Ref: Town and Country Newspaper Pennsburg, Montgomery County, PA Saturday - June 20, 1903 SPINNERSTOWN Mrs. Manoe ROEDER, of Allentown, spent Saturday and Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Horace ROEDER. N.C. ROEDER spent Tuesday on business in Philadelphia. Mrs. Wm. G. DIMMIG and Miss Maggie DIMMIG spent the fore part of the week at Allentown. Abraham ANGSTATT is having his house painted by Chas. MILLER. GERYVILLE Harry DOLL finished sawing down the woods of J.R. HENDRICKS, on Saturday. A surprise party was tendered Mrs. Harry HARTENSTEIN, last Wednesday evening in honor of her twenty-third birthday. A large number of invited guests were present. Emanuel LEVY is hauling stones for the addition to U.G. LOUX's store. Mr. and Mrs. Henry MILLER spent a few days with Harvey HARING and family, at Hillegass. Mrs. Harry HARTENSTEIN spent a few days with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Oswin KLINE, of Weidner. PERKIOMENVILLE The different parties noticed in town were Charles MESSNER and sons H.R. KNEEZEL and family and Miss Ella SMITH of Gabelsville, Edwin BOLTON and family of Spring House, Fred SMITH of Philadelphia, Katie H. FAUST of Norristown, and Daniel FEGELY and Harry BUCHN from East Greenville. Miss Amanda HUNDRICKS left for a few month Vacation to her relatives and friends. The daughter of Mr. FOX was kicked by a horse on Monday, her wounds were dressed by Dr. H.F. SCHOOL. HEFTY BEEF ANIMALS OF NEAR EAST GREENVILLE George KRAUSS (picture), manager of the Fairview Farm, about one mile north-east of East Greenville, and owned by Thomas J. TRUMBAUER, of Coopersburg, fattened 21 head of cattle during the past winter and managed to reserve fifteen tons of hay for sale. The smallest of the animals fattened weighed 950 pounds and slaughtered 54 pounds to the 100. Another one upped the scales at 1750 pounds and slaughtered 59 pounds to the 100, while the largest, a bull, of which the above is a photograph, weighed 1925 pounds and slaughtered 61 pounds to the 100. This animal was bought on December 1, and sold on May 18. The gain during this time was 550 pounds, or an average daily gain of 3 1/4 pounds. This is a remarkable increase and is not often equalled. HISTORIC CELEBRATION The special program for the celebration of the evacuation of Valley Forge by General Washington and the Continental Army, on June 19th, one hundred and twenty-five years ago, was strictly carried out yesterday. The memorial services were held in the morning at Fort Huntington, Governor PENNYPACKER presiding. The participants being Captain M.F. BEAN, Phoenix Military Band, Bishop Cyrus D. FOSS, Rev. J.W. SAYRES, D.D., Rev. Henry A. HOYT, D.D., Rev. Joseph DUBBS, D.D., Rev. Joseph KROUSKOPF, Rev. Wayland HOYT and a chorus of 500 voices assembled from the Schuylkill valley. At noon the corner stone of a memorial chapel was laid according to Episcopal usages. The chapel is located on land donated by Mr. and Mrs. I. Heston TODD, on the road leading from Valley Forge to Port Kennedy. The afternoon service partook of a patriotic nature. Addresses were made by the following: Hon. Walter S. LOGAN, New York; Miss Adaline W. STERLING, Mrs. Donald MCLEAN and Hon. C. Emory SMITH. Poems were read by Mrs. M.E. THROPP CONE and Prof. Francis Lee LYBERGER. This was one of the grandest patriotic celebrations that our country ever witnessed. The Governors of many of the States were present as well as delegates of patriotic societies from all over the Union. It is estimated that there were more than one hundred and fifty thousand persons in attendance, making it the most magnificent testimonial to the heroes of 1776 in the annals of our history. BEAR TAKES NAP IN COURT A performing bear was sentenced to thirty days in Norristown jail at Bryn Mawr Saturday and to show his contempt for the law he stretched himself out at full length in front of the Magistrate's desk and took a nap. Two Italians own the bear, and they were exhibiting him in the streets of Rosemont, when the trio were arrested under a Lower Merion ordinance. The complaint was made by residents of Rosemont, who declared that the bear frightened their horses, and thus endangered life. The Italians were fined $7.50 each by the Magistrate and promptly refused to pay, whereupon they and the bear were sentenced to the tem of imprisonment. They all spent the night at the Ardmore police station, where a great crowd gathered about the bear. When it was suggested that the bear might have to be sold for the fine, one of the Italians said he would rather die than lose his pet, and both burst into tears whereupon the bear gazed at them and licked his jaws sympathetically. On Sunday the Italians relented, paid the fine and with the bear, departed for more congenial territory.