Lititz Record

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An Independent Family Newspaper, Devoted to Literature, Agriculture, Local and General Intelligence.
YOL. XXXIV LITITZ, PA., THURSDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 20,1910. NO. 6
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HAPPENINGS ABOUT TBE TOWN AND
VICINITY.
Short and Snappy Paragraphs of Inter-est
to Every Reader.
Corn is now appearing in the fields
in golden heaps.
Our merchants are busy receiving
and marketing their stock of fall and
winter goods.
The Rome distillery resumed opera-tions
on Monday, after being idle for
several months.
A pair of rimless eyeglasses was lost
somewhere in town, Reward if re-turned
to the RECORD office.
Gray squirrels along the mountains
are said to be foraging in cornfields ow-ing
to a scarcity of all kinds of nuts.
Mr. George Schmidt, of Camdeu, N.
J., is the new foreman in the welting
department at the E b y Shoe Company.
On October 12, at the United Breth-ren
parsonage, was born a son, who
has been named Paul Kerschner Keene.
Several of the public schools on Sat-urday,
and many persons on Sunday,
hunted in vain for chestnuts at the
Furnace hills.
The farmers are beginning to put up
trespass notices on their lands. The
RECORD office can supply them ready
printed on muslin.
Moses Eakert of Warwick grew a
red beet in his garden which weighed
17J pounds. It was a monster and is
hard to beat for size.
A watch charm with the initials "H.
B. R , " was lost somewhere about
town. Finder will confer a favor by
returning it to the RECORD office.
Jacob Bomberger, Jr., received a car-load
of apple3 on Monday and is selling
the choicest ones at $1.05 per bushel.
They are very nice and large and are
selling rapidly.
Mrs. Ella Lacy celebrated her 5oth
birthday on Wednesday by taking a
pleasure trip to Mechanicsburg. She
was the recipient of many post cards
and other gifts.
Wm. Kissinger made a fine catch of
bass at the Conestoga on Monday, land-ing
three which stretched the tape at
13, 15 and 17 inches respectively. The
latter weighed 2J pounds.
John Hess, Jr., who farms near Hess
meeting house, in Warwick township,
lifted 1500 bushels of potatoes from
nine acres of land. Next year he in-tends
putting out fifteen acres.
ATTENTION FARMERS—Isaac Lorah
of Penryn, sells mules for John D.
Bear. Prospective purchasers can
reach him by postal card, Bell or Inde-pendent
telephone. 25ag-10
Christ. Hess, an enterprising farmer,
residing northeast of Lititz, received a
full-blooded English Berkshire boar
from Millersburg, Ohio, on Wednesday,
which he will use for breeding pur-poses.
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel H. Landis en-tertained
on Saturday at their home on
Front street at this place, in honor of
their son, Harnish, who was married
oh September 29. There were some
thirty guests present.
When you meet your fellow towns-man
H. B. Buch on Sunday nest you
may congratulate him upon the attain-ment
on that day of his seventy-fifth
birthday. Who'd think he was so
high up in years when you look at
him?
The excursion to Gettysburg via the
P. & R. railroad, on last Saturday,
conducted by the Topton Orphans'
Home, was greatly enjoyed by 77 per-sons
of this place. The train made
good time and they arrived home be-fore
midnight.
Harry Steininger, a former resident
•of this place, is now one of Philadel-phia's
business men. He is conducting
a first-class restaurant at 3533 Market
street, and Harry is just the man for
the place. It is run in connection with
a large apartment house.
ATTENTION—Wilson Hacker, who
recently discontinued a grocery store
which he conducted on Spruce street
announces that unless all outstanding
bills are paid by Saturday, Nov. 5, they
will be given into the hands of a col-lector.
20-2t
The annual supper for the benefit of
the Moravian Home will be held in
the market house on Saturday. The
menu includes oysters in all styles,
mock turtle soup, biscuits, ice cream,
cakes, candies, etc. Take your supper
there as the proceeds are for a worthy
cause.
A l l members and friends of the W.
C. T. U. are cordially invited to attend
the meeting to be held at headquarters
at 7.30 on Monday evening, October
24. A report of the state convention
held in Scranton October 14-18, will be
given by Miss Weitzel, the delegate
sent from the local union.
Cigarmaking, which has been dull
for a long time, is again on the boon.
Several of our factories could use more
employees. Those employed at Kin-ports'
factory were jubilant on coming
to work on Monday morning, owing to
a notice which stated they would receive
50 cents more for each thousand cigars
made.
Letters addressed to—Miss Louisa
Eberly, Miss Florence E c k e r t (2), Miss
Susan Erhert, Nettie Hungerford,
Miss Emma Oldweiler, Mrs. Susie Bay-lor,
Mr. Frank Campbell, E . S. Frey &
Co., Milton Hunchberger, Mr. D. H,
McMullen, Mr. H. T. McGregor, Quin-cy
Engine Co., remain uncalled for in
the L i t i t z , P. O.
H RECORD Of A l i
THOSE WHO RECEIVED THEIR
SUMMONS.
LAST
THE NUPTIAL TIE.
Kramer-Faus.
A beautiful home wedding took place
at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Eph-riam
Faus, a mile west of Lititz, on
Sunday morning at 10 o'clock, when
their daughter, Miss Cora N., was unit-ed
in marriage to Harry E. Kramer, of
near Lititz. John N. Shreiner was
best man and Miss K a t i e S. George was
bridesmaid. The ushers were Misses
Ellen N. Faus, a sister of the bride,
and Mamie Moyer. Rev. A . S . Hotten-stein,
of East Petersburg, performed
the ceremony in the presence of about
ninety invited guests. A sumptuous
wedding dinner followed. The bride
was the recipient of many beautiful
and useful presents.
Haines-Eckert.
On Friday night Albert Haines and
Lottie Eckert, both ot this place, left
town for Wilmington, Del., where they
were united in marriage by the "mar-rying
parson," Rev. Wolfe, on Satur-day
morning. For the present they
will reside with the bridegroom's par-ents,
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Haines, on
South Broad street.
Death of Joseph Moyer.
Joseph Moyer, a veteran of the Civil
War, and a well-known resident of
Schoeneck, died on Friday evening
after an illness of two weeks, death
being due to a complication of diseases.
The deceased was a life-long resident of
West Cocaiico township, where he
served as road supervisor for many
years. He was a member of Cocaiico
Lodge, No. 408,1. O, O. F . , of Reams-town,
since 1869. His wife died about
five years ago. One daughter, Mrs.
W. L . Romig, of Lincoln, survives. The
funeral was held Tuesday morning
with services conducted by R e v . D . L.
Fogelman, of Denver, at Mellinger's
Church, near Schoeneck, where inter-ment
was also made.
LITITZ WINS HARD-FOUGHT GAME.
Ditzler-Howard.
On Saturday evening Rev. J. E.
Keene united in marriage at the U . B.
parsonage Harry Ditzler and Gertrude
Howard, both of this place. They
were unattended. The newly married
couple will reside with the bridegroom's
mother, Mrs. Mary Ditzler, on Front
street.
Sheaifer-Wenger.
Benjamin G. Sheaffer, of West Earl
township, and Dora M. Wenger, of
Manheim, were united iu marriage by
Rev. C. E . Haupt, at the Grace Luth-eran
church parsonage, Lancaster, this
morning. After the ceremony t he
couple left on an extended honeymoon
to Dayton, Ohio, and other points.
Death of James W. Keath.
Dr. James W. Keath, a well-known
medical practitioner of Scheafterstown,
Lebanon county, died at his "home, at
that place, on Saturday morning, aged
fifty-five years, death being due to a
complication of diseases after a long
illness. The deceased was a life-long
resident of Scheaffertown, where he
practiced medicine for over thirty years.
His wife died six years ago. He is sur
vived by one son and two daughters, as
follows: Gorgiette, James and Emma,
all at home, the son being a student
at the Jefferson Medical College, Phila-delphia.
The following are brothers
and sisters: John H., Ephrata;Frank,
of near Steelton; George and Mrs.
Stahley, of Rexmont; Amanda, who
resided with the family of the deceased,
and Mrs. Mary Zartman, of Lancaster.
The funeral was held Tuesday with
services and burial at Scheafterstown
Our Gridiron Warriors Play Good Foot
Ball and Defeat Opponents—Score 5-0
There is a proverb which says
"Judge not of men or things at first
s i g h t . " This is just the one that was
plainly illustrated in Saturday's fo6t
ball game at this place, which Lititz
won from the Conestoga A. C. team of
Laneaster by a 5-0 score.
When the visiting eleven, big, hus-k
y fellows, stepped on the field, many
predicted they would easily defeat our
eleven, which was not supposed to be
as strong as the previous Saturday.
Shortly after the play started this idea
was dispelled, as the locals had the
visitors on the defense the greater part
of the game.
I n one of the first plays Petry, the
giant fullback of our team, was forced
to retire from the game on account of
an injury. This caused a general
shakeup in the line-up, H. Miley, a
lineman, playing fullback. His work
was the feature of the game, as, time
and again, he advanced the ball fromo
to 10 yards. The touchdown was
made by Kreider in the first quarter,
after L i t i t z made large gains by the
clever use of the forward pass.
Following was the line-up :
LITITZ Positions CONESTOGA A C.
left end .Krimel
Peifer-Snyder.
Martin K. Peifer, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Martin Peifer, of Manheim town-ship,
and Lizzie B. Snyder* daughter
of Mrs. A n n a H. and the late Henry
Snyder, of Warwick township, were
married this morning by Rev. Jacob
Hershey, of Warwick, at his his home.
They were attended by E i am Peifer, a
brother "to the bridegroon, and Anna
B. Snyder, a sister to the bride. After
the ceremony a reception was held at
the Snyder homestead, at which a large
number of relatives were present
Messrs. Daniel H. Erb, of East Peters-burg,
and Amos B. Snyder, a brother
to the bride, were the ushers. This
afternoon the newly married couple
leave on an extended wedding tour to
Niagara Falls, Toronto, Can., Albany
and New York. They will go to farm-ing
in Manheim township iu the spring.
They are Eating Strawberries.
Various persons in different parts of
the county are quoted as h a v i n g picked
strawberries during the past several
weeks. Lititz must also be put in the
list. Mrs. Lizzie Walters, residing on
Front street, has plucked several fine
berries off the patch in her garden this
week, and she says they have an ele-gant
taste. Many green ones are still
on the plants, and if the weather con-ditions
prove favorable strawberries
may prove part of her Thanksgiving
menu.
Death of Mrs. Ephraim G. Hershey.
Mrs. Ephraim G. Hershey, residing
in Penn township, near Manheim bor-ough,
died on Friday afternoon from
complication of diseases, aged thirty
seven years. The deceased is survived
by her husband, one son, Roy, at home
one sister, Mrs. Hiram Kauffman, of
Landisville, and one brother, John
Cassel, of near Lancaster Junction
The funeral was held on Monday
morning at 8.30 o'clock at the late home
and at 9.30o'clock at Gray bill's meeting
house, at Elm.
Will Entertain Terre Hill Folks.
The Lititz Male Chorus will go to
Terre Hill on Saturday evening where
they will give a concert. They will be
accompanied by Miss Anna Bricker,
the talented elocutionist of this place.
That the program to be rendered by
the chorus and young lady will please
is an assured fact, as both have a very
excellent reputation and we assure the
people of Terre Hill and vicinity that
they will have the opportunity of at-tending
as fine an entertainment as
was given in that place for many years,
Death of Mrs. John K. Landis.
Sarah, wife of John K . Landis, died
at the home of her husband, on South
Charlotte street, Manheim, on Monday
evening. Her death was sudden and
unexpected, and happened while she
was seated in a rocking-chair, conver-sing
with other members of her family
She had been a sufferer from dropsy for
some time past, which caused her sud-den
demise. Her age was fifty years
Deceased was a daughter of the late
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Gruber. She is
survived by her husband and three
daughters., viz.: Mrs. Minnie Goche
nour and Miss Sadie, at home:; Mrs
Daniel Heagy, Manheim, and Samuel
Landis, Lancaster; also by these broth-ers
and a sister: Samuel Gruber and
Henry Gruber, Mount Pulaski, 111.
Abraham Gruber aud Mrs. William
Batten, Auburn, III. The funeral will
take place from her late home this
afternoon at 1:30 o'clock, and at
o'clock at the Mennonite Church, that
place, with interment in Fairview
Cemetery, south of Manheim.
Meeting of Linden Hall Trustees.
The semi-annual meeting of the trus-tees
of Linden Hall Seminary was held
on Thursday, Oct. 13, at 2 P . M. Af-ter
devotional exercises, together with
the faculty and pupils in the Mary
Dixon chapel the trustees met in the
parlor and proceeded to business. Rev.
E. S. Wolle presided. The report of
the school work, its receipts and ex-penditures,
etc., were presented by the
principal, Rev. C. D. Kreider, all of
which was carefully discussed by those
present. It was & very satisfactory
meeting and much interest manifested.
As there were several vacancies in the
board, others were elected, but since it
is not yet certain whether they will
serve their names will not be made
public.
The following members were present:
Rev. E . S. Wolle, Louis S. Eisenbach,
Bishop C. L . Moench, Bishop M. W.
Leibert, Wm. D. Vreland, Geo. L.
Hepp, H. C. Seldomridge, E . L . Gar-ber,
J. F. Buch. The next meeting
will in all probabilty be held next Jan-uary.
Krieder. _ _
Smith left tackle Blacker
Brunner.. ...left guard .King
Hacker center..... Gardner
Gross right guard Gromel
Gable., right tackle Stull
Thomas right end .........Klager
v. Meily. ..quarter back Lewis
Meiskey .......left half back.... Gringer
Buch right half back Mellinger
Petry H. Meilv.....full back .....Divet
Touchdown, Kreider. Quarters, 10, 10, 8,
8. Referee, ¡ipickler, Umpire, McCarthy.
The Lafayette foot ball team, one of
the strongest in Lancaster, will play
here on Saturday and it will undoubt-edly
be a great game. Fisher, of Lan-caster,
has been secured by the local
management, and will play half back.
He is a good heady player and will add
strength to the locals.
"Jephthah and His Daughter."
Rehearsals for the cantata, entitled
"Jephthah and His Daughter," are be-ing
held weekly, and everything is pro-gressing
very well. It will be rendered
on Saturday night, December 3, in the
Linden Hall Auditorium, for the bene-fit
of the Linden Hall Gymnasium
fund. Nothing ever attempted in this
town before will compare with the
cantata as an indoor attraction. The
scenery and music is very pretty, and
the cantata, which will be produced by
local talent, will without a doubt be a
eredit to the town.
sfRiciLY mm us
THE WHEREABOUTS OF YOU AND YOUR
FRIENDS.
The Chickens Made Them Sprint.
A highly amusing incident occured
at the railroad station on Monday
morning, at least it was amusing to the
onlookers. A crate containing a num-ber
of spring chickens broke while
being handled and, of course, the live
poultry immediately scattered in all
directions. Several employees at the
station at once started in pursuit and
after strenuous efforts, interspersed
with some loud adjectives, succeeded in
capturing the chickens, which gave a
merry chase as they were of a very
" l e g g y " variety.
Serious Accident at Elm.
A serious accident occurred in the
village of Elm, Penn township, on Sun-day
morning. Mr. and Mrs. Graybill
Hossler were returning home from
church at Graybill's meetinghouse and
stopped at the home of Eli Yocum.
Mrs. Elizabeth Hossler, aged 83 years,
who resides there,«ame out to the wagon
to see the folks. While they were en-gaged
in a conversation the horse sud-denly
started off, knocking the elderly
lady down and she fell under the team.
She was badly hurt, her left a rm being
broken and other painful injuries about
the body resulted. The woman is con-fined
to bed and is in a critical condi-tion.
Dr. A . M. Setting is the attend-ing
physician.
Harry Says the Dog Was Mad.
On Friday of last week Harry Eck-ert
was peacefully cutting corn in
Clem. B a d o r f ' s field at the eastern end
of town. All of a sudden a growl was
heard and upon looking around Harry
discovered that a beagle hound was try-ing
to j o in in the cutting game by sink-ing
its teeth in his trousers. Harry,
with unerring aim struck the hound
with the sharp blade of the corn cutter
and the dog at once dropped into a
comatose state of mind. Harry, how-ever,
quickly ran for help and meeting
a manjwith a gun implored h im to put
the finishing touches to the beagle,
which was accordingly done. Mr.
Eckert is certain that the dog was af-fected
with hydrophobia, as it was
foaming out of the mouth, and con-siders
himself very fortunate that the
beagle did not succeed in biting h im in
the flesh.
People Who Come and Go During the
Balmy Fall Days.
Mr. L. B. Nies of Reading was in
town from Saturday to Sunday,
Mr. Horace Grube of Lancaster spent
Sunday in town with his parents.
Mr. and Mrs. Warren 8. Buch spent
several days at Easton and Reading.
Mrs. Harry E . Hacker visited friends
at Vintage from Saturday to Sunday.
Mr. Haydn Lutz and wife and Mr
Benj. L u t z and wife spent Sunday at
Cordelia.
Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Ensminger ot
Manheim visited relatives at this place
on Sunday.
Horace Martin and family, of Man-heim,
visited his parents at this place
on Sunday.
Mr. H. B. Buch spent several days at
Hagerstown, Md., Greencastle, Pa., and
other places.
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Bear and son
spent Saturday and Sunday at Lebanon
with friends.
Mr. Cuvier Grube and daughter
Helen of Lancaster visited the former's
parents on Sunday.
Dr. J. C. Brobst and Chas. Brobst at-tended
a meeting of the Brobst heirs at
Reading on Tuesday.
Mr. E. G. Witters, employed at St.
Clair, Pa , spent Saturday and Sunday
in town with his wife.
Mrs. Aldus Royer, of Fulton House,
visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Unas
Rollman, over Sunday.
H. C. McCloud and family, of Phila-delphia,
spent from Friday to Sunday
in town visiting relatives.
Henry Hernley, a printer employed
at Scottdale, is visiting his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Jonas Hernley.
Mr. John H. Purdy, of Philadelphia,
spent several days in town last week as
the guest of W. ~M. Amer.
Messrs, Roy and Bert. Bohler of
Reading were in town last Friday
shaking hands with friends.
Mr. J. B. Haag, school teacher near
Sinking Spring, spent from Friday to
Sunday with his family here.
Miss Edna fialdeman, of Akron,
visited her sister, Mrs. Chester Spiefc
Ier, on Saturday and Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Adam Hershey and
daughter, of Lancaster, spent Sunday
visiting the family of J. D. Roland.
Mrs. John Wise, of Newmanstown,
Lebanon county, visited in the family
of Harry Smith at Warwick on Mon-day.
Mr. Samuel Schreiber has returned
home from Norfolk, N. C., where he
was engaged on a truck farm for two
years.
Harold Stark, who is employed as a
telegraph operator at Ellsmere, Del.,
visited his father on Tuesday and Wed-nesday.
Mr. and Mrs. George Diller, of Lan-caster,
and Nathan Kurtz, of Lincoln,
visited Mr. and Mrs, M. E. Hacker on
Sunday.
Mrs. Chas. D. Kreider and son Albert
are visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Alfred Hammer, at Wissahickon, Phil-adelphia.
Mr. and Mrs. Sherman Hacker of
Lincoln on Sunday paid a visit to her
parents, Mr. aud Mrs. Henry Sturgis,
at this place.
Mrs. J. F. Stoner is attending the
Woman's Home and Foreign Mission-ary
Convention at Steelton this week
as a delegate from this place.
Mrs. John W. Young, Mr. and Mrs.
Samuel Seaber, of Philadelphia, spent
several days in town as the guests of
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel C. Seaber.
Elmer A. Reidenbach and wife, of
Philadelphia, are spending part of his
two weeks' vacation here with his par-ents,
Mr. and Mrs. A. B . Reidenbach.
Jacob K . Firestone, who disposed of
his personal property at public sale,
with his wife have gone to Reading to
live, where the young man is employed
in Luden's candy factory.
Mrs. Rosa Griebel of Lancaster spent
from Sunday to Thursday with her
sister Mrs. Louis Buck. Mr. and Mrs.
P h i l ip Greibel and children, of Lancas
ter, were also guests at the same home
on Sunday.
Chas. B. Dussinger, wife and sons
went to Steelton and Highspire to visit
latter part of last week to remain a few
days. One of the boys suddenly be-came
ill however, and they have not
returned as yet.
Mr. Frank Clearman, of the firm of
Snyder & Wheeler, New York bean
brokers, was the guest of W. E . Fas-nacht
last Saturday. Mr. Clearman
was accompanied by a young French-man
who is a newcomer to America.
Mr. and Mrs. Allison Becker, of
Garden City, Cass County, Mo,, were
the guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Haag
from Friday to Sunday. The visitors
are natives of Berks County, but have
not been east for twenty-seven years.
P B. Bucher made a flying trip to
Wayne county on Monday, where he
started men to work packing apples
which he has bought. Mr. Bucher
says the crop is an extra fine one. On
Tuesday he left for Tioga county, also-in
search of apples.
REAL ESTATE MARKET,
Numerous Farms and Town Properties
Change Hands.
Harry B. Hertzler, the butcher, of
Manheim sold at private sale to Will-iam
F. K u h n , foreman in the foundry
department of the Hershey Machine
and Foundry Company's plant, his n ew
two-story mansard roof, brick double
dwelling house on South Charlotte
street, for $3,700.
Mrs. Amanda Buch sold at private
sale and on private terms her dwelling
house, barn and four acres of land, in
Penn township, southeast of the K a u f f -
man Park, to John H. Long, of the
same township.
John R. Hershey of Penn townbhip
on Thursday last bought at private
sale Aaron G. Hershey's mill property
and dwelling at this place for $4500.
Possession will be given next month.
The properties of the late John W.
Miller, of Lexington, were sold at
public sale by the administrators last
Saturday as follows: No. 1, consisting
of 8 acres of wood land in Clay town-ship
to Thomas W. Borry at $16.10 per
acre; No. 2, the home at Lexington,
Samuel E . Keller for $825.
James Engle bought J. R. Zook's
house and building lot on the corner
of Water and Leaman streets for $1300.
Auctioneer H. H. Snavely on Friday
sold at public sale by the administrator
as trustee of the estate of Abraham E.
Minnich, deceased, a tract of land con-taining
84 acres and 65 perches of land
with improvements, near Elm, Penn
township, to I r v i a Smith, of the same
township, for $127 an acre.
Martin Loose sold ft one and one-half
story frame house on East Main street
to H . Lot Evans of Lititz for $1200 on
Saturday at private sale.
The properties of the late Joseph Dos-ter,
situated in Ephrata township, were
sold at public sale by the administrators
on Tuesday, as follows : No. 1, a tract
of 74 acres of land with improvements,
to W i l l i am Seibert at $151 an acre; No.
2, a tract of 34 acres with improvements
to Jacob Graybill at $186 an acre.
Martin Hallacher, of Lititz, has pur-chased
a tract of 2 acres and 39 perches
of land with improvements, situated in
Elizabeth township, from E l i z a Blantz
and Mina May, for $910.
Dividend Declared.
A t Monday's meeting of the board of
directors of the Farmers National Bank
a semi-annual dividend of 2-J per cent,
was declared, payable on and after
Monday, November 7. It was also
decided to add $2000 to the surplus
fund, making the surplus fund $42000.
This is considered extra good for a
bank not much more than nine years
in business with a capital of $60,000.
Our Market.
The local market will open at 7
o'clock next Saturday morning instead
of 6. The supply at last Saturday's
market was ample for all w i t h dressed
chickens left over for the late comers.
E v e r y variety of fall vegetables was on
hand in plentiful quantities, which in-cluded
corn, celery, endive, lettuce,
egg plants, etc. Chestnuts found
ready sale at several stands at 15 cents
a quart. Butter was sold at 34 cents a
pound while eggs were 29 cents.
A Very Welcome Rain.
Until last night the weather had
been remarkable for this time of the
year, the days were warm and not a
cloud was perceptible in the sky for a-few
days. However it came to an end
Wednesday night at about ten
o'clock, when it started to rain, con-tinuing
more or less to-day, and we
are getting a good supply. The rain is
very welcome, as the dust will again be
settled, and wells, some of which had
gone dry, will take on a new lease of
life. The farmers are very glad for
this rain, also. Wheat is not yet all
sown, and unless a good soaking rain,
such as we are h a v i n g now, would not
have fallen within the next f ew days,
some land that will now be put in
wheat, would have been abandoned for
fall seeding. The ground was so dry
that it was almost impossible to plow
i t , to s a y nothing of getting it in order
for drilling. Wheat sown early is up
only fairly well and badly needed this
ain.