y THE WESTERN NEWS, LIBBŸ, MONTANA Thursday, July 13, 1933. Page Six No Eicape Two clubmen were discussing; their wives. WILLIAM PENN, Quaker 1PÜ “I suppose I mustn't grumble at mine." said Martin, “She looks after and® me very well." “In what way especially?“ asked bis friend. HumcMpi “Well, for Instance," said Martin, at)d Pioneer. "she takes off my boots In the eve ning." r “What, when you come home from «/ vv i v o the club?" asked the other. /*/oV'■ A 'VS "Oh, no; when 1 want to go there," 2s* A r came the reply. I N 'M ■ / Descriptive Blooming Liar A young wife, wishing to announce //c » "You don't say you got rid of that the birth of her first child to a friend nice lodger of yours, Mrs. Brady?" In a distant city, telegraphed ; "Yea I I got suspicious of him. He // / yM^- •-» “Isaiah 9: 6." Which passage be told me he was a bachelor of arts, gins: “For unto us a child Is born, and I found out he had a wife and -/.I unto us a son Is given.” two children.' Sheffield Weekly Her friend, unfamiliar with the V\ ' ~è I \ Telegraph. Scriptures, said to her husband: » !\ hi “Margaret evidently has a boy who i ff? 3* weighs nine pounds and sis ounces. WISE JACK but why on earth did they name him % ! Isaiah?" iiiBi A \' Maybe Re Wal O. K. (2° r. At a recent gathering, the nervous young secrelary of a church social A TTHT rr club was apparently confused by the ifïj presence of one or twoçjjeople of 6 i title, and prefaced his opening re \ \S- marks with “Ladles, Gentlemen, and others—" •r ■ Debatable km ^ A 2-v: "Jack Is a foxy Individual. He pro Man at Desk —Why do you claim posed to Miss Beaches by wireless." a trombone player 1$ leas of a bore ' d "What was the great Idea tr that?" i " than a pianist? _ “It leaves the record up In the air Man In Chair—He Is because he where It can’t be read In court In doesn’t get the chance. He doesn't case he happens to change his mind." 3nd a trombone In every home he visits.—Brooklyn Daily Engle. ■M'&m Ha* Her Price i f$s a “I’ll give you thirty shillings for IN A HUMOROUS VEIN that pup." Sr "Can’t be done, sir. That pup be Sa. ill || mm- longs to my wife, an' she'd sob 'er ! grafe'S1 > ’eart out But I tell yer what |;j ■-- spring another ten bob an" we’ll let n xvr. ’er sob I”—Humorist Magazine. « ia m H.V> m - i ■ Little SuBtbine .?»> 1 Stern Mistress (to maid)—You are ■1 discharged, Sarah, for allowing the . .**’ WÆ master to kiss you. What sort of - ST reference do you expect from me 4 ..3 after that? By ELMO SCOTT WATSON Pretty Maid—Well, you might at least say that 1 tried to please every ECENTLY there gathered at Jordan’s prevent the patent being granted. But Penn was one, madam. near Beaconsfield In Bucks, England, a staunch fighter for his rights and he finally a great crowd to witness a pageant obtained the charter early ln 168L R which was given in the picturesque No Lack «’Tall 1. William Penn at the ago of twenty-two. He at once prepared to take up the governor courtyard of old Jordan's Hostel. Al Bobby—I lost a quarter this morn- From the Historical Society of Pennsylvania’s ship and on August 30, 1682, he sailed on the though the locale of the pageant was copy of the portrait painted In Ireland In 1666. luff. ship, Welcome, commanded by Cnpt. Robert Nellie—Tbats’ a pity, Bobby. How "English and the actors in It were 2. Map showing the 40th parallel of latitude Greenway, arriving at Newcastle October 24, English, It was staged in celebra did you lose It? and the part it played in the boundary dispute 1682. Then followed the promulgation of his "She says that 1 am dull." tion of an event In American history Bobby—Aw. the man what dropped between William Penn and Lord Baltimore. containing the 68 sections which “You should crack a few jokes once —the 250th anniversary of the found "Great Law, It heard It fall.—Philadelphia Eve 3. The “Mayflower barn” at Jordan's In Bucks, embodied hla “Frame of Government" and the In a while; ask her to marry you, or ing of Pennsylvania. something like that" ning Bulletin. England. The beams were formerly the timbers English laws adapted to It. as the code of gov For, adjoining the broad grounds of the historic ship “Mayflower." The bam 1s ernment for the new colony to which colonists which surronnd the old hostel, ts an ancient now used as a recreation room for the Society by the shipload began flocking. Not the Only On* GOING THE LIMIT graveyard and the inscription on one of the sim Chlupp—I understand that Qulggle of Friends. Penn remained in Pennsylvania, until 1684, but ple headstones In this graveyard tells the visitor has a very good voice. Does he cul 4. The farm house at Jordan’s in Bucks, Eng his dispute with Lord Baltimore over the bound- that underneath It lies the dust of what had tivate It? % (whlch Incidentally was not finally settled once been a man named William Penn. Just be land, used by the Society of Friends as a meet ary Cutajar—I don’t know whether he until 1732) and Important home affairs required yond this gravestands a small _hrick building ing house. In the foreground is the private cem cultivates U but I do know that be etery of the Penn family. The grave before which his presence In England. So, appointing a Pres which had once been a farm house but which Is Irrigates It sometimes. now used as a meeting house -for those who call the man is standing is that of William Penn who ident, Thomas Lloyd, and a board of commis died In 1718. He was survived by 11 aons who sioners to act as governors, he left for England themselves the Society of Friends but whom we Vital Information f % were also burled here with the exception of two on June 16. 1684. know as the Quakers. Nearby, also, is another “So you Joined the army so as to building which tells a tale from American his who were buried In the Stoke Poges graveyard, While In England he was abused and misrep •see the world,’ as the posters say? (P" tory. It Is only a barn but the beams In It were 5. The letters patent, dated August 20, 1694, resented because he still defended his position What made yon leave?" once the timbers of the good ship “Mayflower” reinstating William Penn as governor of Penn in regard to his rights nnder the charter and “They didn’t tell me that 1 would In which the Pilgrim Fathers sailed to New Eng sylvania In place of Benjamin Fletcher who had because of his membership In the Society of have to do It on foot.” land and this barn Is now used as a recreation been appointed In Penn's place when he was de Friends. However, he was always received at room by the Society of Friends. prived of the government of his colony. court and he found in King James H a strong Boating Party So this pageant recalled once more to both friend. Then1 In 1688 came the revolution against ß & She—Where did you put the rec England and America the name of an English James and that monarch was deposed. The Prince of Orarige and Princess Mary, King ords? She—Don’t you think that womea man whose Influence In the history of their na Christ college, Oxford, at about the age of fif He—Records? I had work enough James’ daughter, were proclaimed king and should have the privilege of propos tion is greater than most Americans realize. teen where he came under the influence of lugging this heavy gramophone along queen of England on February 13, 1688. ing, as well as men? What that Influence was Is pointed out in a new George Fox and Thomas Loe, the great Quakers without bringing a box of records. He—Certainly they should, and biography of the founder of Pennsylvania which of the period, who Induced him to Join that Penn’s friendship for James II made him sus they ought to have the privilege of appeared recently. It la “William Penn. Quaker body. The college authorities fined him for non pect to the new monarch and on December 10, buying theater tickets and cigars for 1688, he was called to Whitehall and made to QUESTION and Pioneer" by Bonamy Dobree, published by conformity but as he adhered to his faith he the men If they want to. the Houghton Mifflin company. In an epilogue, was expelled from the college. give securities for good conduct until the fol which sums up the contribution of Penn to his Penn’s father was furious with him at first but lowing Easter. In 1690 he was again summoned An Angel In Sight tory, the author points to the gigantic statue of finally relented and sent him to France where he before the Lords of Council and accused of cor Muriel at pantomime rehearsal)— Penn which stands on the top of the cupola on was presented to Louis XIV and became a great responding with the former king. Penn appealed the city hall In Philadelphia and says: favorite at the court Then followed a brief to King William who was inclined to acquit Who's tbe properous-looklng Johnny? "He h/is, however, every reason to be proud career as a law student and as a member of the him but his councillors Induced him to require Not In the show, Is he? of what he sees from his Inhuman eminence— staff of his father, the admiral. Penn to post bail again. On July 18, 1690, he Frank—Well, we're trying to per suade him to put up the money for the miles of habitats containing some two mil In 1668 he returned to Navy Gardens and was charged with treason but no proof to sup- lion people, spreading away from between the dropped the sword for the pen, writing a num port it could be obtained so he was discharged. the production — our "Principal rivers to the foothills; the factories; the ber of tracts for one of which, entitled “Truth Penn now proposed to return to Pennsylvania Buoy," ao to speak !—London Tlt- wharves; the great bridge which swings Irresist Exalted,” he. In 1668, was committed to the but he was prevented by another accusation lev Blts. S ibly across the whole width of the Delaware; Tower of London. In 1676 William Penn was eled against him by a certain “cheat and Im the structures growing ever higher, If less gra one of the early settlers in West New Jersey postor" named William Fuller, and the machina Watted ♦ , cious, spaced out on the grid he had conceived. In America, but prior to this he had often In tions of this man kept him In England three “Here's a dandy car with a rumble "Its history has been noble, for though It hesi hla mind the Idea of forming a settlement abroad years longer. In the meantime the colony had seat, too,” said the enthusiastic sales tated at the beginning of the struggle against In some country where the Quakers could estab fallen into a state of disorder and religions dis man. England the still Important Quakers being large lish themselves for their own good, and live at turbance created by a certain George Keith and “Are you laughing at me?” de "Rumble seat’d be no use to me," ly indifferent and then loyalist, it was within Its peace with all men. As the king. Charles II, was It finally ended In Penn’s being deprived of the manded the professor sternly of his growled the unenthuslaatlc customer, precincts that the Declaration of Independence “my wife Insists on doing all her Indebted to hts late father, Admiral Sir William government of Pennsylvania by King William class. back seat driving from the front was signed, and that the first flag of Stars and Penn, not only for services rendered, but for III, who granted Benjamin Fletcher, governor “Oh, no sir,' came the reply from Stripes was woven. Later, In the Civil war, the 16,000 pounds actual cash, he was willing of New York, authority over Pennsylvania. the class president seat”—Cincinnati Inquirer. Quaker influence came Into its heritage, for Phil enough to pay off the debt by granting Penn a Fletcher at once went to Philadelphia and the “Then," asked the professor, “what adelphia was stoutly anti-slavery and, as Penn charter, dated March 4, 1681, for the governor government was surrendered to him, a hasty ac else is there In the room to langh Up to the Player would have wished, convlncedly anti-secessionist ship of the colony of Pennsylvania, then held by tion which Penn resented bitterly. He wrote a atr * Btnks was making a hopeless first “The United States of America!—that name the Duke of York and Albany, who had leased letter to Fletcher declaring that he had not yet attempt at golf, and to cover hla em would have pleased Penn, for In 1086, with his It to Sir George Carteret given up hla rights to the province and he set Reason for It barrassment he remarked to the startling capacity for seeing ahead, he had writ In addition to this charter Penn obtained (to about making good his word. In 1693 he pleaded “This egg is bad." caddy, “Golfs a funny game, isn't ten a booklet advocating the federation of all prevent all future claim or trouble) a deed from that his Innocence of the suspicion of treason the colonies, though not, he would have pro Landlady—Well, what do you ex It?’ the Duke of York, certifying that he was the against the rulers of England be made clear and pect when you come down so late “Sometimes It Is. sir,” retorted the tested vehemently, In opposition to the crown. sole proprietor of the county. Resides, as addi at last King William gave him the reassurance to breakfast?—Everybody’s Weekly. bdy, "but It Isn't meant to be." Moreover, of those states his own has been one tional territory to the Province, he obtained from as to that and on August 20, 1694, granted him of the most flourishing. ... It had been a flour the duke his rights, title, etc., to the three lower letters patent reinstating him In the government Exact Change ishing colony from t*he beginning, for with what Drug Shop Burglar« countries on the Delaware. In fixing the boun of Pennsylvania. First Burglar (to companion dur "I have known gents what gives « ever troubles Penn may have had In govern daries between this territory and Maryland, a In 1699 Penn revisited Pennsylvania with his ing raid on chemist’s shop)—I’ll take bit over," observed the taxi-driver. ment (and his Province was not by any means dispute arose with Lord Baltimore, due to the the only one to bave such troubles) of all the wife and family and In 1701 he granted a char the cash: you’d better take some “Ay," said McPherson, "thal’s why ignorance of the geography of the Atlantic coast I asked ye to stop under a lamp." proprietary colonies, his vas easily the most ter to Philadelphia, making It a city. In Decem thing for that cold. by the commissioners of trade and plantations ber of that year he returned to England and successful. who In the charters of the two colonies granted there his declining years were spent, In 1712 y And even In government he had not failed certain tracts of the same land to both Penn disappointingly as he supposed; for with all he suffered a stroke of paralysis from which he so and Baltimore. Of the end of his ca the alterations and tamperings, his old and seem never fully recovered, The charters stated that the boundary between - ingly battered Frame ("The Frame of Govern reer Dobree writes: “His wife took him to Rus- the two colonies was to be the 40th parallel of r ment," written by Penn In 1681) Is yet the basis combe for a rest, but no cooner had he got r latitude but no one knew exactly where this there than the powerful body, the Insurgently of fundamental liberties. parallel ran. It was Intended that Penn's south “Nor does his Influence cease with the state active brain, broke down Irremediably. He nev ern boundary should cut through Delaware bay government, for the present Constitution of the er fully recovered his reason. ... For six years and Include some of the waters of the Chesa United States In many ways reflects Penn’s mind, he lingered on happily at Ruscombe, very hap WRIGLEYSjr #• 8 8 8 4S$0 80 0ST 8 tssT peake bay, thus giving him a sea outlet neces notably In the executive being separate from the pily, as the pleased smile he nearly always wore sary to his trading schemes. But It was soon legislature, and In the President's appointment proved to the wondering visitor. . , . At length, discovered that the vagueness of the commis GUM of certain officers. It Is not Pennsylvania alone almost without warning, in the very early hours sioners’ geographical knowledge was to deprive that owes Us shape to the constructive brain of July 30, 1718, he left the life In which he had ASTE FRESH him of this outlet. played so continuous, so generous and so opti KEEPS YOUR of William Penn," i H-m Such was the man who began his pioneering— Nor was this his only trouble, During the mistic a part, a life to which his Inborn simplicity pioneering in departing from the beaten path whole of his proceedings in getting a charter, had been unable to adapt itself and from which of most men’s thinking—early In his life. Penn he was bitterly opposed by many at the court his mind, bewildered by disillusion, had escaped E of Charles II, among them Henrietta Marla, tht some years before him." Sal was born In 1644, the son of Admiral Sir Wlk j* Ham Penn of the British royal navy. He entered queen mother, and others who did their best to <• iw1W«*t*ra N«wwp»p*r Union.»
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