The Ambler Gazette 19011017

              the vol xix.-no 4 gaze ambler pa october 17 s1.25 a year f gratitude to god harvest home services in ambler methodist church rev f < . i i«ti ii prenchen an able thnnkn lii vimf sermon in the morning — unrlfl y scliool render inaplrlog program in the evening harvest homo services were held in the ambler methodist episcopal church last sunday the church was beauti fully decorated with fruits and flowers revealing the beauty and products of the garden jfield and forest on either side of the pulpit were tall rubber plants and ferns and potted plants were nicely arranged on the borders of the chancel a table in front of the pulpit was i'oad ed with fruit and cut flowers rev eiselen pastor occupied the pul pit in the morning and had selected his hymns in keeping with the anniversary day the first being come ye thank fui people come the text was taken from james i:17 kvery good gift and every perfect gift is from above and cometh down from the father of lights with whom there is no variableness neither shadow of turning " mr eiselen said : the giving of the law in mount sinai introduced the first dis pensation of god the coming of christ in bethlehem introduced the sec ond dispensation the keynote of the old was law while grace is the primal note of the new the old dirpeiisation presented god as the ruler the king the creator the new presents him as father under the old men might ad dress god as the lord our father under the new it is our father the lord to the disciples this revelation was new and it was most natural that thev should apply the new term father to god in oriental countries the word father is used in the broa'l sense and was so used by the jews in ihe text . god is called the father of lights evi dently meaning the creator of lights whatever view we mav take of the creation an unbiased investigator must recognize the statement of the bible crediting god as the reator of all things as essentially true and there is no other explanation even in science the crown of creation is man when everything else had been created came man we look at man as a universe in himself mere mechanical man would re main in darkness but for god who im planted in him life and also a light that would enable him to see his relation to god and this light is that of the mind and thus god is the father of the mental light there is still another light man alone cannot penetrate the mysteries of life itself even here godi is the father light and has given us the light of the . soul we can riadily re gnizefhe imp r nce of tlu e when we conceive our lves denied tbea lights anl then we i i ie disappointed yes there is one who loo ruit ehangfl and the knowledge nnd promise of thll ih a most precious gift from god this is a day of thanksgiving to render gratitude to od for temporal things not forgetting the greater and more important gifts be grateful for them and express appreciation in word and deed kxperience is our best teach er he has been so good to supply onr very need surely this experience will increase our faith and trust in return for this as an expression of our grati tude we should be like him in giving fo others if we have received so freely it is an obligation to distribute the gifts if this harvest home will give you deep er recognition and gratitude and make von more like him in serving others t believe that it hns accomplished its end in the hand of the master the sahbath school rendered a special ly prepared program in the evening taking the place of the regular preach ing service superintendent e l posey was in charge of the exercises and the program entitled a basket of summer fruit was rendered very successfully besides the numerous recitations pruver readings and songs there was an address by the pastor appropriate to the occas ion mrs o h stilhvagon rendered a beautiful vocal solo and the exercise of the primary department in charge of mrs iiosenberry and miss harvey were a pleasing feature a vocal duet was also rendered by messrs freas and redifer 	 ' broad axe mrs m k heglev has been visiting her sister mrs wilkley at fort wash ington miss susie j shepprad is course of study at i'anks school philadelphia daniel sands will soon start pointing trails fnr 1 watson craft of ambler the w e s meets at horn's this week mr c w bergner has placed his coachmen in the tenant house on ply mouth pike formerly occupied by mr detoc miss maud mccool is nursing a sore hand at this writing a number of hobos known as tramps are daily seen on our public roads sev eral came near holding up four of our young men one evening last week miss 0 b durham has purchased horse and carriage mortimer clark rides daily to and from his work at the tanyard on his wheel the telephone company contemplate erecting more poles here and extending their lines they already run from sheaf's road up the skippack to the inn and along the pike westward tc norristown road a representative told your correspondent they intend to con nect the line from the inn to the line that runs through blue bell mr moore the butcher who used to run through our village in the morning has changed to afternoon on account oi increasing business taking a business justice dealt out sentences imposed by court the county is kgceny klkvoott lee bmjatnln cnrr get one vear anil six month in tlnll oraml jury mnkea !!••- nnniinenriatlon drnonncol trivial cn et the court at 1 o'clock saturday com pleted their duty of sentencing the pris oners convicted at this week's term of criminal court the list is a long one judge swartz sentenced the following prisoner among others benjamin carr larceny one year and six months in jail james holliday who was charged by his wife with desertion and non-support was sentenced to pay his wife 5 a week for her support thomas wilcox a lad of f postage stamps from 1 company conshohocken nine months in jail andrew hendrickson a hoy 0f 10 larceny was sent to the reformatory judge wennd imposed sentence on the following persons clyde poole of lansdale who pleaded guilty was sentenced to tlirca yeats and six months in the penitentiary john fox of rockledge convicted of assault and battery upon his wife was sentenced to three months in jail the grand jury filed their report sat urday morning they considered 134 billsof indictment of which they re ported 121 bills as true and hi hills were ignored they visited the county jail and almfl house and as usual found everything in good condition they recommended a resident physician at the almshoiue they commend the county commis sioners to take active steps for the much needed enlargement of the court iouse and that work thereon be commenced as soon as possible they especially re commend that comfortable quarters including retiring rooms be provided lor the grand and petit jurors they denounced the practice of justices of the peace for returning trivial cases to court that they should he sett^d be half a century fore the justice and thus save to the connty and the parties i costs n'oi i li wall's th4 event of the past week h the • celebration of the odd lodge of their 4th anniversary 01 sat uray evening in the opera houl lodge iriade every effort to entfei public and they succeeded no house was crowded to the doo progra'n was rendered withou kveryone that we havespok"n he o;der deserves great crei a urge delegation of sellers # g among the good and perfect gift that come from the father in his version james desires to point his readers to the gefod gifts and also to inspire gratitude and appreciaton by calling attention to the fact that we owe these to god harvest home season is instituted to call to our mind the good things which god sends to us to inspire a feeling of thankfulness but while we think of the temporal blessings we believe it is proper to be reminded of some of the other good and perfect gifts bestowed as god is the father of lights so lie is the giver of everything that touches our lives we believe in a providence in theory at least that god cares for this universe and in its minu test details while we accept it in a general way in the individual gifts very often we fail to see the good and per fect in the insignificent and we do not recognize the hand of god every gift may be considered good if we allow the purpose of god to be worked out gifts may be divided into two class es first those which come without the asking second those which we make effort to obtain the first gifts are those which christ refers to when he says the sun shines on the evil and on the good and the rain descendeth on the iust and the unjust in this may be classed life mind health strength , rain sun in the second class are those gifts which come through effort and prayer but prayer is not always neces sarily expressed in words effort may be more of a true spiritual prayer than if put into words in the springtime a farmer might be very earnest in his de votion to god and read his bible dili gently and yet at harvest time have no thing to reap he must work and put forth proper effort in the spring and then at harvest god will bless and reward his efforts who supplies the fertile soil the wind the rain the sun who makes the grass to grow while the farmer sleeps who gives the increase who constituted man so he could labor take out sod's work and there would be no harvest the spiritual gifts are a blessing but some can be acquired onlv through an earnest effort on our part there can be no strong christian faith without a desperate effort on our part pardon and forgiveness are real spiritual gifts from god -\ soul burdened with sin can appreciate this gift new life re generation is a real gift from above it is the power over sin and this conns by the new life that fids ourselves of tfie power and attraction of sin the way to life and glory is tilled with tin sonars of rejoicing souls that have proved it is the gift of qod tin pow er of service is a real gift a true child hid id receives pardon and regenera tion and u poor child he would indeed be not to go about his father's bminei the duties of i child of qod aie gteat and we might despair if left alone but god will strengthen and uphold as be promises by tiio gilt of thu powei of the holy gliosi no variableness neither shadow " turning u a glorious promise look a nature how gbe changes look at mi friends how they change to enemies and how we ourselves arc changed ami we are led toaib is there nothing that cannot be taken away an i we i in philadelphia orjmonday several of our people attended mrs henry drayton's bible class on friday evening andrew denver has secured employ ment in ambler the funeral of lydia h craft passed through our village sunday afternoon to boehm's reformed church rev d u wolff has been making parochial calls here among the members of his congregation lansctale the first entertainment of the lecture and concert courses will be given on wednesday evening oct 30 by the particolo companv it is to be a con cert of first class music the large brick house on green street formerly that of gilbert l thomson's is now to be used as a boarding house kept by miss susie godshalk walter davis who lately removed here from maine has brought out the milk route of wilson keller james berg a student of mt airy seminary was the preacher on sunday in the lutheran church this was owing to the absence of rev j l becker in limn o in attendance at the sessions of the national lutheran synod rev o f flippo was the preacher in the baptist church on sundav rev f w johnson was absent at hepzibah church chester county at last a beginning of the construc tion of the trolley line to norristown is promised jthis week by s s emery and his company it is to run out sus quehanna avenue from hotel norwood on main street company that it it has lucky for the charter inas much as the state department at harris burg is now refusing to grant any such the contractor is m o mcgrath of easton there is a show of the theatrical or der every week now in music hall com ing on saturday night they are not very largely patrionized a race is advertised to take place at the lansdale driving park on thursday of this week the new shirt factory which is a branch of the quaker city of xorris town is being operated by about 30 hands at the old one on broad stroet about the same number is employed nuroimiit coin husking is nearly ill hand and there is still considerable seeding to do and some potatoes to take out c a cox purchased ohailee wood's property at the sale last week for 1)275 mr jox will open two quarries on it for limestone 1 k tonilinson hus purchased the freai farm of 10 acres on the ridge pike below llariuonville paying isjjuq for it mr tomlinaon will not move till november as he does no want to lose bis vole october is the mouth agslgned to the baptist churches of montgomery county to make their contribution <>> ohantv hospital norri.stowji m klizabeth wilson in in cliaigi of the matter at cold point anything ip the shape of provisions vegetables fruits or cash will bfl accepted glenside methodists celebrate their fiftieth year service l.intlnu all u.-.u art flelng held iii tlie bmntlfdl htm edifice hm tory of the orgnni/ntlon — program and speakers 1'romlie a jala week the celebration of the 50th anniver sary of the glenside methodist kpisco pnl church began sunday nnd will con tinue throughout the ' entire week about ").") years ago several families start ed a methodist mission at harmer hill pne mile w88t of ilenside which grew rapidly until in is.'ii a suflicient sum wa1 raised to warrant the erection of a larger edifice the church was built fit harmer hill directly in the rear of william v harrison's mansion at a coal of about 6000 it was dedicated pet lfl 1881 the village at that time was verv thickly settled and the congre fcaton grew rapidly at one time num bering nearly 150 members some 20 years ago the population of the village decreased and all interest was turned in the direction of glenside after a pro longed effort bv several pastors a beautiful new chinch was erected and dedicated on roslyn terrace glenside oct 8 181)11 since then through earnest labor of rev 4 l gensemer tlie present pas tor the congregation has tripled in number old harmer hill church is the mother methodist church of cheltenhan the services this week which are in com memoration of the oth anniversary of the old church and of the second anni versary of the new church are as fol lows i sunday morning rev j l gensemer preached the sermon at 2.30 in the afteroon the sunday school rally was in the charge of rev m moyer formerly of oreland and the evening service was conducted by the rev j a cass i d of the first methodist episcopal church germantown the services were discontinued until tuesday evening when rev dr s a hellner of philadel phia had charge wednesday evening the exercises were conducted by former pastors who will attend a reunion on thursday evening the reunion of former members will be held friday evening the old folks service under rev f m brady will conclude the celebration on sunday evening i all of the former surviving pastors will attend the anniversary and will take an active part in the proceedings ¦*" e former pastors are : rev m barn 11 of m«rnlialton ; rev george haeu'er of grove rev a i colt m media rev edwin townsend of chester rev william mullen j w harking of ivie avenue mr and mrs william godfrey of edge hill have moved to gftinden n mr franklin m ramsey has returned in his home at ilenside from a stay at llutralo miss anna whiteley of philadelphia was the guest of miss elittbfth 1 wil son last week kline van winkle of edge hill has returned from isull'alo and the i'nn mciican exposition mrs m f kemble who has been inite ill with pneumonia at her country ilaee marylawn.is much improved harbor master josehp h klcmmer las closed his rammer residence near ilenside and will pass the winter in hiladelphia mr k l beck of changhai china wiki has been visiting hib mother mrs c beck at glenside hns gone to ranmrjun 1'a waverly road ileueide is being ma inlnmized contractor william m wollf is doing the work which is pro gressing rapidly all tho scholars of edge hill chel enham township who had not previous y been vaccinated were vaccinated at he scliool monday morning mr charles p jorden and family of hiladelphia are occupying their new lome corner of willow grove pike and ilenside avenue glenside mr and mrs harry diehl have re urned to their home at edge hill from buffalo where they were engaged in nisiness during the exposition mr george diehl has been critically i at a philadelphia hospital a week igo while engaged in heavy lifting he surst a blood vessel quick consump ion came as a result and the physicians tate that he cannot live many days an evangelical lutheran sunday chool has been recently started at glen ide the services are held at shady ook farm and are attended by about 20 utheraiis from the community george ). heist has been elected treasurer edwin d drown has resigned as sup rintendent of tho sunday school of carmel presbyterian church edge hill speci;,1 uou'sanbns v ¦ re aleo present from ambler fort washington lans dale springhouse norristown kulps ville and other places the addresses were made bv robert w montgomery past district deputy grand master of philadelphia senator john a wentz past grand of fort washington lodge and hon grant mcgiathery grand marshal of the state from norristown all of which were listened to with great attention and wgre ably and fluently de livered the metropolitan male quartet of philadelphia sanga number of selec tions that were loudly encored as were also the solos by little miss krieble of kulpsville anc1 the recitations by miss montgomery of philadelphia the ladies orchestra rendered instrumental selections in fine style miss mamie hendricks played accompaniments o the singing of the opening and closing odes and voluntaries during the tableaux the latter were personified by members and ladv friends and rebekas they represented the beginning — moses smiting the rock " birth of the order in america representing thomas wide and his supporters in the ancient regalia of 80^yeare ago the third was a representation of the various branches of the order at the present day in modern regalia and costume the ladies represented first rebeka at the well and rebeka giving isaac drink which were followed by fine figures representing friendship love and truth thiee ladies bearing palms of friendship and the wand of truth the centre one exemplifying love with an infant in arms and a large child tucking at her skirts past deputy grand master school in full uniform of a commander presided and the rev robert heather uigtoii pastor of the sanctuary m e church who is a member of trenton lodge n j led in prayer and pro nounced the benediction the grand offleern and the talent wero entertained at the close with a set out at the central hotel a large body of italians are making a big showing in the lower end of the town in grading and laying the tracks for the trolley company they struck a ktone nuarry on washington avenue and are filling up a mountain of stone on the biduwalk tho bridge builders are rapidly completing the concrete arch over tho little trewerrin creek below towu north wales lodge shild of hon..r gave a euchre party in their lodge room on tuesday evening tho laudato drum corps played at the colonial inn on saturday evening solomon scheetz on tuesday moved into hih newly completed home 840 west montgomery avenue albert ritchie who recently sul.l his home will ..<¦- eupy the former's residence william bomig of i.ansdale employ ed with the eastern milling oompany moved to 137 west walnut street l.cvi sigf'lied has move i from second street to a farm near west point i (!. knaeller has opened a light lunch cafe in connection with his bak eiv and loe cream parlor on north main street harry k swarlley president of the national bank has commenced the erec rnntutlt rfi i smc jjlgjc tssawr-v rt mcdo e presiding jer of he est district kev john u iel r ninil mcbride of new york be richard turner of nineteenth street church philadelphia rev f b fjarvey of oxford rev j r greer rev f m brady of oxford rev e w hart of simpson church philadelphia all the services are being well at tended by both the congregation and members of neighboring churches tion of an addition to south main street his residence on glenside and around edwin drown resigns superintendence — school mews football methodist kxcur slon social note of interest austin van billiard of north wales will shortly move to glenside miss florence hoffner of glenside entertained a party of friends last fri day the glenside fire company no 1 met at the office of w t b roberts at glenside on monday evening master charles margerum of glen side broke his fore arm and injurec his elbow while playing at school las friday a class known as the ushers class vras started at carmel presbytertian sun day school edge hill last sunday after noon only members of the ushers association are eligible for membership mr william b margerum and family will close their suburban residence on harrison avenue glenside next week and will reside on thirteenth and jeffer son streets philadelphia during tin winter miss edythe s hausen entertainet friends at her home on willow grove pike at weldon friday evening the guests were misses ethel prince florence hoffner hettie rodenbauh and mr ed win hoflner the wedding of miss gladys ffonlke daughter of mr and mrs charles m ffoulke of washington and air ed ward chapman smith son of mr win throp smith of glenside will take place this thursday owing to the death of the president the wed ling wil not be so large as originally intended as misa kfoulku's parents were in no wav acquainted with the late presidenl or any of the cabinet the aimouneemenl of tbe private wedding has caused inucl comment in washington society the kyory-ktiteh-counth society of the glenside methodist episcopal church furnished the community with an amuse ment which is a distinct innovation on sunday evening the tickets calle i.h an excursion train loft glensidf t .. i p in tho first stop was maih at the klondike not the one in frigli alaska this one is located at the resi denoe of mr george prince at weldon the travelers lu for nuggets the journey was resumed to bdge hill wheie the train stopped at the resi dence of mr george hawk inn and at u'u.lol ill bazaar held tlierr the hoim of mr henry brooke al ilen.-ide was tin destination of the excursion be fieshmenti were served there tin iroun<l trip tickets v#ffl >-¦ ¦! 1 1 at 15 cents jeacb start mills this week plant of the hoopes & townsend company at hoopeston ttto mill will up tut in operntion with din keinnlihlnr to follow iih coiiipl i <¦<! — iso men lo lie km ployed — may llullil more linn i s wititinu tor the trolley wetwill commence the operation of two of our rolling mills this week so declared mr barton hoopes jr of the firm of hoopes a townsend com panv in speaking fo a gazette repre sentative of the huge plant at hoopcs ton near fort washington for tho past few months work has been eon sent rated on these mills in the large steel building of the company the other mills in this building will be pushed along to completion as rapidly as possible and started turning out the pro duct work has been delayed jby the great strike and the inability of the contracting mill to turn out castings as rapidly m could be utilized in the con struction about 150 men will he required to operate the two mills to be started and work will be carried on night and dav the power is furnished within the same building by a large engine in order to supply these mills a large quantity of wrought and cast iron scrap will be re quired and the farmers hereabouts who have nny on hand will find a ready market at hoopeston for it almost since the conception of the plant in the first place scrap has been shipped here from the philadelphia bolt plant of the company but even at the rate of a car load a day having been accumulated there for several months past there is no likelihood that the enormous capacity of the mills will long be satisfied with the supply on hand tlie question of a sufficiency of labor is one that is a perplexing one to the company the primal idea of the pro moters was to build their own houses as required with the hope however that a syndicate of outside capital would take the matter up and relieve the company of this responsibility at least for the period of time thev were busy with the erection of their own plant a row of dwellings on the apartment plan has been erected which will accommodate at least 100 men while other and better buildings have been built on i'inetown road mr hoopes in his interview said it is a possibility that the company mav be compelled to erect another row of houses opposite the one already con structed lie also intimated that the i.toss country trolley projected from fox chase to nftrristown is being encouraged by his company because of the probable solution if prepenfr o the perplexing labor problem tli company is willing u have the tracks lajd over its own cr<inndn s > ar as possib'c from >' t x ' j<^jiwj after having served in that capacity for many years rev a f von lobel pastor of the church has been appoint ed to fill the vacancy the railroad company will shortly make some improvements at the station here they include the removal of the board walks at the north of the station on the west side of the track a cement pavement will be laid in place of the board walk by request of the voters of the fourth district abington township the mont gomery county court has changed the polling place from the weldon hotel which was recently destroyed by fire to the weldon schoolhouse about oop feet distant the november election will he held at the new place the new public school on glermide highlands abington township will be opened in a fortnight the painters are applying the finishing touches and the furniture is being pat in jilac miss elizabeth rorer of wayne junc tion a bister of misa mary rorer principal of kdge hill school will have charge of the new lohool as the regular monthl meeting of the ushers association of carmel presby terian church edge hill falls on friday evening oct 18 the same evening as the north penn christian kndeavoi union convention is to he held in abing ton presbyterian church the ushers meeting will be postponed until the fol lowing friday evening oct 25 glenside football club defeated th puritan eleven of philadelphia last saturday by a score of 21 to 0 glen side in represented by a strong team of pig skin tossers this year and a success ful season is expected the club has been organized for three years the first year they lost but one game while three losses wero marked against them last year invitations havtt been issued i'ci hie wedding of miss ethel m keegan daughter of mr and mrs f keegan of glonside to mr henry l wilson jr of philadelphia in ilenside metho dist episcopal church on tuesday even ing oct 22 tho ceremony will be performed by hov joseph l gensemer pastor of the church a reception will follow tho wedding ceremony at the home of the bride's parents brief honeymoon philadelphia they will reside in shurltr s.4i , in nirt loomno 2 on wediu'wluy afturuiioi auctioneer mersey sold fur sbertit light tlie ol lowing properties boum.ttore uui lot at wyncote horac ti llnlv ktnycil kurm of o arrim 110 percnes lu wliiuinaihli i liarlcs worn wu75 charles a cox ll'.ii.miumi lot iii.moieluh't robert btult :;.!>(> litcob sjiare attorney houm ciiopj.iiik mill coal vur.l ami two tiucti in nation alfroil co|h tl'xio molltgou miiiiii.v trust ami safe lxipoiit ii|iuiiy > tt ^; \ h lire 1 ¦{¦¦ whe s.-r m q ouch h the sma to ns tneh r.s jefi dntown fitzwatwrtown edge hill dreshertown jarrettown ambler and hrough to norristown so that the labor wth skilled and unskilled may be drawn to the plant at hoopeston the ine of the philadelphia & lehigh val ley traction company will benefit them less because it traverses a section of country through which the philadelphia and reading already runs larrettown the junior and senior classes for the township schools will have their first term examination on friday jarret town school has the following seniors jeannette shoemaker rebecca moore everett kirk raymond smith mury gilbert jeannette lower juniors bessie lightkep carrie houpt the school children will have a vaca tion next week during the teachers in stitute miss annie niewig was given a sur prise party on tuesday evening of last week py a number of her friends from this vicinity miss florence dillon has gone to the city for the winter where she will take a course of study at a business college the pear trees continue to blossom in spite of the frosty nights of last week the leaves on the.*.1 trees dropped dur ing the summer hence the new buds developed earlier than usual ihis is a common occurrence with early varieties but this year later kinds are also in bloom m j dillon has about 1900 bushels of potatoes from 11 acres most of them are state of maine t 8 shoemaker also has h good crop upper dublin lodge 1 o (). p will celebrate its sou anniversary in jan uary 1002 the rally day exercises of the sunday school have been postponed to next sun lay at 2..'!0 p m sunday evening services at the meth odist church will be at 7.30 until further notice wedneday evening prayer meet ing at 7.-1.5 	 llrotherhoocl of si andrew assembly the october meeting of the n orris . town assembly brotberh 	 i of st andrew will be held in st tin mas parish whitemarsh this thursday husine s meeting tf ill be at 1 15 p m ; confer nee ill b p in ; bupper al 8 0 m : evening prayer and aermontai i ' tim subject for conference d is the ii'ciiort of the coujieil of the brotherhood of st an.i w iu the i ted states of the year 1d00-1 " which will be opened by mr klh b rei of si peter's pboenixvillo bloc it«n a spelling bee i.i llie attrai ti ¦'¦ oh irograui for the m ki inael inu ol tin v ... s al ibo home oj mr clifford bent turd tlie president on saturday m intt miss clara shook an i l blinglutt spent u few days in l>'rgjikford mr and mis william m..oiv visited the attar pan uts nuai king ol i mi canard waltou lu bat q wry ill we aiv glad lo stale she is impiov .