Ref: Town and Country Newspaper Pennsburg, Montgomery County, PA Saturday - July 15, 1905 WANDERING WOMAN FOUND IN WOODS Mrs. Hannah BICKERT, aged 64, of Bethlehem, in a fit of melancholy caused by the death of her husband, wandered away from home on Sunday. Although persistent efforts were made to find her, she was not discovered until Wednesday noon. When found she was in a forest ten miles away from home. The barking of a faithful shepherd dog which had followed the demented woman in her rambles, led to her discovery. It is thought she walked about fifty miles and subsisted on raspberries and apples. When found she was unable to speak and had to be fed like a child. SUITS AGAINST SECRET ORDERS Deputy Factory Inspector, Gus. EGOLF, of Norristown, had warrants issued for E.K. EDDLEMAN, trustee of Washington Camp 121, P.O.S. of A. and Abraham CAVANAGH, trustee of Gratitude Lodge 216, I.O.O. of F. representing these bodies of Norristown, to erect fire escapes on their buildings. The building in which the lodges meet are three story structures. Mr. EGOLF says he notified the orders on January 25, 1904, and again on March 20, 1905 in writing, besides several times since verbally on personal visits. TELEPHONE COMPANY WINS POLE FIGHT The consolidated Telephone Company won in court at Reading, in its controversy with Daniel K. HILBERT, over the erection of a pole in front of the latter's home at Fleetwood. The company had dug a hole in the sidewalk, but HILBERT prevented the erection of the pole by sitting in a chair over the hole. Judge ERMENTROUT declared, in deciding the case, that all poles are an obstruction, but that citizens must put up with some inconvenience for the benefit of the community. NEW INDUSTRY FOR HARLEYSVILLE A large new building to be occupied by S.W. HAUCK and A.C. ALDERFER as a clothing factory, is being erected at Harleysville. The building is to be ready for occupancy by September 1. A MONSTER SNAKE The largest black snake killed in Monroe County, was dispatched by Henry NEWHART at Cresco. The reptile was seven feet, eight inches in length. DROWNED WHILE ON A DAY'S OUTING George MISSIMER, a life long resident of Pottstown, was drowned on Thursday afternoon while swimming across the Schuylkill, about a mile below Pottstown. The unfortunate man had gone to enjoy a days outing with the family with which he boarded and during the afternoon decided to take a swim in the river. He had gone about two thirds across the stream when he suddenly sank out of sight and those who saw him disappear were not in a position to go to the rescue as none could swim nor was there a boat at hand. After the drowning a boat was secured and the body was recovered with a grappling hook after searching for about an hour and a half and when the body was recovered it was found that the muscles of the lower limbs had contracted so as to be drawn out of shape. The drowned man was 42 years of age and is survived by one brother and one sister. A WOMAN FULL OF LEECHES A Salisbury, Lehigh county woman, who lately ate much water cress at the advice of a friend, for the restoration of health, became worse and consulted a physician. Her stomach had become bloated and it was decided that an operation was necessary. But the woman, after a severe emetic, threw up 166 leeches, nearly all of them full grown. Water cress when first taken from the water, is full of minute leeches. To get rid of them it is customary to first steep the cress in salt water. This the woman neglected to do. BALL PLAYER BITTEN BY SNAKE Edward WALDMAN, aged 11 years, while playing ball in a vacant lot at Reading, was bitten in the right leg above the ankle by a snake. One of his companions batted the ball into some underbrush and WALDMAN went in to get it, when he was bitten. He was taken to St. Joseph's Hospital and a short time after an operation was performed. He is in a serious condition. FINED FOR ADULTERATING MILK Preferring to pay a fine and costs rather than put up a defense against charges of selling adulterated milk, four dealers paid fines and costs aggregating $230, in Philadelphia, Thursday. Among the quartette was Eugene K. MICHENER, Mechanicsville, Bucks county. The charge was putting water in the milk. MICHENER was fined $50 and $7.50 costs. ARM SQUEEZED BY BIG SNAKE While Mrs. Susan LARAMY, of Allentown, was picking raspberries on Saturday afternoon a big blacksnake which had been hiding under one of the bushes suddenly coiled itself about her arm. Being an athletic woman she put forth all her strength and wrenched it loose, after which she killed it. Her arm is covered with bruises. GET DRUNK BY PERMISSION The Nebraska legislature proposes to allow a citizen to get drunk three times a year. A law making it compulsory for some people to "get sober" three times a year would be more to the point.