Ref: Town and Country Newspaper Pennsburg, Montgomery County, PA Saturday - June 27, 1903 HILLEGASS Charles SCHLICHER, of the Queen of the Valley Farm this week sold three fat steers to butcher A.G. KRIEBEL, of Hereford. A.D. SENSENICH, of Honeybrook, Chester county, on Monday started work in the Hillegass oil mill, tearing out the machinery preparatory to installing machinery for the manufacture of paper board. William J. SCHAEFFER, of Pennsburg, received an ugly cut above his left eye while assisting in tearing out the machinery in the Hillegass oil mill. An iron bar slipped and struck him. The wound bled profusely. Mr. and Mrs. Charles HILLEGASS, Mr. and Mrs. SEABOLD and Mr. and Mrs. BUSHON, all of Reading on Sunday drove from that city to this place. They took dinner at Haring's Hotel and after that they visited the old homestead which Mr. HILLEGASS at one time owned. After spending an hour there they visited the formers brothers, J.P. HILLEGASS, of Pennsburg, after which they returned to their home. David HARING, of Philadelphia, spent several days this week in this vicinity purchasing horses for the Philadelphia market. PERKIOMENVILLE Mrs. Frank GRUBB spent several days in Philadelphia. W.S. RENNINGER made a business trip to Willow Grove. Miss Alberta YERGER spent a few days in Allentown. James SMITH and family, of Spring Mount and David SMITH of Gratersford, and Miss Maggie SMITH were the guests of the family of Wm. M. SMITH on Sunday. James BERNHARD while working on the road lend his shovel to a certain party who this far has forgotten to return the shovel to the owner. The horse which ran away for Jacob ALDERFER below Salforville, was caught at the Knickerbocker dam by Horace BECKER and Amandus ERB, upon which they brought the horse to Rahn's Hotel. The horse of S.K. BUCHER which was driven by his son Irwin, upset the wagon and had a narrow escape at Scioti Hill. I.S. RAHN has purchased a fine rubber tire buggy. Mrs. I.S. RAHN had part of her fore finger smashed in the cog wheels of an ice cream machine. Mr. and Mrs. Frank GODSHALK, of Philadelphia, spent Sunday with his parents. N.S. RENNINGER left for a carload of stock. KUMRY Howard LINSENBIGLER will teach our public school for the coming term. A blacksnake killed by Oswin Reinhart, measured six feet. Harvey LONG and family, of Quakertown, were the Sunday guests of Oliver SHUP, Sr., and family. Mr. REIMER is giving his barn a coat of paint. David ROSENBERGER is very busy crushing stones for the highways. F.R. MUMBAUER and family were visiting friends at Ridge Valley on Sunday. BEE TREE DISCOVERED BY GIRLS While two young girls were out hunting wild strawberries on the farm of Henry GAUGLER, of Kumry, last Friday, they came to a large Chestnut tree in which they discovered a small hole. They soon became aware that the inside of the tree was inhabited. Upon thorough investigation it was found to be the home of a swarm of bees. Their find was reported and on Saturday afternoon a number of the neighbors gathered around the tree and sawed it down. The bees were successfully hived and taken to the home of Joseph R. MUMBAUER, Sr., where they are continuing their operations as if nothing had interfered. TWIN TREES BEARING DIFFERENT FRUIT On the farm of Jacob STETLER, of Perry township, near Moselem, Berks county, is a botanical curiosity in the shape of a trunk of a Juneberry tree, entirely imbedded in the trunk of a white oak tree. Eight feet from the ground the two trees again seperate and are then several feet apart. Each tree bears its fruit - berries and acorns - as if they had never met each other. The berry tree is full of fine-flavored berries that don't taste a bit like acorns. ORPHANS COURT Judge SOLLY handed down opinions in the following estates on Monday: Maggie O. TRUMBORE, late of East Greenville, John J. REED, late of Salford and Edward MOLL, late of Upper Hanover.