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Subject: News from Pennsburg - October 29, 1904
Date: Sun, 2 Jan 2005 13:05:23 EST
Ref: Town and Country Newspaper
Pennsburg, Montgomery County, PA
Saturday - October 29, 1904
EIGHTY-ONE YEARS OLD AND STILL ABLE TO THRASH GRAIN WITH FLAIL
One of East Greenville's oldest residents, Jonas WIEAND (picture), quite
recently showed remarkable vigor for a man of his age, by doing a day's
thrashing of grain with a flail. He had as an assistant Daniel DOTTERER who is less
than half the former's age, and when evening came Mr. DOTTERER, who is less
than half the former's age, and when evening came Mr. DOTTERER felt the effects
of the day's labor more than did Mr. WIEAND. Earlier in the season Mr.
WIEAND cut the grain with the cradle and housed it. During the day a thrashing
with the flail they cleaned one hundred and fifty large sheaves. Mr. WIEAND was
born on June 4, 1823, and is an exceptional hardy man. He lives retired at
East Greenville. He keeps a horse and attends to the care of him himself,
besides doing various work around his lot. He was a miller by trade and learned
this business at KUMMERER's mill, near Bechtelsville. After he left there he
worked at ROEDER's mill (now KUMMERER's) near Trumbauersville. At this place he
stayed ten years. After leaving there he engaged in the same business at
WEINBERGER's mill, near Hosensack. In 1857, after leaving Hosensack, he
conducted the milling business at Hillegass, at what is now SCHULER's mill, for seven
years. In 1864 Mr. WIEAND purchased the farm in Upper Hanover township,
which he still owns, near Pennsburg, now tenanted by Mr. KLEINSMITH, and engaged
in farming. He conducted this farm for twenty-eight years. Twelve years ago
he moved into his house in East Greenville and decided to retire from the
active farm work. Since he lives in East Greenville he cannot refrain from doing
farm or hard labor whenever an opportunity presents itself. Only this week he
walked to a cornfield near his home, where he saw huskers at work, and it
was not long before he sat down and had husked several shocks of corn. Mr.
WIEAND was twice married, his first wife died about a year after the wedding. The
family is childless. They adopted Mrs. Daniel DOTTERER, of East Greenville,
when she was three years of age and she was with them until she was married.
In fact, she still is with them, for the DOTTERER family lives in the same
house.
FIRE AT SALFORD STATION
An ice house and carriage house at Henry CHARLES' hotel, Salford Station,
were destroyed by fire Wednesday evening. The fire broke out at about 5
o'clock. The hotel sheds and the buildings of M.H. WALTERS was saved by a bucket
brigade. The buildings were almost new and not insured. The loss is about $250.
The origin of the fire is unknown.
BOY KILLS HIMSELF AFTER A REPRIMAND
Caught in the act of throwing stones at a school house at West Catasauqua on
Wednesday night, and threatened with arrest by a White Hall township
policeman, Frank McCANN, 18 years old, ran into a nearby cornfield and committed
suicide by shooting himself in the head.
RAISED MAMMOTH CABBAGES
William S. RAHN, proprietor of the Hereford Hotel is the champion cabbage
raiser of Berks County. One of the largest heads raised weighed twenty-three
pounds. The head had a circumference of forty-three inches one way and
thirty-three inches the other way.
FOUND A TORTOISE 200 YEARS OLD
The oldest tortoise in Pennsylvania was found by Samuel LESHER, of Moslem,
Berks County crawling in one of the fields. On the shell was the inscription,
nearly obliterated, "April 30, 1703," and if the date is correct the turtle
is 201 years old.
COW WAS INTOXICATED
A cow belonging to H.H. WELLER, of Hill Church was so badly intoxicated one
day this week that she was unable to stand. She ate rotten apples and for
more than a day she was "boozed."
RAISED LARGE CORN AT SALFORDVILLE
Harvey KULP, a farmer residing near Salfordville, raised some extra large
ears of corn. He has many of them that measure sixteen and seventeen inches and
anyone can call and see them.
RAISED AN EIGHT FOOT TOMATO STALK
Mrs. Dr. E.F. BENNER, of Salfordville, raised a tomato stalk in her garden
that measures eight feet in height. The stalk bore a large number of extra
large tomatoes. This is the largest tomato stalk raised in that vicinity.
HAD LEG AMPUTATED ON ACCOUNT OF GANGRENE
Mrs. Joseph DELONG, of Topton, on Wednesday had her leg amputated. She has
been a sufferer from gangrene for a number of years and quite recently a toe
was amputated. Drs. C.D. SCHAFFER and C.D. WERLEY performed the operation.
BAER IS PRESIDENT OF PERKIOMEN RAILROAD
George F. BAER, of Reading, was on Monday elected president of the
Perkiomen, Stony Creek and Philadelphia, Newtown and New York Railroads in place of
Colonel James BOYD, recently deceased.
THIS BEET BEATS ALL BEETS
Mrs. W.A. CLEMMER, of Clayton, raised a red beet that is twenty-one inches
in length, and measures fourteen inches in circumference. The beet weighs five
pounds.
RAISED MANY BUSHELS OF POTATOES
Asher BUSS, of Schoenersville, Berks County, raised a half a million bushels
of potatoes this year. Some of these were nine inches in length and tipped
the scales at two pounds and three ounces.
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