Ref: Town and Country Newspaper Pennsburg, Montgomery County, PA Saturday - September 17, 1904 FROM OUR CORPS OF ABLE CORRESPONDENTS SKIPPACK Warren S. MATTES, oldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Alvin B. MATTES had the misfortune last Sunday of severely injuring his left foot by getting of the wagon and slipping and the foot catching between the spokes of the wheel. While John G. KEYSER was out driving last Sunday his horse tread in a nail. The horse is quite lame of it. Peter A. METZ lost a horse last Saturday by blood poisoning. Samuel M. MOYER thrashed all his grain last week. Elias T. GRATER did it with his gasoline engine. Abram H. KRATZ used his gasoline engine to fill the silos of Frank H. FOX. Wm. KINSEY bought a gasoline engine last week from Abraham DRESHER, of Worcester. Mrs. Jacob MENSCH is getting a little better. Horace B. FENSTERMACHER on Tuesday moved from Skippack to Towamensing, into the tenant house of Joseph ALLEBACH. BALLY Albert, the four year old son, of Frank ROHRBACH, of Niantic, who died of summer complaint, was buried on Saturday, at the Church of the Most Blessed Sacrament. Frank JANSEN purchased the property at present tenanted by Wm. KUHNS, at public sale last Saturday for $250. It was sold by Wm. A. SCHALL. Aaron EDDINGER has improved his property by placing cement walks about the house. Henry EDDINGER this week had additional cement walks placed in his yard. Edward BAUER is suffering from injuries received from a horse's kick, about two years ago. H.G. HERB will offer 50 head of steers and heifers at public sale this afternoon, at the Schultzville hotel. The personal property of the late Mrs. John BOOSER will be sold at public sale, next Saturday. CLAYTON Miss Emma CLEMMER of Allentown, spent several days at home with her parents. W.A. CLEMMER and daughter Emma were in Boyertown on Monday on business. Mr. and Mrs. William DENNIS moved to Allentown to their daughter. Mr. RENNINGER's horse of Congo while delivering calves to Alfred CLEMMER's shied on account of another man's team and ran over a fence into the field. Mr. and Mrs. Josephus GERHARD and daughter Helen were in Allentown on a visit to their daughter, Rev. and Mrs. E.E. KRESGE. Herbert SCHUECK has a sore foot. Ambrose ACKERMAN also has a sore foot. HOSENSACK Two dams will be build, one north of Daniel SCHULTZ's mill and another near Hosensack station. There are plans for two others near the second one, but it is intended to build only two this fall. Oliver BECK, of Bally, is preparing lumber to build an ice house for the J.C. HANCOCK Ice Company. It is reported that the dams which the J.C. HANCOCK Ice Company will erect above Daniel SCHULTZ's mill will increase the water power of his mill fifty per cent. Reuben ROEDER, of this place exchanged some woodland with the J.C. HANCOCK Ice Company on other land which benefits him considerable. SALFORDVILLE George SHOEMAKER has returned home and now attends school. The Xray machine in the office of Dr. BENNER is in splendid working order and has treated many patients already. He will not be at home on Sundays, but can be seen at his Philadelphia office. ZIEGLERVILLE Samuel HUGHES quite recently received a fine upright piano for his parlors at the Zieglerville hotel. Frank SCHWENK, of Schwenksville, has sale of cattle about every Monday. H.H. FAUST, of Frederick, also has numerous sales at the Perkiomen Hotel, Schwenksville. A.E. BORTZ agent pro tem at Schwenksville, for three months this summer, has been relieved by the regular agent G.M. CARL and will resume charge of Zieglerville station on Tuesday. Fred BAUMAN, agent pro tem, will return to Schwenksville as operator. MORWOOD Mr. and Mrs. J.B. CLEMENS attended the anniversary at the Mennonite Home Frederick on Saturday. D.S. ZERN sold thirteen cows at GODSHALL's hotel on Tuesday at an average of $51. Levi MUSSELMAN traded horses with Harry HARTZEL on Wednesday. Alvin GODSHALL, an employee of Chestnut Hill Park, was in town over Sunday. VERA CRUZ Samuel SCHULER and Misses Maggie SCHULER and Edna SCHULER visited relatives at Reading from Saturday until Monday. Mrs. Jessiah CRESSMAN and friend Laura, of near Rittersville, were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Allen GRACELY. PALM Jacob WALLACH, of Boyertown, received a carload of fine horses at this station, on Sunday night. He had disposed of the entire lot at private sale at the public house of N.H. LEESER, before Monday noon. Chas. CONRAD and wife, of near Pennsburg, were the guests of his brother Allen and family, at this place. H.H. SCHULTZ unloaded two cars of stock and Henry SCHELL one car during this week. Miss Ella LESHER who was employed with N.H. LEESER for several weeks, returned home. Mrs. WALLACE, a boarder at the hotel here for several weeks, returned to her home in Philadelphia. Mrs. Wm. HOFFMAN and grand-daughter, Minnie, spent Tuesday with Joseph HOFFMAN and family, at Fruitville. Our school has opened on Monday and has 38 pupils enrolled. Ida MESCHTER, is the teacher. HARLEM George M. DIEHL, of Philadelphia, and David B. DIEHL, of Clayton, were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. M.M. GERY. Mr. and Mrs. Nathaniel GREGORY and grand-daughter were the guests of Misses Amelia and Sarah WIEGNER, of Chapel. Mr. and Mrs. Jacob M. GERY attended the funeral on Thursday of a child of their son Allen H. GERY, of Douglassville. Albert MOLL, of Huffs Church is thrashing grain for the farmers in our neighborhood with his gasoline engine. Mr. and Mrs. Jacob M. GERY and daughter Sallie were the guests of Alvin ALBITZ and family, at Chapel. Constable M.M. GERY and Jacob M. GERY were in Reading, attending court. The school opened on Monday with twelve scholars. Miss Sallie MOLL is the teacher. Mr. and Mrs. John A. SNYDER and daughter, Iva, of Landis Store, were visiting Mr. and Mrs. M.M. GERY. Constable M.M. GERY was at Bally, on official business. Constable W.H.H. HEIL, of Upper Milford, was here on business. Titus COVELY, of Emaus, was the guests of David G. COVELY and family. HARLEYSVILLE G. Henry HILDEBRAND and Eugene DENGLER, accompanied by their wives, spent last Wednesday and Thursday at Atlantic City. The bay horse of Henry LANDIS, which figured in a runaway Monday of last week, was killed on Saturday at KLINE's hotel. Mrs. Elizabeth HORNING, of Cleveland, O., visited her brother, Dr. R.K. KEELER and family, Sunday. Rev. Frank GABEL, of Philadelphia, will hold services in the chapel on Sunday evening at 7.15 o'clock. David H. CASSEL and Rein FREED are attending the West Chester State Normal School this season. Thomas WOOD and wife, of Philadelphia, visited the family of Joseph M. CASSEL on Sunday. William and Annie KEYSER, of Lansdale, spent Sunday with Reuben KEYSER and family. Russell KEELER and Harry WAMPOLE entered Perkiomen Seminary Monday. The S.S. DELP farm, in this township, will be sold by the Sheriff on September 21. FREDERICK H.H. FAUST had a fair cow sale at the Green Tree hotel on Monday. C.W. MARKLEY is making extensive improvements on his newly purchased property. Miss Emma WEIDA, of Topton, spent several days with her nephew, Dr. G.A. WEIDA. Frank SLEMMER who for a number of years worked in the Green Tree creamery has left and gone to Mr. FISHER at Quakertown, to which place he moved on Tuesday. Mr. KEYSER from Obelisk is his successor. FAGLEYSVILLE N.A. SEASHOLTZ has returned from St. Louis well pleased with the exposition. Frank BRUNST and family were visiting at Berwyn on Sunday. Howard MOORE who has summer complaint is slowly improving. Mrs. James FAUST has a large tomato which weighs about two pounds. It was raised on good Republican soil. David KULP, of Washington, was the guest of Frank BRUNST last week. N.A. SEASHOLTZ will have public sale of fine cows in the near future. Robert BROOKE, of near this place, has peaches for sale. LIMERICK Mr. and Mrs. W.B. FRICK, made a trip to Baltimore and Washington this week. They went by boat from Philadelphia. They expect to return home today and will take up their residence at Pottstown, which they recently furnished.