Ref: Town and Country Newspaper Pennsburg, Montgomery County, PA Saturday – October 1, 1904 PROMISING YOUNG MAN ENTERS UPON A CLERKSHIP AT EAST GREENVILLE Erwin M. CHRISTMAN (picture), of Sigmund, Lehigh county, on Monday, September 19, entered the general store of Levi MESCHTER, of East Greenville, as clerk. Mr. CHRISTMAN, has been clerking in the general store of A.H. STERNER, at Old Zionsville, since the fall of 1901 and filled the position with credit until last week. He was born at Sigmund and is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob CHRISTMAN. He received his education in the public schools of his native township. He worked on his father’s farm until he entered the Zionsville store. Mr. CHRISTMAN is a member of the Reformed church, of Old Zionsville and has been an active member of the church choir since he entered the STERNER store. The members of the choir and congregation were sorry to see Mr. CHRISTMAN leave the vicinity. FOUND HONEY IN TREE John REINSMITH, of Geryville, Bucks County and his young son went into the woods near his farm on Saturday to cut wood, and while REINSMITH was busy his boy ran around amusing himself. Finally, he sat down with his back against the big trunk of a tree. Suddenly he called out to his father: “Pop, come here and listen to the funny noise inside this tree.” The father came and listened and then he knew he had discovered that rare find, a wild honey-bee tree. He marked the tree, and on Sunday he and a neighbor sawed into the great hollow trunk, smoked out the bees and got a tub and two bucketfuls of fine honey. MURDERER HANGS HIMSELF Antonio COSATO, of West Chester, was on Monday sentenced to hang for the murder of Nicolo DI GIOI, and during the night he hanged himself in his cell. He left a letter to his guardian telling him how he would end his life, on the back of which was a memorandum showing the years, months, weeks, days, hours and minutes he had lived, making the total of minutes 12,525,120. He made a noose from a sheet and fastened the end of the improvised rope over the door of his cell. COLLECTOR IS COMING Town and Country has secured the services of Amos SCHULTZ as a solicitor and collector, and he will start upon his duties on Monday, October 10. We hope those subscribers who are in arrears will be ready to pay such arrearages when Mr. SCHULTZ calls at their place so that he will not have to make a second trip to see them. WILL BUILD A HOUSE ON JEFFERSON STREET George MERKLE, of near Pennsburg, will build a single dwelling house on Jefferson street, East Greenville. He purchased the lot next to Reeding GERY’s house. Contractor Clayton H. FRYER, of Pennsburg, on Thursday put down the stakes. He will also do the carpenter work. DEAD SNAKE CAUSES TYPHOID EPIDEMIC A score of children attending STERNER’s school, near Allentown, are victims of typhoid fever, caused by drinking impure water from a well. Monday, when the cause was investigated, the decomposed body of a large snake was found in the well. LOST A DOLLAR ON TRAIN AND GOT IT AGAIN Zephaniah BUCHER, of Rudy, lost a dollar bill on the train going from Salford Station to Pennsburg, which was found by a passenger and turned over to the conductor of the train who handed the money back to Mr. BUCHER. DISCHARGED AS VOLUNTARY BANKRUPTS Tingham L. FRITCH and Manoah L. FRITCH, individually and trading as T.L. FRITCH & Bro., of Longswamp, Berks county, were on Monday discharged in the United States District Court, at Philadelphia, as voluntary bankrupts. BEAT OFF NEGRO Miss Elvina KECK, 65 years old, had a desperate encounter with a negro at her home near Emaus, late Friday afternoon. In the act of leaving the house for a walk she heard a door slam in the back of the house and she returned to ascertain the cause. As she entered the hallway a negro seized her by the throat, and, choking her, threw her to the floor. She freed herself from his clutches only to be again choked and thrown. Finding she could not elude the negro, she screamed lustily for aid, which frightened her assailant off. Neighbors quickly responded and the fleeing negro was seen to enter a distant cornfield. A posse quickly formed and started in pursuit, but was unable to overtake the fugitive. Miss KECK is suffering greatly from shock, and her throat still bears the imprint of the negro’s fingers. RAISED MAMMOTH TOMATO Austin KNIPE, of New Hanover raised a large tomato and it is hard to beat. It measures seventeen inches one way and eighteen inches another. Its weight is two and three-fourth pounds. It was raised on democratic soil and he would like to hear from some Republican who can beat it on his soil. FARMER FELL FROM HORSE AND WAS HURT John DART, farmer of Markley Bros., proprietors of the Minnehaha Dairy Farm, near Hillegass, met with a mishap in which his face was very much disfigured. He accidentally fell from a horse and struck a stone which lacerated his face below the eye. Dr. HUNSBERGER, of Pennsburg, was summoned who dressed the wounds. DIPHTHERIA PREVALENT IN MARLBOROUGH Quite a number of cases of diphtheria have been reported in Marlborough Township during the past few months. The latest to be quarantined is the family of John BAUM, of near Sumneytown. Several children are afflicted with the disease. TO OUR PHILADELPHIA SUBSCRIBERS Town and Country has secured the services of Howard S. WELKER, of 1320 North Camac Street, to act as our collector in Philadelphia. He will call upon all those in arrears to the amount of a year or more and we hope he will be treated in a cordial manner. SECURED MARRIAGE LICENSES Frank B. FREYER and Mary L. SNYDER, both of Red Hill, Harvey C. NYCE and Mamie C. BERGEY, both of Souderton, Wilson K. MOYER, of Harleysville and Sallie B. SOUDER, of Morwood. INDIAN STUDENTS HUSK CORN Large numbers of Indian boys of the Carlisle Indian School, Carlisle, spend their Saturdays husking farmers’ corn at $1 a day. FARMERS WANT TO GET RID OF CANADA THISTLES Berks County farmers are discussing the best means to rid their land of the Canada thistle.