History of Doylestown, old and new : from its settlement to the close of the nineteenth century, 1745-1900 . heir families in case of sickness,&c. Also two Temperance Societies, one the Mechanics Tem-perance Society, whose members are mechanics and laboring men. A military encampment was held at Doylestown in August, 1843,on what was subsequently the grounds of the Doylestown Agriculturaland Mechanics Institute. The turnout of troops was good and attend-ance large. This will be referred to at greater length in a subsequentchapter. The Democratic celebration in Doylestown, January 8, 1845,the t
History of Doylestown, old and new : from its settlement to the close of the nineteenth century, 1745-1900 . heir families in case of sickness,&c. Also two Temperance Societies, one the Mechanics Tem-perance Society, whose members are mechanics and laboring men. A military encampment was held at Doylestown in August, 1843,on what was subsequently the grounds of the Doylestown Agriculturaland Mechanics Institute. The turnout of troops was good and attend-ance large. This will be referred to at greater length in a subsequentchapter. The Democratic celebration in Doylestown, January 8, 1845,the thirtieth anniversary of the American victory at New Orleansover the British army, was a typicial one. There was a procession atnoon, marshalled by Colonel Isaiah James, followed by a meeting inthe Court house, where A. M. Griffith, Esq., read the KentuckyResolutions of 1798, and Colonel Reah Frazer, of Lancaster,delivered an oration; in the evening there was a banquet at the Man-sion house. Dr. Charles H. Mathews, presiding, number of toastswere drunk, among them the following: By Horatio G. Sickel:. CHARLES H. MANN. DOYLESTOWN, OLD AND NEW. 107 Thomas Dorr, May the same power which sent down food to thechildren of Israel, cause the chains of slavery to drop from his limbs. W. W. H. Davis: Democracy, may its benign rays be felt inthe body politic like the enlivening- influence of the summers rainon parched vegetations, and a stranger gave the toast of the evening: Woman, First in the kitchen, first in the parlor, first in the armsof her countrymen. On the death of Andrew Jackson, 1845, the Doylestown Graysand Beneficial Institute passed resolutions of national condolance andthe Reverend Dallas D. Lore, pastor of the Methodist church,delivered an eulogy on the Generals life and character. The setting up and operating a magnetic telegraph instrument atDoylestown, 1845-6, was for this conservative community, some-thing new under the sun to every body. Work on a telegraph line,betw
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