The Ambler Gazette 19020116

              the amble voi xx.-no 5 ambler pa janu gazette year • * cattle from england thoroughbred herd for spotswood farm broad axe mr waller junncev haia|«r for mr r t price talk entertainlnglr of the cattla and hit trip abroad — dairying in knglanil rian for 8pot«wood yes i hud a pleasant and on the whole &', successful trip abroad mid mr walter tauncey immaj/er of spots wood farm broad axe to a gazette representative this week mr jauncey returned home last week after being in england purchasing cattle for mr e t price's widelv known spotswood farm broad axe after this short re view of the whole trip mr jauncey settled back in his chair and entertain ingly told the story of bis search for pure blooded guernsey cattle as follows : i sailed from new york on nov 15 by the steamship lucania and after a pleasant voyage of seven davs landed in liverpool as my trip war purely a business one after certain preliminaries incident to landing had been attended to i at once proceeded to inspect some of the best herds in england after hav ing had a conference with the principal men and breeders in the business the first , visit wab at seaview isle of wight the estate of hon w a glen who has a herd of 70 bead and selected four head two of them being prize win aers 1 then went to the estate of sir henry titchborn baronet hampshire eng whose lands comprise 10,000 acreb here i selected six from a herd of 50 four of these being heifers whose lineage trace back to that celebrated winner lafrance now in america hav ing been purchased at the high figures of 3500 for h mck twambly of new jersey from there i went to sir fian ces montefure baronet at whose place north park the day previous to my ar rival five men had shot 5000 pheasants and where as i wandered over the grounds rabbits pheasants and other game could he seen in abundance at this place i purchased at lony figures the champion cow of englanti lily of the forest she won first at the bath and west of england first at tun bridge wells first at croyden and a arst in birmingham defeating all cows and all herds in her guernsey class i also purchased here buttercup which was the first prize winner at the london dairy show where she defeated all breeds as to milk cream and butter here also were purchased heifers out of the best cows that had been selected bv me in the worth park herd the next herd visited was that of a london banker k ' a hambro of kent near london who has a large and magnificent herd here was seen tlie best bull to be obta'ned in eng land or on the islands his name is cock-of-the-walk and be is two year laix oionthiom i purchased tb waa induced to part with him and then only on afjidition of bis export la america where be would not compete against his former owner the next bull purchas ed was out of tbe splendid oow arabel la who was the first prize winner in 1000 at the royal cattle show in lon don i also selected two magnificent eowa that are with calf to an island bred bull which was also a first prize winner in england there are a large number of magnifi cent specimens of the guernsey type of cattle in england that would be very valuable for export but tbe owners are ill wealthy genttemen and it is extreme ly difficult in securing even a price on the animals and still more difficult to affect a purchase the ni'xt herd visited was that of the earl of herworth leeds yorkshire near scotland who owns a magnificent estate of 30,000 acres here i found a good working herd of cattle but the cows were of not sufficient breeding to warrant my bringiag any of them over the celebrated channel islands were visited on nov 25 by taking steamer from southampton for guern sey here i visited almost all th french farmers inspecting the large herds of any prominence the climate is very mild all tbe year and tbe at mosphere extremely misty the cattle are very neat and delicate and scarcely adapted for the rugged american cli mate so that i decided that england was the proper place to celertfrom it having a slightly colder climate and the cattle being more rugged while here i saw potatoes which the farmer expected to dig on van 15 the culti vators are now devoting their whole energies to the raising of early fruita vegetables and the culture of flowers which can be placed early in the season in the english markets 250 miles away and command a good figure upon my return to england i oon tinued my search for tke guernsey cat le visiting the herd of hon bailey hamilton ringwood hampshire where i inspected bis herd of 70 bead but could not find any to fulfill the require ments of the american breeder from hare i visited the herd of lord leon ard of hayes kent near london and found a few very valuable animals but money could not induce their owner to part even with one mr jauncey returned by the white star staamer cymric with six of his cattle boarding the vessel on christmas day tbe company uave the passengers a moat splendid dinner with all the champagne desired tbe remaining 10 head purchased by mr jauncey had been detained because of the necessity of establishing the aire and dam re quired by the kuklinh gofernmant and also tbe names and registered number of tbe grand sir and grand dam re quired by the american government to admit tuem free of duty mr jauncey having secured passage before he was acquainted with the requirement was unable to attend to tbiu search himself but a cablegram on saturday from mr peek1 of koclirstpr n y who was al so in etaalanrttmlured mr janncey tlwit the facts had been ascertained and the herd under his supervision would leave on a transport on jan l nn.l arrive not later than jan 25 mr jauncey has arranged that all his cattle will remain in nnaranpine for h days in new york and be shipped en tire to hpotswood in addition to mr price's herd there are in quarantine several herds of shorthorn jerseys guernseys aberdeen angus hereford etc for different breeders in the west mr price feels particularly pleased with the results of mr janncey'a trip abroad mid the securing of these 22 head of foundation stock for spots wood when he bade his manager goodby and god-speed he assured mr jauncey that he was not limited to price but to buy the best in england ana on the channel islands regardless of expense this mr jauncey did and there is no doubt that bv using wise judgment in the fu ture in crossing and development the progeny of this stock mr price will have one of the best guernsey herds in america as there is not a doubt that there is not a breed living that can produce such a high grade of milk cream and butter without any artificial means of coloring through that celebrated cow mary marshall that defeated all corners at the pan-american exposition at buffalo in li)01 there has been stimulated a lively interest in the guernsey mr price will select a good show herd to exhibit at all the leading fairs while abroad mr jauncey attended several cattle shows and talked with english farmers as to the future of farming they have all given up raising grain lodge has a visitation state officers visit bethany com mandery no 39 of ambler grnnil k«i pllnn by tlm local order k.,1 low«<l by nnnqnot at hotel ainblor speftchei by visitor and sir knights — musical program mm the evening bethany cominandery no 39 an cient and illustrious order knights of malta of ambler was honored last wednesday evening bv a visitation from the following grand officers of the grand cominandery of pennsylvania elisha s fornwald,of bloomsburg grand com mander george ii pierce of philadel phia grand recording secretary frank gray of philadelphia supreme record er alfred hr jones of philadelphia snpreme sentinel the following de puty grand cominnders were present john p onimeren of quakertown and george r groome of philadelphia tlie following past commandei-h of the local commandery were present robert r grotz william s acuff kso e morris walker william kata j l myers a ii camburn w 8 thomas george w kuch j signs frank streeper hiram tice harrv p stackliouse william c walker john rex robert hamilton c cambnrn clifford biddle steward woodword w lewis warner biddle 1'he ieception committee comprised w s thomas.lwilliam katz and a obituary ¦» phoedk iamfs lewis phwbe lamp widow of the lute naumlers lewis hr died saturday at her philadelphia home 1210 walnut street aged 84 years the deceased was formerly mies phoebe morris jamep laughter of dr lumen one of the fore most physicians nf his day in philadel phia she was born and educated in that city and early in life married mr kaundern lewie a member of a dis tinguished philadelphia family for many years even before her marriage she resided at 1210 walnut street and her summers were passed at dawsliem her historic contry seat west of amb ler the old property has been in the family over 100 years and a sketch ami cut of the old house was published in this paper a short time ago in one of the rooms of the old house george washington was a guest and the room still contains the bed in which he slept here also martinis lafayette nursed a wound received at the battle of ler mantown althoughat the advanced hge of h4 she has been in perfect health until a few weeks ago when a severe cold de veloped into pneumonia which ter minated h long nd useful life a lady of distinguished presence to which were added those other qualifications of a kindly and charitable heart she was the representative of an older genera ion of ladies who are now passing way her husband mr saundera ewis lied several yeais ago her , hildren mr john t lewis mrs jgeorge meade dr morris lewis and mr saundera lewis survive george h fierce kliiilia s forawald and now devote their whole time to dairying which is a ready money busi ness throughout the whole year as the english farmers find they cannot pro duce sufficient high grr.e milk hotter and cream to wippiy th * ebftlaod and pntotimtf 70 stallions costing upwards of 75,000 which on their arrival in new york were sent west by special train to im prove the western breeds he also be came acquainted with mr t s.oboper of coopenburg who brought over 34 highland jerseys which will be fitted for his coming sale on decoration day when he will have about iso head mr jauncey talked enthusiastically of his trip and of the methods of dairy ing in england but be says that the american is the more practical and pre dicts that in a very few years the eng lish will have to viait america to secure the high bred cattle and inspect the correct methods in fact next month mr jauncey expects a visit from mr robinson of london who is sent out in the interest of the breeders associa tion to studv american ideas he is now at the agricultural college in rhode island and after a visit to washington w ill inspect spotswood farms the arrival of the new herd at spots wood will necessitate some changes in the dairy barn and mr price is al ready planning an extension on the north side parallel with the recently built wing his present herd of 105 head of cattle produce 850 quarts of milk per day and not 350 as announced in last issue in addition to the exten sion to tbe cow barns mr price in the spring will erect an engine and boiler house and an electric light plant and also build an extension to tbe resi dence of mr jauncey this will be used for sleeping quarters for tbe men and be supplied with bath and billiard rooms for their convenience this will allow mr jauncey much nee ded room for his own family h camburn . the occasion was the hrst visit of the grand officers to the local comman dery and the reception accorded tn was most cordial and snaured th thai the priwjipleb of th order w apology due or reading i in the lucy and ben donnell case at latbori published last week the report has an error in that dr reading was too ways identified with the rim ijity all that the doctor did for bis tant ww loop bei-bail ther gwrnedd a marriage license has been issued sdwin h bolton and elsie m ramsey r k kibblehouee and george e lowery road supervisors of lower gwynedd.it is presumed will be candi dates for renomination and election both are good officials and it would be hard to fill their places with men who would give the public more general sat isfaction walter h jenkins unloaded a nice load of lambs last week the first for 1902 w h.jenkins is getting around again after being laid up for a week with aa attack of gri p khadrack williams gardener for dr w h bigler slaughtered a fine hog re cently that weighed 450 pounds william h staake whose summer home is near friends corner was elec ted president on wednesday of the mary j drexel homo and philadelphia mother house of deaconesses in plat of the late john d lukens a card of thanks mrs sauiuel shoemaker thanks the neighbors and friends for their kiiid uess and assistance during her sinter's llness and death w «,..- — the »•-•'• / -— i — ;• ulock which was fittingly draped the occasion and the officers were all in full uniform with sir knight com mander w d martin in the chair speches were made by grand com mander fornwald and grand bsjcorder pierce who made an elaborate afldress reviewing the history of the order its past successes and portending a bright outlook for its continued prosperity and expressed a wish that the princi ples of malta be extended in this local ity supreme recorder frank gray al so made remarks albert h jones supreme sentinel and john v oinmer en deputy grand commander also refer - ed to the work of the order george r groome deputy grand commander and a number of the local past commanders also addressed the assemblage in addition to the grand officers there were eight members of st bernard commandery no 45 of quakertown present ' ' ¦ • at 10 o'clock they adjourned to hotel ambler where i h blackburn pro prietor bad prepared an elaborate ban quet which was served in elegant style the flow of hospitality and good fellow ship was in no wise abated by the se lected menu which bad been prepared on adjournment the guests were en tertained in the parlors l>y vocal and in strumental music bethany commanderv.no.39 of ambr ler was organized in 1888 it has 74 members and is one of the strongest orders financially in ambler the pres ent officers are robert hamilton sir knight commander w d martin gen eralissimo a h camburn captain general jwilliam lewis chaplain frank streeper recording secretary e moins walker financial secretary itruad axe walter uraham our mall agent sports a new team hiram ilccool gave bin two large hoga a piece of cold steel last week tbe late george w klbblehouse lived for sever al yean at xlleudale this place now tbe proper ty of mr george 8 flster wlulleld s worrel baa removed from tbe hex farm to bin own property at bouderton a large party waa bald at the inn on friday i'vuiiliik cluesta were present from ambler nor rutown and coiuhohouken howard hccool la borne on a viait to hlb p»r ents at this place be nan i«ut the summer a*ound buffalo and vicinity mr charltahfaventld la improving in health he has had a serious spell of sickness charles kahn of norristowu ylaited friends here ou friday your uairejpondeut attended the january msetlmiotthe young woman's christian tem paxaace union of blue bell last thursday even iiik which met at tlw realdeuce of j conard wiltuu gwyuadd tbe meeting was called to urdtr by the president minutes of tbe previous meeting were rtad by the secretary and approved followed by horlpture reading prayer and rou tine business closing with a discussion on be aolved that heredity u stronger than ku viroiimeut opened by mrs florence k walton and further discussed by meiars zimmer man of blue bell and jumuo henry horn jr of ambler the next mantlua will be held thurs day feb 13 at the home of mrs mary l 21m inetmaii blue boll tieome w helling killed n bead of cattle lasawwk jctr cawel will reiuuve in the sunug r » arm ueai pens square bpriuajiiouaa one of our milkmen was obliged to uo to a houstj three times in one day to deliver a quart of milk last week mrs harry painter is slowly recovering from a spell of atcknens the kisses king of lanedale were visiting their brothur.arthur kiue during the put week charles kueuler is on the sick list again ralph kibblehouse our uew miller who re cently constructed a mill on the mordecul jones estate is now doing business at full blast george rieger visited his country home on saturday kugene ayres and wife of tioga county have been visiting aaron hperry during the past week vheof ilany swartley's children is suffering with the scarlet fever mr swartley recently came from harrisburg and lives on miss a w foulke's farm mr mnller brother of mrs maurice well was stricken with a paralytic stroke on wednesday of last week at the present writing he is in a ser ious condition j cheaton morris jr and miss maiile are on a trip to virginia b p mckean has recently purchased from the mrs kenderdine estate about 60 acres of land boarderlne the northeastern section of his f urin samuel j fleck will hold a public sale of his personal property on his premlses.on the chestnut fall and bethlehem pike on wednesday jan 22 the cold weather of last week produced good skating wblch was eagerly enjoyed by a number of our experts two beautiful bonfires besides several lanterns illuminated hr byron fleck n pond one night last week and front the looks of the place next morning a royal time must have been experienced but upon a close investigation mr fleck discovered several bundles of corn fod r missing from a shock standing nearby and then comprehended the cause or such a beautiful display the night before but mr fleck tells them all especially the girls that he was young himself once j l brown is ailing tbe ice houaeof h wilson fisher with bear creek ice mr and mrs george roger of philadelphia mrs platt of philadelphia has been visiting mrs vaux biddle preston who has been assistant agent here has been transferred as general agent at lahaaka kufus nailur of lahaska takes the vacancy here mr f e bond who had only recently pur chased two guernsey cows at 16 each has had them killed thev having been affected with tub eroulosla edward mottershed of jenkintown visited mr and mrs j l brown wednesday evening samuel mckeowu who has been out at car lisle has brought in a carload of hue cattle which he will sell moudav at broad axe hotel the delaware & atlantic telephone company has obtained possession from the turnpike com pany to plant poles from l'enllyu to blue bell the work will be commenced immediately mr j l brown has a very line three-year old wilkes colt from clara b who was purchased at cloverdale farm and sired by red wilkes the animal is very promising and is of flue appear tnce mrs george geatrell is ill with eryiepelas harry hart is much improved fruin hii recent illness william whlttock is engaged in moving back sis barn a wagouhouse and an addition will be erected 	 ¦_ illml la r atria miss eliaabeth straasburger aged i daughter of ei-dutrlct attorney jooob a straasburger of norristown died saturday in paris france after undergoing an deration for appendicitis miss straasburger waa well known in doylestown where she sang lu a concert for the presbyterian church aavsral weeks before vuiug to kurope miss htrastburger accompanied tby her mother and brother went to parla naarlv a year ami a half ago to complete her musical trajutng prior to going abroad she was a pupil of the late sin nor del puente of philadelphia while ill paris miss btrassburger was under the care of koeuig a funoua teacher in another year she would have made her depiu bh gave liae of attaining igb rauk lu her nrofquwon btraksburgtrsalltj with he buufon wed ad y firemen in church wissakickon fire company no i attends methodist church kev v 0 kuelen pastor preaches an appropriate sermon on the analogy of the destruction plre of material thing and the fires within man a laive audience tethered sunday evening in the ambler methodist epis ropal church and listened with rapt at tention to a sermon by the pastor kev f c elselen to the wissahickon fire company no 1 of ambler who at tended in a body to the number of about 25 and were in full uniform after the usual introductory song ser vice scripture reading and prayer rev eiielen welcomed the members of the fire company in a well chosen wordb trusting that what might be snid would be of great helpfulness not only to them but to all present he then announced his text from i cor xvi:13 watch ye stand fast in the faith ; quit ye lice men mr eiselen spoke of the ter rible ravages of a fire over which men have lost control how it sweeps on and on consuming everything in its wake and leaving only blackened walls and ashes and destruction behind fire is a factor in civilixation its utility ia seen in power for the factories in driving the wheels of commerce and as a beneficial agent it pay e one of the most powerful forcas in our civiliza tion its misuse will destroy the civil ization it helpb to build up protec tion is therefore needed against such danger and one who enters the breach as a volunteer is no less a hero than the soldier who fights on the battlefield he who defends mankind from any danger is a hero therefore you as volunteer firemen have placed your selves on record in ambler as defenders of property and humanity from this great danger man by his creation is the distinc tive head of all creatures in his.lieinj live tires of dormant and active power we recognized the analogy when vie speak of the fire of zeal the hames of enthusiasm burning love of home and of country these same human powers are ulso able to overcome man andmake him a sujbeet to themselves by becom ing the strongest powers in dragging him down to the very depths of ruin and degradation here again we point out an analogy with fire which begins in a very small way like an evil intent or a tendency to evil like fire the flames of evil spread ami destroy in man the peace of conscience an ex ercise of a strong will may for a time check tlie downward tendency if the pathway has not been too freqently trodden but more often the tendency to sin has an dwarfed the will that a strong and successful stand against evil cannot long endure what is to be done the apostle l'aul that mngnif pecimjn of iw felt tlie fjorf u ijjh '" 1 but jv«h mere pilfful is the destruc tion of majestic manhood a midden temptation leaves open a window and soon the entire structure is aflame no thing but an appeal to the divine can prevent total destructon watch the fires that they may not become uncon trolled stand fast not in your own strength but in the loving god ' quit yourselves like men be brave in the struggle and by appealing to god there is not one but what may be saved no matter to what depths be has fallen there is a demand now to save men and women from dangers without and all can find room for the greatest and noblest efforts in the help required if we do this the time will come when we will stand before the judge and he will judge as he jjdged tbe servant to whom he gave 10 talents and as we know these men who are serving the welfare ef this community.8o will all who serve their fellowmen sit on the throne of him who judges and awards the crown of life ' ' 	 railed to identify montagu charles matthias a motormon on the dekalb street trolley line norristown went to philadelphia friday to endeav or to identify william montague as the person who shot and killed conductor mordecai galloway at swedeland at christmas time four years ago but fail ed to do so matthias was the motor man of galloway's car which was wait ing at swedes church when the band of highwaymen appeared galloway was one of the positive witnesses in the martin connor trial who identified connor as galloway's assailant.although connor proved that he was 10 miles from the scene that nigut their crop of corn stolen charged with stealing bags of corn the entire harvest of a farmer named hamil of cheltenhum township for whom he and his witv worked all spring and summer henry may ler and william wilson of fiustleton pike and the township line were held in 000 bail for court by magistrate hart of philadelphia thursday on the witness stand mrs hamil told bow she and her husband rented a small field at the township line and the pennypack creek and had devoted near ly their entiie attention to tlie little crop of corn they secured the ube of an old mill in which lf store it about one month ago thoy decided to move to their present residence whilts they were engaged in removing their household goods the com was taken and mayler and wilson were afterward ai resttxl 	 chan walter deprefontaine and family of blue bell visited at albeit tyson's on friday of hut week mr and mm joseph h simmere siwnt saturday lust with bis uuter mr mary walton in proshttctville glenside and around polltlm-uaiiera a«#cla»lon personal anil mlncftllafteoiiii item of intxrent her ahonta miiw mildied meredith hue recovered from an attack of membranous croup mr winthrop smith has ha<l a tele phone installed in his rosidenoe on waverly road prnthonotflry j milton brooke has had a telephone placed in his residence at five point kilward saylor will not removo his meat market from glenside to weldon as was reported mr f lyman hoover of mt car mel avenue is very low death is ex pected any moment rev frank bnrdick of philadelphia will eondnrt the services at the baptist mission next sunday evening mr wilson beyer of norristown was tlie guest of mr harold buckman of harrison avenue tuesday evening mins nellie colly age 10 years who has be«n confined at her home for the past fortnight with scarlet rarer is rapidly recovering jacob fox'h tonsorial parlor lias been improved with handsome new wall pa per f.dward buttorworth of edge hill did the papering klinfi van winkle will sell the stock and forming implements of harry j bloomer on thursday jan 30 mr van winkle is aeent for mr bloomer the unclaimed letters at the postoflice are for miss hetty cochran mrs elearb mrs alice jones mrs charles schioeder peer valentine charles a shedell and mr uhinear mr john m wilson director of the edge hill school cheltenham townshi will not be a candidate for re-election this spring as was reported his term does not expire until m>04 rev forest e doger of philadel phia will deli er his most popular hu morous lecture shams of society in carmel presbyterian church thursday evening jan 23 under the auspices of the king's daughters mr and mre george konninger of mt carmel avenue entertained a num ber of friends last wednesday evening the guests were mr anil mrs e l rodenbaugh,mr and mrs louis weber and mrs george donahue mr and mrs john m rocketl have returned from their honeymoon in new england thev were tho guests of mr and mrs george donahue of glenside avenue sunday they will reside at 21 m grange street germantown kline van winkle of edjjce'hill has announced his candidacy for commis sioner of cheltenham township the coming year it is rumored that m l kohler of ilenside will also tie a candidate in the west district jcach . district will elect its own commissioner this year myers & deaerable florists and nur serymen have given up the lease they held of the floral establishment on wil low grove and germantown pike and the owners of tbe property mesbts t schlimme & son have aid the pjact c victor rtokans of pitjhwe tbe m ¦ evening v'che routine busine.?isrtu transacted daring which time ee miller was admitted a member andhbe name of jacob rush was given tn be voted on at the february meeting a series of lectures concluding with art entertainment will be given under the auspices of ' the association during march and april ' a music chib has just been started in ilenside tbe members are p thumolka leader jules boeser frank renninger george renninger fred wiinderte philip wnnderle horace wunderle mr and mrs jacob fox and albert zellfelder their instru ments include the violin zither man dolin bow-zither and guitar the club will meet at the residence of mr jacob fox every thursday the name of the new organization has not yet been de cided upon glenside fc'ree from contsgian ill reference to a recent article relating to the effort of the residents of suburban towns along the line of the philadelphia a reading to ward off all contagious diaees w t b roberts who successfully built up glenside.said i have heard nothing of any steps be ing taken in glenside to abate conta gion there is no contagious disease in glenside to stamp out and if any peti tion has been drawn up for some pur pose or another not clear to me it has been done without the sanction or ap proval of the representative citizens of the town there is no need of brown ies in glenside and if any officious person says that there is he don't know what he is talking about there is not a single case of smallpox or any other eerioiix disease in glenside and there has not been since the epidemic in philadelphia on tin contrary many persons have moved to glenside to avoid the maladv there is one case of membraneous croup in the town but this is bo slight that there is no possible danger of its spreading no movement has been inaugurated among tbe residents of glenside to'take any special caution for sanitary protec tion as there is no occasion to do so the health rtcord of glenside is un usually clean and the several physicians who reside in this pretty suburb have declared it to be tlie healthiest section in the state it is 100 feet above tide water level and has all the modern improvement in the drainage awl sew er 3ystem in fact the situation of glenside is bo beneficial to the health that its rise has been almost phenom enal and its popularity ia increasing daily 	 three tuns „!„ n .•! walton's son oeorge has beun uomi from m'i.ihii on tlm sick list matter warren ulmluimcli ami lira charlet dilthcy w at blue bell just uow wllmer atkinson lost a cuw with milk ever iuuday mr awl mrs jacob nice uud daughter of hate valley visited at three tuii last we«k with mi eli ' ¦