Pennsylvania County Histories, Berks County
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Bitter and Sohl, Seidel & Co., of this city, until 1876 when a vacancy oc- . eurnng in the office of city controller be was elected on the Democratic ticket to fill the va- i ?y- So wel1 did be execute his trust that in 1877 he was nominated and elected for a full term of two years. He served the term with acknowledged ability and to toe entire satisfac- I tion of the people. 1879 the National Greenback party, which I ! at that time numbered about 600 votes, pa. Mr. , Tyson forward as their candidate for mayor of the city. The Democratic party subsequently chose him as their candidate, while the Repub¬ lican party renominated Hon. Charles F. Evans who had already served three consecutive j terms in that capacity. By reason of a singu- }ar combination of circumstances and the fact i that Mr. Tyson was a man of recognized ability 1 and honor, he had the honor of being elected ! to the mayoralty by the largest majority ever 1 HON. HEN BY A. TYSON, given to any candidate for that office in the : history of the city, viz: eleven hundred and ! Seventeenth Mayor of Beading, Born 1832, Elect- eighty-one : I__ed 1879, Served One Term. rr 1879. Henry A. Tyson, Dem. i Charles F. Evans, Rep.2933 ! THE SEVENTEENTH MAYOR. Majority for Tyson. n81 I Hon Henry A. Tyson, Elected Chief Ma~is During his term many important ordinances trate of Reading in 1879, by the Target were passed by the city councils, new regula- MajorRy in the History of the City- tions instituted, and the government was ad- Sketch of the Useful Career of an l ministered in such a way as to be a credit to I Honored Official. ; [ him, and conducive to the best interests of the city. Mr. Tyson, during his term of office, ap¬ - Fading, Feb. 4.—Hon. Henry 4 TWm proved the ordinance granting the right to - Heading s seventeenth mayor ff/of ’ Feodum erect a soldiers’ monument in Penn square. During his official career the Antietam reser- : s££*friends, 00,1110 to this countrv nnr? > -p ' voir was enlarged, and in a special message he * £ urged public action towards securing toe eree- awnstrif .4?^ tion of a public building in this city by the National government. Since that time par¬ ticular efforts have been made in that direction and with such success that the foundations fora mmmm, splendid building, one that will be a credit to pleted^6 aU<^ na^on’ are already nearly eom- I ho mayor in a speech welcoming the fire¬ men of the state to Beading, at the time of the pfiSigl state firemen’s convention held in this city Dec 17, 1880, coupled together toe names of tne different volunteer companies belonging to the Beading fire department in the followino. ffirwR T^Pr language: ” Tyson, grandfather of the subiect 0^ wish of the Junior fire company to which I belong that the bright rays of the Rainbow bould ever shine upon yon; and it is my desiro that while you are in this citv of Reading the third city of the Keystone state, you win en ov Friendship and Liberty which was handed down by Washington and that you will Nfvfp- Hlin™K,l0Ilgafter,the waters of thl springs'of Hampden have run dry.” * to our sketch, and fourth child” and^ SlUbje0t °f the democrats again placed Mr. iyson m nomination for the mayoralty of toe / BfofoSd0 h^La™-Sn Wing J fear’ofTh6 reS'iit 0f this eleetion was the de-/ •but afterward di^ontfoueTftTn^ trade> feat of the gentleman for toe office as per the \ clerk in Eckert’s storeat Fom5hd b®ca“e a streets, where for manv vea ™ h^h iand Peim book^1USfr°m Mont«omery’s valuable hand- on the business of gauge/Wig the C,arried 188- m Beading who understock th^f * • only one William G. Rowe, Rep time. Iif1844 he ws^ew a® busme^at that Henry A. Tyson, bem ■3868 •'1831 on an independent ticket and se^JdforH^ Majority for Rowe. years to the great satisfaction of toe of of,/61 £yson uever was, is not now and it is not was^onored ^with1°th1/rmavoe gentleman who tlmf he? ever will be, a politician in toe sense was Mary Fasig, daughter oPwmfam Fa^ that he is on the hunt after office. He prefers business life to the vicissitudes always attend- "m" noiitical life, and upon his retirement f '** t '*> V? 2 1 ■M : - BP - • _ Guam "office, and, whilst paying her re¬ 3e he became interested in securing! - i introducing the present Satisfactory system I spects, performed a number of interest¬ of lighting the sti'eets by electricity. He was ing acts, with the Telegram staff as secretary and treasurer of the company for a | her audience. Her conduct was so mat¬ 'time and all the original stock was subscribed ter of fact, obedient, prompt and sensi¬ through his solicitation. ble as to attract attraction; and believ¬ He is now connected with his son, A. Harvey ing that tbe many readers of the Tele¬ ' Tyson, osq., in conducting as a specialty the “Beading Investment company,” and is also gram on this Sunday morning would be the trusted collector for the Pennsylvania rail¬ pleased to know something about her, road in this city. Mr. Tyson was married Dec. some of the numerous tricks which she 23, 1855, to Miss Anna Shultz, of this city, and is capable of performing are here de¬ three children—A. Harvey Tyson, esq., Charles scribed. j _ H. Tyson, esq., and Estelle Tyson—the result j Upon greeting all with her method of of the union, are now living. “ He has always I saving “good morning,” her master been an earnest advocate of everything tend¬ ing to the material prosperity of his native looked around, and addressing “Friskie” place, and.is honored for the conscientious said, “Speak to the editor also.” She administration of his trust while holding office. replied promptly by uttering a “bow¬ The portrait from which the excellent likeness wow,” just as if she too said good-morn¬ accompanying this sketch was made was taken ing.” She was then asked to sit up and during the time he was mayor. He does not speak, when she responded by sitting up look much older now than then, and the wish of the Telegeam that he may long live to en gracefully and saying, not by barking, joy life and the society of his friends bids fair but by a peculiar dog speech, “bow-wow- to be realized. wow,” with a curious toss of the bead, just as if she were nodding recognition. Mr. Montgomery then directed her to jump on the chair near the reporters’ AN EDOCATED PET DOG. t table, sit up and speak; stand up; sit Called “Frislne” and Owned by Morton L. j down, etc., all of which she did, He Montgomery, l£sq.—What He Can Do. then asked her to walk to the other ena j A little dog resides at th6 head of Penn of the room, sit up, stand up, and walk street, and though still young, has al¬ to him (on her hind legs), all of which ready developed a large circle of friends she recognized by prompt obedience, ne through uniform gentleness of manner, then gave her a silver dollar and asked | a kindly and playful disposition and her to carry it to the editor, and she de¬ posited the dollar squarely in his hand in such a business-like way that it cre¬ ated a laugh, and she was patted on her silvery-haired head, in appreciation of of her kindness and unqualified confidence in newspaper integrity. | After fingering the coin somewhat she was told to take it back to her master, j when she took the dollar piece gently in her mouth and walked straight to j Mr. Montgomery, who then threw the dollar piece across the room onto a long table covered with the files of tne Telegram, and Friskie went for it as quick as a flash, bounding over five feet through the air, found the dollar and carried it to him. This is the first time, within the Telegram’s knowledge, that a canine had the courage to jump on a newspaper in its own establishment, and so Friskie and her master enter¬ tained the Telegram staff quite a little while, passing from one trick to another without the least confusion and without a single error. One of the most remarkable feats was in lumping without a run after a dollar by general intelligence and tractabilifcy.