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m tsat'^^sv the mbi vol xxi 11 no 43 ambler pa q toiikh 10 1905 azette 1.25 a year molasses for stock subject discussed by the horshiim farmers club mm i'limln for lh«(vlnlrr tliiiitrhlfl dlpltinip a|>|)i«k nixl llm hrnl thel'e.l wthmit-i:h!rk\v«*«l p«ht v#>r by fftflf wfttli<*r the ootober meeting of the hon hum farmers clnb was held at die home ot mr and mrs davi v hill horiham on sato r day the day wan beautiful ami most ol the members unti a ddrabet ot invited gnestn were present the house wan decroated with beanrifni growing iiiiuiis many ol thorn bigonias of different varieties also rut flower dahliah roses scarlet suge eto after :\ v i y iridif supjur flu meeting whs railed t ,>• t by the new ; ¦:.¦ '., ui ki.dd l uoilllv ami the dew secretary anna penrose read the minutes of the september meeting isaac parry of the crop committee gave an interesting talk un the corn and potatoe orops potatoes arc worth from 80 to 85 cents per bolhei and some farmers think the price will reach 1.26 in the ncur fntnre he spoke of visiting an ordmnl near wrightstown which wan formerly noted for its large orath of applet lr is now infested with the scale and the owner is continuously righting this pest in oomparing the two kinds of cider apple trees the old smith cider and the makefield it was found the latter is more susceptible to scale elizabeth w ely of the domestic economy committee said she hud been traveling most of the time since tile last meeting which by the way is not economical and she could not talk on the subject of her committee but she volunteered to give a short account of her visit to nantucket she did this in a most interesting manner saving that although then in a jail there no odo ever seemed to be in it annie r uomlv of the same com mittee thinks if housekeepers did not have bo much bric-a-brac to take care of their work would be much lighter mrs hallie watson of the current topios committee read beveral clip pingh of iutereht after which the answering of referred questions was taken up davis sill said that binoa answering the question at the last club meeting in regard to the best wheat to plant he hail received a report from the experiment station at state college which said that after 16 year of experiments the fulcaster wheat made the best showing to the acre who is the greatest diplomat of the age bad been referred to elizabeth r wood in her absence it was discussed by the members samuel j oaruer thought russian ambassador witte had shown himself a great diplomat isaac micheuer though roo.se velt might be called a greai diplomat although the definition ola diplomat j on who twliat i.e mud a vcrv interesting paper one artii l hud hen v ritteii t . v isaac mm in i i few vi an hi n and senl to m rs jarrett tho old 1*1 lend will rfltobrate )> i ^ oflth birthday the sfltli ol this 1 1 1 < 1 1 r i ¦ . and it was thought i he i propitious time to read the article which wbs i aiititnllv written 111 rhyme on the snbjtot of the anthor'l early days in cheltenham after ihe reaiiing isaac micnenor a nephew of twao m.itini recited fattj dou.v btow which friend mntiier used frequently to recite at soi i.ii pal horlugs the cinii then adjourned to meel al the iimne of mi mid mr snao party ne ir breadyvllle not ii t t p m obituary en mh1 er 9hokmak i'll montgomery county lost i ne t its most prominent and influential clt i/ens in the death of former ai bly man joseph ambler shoemaker wiio pa^si il away at ins home at jen kintown at 80'c'look wednesday mom iiik the fiid had been expected for some time and mr shoemaker was surrounded by ins family at the time id hi death two years ago he w(u stricken with paralysis and had been in poor health since that time his condition became nitioal »¦ few weeks ago deceased was the son of john shoe maker of qwynedd a well-to-do liar nemmaker he was born may 18 1888 when a lad of hi he left his home to heroine an apprentice under a black smith at brideabnrg after he had learned his trade lie went into busi ness for himself at broad axe whit pain township after a few years he went to illinois but returned having accumulated a good sum of money and began business at jenkintown mr shoemaker was » prominent and stalwart republican and supported the party from its organization 60 years ago he commenced his politi cal career as a councilman of jenkin town and was president of that body for many years in 1887 he was elected state representative mr shoemakei was a member of the arlington friends meeting and the funeral services were held at his late home saturday morning at 10.30 o'clock according to the rites of the friends society the body was inter red at abingtnn rbbecca bick rebecca wuh of tl.e late bower bjce.died friday at 2.4i5 o'clock a.m at tiie home ot w'lliaiu hinkle in vviiitemar8li,age<i 11 yearn of age the deceased whose maiden name w,is hegernmu wan-born on christmas day 1834 near new hope pa and just 5(1 years ago was married to lower bice who was also a native of that place after residing there a short time they removed to whiteuiarsh township where they lived over 40 years for many years they resided at ithe toll house on skippaok pike and i seven years ago mr bice died after which mrs bice took up her residence with william hiukle three daughters survive.as follows mary etta wife of william hiukle ot whiteuiarsh laura wife of joseph butler shows ifaced death real form in the river downs a strong tiojra team by ihekenire square man nearly drowned score of 16 to 0 in the schuylkill said the greatest dipiomatof the age charles kinsey read a very interest ing article on burbank's experiments in breeding and selection of plants after the reading miss goentner asked if anyone had seen or tasted the white blackberry she said they had home vines which bore cue berry and she ate it oniier way to the house to show it to the rest of the family the merits of the wiueberry were discussed susan h jarrett hail been appointed to give a list of plants for the house in winter she thinks bigonias come first on the list as they do not need much sun aud their foliage is so hc.-iui it ui geranium are beautiful towards spring bat they do not bloom early in the season palms terns aud other foliage plants are recommended moisture should be kept in the air and ouce in a while a small quantity of arnonia be added to the water used in watering the beautv of the small pepper plant as an inmate of the house was also spoken of whether a man is obliged iu keep up a line fence when lie does not wish to do so was answered hy isaac miehencr who read the latest law ou the subject which sayjl tliul he is re quired to 1i0 so elisabeth w bly was asked to explain the difference between the old and new idea of kraft she said we bad listened to the old idi-uol graft in the excellent papi r rend by mr kinsey she then read from the out look an article showing how the habit oi graft has grown mining public oflici.ilh aud gave examples ot how private families are having the use ot servants at tho expense of the united si ins government she gave an ac count of a man who was loud in his : denunolati it graft among publlo offloials but who when told to put improvement on ;• oertain building at it ei'st not ssoeeding f 10 did so at a eu.st of but li and sent the bill to the owner for 110 showing thai he did not recognize the true meaning of the word graft " < \ questiou in regard to the cost of feadinf naolasbi to took was au «' ltd h.v charles faxaon lie had not bet 11 able to and molawes for less than -'.' cents per gallon which hu jonslders to dear for baou a purpose ioo.s feed plenty of the nubbins of _ ar corn which hti considers au excellent food elizabeth w ely said farmer at qeorge school feeds tsses mixed with cut hay with iijteellent 1 emits isaac parry stys kuk'ur house molasses cull ho obtained at nine cents per gallon in feeding nukar corn to milk oowfl it w us thought bent to give some hay nlterwuids as tho milk would test better mist iutmtuer jinked how to biudieate ohiokweed is one seemed prepared to give u radical cure for this j,e*t which is unusually prolific tho resent sousuu 1 reading of the 01 ub quatta btlng s iu order mit maiiiue liuuutuur uv mrs bion i ad been ill only about two j hours death resnltink from heatt failure the funeral was held this wednesday afternoon and interment was made at st thomas cemetery took only solid silver a burglar of the professional type visited the home of charles h webb ogontz between 1 nud 5 o'clock mon day morning and worked while halt a dozen dogs about the place slept the man knew his business knives and forks which he believed were plated ware were broken in halves to satisfy his suspicion and were then thrown on the floor his booty con sisted of a mandolin and fifteen pieces of solid silverware spoons and forks valued in all at about 0 the haul was small only because the greater pnrt of the solid ware is in a vault during mrs webb's visit to europe ti10 police believe the bnrglar to have been the same one who visited the knell and williams homes in oak lane saturday morning the method j of entering and hour of attempt were iinilar in all three oases core « tie la lh him hall but t •¦«- low <;• 1 ir int 1 mi hi iinnu prog n in 1,1 -< fuj rmh tin o|i|><»ltlnn mi iis p . n*aion hi 1 ii.i.k.-ii ptaj well if there existed any doubts as to hutl r rounding into its real form all mich 1 1 : 1 1 < worn djspelleil saturday afternoon when captain lilliu'.s gridiron champions nftpi playing tioga to a standstill in the first half rushed them off tlmii feel in the second ami scored three touchdowns one ot which resulted in a goal bntlershow ed us real form and its charges were irresti l,|e it plays were gotten off with i quickness and dispatch which was partially responsible for their mici ess inn iii addition the men work ed together as a team should and they swept tioga bach and back off its feel until the latter found that it could only offer but a feeble insistence to the ¦ . • rted and well-directed plays of the champion ambler team while the men all showed up well the work of he-sun and hackett whs particolary brilliant as four times in succession the former rushed through the tioga line with apparent ly irrestible form and finally landed over the line for the first touchdown later hackett secured the ball and ran through the wliole tioga team aided by splendid interference and t lieu to sei nre a good kick from the front of the goal ran pajit several of the opposition the second time and planted the sphere right between the posts while the team was weakened by the absence of of charles buchanan kllani at left end strengthened the tram and was in every play from start to finish and materially prevented the fnst tioga ends from making cains the game ended with the score ui to 0 in favor of butler at the opening johnston for tioga kicked off to butler hackett getting the ball and making id yards after the catch landell on the first play mane five yards bessou got fou,r yards through right tackle and hackett made first down butler failed to make the required distance and the b»ll went to tioga millos bit the line far a yard mid reynolds made two mure kane made first dowu johnson punt ed tho ball going out of bounds and a tioga man fell on the sphere the half closed with no soore and tt.e ball about the middle of the field in the second half fletcher kicked off to reynolds on the five-yard line and a gain of 10 yards was made on the second play tioga fumbled and gillin fell on the ball for butler on the 80-yard line after two rushes rue went over for the first touchdown fletcher missed the goal johnston kicked off and benson got 10 yards on the first down bcsson puntm t«j&>«aj lo^ttidliue " to the foilff alb t m srrairht ii bucking bekkcm wtot over for the second touchdown hongh missed tiie goal butler 10 tiogu 0 fletcher kicked off to reynolds and he made 5 yards johnson punted to huckett landell made 4 yards through left tackle besson made first dowu hackett got around left end and after jumping and dodging several tacklers made i touchdown fletcher kickid the goal butler 16 tiogn 0 butler tioiia ellain left end i hopkins i llnii|[il.irlnr i hrnun in lit i wo ii r sss rancntd dbctmitlotm «¦ impanlmi n»v«-ii hiin«rir-p*ir had kartell t r mnvfl rram krntn slrmm fred llnngstorfpr a dealer in dead itilmnls residing a.t centre square iki i a narrow escape from drowning in the sr'uivikill river shortly after n saturday mr hangstorfer ami i 1 1 in 1 11 kvans of the linn of kvans brothers coal dealers of norristown boarded a float at franklin avenue tin v hud with them two horse and their mission was a trip to barbados island mr hangstorfer had been worn mimed to remove the carcass nl i cow tlllit was in the liverar the heml of the island and he intbuded using the two homes to drag the body to the hnat and removing it in that manner when the float was within y feet of the shore the horses became rest less in a twinkling the float was tilted and the animals and mr hangstorfer slipped into the water whin the accident occurred mr kvans with great presence of mind grasped held of t tie side rails and kept liim elf above water niether he nor mr hangstorfet can swim v warner and l konnn employes of th'e merchants ice company who happened to be in the vicinity of franklin avenue at the time lieard mr evans shouts they hurriedly seoured a boat and rowed to where hiuikstorfer was iu the water he had been rendered unconscious by a blnw from the head uf one of the horses just before the rescuers arrived hiid he was rapidly sinking for the last time huiitiy warner stretched hal f way out of the boat konan holding him by the legs anil managed to grasp hangbtorfer's hand and drew him into tli craft the rescuers took the half drowned man to shore where he was revived they then returned to th float and took mr kvans ashore the horses rescued themselves when tiie float upset they were harnessed together aud both were nearly drown ed while floundering in the water however the harness was broken aud ili'-y sw-am ashore strange though it may seem the animals swam to the norristown shore while the spot where they were hurled into the water was but 20 feet from the bar badoee island shore mr hangstorfer suffered consider ably from his experience as did mr evans both were hurriedly removed and placed in dry clothing the form er has quite recovered the carcass of the cow was later in ilie afternoon removed by employes cf both men aud taken to the establish 11 t-.iit of mr haiikhtorfer at centre rue mecleun elt taikie bo ti mcclead cum jtmtia left guanl johnson gilli t , j g gillin ceutie blackburn bigfri fe ttuik bgfri shelly right tackle fergu i hougb right end sliellenbii'i 1 i'.in piii-i:in huckeu..qunrtei buck m hopkins 1 rue left half back kane landell right hulf back reynold hackett beacon full hack mil .^ n ii iii i'tini clirlhllun kmleavnr doloo the fall convention of the north peon christian endeavor union will be held in.oaimel presbyterian ohnich | edge hill friday evening oct uo at b ii'doek bednoed rates at all'sfu tions 11)1011 application to the ticket ageut the speakers of the evetmbjk iii be rev j milnor wilbur pastor oj naxbertb baptist church also rev james b b senberg pastor of trin ity reformed olmrch philadelpbla the address and mnslo will both be al special feature 1 he 11 ininit tee is try my bo secure mr ulnoolu to lead the mniio u endeavorera pleaae make a special effort to bo present i'll ii»-iiiiiiiii m e church siei.v venn oil methodists ot cheltenham village on sunday commenced the celebration of the 00th anniversary of methodism in that place an old folks service was held sunday morning there will be services every evening of the week ex cepting monday and saturday even ings services onder the auspices t methodise local preachers from qei mantowu were held there as early a1 1hms but no organization was effected until the year 18^3 the church was erected iu 1h45 on au aore of ground which cotit originally less than 100 au present methodist church is thl only protestant church in the place liev burtiam shay is the paator 1 hum jwusp fjs ttl^rrm of mat hew roberts on the upper htate and county line roads near knreka wbb totally destroyed by fire thursday evening with all the season's crops mr roberts and bis hired man went into the woods about 5 o'clock to get some wood and upon their return saw a blaze issuing from the roof of the bam they quickly got all the live stock and machinery out of the build ing but were unable to save anything else the cause of the blaze is un known as there had been no fire about the premises the farm was purchased about a year ago by mr roberts it having previously belonged to his father who had gone into bankruptcy the loss is difficult to estimate u btromp 36 yi ars old of baglesville wan oonjoauted to the stut hospital for the insane last week hy u roiiiiiiission appointed by the cnuit btromp's mania took a violent tuin unit is s:aid to be due to the 1 \ 1 e use of cigaretb ¦ . to w liloh habit lie was adumotud during the hearing in iheolboeot attorney ojiar lew h brunuer norrlstown btromp w m laed with an excessively viulint attack and fought to free himself before be could he restrained he broke the gli panel in tho door it took three policemen to conduct him to ci ty hull where tlm hearing was 000 tined tho alilicttd young uiuu ii mar not hus no children he l.ad baieni osployed as a moiormsui inbuoki county and until lately livtul iu bris tol the young mini wednesday night madu an utteinpi to barn down the jail and with the aid of u mutch which he had seoretod ou kill person bo net tire to the clothing 111 nil cell the much of uuioke guve iln alarm and stump wasuvuroowtueil with ditticulty and ili ti thd alexander peiiilleton is 111 the jewish itoij tal with a bullel hole through tlm right arm peudletou and hi wife live on division itreet not fai from york road j«nklotown shortly before noon on banday neighbors heard a ihot and rushed in the booae to find pendleton bleeding from i bnllel wound mrs pendleton aaserts that tin shooting was accidental a revolvei she had in liar hand exploding mr pendletou made 110 statement thi are investigating pnmlm wmtdlay ii,e wedding oi thomas herbert baddiugton ol ogonti.and mis mary klinhbeth boyd oi qermantown will ooonr in the sunwnit preabyteriao oharoh.qermanlown wednesday even ing ool 86 it 7 o'clock 800 luvlta tious are uit for the event the broom-to-be is the son of chief bad diiinton of the oheltenham police lorce his prospective bride in the danuhter of mrs murgaret boyd of 1)60 qneas utreel uhrumntowu and u niece of oounoiliuan baojnel orotners of ljhilu>lelphiii the matron of honor will be mih annie book sister of till bridegroom tbs host muu will bu batemau baildingtou brother of the bridegroom a reoeptlou will follow the wedding ut lbs liomeof the bridy's mother h '- i'mler bull km kiukiiij liiil josepli dnene of ashbourne is under fooo bail to insure his appear auce at norristown iu december to explain why he kissed mish irene ourry of mckiuley au exceedingly pretty girl on the cheek in west avenue jenkintown at 10,80 o'clock in the evening duene appeared at a shadowy place aloun the avenue and kissed miss uurry without asking permission or otherwise assuring him self that slie wanted to be kissed she screamed and officer sheehaii arrested tjuene and took him to justice kirk's i office duene is an employe of the joseph e.widener estate at ashbonrne and says buivfflo n v is his place of residence qlraalda woau awuiimi siom atfer winning a verdict of 10:s8 in 1 suit un a mortgage the luiud title and trust company of philadelphia thursday announced to the court that i would satisfy the mortgage and him it over to the defendant mrs lama j williams of qlenside the company new believes that the woman in signing over the mortgage ut the behesl of her hatband william 0 williams was unaware of the im port of her action tho company be lieved at the time however y.ai williams was honest in i;ih in 1.1 pay oti the mortgage which his wite had tranafered to him bot it turned out that the hatband left tor parts unknown and failed to live ¦)< iu tlm contract rather than turn the woman out of her home thi company siood the loaf and satisfied the mort gage iu full loi ne viiluue near k»iclevllle a new village in to bo founded upon part of the suunysido hheep fariu incited near eagleville according to the urollaaar ot li acres of the land t e ground wan bonght a lew day a ago ii i i'hiladtilpliut l.usiness until fiom mr iauinei and on the complolioti it the deali •' t hallman reiiroseut ini tlftt pnroluiaer uuuouncod that ih a dtitiiruble oue would un mediately he cut up into building lots i village the iiaiun ofwhiou hus m \ as yet been determined glenside and around oarme prenhyterlan church on 8on dnv gave nn nffprlrjb for rtnritnt eihicatioii beth o st mt and son of colorado have returned liomfl after spending three months here mr stout ha a gund posil i"ii ith 11 seed firm mrs william singm.isler.the daugh ter of john po the toll gateki epei al the jtinotion of mt oarmel avpnne and limekiln pike hm fl motflri to < llenslde george d hi ls in building a stone home on his meadow land along the railn nd • rack opposite ' - i it in bet yard and it will be occupied by hip colored emplo.1 e 111 v ii hdber and « ife ii ft fri day for n trip to the blue mountains for i week of 10 days i he di rstoi la gunning for squirrels ami phoanant while tie 1-1 away a bazaar will he held trader the auspices ot the y s (' nooiety in hie yieuslde m k ohnrch on tnnrs dny and friday nov i and 10 itlii noons and 1 veulngo liiim hamel and ilonghtor miss truce and his housekeeper misi kitchieon thui«day left for barnegat bay n j wheie the gentleman will spend a week or 10 days fishing and gunning mr j p eckels who formerly had charge of the commercial department of the oheltenham high school hn rented a house in glenside and will return with his family this week mr etakels is secretary and manager of the pocono pines assembly and summer schools and has inst been elected to a position in the commercial depart meat of the fittsbuig high school this position is quite a tempting one and he is still undecided whether to remain in the east or go to pittsburgh m-it il.n^d m>ni not l.t-eht tender mutilated paper money is not legal tender and can be refined when offer ed in payment tor fare nn a trolley according to a ruling of judge swam albert qulnley of lansdiile brought suit against the lebigli valley trac tion company claiming damages for being ejected from a car of the com pan by a conductor who refused to accept a torn 1 bill offered for fares of plaintiff and his brother the for mer claimed that by being put off the car of the defendant company he lost a day work at north wales it was iu evidence that the dollar bill offered was torn in two places from the top down and from the bot tom up the rents runuiiik within an inch of the opposite edges n h lajzelere counsel for the trolley com pany moved for a nonsuit at the con clusion of plaintiff qtririley'fl testi mony holding that the lorn or mutilat i'il money is not legal tender and there fore the conductor did right iu not ouly refusing to accept it as fare but in putting plaintiff off tlm car in lien of any other money the court granted tlie non-suit on this contention of the defense a u place counsel for wedded woor • mkykks a pretty home wedding took place at the home of mr and mrs kiciiard woiid in norritou to*nsbip thursday evening when their daughter miss martha k wood became the bride of mr frederick a meyers of philadel phia the home was beautifully decorated with potted plants and pies eutnd a pretty scene during the cere mony which took place in the spacious parlor the ceremony was performed by rev t ('. jackson pastor of the bridgeport baptist church amid 60 relatives and friends the bridal party was unattended the bride wore a beautiful costume of white satin trimmed with duchess lace and carried a shower bouquet of bridal roses and lillies of the valley following an informal reception an elaborate wedding tupper wna served after which the happy couple left on au extended wedding tonr upon their return they will reside in tioga philadelphia where the groom is a member of the real estate firm of meyers and brath guests were pres ent from k r mil carolina virginia new york philadelphia hometown ami vicinity veakl.k uaki-ikavj miss blanche daughter of mr and mrs john hargrave ot north wale wednesday > vi nil ¦. al b o'oloi ¦¦ : tin wife of herbert franklin \ akle ¦ rly of llatin 1 i iiui in •¦ jnnii 1 partn r of the firm ol *> 1 akle ami son pnblishi ra ol mn n irth wai ri lord the marriage ceremony took 1 at the 1 ome of the bride's parents rev reiter pastoi ol the reformed oiinrch north wales ofboiating in the i a large number of friends the parlor was attractively bedecked with palms ferns mil floral 1 ifl the couple will renldi in north wall - . 11 their n tm a fr m ¦> wadding jour ney 1:1.1 uyi&s1 miss sallie dnngan mytn dant ol mr and mrs william 11 myers of oheltenham aud mr qeorge olax , hi . robei is ot philadelphia were married al iho homo of the brld parents myers aveuns and q stxeet says a despatch from oheltenham a wedding breakfast followed the 01 r 1 aii 1 ii bonevmoon trip the brido aud bridegroom will reside at bharon hill here they will be at home alter the 1st of november — diphtheria ttas cuusi d the clobing of the doyleatown public schooln misses hortha and kloreuoe mooro gavt a kitchen shower to miss aln ¦¦ jarretl at their homt in uorahab on fcittturdiiv evening tho bhower w surprise to mib jarrett and a very merry time wut enjoyed ib one unef ul article utter another ouiuu to light with original ryumes by ¦ 300 added to choir fund success greets efforts of st.thomas church whitemarsh imv0 •« ' '¦ ii »•' liihmif'itt mill tiim mil in iinhi.i ii|i«m bmm banutlfal i;iibctn prnitnnafl in prmmtatlim ol rhi n»ndnr — vllolll hllll i r , ifnf-,1 ¦, i mdlllq an entei hiinmeiit of hiyli clb(>0 aud nnnsnal merit was given in the opera liougi ut ambler on thursday evening by the choir of 8t thomas churcli whiii inai.-h rtsisted by tin children and some members of the pariah and others many of the fashionable folk from chestnut mill and exclusive penllyn were there t sinuv their ap proval of the work by their prrsenco an 1 hearty applause the opening chorus was sung by the ohoir this was followed by fairyland given ty tin1 children it was an exceedingly beautiful seme and as the fairy queen atepped out from an immense watei illy waving her glittering wand over fairies flower girls and brownies one fell suddenly transported to the sylvnn home of queen mab snrronnded with light and song then followed a duet finely execut ed by two n^mleme'1 of the parish and in turn a tenor solo after this was presented the calendar in a most artistic and unique arrangement some young ladies had kindlv consented to go out from the city for this purpose and their presence and beauty proved the crowning success of the whole affair this beautiful arrangement of the mouths will well bear description upon 12 pieces of eanvas.about 10 feet in length each was a painting particularly appropriate for eacii month in the canvas was an opening about the size of a large picture the canvas was thrown over a high frame and back of the opening stood a young woman costumed in a style peculiar to the month or hoason as these tableaux were beinu shown the concealed choir sang songs adapted to the picture the impression produced npon the spectator was most pleasing it was like one dream after another of grace color and picturpsqne beauty sufficient praise cannot be awarded to the ladies having charge of the affair the successful consummation of such beautiful ideas together with the patience and good management re quired to attain such happy results cannot be too highly commended iu reflecting upon the beauties presented to the eye we must not overlook the flnnacial result for the choir fund finds itself enriched by more limn fc as the outcome of the byst efforts . its friends north wain herbert f y"akle and his liride on monday returned from their trip to gettysburg and have taken up their residence wir(i the former's parentu.od has been spending several day her sister mrs samuel hoover on school street miss lizzie gerhart is spei liu^r a week visiting relatives in the city oyrus richard has gone to moo town n j , to work at the painting trade for a few weeks the body of tho late h w moyer'a first wife wan removed from st luke's cemetery on tuesday to be interred beside her husband in a cemetery above norristown clatyon heckler has secured u posi tion with the asbestos fibre company the reading company which bought the timber in beaver's grove is rapidly decimating the trefs in that famous woodland the parish union of sr peter's lutheran ohuroh is making extensive arraugemi nts for a novelty bazaar and luncheon to he held in amusement hall on saturday evening nov 11 john detionpt lost a valuable horse in in choking distemper william oasa is erecting a brick addition to his resldenoe on north fourth street tko leuigh valley traction company is raising it tracks on main street from shaarer avneaa to beaver street four 1111 lies emit resurfacing the street in the 01 litre tfie north penn gas company is grldironing the sheets with its lines a vaudeville entertainmi al riven in the bauquel room ol tin odd fellows temple ou thursday evening and also announced shows 1 1 1 ami bai iirda evenings j i lailed tii materialize ami tin owpany a left withoul paying hall reut but minus its baggage i g an extension to i a iinii bhafenu ifcej ii ill with 1 1 1 • 1 r john dehoupt is having tli ut his grooei ) i -'¦ "• ated to 1 1 paint lloyi john mcgrable is pioking cu 11 1 m which 1 1 » unusual edgar and william ro hlla delphla were visiting mi and mrs k l oomly on sunda p clifford i cinliard and wile of ambler and mr and mr t.eorga walker ol philadelphia were visiting mr an,d afrs i.mies bernbard on bnnday inn jacobj , oi nebraska.ez in return borne iu tin mar fuiuro itiir being away foi aboul year walters butcher.kllleu eight beeves 18 calves and u lot oi steep and lain'is on thurmliiy robtrt drayton and georgi dewees went to rock hill gunuiug for pin sjants and wootlcock on tuesday uiornlug edward ifooarthy is tukinj an eduoatlonal oourae this fall at teuiule college philadelphia -
Object Description
Title | The Ambler Gazette 19051019 |
Volume | 23 |
Issue | 43 |
Subject | Newspapers -- Pennsylvania -- Montgomery County -- Ambler |
Description | A newspaper from the community of Ambler, Pa., this collection includes incomplete runs of the Ambler Gazette from 1897 to 1919. This is a weekly newspaper that reports news from multiple communities in Montgomery County. The local news reported in the paper is, in many cases, the only record of the development of the southern half of Montgomery County. The Ambler Gazette continues the Fort Washington Times. |
Publisher | A.K. Thomas |
Date | 10/19/1905 |
Location Covered | Ambler, Pa.;Montgomery County, Pa. |
Type | text |
Original Format | Newspapers |
Digital Format | image/tiff |
Language | English |
Rights | https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ |
Contact | For more information, please contact the Wissahickon Valley Public Library at abutton@wvpl.org or phone: 215-643-1320. |
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Sponsorship | This Digital Object is provided in a collection that is included in POWER Library: Pennsylvania Photos and Documents, which is funded by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries of Pennsylvania/Pennsylvania Department of Education. |
Month | 10 |
Day | 19 |
Year | 1905 |
Description
Title | The Ambler Gazette 19051019 |
Volume | 23 |
Issue | 43 |
Subject | Newspapers -- Pennsylvania -- Montgomery County -- Ambler |
Description | A newspaper from the community of Ambler, Pa., this collection includes incomplete runs of the Ambler Gazette from 1897 to 1919. This is a weekly newspaper that reports news from multiple communities in Montgomery County. The local news reported in the paper is, in many cases, the only record of the development of the southern half of Montgomery County. The Ambler Gazette continues the Fort Washington Times. |
Publisher | A.K. Thomas |
Date | 10/19/1905 |
Location Covered | Ambler, Pa.;Montgomery County, Pa. |
Type | text |
Original Format | Newspapers |
Digital Format | image/tiff |
Language | English |
Rights | https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ |
Contact | For more information, please contact the Wissahickon Valley Public Library at abutton@wvpl.org or phone: 215-643-1320. |
Contributing Institution | Wissahickon Valley Public Library |
Sponsorship | This Digital Object is provided in a collection that is included in POWER Library: Pennsylvania Photos and Documents, which is funded by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries of Pennsylvania/Pennsylvania Department of Education. |
Full Text | m tsat'^^sv the mbi vol xxi 11 no 43 ambler pa q toiikh 10 1905 azette 1.25 a year molasses for stock subject discussed by the horshiim farmers club mm i'limln for lh«(vlnlrr tliiiitrhlfl dlpltinip a|>|)i«k nixl llm hrnl thel'e.l wthmit-i:h!rk\v«*«l p«ht v#>r by fftflf wfttli<*r the ootober meeting of the hon hum farmers clnb was held at die home ot mr and mrs davi v hill horiham on sato r day the day wan beautiful ami most ol the members unti a ddrabet ot invited gnestn were present the house wan decroated with beanrifni growing iiiiuiis many ol thorn bigonias of different varieties also rut flower dahliah roses scarlet suge eto after :\ v i y iridif supjur flu meeting whs railed t ,>• t by the new ; ¦:.¦ '., ui ki.dd l uoilllv ami the dew secretary anna penrose read the minutes of the september meeting isaac parry of the crop committee gave an interesting talk un the corn and potatoe orops potatoes arc worth from 80 to 85 cents per bolhei and some farmers think the price will reach 1.26 in the ncur fntnre he spoke of visiting an ordmnl near wrightstown which wan formerly noted for its large orath of applet lr is now infested with the scale and the owner is continuously righting this pest in oomparing the two kinds of cider apple trees the old smith cider and the makefield it was found the latter is more susceptible to scale elizabeth w ely of the domestic economy committee said she hud been traveling most of the time since tile last meeting which by the way is not economical and she could not talk on the subject of her committee but she volunteered to give a short account of her visit to nantucket she did this in a most interesting manner saving that although then in a jail there no odo ever seemed to be in it annie r uomlv of the same com mittee thinks if housekeepers did not have bo much bric-a-brac to take care of their work would be much lighter mrs hallie watson of the current topios committee read beveral clip pingh of iutereht after which the answering of referred questions was taken up davis sill said that binoa answering the question at the last club meeting in regard to the best wheat to plant he hail received a report from the experiment station at state college which said that after 16 year of experiments the fulcaster wheat made the best showing to the acre who is the greatest diplomat of the age bad been referred to elizabeth r wood in her absence it was discussed by the members samuel j oaruer thought russian ambassador witte had shown himself a great diplomat isaac micheuer though roo.se velt might be called a greai diplomat although the definition ola diplomat j on who twliat i.e mud a vcrv interesting paper one artii l hud hen v ritteii t . v isaac mm in i i few vi an hi n and senl to m rs jarrett tho old 1*1 lend will rfltobrate )> i ^ oflth birthday the sfltli ol this 1 1 1 < 1 1 r i ¦ . and it was thought i he i propitious time to read the article which wbs i aiititnllv written 111 rhyme on the snbjtot of the anthor'l early days in cheltenham after ihe reaiiing isaac micnenor a nephew of twao m.itini recited fattj dou.v btow which friend mntiier used frequently to recite at soi i.ii pal horlugs the cinii then adjourned to meel al the iimne of mi mid mr snao party ne ir breadyvllle not ii t t p m obituary en mh1 er 9hokmak i'll montgomery county lost i ne t its most prominent and influential clt i/ens in the death of former ai bly man joseph ambler shoemaker wiio pa^si il away at ins home at jen kintown at 80'c'look wednesday mom iiik the fiid had been expected for some time and mr shoemaker was surrounded by ins family at the time id hi death two years ago he w(u stricken with paralysis and had been in poor health since that time his condition became nitioal »¦ few weeks ago deceased was the son of john shoe maker of qwynedd a well-to-do liar nemmaker he was born may 18 1888 when a lad of hi he left his home to heroine an apprentice under a black smith at brideabnrg after he had learned his trade lie went into busi ness for himself at broad axe whit pain township after a few years he went to illinois but returned having accumulated a good sum of money and began business at jenkintown mr shoemaker was » prominent and stalwart republican and supported the party from its organization 60 years ago he commenced his politi cal career as a councilman of jenkin town and was president of that body for many years in 1887 he was elected state representative mr shoemakei was a member of the arlington friends meeting and the funeral services were held at his late home saturday morning at 10.30 o'clock according to the rites of the friends society the body was inter red at abingtnn rbbecca bick rebecca wuh of tl.e late bower bjce.died friday at 2.4i5 o'clock a.m at tiie home ot w'lliaiu hinkle in vviiitemar8li,age<»ltlnn mi iis p . n*aion hi 1 ii.i.k.-ii ptaj well if there existed any doubts as to hutl r rounding into its real form all mich 1 1 : 1 1 < worn djspelleil saturday afternoon when captain lilliu'.s gridiron champions nftpi playing tioga to a standstill in the first half rushed them off tlmii feel in the second ami scored three touchdowns one ot which resulted in a goal bntlershow ed us real form and its charges were irresti l,|e it plays were gotten off with i quickness and dispatch which was partially responsible for their mici ess inn iii addition the men work ed together as a team should and they swept tioga bach and back off its feel until the latter found that it could only offer but a feeble insistence to the ¦ . • rted and well-directed plays of the champion ambler team while the men all showed up well the work of he-sun and hackett whs particolary brilliant as four times in succession the former rushed through the tioga line with apparent ly irrestible form and finally landed over the line for the first touchdown later hackett secured the ball and ran through the wliole tioga team aided by splendid interference and t lieu to sei nre a good kick from the front of the goal ran pajit several of the opposition the second time and planted the sphere right between the posts while the team was weakened by the absence of of charles buchanan kllani at left end strengthened the tram and was in every play from start to finish and materially prevented the fnst tioga ends from making cains the game ended with the score ui to 0 in favor of butler at the opening johnston for tioga kicked off to butler hackett getting the ball and making id yards after the catch landell on the first play mane five yards bessou got fou,r yards through right tackle and hackett made first down butler failed to make the required distance and the b»ll went to tioga millos bit the line far a yard mid reynolds made two mure kane made first dowu johnson punt ed tho ball going out of bounds and a tioga man fell on the sphere the half closed with no soore and tt.e ball about the middle of the field in the second half fletcher kicked off to reynolds on the five-yard line and a gain of 10 yards was made on the second play tioga fumbled and gillin fell on the ball for butler on the 80-yard line after two rushes rue went over for the first touchdown fletcher missed the goal johnston kicked off and benson got 10 yards on the first down bcsson puntm t«j&>«aj lo^ttidliue " to the foilff alb t m srrairht ii bucking bekkcm wtot over for the second touchdown hongh missed tiie goal butler 10 tiogu 0 fletcher kicked off to reynolds and he made 5 yards johnson punted to huckett landell made 4 yards through left tackle besson made first dowu hackett got around left end and after jumping and dodging several tacklers made i touchdown fletcher kickid the goal butler 16 tiogn 0 butler tioiia ellain left end i hopkins i llnii|[il.irlnr i hrnun in lit i wo ii r sss rancntd dbctmitlotm «¦ impanlmi n»v«-ii hiin«rir-p*ir had kartell t r mnvfl rram krntn slrmm fred llnngstorfpr a dealer in dead itilmnls residing a.t centre square iki i a narrow escape from drowning in the sr'uivikill river shortly after n saturday mr hangstorfer ami i 1 1 in 1 11 kvans of the linn of kvans brothers coal dealers of norristown boarded a float at franklin avenue tin v hud with them two horse and their mission was a trip to barbados island mr hangstorfer had been worn mimed to remove the carcass nl i cow tlllit was in the liverar the heml of the island and he intbuded using the two homes to drag the body to the hnat and removing it in that manner when the float was within y feet of the shore the horses became rest less in a twinkling the float was tilted and the animals and mr hangstorfer slipped into the water whin the accident occurred mr kvans with great presence of mind grasped held of t tie side rails and kept liim elf above water niether he nor mr hangstorfet can swim v warner and l konnn employes of th'e merchants ice company who happened to be in the vicinity of franklin avenue at the time lieard mr evans shouts they hurriedly seoured a boat and rowed to where hiuikstorfer was iu the water he had been rendered unconscious by a blnw from the head uf one of the horses just before the rescuers arrived hiid he was rapidly sinking for the last time huiitiy warner stretched hal f way out of the boat konan holding him by the legs anil managed to grasp hangbtorfer's hand and drew him into tli craft the rescuers took the half drowned man to shore where he was revived they then returned to th float and took mr kvans ashore the horses rescued themselves when tiie float upset they were harnessed together aud both were nearly drown ed while floundering in the water however the harness was broken aud ili'-y sw-am ashore strange though it may seem the animals swam to the norristown shore while the spot where they were hurled into the water was but 20 feet from the bar badoee island shore mr hangstorfer suffered consider ably from his experience as did mr evans both were hurriedly removed and placed in dry clothing the form er has quite recovered the carcass of the cow was later in ilie afternoon removed by employes cf both men aud taken to the establish 11 t-.iit of mr haiikhtorfer at centre rue mecleun elt taikie bo ti mcclead cum jtmtia left guanl johnson gilli t , j g gillin ceutie blackburn bigfri fe ttuik bgfri shelly right tackle fergu i hougb right end sliellenbii'i 1 i'.in piii-i:in huckeu..qunrtei buck m hopkins 1 rue left half back kane landell right hulf back reynold hackett beacon full hack mil .^ n ii iii i'tini clirlhllun kmleavnr doloo the fall convention of the north peon christian endeavor union will be held in.oaimel presbyterian ohnich | edge hill friday evening oct uo at b ii'doek bednoed rates at all'sfu tions 11)1011 application to the ticket ageut the speakers of the evetmbjk iii be rev j milnor wilbur pastor oj naxbertb baptist church also rev james b b senberg pastor of trin ity reformed olmrch philadelpbla the address and mnslo will both be al special feature 1 he 11 ininit tee is try my bo secure mr ulnoolu to lead the mniio u endeavorera pleaae make a special effort to bo present i'll ii»-iiiiiiiii m e church siei.v venn oil methodists ot cheltenham village on sunday commenced the celebration of the 00th anniversary of methodism in that place an old folks service was held sunday morning there will be services every evening of the week ex cepting monday and saturday even ings services onder the auspices t methodise local preachers from qei mantowu were held there as early a1 1hms but no organization was effected until the year 18^3 the church was erected iu 1h45 on au aore of ground which cotit originally less than 100 au present methodist church is thl only protestant church in the place liev burtiam shay is the paator 1 hum jwusp fjs ttl^rrm of mat hew roberts on the upper htate and county line roads near knreka wbb totally destroyed by fire thursday evening with all the season's crops mr roberts and bis hired man went into the woods about 5 o'clock to get some wood and upon their return saw a blaze issuing from the roof of the bam they quickly got all the live stock and machinery out of the build ing but were unable to save anything else the cause of the blaze is un known as there had been no fire about the premises the farm was purchased about a year ago by mr roberts it having previously belonged to his father who had gone into bankruptcy the loss is difficult to estimate u btromp 36 yi ars old of baglesville wan oonjoauted to the stut hospital for the insane last week hy u roiiiiiiission appointed by the cnuit btromp's mania took a violent tuin unit is s:aid to be due to the 1 \ 1 e use of cigaretb ¦ . to w liloh habit lie was adumotud during the hearing in iheolboeot attorney ojiar lew h brunuer norrlstown btromp w m laed with an excessively viulint attack and fought to free himself before be could he restrained he broke the gli panel in tho door it took three policemen to conduct him to ci ty hull where tlm hearing was 000 tined tho alilicttd young uiuu ii mar not hus no children he l.ad baieni osployed as a moiormsui inbuoki county and until lately livtul iu bris tol the young mini wednesday night madu an utteinpi to barn down the jail and with the aid of u mutch which he had seoretod ou kill person bo net tire to the clothing 111 nil cell the much of uuioke guve iln alarm and stump wasuvuroowtueil with ditticulty and ili ti thd alexander peiiilleton is 111 the jewish itoij tal with a bullel hole through tlm right arm peudletou and hi wife live on division itreet not fai from york road j«nklotown shortly before noon on banday neighbors heard a ihot and rushed in the booae to find pendleton bleeding from i bnllel wound mrs pendleton aaserts that tin shooting was accidental a revolvei she had in liar hand exploding mr pendletou made 110 statement thi are investigating pnmlm wmtdlay ii,e wedding oi thomas herbert baddiugton ol ogonti.and mis mary klinhbeth boyd oi qermantown will ooonr in the sunwnit preabyteriao oharoh.qermanlown wednesday even ing ool 86 it 7 o'clock 800 luvlta tious are uit for the event the broom-to-be is the son of chief bad diiinton of the oheltenham police lorce his prospective bride in the danuhter of mrs murgaret boyd of 1)60 qneas utreel uhrumntowu and u niece of oounoiliuan baojnel orotners of ljhilu>lelphiii the matron of honor will be mih annie book sister of till bridegroom tbs host muu will bu batemau baildingtou brother of the bridegroom a reoeptlou will follow the wedding ut lbs liomeof the bridy's mother h '- i'mler bull km kiukiiij liiil josepli dnene of ashbourne is under fooo bail to insure his appear auce at norristown iu december to explain why he kissed mish irene ourry of mckiuley au exceedingly pretty girl on the cheek in west avenue jenkintown at 10,80 o'clock in the evening duene appeared at a shadowy place aloun the avenue and kissed miss uurry without asking permission or otherwise assuring him self that slie wanted to be kissed she screamed and officer sheehaii arrested tjuene and took him to justice kirk's i office duene is an employe of the joseph e.widener estate at ashbonrne and says buivfflo n v is his place of residence qlraalda woau awuiimi siom atfer winning a verdict of 10:s8 in 1 suit un a mortgage the luiud title and trust company of philadelphia thursday announced to the court that i would satisfy the mortgage and him it over to the defendant mrs lama j williams of qlenside the company new believes that the woman in signing over the mortgage ut the behesl of her hatband william 0 williams was unaware of the im port of her action tho company be lieved at the time however y.ai williams was honest in i;ih in 1.1 pay oti the mortgage which his wite had tranafered to him bot it turned out that the hatband left tor parts unknown and failed to live ¦)< iu tlm contract rather than turn the woman out of her home thi company siood the loaf and satisfied the mort gage iu full loi ne viiluue near k»iclevllle a new village in to bo founded upon part of the suunysido hheep fariu incited near eagleville according to the urollaaar ot li acres of the land t e ground wan bonght a lew day a ago ii i i'hiladtilpliut l.usiness until fiom mr iauinei and on the complolioti it the deali •' t hallman reiiroseut ini tlftt pnroluiaer uuuouncod that ih a dtitiiruble oue would un mediately he cut up into building lots i village the iiaiun ofwhiou hus m \ as yet been determined glenside and around oarme prenhyterlan church on 8on dnv gave nn nffprlrjb for rtnritnt eihicatioii beth o st mt and son of colorado have returned liomfl after spending three months here mr stout ha a gund posil i"ii ith 11 seed firm mrs william singm.isler.the daugh ter of john po the toll gateki epei al the jtinotion of mt oarmel avpnne and limekiln pike hm fl motflri to < llenslde george d hi ls in building a stone home on his meadow land along the railn nd • rack opposite ' - i it in bet yard and it will be occupied by hip colored emplo.1 e 111 v ii hdber and « ife ii ft fri day for n trip to the blue mountains for i week of 10 days i he di rstoi la gunning for squirrels ami phoanant while tie 1-1 away a bazaar will he held trader the auspices ot the y s (' nooiety in hie yieuslde m k ohnrch on tnnrs dny and friday nov i and 10 itlii noons and 1 veulngo liiim hamel and ilonghtor miss truce and his housekeeper misi kitchieon thui«day left for barnegat bay n j wheie the gentleman will spend a week or 10 days fishing and gunning mr j p eckels who formerly had charge of the commercial department of the oheltenham high school hn rented a house in glenside and will return with his family this week mr etakels is secretary and manager of the pocono pines assembly and summer schools and has inst been elected to a position in the commercial depart meat of the fittsbuig high school this position is quite a tempting one and he is still undecided whether to remain in the east or go to pittsburgh m-it il.n^d m>ni not l.t-eht tender mutilated paper money is not legal tender and can be refined when offer ed in payment tor fare nn a trolley according to a ruling of judge swam albert qulnley of lansdiile brought suit against the lebigli valley trac tion company claiming damages for being ejected from a car of the com pan by a conductor who refused to accept a torn 1 bill offered for fares of plaintiff and his brother the for mer claimed that by being put off the car of the defendant company he lost a day work at north wales it was iu evidence that the dollar bill offered was torn in two places from the top down and from the bot tom up the rents runuiiik within an inch of the opposite edges n h lajzelere counsel for the trolley com pany moved for a nonsuit at the con clusion of plaintiff qtririley'fl testi mony holding that the lorn or mutilat i'il money is not legal tender and there fore the conductor did right iu not ouly refusing to accept it as fare but in putting plaintiff off tlm car in lien of any other money the court granted tlie non-suit on this contention of the defense a u place counsel for wedded woor • mkykks a pretty home wedding took place at the home of mr and mrs kiciiard woiid in norritou to*nsbip thursday evening when their daughter miss martha k wood became the bride of mr frederick a meyers of philadel phia the home was beautifully decorated with potted plants and pies eutnd a pretty scene during the cere mony which took place in the spacious parlor the ceremony was performed by rev t ('. jackson pastor of the bridgeport baptist church amid 60 relatives and friends the bridal party was unattended the bride wore a beautiful costume of white satin trimmed with duchess lace and carried a shower bouquet of bridal roses and lillies of the valley following an informal reception an elaborate wedding tupper wna served after which the happy couple left on au extended wedding tonr upon their return they will reside in tioga philadelphia where the groom is a member of the real estate firm of meyers and brath guests were pres ent from k r mil carolina virginia new york philadelphia hometown ami vicinity veakl.k uaki-ikavj miss blanche daughter of mr and mrs john hargrave ot north wale wednesday > vi nil ¦. al b o'oloi ¦¦ : tin wife of herbert franklin \ akle ¦ rly of llatin 1 i iiui in •¦ jnnii 1 partn r of the firm ol *> 1 akle ami son pnblishi ra ol mn n irth wai ri lord the marriage ceremony took 1 at the 1 ome of the bride's parents rev reiter pastoi ol the reformed oiinrch north wales ofboiating in the i a large number of friends the parlor was attractively bedecked with palms ferns mil floral 1 ifl the couple will renldi in north wall - . 11 their n tm a fr m ¦> wadding jour ney 1:1.1 uyi&s1 miss sallie dnngan mytn dant ol mr and mrs william 11 myers of oheltenham aud mr qeorge olax , hi . robei is ot philadelphia were married al iho homo of the brld parents myers aveuns and q stxeet says a despatch from oheltenham a wedding breakfast followed the 01 r 1 aii 1 ii bonevmoon trip the brido aud bridegroom will reside at bharon hill here they will be at home alter the 1st of november — diphtheria ttas cuusi d the clobing of the doyleatown public schooln misses hortha and kloreuoe mooro gavt a kitchen shower to miss aln ¦¦ jarretl at their homt in uorahab on fcittturdiiv evening tho bhower w surprise to mib jarrett and a very merry time wut enjoyed ib one unef ul article utter another ouiuu to light with original ryumes by ¦ 300 added to choir fund success greets efforts of st.thomas church whitemarsh imv0 •« ' '¦ ii »•' liihmif'itt mill tiim mil in iinhi.i ii|i«m bmm banutlfal i;iibctn prnitnnafl in prmmtatlim ol rhi n»ndnr — vllolll hllll i r , ifnf-,1 ¦, i mdlllq an entei hiinmeiit of hiyli clb(>0 aud nnnsnal merit was given in the opera liougi ut ambler on thursday evening by the choir of 8t thomas churcli whiii inai.-h rtsisted by tin children and some members of the pariah and others many of the fashionable folk from chestnut mill and exclusive penllyn were there t sinuv their ap proval of the work by their prrsenco an 1 hearty applause the opening chorus was sung by the ohoir this was followed by fairyland given ty tin1 children it was an exceedingly beautiful seme and as the fairy queen atepped out from an immense watei illy waving her glittering wand over fairies flower girls and brownies one fell suddenly transported to the sylvnn home of queen mab snrronnded with light and song then followed a duet finely execut ed by two n^mleme'1 of the parish and in turn a tenor solo after this was presented the calendar in a most artistic and unique arrangement some young ladies had kindlv consented to go out from the city for this purpose and their presence and beauty proved the crowning success of the whole affair this beautiful arrangement of the mouths will well bear description upon 12 pieces of eanvas.about 10 feet in length each was a painting particularly appropriate for eacii month in the canvas was an opening about the size of a large picture the canvas was thrown over a high frame and back of the opening stood a young woman costumed in a style peculiar to the month or hoason as these tableaux were beinu shown the concealed choir sang songs adapted to the picture the impression produced npon the spectator was most pleasing it was like one dream after another of grace color and picturpsqne beauty sufficient praise cannot be awarded to the ladies having charge of the affair the successful consummation of such beautiful ideas together with the patience and good management re quired to attain such happy results cannot be too highly commended iu reflecting upon the beauties presented to the eye we must not overlook the flnnacial result for the choir fund finds itself enriched by more limn fc as the outcome of the byst efforts . its friends north wain herbert f y"akle and his liride on monday returned from their trip to gettysburg and have taken up their residence wir(i the former's parentu.od has been spending several day her sister mrs samuel hoover on school street miss lizzie gerhart is spei liu^r a week visiting relatives in the city oyrus richard has gone to moo town n j , to work at the painting trade for a few weeks the body of tho late h w moyer'a first wife wan removed from st luke's cemetery on tuesday to be interred beside her husband in a cemetery above norristown clatyon heckler has secured u posi tion with the asbestos fibre company the reading company which bought the timber in beaver's grove is rapidly decimating the trefs in that famous woodland the parish union of sr peter's lutheran ohuroh is making extensive arraugemi nts for a novelty bazaar and luncheon to he held in amusement hall on saturday evening nov 11 john detionpt lost a valuable horse in in choking distemper william oasa is erecting a brick addition to his resldenoe on north fourth street tko leuigh valley traction company is raising it tracks on main street from shaarer avneaa to beaver street four 1111 lies emit resurfacing the street in the 01 litre tfie north penn gas company is grldironing the sheets with its lines a vaudeville entertainmi al riven in the bauquel room ol tin odd fellows temple ou thursday evening and also announced shows 1 1 1 ami bai iirda evenings j i lailed tii materialize ami tin owpany a left withoul paying hall reut but minus its baggage i g an extension to i a iinii bhafenu ifcej ii ill with 1 1 1 • 1 r john dehoupt is having tli ut his grooei ) i -'¦ "• ated to 1 1 paint lloyi john mcgrable is pioking cu 11 1 m which 1 1 » unusual edgar and william ro hlla delphla were visiting mi and mrs k l oomly on sunda p clifford i cinliard and wile of ambler and mr and mr t.eorga walker ol philadelphia were visiting mr an,d afrs i.mies bernbard on bnnday inn jacobj , oi nebraska.ez in return borne iu tin mar fuiuro itiir being away foi aboul year walters butcher.kllleu eight beeves 18 calves and u lot oi steep and lain'is on thurmliiy robtrt drayton and georgi dewees went to rock hill gunuiug for pin sjants and wootlcock on tuesday uiornlug edward ifooarthy is tukinj an eduoatlonal oourae this fall at teuiule college philadelphia - |
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