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norristown letter weekly review of recent happenings by old friend war i»<"|>rocl«te wealth — a new m:il kn riiitforni — the court i lit i whiininnkft oiter i.hwk hlimiwi lip sul inllt 1 to popdlm vole xorristown pa lime 17 1901 what war cost in mere devastation of wealth if fitly described by hoke smith in his address tuesday the iiili mi t lie meeting of the southerners in horticultural hall philadelphia he wealth depreciated from l86oto i ii 2 400 coo 000 in the laii century the ionth ii t 40 years growth by lav erv war nod reconstruction " yet th booth went i war to sustain slavery and opposed reconstruction at every step ihr truth is reconstruction was not safe guarded and suilicientlv tadical it was right to admit seceding states back into the union to proclaim slaven abolished to provide constitutional amtmdmenta to protect the freed men but the south is going on today < loi mlt another wiong to the fieedmen that will forevei blight the prosperity of the south the colored race constitutes the labor class of the south anil so long as southern conventions one after the other go on t degrade the labor rare the southern white race can never pros per peace never be fully restored nor cordial relations be cemented between the freedom loving north and the slave ocracy of the south it is stated on good authority that the slave holding states have gathered and preserved in their archives all the names of slave holders and tlie number of the slaves manumit ted by war and that as soon as they gain ascendency again in congress and in the presidential chair they will en act a law paying the losers of slaves for their human chattels and also pro vide for the pensioning of their surviv ing soldiers i sounded the warning 10 years ago and again when harrison was defeated and every yeir convinces me that we are slowly dirt surely ap proachine another crisis and clash of arms when seward spoke of the irre pressible conflict between frte.iom and slavery and lincoln had said that this nation could not exist half free and half slave then they were called dreamers but now i appeal to history sacred am secular it is the story of all nations that have ever risen and fallen the ciiines of nations are avenged bv the supreme ruler of the destinies of na tions france held sway unabated under the greatest ripper that ever ran but in the face of a panic stricken people vet its empire is ended the rule of the bonapartes vanished forever and parii is the home of a republican president the next day after the meeting of the convention in philadelphia the rep - teseitti«i'i co it -\ ftkr-u itu<--v vention to franie a new constitution for the old dominion and so the state mills grind out going around southward while the burface mills of merchantstgo around northward for grists to grinil the united states constitution is as de fiantly disobeyed in the south as it le lateb to former slaves as the pennsyl vania constitution is violated by refus ing to obey its commands to make ai apportionment every 10 years the members of this legislature can never out live this contumacious crime with other the dovlestown intelligencer of tin 13th inst in some sensible notes and comments says that our next legislature ought to be elected on a new issue well the issues will be new of bourse for they arise out of the latest acts of the despoilers of the people's rights bu the principles of opposition to dyanomv are old as legislation itself if we can only arouse the people to a sense of their duty in selecting older and wiser and more learned and experienced men to the legislature the intelligencer says the campaign might be made on a tirief platform repudiation and re versal yes but repudiation and re versal must come from the supreme court what we want is repeal and expur gation these should be our watchwords and our war cry our rallying bugle blast with not a waste or needless sound till we come to holier ground it is time when the list of 31 cases was called mi monday it was discovered that more than a dozen were oil by settlement or otherwise no new question arose in any of those tried the suit of jonas bowman now 93 years of age against the old montgomery insurance company resulted in a just verdict for the nona genarian of 4140.40 for the loss of his house by fire at collegeville jan 14 1000 the building destroyed was a line one and wah a popular boarding bouse insurance companies ought to pay promptly that is what they are for — a sort of bank against sudden and unfore seen loss it is an insurance company's best advertisement to bo the first to pay its proport ion of the loss insured against marv jane rinker recovered 100 against conshohocken for not keep ing a hole tilled upon the street into which she stepped and fell and hurt herself the 1'ustal telegraph company had to pay st joihi'b for cutting oil trees without consent that was right the bill in equity filed bydr.fi <;. kriebel of worcester vs dr 1 ii caie now of norristown.to restrain the latter from infringing upon the practise if the former who kyi the agreement was made when they dissolved two years ago that care was not to come within a radius of five miles of kriebel's loca tion reminds me of several such suits which have been tried in our county one that of bigouy mid tyson became quite notorious march and allabaugh grocers was another celebrated cane iii nerally contracts in restraint of trade tie against public policy but the courtl have held in present yeais that such a untracl may be enforced where the good morale and the consideration are sufficient to support the iunvocatioii to the court lor aid l!ut there is an adequate remedy at law mid it is not aeceaiary llp invoke the aid of the equity side of ihe court any more than unv other kind of a civil case a doctor is in honor bonnri to &<< where he is bidden nol to have s lino run n la md - km nri'l dixon'l line marked by mon ddients neither ran he control patients from coming aftei him in spite of low hon therefore a suit for damages ought to i over all without r liiii in equity but parties to a suit ought to know and think they do i never was a worshipper of john wtinninakor nor is lie my hero as a moral refor r but as a high bidder in the open market lie is eqiml to any of the gamblers in stocks so thai when he offered philadelphia 2,800,000 for the valuable franchises her councils were voting away tor nothing he nol only put in a big lick for himself and the city hut he showed his ability and ca pacity to net in time as well as his comprehension of the gmvitv if the greatest land grab ever recorded in his tory when corporations can control the sale of the principal streets of the largest city in the stale bv i power vested ill an irresponsible legislature by the forced process of hidden mainsprings the rights liberties and franchises of the citizens are gone and nothing but n name a skeleton is left of the state our friend i lower of the home news says flying machine will soon be needed to enable the people to keep np with events " yes and friend hower only to think of it you and i will each have to get one for we both supported the creatures who have violated trie con stltutlon neglected apportionment and have given us a code that will never know good till reduced to ashes we were boih supporters of party nomina tions and oauous nominations bat we did expect that every man would own his own mind and soul i for one shall henceforth be an advocate of the swiss referendum and also of tlie initative a constitutional clause requiring proposed new laws except repeal of old bad laws to originate with the people if adopted by the legislature to be referred to the peo ple for approval or rejection before they can become laws of the state this was done in our state substantially on the question of prohibition on electing judges by the people and on many sub jects agitated in conservative days the people should have an opportunity to be heard to vote on the question in as the selection of the assemblymen but when the legislature openly delics the annsti tution and omits to do what is therein commanded but on the contrary rashes through legislation revolutionary in its character and never demanded by pub lic necessity or popular request it be comes the duty of all good citizens to call a constitutional convention to enact a provision for a reference to the pop ular vote of every bill enacted at the capital the constitution of 1s72 was submitted to the voters and adopted by 150,000 majority virginia today is in convention designing to adopt a consti tution anil ii submit to the people for rutifioatoo they fear the ordeal so does our legislature fear the ordeal all their bills of abomination would be buried in oblivion if submitted to pop ular approval or rejection it will take u8 '¦ hese tares out of the i'ir iple will do it though the ' ed to crash the wheat among the stame as burns turned the daisy his much loved flower into his furrow and trampled it under his feet the recreant servants mav in their ignorance think they have made a suc cessful run but the people will have a kiiiinyinede like that of 1215 when the barons wrung from king john the mag na clmrta of british iherty i have seen reckless tyrants in power before the insolent proud institution of amer lean slavery named our presidents dic tated our laws tilled our ollices and by the infamous fugitive slave law compel led us under penalties of treason and forfeiture to join in with the blood hounds of the hydra headed monster to catcli the fleeing bondsman and bonds woman and baby and help restore them to lie arms of tyrrany and the depths of despair and i lived to see the day when all this work is relegated to the realms of barbarism ho i expect to see the lay when these despoilers and trailickeis in the rights of man will be spurnsd from the places they have de filed and driven to th concealment of eternal oblivion old friend jhi-rettown cherries and strawberries are claim ing out attention just now the boys and girls are busy earning some spend ing money by picking the former children's day was observed on sun day by the local sabbath school beau tiful mowers and bright faces made an attractive combination pleasing to all the program was performed in a cred itable manlier rev j f kingsley had ehaige of the exercises and miss annie nieweg presided at the organ the children of the primary school under the care of the teacher krs charles willard are deserving of a largo share of credit for their part in the work miss mary l knabbof berks county has been elected teacher of rose hill school mlas knabb is well equipped for the woik the commencement exercises of the upper dublin schools will be held this thursday evening in jarrettown m e church a class of seven seniors will receive diplomas the annual strawberry festival of the methodist church on saturday evening is expected to draw the usual crowd bouger smith of jarrettown ia one of our neatest farmers anyone passing from neul's old shop towards the hus luehanua street road by keeping bis eyes turned towards the left will see one of the prettiest heidi of potatoes the rows ureas straight as a tightly drawn line of even width apart well oultlvated and of even growth it does n farmer good to see it passing on and turning down susiiuehanna street you wil see his corn planted in the same correct and direful manner i'.i ml i ii i »..!»¦< i the highest average attaiucd by any mpil of the ambler public school for tun school your jtlit closed was that of john butler term avenge i promo ion nvoruge 96 thin is the third year n succession that the highest avei or the school has been made by a pupil ¦ lfrev's room haki.ks butler their school days over sixth annual commencement of the ambler high school t litre graduate racetve mptouai trier lataraatlhi xmiwism itsthaa r.s<-ime«>r mafce*aainmia<mmi 8npw»lwf rrin <- 1 1 »> ¦ v it iiiiiin prenctrtt rhptonnwi the sixth annual commencement of the ambler high school was held fri day evening in amb'er opera house ami diplomas were awarded misses lvdia jonei anderson edna ischreiber marlin and olara conner neeman be fore a large and appreciative audhroce ihe board of edncation and the faculty of the school occupied ih boxes and the stage was adorned with potted mid cut flowers pink and green the class colors and the pink carnation the ctass hower prevailing out of the harbor into the sea " had been select ed appropriately bv the class as their moti i rynear's orchestra furnished the music and the curtain rose at k rev n thomas brown ph i of the ambler presbyterian church offered the invocation which was followed by the march frangea by the orchestra miss marlin delivered the salutatory which was followed by a recitation dame allen's dream ' by miss an derson after a selection '" hearts and flowers by the orchestra miss mar lin delivered her essay clippings from a senior's diary r the orchestra rendered southern lilies and miss neeiuiiii gave her essay and valedictory nothing succeeds like success which was followed by the march ¦¦ mosquitoes parade principal i'ahn then introduced na than c.schafl'er a ml ph i in the following words most of us may not have approved of the events that have transpired at the state capital during the last five months but there was at least one act that has been sanctioned by all who believe in retaining in office those who are fitted and qualified for public trust i refer to the appointment of nathan c.schaetler state superinten dent of public instruction who is here this evening to make the annual ad dress pr schaeffer said one night at a masonic gathering there was present by invitation a man who said he had shaken the hand of one who had grasped the hand of george washington that master of masons before the evening was over all of us huil grasped the speaker by the hand i have been equally close to that great astronomer keplar when i shook tlie hand of a descendant who by the way had the good sense to marry an american girl his brother invited this american schoolmaster and bride to visit him in germany and together they inspected a training school which has produced a larger number of great men than kiiy other spot in rurope the ob servations of the american lady led her to summarize the school much to the disappointment of the principal as topsyturvy the women were doing the heavy work in the fields and able bodied men capable of doing heavy work were pursuing theoretical courses in philosophy she pointed out the strong contrast with the unload states where during the civil war the young men were called to the front and the women filled the vacancies in tin schools and have held possession ever since how is it that in the many classes of graduation there are so few boys i tremble for the banishment of the boys from tlie high schools what has become of them i do not like this phase of the american school by which the boys arc dropping out and the girls are carrying off the honors but 1 wouldn't go buck to putting the elemen t-try schools in the hands of the young men if 1 could when i went hack tr the fatherland l saw establishments all along the rhine for the study of the bi-products of manufactures and to ascertain as to what use these products may be put one chemist discovered a way to man ufacture indigo and reaped a fortune and now the indigo fields of hindoo stan and india are being deserted years ago algiers raised a plant for the mani'factuure of a superior kind of paper vow a yankee has discovered how to make this parer from an ordi nary kind of pulp and the french gov ernment has been compelled to take step to relieve the distress among these fanners in algiers the 19th century closed much the same way as the 18th with wars and rumors of wars but the fiercest war is the commercial the markets belong to those people who pat the most brains in their hands ami we must give our boys an eduation or else in a few yeais the markets of the world will again he controlled by those merchants on tlie other side of the water i wah abroad when the war be tween prussia and austria broke out and after austria's complete and ulti mate defeat she immediately re-organ ized her schools and her army she now has commercial high schools and to day the graduates from those institu tions are taking front rank and getting high pay the earning power of tin industrial classes is measured by the kind of education the bovs and girls acquire if a boy doesn't make a mis take iii selecting his father and mother it pays to put within reach of thai boy all the education he can get <>» the otter hand the poorest inve.stmi nl is a boy who wastes his time i all that makes life worth living it'n't money you can't buy a happy home it must be made by you ami those who occupy it with you yen can't buy a good conscience and il stays with you d&y and night the work of the present day school is i educate the children to enjoy oppj nities money stand foj what we cat and drink garments and hou.ics and we couldn't dupenae with these but th alone does not make life worth living the man who thinks the thought nature and the things around la 1 i v i higher life than houses and what we tat this higher life is thi life of love and faith bismarck said take a wiry my faith and von take away mv conn t ry ' f)0 not hold out the future of office to the boy for liif life will lie me of disappointment the american man is happier out of office 1 wonld ha ¦ boys worl for all iintm irtalit v in the world like unto the savlourv love inaken life worth living bat i do no if thai nl kind th sublimes effort are noi seen on the field of battle but are shown in the father's and mother's toiling that their children may reilize all the god given powers within them i t's the love of kindred love of home of country of il and the highest and best in qod's on i verse of truth bthi righteousness i plead for an increased earning power of the industrial classes ho that we may be made lit to live this higher life of i honght faith hope and love " music followed after which principal i.'ihn awarded the diplomas to the graduates in the following wottis with these exercises your career as pupils of the ammer nigfi tchool closes and von ho oqt into life to il grejit responsibil ities when you look back yon may re grei the past is gone hut profit by the iast find adapt your experiences to reap in success in the present our hopes go out to you for the bcicoess that awaits t i,e deservedly won inj'the name and mi behalf of the ambler public school ho county of montgomery and the state of pennsylvania i now present u with these diplomas " frank besson mi behalf of the junior class presented the graduates with gifts characteristic of certain events in their school life the class ode was sung by the graduates and rev k k valen tine of the mount pleasant baptist church pronounced the benediction after the exercises the graduates held an impromptu reception on the stage mid received tlie congratulations of all willow grove there have been ovpr ooo calls at the telephone exchange in mover's store since the opening of the park may 26 the mitten party held at tlie m v church was quite a success about 2o was cleared william cubberly and family have moved in their new house on the doyles town pike recently built by the harry kates company the regular meeting of the directors and teachers association of the lower end of montgomery county was held at the public school house at willow grove on monday evening june 10 it being the annual meeting for the election of offi cers for the ensuing year george w quigley who has been its president since the organization of tho association de clined re-election whereupon prof charles a wagner who is township superintendent of cheltenham public schools was elected president s j garner vice president j . beans iqent ner secretary and thomas williams treasurer after the transaction of i routine business the subject of manual ling was taken up ami discussed at length f whs the opinion of the li rectors present that parents rimsfctnv should be held in every school district so that questions relating to the man agement and improvement of the schools could be presented and thereby secure an earnest co-operation of all who should be interested in the development of our schools jt was resolved to hold the next meeting of the association on monday evening sept 9 in the ash bourne high school vvillipm b goentner has been gradu ated from the engineering department of the university of pennsylvania a slag walk has been put down be tween tlie pike and the postoflice on the mill road the railroad company furnish ed the slag and p w triebles did the work there was a falling otl1 of at least 50 per cent in the attendance of the park last week this is probably a re action from the abnormal crowds which have been here recently several cases of chickonpox are re ported in the town miss maine bright of norristown has been visiting her aunt mrs charles fleck messis harry blisch and thomas guvsingei spent sunday withn charles kuebler miss maude mocool ¦ i broad axe was visiting mrs george me i.aughlin on sunday mrs j m walters is giving her house a new coat of paint m l iiaiioweii of philadelphia spent sunday with his parents f e uoiid has purchased a tally-ho and a pair of coach horses mrs rudolph ago has been spending some time with her parents milton and miss edith titlow of hooverton and mrs albert shook and miss clara if blue licit visited mis.s sophie 1 lurlock on sunday miss lillie hallowell spent sunday visiting relatives in juakertown j.cheston morris and miss morris mei with an accidenl while out driving on sunday when pausing the entrance of charles e ngenoll'l place at penllyn two men rose up who had been sitting down alongside the road the bones became frightened and reared up on a steep embankment which oveiturne.l the eairiage throwing both out and over the stone wall which surrounds the place but fortunately neither received any serious injuries tlie horse ran away but was caught near tin penllyn tollgute after upsetting and dflmollshlng tin carriage l'«iun.,y kan in kullroutl k.dimxl kate tu detroit for the meeting of the national kd ueational association at detroit july 8 to it 1901 the pennsylvania railroad com pany will sell excursion tickets to iv troit from all stations on its lines plus 2 tickets will be sold juu i 7 and 8 good returning to leave p otto it not earlier than july l dot latei thft;i july 1 uy depositing lickeiw with joint agent on or before july 1u and the ment of 50 cents tlie return limit tended to leave detroit not la{er han sept i june lil historic pilgrimage pennsylvania society sons of the rev olution at fort washington one hundred iiml tu<iil.v-thli(l aim v itv f tii kvm uiitioii df philadelphia by tlif mrltimti oliieiiej lit iliimr if richard mecafl cmlwnlmlpr the bmnlmti the observance of the i23d anniver sary of the evacuation of philadelphia by the l>ritisb mid the ilmnlraneou tirenicnt of tlie american army from its winter cut rcucbmelits at valley i was celebrated by the pennsylvania so ciety sons of the revolution last sat urday bv a reunion at the beautiful residence of mr richard mccall cnd wnlacler on skippack road near iv ri washington fully i;oo members of the society turned oul and braved the an pleasantness of the weather to partake of the hospitality of mr cadwalailer in addition about l'o members of wis sahickon council no 100 jr <». r \. m of k(ut washington were also present by special invitation a special train from broad street sta tion conveyed the members of the so ciety to st thomas station where they were met by coaches and proceed ed to mr cadwalader's home the spring city hand accompanied the party and dispensed patriotic airs and sever nl rag time selections after the mem bers of the society had assembled at the cadwalader home a special stand which had been erected directly in front of the house was occupied and chairman f von a cabeen presented the chaplain rev g woolsey hodge who was substitute rector at st thomas p e church several summers ago and who offered the opening prayer mr cadwalader then delivered the annual oration which in substance is as fol lows : in accordance with our usual custom ti mnieniorate some historic spot you have come to the scene of the encamp ment at whitemarsh and fort washing ton on this occasion you are on hal lowed ground literally surrounded bv localities closely identified with active events of the war of the revolution all within a few miles along here march ed the militia under general potter to militia hill and along the skippack road through these fields the militia was supposed to be on guard at the time of the attempt to capture lafayette at barren hill directly in front is st thomas church occupied by both ar mies and where general wayne rallied the troops after the battle of gertnpn town in the rear is edge hill the scene of a fierce light at the time of howe's threatened attack at foit wash ington to the left is fort washington where a part of the army enenmped defended by a redoubt still visible !'>¦¦- hind higher up is camn hill who • th<3 mail avivy was stationefl lower down " " : ' !«•--¦--. house the rear is the limekiln pike and the york road along which the troops inarched further to the left is ilat boro then known as crooked billet from the sign of the tavern where no0 british troops attacked general lacey sent by general washington while at valley forge to stop manoeuvring nearby is the three tuns tavern where washington is said to have dined with his nllieers on the march to valley forge the descendants of the family to this day celebrate the event in a din ner each year still further in the circle in the koulke mansion made famous by miss bailie wister's letters then the drayton farm where 10,000 men en d i f h h delphia that lydia ovn heard ihe plan int attack l.'i ¦ . i pron itincetl the benediction nml the 0 ' il a innchcon was then served in the diningroom by caterei martin oowdfy 1720 delancy place philadelphia ami exchaii "(• f1 . i.t -¦((.« • hid social inter course nili il n die afternoon v v"iv i the l.'e in vit»lilngtofi militia hill iii cfirftrh t i with an inspection of the grounds rnd stables about the gadwaladei home on the return to the train to which i hey were escorted by the representation of lickon council the society was saluted bv the philadelphia lighi artil lery encamped along wiassablckon icek iif i'orl side inn the pennsylvania sons of the devolu tion has been organized about a do/en yeai and now comprises over 1100 members mr cadwalnder was elected president in april 1890 when colonel wayne who had been president since its organization declined a re-election i to ill health glenside and around what your friends know what ymi m 11 l.lrn-idit should know trolley vihii inii-i r.:i»i'ii.,n excitement miss edith 8 hausen spent sunday with friends in philadelphia mr and airs w l hoover spent friday last with mr and mrs george r todd of llathoro rev a f vontobel is slowly recover ing he is expected home from llahne munn next week mr james cousins and miss mary walters spent sunday last at the home of mr and mr p layman hoover rev john r henderson of wyncote occupied the pulpit of carmel presby terian church last sunday morning and evening the cheltenham and jenkintown com pany has been busily engaged this week laying gas mains on huber wilson and morton streets the additional grade crossing on mi carmel avenue has been completed and will be put into use this week tlie in tervening space of 10 feet between the two tracks has been partially filled with slag and macadam mr fred wunderle is quite a happy recipient of a class scholarship at the university of pennsylvania he receiv ed the high honor for exceptional merit in his studies at the central manual training school last year miss lillian g wilson returned last saturday temporarily from a three weeks visit to miss klda pfromtn of north thirteenth street she will return to philadelphia this week and will spend several weeks with friends at anl more the new franchise grab bill eminating from tin1 legislative hji'ls at hai has led ertain g ntlei ien of pronoun advanced ideas to charter a trolley ¦ i ' ,! v i in the valley is ot..,ige kmlen's i dublion townships and to be kno , washington's jieadmmters jfa j the ttnkintown and ambler traction '""¦" t "' u!l ¦--— 1 •¦ - complin their application has in filed charter granted and they are now open for bids on their new possession the inclement weather of saturday last prevented the respective baseball tennis of the glenside m e church and the edge hill presbyterian church from meeting on the diamond at edge hill station this is lamentable from the fact that friends of both clubs had been keyed up to a point of great inter est both anxious to see the outcome favorable to their particular team if the weather permits the two clubs will meet this coming saturday there stands but one remonstrant in osed trolley exten . tia to willow grove via the germantown and willow irove pike that one lemonstrant it seems will be able to block the whole project if the recent franchise bill passed at rlarrisburg does not carry with it ihe right of eminent domain this objector owns property in the city limits on the limekiln pike below city line no argument in the way of money and persuasion have been effective enough to move him he remain obdurate ami by his obstinacy will no doubt keep the long felt want and much needed im provement from this vicinity mr w t 1 roberts the projector of the en terprise had confidence in the ultimate success to the extent of having the line surveyed from royal avenue below glenside to willow irove even vet he has nof lost entire hope of succeed ing tho recent traction bill il is camped at the time of the headquarters i tlie patl of tlle prop at the morris house adjoining here the i 8l.on froin pbijadelph court martial sat at the request of gen eral wayne and a council of war discus sed an attempt on germantown con tinuing thus on is skippack creek mattson's ford swedes ford plymouth and barren 1 1 ill the campaign from the hudson was one continuous campaign to fort wash ington here ending with the retreat to valley forge it also embraces the ruobl critical period of washington's military life for he never was able to assert himself until the winter at valley forge when the british fleet was seen off tlie delaware capes washington marched to germantown by the york mad camping at xeshaminy falls lie spent several days at slenton the logaji family homestead and then hastened to chester and from there to chadds ford at biandywlne creek he met th d iffl ford at biandywlne crek t the british and made an ineffectual attempt lo check their advance after various movements the american army reached blue bell and the morris house it was here lafayette joined washington in a council of war the aim y then moved to camp hill with washington's head quarters just at the foot of the hill in a house owned by fmlcn a prominent quaker a strong redoubt was elected at fort washington to command the mad leading to germantown and phila delphia on dec i captain allen me l.ane brought news to washington headquarters that an attack was to bo made that night brigadier general jnvin with ooo pennsylvania militia met the attacking force at flourtown at the foot of the hill where he was laken prisoner tho british finally retreated tu philadelphia washington had been apprised of hie attack through informa tion conveyed by hyliu darrab of philadelphia hi the i'anah home where major andre adjutant general had established himself she overheard a discussion of the arrangements while feigning sleep on a pretense of pro curing tlour she went to frankford llm next morning and walked five miles through the snow to inform the amer ican army she told colonel craig hei secret and there is evidence to prove it the daughters of the american revolu tion have had trouble ovei the m the newspapers have tal on it and it remains for our society to preserve it to the honor of thai nolile woman during the recital of the story ,,( lydia datrah tlie band broke in with the miscliia.ii a for it was during the of the mi-iliiaii/.i ball in i'l.ila ng ecent tr , claimed carries with it the light of eminent domain such as railroad cor porations have mr robert hopes through this means to override all ob jections raised by the one obstruction and in tlie end have the projeol ceed three tim i t week of school miss mary robinson principal of our school will not be with us next term charles itutler of drives 16 miles a mr farm meals joseph stackhouse has seven young rabbit and is them york stork day to his pilicliaseil going to oue-mi«u 1'utvei disappointments like bees lurk in many a liower and sting us with suc cess last fall the party of the people by the people ami for ihe people prided itself on a victory over ihe one-man power but the degraded legislature of the state said no quay muat rule last spring the same party thought ambler had rid herself of the oowei that ruled councils since the borough waa organized as three had shown an independence thai was hailed as a signal of deliverance hut some of the older members of the grand old party of the people had theii il nihts that are likely to develop there in only one thing that nine-tenths of the patrons of the tmblttr poetoffice can rejoice in which is the fad that they have been saved from crossing thi railroad for their ; as octoge.n l'l w
Object Description
Title | The Ambler Gazette 19010620 |
Volume | 19 |
Issue | 28 |
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 | 06/20/1901 |
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. |
Month | 06 |
Day | 20 |
Year | 1901 |
Description
Title | The Ambler Gazette 19010620 |
Volume | 19 |
Issue | 28 |
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 | 06/20/1901 |
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. |
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norristown letter weekly review of recent happenings by old friend war i»<"|>rocl«te wealth — a new m:il kn riiitforni — the court i lit i whiininnkft oiter i.hwk hlimiwi lip sul inllt 1 to popdlm vole xorristown pa lime 17 1901 what war cost in mere devastation of wealth if fitly described by hoke smith in his address tuesday the iiili mi t lie meeting of the southerners in horticultural hall philadelphia he wealth depreciated from l86oto i ii 2 400 coo 000 in the laii century the ionth ii t 40 years growth by lav erv war nod reconstruction " yet th booth went i war to sustain slavery and opposed reconstruction at every step ihr truth is reconstruction was not safe guarded and suilicientlv tadical it was right to admit seceding states back into the union to proclaim slaven abolished to provide constitutional amtmdmenta to protect the freed men but the south is going on today < loi mlt another wiong to the fieedmen that will forevei blight the prosperity of the south the colored race constitutes the labor class of the south anil so long as southern conventions one after the other go on t degrade the labor rare the southern white race can never pros per peace never be fully restored nor cordial relations be cemented between the freedom loving north and the slave ocracy of the south it is stated on good authority that the slave holding states have gathered and preserved in their archives all the names of slave holders and tlie number of the slaves manumit ted by war and that as soon as they gain ascendency again in congress and in the presidential chair they will en act a law paying the losers of slaves for their human chattels and also pro vide for the pensioning of their surviv ing soldiers i sounded the warning 10 years ago and again when harrison was defeated and every yeir convinces me that we are slowly dirt surely ap proachine another crisis and clash of arms when seward spoke of the irre pressible conflict between frte.iom and slavery and lincoln had said that this nation could not exist half free and half slave then they were called dreamers but now i appeal to history sacred am secular it is the story of all nations that have ever risen and fallen the ciiines of nations are avenged bv the supreme ruler of the destinies of na tions france held sway unabated under the greatest ripper that ever ran but in the face of a panic stricken people vet its empire is ended the rule of the bonapartes vanished forever and parii is the home of a republican president the next day after the meeting of the convention in philadelphia the rep - teseitti«i'i co it -\ ftkr-u itu<--v vention to franie a new constitution for the old dominion and so the state mills grind out going around southward while the burface mills of merchantstgo around northward for grists to grinil the united states constitution is as de fiantly disobeyed in the south as it le lateb to former slaves as the pennsyl vania constitution is violated by refus ing to obey its commands to make ai apportionment every 10 years the members of this legislature can never out live this contumacious crime with other the dovlestown intelligencer of tin 13th inst in some sensible notes and comments says that our next legislature ought to be elected on a new issue well the issues will be new of bourse for they arise out of the latest acts of the despoilers of the people's rights bu the principles of opposition to dyanomv are old as legislation itself if we can only arouse the people to a sense of their duty in selecting older and wiser and more learned and experienced men to the legislature the intelligencer says the campaign might be made on a tirief platform repudiation and re versal yes but repudiation and re versal must come from the supreme court what we want is repeal and expur gation these should be our watchwords and our war cry our rallying bugle blast with not a waste or needless sound till we come to holier ground it is time when the list of 31 cases was called mi monday it was discovered that more than a dozen were oil by settlement or otherwise no new question arose in any of those tried the suit of jonas bowman now 93 years of age against the old montgomery insurance company resulted in a just verdict for the nona genarian of 4140.40 for the loss of his house by fire at collegeville jan 14 1000 the building destroyed was a line one and wah a popular boarding bouse insurance companies ought to pay promptly that is what they are for — a sort of bank against sudden and unfore seen loss it is an insurance company's best advertisement to bo the first to pay its proport ion of the loss insured against marv jane rinker recovered 100 against conshohocken for not keep ing a hole tilled upon the street into which she stepped and fell and hurt herself the 1'ustal telegraph company had to pay st joihi'b for cutting oil trees without consent that was right the bill in equity filed bydr.fi <;. kriebel of worcester vs dr 1 ii caie now of norristown.to restrain the latter from infringing upon the practise if the former who kyi the agreement was made when they dissolved two years ago that care was not to come within a radius of five miles of kriebel's loca tion reminds me of several such suits which have been tried in our county one that of bigouy mid tyson became quite notorious march and allabaugh grocers was another celebrated cane iii nerally contracts in restraint of trade tie against public policy but the courtl have held in present yeais that such a untracl may be enforced where the good morale and the consideration are sufficient to support the iunvocatioii to the court lor aid l!ut there is an adequate remedy at law mid it is not aeceaiary llp invoke the aid of the equity side of ihe court any more than unv other kind of a civil case a doctor is in honor bonnri to &<< where he is bidden nol to have s lino run n la md - km nri'l dixon'l line marked by mon ddients neither ran he control patients from coming aftei him in spite of low hon therefore a suit for damages ought to i over all without r liiii in equity but parties to a suit ought to know and think they do i never was a worshipper of john wtinninakor nor is lie my hero as a moral refor r but as a high bidder in the open market lie is eqiml to any of the gamblers in stocks so thai when he offered philadelphia 2,800,000 for the valuable franchises her councils were voting away tor nothing he nol only put in a big lick for himself and the city hut he showed his ability and ca pacity to net in time as well as his comprehension of the gmvitv if the greatest land grab ever recorded in his tory when corporations can control the sale of the principal streets of the largest city in the stale bv i power vested ill an irresponsible legislature by the forced process of hidden mainsprings the rights liberties and franchises of the citizens are gone and nothing but n name a skeleton is left of the state our friend i lower of the home news says flying machine will soon be needed to enable the people to keep np with events " yes and friend hower only to think of it you and i will each have to get one for we both supported the creatures who have violated trie con stltutlon neglected apportionment and have given us a code that will never know good till reduced to ashes we were boih supporters of party nomina tions and oauous nominations bat we did expect that every man would own his own mind and soul i for one shall henceforth be an advocate of the swiss referendum and also of tlie initative a constitutional clause requiring proposed new laws except repeal of old bad laws to originate with the people if adopted by the legislature to be referred to the peo ple for approval or rejection before they can become laws of the state this was done in our state substantially on the question of prohibition on electing judges by the people and on many sub jects agitated in conservative days the people should have an opportunity to be heard to vote on the question in as the selection of the assemblymen but when the legislature openly delics the annsti tution and omits to do what is therein commanded but on the contrary rashes through legislation revolutionary in its character and never demanded by pub lic necessity or popular request it be comes the duty of all good citizens to call a constitutional convention to enact a provision for a reference to the pop ular vote of every bill enacted at the capital the constitution of 1s72 was submitted to the voters and adopted by 150,000 majority virginia today is in convention designing to adopt a consti tution anil ii submit to the people for rutifioatoo they fear the ordeal so does our legislature fear the ordeal all their bills of abomination would be buried in oblivion if submitted to pop ular approval or rejection it will take u8 '¦ hese tares out of the i'ir iple will do it though the ' ed to crash the wheat among the stame as burns turned the daisy his much loved flower into his furrow and trampled it under his feet the recreant servants mav in their ignorance think they have made a suc cessful run but the people will have a kiiiinyinede like that of 1215 when the barons wrung from king john the mag na clmrta of british iherty i have seen reckless tyrants in power before the insolent proud institution of amer lean slavery named our presidents dic tated our laws tilled our ollices and by the infamous fugitive slave law compel led us under penalties of treason and forfeiture to join in with the blood hounds of the hydra headed monster to catcli the fleeing bondsman and bonds woman and baby and help restore them to lie arms of tyrrany and the depths of despair and i lived to see the day when all this work is relegated to the realms of barbarism ho i expect to see the lay when these despoilers and trailickeis in the rights of man will be spurnsd from the places they have de filed and driven to th concealment of eternal oblivion old friend jhi-rettown cherries and strawberries are claim ing out attention just now the boys and girls are busy earning some spend ing money by picking the former children's day was observed on sun day by the local sabbath school beau tiful mowers and bright faces made an attractive combination pleasing to all the program was performed in a cred itable manlier rev j f kingsley had ehaige of the exercises and miss annie nieweg presided at the organ the children of the primary school under the care of the teacher krs charles willard are deserving of a largo share of credit for their part in the work miss mary l knabbof berks county has been elected teacher of rose hill school mlas knabb is well equipped for the woik the commencement exercises of the upper dublin schools will be held this thursday evening in jarrettown m e church a class of seven seniors will receive diplomas the annual strawberry festival of the methodist church on saturday evening is expected to draw the usual crowd bouger smith of jarrettown ia one of our neatest farmers anyone passing from neul's old shop towards the hus luehanua street road by keeping bis eyes turned towards the left will see one of the prettiest heidi of potatoes the rows ureas straight as a tightly drawn line of even width apart well oultlvated and of even growth it does n farmer good to see it passing on and turning down susiiuehanna street you wil see his corn planted in the same correct and direful manner i'.i ml i ii i »..!»¦< i the highest average attaiucd by any mpil of the ambler public school for tun school your jtlit closed was that of john butler term avenge i promo ion nvoruge 96 thin is the third year n succession that the highest avei or the school has been made by a pupil ¦ lfrev's room haki.ks butler their school days over sixth annual commencement of the ambler high school t litre graduate racetve mptouai trier lataraatlhi xmiwism itsthaa r.s<-ime«>r mafce*aainmia |
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Day | 20 |
Year | 1901 |
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