The Ambler Gazette 18990525

              the ambler ette vol xvii.-no 21 ambler pa mav 25 18*m s1.25 a yka1 the school fund senator tfcntl tlilnk tlio \< i •¦! iovrrnnr stonr iiii-kiii miinme ( iiioiiltl • <¦ or tlie siiimlc should hats !*•¦•• ri mil 1 m|h,m ililc wlmt ilic niirrntinm iici-hiii niiy in speakinc of the n cent vetoes and inning down of sci 	 i appropriation by governor stone henntor went said the governor ibs cl itainly done gi \-, ral unauthorized and unpopulai acts in veto ing the two con tiiiitional amendments and cutting down the school appropria tion item of the general approprial ion bill bc concurrent i v parsed by both houses of the general awembly it is obvious that the governor was no power cither by the i ou-t itntion or by statute to 1 oiher than consider each bill as a whole lii-l not in pail and hi prerogative is to approve or di approve an act of the mbly in itn entirety the con«l it n t if hi however gmnts him the privilege of cons i de ing the general appri priation bill by items and in authorizing him to consider it by items to approve or disapprove eac'n specific item as bis judgment may direct bill when he changed all item which had been eon ' currently agreed upon on final passage after being recommended bv a confer ence committee of both houses pi lor to final passage bv senate and house as be did in cutting the school appropriation fr 	 jl 1,000,000 t-i si 0,01 10 1 ion he cer tainly did nothing more or less than usurp the functions of the legislature the cutting down of the school appro priation si iinn,(iiio at this time will inflict an extraordinary burden upon taxpayers in many of the counties of the slate by increasing taxation for edu cational purposes in two ways — by making up for the reduction in appro priation and in the increased cost made necessary by an increase in the mini mum school term to seven months it would have been far better if the governor had not strained his constitu tional authority in reviewing the acts of the general assembly and had approved nil the appropriation bills as passed by the legislature and then held the finance committee of the senate responsible for the lack of revenue to meet the several appropriations because of their injudi clous act in strangling to death the creasy revenue bill in con ui it tee thus depriv ing the senate of a full and free discus sion uf that meritorious measure which passed the bouse almost unanimously and which had been recommended bv the state tax conference as a just and equitable revenue bill his excellency will have to make a change of base and assume a more excellent modus operand in wielding his pen if be may hope to wi li and truly retain tlfe title of your excellen '<•;¦'' by the people 1 the n'orristown herald of recent date has this to say on the subject the action of governor stone in re ducing the amount appropriated bv the legislature for the support of the public schools is being generally criticised not alone because it deprives the com mon schools of ho state of 1,000,000 in the next two fiscal years but for the fact thnt it is regarded in the light of an act not based upon any authority authorized either by the constitution or by statute the plea of a lack of n venun suffl cient to meet the several appropriations is scarcely sufficient justification for a cutting down of any item in the gener al appropriation b'll,aa the constitution demands of the executive an approval or disapproval of each item as a whole and not in part those who condemn governor stone maintain that k such were not the clear intent of the law it would have been unnecessaiy and superfluous to have in serted a clause giving tn the executive the power of considering the general ap propriation bill by items mid not as a whole as in the consideration of all other bills concurrently passed by both houses of the legislature it is possible that the matter of the legality of the reduction by the governor may be test ed in the courts by some hchool board or board of education upon the ground that the amount of appropriation granted to them by the state is not ei|ltal to their appropriation of the fund granted by the legislature in the passage 01 the general appropriation bill at the session of 1309 senator hummel of snyder county s id recent lv that be feared trouble from the school fund reduction especially in the rural districts as the farmers realize the extra burden which the governor's action has placed on them because of the decrease of state aid and the in crease of the minimum school term to seven months thus increasing the fann ers taxes for educational purpose in two ways many persons who deplore the lack of revenue and are censuring the senate for not passing a bill which would have raised the funds requisite for maintain ing the slate government and made ample provision for all the requirements of every appropriation and every ob ligation incurred bv the legislature should hear in mind that even if the house of representatives did pass a law embodying all that was de.-ired in the cre:i^tbiii the senate as a body is not to blamed for nut giving assent in the mrese measure as ii never came be fore the upper branch of the legislature in ennsiderat ion and action " for three weeks it was debated in the finance committee of the senate and that committee was urged by leading members of the state ia commission by citizens in high authority as experts on the question of raising revenue and by senators who were not members of the committee to report the bill that an honorable effort might be made to pass a revenue act thai would permit the legislature to continue to grant to the public schools ofihe commonwealth the fame liberal support as in former the course which has been large 1n111n11i.il in the advancement of a higher and more liberal education in tile co 	 1011 schools which ale the pen pie's colleges ' the li nai hi committee of the senate not i . ' on record in thai body where their attitude would become known to their constituent reported the creasy bill with a negative iveoiu datioii and thus assumed the role of iconoclasts by pulling down the tew vie without erecting another in it stead hey wi le destnii'tive in criticism but noti construct ive in action " it may anpt nr later that it would have been better for the governor to ha\e found other tneiins ol pruvldina for nil ant honzi d appropriations than to have strained bis ronstitntlonai an thority bv decreasing an appropriation that is of especial interest to the fat in i the stale " john l stewart deputy superintend i in of public instruction of i larris l\s : there seems to be a misunderstanding in the minds of many persons an to the state appropriation made for the sup port of the public slim ilj for the cut - renl schi ol year » hh h ends i n the brsl monday in jtim . 189 i in view of this fact it would he proper for the school director1 and others who are interested in the pribllc schools to he rightly informed on the subject • the nppropi iatioo for the school v ar ending in june 1808 has been paid in fufl and that fur the vertr ending in june 1890 will he paid after june of his year at such times as the slate treasurer will be able to meet the obli gation the 5,000,000 which the school districts will iceoivo for lie veal beginning jane 1899 will not be pay able until after the lirst monday in june 1900 there can be no excuse therefore for any reduction in the wbges uf teachers for the next school year beginning june 1809 one other point which peeins to be misunderstood is in connection with the fact that some districts have not levied any school taxes whatever dur ing the current school year there are also townships which have continued ye.tr after year to levy a verv low tax ! rate mnnv of these districts have provided only the minimum term of six months but the legislature nt the the last session enacted a law to extend the minimum school term to seven months this act goes into effect at the beginning of the school year of 1899 so that a majority of the townships will doubtless increase the tax rate in order to meet the demands of the act which requires the schools to be kepi open at least seven months annually the statement has been widely pub lished that many districts receive more from the state than is raised in the dis trict by local taxation this is true in many instances but with the extension of the school term these districts will doubtless raise an increased local fund for the support of the schools if neces sary to do so governor stone is being deluged with letters protesting against his reduction of the school fund nine bell preaching services at union m e church on sunday afternoon at :! o'clock sunday school at 2 the pub lic are invited w l s met at the home of mr john martin at broad axe on satur day evening ii f conard and wife visited at franklyn stackhouse's in ilf rsham on sunday mrs mary shoemaker and family were the guests of mr and mrs johi walton horsham on sunday loud prices were realized at john ! karr's cow sale on monday at erb'a hotel a congregational reunion will be i held in st john's lutheran church on tuesday evening june 1 tine of nolan's horses which was hitched in front of the store on friday { broke loose and_ran home no serious harm was done although quite a com motion was raised an evening lnusicale will be given in the union m e church on monday evening may l'i at 7.4 o'clock under the direction of walter deprefontaine lie will be assisted by his pupils and a chorus of 20 voices miss annie shoe maker will read and mr john b mar ' tin jr will recite a silver ottering will be accepted at tin door for the benefit of the church the bridge on the skippaok pike at worrall's is being repaired mr c o nathan and miss beatrice nathan were up on sunday l.vman biudle a horseman well known has a grand bay mare at blue bell sired by santa clans lu7>4 she can trot fast aid is used mi the road bv mr middle uiciidat ills cttneioslly itewarried lames sinnott a cunshohocken cigar dealer about three weeks ago while handling some tobacco he had just pur chased found fastened in one of the pieces the following note to the kinder — kindly assist me in sending a studious brother to college having lost one arm lie is unable to earn his living it was while saving a child from an awful death on the rail road that the member was savered any contribution will bo gratefully acknowledged by a devoted ststei the note was signed yours truly anna mattson louisville ky " mr sinnott complied with the writ ten request and hail quite forgotten the matter but his memory was freshened a few days ago when he received b gold watcn charm and this note from miss mattson dated louisville april 26 1800 dear sir as ao appreciation of your kindne.-s in answering my written appeal i send you a gold charm for j 	 watoh chain my hrothei1 unex pectedly fell heir to a huge sum of money anil will now be enabled to enter college and study for his chosen pro fession again i thank you fur your generosity " 1 coiisidei it not only a pleasure but a duly i owe in my neighbor to tell about the wonderful oure effected in my case by the timely use of chamber lain's colic cholera and liiairhoea liciiiedy i was taken very hadlv with bun and procured a botl i auie dy \ few loses of it effected a per inaneiit cure 1 take pleasure in commending it to others buffering from that dreadful disease j w lynch dorr w ya this remedy is gold bv 1 s angenv ambler and t c colt man jenkinlown druggi may advice to young people wm t kim mm nf i'oihuid i'rpnrh n mlinus in tin a miller rr..«l>vtprlini cltim-i i ry.-m n m<n actlts jirlntlnn i il for viiiiiik l*0upflci win t ell iff editor of forvard otw of the most progressive elllirell papers in america organiser of manv christian rndeavor societies in the army and navv occupied the pulpll uf the anih ler i'm sbyterian eliureh hist sunday evening in the absence of the pflntor and gave valuable advice to young i 	 pi'1 urging more activity in christian work ller a service of song mr kills ml nounced his text from marl v ii i my unto theo damsel arise " and i like \ ii 1 i : " young man i say unl'i i bee arise mr bills said the world has been rising ever sinee thai utter ance to higher living and you will no tice thai it lias only been rising in re ¦ to hie invitation of ( brist ; it hai i 	 n moving upward to god in re i 	 i to ( mhi's command the texl give tu ins lances of the lai-ing of the dead and furnishes us a theme for a talk especially adapted to young people arise first from sin because sin is death the physical body dead is in just the position that the sinful body is spiritually the analogy is very close and can be traced through every detail death is physical disability and so sin ruehns spiritual inactivity and a failure to realize and apprehend the true rela tion to iod the sinner knows noth ing of the greater glory and usefulness of a life of service to the divine the problem of christianity is not one of substraction christ does not restrict the life but hays arise and en joy the fullness of god's tospel ' relig ion is altogether a life of addition christ asks no soul to give up what is essential to a better and happier life it ifl a summons to life more abundant and by heeding it one awakenn to the true attainment of the correct stature of course we aie required to give up those things which drag us down to the beasts of the field but we receive the additional benelits of a true communion with iod the words of the text are especially an invitation to young men for chris tianity is suited to the high ideals of life the old philosopher said hitch your wagon to a star yes the star of bethlehem awaits the reposing of your faith and then only can one realize the fullness and trueness of the inspiration of christian living our recent war has given us many national heroes but these cannot be set up as the ideals for the ideal is not reached we put our characters on pedestals but yet they arc disappointing monuments to that true life symbolized in christ who i the only example sufficient for young men in their highest aspirations anil ideals lie comes to young people and reminds them of tbeil littleness and savs arise enlarge your life and op poitunitics and then we perceive some thing of the life as it truly is in a religious sense i am an expansionist we need larger lives just as truly as his own life was one uf usefulness and enlargement the themes of everyday life are fiot fur the edlooation of the soul we are too beggardly for lives which have in them the genii of the divine vo talk of dress amusement etc but i wish to leave with you something that will set the young people thinking of their souls from the standpoint of self-interest let me urge the young men to enlarge their lives our investigation committees have revealed one thing that the cause of the nation lias suffered because men have been too small and narrow it is almost impossible to get young d3*»n to undertake work and successfully till re sponsible positions this is the young man's opportunity to rise above the pettv things of life enlarge and accept the true inspiration of christ christ touched the hearts of 12 poor men who passed on from glory to glory in their works of usefulness why is it that in the school of positive thought scotland has furnished mauv more examples than other countries because the young men have been brought up i ii close relationship with god and a knowledge of the liible this association has put into the heart impulses that lead to the best anil noblest characters the largest ambit ion one can possibly have falls far short of what god has set forth for each for his kingdom is in need of all the help he asks ' ' 	 improvement nt fimk'n l'urk forest park at chalfont is being put into proper condition for the coming season which will open next saturday a new platform is being erected at the railroad the location lias been chang ed somewhat the crossing into the park being moved farther away froni the bridge a grand stand will be erected on the woods side of the baseball giound and underneath it there will be a restauiant the present buildings will he removed to another part of the grounds the park will open next saturday with an excursion by the brotherhood of the fiftieth baptist ohurch philadel phia there will be music day and evening tin proprietor says the out look for this season is much heller than last year several large philadelphia excursions have been booked for the park early in the season mmi'k liy b i'lilii a terrible accident occurred on the railroad just below pcrkasie station about 6 o'clock on saturday evening louis i'ernen.a belgian who is a travel ing cigar maker and who has been working in one of the i'eikasie factor ies was walking along the track when be was struck by a through t"i « tram and hurled on the enihankmeiii , which is nearly 100 fen high he was picked up in an uneoiisriou condi t ion he hud a number of cuts ami bruises aud afiei receiving medical at tention was seal lo si luke's hospital ih'lhlchein bill ilia condition was sucd that it is not expected lie will recover hnnnwn.v t n fnnpriil a long line nf mourner driving be hind the bndv of samuel i'.eatlv one of the exeter train wire victims to tin grave in i'lvmouth township on friday was thrown into disorder by ft disas trous runaway aeeidelit something 1 1 i'btene.i tbo hone of john i hllen and albert sn/den rs the procession « i pacing st matthew's catholic cemetery on the conshohocken plks am it dashed wildly from its place neal thi rear lip the road the carriage swung about from side to side and thr people ahead hastily got out of the way hotscs wit prancing about in all directions finally the runaway came tip with a crash against the team of alan barr.oflowei merlon i'he wheel of the hitter's buggy wa lorn off find both vehicles were over turned in the road ( iillep and sugdeli were thr wn on their heads ami onsly injured mr and mrs barrwere much bruised bdi their injuries wero not so severe ttie accident created consternation among the mourners and it was some lime before the funeral procession wa started again on its way to ilarreli mill < iillen and sugdeu were liken lo a near by farmhouse and later sent to their homes at black horse services over mr bebtty's icmaiiis were held at his home kcv j.f.shep pard of the conshohocken presbyterian church officiating there were also brief services in st paul's lutheran church at marren hill and the inter ment was in the adjoining cemetery the pall bearers were i bury p lley wooii george corsotv charles smith and robert macau'ev cmletx day nt ogontz at the cheltenham military academy at ogontz friday afternoon the annual militaiy exercises of the 7"i cadets of that institution were held in the pies ence of a large throng of people includ ing a number of military men and rel atives and friends of the cadets from different parts of the country the presence of the military men — officers of the national guard of penn sylvania and the regular army in full uniform — inspired the amateur sildiers to do their best and with such success that they were afterwards personally complimented on their good work the cadets were under the command or major t a mlackford the com mandant of the academy the first feature on the program was the com pany drill followed by u similar drill by the kldets under command of cadet anib'cws these hoys ages range from 11 to 13 vea:-s then followed the battalion parade the most interesting feature of the afternoon was the exer cises in extended order concluding with battle exercises the movements wero so well executed that the military men applauded enthusiastically and frequent ly the exercises concluded with a bicycle drill major blackford was com plimcnted on tb«3 work of the cadets by the military men the music was furnished by the bugle corps of the academy after the driljs the guests were tuken through the buildings and cadets quarters a splendid reoital we hear with great pleasure that mr and messrs schmitt trein schachner and smith jr will give a concert at the ambler opera house on wednesday evening may 81 mr linde was a student at the spruce street conservatory philadelphia and recently graduated with high honors lie is organist and choirmaster at st paul's church at fort washington and has been very successful in his work there messrs sehniitt trein schach ner and smith jr are the most talented musicians philadelphia can produce we since ivlv hope that lovers of good music will appreciate the efforts of mr linde and show their appreciation by grasping this opportunity for musical enlightenment as the program will warrant 	 three tuna and now our city cousins recognize us again misses may wallace and frances simpson of philadelphia visited u monday evening they role out awheel returning bv rail miss catharine kalhlleish of phila delphia spent sunday at mrs i i'llhcy's miss lleriiiina kroupa of philadel phia visited her sistei at daniel shoe maker's on sunday ed mccormlck of philadelphia was a guest of his brother john on sunday albert stout has repaired his fence along butler drive miss florence weir of philadelphia was a visitor at wm bay's recently 1 w merrill and wife were sunday visitors in our midst elwood stout is erecting a wire fence along part of bis farm near i'utler drive the boots f charles ii indenach recently occupied by mr mavhotl is now vacant miss bertha pfltsenmyer has returned from a visit to her sister mrs nash if philadelphia who has been seriously ill since the toll for wheelmen between ambler and philadelphia has been re duced to one cent a gate we think but ler drive ought to enjoy the same privi lege i'he wheel really betters the road instead of destroying and as the toll is only collected for right of way we make the above suggesti n to the presi ienl epworth league nfliiliiiiiiliiit i.cn«ur ii«m n it.illv lit iilil<-r mrr of tllo f'.v«'lllllk mjxlr sjf itrr i ii rrnntcii'fl tixlnl hms or voniiif r<niil i mi liiiimr work niiini ¦! ous invitations bad been gent out to i he neighboring b . ollip to tmhlef la^l monday for a rally and notwithstanding the threatening math or and the r\fri storm of the , u ning h were prespnl from i njylestnwn belfry prospectvllle jarrettown wil low i irove and philadelphia the ladies jf the church ha 1 provid ed one of their bounteous suppers i'lie devotional meeting was led by rev 1 !¦'. kingnley of jarrettown miss edna a shirk of ambler rrrlted in the twilight " very hfceptahlv rev ii ii crawl'oi'l made the ad dress of the evening he said ill pail ¦ ' we often hear it said that this g i he age of young people mm every age is the age of the oiing was it not the age of the young people when alexan der made himself the emperor of the world and died only i years of age was it not the age of the young people when pitt at l'l wan chnncellof of the exchequer and at i't was the greatest uncrowned head in europe or the world was it not the age of the votldb people when macaulev said of mr gladstone when he was only 1 that he was the hope and expectation of the conservative party might as well this age he railed the age of the old people for see gladstone and bismarck holding their iron hands upon the destinies of europe until they were very old men see ilewev the hero of the hour an old man sampson seldey wheeler paul kroger lord sallsbnrv are by no means young men no this is not the age of the young people or the old peo ple but the age of the progressive it is the age of tiie man who wins success the law of the survival of the fittest is in operation we often hear of the dead line hut it is not the line of years or gray hairs it is the line of laziness of inability and inefficiency some men are old at 40 while a dad stone is young at 80 well has the poet said we live in deeds not years in thoughts not words in feelings not in figures on a dial we should count life bv heart throbs ho lives most who thinks in st,fecl the noblest acts the best i grant that this is the young people's age if you put your idea this way that it is the age of the people who keep young it is the age of the worker and the worker gets the place while the indolent goes to the wall nc matter how young or old he may be gladstone was never idle one of his mottoes was find recreation in variety of employment when tired of pilitics lie tinned to greek literature then to theology then tn felling trees we should like him have mottoes pasted in our looms and then adhere to them one good one is pray and hustle i'he motto of the one who bustles only is god helps those who help them selves while the one who only prays savs all things conic to him who waits tennyson says more things are wrought by prayer than this world dreams of but we must work also so as to be prepared when god gives us the opportunities whatever you do don't simply wait for things to turn up jesus wants p'ositive men men who do something the gulden rule was given by confucius 500 years before christ vitalized it by making it positive in the turning of the ' i ion i do unto others as you would they would not do to you,1 into do unto others etc john wesley said the next best thing to getting people converted is to get them mail what we want is a passion for wor for iod since religion is the per fection of humanity we ought to be proud to say i am a christian lie heroic christians sclf-saerilicing like the drummer in the army who played on as many instruments as possible at once when the other members of the band had been killed while this is not the age nf the voung people it is the age of the organi zations to meet the specific needs of young people this certainly saw the rise of tin sunday school of the y m i the 0 e , the baptist union the llither league aud our own league whose anniversary we art1 now eelebrat ing we have an almost pel feet ma chine in the organization ol our league let us then abandon ourselves complete y to the influence of tin holy spirit ami work with all our might to make our league a success " rev a p hodgson of lloyhstown read a very interesting paper on the i social side of the young people's life ami rev w ii siuitii of philadel phia gave a vry inspiring talk on the junior work which kept the young folks wide awake a general discus sion was then indulged in by rev.a s dingee of belfry rev 1 !•'. kingsley and rev ¦!. b martin on the advant age of union meetings although the meeting was held for over two hours and a half all felt that they had enjoy ed one of the most helpful anniversari es they ever attended william stout of this place has so mred a position as clerk with the pennsylvania railroad cotupaiiv kiln i aura keller ami mr i stoni s 	 t saturday and sunday lit west chester attending the aryan reunion mis osterlms and family have mov ed from joseph rothenrjerger'a house in the hewse formerly occupied bv hi cob i'1 i ter and fain i ly bin . who p sides on park avenue coni rnplntps building a imtife on his ground near fort washington ell ivurth ihlock of blue dell has finished paint in bradley algi o's i ii i'ark 8v if i'iiilailcl phia place visiting ftmtmaitml mn-i uali'li their jobl postmaster general smith has issued the following general order post masters at presidential pustulliccs are required to give their personal attention in tin business i their offices and must not ali.-ent theiiim-lvcs therefrom for a longer period than one or two days without authority granted upon written application to the deoartuiuut a violation uf this older will be declind sullicicnt taunt for ieinov.il " ! luasteis in sonic cities have been leaving much of the actual adininistral ion of their oilices to their assistants mul>li hen we began to think we were going to have a snow storm robins seem to be very plentiful mrs hannah shay vir-ited relatives at edge hill recently mr transiie lost a pair of valuable horses a couple of weeks : miss sallie macl.aughlin visit d her parents near broad axe on sunday albeit tyton has a lot of peas out in blot in looking very uire mrs joseph simmers spent some lime last week with her daughter mrs hairy stout of weldon farmers who have not their corn planted an busily engaged in that occu pation when the weather iwrniits m is mai n i .. p,i [¦>;,! , f sti 1 1 istow n and iliss j.li/abelh morris of havis grove visited at t p conard's on r'rlikn howard maun and li.uiiel i cainp loan went bunting one day recently and succeeded in killing cvi ral kind of tin game they were after r-minks mr an i mi -. waller i i i'refoiitaine and son i.ekov of l!hie i;,ll visited at albert tyboai's out lay lust wi adam bnrhnrd spent nn mlny nl i jamb h'ech and family i leorge phippg for manv years a dent of t h il place he i nl hid 1 mine ( amp hill on f rid;u stout a l.andi paintera,have reenred the cunt racl of painting . i'ostin li'othonhc i-j i ¦' - new house on i'ark ave nue they have also the c.llllaet of painting mm charles 1 stout s bouse wyndinoor win i albrecht la putting a new drive to his beautiful residence on ore land avenue charles ji iliusun who has been 01 nilin ed to his homo for several days with a sprained back is able to be ul » ut again mrs winner and family who resided here about three years ago will remove to this plane on friday next charles itavior our popular grocer has had his wagon iiml v painted f m k server catpentei and build er has secured the qpntracl to build a large stone dwelling house fur george ilainiuel at tyson's station lie has just completed the erection nf ijev detrlch's new barn at flourtown the philadelphia and reading rait way company lias abandoned the pass enger service on the plymouth railioad which is a great inconvenience ti the people along the line especially the farmers who have been shipping their milk tn i'h lladelphia the aberdeen euchre club of phila delphia was entertained by mrs i terbert gilllnghatn of this place on friday afternoon last handsome prizes were awarded to the winners a musical and literary entertain incut will be given at the < ireland baptist church oy the choir of the nicetown baptist church on thursday evening may l'o proceeds for the benefit of the chinch rev loom i b pastor of the oreland baptist church will preach his fare well sermon on sunday evening next rev loom is has been pastor of the church for nearly three years during which time he has greatlv advanced the work jit this place lie has also won a large circle of friends who will regret his departure from the eliureh centre bftuare a race will be held at penn square iriving park on thursday june t the classes entered will be 2.40 :! and 3.30 prizes will be awarded the win ners admission 25 cents ladies free bmies righter is working in phila delphia learning watch making a congregational reunion of the mem bers of st john's lutheran church will be held at the pastor's residence on tuesday june 13 afternoon and even ing frederick hangstoffer broke an axle on one of his large delivery wagons last saturday coining from norristown hwin danehower son of harry panehower died at his home on lon day last ma l'i deceased hud been ill for three weeks with catarrh of the stomach andrew roop a well-known road rider of n'orrislown purchased the gray mare pluck by i'llot medium from round wood farm last week mr roop also owns a bav colt sired by falkland 2.18 a sou of happy medium the famous brood mare charm by santa chins 2.17 was sold to new york horsemen bv charles nolan last wednesday fur a long price short baislod of court the court monday morning appointed the following guardians i'he norris town title trust and safe deposit ¦! in lianv of john cunningham i minor and mary v bertolel of man i bertolet s minor i'he court made an order directing joseph e rupp sul minibtrator of the estate of samuel m shelly deceased to pay the balance due the children of said decedent petitions have been tiled asking for the appointment of algernon b roberta as supervisor of lower merion tcn\n ship in the place of charles ii freder ick a petition has been tiled by harry a mcvaugb a minor asking for an al'owance of 100 nil of his estute for tho purpose of purchasing a horse nnd wagon to cany on the huckster busi ness the court has refused a new trial in tin case nf mover vs kisenbrig i'reas stycr issq has been appointed auditor in the assigned estate of henry k do ishall leave was given to allow the filing of a supplemental affidavit of defense in larkesoii vs keystone oil o!oth company 	 i k|m'i'irm-t will smtkr dawson veakel and moses k ely two prominent young men of chestnut hill visited point pleasant recently and in their iambics along the toh on had a thrilling experience with a black snake measuring nearly pis feel in length which they came acioss and attempted to annihilate the snake turned upon the young nun and showed bglll but thev were determined to collie out victorious anil after getting clubt they made another onslaught ami the icpi ile tin lied tail and ran up a small tree from which it passed over on to another one and anally fell to i in ground where it met its fate short 1 afi'ttuu vater snakes were killed in the tnhicuun at the hands of the two men \ tsiiors to the l'oint nee i not fear being molested by makes while taking in the sights as tliey have i i ly all been killed and what few ire left are perfectly hai nili