Ref. Town and Country Newspaper Pennsburg, Montgomery County, PA Saturday - August 12, 1905 FROM OUR CORPS OF ABLE CORRESPONDENTS (2 OF 2) ZIONSVILLE Charles HUNTER, our enterprising blacksmith, gave his house a new coat of paint. Samuel SCHUBERT was this week with the A.J. REICHARD's fishing party at Finland. M.S. BEIDLER and Wm. MOYER took in one day, Wednesday. Wm. BREY, of Allentown, was here on last Thursday repairing the graves of his parents on the Mennonite church cemetery. Menno GEISSINGER and children were at Allentown to see President ROOSEVELT on Thursday. HALLMAN's family band will furnish the music at the Union Sunday-school picnic at Milltown today. M.S. BEIDLER, of the Railroad House, has a lot of boarders who work at HANCOCK's new ice dam. HALLMAN's family band will hold a picnic in SCHUBERT's grove near Old Zionsville, on Saturday evening, Aug. 19. Refreshments of all kinds can be had in the grove. A through freight ran into an open switch here at the station last Saturday right after dinner. It smashed a trunk filled with ladies clothing and destroyed nearly all the contents, and a freight car that was standing on the side tracks in front of the engine was wrecked, but not thrown from the track. OLD ZIONSVILLE To-day the funeral of the child of Edwin TREICHLER, of Mennonite town, will be held at number three church at 10.30. Rev. CASSEL officiating. Our post master, Richard REESE, wears a smile all week, the cause, a daughter. On Thursday Rev. O.R. FRANTZ buried Harry GERHARD at Huffs Church, aged seventy six years. The pump at the Conndrum mines broke and as the result work has to be abandoned until same is repaired. The Graphite vein on the CHATTEL property proves favorable. The parties are highly pleased. Te Havest Home service at the St. Peters Church will be held to-morrow, August 13, at 2 p.m. Rev. O.R. FRANTZ Pastor. CONGO The Ladies Aid Society of the Sassamansville Reformed church will have service tomorrow afternoon. Rev. G.W. LUTZ and Rev. G. GREENAWALT will deliver addresses. Everybody is inviited. H.H. RENNINGER left for a carload of cattle. Harvest home service in Sassamansville Reformed church on Sunday, Aug. 20th, by G.W. LUTZ. On Saturday moring while I.W. BOWMAN's hired man was going home from the creamery his horse ran away, upset the wagon and broke the harness. Misses Katie WEISS and Elsie BECHTEL made a business trip to Lansdale. Mrs. Sallie ROBERTS, of Lansdale, is paying a visit to her grandmother, Mrs. Maria FOX, of this place. HOFFMANSVILLE Frank F. STOFFLET and family, Allen, Calvin and Katie STAUFFER attended the Huber's Church picnic near Niantic, on Saturday. Amos Z. NESTER and family attended the Firemen's parade, at Red Hill. Henry L. STETLER and family were at Boyertown on Saturday. L.A. LUDWIG, Secretary of New Hanover school board said that the Board would enforce the Compulsory School Law this Winter from the first month. Our school opens on September 4. Don't forget the Sassamansville Lutheran Sunday School picnic at Congo today. RED HILL Henry SCHWENK left for the Western part of the State for a carload of stock. John LANDIS started to make cement pavement in the lower end of the borough this week. J.P. KLINE was in Line Lexington on business, on Monday. St. Paul's Sunday School picnic to-day in the woods near the church. Music by the Red Hill Band. Harry BREY and wife, of Philadelphia, are spending the week in town with the families of Oliver MILLER and Levi HENRY. They made the trip by team. CHAPEL The Chapel picnic was largely attended on Saturday. Rev. C.M. DELONG will have services in the Chapel on Sunday evening, Aug. 13th. Jonas KRIEBEL lost a valuable cow by death this week. Elmira NUSS returned home on Thursday afternoon, spending the week in Mountainville at the campmeeting. Daniel CLAUSER, of Bally, visited his cousin, Elwood HEYDT, on Saturday and Sunday. Several people from here attended the Convention at the Seminary on Thursday. NEW HANOVER Elam ACKERMAN lost a valuable horse on Sunday. The dedication was very largely attended on Sunday afternoon. D.C. HUNSBERGER and family, David HUNSBERGER and wife and Wm. RELLOW were the Sunday guests of Wm. HUNSBERGER and family. J. Orlando STELTZ fetched a carload of Lebanon county cows this week. Our old township dogs are running around nearly every night. A.B. GROFF will build a new wagon shed next week. It is expected that work will be commenced to build the trolley road in the near future. MILFORD SQUARE The meeting of the Young People Soicety of the West Swamp Mennonite church next Sunday evening will be in charge of Herbert S. STAUFFER, of Perkasie. An interesting program has been arranged for the occasion. An address will be made by Levi HOFFMAN a student at Brown University, of Providence R.I., formerly of near East Greenville and special music will also be rendered. The public is most cordially invited to be present. E.S. SHELLY visited friends at Palm and Hosensack last Friday and Saturday. Mrs. Newberry SELL and Mrs. Levi MOYER visited the family of John HALLMAN, at Geryville, last Tuesday. CLAYTON Mr. and Mrs. Charles BEITLER, of Macungie, visited his parents on Sunday. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Joseph HILBERT on Monday, a son. ZEIGLERVILLE Mrs. John MILLER, of Delphi, returned from her trip to Boston, much improved in health. H.H. FAUST, of Frederick, had public sale of cows at HENDRICKs Hotel, at Schwenksville, on Tuesday. E.S. GRATER, of Delphi, is now in charge of the grist and saw mill at Delphi, also the hay and coal business. Mrs. Mary BORTZ was in Allentown last week. John MILLER, of Delphi, is burning another kiln of brick this week. The summer resorts are all filled with boarders at this time. Governor PENNYPACKER received five carloads of manure for his PENNYPACKER Mills farm. The harvest home services in the Mennonite Church, at Schwenksville, were largely attended. Rev. N.F. SCHMIDT will conduct harvest home services in the Lutheran Church next Sunday. Frank SCHWENK, of Schwenksville, is receiving 2 and 3 carloads of cattle weekly. He is the largest dealer in live stock in this vicinity, having several men engaged in the west to do his buying. Dancing at the Weldon House and HUGHES hotel, Zieglerville, every Saturday evening.