National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-11-15
A NORRISTOWN LETTER.
Wolfe the Fraud-Au American Curiosity
shop-Strange Things.
nla Correspondence ofTHE REPUBLICAN.

Special Correspondence ofTHE REPUBLICAN
YOUNGSTOWN, Nov. 12.-By the time this
reaches you the Wolfe in sleeps clothing will not
be elected State treasurer of Pennsylvania. This
political mountebank spoke at some length
in tho courthouse of Norristown q few
evenings before the election and your humble
servant, although not a member of the sorosis,
went to hear him; for be II known that
In this Norristown primitive ways are still OBJ
served, and women seldom attend political
meeting. But besides curious glance or so our
German frlends-for the most part-allowed me to
listen in peace. How any intelligent voter could
be gullcd into voting for
SUCH FRAUD
TO the manifest injury to himself and party could
not Sec for the man is so plainly fraud that even
my woman's eyes saw through him. His only tai
ent that can see is his capacity for uering one de-
hberate falsehood after another without hesitation
and he did utter such deliberate untruths that
heard prominent member of the bar Ia Demo-
craD remark that "Wolfe was the most accom-
plished independent Republican liar he had ever
heard The man was undoubtedly employed and
paid to assist Orange Noble. This Norristown
Is PECULIAR PLACE.
Although more than populous enough for a city
government It's Inhabitants strenuously oppose n
city charter on the grounds OF increase of taxes
and corruption. The borough is well and sub
stantally built, many OF the houses quite hand
some, and In its outskirts are many relies of We
olden times, (Which some time / will write
of more at length. While there is not what
can be called great wealth In the town, there is
much substantial comfort, and labor and the
laborer are respected. The people of Norristown
like to be amused, but they arc ut the same time
very particular who their entertainers are Last
night Nick Roberts Humpty Dumpty Troupe were
at Music Hall and played to passably good house.
AN AMERICAN CURIOSITY SHOP,
and In this quiet, sleepy borough of Norristowp
Happening TO stroll out MAIN street came to a
store almost IN the suburbs Kept by good-na-
the window were old deli bottles, and cups and
saucers of olden times. walked IN and was met
by Che proprietor who most politely showed me his
rave over the cOllection-thcre were old copper
and silver candlesticks. old paintings, claw fooled
tables OF every description, and chairs likewise;
high clocks, made in this country by David Rit-
tenhouse aud Others and clocks from the old
country; The Book Of Martyrs, published in Ger
many In 1905 by Braght, and bound with brass,
and heavy clasps Old Bibles as far back as the
seventeen hundreds
BUG MADE BY GEORGE WASHINGTON
IN lI45, when he was only thirteen years old it
with his knife and the bug Is n real curiosty-the
legs are made of bits Of leather attached to the
piece OF wood inserted in The box For The purp c
IRE ~ continual moion. Gus Egolf has the long
sought for 1891 do Y in splendid state of pres
penny, and the most complete collection
ofo'd coins have ever seen. He is good Judge
OF curiosies, and scours the country far aud wide
to get them, paying the highest prices know all
lovers of the old and curious win thank me for
discovering this place, for 1t is indeed rare
thing to come across such a rare collection II Is
not raining as write--itis
POURING IN BuCKETsFuL,
OF torrents much othe relief OF the country people
in the vicinity who have been mourning over dry
wells ana streams. Even healthy Norristown has
malaria and every one nearly complains of IL. 1t
effects people 30 strangely. One poor man who Is
noted for sobrety complains of double sight others
become blind for u time Hnd many have been
lying at the point of death. ANNE ELLIS.