Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-08-10
And who was John Snyder?
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scription of all.
| And who was John Snyder?
| LIE WAS son of Governor Simon Snyder
i, IL by his first wife, Elizabeth Michael.
,, He was said 70 be the handsomest man in
| the State in his time.
My friend II. Fl. Sthock. editor and anti
| quarian, of Seinsgrove, has been telling me
something about this very unusual son Of
| Pennsylvania.
life. near Selinsg!ove. His large farm was a
SHOW pace, hundred years ago, with its
fine herds of cattle and his stable of racing
| horses.
He conducted paper mill there from
which he supplied the newspapers of the
surrounding territory, including Harrisburg
and Lancaster.
IL raced his lorscs over the circuits Of
Southern New York and Eastern rcnnsyl-
! vania.
From 1913 to 1s45 he wa. member of
| Congress.
Simon Cameron in letter to his daughter,
Miss Mary X. Snyder, in 1885, said:
Il knew your father more intimately than
your grandfather, and lie was ole of the
handsomest young men of the day, sprightly,
full of good intentions and generous actions
and great favorite with everybody"
Tn THE days when Simon Cameron as
L young man was printing the Lancaster
1ntellgencer, endowed with more intelligence
than money In bank, John Snyder became
much interested in the bright and promising
youth.
He did an unusual thing for he told young
Cameron to order all the papcr he needed
for his press from his mill. and to ''pay for
1t at his own convenience
., Simon Cameron never forgot the da.' or
the man.
When he was United States Senator he
found some members Of Mr.. Snyders fGmil;
IN straitencd circumstances from causes
that were not of their own making.
+, Grant was President at the time. and
Cameron prevailed on him to appoint Miss
Mary kittera Snyder. John Snyder daugh-
ter, Postmistress of Seinsgrove
TOHN SNIDER'S most conspicuous aerv-
e ice to the State was rendered during the
War of 1872.
He was a boy of nineteen and his iather
was Governor of the State.
lie raised a company of volunteers among
his neighbors in and about Selinsgrove and,
marching at their head. appeared before the
Governors door at Harrisburg at O'Clock
In the morning.
He called his father from his bed. pre-
sented his company to him. and offered the
assistance of his nelghbors at home in de-
fense of the Commonwealth.
The Governor always said that. though he
had been the happy recipient of many honors
appearing at that early hour with his men
was the proudest moment of his life.
Captain John Snyder's services during the
War of 1872 are matters of record in the
State archives.
They were recently revived by the Ma
tional Society United Daughters of 1872,
in a most significant manner.
A representative body of the organization
gathered at his grave in 1.-THE inn Of those
iourneying toward JcrSplem' and by the
Of D1InIiphtpr
Bonnell, of Scranton, placed beautiful
marker above his last resting place.
DROF. J. CHAUNCEY SHORTLIDGE,
of Chester Heights, is in Europe gather
ing material for n course of illustrated lec-
lures on educational subjects.
For Il number of years Prof. Shortlidge
has been devoting his spare time to lccturing
on American historical subjects.
While a student at Harvard he became
greatly interested in Longfeows life and
labors.
He made special study of the Long
fellow country from Boston to Portland,
| Me-, with the result that lie is today the
leading lecturer upon the life of the great
American poet.
In addition to his studies in this country,
| he Travelled in Europe to famiiarize himself
with the scenes described by Longfellow in
| his prose and poetical works
A more critical study perhaps is embraced
in his lecture on Theodore Roosevelt under
the title Of ''The Great American"
| 1t has a particularly present day value
because Prof. Shortlidge describes with
cearness and entire fairness the exciting
| campaign of the Progressive Party and the
significance of that movement.
He will return from Europe next month
IOHN F. REESE has Just completed
y study Of the coal beds of Cambria
| County.
| He makes, as result of his Investigations
the estimate that six beds of coal in that
county originally contained more than five
| billion tons Of coal
Since the Revolutionary War pennsvl-
vania has mined 5000, 900 900 tons of soft
coal.
In that period Cambria County produced
ACT 900 900 tons of this output
There still remain beneath her soil 3 G3S .
| 600 900 tons or almost as much as the entire
| State has produced in hundred and ffty
| years.
1T doesn't look as though there is going IN
be a shortage of bituminous coal in this
State for at least few years TO come
CECRETARY OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS
- JAMES WOODWARD makes some in
teresting deductions in connection with his
annual census of the industries of the State
Several days ago he published the fact thot
II all the matches manufactured in Center
County during the last year were placed end
to end there would be enough to circle the
globe eighteen times.
By the same process of ANALYSIS II Is
proved that Northumberland County's out
but of cigars if distributed among its popn
iaton, would supply every man, woman nne
child in the county with three boxes q,
cigars of fifty each.
II all the anthracite coal mined in tbo,
county in 1921 were shipped to Philadei.
phia every individual in this city would h,
entitled to two tons, irrespective of age OF
condition.
The one thing the Ger.
TeutOnic man Government is will