The Ambler Gazette 18990831

              the ambler gazette vol xvii.-no 58 ambler pa august 31 1hw 81.25 a ykaii norristown letter ( nnimiiiit on mm stiitr cun antiwi lars attpn«i»nrp ride in riwii'iii<rvlllr ktillk i it ell fri-ril ouw*h*ih llrlil(t i v p rl tr<*f hnimy in !»!¦*¦> hi ihp nortistowfi pb ana 2 ii tin re wan a feature in the state con vention hi rfarrisbnrg ins thonnlay which i have iini i n notnmentcil upon and which wbb nrcnilar to itself : none of ilic candldati ¦ appeared on the gronnd i open heaiiqtn new nf t > take ¦ p the contest bnl the rvli idi of each otu ' ¦¦ ' ¦¦ b ool in foil fow e mid had ii'm'ii ' i i . i ¦¦¦ i foi the i i cm nun inn of kimwli dge ond for the discussion of the situation and the 1 1 n ¦ '• i t of their fitvorite the friends of j hay brownf the successful nominee for the supreme bench woi-e ill the inn j'h my l.iini ast ¦!, his lionic i v rniiyi'iiit ni to the seal nt win and having ii very strong and able in'r hi1 w at pre bni d hy mcriot its their congremnan a man of ability iniil fi . inii w itlidiii any otbei eleinei - to excite pontaneona ap plause ehb speech coming after the lengthy opening address of the presl den1 nf the convention senator pen rote who had covered il the gronnd in n statesmanlike pnd dignified oration on the issue of the day and the destlnv of die patty though attentively listened i i did not aronie the ernoi inns of his hearers or cause any outburst of en thusiasm lames l miles of philadelphia nominated josiah ii adams for judge of the superior court and acquitted himself ably mill gracefully while f w klutz was eloquent in propos'ng judge roberl w archibald of scran ton for supreme cohm but the speech of tlic occasion was delivered by ii m fuller esq of lusserne in placing in nomination hon henry w palmer the ex-attornev geneial for supreme court it reminded me of palmer him self if i had not known before of the great original wit of fuller 1 would have surmised that the spi boh had been written by palmer and committed and delivered by fuller bat it was origin id it dealt with the speeches that had preceded his own in a quiet insinuat ing vein of wit that was so entirely apropos that it brought down the house at the end of every sentence kinerson collins presented judge dimner beeber for superior judge the position which beeber now adorns si eminently by appointment of governor hastings senator mervick of tiogb forcibly necondtd the nomination of mr adams richard b scundrctt esq of alle gheny nominated col barnett for state treasurer in a well-delivered encomium qj the many virtues mid eminent ser ving of the candidate but i could not ,. , thinking lk.it tenfold more could have been said in behall of general john v scball who not only i iitoetl the flsrnwtfbton ill n ,,, i.--i-.ij utul accepl ed that of a colonel to enter tin war for the liberation of cuba lint in 18(11 en tered the army of the union and fought throughout the whole of the rebellion distinguish ins himself in a hundred brilliant engagements but schall's i ' : 	 i ' ¦ ¦> informed whs not mentioned tbia would have lii i a sublime opportunity to speak of an old soldier the man who could not have spoken with such a theme is no orator barnett was nominated by acclamation the ride up to phoenixville and across to the main station where we connect with the main line of the pennsylvania road is through a rich and prosperous part of pennsylvai rich in agriculture iron lime marble sand and all the cereals corn is flourish ing and in some places is cut oil pre paratory to the silo then as we go westward we run along a region abound ing in jine fields of tobacco which yield 100 per acre to the farmer and corn too not to lie surpassed in the i'n ion plowing is in progja and plenty smiles on this happy land throwing the furrow to the left looks awkward to us who have been educated to throw the furrow to the right but the cultivation goes on the same and the land ic-ponds without regard to the hide-turn of the plow when we passed christiana i could not help thinking what strides to ward freedom had been made since the murder of qovauoh the slaveholder who was slain here in the pursuit of his fugitive slave which tragedy result ed in the trial at philadelphia of cast ner hun way for treason the old jiia ker had been summoned by the bugle blast of the negroes of the neighbor hood who were aroused to the piteli of riot and bloodshed to save one of their number from being seized and carried back into qopelem captivity perhaps to endure pitiless toitiue for escaping to freedom then it was that thnd stev en of lancaster and john m head of philadelphia two eminent lawyers and fearless philanthropists stepped tor ward to defend the accused and to clear him the cause for such a scene and the attributes for such a trial aie now none we trust forever thanks to god and the republican party i saw among the many people of our county collected at norrisburg the roloii-d race represented by jefferson curr and tithcis of ambler and brvn iawi your two buchanans can tell v ii whether ornol it was a big conven tion for they were there with other re presentatives fniiii all sections of the county in great numbers the personnel of tin candidates is uzmmccepuonably tine no matter by whom nominated but especially acceptable to all the ru publieauu the democratic candidate this yeai an alsu said i be clean ami candid men who will do their duty with ibis piospool liel'ure us then im matter who wins the keystone late will i safe hill each parlv i anx ious i mi i inn biii'-'ci for vic tory in 1000 mi h i lu memory 1 tiartmnft shows the general aecm atclv and oould 1 1 ¦ • t i niutak<*n i'v anv one who evil knew liim but i mi nt to his son i inn ll:o i ranft win there thai there oughl to be u in iriptioii on i !<•¦ beautiful vtoue on which the bone bud hero itand telling when the general wan governor uf the i the lake nj the truth of iterations when whv the at i he rnpltpl so ably ii vv1""1 '¦; " - '¦" 	 ' 	 ',',-,„- vw a mail s handwriting i j u , f conviction as the 53 wben'lt had commenced raining and continued until t he nil nf hi contenip inn ie and hi pr ¦-- lit familv will be gotte i think also at the i.'nvi ruor's inline should have been all engraven in cue hue and not john frederick above and hartranft tin leu ih i hi lie side alone arc the word i brevet major general i *. vrmv " on il 	 tltm side "( er i bird i ilvldlnn army ni i'n man " i like the plain nd pimple ntvle and iii'2nitv of the rtai ie as it stpnd din ; ¦ i n front of the utate lion looking clown stat ' sir1 1 1 the reai • m i tlve bn having governor on it with the date w i show t i all ntrangp ntnt i'e o iiipic thai idaci ni the commonwealth ic fended rhine rnmeli pried of north wp'ep was moving riwid nmong hi many i 1 lends up i lure and si emi i to br a great fnvorlte iil is sanguine ol earnest support for the pi iiiun of register of wi|l the representatives from lower mi rion to pottstowtl appeal to be well pleased with hi e-uididacv lie 18 bright clear id explicit ill his pill nones and pleasing in his manners he is a very p'ipiil 	 amliilate as 1 found out al the convention and ; 1 1 — ¦ > by <\ trip through the county a week or so ago the pottstown pcopli speak highly of majoi iiike for clerk of the corrts they think tit.1 bge pnd long services in the pprty in peace and in war war rant 1 1 i — success as a candidate the independent of collegevllle on the imth insl pnblisbed a plctl"e of perkiomen bridge and ii history of its inception and const met ion just bl years min it is said to be the best hi nlge in the county today bid it was paid for in pound's hillings and pence the same old currency that england has today and has had since the foundation of the empire education is made easy when the forms of expression are pre served from one generation to another the alphabet the same the coin the snme the mathematics and the simple modes of calculation pn lerved in their origin al purity the old perkiomen bridge at collegeville is trie pride of the coun ty and our commissioners ought to be ashamed that history will record how they have retrograded in the matter of building bridges these last hundred veins as well as in constructing ami reconstructing court houses some tergiversations have taken place in the dreyfus tiial in france that are notable f not to say e raordinaiy in these tiims col picquart who was at tii-1 ol ' of his iniiht energetic prise cnims if not persecutors has been con verted like paul from being a bitter foe to become one of those who now be lieve that he lias been wrong nnd he n iw becomes the champion of him he bad so bitterly assailed at tlie in cipiency of his campaign of pro sell tion knpert testimony is on trial aye before the world for all america ai least considers this-wirt of testimony ¦ '.. may '«( cliinat leristics of for the purporrs of conviction as tlie most dangerous permitted in our courts perls should he employed by the court or the commonwealth and should be paid a e perts selected impartially tie our judges are ohosen qobert who is tin pspeit on handwriting of the bunk of i i'lince say s from bis examina tion that the bordereau was written bj esterhazy while bert i lion the an thro pometer specialist anil tlelver in the signals of man's chh'ographv by some superior norm declares that dreyfus is the producer of the bordereau i would throw out of consideration all such testimony for the man who made the memoranda certainly disguised his hand in order to cape detection and further most likely imitated the writ ing of ilrevfus if he intended to throw suspicion upon that unhappy and un fortunate victim dreyfus is in the toils the prosecutors have set their '" s in convict the defense to ac quit onu op sails east and an other sails west with the verv name winds that blow tis the set of the sail anil not the gale that tells us the way to go this is the song they sing the prosecution bus trimmed ail her sails for vietion and banishment history is oply repeating itself many a court has been oiganized to convict not to try and true deliverance make but to obey the wislc i and behests of the powers that be old world history is full of such instances crimsoned all over with the crowning work of the guillotine and we need no georanm or panorama of the world before us to point nut the places where these terri ble tribunals of revenge and hate have wreaked their vengeance it is the sub ject for a lecture bv itself — nay for a book a book as big us the bible with all the apocrypha included and tl new testament added in the realm of tyrants forms of law and tiie semblance of courts are invoked to crush the heir rent or contestant for the throne w'1 the poor it is riot and with the more ignorant and bigoted it is lynch law the church eannot control it statesmen sue powerless and monarohs are as likely to he butchered as are the poor black menials of the south added lo these honors are the icekless corpora tions whose instruments carelessly every iluv briiil sorrow and mourning to many a once happv and peaceful home one goes oul with'his family for a day of rest only lo return crippled or killed by » collision or ii misplaced switch we ask ourselves w lien will these hor rors cease and jeoho answers when oi.lt friend \ few days dgo u live yew old joseph hunsherger of ii iiticlii ran i splinter in her fool the wound became uo painful thai dr uriah was called and round he ohild mi lid i ic fiom lockja a . ^ b ioh » us linui ed by the injured membhi . ami be is ivillg in a critical condition with very little hopes of i'ei recovery etosil lla^hauii the lew i h new year \\ 1 1 1 full this year n tuesday k«pl ¦'¦ which is a somewhat earlier period in the fall than the dnle on winch this holy day usually occur it uill be followed a week later b voin kipper the day of a loliemelll which is the area jewish fast day and ihi again n followed in i few days by the i'ya-t of tabcm the street lighting improvement ill in1 imlile htntlon nnipli-iiil li.-lnv ciki«<-(i my in nmlily to s«m-iii klff-i rii-iil ,\ ipunil im m:,t.!m-nt irnirt th iiiillul'n . ' ' amblei i •¦' tti aftci inonlhs of p it i.-iil wfliting ii 1 in my vet i by i|m jill e fif the 11111 ii pail iei i fntlii-'i tlie iicci wiiy a i ins fm the lighting plant nwordin pi'unilse wc aie once tiiulc able to li'/ht the entire ireel '¦' ico;t sill l-l " i till gteal ld;l • i can prl bj . not ni hi ii le i ('' i . '. , , i ie ii rpparn tus and the inability of the matiuractnt em to gel proppi tnntprinls pnttieni irly casting but we now fetil ibat our iron illl : are ovpr lev ' lip pn cut in tlirl i i rectioti dorontfh streel lighting is one of the ino-t urixntisfactory problpnn to deal with that we liiin'.v of a in a boroush no spread oul ns ami ler the liehtn are of a necessity too greal a distance rpnrt.or pise in ordei t h '• ¦'- properly li'.'li1 d m requires u many lamps thai thecosi becomes entireli great hoping thai the borough council will solve miis impurtaul problem to the people's entire rai isfactfon we i main voin rwp t fully amblkr klkctric light co ii kill rev alfreds din tree nnd wife in company with other friends have been spending a week at ocean grove v l s will be entertained nt the home of mrs henry hoover on satur day evening mr george zimmerman and family enjoyed 8 trip to niagara falls lust week services at union this snndav after noon at s o'clock sunday school at 2 mrs ellsworth nlblock has been en tertaining her niece miss frances i maul of worcester mass miss hertba hoover spent monday and tuesday in atlantic city a peach festival and clipping party will be held in the sheds adjoining boehm's reformed church by the sew ing circle on wednesday evening should the weather prove inclement it will be held thursdav evening mrs barnes has returned home she will hold a sale of her personal property and live with her sun albert johnson i iansdale ni ite of th bad weather nearly 1 i the combination picnic in plymouth park on saturday mis bessie lukcos is visiting al ml elliott zimmerman s the public schools of the townshifl will open on monday a jolly party of voung folks on m",1 dav evening aug 1 went on a stmfc i ide to willow irove tln/f had.4 v t j ''' > ¦ ...... they arrived at the • irove about orehmnf a movement is being made here ti organi/e a water company to supply the hollies hi this place with pure water tbi wednesday avening » mratinf is i f < ii lint piir|ic-c at t lie vai in honse of \\ r \ n >. c.-iit . mis florence i njlanpy of no ¦ ' d days in re w ith ii k 1 lillinghnin and fatnilv the pnbl'c nchool or thii place wil i open here on monday with misn prli and miss keller a leathers win p allnvcht and « lie gfl r spending several lnys al asb'i y park m-tnriied home on saturday i iv in ,, i rains with in earn d vei the plj mouth rbilroatl from bi iding to willow grove on bat ii i day burr warner anil family of philadel phia spent sunday here with mi siepiien warner ami family harry dickinson of tins place lian acepteil a position with the philadel phia and reading railway us r-'emin a student from the < rozer siniiiian occupied the pulpit fli i be ( ireland uap i i»i cliiirch in the al oence of rev mover iii sunday miss lilian wrighi and miss lilian 	 , of philai lelphia are spending several day lure will harry wright and familv i m \\. servei ha i the con trad to build two huge silos for rev dietrich of floortofl n an enteitaiiinien composed of son's marvelous biouraph projectoscopt will le given at tb ireland baptist church on wednesday evening aug ." i under the auspices of the tocial society of t ie church misses viola and olive feiselj of philadelphia spent subday here with f m iv server and family the picnic of tlie m e church on the lots near the baseball grounds on tuesday was i|iiite an enjoyable a hair the day was indulged in sociably with singing games and foot racing at a late hour in the evening they all re turned to their homes well pleased with their day's outing y ted honip when as good luck wot'ld have it i stopped they had liired all the blank ets there were at the hotel to protect themselves with the party consisted of misseh nanua qreer mmv wiley , kstella vvorrel irene leslie me william uiisso mil lard brown biddle preston benjamin greer albert rnsso albert c'ooke ashton worrell rev and mrs i i wolff spent ii few days at myerstown attending tin anniversary of the bethanv orphans home at vvoinelsdorf on thursday jesse mccombs has resigned his posi tion :¦ ¦ sexton of boehm's church and will remove to fitzwatertown on thurs day c.o nathan mid familv have return ed from cape may mr louis sloan and family of near prospectville niid miss cynthia mann of philadelphia visited at 1 w mer rill's on sunday edge hill miss florence vandegrifi of ash bouine spent last monday with her sister mrs ii flower quite a number of our citizen art enjoying damrosoh's series of farewell concerts at willow grove this week school opened last monday the 28th with a full attendance of pupils miss borer has rptumed to her position of principal mi.-scani retains the second ary room miss swan has charge of the intermediate department miss dyer who takes the place of miss kready superintends the primary room our baseball pets were again thorough ly trounced at the bands of their op ponents this time the penn wheelmen did the act the score is nothl '¦ boast f that la i kdge 1 1 ill en ' it the ushers association's lawn fete was piite a success in every particular if any one has seen a prettier lawn decoration than that made by the beautiful grouping of chinese lanicriis on the church lawn last friday evening they a invited to put fth thi mr joseph searles and wife george t i ley and fred mason of philadelphia ; arnold ainian and family of wynd moor and harry aiman find wife of glenside spent sunday here with friends mis sidney ford the wife of daniel ford of this place diid on sunday afternoon of dropsy aged 42 years deceased was a sister of the late mrs charles johnson who died just one year ago besides a husband she leaves two sons the funeral took place on tuesday morning interment at the friends meeting jenkintown a luundrous entertainment will bo given on the lot near [¦". m k sen place on wednesday evening sept ». the talent will he composed of young ladies from philadelphia w ho wuj'rcn tie selections will be lined live cents proceed for the benefit of the m k church lee cream nnd other eatables will be i'm sale admission will be frei do not miss it cinirles 1 stout herbert p gilling bam frank ely 1 milton brooks ami postmaster rut hen berger spent friday last at anglwtea sshing they all re lumed at a lute hour in the evening heavily laden wilt black bass which the distributed among their friends resting by the sea vtirntlftii liny nt wlmrv purl mil o«pii n cjrnt orwniwm v»iini r in i.ir flrrft l'rf»*ttlf<nt mrklnl'-v lntcrr«hn •{ 1 1'ii.r from i t;:t/t'iu ¦ t 11 it 1 1 ii can 1 ¦ '"\ > ii :¦ k'lit',1 having himself mtfrb enjoyed tin vacation observations and experiences if ril ! hey have been i i illl tillli i-i iini detailed in \. ilrorly column the wiii r venture t ¦ swum that ill ilia own lib-cure he mil ii is o 11 turn nmord a lilt i of 111 pleasure to nelgl i friends now i home all of whom it is li"i pi i in i read the ' qaxi tti when the hoi ciiine monday of ' w k li i ' 11 by ' ' me ami mine im ¦ mi vacation an most favorable for ii miii c'lih'ii we assure you we like child ' ¦¦ till ¦(¦ iii reaching onr favorite watering plncc we however wei b i ilte.i al oul mini ' i'.i i - 1 by a jni line of exci'isin'i ists ahead 01 ' the ticket window who were elthei anxious tlieiieeives ot ton ignorant 1 if our eagerness i .- the right 1 i way ¦¦•> we might catch the earliei train when at lenti it we were off it was a compensation to find we were moving very rapidly and that contrary in dm expectations on an express train passing rnosi of the station on the way . so fast that we eopld seincely ee hern we had not gone verv far however before the better hnlf'got a cinder in one of her eyes and oi'joveil the n st of the trip accordingly a little later your 1 ii " pi'inlent bud the same experience bill he huti 1 	 the ' nly nllovs tu onr pleasures so fur and have been for gotten in the midst of the mnny enjoy ments here so will titt.'d to irive sur cease to all the aches pains and griefs of life as we nenreil our intended stopping place and beheld the crowded verandas and the doorsteps thronged we could not repress the fear lest there might be no vacant rcom to receive us and when the hostess presented herself with such a self-satisfied expression on her fare the fe'.ir had increased but when in answer to her question how long are you going to stay we replied two weeks she ushered us into a room for which the price in higher than we agreed to pay-one nf the best in the bouse so we are liuppv and even the more o as we linrt bow difficult it is to find good quarters anywhere on account of the crowds where are we atop ping well uainted with th sort . fts as well in s we an and on b re ( i were in this matter necessary to sav that the twin cities by g tbi - same undivided son u ft , .., ii i_lli ii i tl they are claim y eveg invited to put forth their three i uui potato picking last summer month labor day next monday also last day of damrosch ill the grove , miss anna weir has piuvli silver ijueeii n heel the schools al this place ami kn-i hill were o|iell"d oil monday miss bertha put/.enmyer ban returued in lie lioliie al'lel sp<-|ldillg solne mini in ne b i bj miss ida btout has again n-iuneil bei duties bj teacher ol tin 1-ii/unier iiiwu school dogs are becoming tiuite a auisuiue in this vicinity they seem to have no uwuers for they roam all o\er aii'l hut only bother wlieeluuen.but make a we ' nf a chicken 01 other fowl whenever an opportunity presents itself algernon vothei ¦-, oui hoi and 1 s igeant price of chestnut hill took a tally-ho trip in atlantic oil v last saturday ami returned simliv the start w.i made from wheel i end they were accompanied by ' few fi ieu i llrimtl axn willie swaincott lias bought a new wheel geoige w hellings killed a number of cattle on thursday of last week and tlisposed of then it good prices miss marie o'donnell bus returned from the seashore much improved in health miss mabel ileiiny of roxboro visileil in our village last week mrs wm swaincott has been enter taining friends from roxboro it is reported that mrs k j kitzger ¦ ! who was taken to a philadelphia pital some weeks ago is rapidly im proving and in a short time will be about again miss mary kirk of cold point is spending some time with 8 l kerper horace fitzgerald is working for n snellenbcrg philadelphia mrs e weiss is spending a few ¦ lays with her sister in chester si i hi host taylor lias made extensive improvements at'jthe bar at broad axe inn dr lfeacon wood was not verv suc cessful in his crabbing trip down in maryland u a it kiicaiiiinnciit uultle if you intend to visit philadelphia ¦ ¦ ai nal ir nal encampment 1 i i.l ann v i the lie public yoi 1 should get next sunday's philadelphia tress 1 sept 8 it will contain infor mation which will be of value to every visitor and 10 the stuv-at honies as well it will tell you what to 166 and how to see it it will have special articles of interest to those who fought for the stars and stripes it will be spend idly illustrated and be a souvenir of thiw great gathering worthy of being kept and treasured by all be sure to get next sunday's proas tu i'ullfiiriilh vin the mlillttiiil it nil every friday night at 10.38 p m , ii through tourist car for san francisco oarryiufi bute ; second class passeng ei leaves the chicago milwaukee him i st paul railway union passenger sta tion chicago via omaha colorado springs and salt i like city with itop ovei privileges ul salt l.al e city i for all points in colorado utah nevada and cmf the 1 '¦ ! l1 bi nil rate from chicago 10 san francisco t only i and the keeping ear beilh uhoulll be reservi i a few aays i advance of de pai ii i ' i i thl ¦ i ¦ ind slcepih i iiiiiiic.lati'ii can be setured i roin ni i in the east ' ii by applying at the i hi.-avu l ilwaukwn and st i'aul ilep',1 i > > lilt in chi scud lor our free illustratid i alifoi nia folders addivr-s den ii heuffonl general pit-.-eiigei a_'enl cbiraui hi !• i 1 1 or john agent i putt ihi district , pa knew iimw wise it would hardly 14 we ar rot ing i the sea ' bavin i'liinl over iw bounded on the ii/o-th by one long wid yjjhoruutdifare » a\no visible divi i ¦ ix excepi lii.n j i n.,\u , on the east is fe ted in and on the sabbath day closed to all traffic one railroad station serving the two places in common only separated by a beauti ful lake a mile lon<t named after wes ley ; al.-n with a common history and similar pnrpo ' ho ill such a title is readily seen ocean grove founded in isiiii is the older place by but a few years the ob ject in the purchase of the territory now covered by asbury park was to prevent the frustration of the religious purpose of ocean grove by occupation viy those whose ideas of seaside happi ness were so diverse from theirs the charms of these resorts are too numer ous to ineiiticn ami too delightful to permit me to attempt their description asburv park is noted for its iaige hotels wide streets and social features and both are remarkable for their line little pinks and their common grand beach front the boardwalk is unob | structed on either side being flanked i on the innd side bv i green sward and a tine boulevard the only exception being the necessary bathing houses which have usually in front of them and over the beach capacious pavilions where the crowds of pleasure seekers are satis lied to the full in social greetings in viewing the bathers in drinking in the salt air in listening to the strains of music furnished either by a line orchestra in the ross pavilion or hy a superb brass hand in other pavilions or in munching popcorn and sweet meats etc in the enjoyment of all sncli pleasures anil all of them perhaps at once who could not be happy in the evening the whole of the boardwalk is like a pavilion lined as it is on both sides with comfortable benches where seated often in com panies of just two tiie very climax of social joy is apparently enough being realised all unconscious they aie of the pa.-sershy or even of the great heav ing sen at their siilc a deeper sea henv • ing within hi if only those board walks were as sensitive to impressions bi is the receiver i if the graphnphiuie what a wonderful and varied history of human life and human nature they could record and reveal ' any mosquitoes no nay friend whom vacation in other resort has been rendered mi-'-iablc by their venomous bites no not ue duosquito or even fly nor are some other biters nocoinoior in ol her resorts here ftiund the authori ties here have no need for the saloon and drunken people are couspicuou bere only bv tlu-ii absence i icea u grove is bounded on the south by ^ body of water called shark rivei but there are no barks there real or hu man any liiilterll ie of fashion .' i have mil made the round of the hotels ni n have l been free to line up with tin voung im u in the evening to gaie on i he pa liny beaul ie bul tig to t be local paper llu-v me lien in number but as we ree them on the i al bathing bourn they look like anything else but butterflies pep i hey ai '¦ i i developnw we have time now ' only to allnl what has tuken i bus far t gnat deal of our time ami wbal we intended to write chiefly of the camp n»ei now in one of the oes>fnl ol id heie no ineetiii in the world ii such a place in whieh t 	 eel '¦ lidii in mio of thl - 1 1 net lire for such a purpose in bxls ti m '¦ it h"m 10,000 ppople a't little pi 1 a i - hip young peoplp'l fpiti pie where three meeting arc held daily end mar u hand holiness tah'j nai le and tin ' hp1 hand chapel tli ¦ ii u entrance btil mi we h ive not \ ct ween i ire man ti"ed though itiii mi if however yi ti u 1 2 and ."' " ' lock a stiaiivcr had 1 ' n pa sing ho wonld '¦• rip •' . mi lien i urn had i le would ¦ i ib vn^i 1 1 jammed full of people an and i i • in vain 0 tin btmcwphsri 1 fn 1 ' n item 1 nl ' oi'l e ieel:!i|i v 1 1 el j ninel bin ti iii-.i inmian intere^l happen < ine in the andiet 1 ¦ wan fill of the i , of the ' ¦ for he shouted al the toi ¦!' in vo 1 he i pi is c"iiriil ' following iih qnotatii in of rn ipttirc i to thl : i'ci 1 i of 01 1 eat " ¦•¦ 1 lie con fusion until ' voii'i was rlrowrti i in the singing ol choir which comes in verv g 	 i some times to drown the too vociferous en 1 husiasiii f snine ttealot thecholrkepl on singing thoi^h occasionally relieved by the i hi'o muintette and a m ill a little aftei '¦'< o'clock the rnsliniu nf the crowd outside in the din 1 of tlie entrance made il apparent tlmt the cause of all t ti is wonderful intel i was at hand and presently our expi 1 1 lev found fruit inn in the appearanci i of president mckinley walking on l i 1 arm of his escort flown the aisle nf the ' platform tlie scene at this moment beggars description was then ever a greater ovat ion given any man pin president afterwards spoke of it as one ofthe greatest ovations and receptions of his whole lift after the people hud quieted down and taken their o-its " my country tis of thee was m with great effect this was followed by an address of welcome bv bishop pite gerald.the aptness warmth and beauty of which took even the president by sur rise as he himself snid and which led the president to unbosom himself and apeak of his policy and that of big gov ernment more freely than he usually thinks it wise to do these speeches yon have no doubt seen in the public print and i will not repeat them after the president's address lie sat donn nd while the congi cl.'.-h on ui i the victory lie and his company svltli drew and one of the 11 1 ¦ ¦>' nemortthlo of all the great occasions of 1 1 1 grove passed int-i history a w ' i insdble rev l*ui 1 1 \* mover of chnlfont preached tnofninh and evening m the baptist chapel mi snndav a house on fourth street owned silflb hull ner has been sold to j ml ¦ ¦ m ¦ 11 i . rtrtettl nnd licensed methodist in place preached in kulpsville m church on sunday the silk 1 ill project is tr live 2500 has been subscribe committee ; endeavor na to nor cent boniu fi 11 i lie muininjj needed our public scliools will open nexl monday with 464 pupils on the roll this is not all the children nf tlie school age within lansdale town though it includes most of those in the borough some others go to catholic school and probably over a hundred a to schools in upper qwynedd hatfiela am mont gomery townships '¦ e net living within the tnoorporated limit the senior class of the high school lias 15 pupils isaac r rosenberser f qolmar so badly hurt on the 12th of august in tin railroad wreck mi tin doylestown branch near here ie slov rering from injuries wh ieb proved quite mis the cemetery company has built handsome gates at both its broad im<l its green street entrances each costing si hue 400 john ii ilerkestieiinei \ ' -¦ f"i,,ily ha resided here tor inaiiv ypflre ba had his foot amputated at the ankle fta the result of an uceident received in lancaster the game of baseball on saturday u as with the penn i'loyele club and result ed in a tie two runs being made riy each not an error was made on eitb.ei side the funeral of charles musselman jr took place 011 monday evening il was a boy of about 14 years drowned in a deep quarry hole on saturday hali a mile east of town where he had gone tn swim his father of the same name a carpenter ami goes to ambler on u wheel every day to work «*!!> kxcio-iii 11 i ni:i;nni i ¦« ii we are nearly nil endued i ith a of the beautiful oi sublimt in nature formerly wealthy persons only had the opportunity to travel ami view nature's marvels but modern improvements have nmde it possible for ones with very modes incomes in no way is this more apparent tluin in i lu philadelphia and reading's popular cheap nia falls excursions the ne t m reading terminal philadelphia 9 a in saturday sept i tickets will lie good going only oil pi rial train and returning will be ac cepted on any regular train i bxc pi black diamond xpres iwithin 10 w including day i gale i in til be uood either lo in fii.m niagara falls or buffalo and itsturning will permit a m'i i ai buffalo rochester junction , or rtwhester i g na a burdi tte watkins * it-ii i and man i i ihl in connection with tl i he several raihoad and ¦ have n'-'-li llolliiu i ickets lit 1 1 jui ii connect ing points to ton nl i ¦ ¦ ol liel points of illl can i ion ami in epl 8 illlil i'm i by rail or boat.w ill be on eoiai low i i r.'i further pa rtiuultnv i'ullu in oi this excursion i>l i niaii.mi about tin n 1 t a|.pl tu anv i'll i latleljj hi idii