The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1893-05-22
Corner Grocery,
Centre and White SITS.
THIRD EDITION
TAMAQUA.
A Few Interesting Paragraphs From the
Old Town,

A Few Interesting Paragraphs From the
old Town,
Much has been said and written Of
Tamaqua as "sleepy Hollow" but like Rip
Van Wrinkle she may yet arise and vie with
many of the more pretentious towns of the
county. True, the Carter shops, which were
the largest in this section of the state, are
idle, but our people find employment in the
mines along the valley and we manage to
get along, although the mines about the town
are like the "penitentiaries' in other parts of
the county.
But there was time when Tamaqua was
the leading coal town in the county. aye,
and those were times too, my boy!" There
were the Donaldson, the Heaton & Carter,
the Ratcliff & johnson, the Cole q Berbeck,
and many others l can't recall now, but
didn't they put some life into things
There is plenty coal in the Tamaqua field
vet, aud the very best kind, too; but it can't
be mined proftably now because the mines
lie too deep. But in this age of electricity
and alacrity will soon devise means by which
this dark wealth will be brought to the
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clothes again.
But Tamaqua, some people say is slow,
Look about you and see what the Tamaqua
Manufacturing Company is doing in the form
of fire plugs. Look at the fire plugs in
Shenandoah and ask the people who purchase
them where they stand in comparison to
Others This is no advertisement, but a
plain statement of facts that as dead as
Tamaqua may be in the minds of some she is
still maintaining an admirable industry
Then there is the brass foundry. Last
week it had an advertisement covering a
whole page in one of the town papers. That
wasn't so slow, was it? There seems to me
to be a breeze of enterprise about that.
Then add a shoe factory, which Shenan'
doah the largest town in the county, moi
Pottsville, the county seat, can boast of.
From basis of citizenship our town is al
right, but like many other places we arr
hampered by spirit of jealousy. We have
in fact, a pretty town and the opening of new
streets and recent building have by no mean
marred its appearance. To credit of thos
who own their own homes it should b.
stated that every layer in their building
show substantial work. They are dwelling
not shells covered by adulterated paint ant
green goods paper.
True we are not thoroughly metropolitan
but our streets are in good condition gen
orally and the borough government is il
good and economical hands. And we hav
no Poles or Huns.
But there is one thing upon which l mus
take water. The other day visitor VIII
passed the Presbyterian church paid specia
attention to the church yard. He remarks
that the graves of J. Edward Barnes an
Duncan Weir were in sad condition. II
was right The tombstones of these tw
graves rest against wall. Have the peopl
of Tamaqua so soon forgotten these tw
worthy men who were deprived of thei
lives by the foul gas mines?
Hon. Michael Beard has just passed as
am writing this. Almost everybody j
Schuylkill county knows of whom I speal
He is quite feeble and almost blind. At on
time he was the leading Democratic pol
tician of this place. He still wears a suit
dark blue clothes, with swallow-tail coat an
brass buttons. ID. l.. Y.