At the close of the Lehigh commencement exercises it became known that Wm. H. WELKER, one of the most popular members of the class, was married. His bride is a very popular young Allentown woman, Miss Evie HUTCHINSON. They were married in Camden some time ago, and agreed to keep the wedding a secret until after the bridegroom's graduation. Mr. WELKER, who is a son of W.A. WELKER, of Red Hill, took the chemical course. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jas. HUTCHINSON.
George SCHULTZ while in the act of killing a rat with his shot gun, through an opening between two sheds, accidently shot Mrs. Oliver GAUGLER in her back who was working in her garden on the opposite side and partly behind some currant bushes. Mrs. GAUGLER was invisible to the eye of the shooter when it happened. A doctor was immediately summoned who found that nineteen shot had penetrated the woman's back. The sufferer is doing as well as can be expected under the circumstances.
On Wednesday morning, about nine o'clock, the large Swiss barn of George HILDEN, was burned down. The origin of the fire is not known. The live stock and part of the farming machinery was saved. The building was insured in the Goshenhoppen Insurance Company, for $800, which does not cover the loss.
William ARBOGAST, Thomas WEIGHTMAN, Prof. GENSEMER, Wm. FREED, James CUNNINGHAM, Melvin SHAFER and Dr. CUMFORT, of Allentown, have been spending the past week in fishing at Green Lane.
Alfred BROWN, 13 years old, of Walnutport, near Slatington, is in a critical condition, suffering from lockjaw. While riding on the rear platform of a trolley car he was bitten in the leg by a dog. The leg is terribly swollen.
The installation and ordination services for the Rev. G.W. LUTZ, of the Pennsburg Reformed charge, which were to be held on Tuesday evening, June 21, have been postponed. The date will be announced in the issue of next week.
Henry W. ROBINSON brought suit against the Lehigh Valley Traction Company, in the court of Montgomery county, for damages for injuries received while a passenger on the platform of one of the cars of defendant company and the jury found a verdict in favor of the company. The defense had a number of witnesses on hand to prove that there was ample room in the car and that the plaintiff could have taken a seat had he so desired. The conductor of the car stated that at the time of the accident he had rung up 41 fares and that the car had seating accommodation for 52. After the case was submitted to the jury, they deliberated for several hours and then returned to the court room for further instructions as to passengers on platforms. Judge SWARTZ interpreted the law for them by stating that "A passenger who stands on the platform assumes not only all the risks of the road but also the risks of position. Unless he can give a valid reason for not sitting in the car, the passenger must hazard all of the perils of being elsewhere on it." After these instructions the jury retired and later on returned a verdict exonerating the Trolley Company from all blame.
Beulah KLINE, Charlotte HERSH, Jennie DIMMIG, Herbert HILLEGASS and Wallace DRESSLER, of Pennsburg and Catherine GREULICH, of East Greenville, accompanied by Principal M.N. HUTTEL, of Pennsburg, left last Saturday for Kutztown, where the first four, graduates of the Pennsburg High School, Wallace DRESSLER, a student at the Perkiomen Seminary and Miss GREULICH a graduate of the East Greenville High School and for the past year a student at the Seminary, attended the examination held by the State Board. All passed the Junior examination and will enter the middle class at the open of the next term of the Normal School.
A horse of Michael SHIRK, of near Spring Mount, was bitten by a blacksnake the other day. His son Michael was returning home with a load of feed when the horse stepped on a six-foot blacksnake near Walt's school house. She flew up and bit him two or three times in the back and sides. The horse then ran off and tore himself out of the shafts and ran home. The boy driving, fell off and injured his head. The horse was badly swollen next day and had some fever but is all right again. The reptile escaped.
While Isaac PLASTERER, a South Lebanon farmer, was working in a field of growing corn with a cultivator, drawn by two horses, he suddenly felt the ground beneath give way and saw his team disappear. Drawing back just in time to save himself from being swallowed by the earth, he realized that a large sinkhole had made its appearance. Both horses were buried in a hole 12 feet deep and over 20 feet in diameter. Neighbors assisted in drawing out the animals, which were with difficulty rescued alive.
Licking postage stamps has caused Miss Myra SYLVERNALE, assistant postmaster at Norfolk, Conn., part of her tongue. A few weeks ago the tongue began to swell, and physicians diagnosed the trouble as blood poisoning, due to the mucilage on the stamps. She went to the Hartford hospital, where an operation for the removal of nearly half of her tongue was performed. She is expected to recover, but will have a permanent impediment in her speech.
W.B. BERGEY, at present proprietor of the Red Hill Hotel, will vacate in the near future as the hotel property has been sold. Mr. BERGEY has rented the house of John BITTING on Depot Street and will stay at Red Hill for the present.
To seek a pardon for his daughter Barbara, who wAs coNvicted last week of larceny at the residence of W. Howard ENGLE, in Pottstown, Heinrich WEISMILLER will come all the way from Germany.
Dear Editor.
As the opportunity offers I will fulfill my promise to let you
know how we fared on our trip to Europe. We left Pennsburg on May 25, and
arrived in due time in Philadelphia. After a stop of one day we went to New York
and on our passage experienced excessive heat, so that at our arrival we were
sopping wet and yet as dry as a fish. The latter condition could be easily
remedied as we found some beer that seemed much better than the Pennsburg article
of the same name. After refreshing ourselves we took a trip to the wharf to see
the craft that was to take us to the other side of the "creek." The Palatia
proved to be a big liner and going on board we found everything spick and span.
Our room was nice and clean. We found four beds in it and a lounge. On being
fully satisfied with the inspection of our quarters we went back to our hotel
and there we found Charles SCHOLL and wife, Mr. and Mrs. Henry KOLB, of
Philadelphia, and my Niece Frieda KLENK, of New York. Later on Jacob BUSCH, of
Philadelphia, made his appearance. All of us now went to dinner, our last dinner in
America for some time, and as a remedy to keep back the tears the party
indulged in a few bottles of Rhine wine. After dinner we again left for the steamer
and arrived shortly before 2 p.m. We found the pier crowded with passengers
and their friends who had come to give them good bye. A signal was sounded at
ten minutes before sailing time to notify all who were not passengers to leave
the vessel. Promptly at the appointed time, 2 p.m., an alarm was sounded and
we moved from our dock. We now receded slowly but surely from our friends and
the city soon commenced to fade from view. The scene as we passed towards the
sea was fine and so charmed were some of the passengers that they wished that
they could go back again. The people on board with whom we came in contact
proved to be very nice and companionable, and we have a great deal of pleasure and
fun. Of course I had to learn to speak German, as the entire party is
composed of High Germans, 'Nord Deutch,' much too high for a Pennsylvania Dutchman,
anyhow my language would not take and I had to do better. I tried my best and
succeeded so well that no one would suspect that I came from Pennsburg, but
would take me readily as a "Berliner," you people of Pennsburg, I am sure, could
not understand me any more if I were to fling my acquired High German at you.
The trip across took thirteen days and some hours as our vessel is not one of
the swiftest. The passage in the main was pleasant. On the seventh day out we
encountered very heavy sea and on the eighth we had a severe storm. On the
morning of the 6th of this month we arrived at the Light Tower of the English
coast and had but a few more hours to complete a trip of 3600 miles, and I can
assure you that all were glad to see land again. The scenery along the coast is
fine. Our passage through the English Channel was agreeable and we enjoyed our
trip over the North Sea. Tonight, June 6, we expect to be able to land at
Hamburg tomorrow morning, we are getting our trunks ready for that purpose. None
of us was sick through out the entire passage and in some way we all feel
sorry to leave the boat as everything was agreeable, the table first class, and
five meals a day, but still, give me gravel now, I have had water enough until I
go to Pennsburg again. Do not fail to give my best regards to all inquiring
friends.
Hermann ROTH.
At the request of the editor of Town and Country, I hereby give a short
account of my trip across the Atlantic. Our steamer, "The Pennsylvania," is
scheduled to sail on May 14th, at 4 p.m. We have made all necessary arrangements and
on the morning of said day we go to New York. After spending a few hours in
the city, we cross the river and go to Hoboken where we find our steamer. Before
us lies an immense boat, 585 feet long, with a tonnage of 13,000 tons. We
enter it and are shown our stateroom. We find the boat fitted out like a
first-class hotel, having electric lights, parlors, smoking-rooms, bar-rooms,
barbershop, baths, etc. We hurriedly show the friends who have come with us through
the steamer and then accompany them back to the pier. After receiving a pretty
bunch of flowers, we give them farewell and then go to the deck of the steamer.
Precisely at 1 o'clock the signal is give to start the heavy engines. Slowly
the boat begins to move. Hundreds of shouting friends on the pier, some
weeping and other laughing, are waving their hats, handkerchiefs or small American
flags. This is a scene and an experience which one shall never forget. Fainter
and fainter grow their shouts and farther and farther are you removed from
them until they pass altogether out of sight. Now we sail down the bay passing by
sailing-vessels and steam boats on both sides. But we have gone only a few
hours when we are envelope in a dense fog. Night comes on. Under these
conditions it is dangerous to sail in shallow waters and we must cast anchor. In the
morning, however, the fog has dispersed and we continue our voyage. We came to
Sandy Hook and here the pilot who steers our ship through the shallow waters
leaves the boat and takes a small steamer back to New York. Now we are out in
the open waters. We sail on for a few days and all at once we find that the air
becomes exceedingly mild. You can be on deck without an overcoat or a rug. We
are passing through the gulf stream and this accounts for the moderate
temperature. By this time a great number of passengers are sea-sick. Very many places
at the tables in the dining-rooms are vacant. Very few are present at every
meal which is very natural when you consider the number of meals served on a
steamer, which is as follows: breakfast, tea at 10 o'clock; dinner, coffee at 3
o'clock; supper, sandwiches at 9 o'clock. Those who are not sick spend most of
their time on deck. Day after day you see nothing but water and sky.
Occasionally you may see floating on the water, sea-weed, jelly-fishes, etc. Or in the
distance may rise above the horizon a steamer or a sailing-vessel. You may,
too, see fishes and birds. Some passengers claim to have seen whales, whether
in their mind's eye or really, I know not. The passengers on our boat are of a
very cosmopolitan nature. There are Germans, Englishmen, Americans, Italians,
Frenchmen, Spanish, etc. Strifes and contentions arise which sometimes
culminate in fist fights. One of the most interesting features is to listen to the
disputing and haranguing regarding the relative merits of America and Germany
between the Germans who live in the United States and are naturalized, and the
Germans, who, being citizens of Germany, are returning to their native land
after having visited the St. Louis Exposition. Judging from the sentiments
expressed by the former there are no more loyal citizens in the United States than
these American-Germans. We are just about in the middle of the ocean and the
report is circulated that the husband of a newly married couple is missing.
These young people are taking their wedding trip and they had just had a quarrel.
The young wife thinks he has jumped overboard. The whole ship searches for him
and finally he is found. On and on we sail and time passes slowly. And to
make matters worse, the weather becomes foggy and rainy. So thick is the fog at
times that the foghorn blows almost continuously. After three days of such
weather, there appears in the distance, just as the shades of night are falling, a
dim light. Brighter and brighter it grows. We learn that it is the
light-house on Lizard Point on the coast of England. After not having seen land for many
days, this certainly is a most welcome sight. Through a bright display of
colors we exchange signals telling the occupants of the light house that it is
the "Pennsylvania' that is passing by. That message is directly sent to America,
where it will appear in the morning newspapers. We sail along the shore of
England passing a light-house every now and then. Shortly before midnight, we
see rising directly in front of us the lights of a city. It is Plymouth Harbor.
Here we must land some passengers. But because it is night, there is no boat
there to meet us and we cast anchor. With the rising of the sun the next
morning there appears a scene which we shall never forget. All around us lie the
beautiful, green hills of England, cut up into small fields by hedge-fences.
Directly in front of us are five immense English battleships. After lading some
passengers, we leave for Cherbourg, France. Long before arriving at the harbor
we hear a rumbling noise as if distant thunder. As we draw nearer, however, we
learn that this noise is created by the French within the strongly fortified
harbor who are at target practice. They seem not to be very good marksmen, for
we notice that they have just missed their target by a greater distance than
they missed our ship. And the shell, in striking, sent up a spout of water
fifty feet high not far away from us. It is needless to state that some of the
lady passengers fainted. Here again we leave off some passengers and take on
others. We keep on sailing through the English channel, whose waters are green,
pass Dover Strait and come to the much dreaded North Sea. To our great surprise
it is as smooth as glass and as quiet as the waters of the Perkiomen. We pass
a great number of fishing boats and steamships among which is the
"Deutschland," the fastest steamer on the ocean, going to New York. Night comes on.
Everybody is happy and getting ready to land. On this last evening an engagement is
announced. Two parties who met each other on the ship and who had never before
known each other are the principals. The wedding is to take place as soon as
they land, provided the laws of Germany allow. The next morning, May 27, we
are at the pier, Cuxhaven. We land and are greeted by a terrific thunder storm.
One of the first objects that attracts our attention is a German policeman in
his characteristic uniform. We go to the custom house where the officials
examine our baggage. This takes about two hours. This having been completed, we
take a special train for Hamburg. This train at once excites our curiosity. We
find the cars divided into apartments which you enter from the side. One can
travel 1st class, 2nd class, 3rd class or 4th class. Most of the cars have but
four wheels and the locomotive is a mere pigmy. This train compared to a first
class American Express train, is very insignificant. We arrive at Hamburg in a
few hours. After spending a day here in seeing the Rath haus, the Exchange,
the Church of St. Nicholas, Uhlenhorst, and other places of interest, we go to
the beautiful city of Berlin. Here I have now been for about a week, having
spent most of my time at the University. In a future letter I may take up my
trip at this point and tell the readers of Town and County something about this
city and about the manners and customs of the German people.
Rev. Calvin M. DELONG.
Judge ERMENTROUT, of Berks county, says teachers have a perfect right to whip pupils who persistently refuse to obey the rules under ordinary means of punishment. A teacher of that county was arrested and brought to trial by an irate father whose son had felt the correcting influence of a good sized strap. It was shown the boy was inattentive to his studies, disobedient to the point of defiance and refused to be moved by kindness. The strap was then resorted to but not with undue severity. The Court directed a verdict of acquittal.
Patrick COX, of Norristown, arrested for alleged drunkenness, attempted suicide in a City Hall cell on Saturday, trying to hang himself with his pocket handkerchief. He was found by Assistant Chief MACOLLY with the improvised rope about his neck, fastening the other end to an overhead grating.
"If every girl in Montgomery county who sits upon her lover's lap or invites him to her home is a girl of bad repute, then I blush for our county," said Judge WEAND, Friday, at Norristown, during the trial of Raymond ROSENBERGER, of Souderton. He was charged with a serious offense by Eva CRESSMAN, a sixteen-year-old girl. The defendant's counsel reviewed alleged unladylike acts, one of which was that the young mother had sat upon the defendant's lap. It was in this case that Judge WEAND defined "reputation" and "character," saying that "reputation is what people say about you; character is what you are."
Thieves entered the smoke house of Isaac SHOMER, a farmer near Bernville, Berks county and stole the hams and summer sausage of five hogs and the meat from an ox.
Final examination was held this week at the Normal School, Kutztown. The State Board of Examiners were: John G. STEWART, deputy superintendent of public instruction; J.R. FLICKINGER, principal of Central S.N.S., Lock Haven; J.W. SWEENEY, superintendent, Elk County; J.O. WOLF, superintendent, Armstrong; A. Reist PUTT, superintendent, Milton; Ira SHIPMAN, superintendent, Sunbury; William ESTLER, superintendent, Ashland; John E. MEYERS, superintendent, McKean.
Abraham BEYERS, of Red Hill, suffered an injury to one of his lower limbs about a year ago and recently developments were such that he was taken to the German Hospital last week to have the leg amputated.
The students and faculty of the Perkiomen Seminary are busily engaged in making preparations for the twelfth annual commencement and hope to be able to eclipse all former efforts of similar character. Following is the program for commencement week. Sunday, June 19 - 7.30 p.m. Baccalaureate Sermon by Rev. O.S. KRIEBEL, A.M., Principal. Monday, June 20 - 7.30 p.m. Reception to the member of the Senior Class at the Principal's house. Tuesday, June 21 - 8.00 p.m. Senior Class Day Exercises. Wednesday, June 22 - 8.00 p.m. Graduating Exercises of the Elocution Department. Thursday, June 23 - 8.00 p.m. Open Alumni Meeting. Essay by Miss Vinnie O. MENSCH, A.B., Pennsburg, Pennsylvania. The Oration by Rev. Elmer F. KRAUSS, D.D., Chicago, Illinois. Friday, June 24 - 9.00 a.m. Commencement Exercises. Orations and Essays by eleven Graduates. Presentation of Diplomss. 12.00 m., Alumni Banquet, 1.30 p.m., Concert on the Campus by the Citizens' Band, of East Greenville, Pa. 3.00 p.m., Base Ball Game. Alumni vs School Team. 5.30 p.m., Concert on the Campus by the Citizens' Band, of East Greecville, Pa. 8.00 p.m. Commencement Entertainment under the direction of the Elocution Department, for the benefit of the School Library.
George HENNINGER, of Richlandtown, was arrested at Allentown for begging. He carried a printed appeal for aid, claiming to have lost all of his possessions by fire. At the hearing it developed that he was the owner of two valuable farms and had money at interest.
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