Ref: Town and Country Newspaper Pennsburg, Montgomery County, PA Saturday - May 27, 1905 ATTACKED BY AN EAGLE While walking along Hay Creek, near Trap Rock Station on Tuesday afternoon Alfred ALDERMAN, of Birdsboro, saw a bird flying along the banks of the stream. Suddenly it began to descend and in a moment it attacked the young man. He fought it off with a club and ran to a nearby house, secured a gun and shot it. The bird dropped with a broken wing and was secured with a wire netting. The daring bird proved to be an eagle measuring six feet across the wings. The bird was taken to a veterinary surgeon at Reading with a view of having the broken bones mended. Should this be possible, ALDERMAN will keep the bird in a large cage. IN HARNESS TWENTY-FIVE YEARS The Managing Editor, William L. HARTMAN of the Allentown "Daily City Item" on Saturday, completed twenty-five years as editor. His work has always shown great ability and he is deservedly popular. Town and Country extends congratulations to Mr. HARTMAN for his successful career and hopes the prime of his usefulness has not yet been attained. NEW SCHWENKFELDER CHURCH At the General Conference of the Schwenkfelders the Mission Board was authorized to provid a permanent church home for the Norristown congregation and Sunday School. The body also decided to continue Rev. E.E.S. JOHNSON as assistant to Dr. HARTRANFT in Germany for another year. SHERIFF ROBBED BY BURGLARS A gang of burglars pried open a shutter at the residence of Sheriff E.A. KRAUSS, Allentown, and ransacked the lower rooms while the family was asleep up stairs on Monday night. The principal thing missing is a pair of handcuffs that belonged to the Sheriff. SERVED AS AN AUCTIONEER FOR ALMOST FORTY YEARS The widely known auctioneer, H.F. ZERN (picture), of Perkiomenville, has been crying sales since 1866 and is as alert and active as at any time during his career. He was born in 1846 near Pleasant Run, New Hanover township, and did not leave the place of his birth until 1891. When he first engaged in the auctioneering business there were no horse or cattle sales in the district demanding his services. His work included the sale of farming stocks, household goods and auctions. The first year he engaged in the business, he had thirty-three sales and since that there has been a constant increase each year up to the present time. Ending with April 25th of this year, Mr. ZERN was the auctioneer for 4538 sales and 437 auctions. It his long career Mr. ZERN has sold every consceivable article that can be offered at public sale, he even one time sold a coffin, ready trimmed. When he offered this unique article he feared there would be no bidders, but he was mistaken as there was a spirited contest between two would be buyers. As usual the 'highest bidder got the coffin. It went to Levi JONES, of Green Lane. Mr. ZERN still has two articles in his possession that he bought at his first sale. In addition to his services as auctioneer Mr. ZERN was supervisor for ten years for the Eastern district of New Hanover township, and in his time he served as juryman at the Montgomery County Court nineteen terms. One of those terms only being for criminal cases, at which time he served as Juror on a murder case. Mr. ZERN is at present engaged in farming. He occupies a farm of 115 acres along the R.F.D., Route No. 1, of Perkiomenville and the R.F.D., Route No. 1, of Greenlane, also passes his home, so that he has the advantage of having two mails daily. For fifty-three years Mr. ZERN and his father occupied the same house near Pleasant Run and during all this time they took their meals at the same table. For twenty four years Mr. ZERN ate at the table of his father and for the remainder of the time, or twenty-nine years, the father ate at the sons table. Mr. ZERN's experiences have been varied and he is always ready to enterby relating anecdotes and comical occurrences of former years. It is always a pleasure to listen to his stories. HERO ON A WHEEL While driving through the Saucon Valley the horse driven by two women bolted when a barking dog rushed at him. The women lost control and the horse ran away. Behind them was a young man on a bicycle who called upon them to stop their yelling and not to jump and he would save them. With a desperate spurt of speed he rushed along side of the horse, grabbed the bridle, was jerked off the wheel and dragged for a considerable distance but stopped the horse. When the greatful women, Mrs. Lydia SEIBERT and Mrs. Tilghman FEGELY asked for the name of their rescuer so as to thank him intelligently, he replied: "Oh, forget it, please," and rode off without revealing his identity. FIRE IN LUMBER PILE A mysterious fire broke out in the sawed lumber of Oliver BECK at Kraussdale on Monday night. Before the fire was gotten under control between $500 and $600 worth of hard wood lumber was destroyed. Some of the lumber belong to parties who had brought logs to have them sawed. There is a probability that the fire took its origin from sparks from brush that was burned in the vicinity of the saw mill during the previous day. BARN DESTROYED BY FIRE The barn belonging to Wilson GODSHALL, cashier of the Lansdale National Bank, was burned about 1 o'clock Monday morning. It is supposed to have been accidentally set on fire by a tramp who was sleeping in the hay during the night. The loss is less than $1000, fully insured. PUT UP NEW AWNING C.A. KNEULE, proprietor of the Pennsburg Hotel has improved the appearance of the hostlery by placing new awnings along the porches. MARY EDWARDS IS NOW A WIFE District Attorney KUTZ of Reading, Berks County, received a letter from St. Louis authorities, stating that Mary EDWARDS had been married, and that her name is now Mrs. YOUNG. THREE IN ONE GRAVE New Philadelphia, a town near Pottsville, witnessed an unusual scene on Monday when one from each of three generation of one family were laid in the same grave; the bodies being those of Enoch BALULIS, his son and his grandchild. Mr. BALULIS, the elder, was killed by an explosion of dynamite, his sudden death so shocked the other two who were ill that they died shortly thereafter.