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The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1895-03-29
THE TOWN OF THE FUTURE.
1t Will Contain a Free Library, Baths and
Gymnasiums Free to All.

Gymnasiums Free to All.
The city of the future will have its
squares, gardens, parks, Fairgrounds
and gymnastic courts free to all and
within reach of ALL No child, boy OF
girl will be forced to play in gutter.
No youths will be reduced to lounge
about the streets. The playground will
be open to all, and almost within mile
of the house, or it will be almost use
less.
A city worthy of such name should
offer to all its citizens noble buildings
and impressive monuments within the
reach of all. In Athens, Rome, Flor
ence, Venice, Verona, Cologne, Rouen
or Winchester-thati is, in classical OF
medieval ages-the possession of no
BILE city, crowded with splendid and his
toric monuments, was the cherished
birthright of the citizen, potent source
of civilization.
As it was once, SO it will be again.
The citizen of the future will live in
a city through which silver streams
will flow, in which the air will be spot
less of SCOT, when water will bubble
forth in fountains and reservoirs at ev-
cry corner; where gardens, promenades,
open squares, flowers, green lawns, porti
GOES and noble monuments will abound;
the air and water as fresh as at Bern,
with gardens, statues as plentiful as they
are in Paris and more beautiful in art.
There is only one city Of the modern
world-the French capital-where any
attempt is made to develop this noble
instrument of city life.
Museums, statues, galleries, col
leges, schools and public halls will NO
longer be concentrated in overgrown
capitals. They will be universal in ev-
cry modern town. No town would be
worth living in if it does not offer free
library, good art gallery, lecture and
music halls, baths and gymnasium free
to all and within reach Of all. To use
all these we shall need day of rest in
the week as well as day Of worship
on Sunday.-Frederic Harrison in 1.-THE
Meaning of History
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1895-03-29
MAINTAINING PUBLIC HIGHWAYS.
Employ Permanent Hands and Stop ssWork
ing Out the Taxes"

Employ Permanent Hands and Stop "Work-
ing Out the Taxes"
Experience in many districts has
proved the practicability and economy
of making few miles at least of good
permanent roadway each year. The
saving effected by increased efficiency
and by reduced expenses for repairs has
demonstrated that it is certainly econo-
my to make and keep up good roads,
and prevailing and we'll directed To-
cal popular sentiment in favor of such
public enterprises will generally suffice
to secure them. The enormous state ap-
preparation to schools has naturally Gre
ated some demand for state aid to road
improvements.
But, as I pointed out in my disap-
prevail of the so called 'froad law" of
1891 and in my biennial executive mes
sage of 1898, the difficulties in the way
of such a proposition are not only the
wide differences of opinion as to fair
basis of apportioning state aid, but the
vast sums of money required for the
state to make any considerable begin
ming at constructing roads in all the
districts of the commonwealth. By pro-
viding that the counties and not town
ships shall bear the original cost of new
roads the law already recognizes that
public highways are a concern reaching
beyond township, borough or town lines,
and certain classes of bridges, too, are
of such general use and necessity that
their construction is undertaken by
counties. So some public ways, travers-
ing the direct route between principal
points or populous centers, are of very
general interest and might be required
ed with special care.
Some legal provision might be made
to put these into control of the counties
upon recommendation of the grand jury,
approved by the courts, and certain
license taxes now paid to the state
might be diverted to the counties to
provide specially for the increased cost
Of improving and maintaining such
highways. Well grounded complaint
against the existing laws which permit
taxpayers to work OUT their road
taxes is steadily increasing. In these
days of organization and subdivision Of
labor this relic of primitive usages
might be profitably abandoned. The
time for periodical or spasmodic road
mending has passed. The supervisor,
with few permanent hands and i'm
proved machinery, can be son the road"
to public advantage at all times, giving
his attention wherever and whenever it
is needed. The ordinary practical bust
ness system Of maintaining any other
valuable property subject to expensive
s'wear and tear needs to be applied to
public roads, and any legislation which
can promote this or remove existing OBJ
structions to it merits approval. Gov
ernor Pattison's Message.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1895-03-29
VILLAGE ADoRNMENT.
How Massachusetts Town was Beautified
and Enriched.

How Massachusetts, Town was Beautified
and Enriched.
A sketch of the Laurel Hill Associa-
ton of Stockbridge, Mass, the first incor-
porated village improvement society in
the United States, is suggestive.
At the first annual meeting the treas
urer reported that the amount paid in in
labor or cash was 81 1895. The number
of trees planted the first year was 423
At this meeting Cyrus w. Field and E.
w. Pomeroy together gave $3.50 to be
used for prizes. Fifty cents was given
for every thrifty tree planted of kinds
specified; $40, or a silver cup of equal
value, to the planter of the best fifteen
trees, to the second best So, to the third
best 81. All the trees were to be planted
within certain specified limits. Another
prize of $40 was offered for the largest
number and the best trees planted along
any public roads of the town. A prize
of $40 was given to the person who made
the longest and best sidewalk, and
another $40 to the person who made the
greatest improvement in the grounds
around his dwelling anywhere in the
town.
A reward of $40 was offered for evil
dence which should lead to the convic-
ton of any one injuring the trees and
foot bridges under the care of the asso-
citation. About 1900 trees have now
been planted. and the association has the
income derived from about "a, 600 of in
vested funds, supplemented by individual
subscriptions.
When $4,000 was given for free
town library by single benefactor, this
amount was nearly doubled by indi-
vidual contributions. The library build
ing, fine stone edifce, with reading
room and lecture hall costing $25, 600,
was the gift of the late j. q. Goodrich.
Cyrus Field gave $40 900 for park, and
David Dudley Field, in the last year of
his life, gave to Stockbridge ifty-eight
acres of land, including the romantic
s'Ice Glen" for a mountain park, to-
gether with s., 900 for its improvement.
The Laurel Hill Association with an
offer to pay one-half the expense in
duced the railroad company to add an
acre and half to the grounds about its
station and to erect an elegant building.
This association has beautifully adorned
these grounds. Its anniversary, fifty OBJ
served on the fourth Wednesday of every
August, commemorated last summer
forty years of successful work. Every
acre of land and every homestead in
Stockbridge has appreciated in value by
reason of this society.-B. G. Northrpp
IN March Forum.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1895-03-29
HEATING AND VENTILATION.
The Public Does Not Take Suflcient In
terest In These Particulars.


Ventilation has not ceased to be a
live element in construction of build
ings. writes H. E. Light Technical
knowledge and extended experiences
have given the country capable men in
this line. Such men are not to be con-
founded with ordinary contractors in
heating and ventilation, large major
ity of whom are quite inexperienced.
Nor are they to be COMPOUNDED with
most architects, who at their best have
but theoretical ideas of this most impor-
tant science.
Not being experts, they often seek the
advice of some amateur in the heating
business or vender of apparatus, whose
knowledge is quite superficial, as rule,
but without consideration, and permits
the architect to cover all into his fees
for the plans of the superstruoture. The
product of such unskilled knowledge is
conglomeration unknown to and that
would be repudiated by the practical,
skilled engineer.
Opening of windows and doors and
contact from foul air ducts are subter-
fuge. Fans blowing fetid exhalations of
stables and other foul surroundings are
nuisances.
ANY system that does not supply full,
free respirations of pure air for contin-
ued use in schools and other assembly
rooms is curse. If locality does not
afford good air for respirations and with
out material increase of carbonic acid
gas and other offensive conditions, then
take the supply from such elevation as
is necessary to insure wholesome results
and in such quantities and under such
manipulations as will permit the neces-
sary volume with contact and continu-
GUS outflow to and from the apartments
with needed temperature Good venti-
lation and practical warming for our
larger school and public buildings are an
established success, and the public need
not be without this greatest of blessings.
1t is not to be secured by the employ
ment of theoretical architects, itinerant
artisans or from the lowest bidder for a
work devised to cost the least money
Architecture is noble profession by it.
self, and, though somewhat allied to,
does not include practical warming and
ventilation.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1895-03-29
Clean ont Your ceIlar.

DR.. Morris of the New York City
Board of Health recently delivered an
address in which he advised his hearers
''to be as careful about what they placed
in their cellars as they are about what is
placed in the other parts of the house.
There is very apt to be refuse of various
kinds accumulated during the winter,
which in warmer weather will rapidly
decay and send unwholesome exhalations
throughout the premises, to breed ma
laria, typhoid, etc., and give extra en-
pIoyment for the physician and the
undertaken. Every housekeeper should
at once go through the whole house, and
especially the cellar, and cause every
thing like rubbish or matter liable to de-
cay to be at once removed, and the cellar
walls refreshed with a good coat of lime.
1t may save great expense, and, possibly.
valuable lives to do So
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1895-03-29
Greatness Reduced to a Fertiliuer.

The Egyptian guano which is thrown
on the fields in the East for the enrich
ment of the soil, is the dust raked out
from the sepulchres of kings and lords
and mighty men. Oh, the chagrin of
those men if they had ever known that
in the after ages of the world they would
have been called Egyptian guano. OF
how much worth now is the crown of
Caesar? Who bids for its Who cares
now anything about the Amphictyonic
Council or the laws of Lycurgus? Who
tremhles now because Xerxes crossed the
Hellespont on bridge of boats? Who
fears because Nebuchadnezzar thunders
at the gates of Jerusalem? Who cares
now whether or not Cleopatra marries
Antony? Who crouches before Ferdi-
nand, or Boniface, or Alaric? Can
Cromwell dissolve the English Parlia-
ment now? Is William, Prince Of
Orange, King of the Netherlands? No,
mol However much Elizabeth may love
the Russian crown, she must pass it to
Peter, and Peter to Catherine, and Cathe-
rine to Paul, and Paul to Alexander, and
Alexander to Nicholas. Leopold puts
the German sceptre into the hands of
Joseph, and Philip comes down off the
Spanish throne to let Ferdinand go on.
House of Aragon, house of Hapsburg,
house of Stuart, house of Bourbon,
quarrelling about everything else, but
agreeing in this: ssThe fashion of this
world passeth away.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1895-03-29
The Road movement In Missouri.

The Missouri Roads Improvement as
ISOLATION at recent meeting decided
for the present to recommend only for
the consideration of the legislature the
change of time in commencing work on
roads and the paying of the poll tax in
cash into the general revenue fund, and
that the work be done by hired labor
under the direction of an oyerseer. In
support of this it is urged that coercive
labor is distasteful. People do not relish
working out poll tax under the direc-
ton of boss, while hired help would
expect nothing else, and better results
would follow; also cash poll tax
would double the amount of available
ravanne
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1895-03-29
THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
Make Them Perfectly Sanitary, Clean,
Light and Wholesome.

Make Them Perfectly Sanitary, Clean,
Light and Wholesome.
The health of the children is a matter
that should never be overlooked. If neo-
essary to this end, the school board
would better curtail expenses for studies
of questionable utility and apply money
thus saved to the more urgent purpose of
making the schoolhouses perfectly sani-
tary, well lighted and clean. While
public schools cannot be made palatial,
there ought to be no reason why suffi-
cient money cannot be secured to make
them wholesome and free from defects
likely to affect the health of the scholars.
Each classroom should be thoroughly
swept, busted and aired at the close Of
each days session, that each morning
may find it clean and free from dust,
and the floors should receive frequent
scrubbing with soap and water. During
the winter the rooms may be kept at an
even temperature with but slight care
on the part of the person whose duty it
is to attend to this important matter.
Too much heat is nearly as injurious as
too little, and varying temperature is
more dangerous than either.
Especial attention is necessary to keep
the sinks and water closets in a sanitary
condition, and daily inspection should
be made, as children are prone to care
lessness and pay little heed to admoni-
tions or printed instructions for the
proper use of the closets.
Abundant light is indispensable to
the we'll being and comfort of the schol-
ars, and much harm may and does re-
suit from imperfectly lighted school
rooms. Then let it be understood that
we owe to the children that the school
room shall be clean, comfortable and
well lighted, and economy in this mat
ter is criminal and objectionable injus-
tice to the coming men and women.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1895-03-29
Ordered Out His AID.

Once on time man there was
Who strongly did desire
A rest to take from business cares
In short. get out, retire.
He told his friends of his intent,
BE got out bills, in fact,
To close his stock and business out
He used his utmost tact.
But, strange to say, his trade held up
New goods he had to buy.
It looked as if he couldn't quit.
No matter how he'd try,
Until one day friend explained
Why he such trade had had,
knd now he's out of it for keeps
Hes ordered out his adj
Printers Ink
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1895-03-29
Harvard Frowns on Football,

The faculty of Harvard College, after
carefully considering the question of in
ter collegiate football, has decided to adj
here to the sopinion that no student
under its charge should be permitted to
take part in intercollegiate football con-
tests"
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1895-03-29
TO BOOM GOOD ROADS.
Bills introduced In Thirty Legislatures.
Wheelmen Hard at Work.

~ ftSCAIAlEII AAsNEU a1 WOIAs
At the good roads bureau of the agri-
cultural department. the cheering infor-
nation is given that the prospects are
good for lively agitation this year OF
the road Improvement question in every
part of the country. The bureau already
has list of about 80 legislatures in
hich bills for this purpose have been
or will be introduced, the trend Of in
tention in most cases being in the di.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1895-03-29
A Reasonable Demand.
revenue.

That farmers should be relieved Of a
portion of the burden of maintaining
the public roads is reasonable demand
and is heartily concurred in by the best
citizens Hon. Edward Burrough.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1895-03-29
Not to Be Tolerated.

What can t be cured must be endured, "
But do not tolerate
A business bad when a business ed.
Will cure it while you wait.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1895-03-29

A Middlesex County Boy and Captain Ma
thaniel Fitz Randolph-A Bible of 1857
Stolen by the British and Recovered
Bold and successful Scheme to Effect an
EXCHANGE of Prisoners.
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v. Wilson was chairmsn. The place of
worship. was changed from Block Lick
to Mt. AIRY, now Rural Retreat. and the
name OF the church was changed to the
Mt, Airy Presbyterian church. The
members Of the reorganized church
wero Henry Earheart, Mrs. Polly Ear
heart. Mrs Mary Creger, Mrs. Francis,
Mrs. Staley these five had been mem
bers of the old Black Lick organization
in 1871, DR.. Jno. d, Stuart, Mira. Anuie
E. Stuart, VIM. 8. Wilson, VIM. A..
Wilson, Mrs. Rebecca Wilaon, VIM. H.
Howe, Mrs. N. M. Howe, Miss Augusta
Howe, Miss Ellie Howe, Miss Sallie M.
Howe, and Mrs. Mary s. Wilson.
Dr.J. d. Stuart, and Wilson, were
elected and ordained Elders, and VIM.
A. Miller, and VIM. H. Howe, deacons
of the new church. Rev. w. v. Wilson,
D. D., supplied the church as pastor.
The next meeting Of Preshytasy az
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we'll known to be mentioned here.

we'll known to be mentioned here.
Suffice It to say that the Presbyterian
churce has always been considered as
the great educational and conserva.
tive church Of this countryand it's mem-
bers have been among the leading men
of the world.
The Presbyterian church at Rural
Retreat was first known ~ the Black
Lick Presbyterian Church and was Of
ganized on Black Lick on the second
sunday Of December 1851 by q com
mittee appointed by what was then
known as the New River (now Abing-
dong Presbytery. That committee con-
sisted Of Revs. Phipps Wood, David F.
Palmer and Lee C. Brown. Ii may be
Of intevels to give the names Of those
who were present at the organization.
They are as follows; kebecca Doak,
Polly Wauhop, Mrs Staley Polly Ear
hart. Mary Creggar, Polly Brown, Per-
lima Brown, Francis Earhart Francis
Porter, Mrs Vermillion, Mary Buchanan
DR.. D. T. Martin and Henry Earhart.
DIR. D. r. Martin and Henry Earhart
wete elected and ordained Elders. At
the following meeting OF Presbytery in
May 1852 the church was received under
the care of Presbytery and was enrolled
as the Black Lick Presbyterian Church.
Mr.. Earhart was the FIRST elder to rep
resent his church in Presbytery At this
time and for several years the church
was supplied most successfully and salts
factorily by Rev, David P. Palmer, then
by Rev. Lee G. Brown.
The churuh was without pastor fer
sometime after the removal of Mr.. Brown
On this account and owing to the very
small number OF members, the church
gradually went backward and SO far rs
the records go, ceased entirely. But on
Sept. IL, 1871, the church was reorgani-
zed by commission Of which Rev VIM.
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ter the organization Ufthe cnuren met
at Rich Valley church in April 1872
The Presbytary was then known ~
Abingdon Presbytery. and VIM. s. vii
son was the representative from Mt.
Airy church. DIR. Wilson supplied.tiae'
church until 1874 when be was sue
ceeded by Rev. J. D. Thomas who re-
msinca as stated supply until 1877.
The church was vacant Until 1879,
wheu Rev. j. o. Sullivan became stated
supply which position he most success
fully filed until the year1884 He Was
succeeded after an interval by Rev. Vim.
NJ. McPheeters, d. D., nowof Columbia,
Theological Seminary. He remained as
supply until 1883, when Rev. j. O. Sui.
Ivan took charge again and remained
uutil his removal to Kentucky in 1891
During the years Of it's reorganization
the church had it's encouragenents
and discouragements.
Many members were received, msny
were dismissed to unite with otaer
churches. The church was put upon 9
firm footing during the pastorate of
Revs. Sullivan and Mop Observation-Disclosures
there was no church building, the men
bers occupying for while the Lutheran
Church and afterwards the Methodist
Church buildings thanks to the CHRIS
tian courtesy Of the brethren Of th.se
two churches,
In Nov. 1891, the Rev. F, T. McFaeen
Of Marion succeeded Rev. J o. Sullivan
as stated supply and has continued as
such until the present time. But lis
pastorate will cease at the close OF tie
year, as he leaves January Ist., 18o6,to
take change OF the Ist., Presbyterian
Church at Lynchburg, Va.
But the prospects are that the church
will not long remin vacant.
Dnring Mr.. McFaden's charge aAe
ministry the church has put up ne
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solid basis by the erection Of beaui-
full and handsome church building AMI
by the addition of several very strong
and influential members, the number
OF members now being about ninty two
The church building was begun in tie
fall Of 1891 and was completed in ths
spring at 1893.
The accompanying cut will gave
some idea of the building. 1t is neat
and attractive house OF worship and cost
about $a5O0OO all OF which was paid
before the dedication,
The auditorium is 30xs5 ..fees With 3
folding partition opening into lecture
room Isx3o, with gallery over the lasser,
the entire seating capacity being about
SIS which can be increased to nearly
500 by the use Of chairs etc.
The dedicatory sermon was preached
by Rev. w. w. Moore, D. d., Prs,f. OF
Continual ON mage =.
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This Body consists of all those Chris
tan believers who accept the Augsburg
Confession as correct exhibit of the
teachings of the word of God. This
Confession was written by Philip Mel
ancthon. under the direction of DR..
Martin Luther, in 1880, and is the old
est written church confession The
sum of doctrine received by the Luth-
eran Church is that Of the Apostolic
Church. which during the Dark Ages,
had become corrupted and was restored
in its pure form to the world by Luther,
in the Reformation OF the sixteenth
Century. This Doctrine summarized as
received is as follows:
r.---Belief in the tribune, God, Father,
Son and Holy Ghost. 2--The total de-
pravity of man. 3.-The vicarious obe-
dience, sufferings and death OF Jesus
Christ, the Goldman, for all men. f.
Justification by faith alone. 5.-Re-
pentance. 6. -Regeneration. 7.-Sanc-
tification, progressive but not complete
in this life. 8-The Resurrection OF
the dead. 9.-The second coming of
Christ. 1O.-The eternity OF future re-
wards and punishments.
The four chief points, upon which
Luther separated from the church OF
Rome, and which became the basis OF
the Lutheran Faith are. IAN open
"
Bible, our only Guide to Heaven. 4
"The right Of private or individual judge
rnsnt our inclienable Birth-right. s.
"Christ, and He crucified our only Saw
Jour-" 4-True faith in the Son Of God
our only Righteousness.
The church holds two Sacramento
Baptism and the Lords Supper. 1t re-
iects the two errors Of Transubstantie-
sion that is, that the Bread and Wine are
changed into the substance Of the body
and blood of Christ and of Consubstan-
t:ation, that is, that there is any ming
ling or mixing Of Christ's Body and
blood with the Bread and Wine Of the
Communion, but it does teach that
Christ is really and truly present In
she Lords Supper in Sacramento man
nar as St. Paul in I Cor.s X16 1.-THE
~ f-l-A...4i-''-s &c.
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It is supposed by the writer of this
article that it 10 not necessary or de-
sired that any account Of Presbyterian
ism in general be given, but only OF the
Rural Retreat Church in particular.
The large and intelligent membership
and ministry and constituency are too