The Ambler Gazette 18990105

              the ambler gazette vol xvii.-no 4 ambler pa janraky 5 18jm 81.25 a ykah • norristown letter tin pnrdon of khoilenlierirer hml'nrf too s»v»r»-"om krl*nil old frlmld rmmm thln i iirrrlalii tin cfemm krr.n.lf.l liiktln 9i murrlll norristimn dec tl i was very much pleased with yonr timely and sensible editor il of the 20th itist relating and properly yet ^ judi ciously comment ing on the sentence and pardon of j monroe bnellenberger formerly of the duylutuwil l«m and i agree with yuii tlm't the sentence ra tmi icvcre and that the pardon was timely mercy is the higheri attribuu of justice judge yerkes of mucks is considered l»y hii of the be lawyers f the state a an excellent judicial officer ami when he pronounced the si-iitcin ¦«¦ of imprisonment for 3t years ho must have iiail in view the unification f the ring of the promulgation at the tim a a warning tn utben and the prospective shortening of the duration of mio term after fix or eight years of faithful mtm and obedience of tin unfortunate prisoner 1 unless thejndge cx|»'cled tin1 pardon to rwinc as it iliil tjmj death of howard 1 reader of kaston removes a very aerceable judge from th mtperiot count tf|i<l a pleasant gentleman from society in this state i have known him jnany yenrn ami siiuvrt'ly eogret his demise sit the early age 4 jml j i in father m inn of the desoocrats of the muchmnan tcbool but nfter his appointment i the olbce of governor of the territory of kansas be i|uarrel<*l with the administration and afterwards became a republican the sons howard who hat just died and frank have been in line with the lie publiyviiw since the opening of the war of 1h6j these wum haul their elements of strength and seemeii ltd be favorites with the powers that lie without any reason except that they inulil captivate and all other things beimg equal good manikts ir-nrn the scale another old friend of uniini'.niiieli old er in 5'«ars than judpe reeder and much moiie conspicuous fa bonon was old gombttor john p cotitaran of mid dletowu delaware who bab just passed away i knew the family well his granddaiwghiter miss marion cochren daughter off wm k went to boarding school witih my daughter mow mrs 3 sherborue singer at lirooke hall in media i\imisylvania lie w.tts a gentle man of tl>e past generation and reared a notable family as well «* built for liimself am enviable rc|iwtirt inn for statesmatmfaif and most eowtsniial ccin panionshij a pnlcbritnde of personality which chilis to him through his long and honorable career i can we him now bitting on his porch avmong the farms that hvnuaished under liithl»iiroiiiul jurisdiction amd i reflect with peculiar pleasure over hie recollection ofrt'he bas kets of pesetas which his son sinid his son's daughter contributed to 3w hap pineas of tav daughter and our cauuly after the school days of these efliehdren were ended ami that generation la*d to separate for other stations in life the cochrans were a delightful etas dike that to which bayard belonged and they are friends mt free from affeetu tion and bo full of hospitality refined cultured and generous the pride gkiry and respect of the l<est people in tfe state of delaware it is a maxim among old lawyers that i id il a mnn of sterling worth and steady i a flxeil star the ireen mountain state will senri"!i in v:iin for bis equal as a national reprwentative and nerhnfw no rtate la the t'nlon « ill prewnl hhi m pcrior taking the whole iniike-up of i h maii morrlil who bus jnel patved away our legislature will elert i siiiiitor about the 1 71 h of iinuary i8bb and if they don i wrangle too much will send a republican us they oiiubt tlies-'iiti mcni of tin1 shite is pre-eminently re publican and demands a repamiean senator ami theadmlniitration reqolre it for moral political and intcrna tioiial support the terrible incciidinry tires aanong the farmers will rpqilife vixilniuv com niittes to be onanlsen in every town ship to avert the imminent destruction of life ami pfodctty patrols will have t be established in every school district the large barns mi the ufirulcison and moon farms in l'pp<t merion t-.wnsbip have just been burned witl jie cruel k"striiction of nianv cows and other animals tli is snbjwrtt require oerious uttentiou and deeisiive action the insmtjinrc companies intfrht to aid ill the niovenient fire eonnifianipp are powerleai to estingnish ilrfs in the farming districts our pioaiucii in the setlemeivt of this country tarried their rillcs w.itb them in the field and even into beiir meeting bouses fni protection from ijepredations and iniinvrsioiis from foreign and domestic f and the i'ariikus must learn from this example how ito defend their home iin this des perastie ape of vandalism fridlay dec :«), ikits twill be ever uiitaifirabht in the mtials tf norristown for being a hot day and fur the eliding a»i ifallmj of horses u|hmi the streets lh were covered with dlanipness and induced by the obsnuonable woutllier our main htn«it is in u con ditiknn too dangerous to drive lii ii ses u|miui owing to the stone finvcmeiit and hw4ieclivity from the miiddle and the s.i<lefiii><f the old highway ti.e electric eat*i can proceed along with safetv let ithe people of amble note this ob senr.ution if thev have sony objections to tine electric cars old friend orrlklicl ravior jr ajid wife of pia spent the bcilidavs here as thie quests of ieorjse kavlor and family tl*e k d hocial club off this place has dtetaanded mistkk louise and kliziilwutili arnholt of philadelphia and risf sydney arn holt of mow york were visitors to our town wn tuesday last calling on mr shoettfemd family kdwaird idrew of oak laae,<will eon duct the ptayei meeting itt th-e ureland isiiptist jcimirch on thursday iidght the iulliilic road that the e<«aait grant ed 80uic tjiiihie ago is now beiiog opened by the aiper vigor and will ue readv for travel within a few days miss ldjiiui keller iiftcr sdeiiiiiiiiif tlie past week ait hamburg 1'a reteirned home on hoadlay laat hev johu martin pastor of tlwi m e church thle place will oecupr the j pulpit at the oreland baptist rliurek on sunday morning a short session aniblrr itormikh council trhn«nrt ii huolnc in short onfft - l|nkln«r fiiimi allot tli h«>l<mnptl,,n of irrrn llnnila tresl wi.ru ititrrorril with the audiler horongh einiiicil wase;i eil in order nt 7 at monday veiling bv president walker in the new chamber in the rear f the lire department ilar ters nrid all lie members were present except mr liiege the minutes of dec 9 the last meeting were read nnd approved mr craft of the light commlttee,itat cd he had ovdered lights placed in tin1 new council chamber temporarily hv had also ordered the slnv wire removed from mrs hart's tree which the light company ha<i agreed in mr kimst nf the lire committee re purled everything about the lire appara tus in good condition mr craft stated he had received several calls from agents selling fire hose mr l'lunily,of the law and order com mittee reported the will as ordered at last meeting had hem posted and the advertising done 1 persons had been conliiied in the borviugh loek-ii sinei1 last meeting the thanksgiving law breakers had been given a hearing gave hall for good conduct fora year and the justice ha i dismissed the case mr craft of the building committee reported nothing bbw mir walker of use borough improve ment committee reported that the shoe contfjany bad sent him a letter stutintr that their preside had gone on a west ern trip sind on his return the feasibili ty off removing tl*e plant to ambler would be laid befih'e him mot row of the highway conunittee reported that the piece of road above the end if main street and to the new part of the extension had been stoned and a good job made the first layer was coarse stone atwl then an inch and a half from herrman's quarry was spreafl funning a surface which was weaniing down satisfactorily without a ane covering a coating of ulndens was iplaced on the sidewalk on the sfiutjitinst side of greenwood avenue whihii made a gor»ll sidewalk hn had advertised for bids for macadaini - intr tin south end of main street to the per night to help pay trie p*nh nf licbt iiiir and that the hijfh unstable keep i rerorrl of ihe number of nights tbr bund u«-s the room the following bills were i irderetl paidj i..ci ilirnniln rtntle 	 f h r piinii-l itnulm rtmt c'liiinii^luiitm 	 inline r ptevenp 	 wm t henry in«l»-t ntnl nirtlnir 	 i liminii e liillni nurreylnf 	 r>rttk(t ttmmi ltiiillnar 	 lull 11 mccimfl tnllc 	 f t mnyu(»»«i jhiv ini'l prliiflnur 	 ambler wfiflnx wntef o 	 kieitrir ltprht il.iit v motor vo n v m kni i limit it 	 firm iiiniuil iintik ambler bos rent michael .'. kelly rharpsnlng 	 4m n the sabbath schools with the pnstoffioe tbcrinoineter showing three degrees abnve zero iind b sleigh before the door on momhiv morning we had evidence thill the new year bad brought enough winter to sat is-fv the most exiictinir there were six butraay school festi vals here during the holiday season ami those who en joy mch occasions bad a good time of it — especially those who got the presents wellington rosenberrv asnenibly iiian elect wa seen early monday morn ing dressed in hip pst clothes and carrying a grip satchel going to the station it was flocpected that he was wt after cattle thir time but was nim ing for marrisburg to sec what this quav rumpus has in it for the denio cratlu party he in a young man with t pettit ornamental iron pence company wm burl being the lowest i l k property win hurl being the \< bidder was given tlie work but the snow jiiad as vet interfered mr keas bey i5(s mot desire the borough to place a fence ulong his property on north main frtreet as he intended laving the ground miit in building lots ha wrs favirawe to a board walk and was will ing to rellease oak street and a street parallel with the railroad at any time some of t'be property owners had iu t complied with the horameh ordinance regarding cleaning of snow from side walks fc the last niectimg the resi dents of tcttnis avenue h;i<:l requested i pavement around the lower end of hat street on tlue south side mr rose stated that i*r mnttison ha«j ordered a board wttlk aid along his property the treasurer reported a follows party he in a young man with n chance to make a record and his townsmen hope it will be a good one new members were taken into both the baptist and methodist churches on skinday tlie total number attending the pub lic schools is 472 with all average at tendance of 442 as a considerable por tion of the town of lnncdalc in not in rtuded within the borough it will be seen that these figures would have to he increased to much over 00 to in cfhde all the children of tin town i'p er qwynedd maintains a public school right in town on mt ycinon street to accommodate its children waldon on sunday at about 1.4fi p in a dis aflbrons fire occarred in weldon and the beautiful home of mr and mrs wm k oilier lies in ruins the fire started in the rear of the building un der the kitchen ftnirs the cause is unkmwn help arrived promptly on the wne and neighbors rendered valua ble aid as all hope of saving the h uuso was abandoned on account of scar city of water resulting from frozen pipes men turned their attention to move out furniture and snm^nried in saving bedroom furniture dothing some car ietf a piano curtains and hanglnsb a portion of mr diller's valaable library and other aticles of furniture hist a rhri«tmi«4 f-'.x^rolmph hpi(1 in thr f,nrnl fluirrlip ap|trf>prlnti rrorrmn r«1 tully itpliilprpil in honor of tlie npw horn kln lurgr a lullrii.i-i rltlmtv misstrin amhi.ku trlnitv mission held their chrlrtmas festival lust friday evening in their room in tbc open h'lii-i1 block the room was hemitifullv decorated with greens and a huge < bristiniis tree adorn ed the front of the stilge the tree ns elegantly trimmed and was much admir ed the exercises opened about 7.80 when a large audience v:is present nnd wcra conducted by i'ev win ii llurr pastnr who innde a short ami elnqtlpfll address devoting his talk principally to the little ones the choir sang sev nil beautiful luilbems as did also the scholars the chief entert linment of the evening whs a graphophonc which with its comical sayings mosic nnd songs,elii'ited nmcb inerrinieiit at the close of the program each scholar whs presented with n card and a box of candy mkthopi8t bpimopatu iarkkttowv the jarrettown methodist kpiscopid sunday school rendered its usual christ inns exercises thursday evening of lust week the epidemic of sickness inter fered very cerioiisly with the rehearsal of the program a number of pubstitn tions among those having a part being made at a lute hoar as a whole the entertainment passed off in a creditable manner several quite young scholars from the primary class recited selections miss annie xieweg and mrs charles wlllard sang a duet nnd misr nieweg a eolo in a very pleasing manner mrs lleyer recited u christinas story for t tic children in her usual attractive style when it came to presentation of gifts there were quite a number of mutual surprises tlie organist misp annie nieweg received a handsome dressing cast us a token of regard for her faith fill services tin pastor and his wifi and the superintendent of the school each received a handsome presen from their many friends after dismission the scholars adjourned to the sunday school room where each received a box of candy carmel i'rehbyterian the annual christmas entertainment of tlie carmel fresbyterlan sunday school whs held tuesday evening dec 7 in the church auditorium the inter ior of the building was tastefully deco rated in greens a large christmas tree profusely decorated graced u prominent position in the front of the cliurch a beautiful arch merry christmas in silver snow nnd tinsel spanned the tran sept and pulpit arch the crowds tiled in as soon as the doors opened and by k o'clock the cliurch auditorium whs filled to overflowing a large number itlie house was abandoned the abington of visitors occupying the sunday school dri balmkman liaml 	 31771 :'.:! cbartei ksjl 	 „. 200 tucnli.lli weddine amilveriutr3 mr and mr john h matz of flour town celebrated tjit 20th anniversary of their marriage n christmas mon g y hat , no case is ever gained until vou get day dec •>(,. the near relatives and through and get the money and foroe friends assembled to the number of 42 who sued dr.bcholl for damages and got <* t ml ". va7 l^ppy illv aml a big verdict has lust had this saying1 vi;»>n was enjoyc ifid b h hi k rdering 1898 due ii 1899 jim i 817711 88 orders granted 	 '.... | 888 b8 bulunrc 	 1137 is fire company arrived with their hook | room adjoining the services began an sh niting the barn the repoued articles i w l hoover led the well-disci were safely boused in the jiiu ish build scholars in their excellent singing a prominent feature of the evening's en n l i|v 	 i '' i ' ' . p 1 i i 1 \ ' m 1 mi i 1 i * 1 f 1 i 1 m 1 ii n i p ' ' 1 1 1 1 1 1 __ . » . . r . . 1 * i i * . uv^iitl ind ladder and were kept busy for a promptly under the supervision of sup ihort time keeping the sparks from ig j eiiiitendeiit e i drown chorister lit ing the barn the repcmefl articles 1 w l hoover led the well-disciplined ing of st peter's p k church nnd mr diller's family accepted the hospitality il ih th bild verified bv the court this week a new trial after setting the verdict aside now it has to be tried over again the judges are of opinion that the verdict was excessive doubtful things are very uncertain i presume that the opinion tiled by judge weand puts it upon the ground that one of the jurors luring the trial consulted his family physician aud examined a medi cal work en the subject of negligence or ignorance on the part of or schol i with out the consent of the parlies or know ledge of the court this certainly was a valid reat-on for granting a new trial for the jurors cannot go outside to gt t evidence but must be governed by ihe evidence offered under oath or affirma tion at the trial in open ourt mr force will have to go nil over his c.ise again jtwl because this juror did not adhere to the plain rules of law i will recur to this case in the future when 1 complete niy curiosities of some law suits in this slate wliich 1 have in preparation a lawyer rcmaikcd when ambrose mettra died and it was reported that be had a large insurance some hundred thousand dollars or more oa his life vet in1 will never get a cent of it an unsophisticated student said why how is that the answer wan very plain no man gets the money on bis own lite insurance it goes to those who have not died not to the deceased hut i^js nevertheless true that a young innn can insure bis rife on the 10 or 15 year plan and realize while he lives our new legislature will asstubte on tuesday and then will commence the scramble for ottice and place all of a sudden certain newspapers are advocat ing no caucus and ihe most incxplica ble part is that these who are crying no caucus were the firsl to hold u caucus in every legislative body there must be preliminary meetings and arrange mente bo as to make good selections for officers and for chairmen of the many committees in this way the interests of the manufacturers farmers and all business men me bent subserved it would be folly to go into the legislature pell mell there must be discussion o the merits of the man suggested for oi demanding office especially for the office of speaker or for resident or chief clerk or for i'uited statcis sena tor the death of justin s morrill of vermont makes a vacancy in the unit ed states senate that will be bard to fill with a senator who will have the weight that morrill bud for the luat 30 years or more in all his long career in senate and house commencing in ism morrill wati one in whom the up chum had implicit and iiiilliinbu»k ulir d morrill wuh truly tlie moral man n sunnier of the eiiiitu^j*(i out uu ituciuble at imon oi the occasion was a guessing cuntcst the object being tu guess how manv seeds a certain puuiokin contained4 mr james mat having guessed near est to the collect nuiiilm'r received the first prize and muster walter matz re ceived the huubv price for the guess furthest from the correct number among those present were mr george matz of flourtown miss sarah mat of flourtown mr and mrs david matz misses gertrude and lilly matz of sltippackville mr mini mrs john comly and misses annie eiuoiu and susie comly of norristownj mrs david mat sr mr jamea mat misses car rie and veru mat mr nnd mrs win noblit miss elizabeth noblit mrs augustus matz muster walter matz mr george matz mr david matz cold point mr and mrs ll e gilbert and miss ksther iilbcil of lafayette hill miss mary kirk of lafayette hill miss mary llaiinoi1 i'liilndelpbia mrs kate mocrork david mccroik adam mccroik mitid kate mccmrk frank qaruier and wife charles llar mer sr , and wife iujrles ilarmer.jr , john mariner harry harmer miss stout mr l.elimd yost and others of flourtown and vicinity jtik lii ill 1-iiiib.ulf about 2 o'clock thursday morning ore broke out in the chenille works on green street lansdale the alarm was sounded at the pumping station at the depot nnd the department responded promptly the flames which appeared to originate in the basement of the building spread rapidly and quickly enveloped the entire structure the building wliich was of brick was one of the largest in town it wan erect ed several yean ago bv h syndicate of local capitalists for » cigar factory the project was not a success howevei and the owners sold the building to the wyoming manufacturing company of philadelphia the members of the linn being samuel mekuip and j mccomb the company engaged in the manufac ture of chenille goud^tahle covere etc and employed a large number of people the lire was one nf the largest ever ween in l.unscluli1 the building coat over lothx it was remodeled by the company at a cost of hcverul thousand dollars when the lire broke out llic building wax well tilled with raw mater ials entering into the manufacture of the goods sold all wuh a total lojs it is believed the total loss will exceed 0,tkki the building whs insured for 4000 the policy being held by the l.ansdale building and loan association as col lateral the origin of tlie tijro iy u myu terv an explosion wa w time the lire broke oiil.aiw ftftt that that might have ixhmi the cauae of sl 88 balance in sinking futxl deo 18 1898 8aiw.il sinking fund lias accumulated enough money to nay off 7 old bonds and one i<»i bond two in february three in april uoe in may unil one m july mr craft stated on behalf of the band that they desired to place a closet in t'u new council chamber similar to the i ne in the tire department per mission was granted them bv council to do sn nt their own expense under the direction of mr craft mr craft brought up the request of the lire company for new hose about 700 feet yet in good serviceable condi tion mr faust favored purchasing the hose if the treasury could afford it i but thought with the work already on hand that it was unlikely mr ci fl said the hose seemed to absorb too much ' water thereby rotting easily the mat ter wiik then dropped mr lio.se called the attention of oouu ell to the fact that the thanskglving law breakers hail not been dealt with according to law and that the justice bad no power to bind them for a term of one yonr to keep the peace if no evi dence was found to bind them to court thev should have been discharged on discussing the matter council decided to leave it with the law and order euin m it tee for action a motion was made and patted to have the linance committee draw the bonds in accordance with the sugges tion of the treasurer and that the clerk notify tlie holders of the bonds as drawn joseph llaywood on behalf of tlie owners of the poktofflce notified council that mi charge would be made for the earth conveyed to spring garden and race streets from the cellar excavation of the building and requested that inas much as the government refused to al low any compensation for the outside electric litfht at the building council so arrange their st^et syst in as to illum inate the front of tlie building on motion the eoniiimnichtion was tiled and acknowledged and the request re ferred to the light committee with power to act win.m houston notified council that the tiro alarm batteries bad been re moved to the hie bouse und that two extra batteries must be supplied because the pretest buttery is taxed to supplv the extra boxes ho reported that tho gong must be taken to the city as the magnet tore und connections were rust ed by being exposed to moisture while the alterations were being completed in the boiler room of the k &. m plant on motion the lamps in the borough chamber were ordered nirunged and connected with the metre the preparation of tickeu for the lutti election wan placed in the hands of the qolieitor and tb«y wens alao orderexl h*m hundo of the cleutiou of neighbors for tile night the build ing was insured mr and mrs frederic j smith en tertained at b new year dinner friends from philadelphia kinjj-of-pruasia newtown and vicinity covers were laid for 14 guests course followed course while wit and humor flowed in turn acting as digestors the great loss to their neighbors mr and mrs wm r ditler was the only cause of badness of the day for the party may our host and hobtess be able to repent roanv times their genial hospital i tv mis george moster formerly miss lizzie mnrple while engaged in keep ing her model little home in weldon bad time during the busy holidays to turn her attention to her old friends and patrons mr and mrs joseph kirk the latter entire fnmilv were iil with grip and would have fared poorly had it not been for mrs mosii'i'.-i prompt and valuable assistance michael f lachol and family have all been victims of the grip tertainment was a christmas cantata rendered by several girls of the school the climax of the evening was the ap pearance of santa china who covered himself with honors in the rendition of his part iifts in profusion were ex changed between teachers and scholars officers and school . considered as a whole the affair wm a most enjoyable one each part of the program being carried out with scrupulous and minute care in una line special mention should be made of the meritorious and arduous work exerted by miss elizabeth watson in drilling and bringing up to perfection the participants of the canta ta the crowning point of the entertain me nt mount pleasant baptist amblek thursday evening dee 20 the bible school of the mount pleasant baptist church rendered the christmas cantata santa's decision the church was beautifully trimmed with evergreen and laurel two large trees adorned tin bi:|iit ifullv 1i1 limited with the u of the woods and 11 gorgeously triliuneil tree which ftdortietl one rm m-i of the mom the pxprrimm were rondnrti d b jnenb prick iiperuilcinlcnt of the sunday school and consisted nf p lions dialogue1 trion and ringing which were well rendered bv i-irn who participated the most interi feature of the exercises was a recitation delivered by charles k'avior wlm-h elicited hiiigbtcr and npplnnse from the and trace and also the recitations of kugene chute wesley lein mabel tiniinons helen chute and missed blanche and jennie rlv elicited much appiame a trio by miss hailman miss ravior and mr clark created much amusement for the audience hand in hand with the anirels was beauti fully performed by miss mattie llall nian santa clans by the infant class was also well received next oh the program was the distribution of gifts to the children which was the principal feature of the evening to the little ones kucli scholar was presented with a box of candy and a book ku gene chute was awarded a beautiful present for his faithful attendance at sunday school not missing a single sunday during the year mr jacob prick then made a few remarks and in the name of the congregation and friends presented to mr loom is pas tor of the church two beautiful books the pastor expressed bis appreciation of the gift mr i'riek superintendent and mr timmons assistnnt superinten dent were also presented with books a collection was taken up for the bene fit of the orphans home west phila delphia and a good sum realized the closing remarks were made by hev john martin of the m e church the choir sang joy to the world the f.ord is come and the benediction was pronounced by the pastor i'kni.i.yn bible school tlie baptist chapel at penilyn was sally decorated wednesday evening dee 28 for the annual christ mas fes tival of the bible school at that place the room was festooned and trarhimlcil with laurel and evergreen and in the centre of the platform a large beauti fully trimmed tree gladdened the eyes nf the little folks in each side ex tending to the corners of the 100m were the words merry chrisfin ' and happy new year in gilt tetters the chapel was tilled with an audience assembled to listen to the pretty musical program the king has come which was creditably rendered by the school choruses solos duets and recitations comprised the entertainment key k e valentine pastor of the mount leasant baptist church ambler of wliich the bible school is a mission made a few remarks superintendent william (,'. walker of the ambler bible school also addressed the audi ence briefly the usual gifts of caudi and oranges were distributed to the members of the school niter which congregation and school united in sing inj joy tt the world and were dis missed with the benediction by rev mr valentine tlie on optjv.11 it wjm dj§ujd to charge it citueenti band u rental of m efliitjs happy new year mr and mrs drennen were given a surprise party on thursday evening in honor of their wedding anniversary those present wore mr and mrs t b canibel mr ami mrs jason t butler mrs llcrsh charles llersh mr and mrs milton brooke lillie j'.rouke laura s cam be anna may nice mary jones i nun 1'oole laura keller mrs van 1 lorn susie van horn clayton van horn harper nice james fallows arthui markley horace nice howard fallows geatrell nice percy nice win moore mr and mrs 1'nviitcr of norrlttown spent new year's with the shaffers miss nellie iearlnirt la spending the holidays in ambler mrs nay lor and daughter of flour town were visiting in the village last week miss lillie brooke of < ireland is spending a few days with linini s.c'ain hel miss hannah k hcssuii i visiting in ambler centre k(|iinrv quite a number of our younir people enjoyed themselves to their utmost on bidding adieu to the passing year the weather was however very ' unfavora ble mrs mary iteitf has been confined in her bed with an attack of the grip george haag has entered the north wales academy miss nellie wilson returned to west cheater on monday kot a number of sleighs were seen in our village on sunday clarence llariur held bis public sale being p on thursday last the attendance large \ (<. llaldeiiiau paid us a hying viuit on mondav s it drake ban taken the ugtuv'v '"' the ttoch«t*ter praveft,,t lbu*>w'll>-,>m*u recommended and is melf-chur^til •)>'.« 14 111 ensure he bus alrv<ut nmwil a nniubur il t platform on either side of the choirs the main auditorium was crowded and tne chapel was also well tilled the en tertainment wns opened with a plam duet by misses gertrude walker and m i w johnson which they rendered in line style the cantata which the children had been practising for weeks is considered the best ever rendered by the bible school two special features of the evening were a girls broom drill and a boys marching song the lirst was very pretty the girls all being dressed in school costume and the way in winch the went through the drill was u credit to them the latter by the bnvs of classes 7 and 8 was gone through with great precision and show ed that they fully understood the posi tion they took in representing soldiers the choruses were very bright and the wholw school smig them heartily the solos too were good one of the very laughable parts was that of sweet william the fairy this charac ter was attired grotesquely ; his wings were of newspapers and tne humps that he had looked as though he were an old knotted tree he did his part very well jack l'ro.st and hick icicle bad about persuaded old santa to stay away from the children telling him that they did not want to see him any more and santa hud decided to take this ad vice and nut visit the children but when he was putting bis reindeer and sleigh away one of his fairies urged him to go to the children and he went it was ii sorry sight to see the children on christinas morn ing when they found that kris did not come but they were uoon made glad when be came bound ing in their mi 1st und explaining nil delay candies were distributed to the children and gifts were also pre sented to the infant department a oodly sinn was realized from the silver jtt'orilig taken at the door much credit is due to lbii.-c who bud churgcof the training of the children okkl.anij ham'iht at the were rendered last rt jiyj night u-i\,iv a large and appre ciative audience tim church wan 0rei.axd methodist episcopal the christmas entertainment at the oreland m k church on thursday night was a decided success and without exception the finest christmas enter tainment ever given at this place and too much praise cannot be given the teachers and members of the chu'eh foi their manifest interest in meking the exercises enjoyable the church was beautifully decorated with cedars and greens and a handsomely trimmed tree on the platform was greatly admired by the little ones the exercises were in charge of philip blake superintendent and consisted of recitations dialogue and singing the recitation by mastei augustus gilbert was the star feature of j the exercises and held the audience i spellbound the same can be said of the recitation by master roy roads the ambler quartette rendered several line selections which were groatlv ap preciated by the audience i lien sanla clans came and presented to every member of the schu a i»i nf candy orange apple and a hook thin wjm followed by an address by the pastor ot the church in which he thanked ih school or making the exercises bo en joyable trinity lutheran fort washi.votom the sabbath school of trinitv luther an church forl washington held theii ch risinia exercises thursday evening last ill the church which was beauti fully trimmed for the occasion the an dience completely blled the main room donations were received for the orphan age at germantown and were very liberal " prince of light was the sub ject of the program used by the school the exercises were as follows christ inas welcome song school : duet sing and rejoice miss it 10 anu and mrs t f conover chorus by ichool responsive reading ii s jonep superlntenuenti and school hymn the little lord jesus primary de partment reading at christ mast ide " joseph sharp the herald angels hool responsive reading exercise by eight children christinas the angels song school ; exercise peace iood will to men live children war ren klostcriiiau e uussell conover earnest wade louis atkinson joseph crockett in b manger school icing o bells school recitation ' legend of the snow hakes " mis rjollle mcgowan recitation hiv ing miss mamie moll all hail his llaopv season school addrem iv mr v dickey remarks by pastor key l it hafer recitation oujr uifth willie mcgowan then1 waj a very pretty tree and after it was illmni latcd merry christmas tree was snug by beatrice hair lienu sball'er bin weber florence johnson and irene lohnson how beautiful was sung y the school offertory during which he church choir sang an anthem ; ob ject inssnn beatrice hair etta wade florence johnsan l(r u sbeelelgh oade a few remarks < lifts were dis tributed each scholar receiving a half iinind of candy and a glass tumbler phi fohowlnjf'received rewards of mm