The Ambler Gazette 18971007

              ol xv.-no 44 ambler gazei ambler pa october 7 18*>7 '¦ '' j at ''!! '• 81.25 a teak council rushes business lr<-f on tlnw bin adjourn nt n.2o agtpr nirnt with mr kcmi«ih>y pflliwma hc iriirrilnk tnln slrort tnti-r.-stlnif c'om mlttpn isrpoilb i1i1u pnlil the regular monthly meeting f amb lei borough council was held last mon day evening with all the members pros eni president rose called tlieni to order promptly at 7.:;o the minutes of the last meeting on sep 8 woti resjd and approved the finance committee repotted noth ing mr haywood of the highway com mittee reported thai ridge avenue had been stmied five inches in depth sur faced three or four inches rolled top dressed and then rolled iiknin ajex niblock setting curb 00 west side spring garden stnet graded to race street and atoned about four inches cov ered with fine stone the middle had to bo raised above the usual crown because the west side was lower than the other and in order to prevent water from washing over forest avenue from main street to ridge avenue stoned and rolled the crossings arc eulverted with 10-inch pipe the property holders on greenwood avenue had been notified of boardwalk but nothing done ; some grading may be necessary since last meeting mr haywood reported he had conferred with neville 1 tyson esq attorney for mr keasbey regarding the opening of main street mr tyson ob jected to the proposed plan as he wanted a line at right angles with tennis ave nue he asked that the borough survey or prepare three charts of the road one at right angles with tennis avenue the second as proposed by council the third parallel with spring iarden street which plans he would send to mr keab bey with a request to select and release accordingly mr haywood s:iid nothing had been done towards applying to the court as he was expecting an amicable settlement with mr.keasbey he thought the best course would be to cut ridge avenue through and grade down a por tion of the tennis avenue hill both of which could be done for about what it would cost to cut main street north as proposed win burl commenced haul ing stone to the streets in south ambler tins week very little progress had been made in filling up on spring uarden street because the crushed stone had ar rived so fast that all the teams were kepf busy a grade had been established on belmont avenue from the grading of which dirt will be hauled to spring garden street mr buchanan chairman of the com mittee reported having had a conference with mrs hart and assured her that council had no idea of widening forest avenue she expressed a willingness to do whatever was ordered by council at the proper time if the boardwalk was not satisfactory she was willing to re-lay it under council's direction she re quested that the hill be put in good con dition mr craft of the light committee re ported that the lamp on thompson's mill road had been repaired mr faust of the lire committee re ported that the articles needed by the fire company had been obtained mr walker of the law and order committee reported that council had full power to increase or change the price of licenses if it saw fit the committee reported progress mr buchanan of the building com mittee reported haying issued permits to messrs haywood and beck and miss es dager mr walker of the borough improve ment committee reported the new tool and lathe company progressing ; were about to establish an office in k & m block ; engine arrived on monday and boiler already here the treasurer submitted the following report : 1897 dr sep fi bill on liuud 	 s915s 48 k jno s buchanan hprlnkliiig 	 2!i 00 jno d cooper licenses 	 53 ir dr iliiimh sprinkling 	 10 a c godshull county treas hotel license 	 john fisher bill 96 tax 	 211 misses diiker luiililini permit 	 joseph haywood ' " " 	 b f fisher use of tire engine 	 ieo ainberg sr license 	 oct 1 albert lieck buiuunu iiermit 	 jul 17 joseph haywood cash returned 53 iri 5 00 810u!0 b3 ua fiep (',, orders krunted 	 mms sm 11 anit.tu slaking fund bill due i(i f.i 1 qs oct 4 by i«i mi band 	 703g im jlol'.'o 82 a request for the purchase of a lag was received from tho tire company mr craft agreed to put the pole in posi tion but council thought its funds would not warrant the appiopriation tho following bills were ordered paid after which council adjourned at 9.20 : i'hilu mid reading ry freight 	 8507 is mum-ice kcdifcr stone work 	 17 2(1 donaldson ion co iron i>li 	 j3 to samuel hamilton iron work 	 <> oo osborn omily kutterlnt 	 7 64 1 & 11 shepherd stone 	 7 72 j is shannon bong supplies 	 -< q , ailum youiikuiun stone 	 270 8n win e hurl work on streets 	 bchlimino s bon stone 	 881 91 j j duger i!s bonn sprinkling new street n so j j dager & bonn sprinkling for bep 	 daniel dowlln street work 	 a k thomas adv printing 	 ambler spring water co 	 jainea stevens constable's salary 	 i u'ium.ii craft rent and stokes 	 ambler electric light co 	 7ft 00 62 m 87 bo is mi mas hum iturnml thfl lum stone bain of j morris g in springfield township near chestnut hill was completely destroyed by fire monday night ii wai well stocked with grain all of which wu oonsumed \ valuable pacing mare and one cow were burned t tubes the other four bone and the herd oi oattle were laved the ion will amount to 00 the barn wu insured in the i uicin mutual fire insurance company the origin ol the fire ii a complete mystery mr and mrs biibing were retiring the latter ohanced to look out hi the second story window and taw flames issuing from the tool pi the barn sir liishing gave the alarm and then with the neighbor who had collected rescued some ol the live itook it is evident the conflagration started in the hay loft a lawsuit lias fftowii oill ol the slim ing that occurred iit plymouth park this rummer bv i member of the boys brigade ol the reformed chnrch ol m.-innvunl the brigade imil encamped there and fur thi fun 4 the thing a un iting friend attempted to steal through the lines in early morning and did noi i'p when culled on by the guard who was a boy df ii the guard bred n blank cartridge which strifes the visitor mi the jaw breaking it it would seem thai the version of patrick is nearly correct thai n gun is a dangerous thing without lock stock or barrel and we question the wisdom ol nutting a gun into the hands ol a boy m 1 t even il it is loaded with only a blank cartridge and furthermore we question tho pro priety of churches forming boys hrig ades ami drilling them in the manual ol anus chicken thieves visited samuel web ster plymouth township on thursday night and stole some of his chickens the same night a mini was discovered stealing corn from george p mnrklpy in the panic neighborhood lie was shot at by mr maikley's son but evi dently the ball did not strike him as he escaped ella hippie oldest daughter of ( leorge and sallle hippie died after a short illness at her grandmother's mrs kos aima marple she was buried at cold point on monday afternoon koscoe jones 8on of r r jones is improving slowly gertrude jainep of xnrcissa has gone on a visit to wilmington the narcissa literary society will meet at cold point half saturday eve ning oct 11 saturday will be pay day at the creamery lnnrtflale tho salvation army has been making things lively here for a week past meet ings are held in sands hall nightly and they are well attended the army will go to doylestown next week the cap tain is tfiinking of coming to ambler in the near future a physical culture class is been formed here by several young ladies an in structor from temple college philadel phia will give weekly lessons the corn supper given by the baptist aid society in freed's hall was a very enjoyable affair net proceeds about m0 the salvation army was present by invitation and furnished music dur ing the evening at the coining november election the question of increasing the borough debt 20,000 will be voted upon the money is to be used to purchase or erect an electric light plant to be operated by the borough there is a division of sentiment on the proposition but the voters will probably grant the increase the social event of this week is the marriage of dr bowman of telford a recent graduate of jefferson medical college and miss lizzie brady the ceremony will he performed at the resi dence of the bride's parents on main street on thursday evening hnriomin cooler weather corn husking chicken thieves have visited our neighborhood harris webster and wife and lukens conily and wife attended ambler friends meeting last sunday the prospeotville y met at the home of amos ely on monday evening the rev bisbing will give a talk on temperance sunday evening oct 17 the few remaining pigs that silas morris has left aro doing well there will be a parlor social given at the home of mr and mra john conard pine knoll on wednesday evening oct 13 at 8 o'clock a fine program will be rendered all are cordially in vited a silver offering for the benefit of the prospectville y v c t u will be taken three men from souderton are cutting corn for thomas walton at one and one half cent per shock our supervisor has been trying to mend some of our roads work goes very slowly when ono works alone another new church c<rrmf vmii nt trinity bvmsjeheal luth eran cliurcii fort wellington l.nlil with tuisnimlis camnmtes wststy of tli 4 the coiner stone of the new trinity evangelical lutheran chinch at kurt whit afllmev country lnl lfttl w'i dne«rlii hie lirst dunce of tho ppojon was given i>y trie ambler ( onntrj clnb in their bvan'tifnl club house gnrsli were present ami the evening was gri-iiilv enjoyed splendid mnslc had in i ii procured nnd the floor was in good condition for the dancei •-. the program wag opened about 9 o'clock and contin the lost church tlir n gooi l 	 i room was much frequented by the men anil several close and exciting games were indulged in refreshments were served at t ho proper hour by the steward of the clnb and were ranch ap fjvangeiicni wiem crnircn m ror „,.,, h ., , honr during which time washington waslaid lant saturday after ,,,,. „,,,,.,., oci.b.lity prevailed and all 11....m ll mpi.i-..i,i-i:,t cen-,,1...i,cs uml,;r ,,,„„,.,„, illln ,,„. j ,„¦ „„. ,„„„!„„ hafe '"' ' ' h'l ill to have « b 	 i time the the audience assembled at the site of the new cliurcli where seals hail lieen provided for the nccasion the exercises opened with prayer by rev w m liaiim d l of philadelphia and sing ing by the comreg»tion the following l"tvh'n^a evening ww the regular clergymen wsfstea the psstor rev.mi meeting ofthe bomrtfof governors who sheeleigh d d rev a w long rev wera cttlled to order bv president )>" iv i i "¦"¦'¦'' v ''¦ v iri*1 i plans were perfected a i«l pre kev w r bldington kev i n ditt „,„.„{. ionh mildo for seating the club ma liev . i a nmgmaster "• i « fiottsb mr if.iugl.ton introduced the allentpwn and kev gooige bill of matter of allowing the ambler minister rniiaaeipnin lal association the privilege of meeting tim address was delivered by kev dr in the club house on the occasion of their singmaster who made b very favorable monthly meetings the question was impression on his audience and congrat favorably considered and unanimously ulated the young church on its rapid passed to allow them the use of the progress frmn so small b beginning home either tho last tuesday or friday at the conclusion of the remarks of afternoons of the month for their meet the speaker an offering wbb taken after ! ng the entertainment committee in which the partor performed the usunl i formed the board that fortnightly dances ceremony of laying the corner rtone ! w"«'<1 be given various bills were or tapping it three times in the name of derod paid and the meeting adjourned the father son and holy ihost the mr w c mcadoo gave a dinner last sfirvicf wns rlosml bv sincinff the dox i iklay evening at the ambler country ¦ evening club in honor of his those service was closed by singing the dox ologvand the benediction bv kev mr cluu in honor of his young son dittinar the stone is the gift of rev who partook of his hospitality were : m sheeleigh and wife in memory of messrs wood john s liuctinnnn harry their son matthias in it were placed i scheetz barton hoopes jr j s the following bible book of worship : ^ nspn c a g kiege ii i fetterolf luther's smaller catechism lutheran w spence harvey g 8 mahn cfoarlea almanac of 1897 augsburg sunday 1'artridge abraham mott dr r a school teacher sunday school quarter mattison and lolm faber miller kaq in t.ntl.pran oiikpri-nr snnrlnv school saturday afternoon races were held or , y q ];. , lutheran observer sunday school herald church history names of office teachers and scholars of sunday school public ledger ambush gazette the new church was planned by architect t frank miller and con tractor d w sparry is the builder its features are gothic the walls will be of dressed stone and the interior will be finished in natural wood the win dows will be of stained art glass main auditorium is designed to about 300 people while a class room ad joining will accommodate 1ch1 more the cost of the edifice will be about i()00 it is to be completed by the first of the year the church had its beginning in the organization of a sunday school dec 21 the track a large crowd of spectators were in attendance and the winners o the various boats were favored with great applause the entries of the 2.45 clan were : hoopes kiege corson cooper mr lloopeswon both heats 2.47,2.40 2-5 corson 2d cooper fid riege dropping out on the last heat in the 3-mlnute race were entered fetterolf hoopes t , fetterolf won in 11.07 i.04 2-5 in the ? evening a club supper was served in the dining room to which all did justice the numerous attractions at the wheel pump have closed up for the winter after a successful season there has been more life around the old place this sum mer than ever before in its history trinity lutheran church fort washington courtesy of the public ledger three tuiih chip frosty mornings sausage and scrapple shellbarks are plenty there are a few katydids who still linger to tell us that katy did and that she didn't prohpim-t vlllf . mr silas knight started in butchering last week for the first this season the ladies aid and missionary society met at the home of mrs eugene ken derdine on last saturday evening after business and election of officers refresh ments were served as usual and all re turned to their respective homes with light hearts miss reading attended trenton fair two days and brings back a good report others from the same place were found there y w c t u met tit the homo of mr amos ely monday evening there will be a parlor social at mr john con ard's oct 18 a good program 1890 when the first session was held in wiasahiokon hall 11 persons were present dr t f conover u q funk frederick drummel luther d shee leigh howard s jones miss julia ii jones john hamilton clarence nitter auer addison nitterauer frank mc gowan raymond mcgowan 45 persons were present at the second session jan 11 1893 a meeting was hold at ' the chilly weather has driven most of the home of dr sheeleigh when a com the summer boarders back to their win mittee of two was appointed to consult ter quarters with the councils of whitemarsh and , , jojej oeta ot philadelphia usually spends upper dublin lutheran churches in reference to establishing ti lutheran mission at fort washington tho com mittee reported a month later that the upper dublin church agreed to the proposition and the whitemarsh church charles livezey hag added with other improvements a new pump house 1 thi ' ¦' " expressed themselves likewise a weeks thereafter the action of few the two bodies was ratified by the pluladel tills week on the grand jury nllin nnnfprotioo nrhlnh ¦,,'., 	 i i ,, i m i 1 >¦ s'r mllhll lllls added ii new eilt-ulll pnia conteience wlncli agreed to suppi , ll,.l,lllu well-equipped conch house preachers for sunday evening services i a new school bajj well filled with until a t lld ' h l bk i rll wl his sundays on ihv ijunleith farm robert iiukiim ims a lwar tree in full bloom if the frost joes not vuti'li them he may hure early pean a young lady suid it is shocking to go i»ist u com held cadet harold amlerson will take a course in latin at the cheltenham academy henry j wulum who has been confined to the boum for lomfi time by serious illness has ini proved ul&oiently to be able to uttend court 	 1 jury sunder to his books is new ajj filled wt ' hungover ilu back i russell walton olmrpll i m«s sliei'wlkml of uilltilllul'c lilts lieell slu'lul urcn ' ing some time with m ando ceutrtt square tin aklepaok turnwke company bave put two carloads f crushed stone on the road below centre square qeorge v rogers esq ol korrlstown was seen passing through our village on u bloyole ueorge uurphey «!»> lately unighi tin i'hilli]is farm has some good oorn he ha two siaiks btaud near the road that are well eared and very tall guess be is waiting tot the azkttk maatooome along and measure ii and iv him the premium of a year's subscription to the lia/.kn'i the program of a three-day temperance rally of tlie belfry v w c t v has been arranged as fol lows monday evening oct 11 7.80 willbeln obarge oifilue bell p who wulfurnishfl bpeuker and vocal and instrumental music tuesday evuulng h't '-', at 7.80 the norrlstowu v will take uhargeol the meeting with an extra k<"»d speaker ami choice mumlc and on wedues aas evenlui oct 13 the belfry y will close the rally with a good speaker and some sweet slug ing all are invited for particulars see posters the farmers club held u regular meeting on mi il l 1 u evening li \. krleble win beruhard and john morrli have tilled their silos krieble'n boldi • ir;iuo tons and took our men seven days ui mi it with a two-horse uutter wo bern hard's holds hvu acres or 60 tuns munis iu>m four anil one hall acres or 10 torn \\ in vvalker ol bucks uouuty and kdwaid fhlpps uf naicissa were the guests ol ! iw-i nliaiit on su 1 1 1 1 > the iu-sii(iii or ub»eusbtoii at the next mi i.i 	 rs oluli 1 1 the best way to nil oorn pumpkins aud rutuba*us 8peakers ii radder c beruhard dr belple i cwtner no-tu-uao for fifty ceuti guaranteed tobucco habit cure makes weak ;, blood iiuru 60u,|l alldru until a pastor was called the first service of the ..«.. v lngi0metima witl ml anderson was held l<eb id 18 when the ser miim brothers are putting in a heatenoook mon was preached by rev luther e range whioh will beat the house do the oooking albert p d the constituent members sfflb^js £ ' were howard jones luliii a joues i of coal and labor julia ii jones c elizabeth conover,1 honjo one has suggested that tho dunlelth hum mnrmmt wiii-nill t....1 \\' , ,,.,.,. 1 l.'il hiilllil intiinl ik-lliliil ulclllues lur ii truck fill ii margaret worrell joseph wonell i'.d l,ivih ,.,„,, nuim wb0 m.e interested in this wm e lauer caroline m lauer kate line would be wise to look into th matter s young henry s young theodore f conover harriet w conover howard s jones jr muo w jones 	 liev l 1 llafer assumed charge of great labomaver tho oongregauonjunel3 thepresent t*ssm!set&m ,™ membership ih 04 howard s jones i gueaoer a walton will commence his pork sr is siiperiiitendoiit of the sunday butchering on thursday buckwheat cakes and school " pennsylvania sausage thin oi them these cola pastor llafer wits duly installed pastor ' " last sheeleigl . tin church and uev ne would be wise to look into the matter boys are being drilled lor soldiers and wheat is being drilled lor bread th9 viilk took farm mt mm its ui . ment a new corn outtlng machine which isa t lb has tw*n entertcuoing anui e past fe k or of the church sunday evening i friends tor the past few weeks in wimsnliieu-nn li'ill " rav m william i walton of jenklntowu sik-iu in n j in koii naji ke m sunday with friends in our neighborhood sleigh ii l di-hveivd ihi charge to \ wfjddusk lit in theflw-kof charles uyesey j eugene diet terioh charged the pastor there was no service in inn lutheran church a duck mrlcs uvezey - 	 i daystwo ind albert thought lie would de t hi ith ud f ht d did th aystwo i tuin hiiu with u l et oght e would de of shot and did so th di hih l result was a roast duck dluner which wasmuch enjoyed a ride tliniugli result ol the beautiful , mm m4iuu|ii kikiwuuiu farm wlllshov the tim hik oireiu result oi the beautiful blossoms seen a lew tim imiiiii u-ii-itm itml railav nivnna ib mouths qgo the trees itrt huli-li with tin linn rnegreat uarnum and bauev oirou»;s u , si.slili1 removed ,,,„„ ,,,„,., hv,u,i,i attracting crowds to philadelphia this to doylestown on mondaj week it is ideated at twenty-ninth miss blanche n walfou biu returned from a is located at twenty-ninth columbia avenue the at tractions this year an claiim-il in be bet ter than in any previous m-as.uu the honors ol the equestrian ring are shared by john o'brien with his seventy train ed burses and miss kosc meers whose grace and beauty coupled with her in yiiiadtokii trepid skill 88 a bareback rider are vig pgnutl snoeinakur oroualy applauded by thousands the j ally line this season u^h^^tsjf0"*11""11 consisting of really good niinstrel work \\\\: ,„„. baptist bibli and musical selections of a high unlei the oew lilirarios an blane n waifou pleasant visit in norristowu nlr llilviil s,.hllvk.r u,,a fiullik ,,, fbiitaai phla h,,nl sanmiuy with mr anderson at the dunleith farm quality bii vni m 	 luff ami wite in him ] i in 111 i recent report that is improving although uot ig niailc in t ih iif.ntnr-.il tti-rortnfil concrfsntlon iii ilir i f fkll.'tn.l a rc-lilvi ll.v llonr s i).,lf!iir it'inl hi'f.irc flw lllatnrlc.il sc l<fv il mohlajuniefy r<mintv nt icirl \\ suhhlgmsli -"•,,( i 1k!17 ( os mm i:i i i i-.i i sr wrsk i what became of wiiiteinav-h reform i ii church ' \ ou have the answer at found in tin i lolland nrchives strange it is that 4.ik«i mile away should find the facts pertaining to the church life and 1 1 1 - home life of our pennsylvania nncerton of hm and six generations ago ! li had been vaguely rumored in historical circles that tin correspondence between the early penn sylvania reformed churches and holland was in existence it was my exceeding good fortune in december 1896 to prove the correct ness of the rumor and to locate this rich mine of information and for the better part of the two succeeding months it w:is my great satisfaction to read examine and study these treasures under permission freelv granted by the rev or m a perk the president and dr l overman secretary of the gen era synod of the reformed church of the netherlands there securely cared for are reports autogniph letters,appeals complaints bccounts — such as were call ed forth by the straggles of the infant church in our new land — from philadel phia germantown whitemarsh skip pack whitpnin kalkner swamp iosh enlioppen providence oley tufpehock en and remoter points in the vast nc cumulation of manuscripts and books collected at rotterdam hague and ams terdam by the general and the provin cial synods is recorded the story — await ing the hand of n motley or a nfacaulay — of the work done by the national church of holland in the spread of the gospel of christ in many lands and climes holland is a noble country its people have made countless sacrifices for the welfare of humanity and the ad vancement of christianity another question often asked is where was the whitemarsh chnrch located ? the church records in holland give us a clue if not a direct answer the house of william dewees was at all times our church — sein hauss war allerzeit unser kirche writes pastor hoehni to the fathers and benefactors in holland where was this house where did william dewees live if we can fix the spot then shall we have re-discovered the site of the long-lust church william dewees arrived at xew york about the year 1600 we have william barton as our authority for this he was then but 13 years of age he came probably from the town of arnheini in gelderland one of the provinces of the netherlands he was a paper maker one oi the principal industries of arn hi'im was papr making wilhelinina dewees sister of william dewees ant nicholas eittenhouse wore married at new york about 1890 this nicholas rittenhouse was a son of william iiit ten house accepted as founder of paper making in america the rittenhouses were from arnlicim soon after the date mentioned all these persons removed to the neighborhood of germantown in 1710 william dewees erected the second paper mill in america on the west side of wissahickon creek in that part of qermantown known in early times as crefeld the late horatio gates jones n careful local historian personally known to many in this audience makes this statement in a posthumous paper published last year in the magazine of the historical society of pennsylvania it is confirmed by the county records in philadelphia william dewees and cor nelius dewees — brothers we take it — on june 12 1708 bought 290 acres of land in bobber's afterwards skippack town ship which they sold during the suc ceeding fiye years william dewees did not live upon tliih property cornelius dewees did william dewees paper maker owned and sold lands mills and liouses in crefeld prior to 1725 it is not the purpose to follow out the details of these transactions at this time where ic lived from 1725 to 1730 is not definite y known a purchase made by william do wees m the 2(ith day of march 1730 has dis iifttuntercst for us in the consideration of oui subject it was part of the pro perty owned by heivert papon deceased nnd was now sold bv his heirs it con ained 93 acres 3 roods and 22 perches ami was located in crefeld germantown and faced springfield manor now ipringliekl township at the crossing of he germantown and perkiomen turn pike over wissahickon creek had we on the 26th of march 1780 taken as a starting place the point of that angle of ierinantow n enfolded on its northwest and northeast sides by the present spring field township and walked southwest a distance of 572 paces or yards the land edward farmar afterwards the manor f springfield on our right and the ierman township on our left we should lave cnnic tn a white walnut tree mark ed for a corner continuing in the same lirection ~<~>* yards wo should have seen i heap oi stones another oorner this ast distance was the width of the tract ouvevcil to william ivwces tho irplh at li^'lit angles with the width was iis perches oi 814 yards the wissahiokon enters but soon leaves the lorlli corner uf the had il enters again sear the middle ol the northeast bound try line and winds in a peculiarly >•{¦- ciiuic course through the remaining width of the property a house a grist mill with two pair 01 siones and a paper mill were among t be improvements in 1730 no mention of a road is made.but in a description 20 j cars later the plym outh road later tile germantown and i'cikiiiiiii-n turnpike ran through the entire length of the proper y in irregular course easterly and westerly a part of the western slope of chestnut hill was comprised in the premises this was the home of william dewees from i"-i until his death which occurred on the 3d of march 1746 not long before bis decease he built a new house in his will dated the 22d ol november 17*4 he directed as follows my wife anna christina shall have the prn ilege of any a sa ha p g y room of iiivih-u dwelling house to live in sii uni as the said dwelling ii shall remain unsold alter my decease wire the poet and the par fib i i bou bine their gifts for the era uf bennty they confcl netirob ti\hi tlve charmins inndocopp fffcnrl h.-i . bgl t.h prodignl hand of nature kami iii ecenery isnngrvbl a tliwr itjj il ntu finiiiil in exquisite combihftl ; i i t&i bwift-flowlng wissaliickun i n ( ipi ii i..i mood winds through the sjroeer mea<ii)w until it is curbed by fl mill-ilani chilli compels a portion of its waters to iumn mill-wheel on its west bartl gentle krnill on its eaat side r ¦>-, atltel ainuptjy chentnut hill ihc stmunrimt the point where ii emerged 6rom uijh property enconnters n series of hill which li veil ii from t he difeo coiffie m the schuvlkill ft makes » sharp turn elbow shape and muds n untie liotwi.'e.n rugged hills through a nnrtuv rating now traversed by the famous vi»hnhii'lc on drive forming the must ptotffrtoqftp scenery ui i nil nniuiil art nilil i l.ei us iew the former hdroeaf willinin deweesasit is today tit tlieenst hiji of the qermantown nnd iv'rioincn i-itrn pike where aforetime stood tthje inui.uit'j on the knoll bbove is the rtoupjooj buildings of the mt st joseph y ladies academy and the gq8*/aq modern bridge carries the roml the stream ; tliu dnm is still furnishing power fur the wants of tfa~e convent on the western side ai the intersection oil the turnpike tmo the creek stands a building havillr the air of b residence ol the culi onial era it is a roomy houso two stories high faces southward built of stone pebble-dashed the wulk fully 15 inches in thickness entering tsjofw front door you are in b liioa';l lall hanked on each side by the iriiu-ip;\l rooms each lighted by two wumlow-n looking south and one window at tj)e east and west ends lesp.'clively che rooms measure about l'ii feet bj lihiiwnd the ceiling is eight feet aliove ; itilic hoor several smaller rooms are wfothe first floor the second hour lttb reached by a stairway from the lividedinto numerous apartmen lently arranged to meet the wan large family and frequent visitors l bnttonwoods and elms shade thltjiftjfs ime mansion at its feet iluwsthe wissahickon its main stream rej(iii;od lere by the waters diverted nbovjf ito perform the drudgeful service ol tumisb the wheel a pretty spot today bjl)t the imagitiation alone can poi-irav-iits itlyllic loveliness when william dcwtiep dispensed a generous hospitality hero and the colonists gathered to listeuritp the word from the lips of john philip boehin and to join in praise aud prayttf to the most bigh was this ancient mansion the nelw house of 1744 the untiring antiquar ies of the neighborhood will have to determine this point we shall say provisionally it was on this spot and part of the time ih this house worshiped the little hock known as the high german reformed congregation of whitemarsh william dewees owned this property from 17130 to the day of his death in 174 after 17!!(i he owned no other his house was at nil times our church wrote john philip boehm here they gathered until the death of its great-hearted owner — the enterprising colonist and steadfast churchman after that they could no longer meet under its roof nor had they elsewhere to go their numbers dimin ished by tho death of the dutch and german immigrants and by the with drawal of their children to the english preaching churches had dwindled to a mere handful they now dispersed aa pastor boehin informed the holland synods some went to wbitpain and became members of tho church now known all the country round as boehm's reformed church the others joined the tierniantown reformed church which stood on the market place and is now the market square presbyterian church i'enllyn penllyn has a very active club at ires ent which is in a flourishing condition tho portion of tho wharton estate occu pied by samuel hynear has been secur ed the house has been renovated and remodeled and fitted out according to the latest designs j w lutz had charge of the carpenter work and keyset a alleman of philadelphia have dono a very flue job of papering lr w b churchman is president nnd h mokane ingersoll is secretary the members have responded very liberally in the line of donations and the membership list is growing rapidly the social part of the club islai'gcly in charge of the ladies mrs s \\\ ingersoll is visiting mr f bond mrs j a caklwl'ii o philadelphia is visiting her son at this place hichanl 1 inane son of nlr j a duane returned on monday from new hampshire where he spent the summer mrs sarah hauss of philadelphia is the guest of mis thomas langstroth mrs ralph sparks entertained mrs k m baxter of west philadelphia last week miss minnie 1 morse and mr i'lank liari/.eil were philadelphia visitors here on friday george eckhart s friends treated him to a pleasant surprise party last saturday evening tin occasion being hi birth day the following participated in the veiling's pleasure i mr and mi geo eckhart mr and mrs john l brown mr ami m is reuben molaughllu mr and mrs charles lent mr and mi lilair eckhart mrs calvin 1 schell mrs volic sirs andrew zuoksworth misses elverta kokhart.mattie fox,stella schell mncie kckhart mildred me laughllu lizzie kulp lillie lents sallie hare may shelly bailie boyer anna zuokwsorth messrs has l.enl frank zuokaworth aldon molaughlin warren eckhart glenwood eckhart ibrow bower robert mover john bobb patriok harnett wm rooell leorge thomas and walter schell is william li whittotk tvsini ivhittock inn melton vvebiter toot in he sights at trenton fair last week mrs john q tlayes ol philadelphia was the guest of miss lizzie kouiig m willow urove lust thursday hi the afternoon thev drove to vmhh i ami paid a visit to mr and mis wm my