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fhe ambler gazette vol xvi.-no 4 ambler pa septembeb 8 1hhh si 25 a ykail norristown letter thr l.cxiitlnn nf un l«l iiiiiily tun vnril lonkltiii iliirfcuiircl tin l>l««rm nnllll prcilicl dtnim f t iiimi-ii ivnif n'oi risl w n sept .'!. it is astonishing wii.it attention has been given to my hurried linei abnui the decadence of the tanyards in mont gomery county 1'roin various sum e i have i ' ' ivi il communications > om mending my reference to these institu tions of the past so familiar and us ful fioyears ago tney have gone the way of boarding school powder mills i lover mill-1 nnd oil mills i r john hillepam of peniulnirg is the onlv man win mill manufacttin a linseed oil ¦ he county -" far iis i knon ; rnd james miller of simmeytow 11 has tip only powder mills i remember w hen there were 23 i 80 f the hitler in operation in our county i'ul to return to the tanyard i morgan casselberry ksu if evansburg has written to me i jay that iii yean ago there was one in nontatown corner of main and ford streets at king-of-prussia operated by yocum afterward by pecliin at ureen tree upper i'li'vidcine by joseph oi bower township line between lower providence and norriton by fho coulston worcester above fair view by andrew morgan evansburg by p morgan casnelberry tmppe by wm t miller limerick square by addison t miller limerick by john reese swamp and fagleysville by fegeley swamp churches wm schneider pottstown j w ca-sel berrv boyertown vicinity l.andes brothers three < nven trie frederick george nyce then in gr>n jonathan the father of 8 e syce ex-proth tary zieglersville aaron schwonk and jacob schwenk oumneytown daniel krause fkippackville tyson skip pack tow ii hip benjamin tyson ; | con in squai c l e ; l nns burn i '¦'¦ v>:il1 ¦ l;t : lansdale ami mont nm ryvi gomery square i . < i per dublin t rutti i . ince bv i - ; abinjjton ¦' t ,-,- | lautll ' . wi ii i i ;-¦-¦!. hue of towli moiul;oiic i \-. i , ;. • rloom ; aii'l main f thi lain ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ • pcia with the ¦ ¦ u'cnv in i live is not attributed to the scurciij i k s e people suppoce but of shops fir the making of boot and untn nal er now ¦ evoti's himself mainly t the work of iring but with the i ncreai e ¦ i 1 h ii and greater demand for leather thn tanyard may profitably be revived the grist mills nave had to change their machinery bui i do not find ihi'.i they have decreased in num ber 1 i'-tilleries where farmers iiiiiim . ¦ . '. : ¦ ., i've ntn w h i.-key 1 lie lieve have all disappeared so we will not have another wlmekey insurrection in pennsylvania or perhaps even a resurrection at one time the attempt to tax them out of existence resulted in open rebellion and war in western 1 pennsylvania where the fanners relied upon this method of turning theii grain into liquid to he barreled for easier transportation to the east a tax of four cent a gallon was levied by the government called an excise tax by act of congress march 7 1891 the people fanners principally resisted it because they said it bore severely upon the producers of grain at a dis tance from the atlantic markets they had no railroads then and it was im possible to send thu produce of their farms over almost impassabh uniaius in the bulky shape of grain or hour ¦ , . eore ii was a tax upon the people of ¦ washington foyette allegheny westmoreland and other proximate counties thereto thai eastern producers had not to pay hence there was open rebellion in 1798 and an army of 15,000 men from pennsylvania new jersey virginia and maryland under com mand of general lee of virginia ac companied by governor miillm of lynnsvlvanin governor llowell of new jersey general knnx seerelarv of war and general hamilton secretary nf the treasury arrived at pittsburg by order of president washington to tiuell the insurrection but by that lime the spirit ot opposition had main ly subsided but arrests were made the chiefs tied and two were tried at phila delphia but they were soon pardoned i fter their conviction und the law was pdified to suit the exigencies of the situation since then railroads have done the rest civilization has gone westward and tl pacific ocean is nearer to pitts burg now than philadelphia was then 1 have gone back over o years to coiuidei the changes in the manufact ures here but in order that the pupil of the prc.-cnt day may understand our statutes at home he must be taught to look abroad ami backward fifty years a^o the population of tbi states did not exceed 80,000,000 now it is 70,000,000 there were only about il'oo miles of railway in the states now we have 200 00ft near ly as many miles as all the rest of the world put together then we had cradles and scythes and heavy hoes now machinery and the progress of the half century since isis is without a parallel in the history of the world and in the haste to grasp tin new and disdain the old many a trade and useful r truffle has fallen into desuetude which i he future will be rev ived ; but ¦ ithers will be forever buried in obliv ion a we turn back to the ,,|,| map of palestine ami the holy land and of the roman empire i revise our new so iis in be able lo understand our history and our bible so tin children of the present day must lal now and then in ihe early ieri the old commonwealth of which we , proud see how our fathers mow ed cradled distilled tunned mid toil ed and our mothers ran their i in and wow uui garments for ice and the holiday a « ll be wrilt ii ii ihe la«l half of the 10th century wh h;i write the j'_'i k tliat shall contain the revela tions nf the ii-t half of the century w iimii shall dawn in ifloo boys now of l.'i if aliv . \\ ill then lie while b now and invetitlonc count mnra < leff s|n iu in for nicholas of rtiffia truly in thntigh regarded todny a the inil work nf wirnce are tie i in , ,| tomorrow tn lose all their value in - tiencf of some fresh di-eo\crv in the same field we have seen the x nnd 111 ass superseded by the noble ho.m ; the wagon with elip pptlngc tllc saddle the ea!l;ll the rnach . nnd rteam and elivtrielty flnallj outrunning oxen awes horses canal ho ltd and ¦ thi r and we may live to ipe england he come what athens i and young vmeri i a yel bob to be what athens « as " our little iiiiii it - id.out little men \\ ill disappear frnm the pflges of history in the slmdow of the grander triumphs of art wlence and literature under the protection of m government guided by a constitution w inch is the pint of human freedom and the common school system the bulwark of our liber ties there is something worth living for in this world of ours every school i a home where ties are knit that will last through life we trust to hies us to the last syllable of recorded time i admonish sel 1 children to com mence early each one of them to keep a diary a daily record a book in which each companion may write his or her name ami where the owner may note down the events that mav occur no matter how brief the memorandum may be it will ite precious as well ns pure and accurate history in the years that an1 to be you will look it the old chiiidioii with infinite pleasure and recall the kind young soulfl that one by lie have passed away ill the ing yeavs you are not only t i in educated to cm rv monev prom our ni ,¦ ini iln r to ii ide or hoard h for there use iml t gel onl of i he ¦¦ nil the rood thnt < rod hns given \ : : i thnt ii r 1 the thnndi f fiei many lamer ¦ in a peai ¦ iua diin inutii o it ii fill p in mind i ' dilrntcd men ncquaiiiti 1 with hi nrv am lent the cosl and c-.i i nngi of am rl p p nj nnd i tliey have not all lived in vain all know what wnr is ; nd what it costs ill is iti w death and ¦ i as well as in sacrifice nnd in i 1 ivi ¦ of men can be u tter employed thai in bnttll's n'ith deadly weapons win re the weak ia ofl overcome by the stroiv and peaceful employineiit in the arts nf agriculture and mechanics and in the development of the ores of the earth and the sciences little states with lii men will lie protected by wi.-e and beneficent laws and no longer liable to plunder and devasta tion from a grasping neighbor of su perior military strength the movement begun by the czar will not go hack wards notice this aplieal is not for the abolition but for the diminution of the armaments of war so it was with the republican onti-slaverv cru sade in these states the proposition was to restrain and restrict slavery to states where it had a legal foothold and to prevent its spread into new stales and virgin free territory this proposi tion was not accepted the south de manded that their institution being right in then sight they had the privi lege of carrying the slaves with them iii to any portion of the country in the jurisdiction of the american union then came the btruggle for the very existence of the institution itself and it was compelled to surrender so it is now russia asks to curtail not to abolish these burdensome extensive pre parations for war to stop here and dim inish rather than increase the armed battalions of tin nations if the ma jorities be with russia in this grand emprise as ascertained in the states composing the nations a rule will lie adopted ami woe to the government thai invokes the swmd against this alvatar of peace if diminution of armament will not do then try dis armament entire ami complete by one all-powerful effort sampson-like and to pie the temples to the ground though the pioneer martyrs perish in the ruins of the dread nioloch of war as the czar of russia in times of peace led oil in universal emancipation in 1861 to be followed bv this republic in kkli in time of war so now when no actual war is on in or between any of the great powers it is lit and seem ing for the czar t > speak and advance in the line that leads t peaceful pur suits and to a distraction of the at tention of the nations from the de structive activities of personal killing to avenge national wrongs there is a way given unto nations which men have long since adopted for themselves in the settlement of disputes hy ti ial by jury by arbitration by a congress of nations the parliament of the world this is old if it lie a beautiful dream let us dieani it it will do no harm dream it as tennyson dreamed : 1111 the war drum tltroki no longer sud thu bat ii'1 ihms iii furled in tin parliament f man the fi'iii-nulon of the world ol.d friend thankful words written by mrs ada e han of groton ¦<- d : was taken with a bad cold which settled i'<i iu lunui ; uough ei in and dually terminated in consumption four doo i\e me up saying i could live but a short lime i eave myself up to my saviour determined if 1 could not tay with my friends on earth i would meet my absent one above vly hu.-hand wai advised to yet l 1 i 1 1 ¦¦ ':¦ new liiseowrv f"i ¦ olion co and ( ttvo it ii trial look in all i-i^hi hotiics ii ha cured me and thank uod i am saved and now a well and healthy woman trial bottles free at j leid iii refunded i mi . ¦ 1 00 lawmakers meet nlil<t i tc i jc'i < iminrll hold llnmimtli iv bbmiuii < «'«! of si , t spvliikllnic silli nrnlm-fl klrr afsffltfl rofiiplot all tlie lllin or.l.mcl i'nl.l rre-ide:it walkei nulled the septem her meeting of ambler council to order about s o'clock hist monday evening and the following members were prps ent : messrs walker plnmly fani>t roue iind ( lafi the minutes nf the hist meeting ail i . were reiiil and approved tlie finance lijiht law and order and biir migh i hipp vemellt i'oliiiiiillees reported nothing mr fatlst of the liie eommitlee |,' ported i he old i iil'ine out of repair mr craft from the building commit tee reported permit issued to amberg for lour double houses j w craft extension of harness shop v c walker stable tliomas hose stabh american turning company drying kiln george klbbielionse extension i greenhi inse mr rose of the highway i'ommittei reported belmont avenue completed ex cept the macadamising the cost is 1212 an it of stone i perches foi which hurl charges j7o.80 and morris redifer for mason work 9118.28 mr rose further stated that he had ordered four cars of stone from youngman foi 82 cents delivered in ambler from rose valley to llndenwold avenue mi butler avenue stone from lindenwohl quarries had been spread and rolled hut the top dressing is progressing very slowly lie siiid the mad would be re paired main street needs resurfacing in many places complaint had reach ed him of the condition of he inlets ii spring garden street over rose valley creek and he , had ordered i to be aubst ituted for tin boards lie further reported thai he had i : 11 the nil im i'm street sprink ling 240 ii '. but ¦ i ,' actually < had been paid out ii a in i baliuii i •¦ mi ii.ii rl me remain : i tile i lid of lie m il-iili will be 1 over lo next he . ¦ i ilimr nnd r i ¦ h'd , ' : hows i . -. ¦ ¦ pn : wui ¦ ' ., 1 ¦ ¦ > ikiii hotel lie ise i w craft v a walker aur j7 thomas ruse " ... - i . american turning co hldg prat ii w kiblili house " ' . cr aur.1 orders granted -' sep fi i ash liiiliiniv ii;:i iii mr rose stated that the ordinance fur the extension of north main street was in proper shape for passage mr faust chairman of tlie special committee mi reifl mill road stated nothing new had occurred regardng the closing of the highway but that sir raines would likely want damages on account of the outlet it offered for his property the committee was con tinued mr faust chairman of tlie special lire alarm committee reported the work had been dune by wm m houston according to the contract other b"\-e could lie put up at additional cost mr craft reported operations under way for tin preparation of a room for the fire company in this connection mr houston requested leave of council to donate material and labor for li^ht ing the new room which was accepted by council the ordinance for the extension of main street was then read and mr rose moved its final passage seconded bv mr craft and unanimously carried the following bills were then ordered paid : adam voungmau stone ^ .¦ , •-", philadelphia ami reading r co freight 10 ¦ <:: wm is burl stout :,| 80 wm m houston ore alarm 22s 00 liuiics r stevens constable's siilniv 1 0 1 ambler electric light co , 281 7 k ^ m co fnipplies 1 i m haywood advertising ., ao d i miii'i'u cutting pipe 00 daniel dowltn street work r0 50 j w craft rent and supplies 108 iti munis redifer work 11 s the foi low inj readjustment of com tuittees was announced by the chair nian : finance committee — 1 v craft thomas rose f plumly highway committee — thomas rose e ii faust 0 a ii riege light committee — c a i riece i l'lumly 1 vv craft fire committee e ll faust thomas rose k plumly law and order committee — if l'lulmv t liose b ii faust building committee 1 \\. craft t rose w 0 walker borough improvement — w c walker f l'lumly 0 a <;. riege the location of keys for thi lire boxes was decided to be left to the discretion of the special committee dr r v mattison who was present asked that the grade lie established on ihe bethlehem pike and that sidewalks hi laid the matter was left in charge of council as a committee of the whole mr bom suggested that lights be put on the matttson avenue and forth street corner that the one near ihe comer of maitison nnd park avenues he placed iit the corner and that one he placed back of the ambler presbyterian church the work was ordered done dr maitison iisked council regarding mattison avenue and buggestud that it be put ill proper eondlt ion for travel mr rose slated that the expense of grading the street had been contributed 10 by property owners in that part of own john mc lean had received the contract but had not completed tlie work the matter was referred lo council as ii committee of the whole hi matt isou further culled the ai i u of the members to the dc-hai of i i 1 1 it lli 1 1 ¦ ol he opened that the roadway be narrowei bo uj t allow room for a row of tree each i no action « us taken and there hi no further business th .' d 1 .:, 11^(1 li i'ii-lor johnson has returned from his \ aeation and filled the pulpi of ho bant nt church on sunday a well-known individual iiboiit town started the story on saturday morning that i'r i < '. bigpny was dead and that crape was on the door there wa nol a word of truth in il ihough he hlm been iek for sonic time 11111 baseball team went to slntillgton mi salurda and did fairly wi ii they won four run i otlt i nine labor day was observed by two bane hall lranii one with the stove mould ers and i he other with tlie col s'lolloi ken team ll u.i the hi-111 iithl v communion ea-oii at the methodist church on sunday and a number of probationers were admitted many people from here went to at lantic city on siindav on the excursion train the fare was 1 1.25 for the round trio jonathan simmers of new york city was here last week visiting old friends lie had mil seen them for 17 years lie formerly lived in new britain town ship i.evi m heebner has sold out one of ins main street restaurants to winfleld s white who bought for another party ihe deadlock in the horolljrh council on the electric light question was settled m friday by the acceptance i one of the bids offered 1 harry kraut and miss i aura ann fossen were married on tuesday of the present week the former has had the management of one of the grocery stores of his biothei-iu-iiiw ainos c van fossen there are 451 pupils enrolled in the public schools joseph z oherhoh/er has taken pos m'.'-ion of the tremont house as land lord e ic crouthamel retiring the h . ' v ¦¦ ¦ ici'led for i private n i i ih'i.i v by is.iiic d heebner some in or 1 ¦ v'iiis an mil is a very handsome ¦ otftlv structure if 1 tone in 1 he in of tin town jai :> nn ' tl i bill 1 othi r hi , . ¦ ¦ 1 .. paint v 1 a porto 1 co < . [!. y n lor giw recently he is pi his pi ¦':.' oi tllllt i visitore are tli re pr nn al piins of the union rev wm 11 beyer pastoi rjf the m e church will preach next snndaj momiiie and evening the ladies aid society met at the home of mr and mrs john lightkep intsl tuesday evening report luis it that two or three jarret town properties will soon change own ers sonic of the earlier field corn is ripe enough to cut and shock soon the time will be here that the hoqsier poet speaks of : when the frost is on the pumpkin and the corn is in the shock " rust has not developed on the aspara gus this year last year it worked a good deal of injury to the vitality of the plants late cabbage is making a very rapid growth although planted very late this year because of the drought in july it will make a good crop yet if the rains come at heading time one of the dogs supposed to have been bitten bv the mad dog passing through here a few weeks since was shut last week he had been acting very strange ly for several days and was thought to be mad the peach festival last saturday evening passed off pleasantly among those present we noticed mr fred k l.isterman and mr john a went of foit washington mr went says some of his friends are trying to get rid of him by bending him to thi legisla ture the school i'ircctors'associat ion will meet in the llatboro school building next monday evening several intei eating questions connected with bc 1 management will be presented for dis cussion anti-quay declaration \ i n itir t v i il i xii 1 . 1 | limof ft tmmmi mi miki it l>i i l:,t'?t-<l nf violmt.-cl trimtx -\ iw hie i'.-trly nehnnitiiim of inflrp kditol ' \ nil'ler ' ia/ette ' ; the lime hh8 collie for the people of pnnncylvania tn declare thetr inde pendence i"iii the lio-s matthew stun ley i,'ua fho tllotigh worth of high esteein i'"i leany deeds oi the past yel de-ei , ¦ rejection for the tliinax rharged againsl him follow voter if you can endorse the following declaration bo stiro to east your vote against any and evcty candidate for the leui-lattno who will not pledge himself to vote rgnini<l cjliayv return t the senate in laniiarv . when in t he ur.-e of the political events of a slate it becomes nei csniry for the people to disrupt the chains of noli tical bondage that have fettered them for many i»u year and thilfl resume among the sister states i the l'nion thai position of honor and power which a faithful adherence to its motto vir tue liberty and independence must vouchsafe a decent respect to the vot ers of the various counties requires tlint the voters of montgomery county should declare the causes which impel lliein lo make their protest and doclaraton we hold these truths to be self evi dent — that the voters of a shite are created free and equal politically that they are endowed with certain inaliena ble rights among which are political life political liberty and the par-nit of political happiness unharmed by boss bandit or bull-dozer that t sc enre these rights political parties are organized the officers of which docire then just powers from tin 1 the membership that whenever any party nrgiinizut 1011 becomes detrimi ntal of the cud il is the right of irn dual 11 h n to protest 1 1 prudence ury no invpftigntlng rommittee tip pointed at the lust session f ibe legisla ture accomplish rl an food and tilope that weri tint francls and fake were failure ( hi 1 among the fakeo wat the eol'illlillee to f|v si i:jale h igemenl of the state trrmnry it 1 nothing irregular nothfn i it lei-e nothing in reeolhlllelld their rpporl had scarcely been adopted « inn the tale treafmtrer confi ¦ > d 1 hat large sums had been atlvnnml without authority of law 1 le ha 1 prepared the waj tor direct pitinderl ng of the trettmiry in rrniilrlng a bond fir only s.miu.iiiiii n j the ¦ ai ries an avert . bald ! rimrr than - 1,000,000 he ha \ iolaied the tnofll rocred principle o our free institutions l tramping under foot the righl nf people to govern tliemselvcb in naming candi dates i the ollices of the various branches of om late government ex cent [\-{\ legislal lvn and jiidieinl lie hai ciiiipeilei candii lat - i'or office to pledge tlieniselvcs 10 support himself ami his moasures in the next legislature thus compelling men to renounce then iio-t sacred human right for a mess nf pottage a brief days enjoyment of political preferment to he followed by ction and contempt after they have servi d his own personal ends he has laised the black flag and whenever possible strikes down nil those who stood bv the people and the princi ples i righl in defiance of machine filer he has brought the holding of public iiiiee into such bad repute by bis cor nipt political deeds that honest and lionorilbl ¦ 1,1 ei i in many cases have turn d away from their duty "!' serving the ithte on iii iml of tin dis'.'riii"!1 connect id wit '• ¦ n ibbed the ¦ . ' ants lie i i'limpli in ¦ ¦- 1 itu ioiuil n ' a his nii roftd n irtv organizations ion 1 phoiilil not bo i'hangei til ciiu i and n ¦¦ n i p i ii nee in -' shown thu icii arc nn . ed lo fi ruble than : i riji i :\, s ; bill w !.- i ; en undi ofi'i i iblicaii i !¦ ¦ o redin ¦ riglit to thro w o ¦ ; ll lit.t suli'e i pi i't y and i i e.-lii . illlls j , : i in ¦ ¦ y w h ,, ; iuii'i 1 ¦ ¦ irty hcii . njioii the treasury we de i:j now : ' dan 11 in i the subjection of tl 1 1 publican party to the dominat f tlie . nd sui'li 1 1 iiistraim ! matthew stanley litiay lnnll an | m tlial the rn lory of the present boss in penn majority fundamentally in nur politi ¦: 1 - ry of repeated injuries va bystt.m filmll no longer be subverted all having 111 direct 1.1 the establishment of ah absolute ¦ , rmy ovei this state to prove this permit us to submit to an intelligent publii facts widely published by re spon-.l'le papers and speakers of repute we charge these thin matthew stanley quay and uliallcngi public denial of the same things done either by him directly or by his hench men in such a way either by omission or commission that he rfust be held nc countable he is a huge octopus and by his md compelled to give place to 1 lie rule of i minority of one " he ha gone so far that any person who may try to protect tin honor and guard the interests of hisvtui byoppos '''¦¦"¦ "' '¦.'""; ing tin quay machine lake ;-,,:- b'usi ige 1 against ness interest his reputation and ill most is a slimy nauseating anus has wormed himself into the white house and halls of legislation at washington into the governor's chair and legislative halls at harrisbui'i into tlie secret chambers is.t his own life in bis own hands he lias positively declined b answer the charges brought against him ivy liis opponents and assailants and by hi silence has thus substantiated tin nspi eion against himself and the pnrty that the charges urw true and cuiinut be re puted for these and kindred reasons quay must be regarded an enemy of the state totally unfit to be his own successor justly doomed to unequivocal defeat of our great corporations into every representation reinonstrative address l-'il/.u-ittt'i-tiiwn is the bag thai lust year float hool house so far this t made its appearance when ed ' iver our si term it has n w a kdsall town last saturday morning a horse li to howard robeson broke spent sunday in oil belong its bit and got away from the driver near cox's the horse was caught near home ufter colliding with j f potter's team both driver and horse escaped injury no damage being done except to the harness john i'it/.waicr who died in phila delphia sunday was buried last thui lay from the residence of bis sister mrs charlotte fiuwuter potter a large number of friends of the deceased ittended the funeral intermem being made ill the family plot near here this town takes its name from this family who for several generations owned property nnd resided here his wife survives him as does one irother charles of flour tow 11 and m is i 1 her of our t iw n l.a.-t wednesday morning about 10.30 sneak thief entered the residence of win nieuiiin iii ihe absence of all the aniily and aft king the house ill through took f'j7 in money a new ¦ al a revolver mrs jane nienian's vedding ring and various other things well iis p'uee ol1 harnc-s l-'roio'all ippciiiauce the thief u a scared off mi xieiuau was away from the house mly ii hoit i inie perhaps n minutes ' oil bis return the deed was done up|io-cdly ihe crime was committed a colored man seen loitering around place previous to ihe i p lute no trace of the thii i ', urn i mi and mrs k i >• ni fiy i.eiil luv with mr iind rs i i'i • ward of vw j ti i urs w c i iilbvrt nook and'rural hamlet and wielded hit dreadful power he has dictated to our president and sought to thwart national legislation lie has directed state lawmaking and tied the hands and stopped the mouths of noble manhood all over the state not for the welfare of man hut for the aggrandizement of himself — quay and quayisin he has attempted to thwart national legislation and advanced measures in direct opposition to the principles of the party by which he is in honor bound to stand helms opposed president mckinley in his war measures and then scut his henchmen over our stale to urge the people lo do what he failed to do — stand by the administration a request that can only be met by voting against quav he speculated in sugar stock while the bugar schedule was being considered in the congress of which he was a member he has brought dishonor upon him appeals have in vain been made time and again like the deep mum bling of distant thunder suppreasedjmut terings have been heard all over the tide bi i quay has not heard or hav ing heard has not deemed it in harmony with a just appreciation of himself to condescend to give time to recognize these by his misconduct quay has brought : shame and disgrace to his party shall we now become partakers of his crimes by indorsing him for re-electionv by taking a firm stand the party can do a great deal toward restoring its honored name the motto on the reverse side of the great seul of pennsylvania is : both can't bul'vive we believe that time lias come when all republican voters must realize t hut the motto will certify itself with reference to them qlluyisih iind the republican party can't both survive juayism must und will be de i'eated this year if it uuuugtib i gag self his state and tlie union as a cnit ini1 strangle i he republican party the ed state senator by his mental and mm party must and will suffer overwhelming al untitness a mere chafferer and deal defeat with quayismatthc november polls quaj er in politics a sordid promoter of h is personal and political fortunes he has not been the author of one statute of congress the adoption of which benefit ed the people lie has brought dishonor on hiin-clf and his party by the name in which he has amassed a fortune with politics iis his only visible means of income and i present salary of only 5000 he has won the reputation of being a million aire besides spending freely on himself for himself iind his political friends lie hos carried in the state tiea-in v an average balance of more than 4,000 ¦ luo since 1802 thus robbing the poopio of the state directly of at least a million dollars in interest alone ! he has bo conducted the affairs of our state fiat in1 motto virtue liberty and independence might well bechanc ed in his honor to scandalous corrupt ion autocratic boasiun annd subservient political slavery he advocated reform measures in 1805 and is96 himself drawing up strong 1 1 lolul ions that w ere adopted 1 1 party slid on i he basis of which prouiis uccecdcd in electing a legislature according to his liking with thw two hi inches of the last legislature under his control he amended ai'blod crumbled dissected rejected purned iind trod underfoot all reform ineuw rejected those republican ineiabora win b the platform ¦ id i making utrenuouw efforts all over the slate lo defeat those wh by that platform i himself il hypoci lie ii dee . fraud lleor'.'iiui/.cd invi i and junketing toui now oilici-s and cue nldtd nd ovoiv wilh ¦ 4 loeiin th like a stalks colliery's foreign czar and tyrant ihii footed over mi ml - soil and dictates to tin honest yeoman every political step the time of redemption is at band however and relief inusl speedily come the time has come for montgomery county to show that it does not belive that in politics fraud is as fair as honesty treachery as ju.-i a honor vice us good as virtue crime as beautiful iis law liith ii clean as purity and a lie iis good os ihe i rutli fellow voter are you ready to sign such i declaration are you tired of quay misrule are you ready to strike a blow i1 virtue liberty ami inde pendence aro you ready ti the monster'.1 ( lo to your republican or democrat primary meeting and vote only for dele gates pledged to support anti-quay pup i.i i t,-i qo i i he polls in noveiuhcr and vote only for legislative candidates pledged to vote ii iiin-t quay iind quayiam there is enough virtue in old mont gomery to call ii thief by the niii-ie let us repeal the word in such loud tones that no one cun mistake thu luouiling aild that every hill ami dale even t mi and vale will r sound ii : "\ er the state il w k pt'll|>ti i ' i ¦ t i .,. i we 1 i i a liihli over ) tlie •¦ and have j oiii|ici ii ion t i n ith
Object Description
Title | The Ambler Gazette 18980908 |
Volume | 16 |
Issue | 40 |
Subject | Newspapers -- Pennsylvania -- Montgomery County -- Ambler |
Description | A newspaper from the community of Ambler, Pa., this collection includes incomplete runs of the Ambler Gazette from 1897 to 1919. This is a weekly newspaper that reports news from multiple communities in Montgomery County. The local news reported in the paper is, in many cases, the only record of the development of the southern half of Montgomery County. The Ambler Gazette continues the Fort Washington Times. |
Publisher | A.K. Thomas |
Date | 09/08/1898 |
Location Covered | Ambler, Pa.;Montgomery County, Pa. |
Type | text |
Original Format | Newspapers |
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Language | English |
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Contact | For more information, please contact the Wissahickon Valley Public Library at abutton@wvpl.org or phone: 215-643-1320. |
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Month | 09 |
Day | 08 |
Year | 1898 |
Description
Title | The Ambler Gazette 18980908 |
Volume | 16 |
Issue | 40 |
Subject | Newspapers -- Pennsylvania -- Montgomery County -- Ambler |
Description | A newspaper from the community of Ambler, Pa., this collection includes incomplete runs of the Ambler Gazette from 1897 to 1919. This is a weekly newspaper that reports news from multiple communities in Montgomery County. The local news reported in the paper is, in many cases, the only record of the development of the southern half of Montgomery County. The Ambler Gazette continues the Fort Washington Times. |
Publisher | A.K. Thomas |
Date | 09/08/1898 |
Location Covered | Ambler, Pa.;Montgomery County, Pa. |
Type | text |
Original Format | Newspapers |
Digital Format | image/tiff |
Language | English |
Rights | https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ |
Contact | For more information, please contact the Wissahickon Valley Public Library at abutton@wvpl.org or phone: 215-643-1320. |
Contributing Institution | Wissahickon Valley Public Library |
Sponsorship | This Digital Object is provided in a collection that is included in POWER Library: Pennsylvania Photos and Documents, which is funded by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries of Pennsylvania/Pennsylvania Department of Education. |
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fhe ambler gazette vol xvi.-no 4 ambler pa septembeb 8 1hhh si 25 a ykail norristown letter thr l.cxiitlnn nf un l«l iiiiiily tun vnril lonkltiii iliirfcuiircl tin l>l««rm nnllll prcilicl dtnim f t iiimi-ii ivnif n'oi risl w n sept .'!. it is astonishing wii.it attention has been given to my hurried linei abnui the decadence of the tanyards in mont gomery county 1'roin various sum e i have i ' ' ivi il communications > om mending my reference to these institu tions of the past so familiar and us ful fioyears ago tney have gone the way of boarding school powder mills i lover mill-1 nnd oil mills i r john hillepam of peniulnirg is the onlv man win mill manufacttin a linseed oil ¦ he county -" far iis i knon ; rnd james miller of simmeytow 11 has tip only powder mills i remember w hen there were 23 i 80 f the hitler in operation in our county i'ul to return to the tanyard i morgan casselberry ksu if evansburg has written to me i jay that iii yean ago there was one in nontatown corner of main and ford streets at king-of-prussia operated by yocum afterward by pecliin at ureen tree upper i'li'vidcine by joseph oi bower township line between lower providence and norriton by fho coulston worcester above fair view by andrew morgan evansburg by p morgan casnelberry tmppe by wm t miller limerick square by addison t miller limerick by john reese swamp and fagleysville by fegeley swamp churches wm schneider pottstown j w ca-sel berrv boyertown vicinity l.andes brothers three < nven trie frederick george nyce then in gr>n jonathan the father of 8 e syce ex-proth tary zieglersville aaron schwonk and jacob schwenk oumneytown daniel krause fkippackville tyson skip pack tow ii hip benjamin tyson ; | con in squai c l e ; l nns burn i '¦'¦ v>:il1 ¦ l;t : lansdale ami mont nm ryvi gomery square i . < i per dublin t rutti i . ince bv i - ; abinjjton ¦' t ,-,- | lautll ' . wi ii i i ;-¦-¦!. hue of towli moiul;oiic i \-. i , ;. • rloom ; aii'l main f thi lain ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ • pcia with the ¦ ¦ u'cnv in i live is not attributed to the scurciij i k s e people suppoce but of shops fir the making of boot and untn nal er now ¦ evoti's himself mainly t the work of iring but with the i ncreai e ¦ i 1 h ii and greater demand for leather thn tanyard may profitably be revived the grist mills nave had to change their machinery bui i do not find ihi'.i they have decreased in num ber 1 i'-tilleries where farmers iiiiiim . ¦ . '. : ¦ ., i've ntn w h i.-key 1 lie lieve have all disappeared so we will not have another wlmekey insurrection in pennsylvania or perhaps even a resurrection at one time the attempt to tax them out of existence resulted in open rebellion and war in western 1 pennsylvania where the fanners relied upon this method of turning theii grain into liquid to he barreled for easier transportation to the east a tax of four cent a gallon was levied by the government called an excise tax by act of congress march 7 1891 the people fanners principally resisted it because they said it bore severely upon the producers of grain at a dis tance from the atlantic markets they had no railroads then and it was im possible to send thu produce of their farms over almost impassabh uniaius in the bulky shape of grain or hour ¦ , . eore ii was a tax upon the people of ¦ washington foyette allegheny westmoreland and other proximate counties thereto thai eastern producers had not to pay hence there was open rebellion in 1798 and an army of 15,000 men from pennsylvania new jersey virginia and maryland under com mand of general lee of virginia ac companied by governor miillm of lynnsvlvanin governor llowell of new jersey general knnx seerelarv of war and general hamilton secretary nf the treasury arrived at pittsburg by order of president washington to tiuell the insurrection but by that lime the spirit ot opposition had main ly subsided but arrests were made the chiefs tied and two were tried at phila delphia but they were soon pardoned i fter their conviction und the law was pdified to suit the exigencies of the situation since then railroads have done the rest civilization has gone westward and tl pacific ocean is nearer to pitts burg now than philadelphia was then 1 have gone back over o years to coiuidei the changes in the manufact ures here but in order that the pupil of the prc.-cnt day may understand our statutes at home he must be taught to look abroad ami backward fifty years a^o the population of tbi states did not exceed 80,000,000 now it is 70,000,000 there were only about il'oo miles of railway in the states now we have 200 00ft near ly as many miles as all the rest of the world put together then we had cradles and scythes and heavy hoes now machinery and the progress of the half century since isis is without a parallel in the history of the world and in the haste to grasp tin new and disdain the old many a trade and useful r truffle has fallen into desuetude which i he future will be rev ived ; but ¦ ithers will be forever buried in obliv ion a we turn back to the ,,|,| map of palestine ami the holy land and of the roman empire i revise our new so iis in be able lo understand our history and our bible so tin children of the present day must lal now and then in ihe early ieri the old commonwealth of which we , proud see how our fathers mow ed cradled distilled tunned mid toil ed and our mothers ran their i in and wow uui garments for ice and the holiday a « ll be wrilt ii ii ihe la«l half of the 10th century wh h;i write the j'_'i k tliat shall contain the revela tions nf the ii-t half of the century w iimii shall dawn in ifloo boys now of l.'i if aliv . \\ ill then lie while b now and invetitlonc count mnra < leff s|n iu in for nicholas of rtiffia truly in thntigh regarded todny a the inil work nf wirnce are tie i in , ,| tomorrow tn lose all their value in - tiencf of some fresh di-eo\crv in the same field we have seen the x nnd 111 ass superseded by the noble ho.m ; the wagon with elip pptlngc tllc saddle the ea!l;ll the rnach . nnd rteam and elivtrielty flnallj outrunning oxen awes horses canal ho ltd and ¦ thi r and we may live to ipe england he come what athens i and young vmeri i a yel bob to be what athens « as " our little iiiiii it - id.out little men \\ ill disappear frnm the pflges of history in the slmdow of the grander triumphs of art wlence and literature under the protection of m government guided by a constitution w inch is the pint of human freedom and the common school system the bulwark of our liber ties there is something worth living for in this world of ours every school i a home where ties are knit that will last through life we trust to hies us to the last syllable of recorded time i admonish sel 1 children to com mence early each one of them to keep a diary a daily record a book in which each companion may write his or her name ami where the owner may note down the events that mav occur no matter how brief the memorandum may be it will ite precious as well ns pure and accurate history in the years that an1 to be you will look it the old chiiidioii with infinite pleasure and recall the kind young soulfl that one by lie have passed away ill the ing yeavs you are not only t i in educated to cm rv monev prom our ni ,¦ ini iln r to ii ide or hoard h for there use iml t gel onl of i he ¦¦ nil the rood thnt < rod hns given \ : : i thnt ii r 1 the thnndi f fiei many lamer ¦ in a peai ¦ iua diin inutii o it ii fill p in mind i ' dilrntcd men ncquaiiiti 1 with hi nrv am lent the cosl and c-.i i nngi of am rl p p nj nnd i tliey have not all lived in vain all know what wnr is ; nd what it costs ill is iti w death and ¦ i as well as in sacrifice nnd in i 1 ivi ¦ of men can be u tter employed thai in bnttll's n'ith deadly weapons win re the weak ia ofl overcome by the stroiv and peaceful employineiit in the arts nf agriculture and mechanics and in the development of the ores of the earth and the sciences little states with lii men will lie protected by wi.-e and beneficent laws and no longer liable to plunder and devasta tion from a grasping neighbor of su perior military strength the movement begun by the czar will not go hack wards notice this aplieal is not for the abolition but for the diminution of the armaments of war so it was with the republican onti-slaverv cru sade in these states the proposition was to restrain and restrict slavery to states where it had a legal foothold and to prevent its spread into new stales and virgin free territory this proposi tion was not accepted the south de manded that their institution being right in then sight they had the privi lege of carrying the slaves with them iii to any portion of the country in the jurisdiction of the american union then came the btruggle for the very existence of the institution itself and it was compelled to surrender so it is now russia asks to curtail not to abolish these burdensome extensive pre parations for war to stop here and dim inish rather than increase the armed battalions of tin nations if the ma jorities be with russia in this grand emprise as ascertained in the states composing the nations a rule will lie adopted ami woe to the government thai invokes the swmd against this alvatar of peace if diminution of armament will not do then try dis armament entire ami complete by one all-powerful effort sampson-like and to pie the temples to the ground though the pioneer martyrs perish in the ruins of the dread nioloch of war as the czar of russia in times of peace led oil in universal emancipation in 1861 to be followed bv this republic in kkli in time of war so now when no actual war is on in or between any of the great powers it is lit and seem ing for the czar t > speak and advance in the line that leads t peaceful pur suits and to a distraction of the at tention of the nations from the de structive activities of personal killing to avenge national wrongs there is a way given unto nations which men have long since adopted for themselves in the settlement of disputes hy ti ial by jury by arbitration by a congress of nations the parliament of the world this is old if it lie a beautiful dream let us dieani it it will do no harm dream it as tennyson dreamed : 1111 the war drum tltroki no longer sud thu bat ii'1 ihms iii furled in tin parliament f man the fi'iii-nulon of the world ol.d friend thankful words written by mrs ada e han of groton ¦<- d : was taken with a bad cold which settled i't roue iind ( lafi the minutes nf the hist meeting ail i . were reiiil and approved tlie finance lijiht law and order and biir migh i hipp vemellt i'oliiiiiillees reported nothing mr fatlst of the liie eommitlee |,' ported i he old i iil'ine out of repair mr craft from the building commit tee reported permit issued to amberg for lour double houses j w craft extension of harness shop v c walker stable tliomas hose stabh american turning company drying kiln george klbbielionse extension i greenhi inse mr rose of the highway i'ommittei reported belmont avenue completed ex cept the macadamising the cost is 1212 an it of stone i perches foi which hurl charges j7o.80 and morris redifer for mason work 9118.28 mr rose further stated that he had ordered four cars of stone from youngman foi 82 cents delivered in ambler from rose valley to llndenwold avenue mi butler avenue stone from lindenwohl quarries had been spread and rolled hut the top dressing is progressing very slowly lie siiid the mad would be re paired main street needs resurfacing in many places complaint had reach ed him of the condition of he inlets ii spring garden street over rose valley creek and he , had ordered i to be aubst ituted for tin boards lie further reported thai he had i : 11 the nil im i'm street sprink ling 240 ii '. but ¦ i ,' actually < had been paid out ii a in i baliuii i •¦ mi ii.ii rl me remain : i tile i lid of lie m il-iili will be 1 over lo next he . ¦ i ilimr nnd r i ¦ h'd , ' : hows i . -. ¦ ¦ pn : wui ¦ ' ., 1 ¦ ¦ > ikiii hotel lie ise i w craft v a walker aur j7 thomas ruse " ... - i . american turning co hldg prat ii w kiblili house " ' . cr aur.1 orders granted -' sep fi i ash liiiliiniv ii;:i iii mr rose stated that the ordinance fur the extension of north main street was in proper shape for passage mr faust chairman of tlie special committee mi reifl mill road stated nothing new had occurred regardng the closing of the highway but that sir raines would likely want damages on account of the outlet it offered for his property the committee was con tinued mr faust chairman of tlie special lire alarm committee reported the work had been dune by wm m houston according to the contract other b"\-e could lie put up at additional cost mr craft reported operations under way for tin preparation of a room for the fire company in this connection mr houston requested leave of council to donate material and labor for li^ht ing the new room which was accepted by council the ordinance for the extension of main street was then read and mr rose moved its final passage seconded bv mr craft and unanimously carried the following bills were then ordered paid : adam voungmau stone ^ .¦ , •-", philadelphia ami reading r co freight 10 ¦ <:: wm is burl stout :,| 80 wm m houston ore alarm 22s 00 liuiics r stevens constable's siilniv 1 0 1 ambler electric light co , 281 7 k ^ m co fnipplies 1 i m haywood advertising ., ao d i miii'i'u cutting pipe 00 daniel dowltn street work r0 50 j w craft rent and supplies 108 iti munis redifer work 11 s the foi low inj readjustment of com tuittees was announced by the chair nian : finance committee — 1 v craft thomas rose f plumly highway committee — thomas rose e ii faust 0 a ii riege light committee — c a i riece i l'lumly 1 vv craft fire committee e ll faust thomas rose k plumly law and order committee — if l'lulmv t liose b ii faust building committee 1 \\. craft t rose w 0 walker borough improvement — w c walker f l'lumly 0 a <;. riege the location of keys for thi lire boxes was decided to be left to the discretion of the special committee dr r v mattison who was present asked that the grade lie established on ihe bethlehem pike and that sidewalks hi laid the matter was left in charge of council as a committee of the whole mr bom suggested that lights be put on the matttson avenue and forth street corner that the one near ihe comer of maitison nnd park avenues he placed iit the corner and that one he placed back of the ambler presbyterian church the work was ordered done dr maitison iisked council regarding mattison avenue and buggestud that it be put ill proper eondlt ion for travel mr rose slated that the expense of grading the street had been contributed 10 by property owners in that part of own john mc lean had received the contract but had not completed tlie work the matter was referred lo council as ii committee of the whole hi matt isou further culled the ai i u of the members to the dc-hai of i i 1 1 it lli 1 1 ¦ ol he opened that the roadway be narrowei bo uj t allow room for a row of tree each i no action « us taken and there hi no further business th .' d 1 .:, 11^(1 li i'ii-lor johnson has returned from his \ aeation and filled the pulpi of ho bant nt church on sunday a well-known individual iiboiit town started the story on saturday morning that i'r i < '. bigpny was dead and that crape was on the door there wa nol a word of truth in il ihough he hlm been iek for sonic time 11111 baseball team went to slntillgton mi salurda and did fairly wi ii they won four run i otlt i nine labor day was observed by two bane hall lranii one with the stove mould ers and i he other with tlie col s'lolloi ken team ll u.i the hi-111 iithl v communion ea-oii at the methodist church on sunday and a number of probationers were admitted many people from here went to at lantic city on siindav on the excursion train the fare was 1 1.25 for the round trio jonathan simmers of new york city was here last week visiting old friends lie had mil seen them for 17 years lie formerly lived in new britain town ship i.evi m heebner has sold out one of ins main street restaurants to winfleld s white who bought for another party ihe deadlock in the horolljrh council on the electric light question was settled m friday by the acceptance i one of the bids offered 1 harry kraut and miss i aura ann fossen were married on tuesday of the present week the former has had the management of one of the grocery stores of his biothei-iu-iiiw ainos c van fossen there are 451 pupils enrolled in the public schools joseph z oherhoh/er has taken pos m'.'-ion of the tremont house as land lord e ic crouthamel retiring the h . ' v ¦¦ ¦ ici'led for i private n i i ih'i.i v by is.iiic d heebner some in or 1 ¦ v'iiis an mil is a very handsome ¦ otftlv structure if 1 tone in 1 he in of tin town jai :> nn ' tl i bill 1 othi r hi , . ¦ ¦ 1 .. paint v 1 a porto 1 co < . [!. y n lor giw recently he is pi his pi ¦':.' oi tllllt i visitore are tli re pr nn al piins of the union rev wm 11 beyer pastoi rjf the m e church will preach next snndaj momiiie and evening the ladies aid society met at the home of mr and mrs john lightkep intsl tuesday evening report luis it that two or three jarret town properties will soon change own ers sonic of the earlier field corn is ripe enough to cut and shock soon the time will be here that the hoqsier poet speaks of : when the frost is on the pumpkin and the corn is in the shock " rust has not developed on the aspara gus this year last year it worked a good deal of injury to the vitality of the plants late cabbage is making a very rapid growth although planted very late this year because of the drought in july it will make a good crop yet if the rains come at heading time one of the dogs supposed to have been bitten bv the mad dog passing through here a few weeks since was shut last week he had been acting very strange ly for several days and was thought to be mad the peach festival last saturday evening passed off pleasantly among those present we noticed mr fred k l.isterman and mr john a went of foit washington mr went says some of his friends are trying to get rid of him by bending him to thi legisla ture the school i'ircctors'associat ion will meet in the llatboro school building next monday evening several intei eating questions connected with bc 1 management will be presented for dis cussion anti-quay declaration \ i n itir t v i il i xii 1 . 1 | limof ft tmmmi mi miki it l>i i l:,t'?t- |
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