Ref: Town and Country Newspaper Pennsburg, Montgomery County, PA Saturday - November 12, 1904 STARTED WORK ON NEW BRIDGE James SMITH, the contractor of Perkiomenville, this week started work on the stone work of the new county bridge near BIELER's brick yards, in Upper Hanover township. Tuesday a number of derricks were brought there and placed in position and other preparations were also made so as to begin the masonry work by next week. FIRE DESTROYS FARMERS BUTCHER HOUSE Fire on Monday destroyed the butcher house of Charles ZIPF, of near Geryville. He was engaged in butchering and had a good fire under the butchers boiler when a spark ignited the woodwork of the building, while no one was present. The building was ablaze, before the fire was detected, and could not be saved. It was entirely consumed. SHERIFF SEIZED DOCTOR'S PERSONAL PROPERTY Sheriff LARZELERE, of Norristown, seized the property consisting of horses, wagons, etc., of Dr. Charles B. DOTTERER, of Zieglerville, and will sell the same at sheriff's sale at HUGHE's hotel for Geo. H. TYSON, who was on Mr. DOTTERER's bond for $300, as treasurer of the Order Knights of Friendship. AN IDEAL SPOT IN THE PERKIOMEN VALLEY IN WHICH MANY PHILADELPHIAN'S WHILE AWAY THE DELIGHTFUL DAYS OF SUMMER The village know as Palm, is between two and three miles northwest of East Greenville on the Goshenhoppen and Green Lane turnpike. The village is pleasantly located near the base of the Hosensack hills and near the confluence of the Hosensack Creek and the head waters of the Perkiomen. There is no more ideal spot in the entire Perkiomen Valley than the village of Palm and this fact is appreciated by a number of Philadelphians and people of other nearby cities who spent the charming summer days amidst the beautiful scenery of this quiet and peaceful village either as boarders or campers. In the immediate surroundings are a number of carefully kept well cultivated farms whose soil is not to be surpassed in fertility. The village proper is composed of about thirty dwellings. A blacksmith shop, school house, hotel, general store, postoffice, two grist mills, saw mill, feed coal yard and a pedal organ factory. It also has an auctioneer and a justice of the Peace. The organ factory is conducted by Edwin KRAUSS whose grandfather gained fame almost a century ago as a successful organ builder. On his death he was succeeded by his son and since the grandson has succeeded to the business the KRAUSS fame has not suffered. The smoke observed in the distance shows the location of the station. More produce is shipped from this station to the various markets than from any other on the Perkiomen railroad. But a short distance below the village on the Hosensack Creek, the John HANCOCK Ice Company has one its largest ice houses. The filling of this house gives employment to a small army of men during winter and the shipping during the summer season furnishes labor for many. Although lacking the modern facilities of cities and larger towns, Palm is a delightful place to visit as its inhabitants are cheerful and hospitable and treat strangers with cordiality and respect. MET WITH MISHAP Henry, the son of Aaron LINSENBIGLER, a farmer residing near Sassamansville, had a leg fractured, on Monday afternoon in a peculiar manner. Mr. LINSENBIGLER and his son, Henry, were engaged in hauling apples from the orchard of Mrs. Jane YOST. While on the way home, Henry drove the team and his father walked after it. After going about a mile the horse became frightened and started to run away. The boy fell from the wagon and one of the rear wheels passed over his leg, fracturing it below the knee in two places. The boy heard the cracking noise and thought he had fallen on a piece of wood. He hurried on his feet and started to run after the escaping team, but after making a few steps the splintered bone pierced the flesh and when the doctor examined the broken member he found the sharp pieces of bone protruding throught the flesh. Luckily Dr. WEIDA, of Frederick, soon came past the place where the accident happened and he found young LINSENBIGLER. He temporarily fixed the leg and then removed the boy to his home where the fracture was permanently set. RECITAL AT SEMINARY Mrs. Mary V. TYLER, the teacher of Elocution at Perkiomen Seminary, has prepared a lengthy program which will be rendered on Friday evening, November 18, in the Seminary Chapel, by the students of the elocution department. The recital will be free to the public and all friends of the school are invited to attend. The recital will begin at 7 o'clock, p.m. and the program is as follows: Music, Selected; How he saved St. Michael's, Anon, Florence DYSON; Mr. Brown had his har cut, Anon, Mamie HILLEGASS; Old Ace, Brooks, Amelia KEYSER; Limitations of Youth, Field, Foster C. HILLEGASS; Ride of Lily Servosse From a Fool's Errand, Fourgee, Ernestine THORNTON; Abram Garfield, Fuller, CLARENCE GERE; Whistling Regiment, Harvey, Elsie FIRST; College Oil-cans (By request of the Somerset Y), McGire, Helen HARTZELL; Music, Selected. STRICKEN IN CHURCH Mrs. Solomon KLINE, of Allentown, was overcome by a stroke of apoplexy while attending a service in St. Michael's Lutheran church on Friday evening. She was given medical attention but never regained consciousness, dying soon thereafter. Deceased was 76 years old and is survived by her husband and four children.