal church,of
Holmesburg, officiated. Percisely at 8
o'clock, the bridal partv entered the;
parlor. Mr.Harry Aiclke, of Philadelphia, played the beautiful wedding
march from Lohengrin. After receiving
the congratulations of. their friends and
partaking of refreshments the happy
couple started on their wedding trip,
amid a deluge of rice and hearty good
wishes.
WHITE-SHOEMAKER.
A pretty wedding was solemnized
at St. Paul's church, Ogonta, Saturday,
when Rev. Dr. Edward Appleton, assisted by Rev. J. T. Cole united Miss
Virginia Shoemaker and Mr. Howard
Erskine White, of Mew York. Tbe
maid of honor was Miss Laura Barney
and the bridesmaids were Miss Margaret E. Graham, Miss Priscilla Tavlor,.]
Miss Gwendolyn Thomas, Miss Emily
Batnev, Miss Helen White and * Miss
Ida M. Rowland. The best man was
Edward R. Otherman, of New York.
The ushers were L. F. Pease, Robert L.
Jvorth, Richard H. Shoemaker, Leicester
H. Nelson, William W. Phillips and
Hardon L. Crawford.
Surl nalio use.
On Wednesday night of last week a
thief or thieves visited the residence of
Adam J. Murphy and 'stole 30 young
chickens, which he had pjpsd_____
|fbr market'ihe next day! They"sflso took
two of his lip est sheep.
Aaron Speny and family are entertaining friends from Pittsburg.
Miss Maggie Fleck is spending a few
days with relatives   in Philadelphia.
Mrs. Esther A*. Beidler and .daughter, Mrs, Jackson Link, of Philadelphia, spent a few davs raft week with
the former's sister, Mrs. Charles Danehower, Sr.
The district deputy grand master and
his attendants visited Springhouse
lodge,!. O. O. F., on Saturday evening
last and installed their officers. Delegates
were present also from Morion and Ambler lodges.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Collom entertained a number of their friends on
Sunday.
Mr. and Mm. Shearer gave a shell-
hark party to abont'80 of their friends
recently*. The guests spent a very en-
'joyable afternoon gathering nuts, and
after a bountiful supper had been served amusing games were indulged in to
the entertainment of all present.
Guests attended from Blue Bell,
Norristown. Germantown, Plymouth
and otber. places.
Jason Sexton was a recent caller in
the neighborhood.
Blue Hell.
W. L. S. will be entertained at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. John Preston on
Saturday evening.
The Ladies' Mite society of Boehm's
Reformed churoh will hold their monthly social at the home of Mr. Harry
Hoover on Wednesday evening.
The pupils of Walter DePrefontaine
were entertained by Mr. Albert Shook
and family at their home aa Satorday
evening. An organ recital was given by
some of those present. Refreshments
were  setved.
Miss Florence Shnster, of Roxboro,
visited Miss Mary Shoemaker on Sunday. 	
Flourtown.
C. E. society of tbe Presbyterian
church held an echo meeting on Sunday
evening, Mr. and Mrs. Nathaniel
Dickey were the delegates to the state
convention, Mr. Dickey had charge of
tiie meeting Sunday evening and gave
a very interest ing talk of the work ef
the convention of O.K. workers throughout the state during the past vear. 74
new soceties have been organized this
year.
Henry Oberholtzer and family visited
at Henry Kerper's on Sunday.
W. S. Kerper and wife and Mrs. M.F.
Scheetz spent Tuesday at Win. Kirk's,
at Castle Vallev, Bucks county, gathering
chestnuts.
Last I-rdav Lawrence Nuss moved h ts
family to 3151 North Ninth _treet,Phila-
delphia. Mr.Nuss will conduct his carriage paint shop as before at * Wheel
Pump.
Mis. J. Thompson is on the sick list,
suffering with a bad attack of asthma.
Mrs. George Stver and daughter, Mrs.
Kerper, returned from Applebachsville
on Monday even big after spending some
time visiting her son, Charles Styer.
Mrs. Everly and niece and Mi's.Bean,
of Philadelphia, on Sunday visited the
latter's brother, J. M. Hedrick.
Next week revival services are to be
held 'in the Presbyterian church every
evening except Monday and* Saturday.
To all of these the general public is cordially invited.
Suit About Farm Implements.
the case of Phila.Farmers' Supply
Co. vs. John M. Kennedy, Jr., of
Fort Washington, the plaintiff sought
I'i ic. over the value of certain farming
implements leased hy the plaintiff" to
ooe George J. I'i Ik ington. and alleged
to have been unjustly detained by. the
defendant. Goods had been levied
ni.lull by the sheriff and a claim for
ahe leased goods and other chattels
pi.-dged by Pilkington as collateral. An
■ft-ne was framed to test the title of the
goods, which was settled in Febrruary,
ll-US, plaintiff"" paving .._. and to receive tlie goods from the defendant.
This settlement was made through attorneys Stver and J. F. Miller. Plain-
t.!' called, for the goods and defendant,
tjfl knowing his attorney had agreed to
refused   to   surrender
the   settlement,
the  goods.
'.Suit brought at last term of court
was compromised by the defendant
agreeing to surrender the goods.* Plaintiff thereupon went to defendant's
[premises at Fort Washington and flnd
ill'-' things in a very dilapidated condition he refused to accept anything but
one wagon and a horse. Subsequently
defendant gave plaintiff notice to remove the goods with in 30 davs or thev
[would be sold. Plainiff paid no attention to this and the goods were sold at
puhiic vendue.
Defendant claims that lie had no interest in the goods and that he was a1-*
ways willing to surrender them..
•lie admitted that he had sold two of
the horses, to rid himself of.. their
charge,and had always been willing to
pay plaintiff what he had received for
tbem or what he fairly thought they
were worth. The horses were in a
|very poor condition, as well as all tiie
rest of the goods and 'chattels. Defendant's counsel, J. F. Miller, frequently
offered to surrender the articles even
|before this suit was brought.
v-The court on Oct. 10 beld tbat
under the facts of the case there had
been no tortuous conversion of the
plaintiff's property by tlie defendant
[and ordered a verdict for the defend
ant.	
WareiM—*
-.Last Saturday was pay day at the
dreamery. It was the largest in. the
history of the creamery. There are how
nearly 100 patrons bringing milk.
Seeding is done now. Apple picking
and corn husking is at hand, although
little is husked at this place. In fact,
thero are several fields yet to cut. Some
one has been husking John Hagy'a corn
withont orders from Mr. Hagy," and
doing it while Mr, H. is in bid.
Revival services are being heid at the.
Baptist mission at Soring Mill. Rev. E. I
R. Tiltoi\,wil!.P_eafcithere.parj: Jaf the.
week  '"     ;',. %mm_p* iXsg-^m^
.ffttftyj-arr _*d «jfy s G.Ckateritiavt*
faster *tegt>tfJMt>   fttib..5%i,nts
gone jsa Che
m mm
tah'ce. -  j*"'
* Albert Greeny and family of West
Conshohocken, were visiting at Narcissa
on Sunday.
Mr. Pugh and daughter, from Noi ris-
towu, and Edgar Nyman, of Phoenixville, were guests at Narcissa at the
same time.
surprise party on last Thursday evenin
by her many friends.
ProMpect. ville.
Rev: Ridington, of Ambler Methodist
church, will administer the sacrament
of the Lord's supper on next Sundav
morning. Rev. Bisbing will fill tbe
former's pulpit.
Harper 15. walton and John Walters,
of West Philadelphia, were visitors in
our section last Sundav.
Mrs.   Kenderdine  has  been  making
preparations to rebuild her barn recent
ly destroyed   bv  flre.   Mr. Rodemick,
of Jarettown,   has  been  awarded  the
contract.
A. Markley and Wife, A. Crawford
and wife,* of Philadelphia, were visiting tbeir parents last sundav.
Misa  Bessie   Weiss   was  tendered  a
*k_
he
Mrs. Thomas Walton is slowly recov-
erii g from a painful wound caused by,
a horse biting off the end of her thumb.'
An entertainment termed a son bonnet drill and pantomime will take place
tbia Thursday evening. Those desirina
a pleasant evening's enjoyment will be
repaid for tbeir exertion, as we believe
it will be something novel and inter
esting.    Admission 25 cents.
Large crops of apples are harvested
through our section' at the present time. I
Mrt. Amanda Maaple, Mr and  Mrs,,
Clarence Marple and children, of North
Wales, spent Sunday with   Mr. Joseph
Gouak
Mr. Tbomas Tillman has an ear of
corn*, which is composed of six small
ears joined together; variety, eight-
rowed yellow.
Mr. II. Tomlinson and Miss Nellie
Tomlinson were the guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Aaron Gordon on Sunday.
ORELAND.
Good Prices at . Corn Sale—Jubilee Singers—Churcli News—Weil'line Bells Ring
—Harvest Home Services—Greenhouse
Opened—Personal Sinter.
Miss Rena Poole, of Tioga, spent
Sundav here with Miss Laura Keller.
F. M. E. Server has finished 'his contract of erecting a belfry at the M. E.
church.
Two lime cars on the Plymouth branch
were badly demolished in an accident
here on Monday.
• Mrs. Kulp, of Brooklyn, and Mrs.
Gerhcart, of Philadelphia, spent a few
days with F. M. E. Server and family.
Public sale of the 10-8 ere field of
corn belonging to J. Milton Brooke on
Monday was largely attended, and good
prices were realized. Some of, the corn
sold as high as 88   cents per shock.
('lenient Sands will paint his stable
in the near future.
Do not fail to hear the famous Gilbert family of jubilee singers at the
Baptist chureh on Tuesday evening.'
Hicks Lukens, of Jarrettown, spent
Sundav   with Charles -D, Stout.
Harry Hallman performed a tine piece
of architectural work on the belfry of
the Methodist church which adds
greatly to the appearance of the build-
ling.
Miss Annie Kemp, of Hamburg, .is
spending several days here as the guest
of  Mrs. Joseph Rothenberger.
John McCauley," of Philadelphia,
accompanied by Miss Ella Warner, of
this place, . spent Tuesday at Mauch
Chunk. They gave us a fine description
of the Switzerland of America, the famous Switch back, beautiful Glen Onoka
and the picturesque Lehigh river.
Miss Sadie Brooke, who was confined
to her lion e with scarlet fever, is now
convalescent.
' Edward Sleath, of Ambler, and Miss
Annie Hallman, of this place, will lie
quietly married this Wednesday even
ing at the residence of the bride's par-'l
ents. The writer extends to them his
congratulations
* Christian Endeavor society, of the
Baptist chnrch, will attend the Christian Endeavor exercises at the Mount
Carmel Presbyterian church.Edge Hill,
this Thursday   Evening.
Harvest home services at the Baptist
church on Sunday evening drew out a
large congregation." -The pulpit of the
church was tastefully decorated with the
products of the soil. "Rev. Moyer preached a very appropriate sermon.
Charles Ulrich and familv,of Philadelphia, spent Sunday with II. F. Gillingham and family..
Mr. Edward Pierce, who erected a
greenhouse here sometime ago, is now
ready to-do .business. Mr. Pierce has al
large variety of cavitations, roses, pan-
sips, violtt-iftnil otter, Jpwers glyays
hand.. An__Ofla*_w*f'ijfBfr- jm^____pVb_b
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flowers to select Tro-H.
Frederick Kiefner arid family, Wm.
Ravior and family, F. Ravior and family, Mr. Diechman and Edward and
Robert Diechman spent Sunday with
George Ravior and family.
Itroad Axe.
Mrs. Frazer, of Whitemarsh, was the
guest of Mrs. John O'Donnell.  .
B. F. Hendrieks was shaking* handa
with his old friends here last Friday
afternoon. ,
Mrs. Mame Hagley and Miss Bertha
Moore took a spin to Marble Hall last
Sunday
Broad Axe Social club has* elected
Thomas Gilbert prescient. They meet
every night in theiweek. Tiiey rented
the empty; tenement; house of G. W.
Hellings for a. club --room. A tradition
claims there, was a large sum of gold
buried there some 'year- ago by a miserly, wealthy occupant, the members take
a very lively interest in the legend.
We all prophesy a discovery jn the near
future.
Landlord Taylor has placed a new
pump at the hotel.
Mrs. Weiss: visited the* exposition on
Friday.
Mrs.. Bower- is able to be about again.
Mr. James Fromfield has left our village- . *_ >,.,
Dance Fitzgerald,'if I#R;Klelphiii,vis- *
ited bis father   here-oW__ifi*aftv*.
John ...uber has j second crop of
apples.     Oi_f branch has. five on.'.
The tollgate*has been given a ■coat of
paint and is much admired in its new
dress.
A curiosity in the shape of a twin apple grown* on Henry Stout's farm cap be
seen at the store of. 8. L.  Kerper. .
Charles Stout finished drilling in his
wheat on Wednesday.
Miss Mattie White entertained a merry crowd qf friends on Wedneday evening.  '
Stanley. Innes, of Easton, was a  visitor in our.community last week.
, William '  Swaincott    took' a   trip   to
Perkiomen bridge on Sunday..
Mr.. John D. Cooper and wife visited
Mr. George S. Fister on Sunday.
North Wale*.
North   Wales' game of football  with
Lansdale resulted in favor of  the latter I
by a score of 6 to 25.
Dr. Hoestein was a caller on North
Wales friends on Friday.
Ambrose Hendricks, of Germantown,
was a visitor here on Sunday.
George Wel Ike has moved from Lower Gwynedd to Washington avenue,
this borough.
Rev. Kurtz, of Reading,. preached in
St. Peter's Lutheran church on Sunday
morning and evening. On Sundav next
tbe services' will be conducted bv the"
Rev. Dm&el D. Roney,  of Dim ville,'Pa.
A row of weddings is the program for'the near future. Among-then-
is the man*ii-ge of Christian Neurit),
of Philiia. Ij'hia, to Miss Pauline Kurtz,
f jinib&r,
Cards  tWe
of .this place
ie woddiitg of
m?*:-3\
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llur-glars Wreck a —louse.
Throngs are daily visiting the home of
Mrs. Ellen P. Roberts, near Blue Bell,
to see tbe condition in which it was
left by robbers, who recently paid an
informal visit and finding the occupants not at home at once took possession. Last week the family bad occasion to go away. They were gone
from 1 o'clock until 6, ana in tbese five
hours burglars, who visited the place,
ransacked it from roof to cellar. They
jimmied open the rear doors, hut after
they bad gained ingress they still found'
their way blocked. Not stopping to
burst open the doors the visitors again
used their jimmies and in this manner
tore the door frames ont of the walls.
Tbis was done at every door wbich was
found locked. Every bureau was torn
open in the same way and at tbe cum*
pletion of their labor the theives helped
themselves. Besides articles of wearing apparel they carried away a large
quantity of dress goods and also a bag
containing old and rare coins, which
havo been in the family's possession
for quite a number of vears.
The Interior of tbe bouse looked as
if an earthquake had passed through
it. Everywhere is scattered plaster and
splinters of wood. The robbery is indeed a rare one and considering the
amount of plunder secured was one
.hat took much laboi.
Oueer Treasure.
While digging post boles the other
day, preparatory to building a fence,
Henry Britton, of Plymouth Meeting,
unearthed a small iron pot filled with
circular pieces of metal. He ceased his
work at once, and grabbing the pot ran
to a nearby store to tell of hia luck. Investigation soon proved that the metal
was lead. Some of the older residents
who saw the nnd said that it had* evidently been left there by a gang of counterfeiters, who infested that region in
1868. This theory is probably true as
shortly afterward Britton unearthed
two oblong boxes containing dies and
also a can of greenish looking powder.
There was a well laid plan to capture
these counterfeiters in 1868,' but it failed, and it is now believed that they
"got wind" of the proposed raid and
carefully buried all the evidence. It
is well remembered by some of the older residents that when the detectives
broke in upon the supposed den of the
counfeiters at midnigt they discovered
two honest looking men playing checkers, while a third man was amusing
himsefl with an old violin. The officers
immediately apologized and gave their
reason for the sudden intrusion. The
next night the house was empty and the
furniture had diappeared as mysteriously*'as the occupants. *
A Rare Occasion.
A great display of ladies', misses and
children's coats and wraps is now in
progress at Brend-linger's big dry good
store, Norristown. The chief purpose of
tbe grand exhibition is the "show
off" some of the richest and prettiest
styles of dress goods. Brendlinger's
prepared for the bettered times this!
fall and as a consequence the stock is
unprecedented. $5.00 blanket at S3.89
makes an additional attraction. See
large adv next week for further particulars.
Cultivated Chestnut*.
James W. Bisson, residing on Monro
road, in Upper Gwynedd, has a fine
crop .of cultivated chestnuts this fall.
He has some dozen or more young grafted trees which will yield him about 50
bushels. A twig of the Cooper variety
brought to the Record office on Monday
morning bore a cluster of eight burrs.
These burrs contained 27 sound,
well deyeloped chestnuts. Two
of the burrs contained six large chestnuts eacb. Mr. Bisson has other varieties, but the Cooper nut he considers
the best. A French variety is a very
large nut, but the trees aro not such
prolific bearers as the Cooper. Mr. Bisson says it ia an easy * matter for any
farmer or anybody else to raise plenty
a. chestnuts if a little pains is taken
in grafting young trees. The trees soon
bear and about every alternate year aj
full crop. The price for choice chestnuts at present is about $7 per bushel
and cultivated ones always command a
[higher price than tne ordinary wild
variety. —North WsSes Record.
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Candy Cathartic, cure constipation forever.
10c. 25c.   If CO. C. tail, druggists refund money
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daughter of Harrv  Kulp, both of Gwynedd,    and near this town.
Quite a delegation of our townsfolk
took in the Export exposition on Saturday last.
Dr. D. L. German spent three 'day*
on a visit to his son, Harry, a student
at State college, Bellefonte,accompanied
by his wife; they also took in Blooms-
burg, where they visited a sister of
Mrs. German.
The contract for the building of the
store for Morris Krieble, in this place,
has been awarded to Contractor William
H.Brunner, who started -in lively with
excavations on Saturday last He is required to have one of the store rooms
.completed by Dec. 1st, and the entire
building by Jan. 1st.
Our town council's street committee
is rejoicing in again being able to get
crushed granite to macadraize streets.
Th y have patiently waited since the
great storm in the summer.
The Acorn Web company gave their
bands an oyster supper on Thursday
e wen ing last, as an appreciation of their
help in moving the plant from the old
bunding, on Elm avenue, to the new
mill on Penn avenue.
Adam Rotzer, of Elm avenue, was
stricken with paralysis on Sunday last,
and is in a serious condition.
Christian Buck has moved from our
eastern border to one of the houses of
tbe Improvement company's block, on
Swartley street. Four out of the 12 are
now occupied. The coumany has just
completed wide side walks with • grass
plots on both sides in front of the row,
•and have also added summer kitchens
in the rear  of the houses.
Miss Maggie McVaugh. of German-
town, was a Sunday visitor to Miss
Lizzie Hi_.di.cks, of Second street.
T.aneastervllle.
Arthur Mar.kley and wife expect to
move to their new home in Philadelphia
in the near future.
Dr. Montgomery, a sportsman of
Chestnut 11 ill Jn company with a prominent gentlemen, of the same place, shot
and killed what he supposed was a
wild goose, but turned out to be one
[of Mr. Carson's swan.
Mr.and Mrs. Prennen entertained a
number of friends on Saturday evening. Mr. Drennen was delighted in
giving them a straw ride from Wheel
Pump.
Isaac Sbaflcro-S, of Frankford, spent
Saturdav   with Shaffer's.
Mr. and Mrs. William J canes celebrated their fifth wedding anniversary
on Wednesday evening.
D. D. Mercer and wife, of Frankford, were the guests of Jason T. Butler
itnd wife on Sunday.
We hope it will be sometime before
some of our young men of the village
will have to visit the dentists, and we
hope in the near future they will gain
more courage.
Willow Grove.
©pen   trolleys  were run   on   Sunday
and they were very well filled.
On Sunday a farmer coming from
market lost a nut from the axle of his
wagon, and the wheel ran off opposite
[the church. The wagon upset and threw
|him out. He received several bruises.
i Boys have been busy this week gathering chestnuts and shellbarks in the park.
. The traction company's office is being enlarged.