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Subject: News from Pennsburg - September 24, 1904
Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2004 00:38:22 EDT
Ref: Town and Country Newspaper
Pennsburg, Montgomery County, PA
Saturday - September 24, 1904
DEATH OF ONE OF UPPER HANOVER TOWNSHIP'S OLDEST FARMERS
One of Upper Hanover township's oldest farmers, Samuel HEADMAN (picture),
died on Sunday morning at 3 o'clock, of dysentery and old age, after sickness of
about ten days. He was born in Rockhill township, near Quakertown, April
9th, 1824 and was a potter by trade. He tilled the soil in Upper Hanover
township for half a century and during his farming life he received as high as $3.25
per bushel for wheat. The same time he also paid 75 cents a yard for muslin.
On October 4, 1849, he was married to Maria SCHOLL, of Frederick, who
survives him as well as a son. Mr. HEADMAN was hale and hardy up to the time of his
sickness and with the aid of his son he still conducted his farm of
eighty-eight acres near the New Goshenhoppen church.
MACHINE THAT CUT AND BINDS CORN
Henry LEH, of Allentown, has a corn cutter and binder at work on the
Fountain Farm, near that town, which cuts and binds the corn stalks and does the
work of more than ten men. Mr. LEH says he will take from 25 to 30 tons of
fodder from an acre. These corn stalks with the cobs are cut by electric power
into pieces and during the winter are fed to the cattle. The fodder looks like
sour kraut. The entire crop of corn ears, fodders and stalks, are saved for use
during the winter.
NO POTATOES FOR BREAKFAST PART MAN AND WIFE
Thomas STECKEL's defense to a charge of non-support at Allentown was that
his wife would not cook potatoes for his breakfast. Judge TREXLER ordered him to
pay $2 a week for Mrs. STECKEL's maintenance.
MADE A REMARKABLE WATCH
M. LEROY, a Parisian clockmaker, has just achieved a triumph in watches. He
has been at work since 1897 upon a chronometer, which he has just completed.
It contains 976 pieces and cost $400. On the case are the signs of the Zodiac,
and on the main dial, besides hours, minutes and seconds, are numerous
computations of time in years, months and days, the phases and age of the moon,
the seasons, solstices and equinoxes and various time records. Then there are
large and small gongs, and a little carillion of three notes for sounding
purposes. On the lesser minute dial are 226 stars of the Boreal and 200 of the
Southern Hemisphere, time at 125 different cities of the world, times of
sunrise and sunset, and a thermometer, a hydrometer and a barometer.
INJURED MAN PLEADED POVERTY
Pleading poverty, Peter GASINKER, a cement mill employe, who was injured at
Allentown, asked to be admitted to the Allentown Hospital for treatment, and
when he was searched a roll of bank notes containing $220 was found in the leg
of his trousers.
MET WITH A QUEER ACCIDENT
Henry FUNK, of Shelly, while walking on his boardwalk and putting on his
coat, slipped and fell. He was unable to save himself and fell on his arm,
breaking it, and dislocating the wrist.
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