Ambler Gazette

              The Ambl£r Gazette.
VOL.  XIXs-NO. 42.
AMBLER,   PA.,   SEPTEMBER   26,   1901.
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NORRISTOWN
JITTER.
Weekly Review of Recent Happenings
by "Old Friend."
Meeting of Czar Nicholas and President
Loubet — Nations Should Unite Against
Anarchv—Comments on the   Democratic
I Ticket—Busy Court Promised.
Norristown, Pa., Sept. 23, 1901.
Simultaneously with the removal of
the remains of our martyred president,
William McKinley, from the capitol at
Washington to his late home in Canton,
O., for interment, a stirring event of
great political significance was transpiring on the straits of Dover, when the
Czar of Russia and the Czarina disembarked at Dunkirk In the North- of
France and were received bv President
Louliet of the French republic. I did
not follow the en.peror on his trip from
St. Petersburg across the Baltic to the
English channel with toy mental eye,
but read in this friendly reunion of the
heads of two great nations an important
lesson in sociology and International
ainenities.lt is the czar of all the Eussias,
of Europe, Asia and America, who
comes to visit the plain president of
the youngest of . republics of the old
world. He is the ruler of the greatest
empire on earth. Loubet is president
of but a garden spot compared to tbe ancient Muscovy realm—perhaps the most
extensive empire that has ever existed
in ancient or modem -time. It is not,
therefore, as if Olypmus would to a
mole hill nod when President Loubet
repaired northward 150 miles to the
uttermost northern border of his sprightly republic to receive the chief of sovereigns of royal power. The czar came to
visit Franceses the greater power shonld
always be first to advance the hand of
fellowship to tbe younger and smaller
sovereignty. If nothing had happened to us and' onr president were still
alive he would have taken a lively interest in this interview, for he was ever
broad and could overleap the bounds of
narrow partianship and take a wide
range of friendly observation where
common men would see nothing, but
space and vacuity. Assassions may make
new rulers, but they never accomplish
any thing more in the way of change of
goverinent. They bring upon themselves the brand of universal execration and
die unwept, unbonored and unsung.
Russia has been friendly with the government of the United States. France
was onr ally in the days of the Revolution, and since the fall of the Napoleon
dynasty in 1870 our sincere sister republic. She would have remained a republic if she had not been cheated by
Bonaparte.
Thomas Carlyle, the essayist, who
stood second only to Macau lay, describes Bonaparte as the great highwayman
o£ history, whose habit; was to clutch
dkuMr by 4ie threat, at-4 _['•__
W^kwm\v%^' brmWmW^^
seems w me that the same view wilrbc
th* Word let of'mankind, at any rate it
is mine. Wellington silenced tne braggart, who had none of the elements of a
reformer nor characteristics of perennial
greatness. Napoleon swept like a freebooter at tiie bead of a subservient army
animated by no principle but public
and private plunder, and dazed the nation with liis sudden dash, just as pirates
on land and aea enter peaceful places
and demand their booty. He deceived
the French people, betrayed them, stole
away their ensign of liberty and died
In banishment. He belonged to the
Kipper tribe of brigands—they have
existed in all ages, the pests of a period,
the stench of ages, from Sampson, who
killed himself, to the highwaymen who
have been holding up railroad trains,
bank -officers and robbing by force of
surprise and overawing violence. Such
reckless fiends have their followers—for
with tbe wicked success covers all sins,
principles with them are only fetters to
their progress to be swept aside like Wai:
before the fire.
A combination of the enlightened
nations will result in a general law for
all, against murderers of rulers wherever
found. For unless this evil be eradicated no ruler, and by rulers I mean any
president, king, emperor, judge or
governor having ought to do with the
enforcement or adjudication of the law
and goverment, will be safe in his In-
cumbancy or occupation. Lynch law is
vile enough, but it is generally administered for some heinous crime, but assassination of a man merely because he
is a president or ruler is diabolical with
no semblance of reason; it is the unpardonable crime of the age—and must
be suppressed. No man is fit to live
who harbors tbe sentiments of the assassin for the mere sake of assassination;
the killing of a ruler merely because he
is a ruler. Such a wretch is inhuman
and unfit for the earth. He is to be
treated as a mad beast and not as a reasonable creature, he must suffer extinction.   God wills it.
In your last issue you published an
item with the beading: "She Wanted
to Kill Her Sister.'' And then yoa
speak of Mrs. Mary Murray, of Lansdale,
making an ineffectual attempt to kill
her sister, Bella Clemens. These items
take the rounds of the papers, bnt those
who start them seldom give the sequence
and explanation. The truth is that Mrs.
Murray is semi-idiotic and waa committed to prison for her own safety and
the safety of her mother and her sister.
On petition of her sister a commission
was appointed and on Monday last met
and took testimony and pronounced the
unfortunate Mrs. Murray, whose husband works in Ambler, laboring under
mental obliquity for many years and
now afflicted with delusions, and therefore, requiring restraint and treatment.
The commission consisting of Dr. Moyer,
of Lansdale; John Jones and your correspondent heard the testimony and
talked with the unfortunate woman, and
reported these facts to the court and
she was sent to. the Norristown hospital
for the insane for treatment. If this
woman had been sent to a school for
feeble-minded persons years ago she
might bave been restored lo reason  and
a realization of her womanhood. As it
is now she la one of the poor unfortunate
feeble-minded and dark to the world—
except at certain lucid intervals. The
mother testified that Mrs. Murray many
years ago suffered from a fever, after
which she was not herself at certain
periods and lately, has been growing
worse.
We buried on Wednesday last Mrs.
Hannah Schultz. who was a sister of
the late Dr. L. VV. Read, and who had
been a widow for many years.* Her
only two children, sons, were killed at
tbe battle of Gettysburg. She was in her
80th year and a long and patient sufferer from consumption; a great reader
and a woman of rare intellectual and
moral refinement. Her father was the
9ate Thomas Read and ber mother was
the sister of Dr. Hiram Corson and my
father. Her father died in 1856 and her
mother in 1859. Only one of the family
Bow survives, Dr. Alan C. Read, of
Copenhagen, Den.
The Democrats at their convention
last Tuesdav made some strong nominations. Neville D. Tyson for orphans'
court judge, John Larzeiere for sheriff
and George N. Malsburger, of Pottstown, for county trasurer, are exceptionally good men. The resolutions were
in good taste and suitably expressed the
great grief for the assassination of McKinley. The comments of the' newspapers on the two county tickets before
the people.are peculiar this year. The
Register, of Norristown,, compares the
two legislators,now opposing candidates
for sheriff—and points to the recofd of
each and runs the contrast between
them. The members of the house in
the last legislature in office now! Our
county is peculiar. Pottstown is clannish.
Tbe people vote for a Pottstown man
when he has no opposing candidate In
the town. Norristown is never united.
The Merions have many independent
men who can never be driven from
their purpose. The farmers in the great
semi-circle that sweeps from Phoenixville clear around to Cheltenham have
a way of their own in. expressing their
opinion at the polls. There is a sort
of masonry among than that works
"silently as the daylight comes when
the night is done,and the crimson streak
on ocean's cheek grows into the blazing
sun." They read more than ina.iy people think and think more than many
others read.
On the 30th inst. the great inter-state
fair will open at Trenton and continue
in lively interest for a week. Many of
our citizens are already picking out their
days for attendance. It is in easy reach
for all of us and will be an interesting
fair. And on Monday, Oct. 7, onr
criminal court will open a list rapidly
accumulating. There will be one or
two homicide cases tried and any number of felony and misdemeanors. Hendricks will have his hands full, but he
has great physical and mental vigor and
will keep the court in motion, aa be always does. OLD FRIEND.
NEARING 1
COMPLETION*
Track Laying of the Philadelphia &
Lehigh Valley Traction Co. ^$
Progress of the Work From Wheel Ptimp
to Springhouse—Balla* tag and Finishing
—Work To Be Completed tn Amblers-
Poles for the Pike.
The present week of fair weather wiU
see the completion of the greater portion
of the track work for the Philadelphia
& - Lehigh Valley Traction company's
fast line between Bannockburn avenue
and Wheel Pump. Much .of this was
ballasted on Monday, when a "Gazette"
representative passed over the whole
distance, and men were distributed over
the whole stretch from tbe lower tollgate
to above Mount Pleasant avenue above
Am bier.
JJ Starting at Wheel Pomp the Casino
company has prevented the work of
tracklaying past their sheds, and as the
tracks are in the middle the injunction
restrains at least until the court passes
judgment on the same. But from a
point north of the sheds the tracks are
completed and ballasted up to the Wissahickon pike. *, On up past this point,
through Flourtown and within a few*
feet of Valley Green road, the tracks
are in the middle of the road. Where
the top dressing has not yet been spread
and where the men and carts are working it crowds travel some, but after tbe
fine stone is spread and the. road nicely
rounded the whole surface—over the
tracks and all —may at present be used
by tbe public. McCloskey's stone Is being hauled by the cartloads to the rail
way and the work of completing the
tracks is being pushed rapidly.
Through Flourtown, opposite McCloskey's hotel a wooden culvert has been
placed under the tracks to carry the
water from one side to tbe other. From
the Valley Green road to above Rotzell's
hotel there is a stretch of road left vacant by the trollev. The route as laid
out includes a diyergance from the pike
through the' fields. As the Reading
companv has taken out an injunction to
restrain tracklaying over their Conshohocken tracks, and as the question is to
be settled by the court, the trolley company has-WL-ulv refrained.from building the line ■ through the fields, for it
mav be-alio wed to run its trucks across
at Flourtown at grade.
Above Rotzell's hotel the tracks corns
mence again |n the centre and continue
up to the old Comly estate, now owned
by the Pennsylvania railroad,which has1
also secured an injunction. As tt e
agreement with Whitemarsh townsh p
calls for the rails in tbe middle th s
injunction holds at present. On tl 6
upper edge of the Comly property tl I
tracks start again in the middle and « |
the turn around to the tollgate af_t
over 11 _ha side, ki
Injunction Cases Postponed.
Norristown, Pa., Sept. 25, (special).
A session of court was held this morning. None of the injunction cases agai nst
the Philadelphia A Lehigh Valley
Traction companv was argued nor decided. Ihey were continued until Oct.
24. 	
OBITUARY.
HARVEST
HOME SERVICE
Tb
MARGARET V. BOCKIUS.
death of Miss Margaret V. Bockius.
only daughter of the late Samuel F. and
Jeanette Bockius, of Abington, which
occurred at 8.15 Wednesday evening,
was a particularly sad one. Up to about
February 1st tbe deceased was surround-
by all that goes to make life happy,
when suddenly her health began to fail.
Cancer of the intestines was found to be
the cause. Eminent physicians were
called in, an operation was attempted,
but abandoned as hopeless. The disease
made rapid growth and the sad ending
of noble and beautiful life came on
Wednesday evening. She is survived
by a mother and five brothers, one of
whom is Samuel, of the Clifton house,
Fort Washington, whose grief is shared
by tiie- entire community. Funeral
services were held on Saturday at 3 p.
m.   Interment at Hillside cemetery.
ELIZABETH  i.RAFLY.
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*#R*iB- ^WfyKeKFHUIP**McKi uley -00*0*
qnles. The speakers ten F Yv. Joln-
son-and G. M. Amthor, two of ihe
clergymen of the town. Miss Letaon,
one of the public school teachers, sang a
solo, ''Lead, Kindly Light.''
Dr. Arthur A. Iloopman, formerly of
Hatfield, Is now stopping here at Hotel
Norwood,and \yill again resume practise
somewhere in this vicinity. He has
been trying life at Seattle, Wash., since
last spring, but prefers Pennsylvania.
Oliver J. Ziirn was thrown f ram hia
carriage into the road and his back injured one evening last week. The
cause was a collision with another team.
Much notice is being taken of the
new automobile of oar architect, M. B.
Bean. It is of a pattern that seems
likely to become numerous by reason of
Ite cheap construction.
Postmaster Ruth bought 70 yards of
black cloth to decorate the postoffice
in memory of McKinley.
Augustus C. Kolb, of Upper Providence, who was buried on Saturday,
was a brother of Abe Kolb, of Lansdale.
We are likely to secure another lecture course here this winter. There is
an endeavor being made to sell 300 reserved seat tickets in advance. It will
comprise two concerts, two lectures and
a recital.
The newly planted 24th mile post
along the North Penn railroad stands a
few hundred yards south of Broad street,
tbis borough.   ,
',t is about 30 miles from Lansdale to
Allentown. When that trolley line now
being constructed through Coopersburg
is finished a few months hence the fare
here will be just 30 cents to the metropolis pf Lehigh county.
Willow Grove.
There is talk of making a change in
the trolley schedule on the Doylestown
and Willow -Grove line about the first
of October. One plan is to run one
car every hour instead of every :J6 minutes, as at present. The company has
had two large cars built, which will
soon be placed in service. They] will
seat about 48 people and the seats are
crosswise with an isle between. The
cars will be run to the end of the road
at tiie foot of Germany hill in Doylestown when the new schedule takes
effect.
1'he Harry Kates company are erecting a fine large house on the Larzeiere
property for city parties.
The repairs and enlargement to J. C.
Robinson's bouse on Park avenue have
been pushed rapidly this week.
The Ladies' Aid society of the M. E.
church held an enjoyable social at the
home' of Harry, Lachot, on Thursday
evening.     *g
Albert Miehle, Frank Fulniore, Chas.
Triebels, and Mr. Roberts did the
Buffalo exposition last week.
Miss Minnie Rothwell is on a trip
through the state where she will visit
Carlisle, Mount Union, Huntingdon,
Lewisburg and other places.
Joseph Marvel is now a conductor on
the trolley cars.
Newton Duffield has had a new iron
fence erected along hie drive and along
the pike.
Bide of the road and continue up to the
Clifton house, at the driveway to
Fred. Huft'nalge's residence the tracks
are in the middle,' bat Ming over to
the east side and continue all the way
op to Bannockburn avenue.
At Rose Valley the tracks were laid
last week on the west side and continue
unbroken all the way to the entrance
to C. William Haywood's - residence.
The right of way was secured past Isaac
E. Ambler's property last week and
provision was also made by which Mr.'
Ambler agrees to sell the companv a
strip of land along the stone bridge,
which will be utilized some time in the
future by the tracks, although at present
the rails are laid right on the bridge.
Beyond Mount Pleasant avenue the
tracks take to the east side and will
probably continue there all tiie way to
Springhouse. Above that place the west
side of the road is used to Dr. Denckla's property. Bere an injunction restrains further work. Throughout the
whole distance, fiom Wheel Pump to
North Wales, there are less than two
miles of the road in litigation regarding
the right of way and even if adverse
judicial ruling is met tiie .line can be
built and operated notwithstanding
Several carloads of crushed stone and
girder rails have arrived in Ambler and
the completion of the work on the
streets will be carried oa shortly. A
great number ofthe poles have been
Elanted in A mbler/ ana holes for poles
ave been dug down tiie pike from
Bannockburn avenue. Wooden poles are,
distributed from Springhouse northward. 	
Husband Is Gone; Wife Is Destitute.
The disappearance of Charles liiley,
of Hillside, is surrounded hy much
mystery. He was employed as a grave
digger by the Hillside Cemetery company and attended a party given by another employe at one of the company's
bouses on the cemetery ground last Saturday. Riley got in a row with another
man and left for home. That was the
last seen of him.
Early Saturday evening he had told
some of the workmen that he was going
to Buckingham, Bucks county, early
Sunday morning, where his wife and
children were visiting relatives. He
never arrived there. Mrs. Riley and
his friends fear that be met with foui
jplay or was hurt on the railroad, as he
would have to walk to Willow Grove,
where he would "take the trolley to
Dovlestown.
His wife and children, one about
three yean old and tbe other a babe
only 10. months old, are without any
means of support and are being cared
for by the neighbors.
District Attorney A. H. Hendricks
haa been notified and a thorough search
of the surrounding country will De made.
Riley ia 38 years of age, five feet four
inches in height, weighs 150 pounds
and has a sandy mustache. When last
seen be wore a black cutaway coat,
black trousers and a brown derbv hat.
Elizabeth, wife of the late Charles
Grafiy, and daughter of Garret and
Sajah Sitcmons (deceased), of Flour-
Mn, died on Sept."1-12 at her home in
Philadelphia, after a short illness in her
83d year. She leaves a number of
children, one of whom, Charles, has
gained wide distinction both in tbis
country and abroad as an artist and
sculptor of rare ability. The funeral
was held on the 16th and was attended
by a large number of relative! and
mends. Interment was made in Fern-
wood cemetery, Philadelphia.
• SUSAN SHAFFER.
Susan, widow of the late Lewis Shaffer, died Friday in her 81st year at tbe
home of her son,Charles A.,Elucid avenue, Ambler. Deceased at one time resided on the Kennedy farm at Pinetown
and later owned and lived on the Herrman property, having erected the annex to the Clifton house. The husband
of the deceased has been dead upwards
pf 25 years. The sons, Charles, of Ambler, and William, of Fort Washington,
and Malinda survive. The daughters
Mariab Hess and Eliza PfieUger, are
dead. Of late years tho deceased bas
resided in Ambler, but formerly lived
with her other son at Fort Washington.
Tbe funeral was held Tuesday from her
kate residence with services and interment at Zion Lutheran church, Whitemarsh. l'__i
BETH LUKENS.
Seth Lukens, for many years a resident of Friends' Corner, Lower Gwy-
sbedd township, 'died Tuesdav of last
Week at tbe home of his daughter, 4946
Rub i cam avenue, Germantown, in his|
[7th year, after an illness extending
_tt several years. Funeral serviqesj
eld from his late residence on
xurndmidmm
noorf*r.
Ipre interment was made.
"--Deceased was born in Tf vamencin
township, near Kulpsville, a> 1 was the
son of George and "Esther Lukens. Be
married a sister of Dr. Hammer, of
Providence township. He farmed for a
number of years and later bui 11 a home
on the pike above Friends' Corner,
where he resided for many years. He
was deeply interested in the cause of
prohibition and always voted that ticket
whenever possible. He leaves a wife
and several children, one of whom,
Carrie A., taught at Sunnvside school,
Ambler, and now has a position at
Swarthmore college. A sister of the
deceased also survives and ia in ber 90th
year. .**' __
MARY RINEHART.
'.' Mary, widow of -the late John Rine-
hart, died suddenly of heart failure,
Sunday evening at the residence of her
son, George H., 2734 North Fifteenth
street, Philadelphia, aged 70 years.
Deceased and her husband many
years ago lived on Forest avenue, Ambler, near St. Anthony's church. Later,
after her husband dfed.she was appointed gatekeeper at the tollgate, which
stood for many years at the corner of
Main street and Sutler avenue. At that
time, which was before there was a
regular agent at Ambler (then Wissahickon) station, one of her sons sold
package tickets on the railroad. She
was the mother of four children. Mary
Jane died in December, 1886, and Re-
bececa died in June, 1884. One daughter Fannie and son George survive.
Services will he held Thursday morning at 10.80 in Mount Pleasant Baptist
churcb and interment will be made in
the cemetery on Mount Pleasant.
Gwvnedd.
Mn. Alfred R. Thomas and son Alfred, Jr., have returned from Buffalo.
Mrs. J. H. Converse and daughter
Lisa'left on Tuesday for Buffalo.
Mrs. Alfred C. Wood has returned
from Long Lake, N. Y.
Mr. George Wiley has returned home
after a pleasant visit to Mr. Benj. W.
Green, Jr.
Mr. C. F. Beach, superintendent of
Philadelphia division of the Reading
railroad, and family have' returned
to their city home.
Mr. H. Bing and family returned to
Philadelphia on Monday.
Neilson Huber returned from school
in New Hampshire Tuesday quite ill.
How Are Yonr Kidneys t
Dr. Hobbs* Sparasus Pills cure all kidney ills. Sam.
die free. Add. Sterling Remedy Co., Chicago orN. V.
Jarrettown.
The caterpillar plague has nearly disappeared.
Walter Blake Is hauling big loads of ..truck to
market.
Charles Willard and wife entertained Mr. and
Mrs. George Fisher, of Wyndmoor on Sunday.
Jobn Kneezel has regained the use of bis dislocated shoulder and arm.
The household goods and other personal property ofthe late John Osterly estate brought good
prices at tbe public sale on Mondav. The real
estate was soli to Albert Atkinson for S137S.
Mrs. John Kneezel bought the bouse and lot
adjoining her present home at the executor's
sale on Wednesday last for S2000. The property
Is part of the Amos Erb estate. The other tracts
belonging to the estate were cot sold, as the bids
offered were considered too low by the executor**.
Memorial services la honor of our martyred
president were beld in the Methodist church on
Thursday evening last. Prof. W. K. Groff and
Rev. J. F. Kingsley made appropriate addresses.
Tbe public schools were closed during the afternoon of tbe same day,
Boehm's  Reformed   Church,
Bell, Observes the Day.
Blue
Appropriate Decorations of Fruits, Flowers
and Grain** — Improvement Over New
England Thanksgiving—Spiritual .Sermon
by Dr. O. I'. Wolft.
The usual harvest home service was
held last Sabbath at Boehm's Reformed
chuerh, Blue Bell, after having been
postponed on  account of the memorial
service for President McKinley on the
previous Sabbath.
Much taste was displayed in the dec-,
orations. 12-foot stalks of corn were
tastefully grouped at the angles of the
pulpit alcove, and behind the centre
chair and in front were festooned horizontally, displaying the yellow ears.
The sma 1 table in front was heaped
with fruit and vegetables crowned with
a fine apple. The harmonies of color
in the grouping of this centre piece,
set off as it was with the lines of white
beans, show artists are not wanting
among our farmer lassies. The wheat
and the rye were not wanting, though
the rye looked as though the grain was
missing. Doubtless the men did this
part of the decorating. The anthems
and the three hymns sung were all appropriate to tbe dav and deepened the
impression of the service.
Our German Reformed brethren have
made one improvement over the New
England thanksgiving in making the
thanksgiving for the fruits of_the year a
purely spiritual service without giving
an encouragement to the carnal man,
such as turkey and pumpkin pie give.
They do not, however, design this to take
the place of the oi lie nil thanksgiving by
state authority. It is meant to give opportunity for a more prompt expression
of thanks, as soon as the great giver has
poured his blessings into our laps.
Dr. Wolff took for his text Mark iv:-
28, last clause: "First the blade, then
the ear, then the full corn in the ear.''
The sermon was an earnest effort to
draw spiritual lessons from the occasion..
It ought to have been successful, doubtless was with the majority of his hearers, though he is blessed above most
pastors if he has no wayside or stony
ground, or thorny ground hearers.
Among other things he said: "Tbis
parable is' peculiar to Mark and is a
most beautiful example of drawing deep
spiritual lessons from the process of the
natural world. The farmer is preeminently a man of faith. He sows and
trusts with long patience for the seed to
grow, not knowing how it grows. He
prepares beforehand in perfect confidence
bis machinery and lands for the harvest,
trusting the Lord ofthe harvest to* give
the increase."
He drew three lessons from   the text,
First, in  education we see  this law of
i.iAy I jmi^tl ilovelopmeqifc, ^bere.rn^. se-aiet
^^S_t*^^^dy^i^1!iBm MkAajjjaMjMggti*
iGoil only ^^^^HMMPr\''t
can watch ancMH^He onlv can make
to grow. We ougnt to rely more on prayer Tn tbe great work of training the
young.
"Second, the parable is true is. the
growth of our personal religions life.
'First the blade, then the ear,, then the
full corn in tne ear.' Habits form
character. There must be growth in
grace where there is true spiritual life.
God blesses cultivation of souls as he
does cultivation of crops.
"Third, the parable ia true in tbe
advancement of Christ's kingdom io
this world. There was reason to believe
tbere would be times of falling away
before Christ's second, coming; times
of great darkness, but there was an onward development in the kingdom. We
need only to call to mind the advance
we can. recall in missions and in Christian civilization to see this. " We earnestly hope the pastor's wish* will be realised and that some seeds growing in his
field will soon show the full corn in the
ear. W. B. D.
N. D. TYSON
ACCEPTS.
Democratic flhndidate for Judge of
Orphans' Court.
Text of Letter—Creation of the Court an
Expensive Burden—Aet Should lie Repealed— WIU Make No Canvass.
Norristown, Pa., Sept. 23, 1901.
H. V. Everham, Esq., Hon. John A.
Wentz, F. D. Fox, Esq., T. H. Danehower, Esq., J. G. Qrimley, Esq., committee of notification appointed by Democrat ic county convention:
Gentlemen—In reply to your notification appraising me of my nomination
for the office of judge ofthe orphans'
court of Montgomery county, and request
that I give to yoa by letter my decision
in regard thereto, I beg leave to say,
that* with a deep appreciation of the
great honor conferred, and my gratification at tbia expression of tne confidence reposed in me by tbe Democratic
party, I accept the nomination.
When the bill to create a separate orphans' court for the county of Montgomery was before the legislature, knowing
that the judges of our cop its, as then
constituted, bad always ably and expeditiously disposed of all business that
came before them, and that neither bad
ever, even remotely, intimated that
their judicial labors were excessive, I
was, from this and many other reasons,
satisfied that there was no shadow of
necessity for an additional court, and
that its establishment would be against
the interests and wishes of the people
of. the county and' plane upon their '
shoulders an unjust, unnecessary and
most expensive burden, hence I, with
others, earnestly protested before the
senate against its creation. The protest
were ably supported by the senator from
this county, but in defiance of all precedent, and in utter disregard of all
protest, the measure by a bare majority
became a law.
Since the establishment of this court
my views have not changed, and I feel
that the act creating it should be repealed at the earliest date possible, and if
repealed it will be'the duty of whoever
may be its lodge to resign his commission (if such action on his part were
necessary to complete the abolition of
the court and his office),as soon as such
repealing act goes into force. I do not
believe that a separate orphans' court
will be necessary in this county until
very many years hence.
As it  would be. undignified, indeed
unseemly, in a candidate for a judgeship*
by personal  effort to seek his election,
therefore, as you gentlemen already understand, I shall  make no canvass, nosr
shall I visit the districts of "the county,.
I as would be proper and as I should do,
were I a candidate for any other office.
With cordial thanks for the courteous
manner in which you have conveyed to
ine the announcement of my -nomina
tion, aud for your __< I wishes i
Slmmjmyti^hwajtjBh ifeeJg..
"" ie- VervMespectfiillvfflfitirii,'!
NEVILLE D. TTESON.
Oreland.
Mr. Harry Warner is able to be out
again after another severe attack of appendicitis.
Memorial services were held in the
Baptist church on Thursday afternoon,
about 40 persons being present. A very
effective sermon was preached by the
pastor, J. Meighan.
Jacob Frick attended all three of the
services in the Baptist church on Sunday.
Mr. Krause and Mr. .Haddendorf
visited Miss Gussie Ravior last week.
Mr. J. Meighan, Mr. and Mrs. Chas.
Hallman attended the prayer meeting at
Penllyn on Wednesday evening.
Mrs. George Ravior had a very bad
fall on Monday and was quite; severely
bruised.
Mra. A. Olemm's two brothers and
their families visited her on Sunday.
Mrs. S. Wilson, Park avenue, has several men boarders.
Bev. Clouser, late of Norh Wales, administered the Lord's supper on Sunday
in the Baptist church.'
Mr. Timmins, Jacob Frick, Mrs.
Shaffer, Mrs. Charles Hallman, Miss
Meta Frick were appointed delegates
from the Baptist church to attend the
North Philadelphia Baptist association
with their pastor, J. Meighan, on lues-
day, Wednesday and Thursday at Frankford.
Mr. Lewis Albrecht and Mrs. William
P. Albrecht left on Monday morning for
a trip across the continent.
PenUyn.
John Mathias  hat
crop. Off about  one
picked his potato
-half an acre  he
jathered 165 bushels of tubgrs.
Misses Eva and Rebecca Sechler, of
Philadelphia, have been spending some
time with William R. Whittock and
family.
Miss Tyson is visiting Mrs. Warren
Ingersoll.
Edward Ingersoll has returned to St.
Paul's school, Concord,' N. H., for another term.
Afair-sized audience listened to the
lecture by Rev. C. L. Seasholes in the
chapel last Thursday night. The doc-'.,
tor's theme,"Is Life Worth Living?"'
was ahly expounded in a series of illustrations affording an affirmative answer
to his question. It was witty, helpful
and entertaining, and thoroughly appreciated by his audience.
The Lower Gwynedd alumni society
will hold their annual meeting at tba
home of Miss Bessie Langstroth next
Saturday evening. A full attendance of
the members is desired.
Dr. and i Mrs. Frank Hartzell have
been visiting Mrs. Ralph Sparks.
Station Agent Detwiler haa moved
from Mr. Clair's house into Mr. Hart's
tenant bouse.
Charles Stackhouse has returned to
his duties in Brown's store after spending last week at tbe Pan-American.
As. Mrs. Albert H. Smith was driving,
with her coachman near Fort Washington Monday a barking dog scared the
horse, which upset the wagon. The occupants were thrown out and Mrs. Smith
had three ribs and an arm broken.
The driver was considerably bruised,
but no bones were broken. The injured
woman is the mother .of E. B. Smith.
Charles Churchman, wbo has charge
of the Wharton estate here, has announced that the barn, recently destroyed by fire, will be rebuilt. It will be
erected as a hay house.
Mr. C. P. Fox,who has been spending
some weeks here with Mr, G. W. Norris, has returned to Philadelphia.
Maple Gleu.
We hear M. Landt now drives a new trotter,
C. Norman Beans, ot Edge Hill, was among our
Sunday visitors.
Mrs. Elizabeth Gamble spent a few days last
week at her parents' in Philadelphia.
Miss Mabel Neiman spent Sunday at her
uncle's, Howard Mann.
Mrs. Joseph Maytrott spent a part of last week
visiting relatives In Germantown.
T. P. Conard and wife visited at Mrs. Sallie
Houpt's, Norristown, on Sunday.
Mra. Houpt's nephew, Bev. Warren Nice, who
has been spending some time with his aunt and
Other relatives, has returned to Ba home at Laramie, Wyoming, where he was given a reception
by his congregation.
Late potato crop is cropping out pretty ■
good.
F. P. Hendley haa a fine field of corn, f
Mrs.   D. L. Crater is one of the dele-
gates of the North Philadelphia Association of Baptist churches, which meets
this week at Frankford.
G. Livingston Byard, a theological
student, will go to Crozer Theological
seminary instead of the Newton, as he
bad first planned.
There is considerable interest manifest
in the proposition to erect a chopping
mill at Narcissa. It certainly would be
very convenient for this neighborhood,
which bas no near mills. Whether the
mill will materialize or not depends
very much on circumstances.'
William Vought, Jacob Buckman's
hired man, fell through a trap door the
other dav and injured himself considerably, but is able to be out again
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