Ref: Town and Country Newspaper Pennsburg, Montgomery County, PA Saturday - August 27, 1904 MAN SHOOTS HIMSELF Joseph STEWARD, a carpenter of Berwyn, blew out his brains with a shot gun, last Saturday afternoon, in the presence of his wife and several of his children. The man had been drinking a quantity of liquor and was in a despondent mood when the crime was committed. There was no reason for his act, but the influence under which he was at the time. The suicide was the father of twenty children, several of which are dead. GOVERNOR HAS TALL CORN Governor PENNYPACKER is winning fame as a grower of corn. The corn on his farm, at PENNYPACKER's Mills, is the finest in the county, some stalks standing 18 feet high and having five ears on them. Mr. PENNYPACKER also had a field of oats on his farm. They are called PENNPACKER oats, and yielded 56 bushels to the acre when thrashed. HOUSE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING During the heavy thunder storm that passed over this section last Sunday morning, the house of Frank LUTZ, of near the West Branch paper mill, was struck by lightning and considerably damaged. Several members of the family had the unpleasant sensation of having bricks loosened from the chimney fall through the roof into their beds. A CORRECTION In our last issue a statement appeared saying the Veterinarian A.L. BAUM who located in Pennsburg had been formerly located, at Trumbauersville, which is incorrect. His former station was Shelly, Pa. Dr. H.L. BAUM, with whom he was confounded is still at Trumbauersville. PASSED EXAMINATION SUCCESSFULLY Among the 302 candidates who successfully passed the severe State Board Medical examination recently, is our townsman Dr. Fred O. WAAGE, only son of Rev. O.F. WAAGE. He is on duty for a year in the Methodist Episcopal Hospital, of Philadelphia. LARGE GATHERING AT FAMILY REUNION Over 2000 members of the DIETRICH family and connections held their second annual reunion at Kutztown, on Saturday. All are descendants of Johannes Christian DIETRICH, who landed in New York, in 1710, and Johannes DIETRICH, who settled in Philadelphia in 1731. WORK THE BEST MEDICINE Rev. Harry M. LENGEL, of Reading, who believes that "work is the best medicine in the world," has just completed a house, and did all the work himself, from digging the foundation and mixing the mortar to painting it. MURDERER BLOCH RESPITED Governor PENNYPACKER on Tuesday respited Eugene BLOCH, of Allentown, (who was to have been hanged on Aug. 25), until October 6, to allow his case to be taken before the Board of Pardons on application for a commutation of sentence to life imprisonment. TEACHING BLIND PIGS Wesley CLOSE, of Pottstown, is amusing himself by teaching two blind pigs to perform various kinds of tricks. The animals are fed from a bottle and Mr. CLOSE says they are very apt pupils. WELL KNOWN LAWYER AT DEATH DOOR Colonel James BOYD, of Norristown, nestor of the Pennsylvania bar, president of the Montgomery County Bar Association, is believed to be at death's door at his home. Several days ago he was brought from Atlantic City in a special car. He is 84 years old and suffers from a general break down. A FIELD OF TALL CORN Oswin BIELER, of the Grand View Poultry Farm near East Greenville, has a corn field in which the stalks average fully twelve feet. Among the lot there have been found two stalks of exceptional length, one measuring 14 1/2 feet, the other 12 feet four inches. TO DRILL FOR COPPER ORE Prospectors will drill for copper ore on the land of John WRIGHT, situate on the Lehigh Mountains, on the side of Emaus. Ore of good quality has been found in small quantities on the tract of Mr. WRIGHT. HEARS BAND FOR THE FIRST TIME AT 92 A very much interested spectator at the parade of the Emaus Fire Company No. 1, last Saturday, was Mrs. Enoch ROHRBACH, aged 92 years, of Harlem Berks county. In all her life time the aged woman never saw a parade or heard a brass band.