Ref: Town and Country Newspaper Pennsburg, Montgomery County, PA Saturday - October 29, 1904 EIGHTY-ONE YEARS OLD AND STILL ABLE TO THRASH GRAIN WITH FLAIL One of East Greenville's oldest residents, Jonas WIEAND (picture), quite recently showed remarkable vigor for a man of his age, by doing a day's thrashing of grain with a flail. He had as an assistant Daniel DOTTERER who is less than half the former's age, and when evening came Mr. DOTTERER, who is less than half the former's age, and when evening came Mr. DOTTERER felt the effects of the day's labor more than did Mr. WIEAND. Earlier in the season Mr. WIEAND cut the grain with the cradle and housed it. During the day a thrashing with the flail they cleaned one hundred and fifty large sheaves. Mr. WIEAND was born on June 4, 1823, and is an exceptional hardy man. He lives retired at East Greenville. He keeps a horse and attends to the care of him himself, besides doing various work around his lot. He was a miller by trade and learned this business at KUMMERER's mill, near Bechtelsville. After he left there he worked at ROEDER's mill (now KUMMERER's) near Trumbauersville. At this place he stayed ten years. After leaving there he engaged in the same business at WEINBERGER's mill, near Hosensack. In 1857, after leaving Hosensack, he conducted the milling business at Hillegass, at what is now SCHULER's mill, for seven years. In 1864 Mr. WIEAND purchased the farm in Upper Hanover township, which he still owns, near Pennsburg, now tenanted by Mr. KLEINSMITH, and engaged in farming. He conducted this farm for twenty-eight years. Twelve years ago he moved into his house in East Greenville and decided to retire from the active farm work. Since he lives in East Greenville he cannot refrain from doing farm or hard labor whenever an opportunity presents itself. Only this week he walked to a cornfield near his home, where he saw huskers at work, and it was not long before he sat down and had husked several shocks of corn. Mr. WIEAND was twice married, his first wife died about a year after the wedding. The family is childless. They adopted Mrs. Daniel DOTTERER, of East Greenville, when she was three years of age and she was with them until she was married. In fact, she still is with them, for the DOTTERER family lives in the same house. FIRE AT SALFORD STATION An ice house and carriage house at Henry CHARLES' hotel, Salford Station, were destroyed by fire Wednesday evening. The fire broke out at about 5 o'clock. The hotel sheds and the buildings of M.H. WALTERS was saved by a bucket brigade. The buildings were almost new and not insured. The loss is about $250. The origin of the fire is unknown. BOY KILLS HIMSELF AFTER A REPRIMAND Caught in the act of throwing stones at a school house at West Catasauqua on Wednesday night, and threatened with arrest by a White Hall township policeman, Frank McCANN, 18 years old, ran into a nearby cornfield and committed suicide by shooting himself in the head. RAISED MAMMOTH CABBAGES William S. RAHN, proprietor of the Hereford Hotel is the champion cabbage raiser of Berks County. One of the largest heads raised weighed twenty-three pounds. The head had a circumference of forty-three inches one way and thirty-three inches the other way. FOUND A TORTOISE 200 YEARS OLD The oldest tortoise in Pennsylvania was found by Samuel LESHER, of Moslem, Berks County crawling in one of the fields. On the shell was the inscription, nearly obliterated, "April 30, 1703," and if the date is correct the turtle is 201 years old. COW WAS INTOXICATED A cow belonging to H.H. WELLER, of Hill Church was so badly intoxicated one day this week that she was unable to stand. She ate rotten apples and for more than a day she was "boozed." RAISED LARGE CORN AT SALFORDVILLE Harvey KULP, a farmer residing near Salfordville, raised some extra large ears of corn. He has many of them that measure sixteen and seventeen inches and anyone can call and see them. RAISED AN EIGHT FOOT TOMATO STALK Mrs. Dr. E.F. BENNER, of Salfordville, raised a tomato stalk in her garden that measures eight feet in height. The stalk bore a large number of extra large tomatoes. This is the largest tomato stalk raised in that vicinity. HAD LEG AMPUTATED ON ACCOUNT OF GANGRENE Mrs. Joseph DELONG, of Topton, on Wednesday had her leg amputated. She has been a sufferer from gangrene for a number of years and quite recently a toe was amputated. Drs. C.D. SCHAFFER and C.D. WERLEY performed the operation. BAER IS PRESIDENT OF PERKIOMEN RAILROAD George F. BAER, of Reading, was on Monday elected president of the Perkiomen, Stony Creek and Philadelphia, Newtown and New York Railroads in place of Colonel James BOYD, recently deceased. THIS BEET BEATS ALL BEETS Mrs. W.A. CLEMMER, of Clayton, raised a red beet that is twenty-one inches in length, and measures fourteen inches in circumference. The beet weighs five pounds. RAISED MANY BUSHELS OF POTATOES Asher BUSS, of Schoenersville, Berks County, raised a half a million bushels of potatoes this year. Some of these were nine inches in length and tipped the scales at two pounds and three ounces.