Charles F. SCHOENLY, of Pennsburg, will be united in marriage to Miss Katie KELLER, of East Greenville, on Thursday evening. Miss KELLER is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F.M. KELLER, of East Greenville, and is well known in this vicinity. Mr. SCHOENLY is a son of Mr. and Mrs. William SCHOENLY, residing near East Greenville, and is a highly respected young man. The wedding ceremony will be held at the home of the bride's parents, Rev. W.B. FOX officiating. The choir of the St. Mark's Lutheran church of Pennsburg has been invited. The other guests will be the relatives and immediate friends.
ONE OF BERKS COUNTY'S MOST SUCCESSFUL FARMERS
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Jacob HIESTAND, a farmer residing near Hereford, Berks county, is probably one of the most successful farmers in that county. Mr. HIESTAND has combined honest toil with hard study and the result has been a successful life. Mr. HIESTAND is now in the sixty-eighth year of his age and is still actively engaged on the farm. He was born in Upper Milford township, Lehigh county, near Shimersville, and attended the public schools of that township. He worked on his fathers farm until thirty years of age when he accepted a position on the farm of Nathan STAHL, near Hosensack. Here he became acquainted with Miss Emma STAHL, and in the year 1870 was married. In 1872 he bought the farm on which he now lives, then known as the Joel DEISCHER's place, which contained 78 acres of land. During the fall of 1879 he built the present barn and added several new outbuildings to the place. Before the erection of the new barn and shortly after Mr. HIESTAND moved to this farm the Weary Willies, Hooligans and Knights of the Road began to learn of his kind dispostion. This they were not slow in taking advantage of and today the up-to-date barn on the HIESTAND farm shelters almost a thousand of these cast-out individuals yearly. Year before last by actual count there were 752 hoboes sheltered and last year the number amounted to 780. The tramps have always shown a marked respect for Mr. HIESTAND and his family as they have never taken anything of value from the place and it is not necessary to say that they have never done any work, as that is an objectionable feature to them. A number of the tramps have sought shelter in the barn as often as ten and fifteen times in a year. Notwithstanding the fact that they visited the place so frequently Mr. HIESTAND has never learned their names. He has, however, heard them addressed by their different companions as Mike, Reddy, Tony, Happy Bill and Swavely. Two commonly known as Charley Hoffman, the tailor, and Billy Smith were the only ones that ever showed a disposition to do any work and they were careful to have the work of an exceptionally light nature. The tramps generally came to the HIESTAND farm about feeding time, hand Mr. HIESTAND their matches and retire. In the morning as a rule the honorable Mr. Hobo makes his escape before the members of the HIESTAND family arises from their peaceful slumber.
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