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YOL. XXXIX LITITZ, PA., THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 2T, 1916 NO. 39
INTERESTING THINGS THAT HAPPEN IN
TOWN AND VICINITY.
I t e m s of Minor Mention, So t o Speak
but of Interest to t h e Average Reader
a t Home and Abroad.
Mr. Zach Wike moved from here to
Reading this week, where he has secur-ed
employment.
See the advertisement of G. L. Hepp
on p a g e 5 of t h e RECORD. A chance to
get an ad-a-link free.
All the personal property of the late
Rebecca Gonder will be sold at public
sale on Saturday on the premises.
Our congratulations are extended to
Rev. and Mrs. I. E. Deer, of Reading,
who were visited by the stork, leaving a
baby girl.
Our streets were never as muddy as
this week. Even the street crossings
were buried under the mud. Not very
attractive looking for our so-called clean
town.
A rat terrier dog, reddish in color,
came to the home of John Seibert in
Clay township east of Brunnerville sev
eral weeks ago. Owner can get him by
calling at the Seibert home.
The real estate and personal property
of D. W. Fichthorn, the baker, who
recently went into bankruptcy, was ap-praised
on Monday. What the outcome
was we are unable to say.
Rev. H. R. Gibbel, of the Church of
the Brethren, preached in the United
Brethren church on Sunday evening dur
ing the absence of the pastor, Rev. S. G.
Haas, who preached at Hopeland.
Mrs. Ella Meiskey, whose husband
died Sunday, January 16, has moved to
her parents' home at Lexington. She
will sell all her personal property at
public sale on Saturday, February 5.
The men's bible, class of St. Luke Re-formed
church will hold a festival in the
basement of thé church on Saturday,
February 5. Sour kraut, oysters, ice
cream, candies, etc., will be on sale.
Mrs. Mary Snavely, residing on Spruce
street, entertained twenty-one of her
lady friends on Saturday evening. It
was, a merry party indeed and all enjoy-ed
themselves. Luncheon was served
in great abundance and variety.
William Smith, Jr., who was employ-ad
in the shipping department of the
Ideal Cocoa and Chocolate factory, has
accepted a position with the Prudential
Life Insurance Co., as an assistant in
this locality to Mr. John Feischman.
Thursday of next week will be what
is known as Thrift Day and the local
banks are prepared to accommodate all
those who want to make a thrifty start
by placing money in the banks. See
;heir advertisements elsewhere in this
issue.
Weather such as we are having this
week makes one think of April 1, the
great settlement) day, which is a little
over two months' off. There are a few
of our patrons whom we wish the
weather would deceive into thinking it
is settlement day.
The male chorus of the United Breth-ren
church, numbering sixteen members,
has organized by electing the following
officers: President, William Oehme; vice
president, Benj. Weir; secretary, Wilson
Gibble; treasurer, Emanuel Ditzler;
leader, James Seaber; business manager,
H. II. Wertsch.
The spring-like weather has had its
effect on the hens; and they are begin-ning
to get that lay or bust feeling.
Thank goodness, at least some of them
have the laying habit, and the price of
hen fruit is taking a drop. Eggs are
quoted at 26 cents a dozen by the local
Merchants' Association today.
For the first tinie in their history, the
Eisenlohrs who are among the largest
purchasers of seed leaf tobacco, are
packing some of the weed in this bor-ough.
They h ave rented the warehouse
near N. B. Leaman's residence where a
force of men is busily at work. It is
stated that about 1000 cases will be
packed here by thé firm.
Dr. Daniel Fleisher, superintendent
of public schools, spent two days of last
week visiting some of the schools of
Warwick township. He was more than
pleased with the work being done this
term, under the supervision of a town-ship
superintendent. The superinten-dent
was accompanied by several of the
directors of the township/
Rev. John Greenfield, who came here
last week from New Jersey to conduct
eyangelistic services in the Moravian
church, is interesting many hearers
nightly. He can expound the gospel,
give bible quotations, quote poetry and
hymns as though they were at his fing-er's
ends. He has a good clear voice
and therefore is readily understood. On
Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock there will
be a special men's meeting in the Sun-day
school chapel. Rev. Greenfield will
speak on the subject, "What a Man
Most Needs," and the singing will also
be a feature of the service.
A horse owned by John Singer, of
Lexington, who is the carrier of Lititz
rural mail route No. 1, performed some-what
similar to a bucking broncho on
East Main street on Wednesday morn-ing.
Finally the animal decided to lie
down and in so doing broke the shafts
of the vehicle to which he was attached.
Mr. Singer promptly secured another
pair of shafts, however, and made his
trip as usual.
C. M. Bard, a young man of this place,
has prepared a sketch which he contem-plates
producing on the vaudeville stages
of the country. Just what the theme of
the sketch is has not been divulged, but
Mr. Bard has been advertising for three
young ladies between the ages of 18 and
25 years for the caste. According to
reports there are several young women
in our town who have decided to accept
Mr. Bard's proposition and appear be-fore
the footlights, there to win the
plaudits of the amusement-loving public.
The cold winter weather which pre-vailed
the early part of last week when
the mercury dropped to near the zero
mark on several mornings came to a
sudden end about Thursday. Since that
time a spring-like variety of weather
has held sway. The cold snap had caus-ed
several inches of ice to form on the
dams and if it would have continued a
few days the icemen would have harvest-ed
a fine crop. But now their hopes have
been shattered, temporarily, at least,
and most of the ice has disappeared.
Roads have thawed open and every-where
it's mud, mud, mud.
Very Unfortunate
Oliver J. Reed, living near Front
street, had several mishaps during the
past week. In riding in an automobile
the machine was thrown to one side of
the road by which he struck the point of
a fence rail, which penetrated his jaw
and cut a gash over half an inch long
into the bone. Later in attempting to
crank the auto he severely sprained his
wrist and is obliged to carry it in a
sling. Still later through a leak he lost
nearly thirty gallons of gasoline, and on
Monday he lost three dollars in cash.
Truly troubles don't come singly.
Farmers Bank Organized
The directors of the Farmers National
Bank organized on Monday as follows:
President, S. W, Buch; vice president,
H. S. Meiskey; secretary, J. F. Buch;
cashier, J. H. Breitigan; assistant cash-ier,
Paul H. B'omBerJer; telfer, Abraham
B. Bucher; clerk, Alfred Douple.
They a r e G r a t e f ul
Henry C. Sturgis, ill and housed in
for some time, wishes the RECORD to
thank the King's Daughters, who made
his Christmas such a cheerful one; also
the Alexander Meek Bible Class of the
Church of the Brethren who sent him a
gift besides a message taken from John
14 : 27, which cheered him and gave him
renewed encouragement.
Mrs. RoyMeiskey r e q u e s t s t h e RECORD
to extend her heartfelt thanks to the
many neighbors and friends who so
kindly comforted her in her hours of
deep distress last week, caused by the
death of her husband.
More Fat Hogs
Kissel Hillers evidently know how to
raise big fat hogs, judging from the re-ports
received. E. K. Singer last week
killed one that weighed 585 pounds
dressed. His neighbor A. B. Hess kill-ed
one about the same day which tipped
the beam at 577 pounds dressed.
Thad. E. Will, a resident of Lincoln
avenue, who is one of those who takes
great pride in selecting the best stock
of hogs and then fattens them, killed
one on Friday which weighed 382 pounds
dressed.
Clean Your Pavements
T r o u b le
and Avoid
Chief Burgess Marks called at this
office one day last week and was in a
mood not to be tampered with. The
executive was highly incensed and all
because there are a number of residents
in town who fail to clean their pave-ments
after a fall of the beautiful snow.
It is a most unthoughtful act on the part
of the negligent ones and Mr. Marks in-tends
having the practice discontinued.
He states that if there are any who can-not
see fit to have their sidewalks clean-ed
they should let him know and he
would attend to the matter. Whoever
this warning hits should take heed, there
may be plenty of snow descending dur-ing
the remaining winter months.
Mother Deserts H e r Children
Mrs. John Miller, residing near Hope-land,
Clay township, who was arrested
by Constable J ames McCloud, of Hope-land,
on a charge of surety of peace and
neglect of her children, brought by her
husband before Squire Wealand of Clay
is now in the county prison awaiting
trial. Mrs. Miller is only 19 years old
and is the mother of three small chil-dren
whom she deserted and went to
Lebanon, where she was arrested
NUMEROUS PERSONS CALLED TO THE
GREAT BEYOND.
Death of Mrs. Hiram P. Fry
Another gloom of deep sorrow spread
over this community last Saturday when
it was announced that Sarah, wife of
the late Hiram P. Fry, of this borough,
had passed away at 6.40 P. M. Follow-ing
so closely the death of her husband,
who died on the 3d inst., was indeed a
sad affair. Besides this a son of the
couple died on February 2d of last year,
making three deaths in the family in less
than a year's time. Mrs. Fry took ill
immediately after her husband's death
and a few days later was afflicted with
paralysis. She sank day by day and
more strokes followed until she was
called to her rest. Her age was 58
years, 9 months and 27.days. Mrs. Fry
was a daughter of the late Augustus and
Matilda Enck. She was born in the vil-lage
of Warwick and lived here nearly
all her lifetime. She was married to
Mr. Fry on October 12, 1875. Three
children were born to the couple, but
Maurice is the only survivor. Mrs.
Laura Kauffman, Mrs. E. G. Witters,
of this place, are surviving sisters, and
Harvey Enck of Reading a surviving
brother. Mrs. Fry was a thrifty and
frugal housekeeper, industrious at all
times, and her family was her pride and
joy. She was a member of the Mora-vian
church and the Speak-No-Evil Circle
of King's Daughters. The funeral was
held on Wednesday afternoon and was
largely attended. Short services were
held at the house and a funeral dis-course
was delivered in the Moravian
church by the pastor, Rev. E. S. Ha-gen.
Interment followed in the Mora-vian
cemetery. The remains were at-tired
in black and reposed in a solid
walnut casket with extension bar handles
and name plate. There were many
beautiful floral tributes of various de-signs.
Undertaker Enck had charge.
was 61 years old and a member of the
Church of the Brethren. Two sons
Samuel 0. and Jacob O., of Manheim,
and these sisters survive: Mrs. Agnes
Reichman, of Lancaster; Mrs. Sallie
Brandt and Mrs. Elizabeth Weidman, of
Reading, and Mrs. Howard Litzenberg-er,
of Manheim. The funeral was held
on Saturday.
—Take the family to the market house
on Saturday for a good supper, and
patronize a worthy cause.
Mrs. Rebecca H. Gonder
Mrs. Rebecca H. Gonder, of this bor-ough,
died last Friday morning at 9
o'clock after a year's illness, aged 54
years. She was a Miss Kittle, of Lex-ington,
before her marriage in 1881,
sijice which tim,e she had. resided in
Lititz. She had been a member of the
United Evangelical church since her
sixteenth year, and belonged to Morn-ing
Star Temple, No. 70, Ladies of the
Golden Eagle. Her husband, Harry
Gonder, resides in the state of Connec-ticut.
The surviving children are: Mrs.
Peter Killian, of Newville, Pa.; Mrs.
Henry Hackman, of Lititz, and Harry
and Ralph, at home. Nine grandchil-dren
are living. Deceased was a sister
of Mrs. Michael Huber, of Lickdale,
Lebanon county; Mrs. Barbara Weir,
Lititz, and Jacob Kittle, of Lexington.
The funeral was held Monday morning
at 10 o'clock, interment being made in
the United Evangelical cemetery.
Death of Mrs. Eliza D. Brown
Eliza D. Brown, a well-known woman
residing at Brownstown, died on Thurs-day
night from the effects of a stroke of
apoplexy, aged 76 years, 4 months and
25 days. She was the last of the family
of the late Samuel Brown, and her only
living relative is a nephew, Samuel
Brown, proprietor of the Frontier Choc-olate
Company of North Tonowanda,
New York state, and formerly of Lan-caster
county. The funeral was held on
Monday morning with services and bur-ial
at Brownstown Evangelical church,
of which the deceased was a member.
Son of Rev. Bittner Passes Away
Jacob Luther, son of Rev. and Mrs.
J. W. Bittner, died from convulsions at
the home of the parents, aged 4 months.
Funeral was held Tuesday, with inter-ment
in the family plot in the cemetery
at Allentown. Rev. Bittner was former
pastor of the Brickerville charge of the
Lutheran church before removing to
Kutztown and resided in Lititz.
Died in Ohio; W a s Born Near Lititz
Mr. Allen Leed died in Uniontown,
Stark county, Ohio, on the 12th inst.,
after a lingering illness from a compli-cation
of diseases. He was about 68
years of age. A wife survives. Mr.
Leed was a son of John Leed and he
was born at Pine Hill, Warwick town-ship,
but went to Ohio with his parents
many years ago. A year and a half ago
he and his wife visited relatives here-abouts.
Dies of Diphtheria Following Grip
Mary, wife of William K. Gantz, died
at her home at Manheim on Thursday
evening from diphtheria, with which
she had been ill only ten hours. She had
previously been ill with grip, suffering
with that disease for five days, but it
changed into diphtheria. Mrs. Gantz
Death of Winfield S. F r a nk
Winfield Scott Frank died at the home
of Benjamin H. Erb near Clay on Mon-day.
Death was due to pleurisy and
pneumonia which developed from grip.
He had been ill one week. He was about
fifty-five years old and was a native of
York county. He was a member of the
Evangelical church and was a skilled
bricklayer. He was unmarried and
went about from place to place working
at his trade. For the past three years
he had been employed on various jobs in
the vicinity of Ephrata and Lititz. The
deceased is survived by a brother,
Harvey, of Reading, and a brother An-drew
Jackson, of York county, as well
as a third brother living in the same
county. The funeral services will be
held on Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock
in the Hammer Creek church; interment
will be made in the adjoining cemetery.
Mrs. A b r am Herr of Manheim
Mrs. Abram Herr, of Manheim, died
last Friday morning from a complication
of diseases, aged 75 years. She is sur-vived
by her husband and the following
children: Frank, Sue and Ellen, at home;
Mrs. Amos W. Witmer, of Reinhold's
Station, and Ephraim S., of Lititz. De-ceased
was the last of her family. The
funeral was held on Monday morning at
the Brethren Church at Manheim, of
which the deceased was a member. In-terment
was made in the East Peters-burg
cemetery.
Seeing New York
On Monday afternoon a coachman of
a prominent resident of New York eity
called at the home of Frank Gantz, near
Pine Hill, for the purpose of inspecting
the stables and horses and also calling
on Otto Stephan, Mr. Gantz's son-in-law.
The condition of the Gantz stables
being highly satisfactory the coachman
requested Mr. Stephan to accompany
him to New York and bring a beautiful
horse which won a second prize at a
recent horse show, along home and take
care of him for the owfteri J. Accordingly
Mr. Stephan went to New York and
took with him Mr. Gantz. It was the
latter's first trip to the great city and to
say that he 8n joyed it is putting it mild-ly.
Enroute to New York Mr. Gantz
was informed that the train would pass
through a tunnel four miles in length
under the Hudson river. That was only
one of the wonders which confronted
Mr. Gantz. Messrs. Stephan and Gantz
visited the former's sister at New York
and also crossed the ferry to the home
of another sister at Staten Island. Call-ing
on Mr. Gantz's cousin, William O.
Gantz, a lawyer, they were taken to his
residence on the Leona Heights in New
Jersey, along the Hudson river. They
also went to the top of the Woolworth
building tower, 58 stories in heighth.
The horse was secured at Aurocar park
and the coachman rode him 11 miles to
Elizabeth Port ferry and then another 9
miles to the freight yards at Elizabeth,
from where he was shipped to Lancas-ter
and then brought to the Gantz farm.
Mr. Gantz states that it was a never-to-be-
forgotten trip.
TRAVELERS NEAR AND FAR
COLUMN TO KEEP YOU IN TOUCH
WITH OLD AND NEW NAMES
Lost and Found.
Lost somewhere about town three
one-dollar bills, nicely folded. Finder
would confer a great favor by returning
it to the loser, Oliver Reed.
A child's belt to a coat was lost pre-sumably
on North Cedar street, and the
finder will kindly return to Oehme's
barbershop.
A gold band ring was found and awaits
the owner at the home of Ezra Hart-ranft
on Marion street.
Found Guilty
George E. Tole, the young man who
ran down and killed Adaline Gross, a
little girl at Lancaster months ago, and
who was recently convicted of man-slaughter,
was last week sentenced by
the court to pay a fine of $100 and an
imprisonment in the county jail of six
months. An appeal will, however, be
taken to the superior court. Tele, our
readers will remember, was running the
auto of John F. Habecker, a former
Lititz resident, When the accident oc-curred.
In Buying a Piano
you cannot be too critical. It is not an
event that occurs every month. When
you buy, you want a fine toned piano,
one that will stand wear and tear, one
that will hold its tone and be a pleasure
to listen to.
Be sure you are right, then go to
Young's, is the motto for intending
piano purchasers.
Time given if you desire it.
J . B. YOUNG & SON,
Ind. Phone Lititz, Pa.
—Let us explain how you can get a
good "Taylor" made suit on our special
payment plan. Dissinger's.
T h e Whereabouts of Your and Our
F r i e n d s as T h e v Move T o a n d Fro.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Myers visited
relatives at Ephrata on Sunday.
Our townsman Clement Badorf cele-brated
his 63d birthday on Friday, 21st
inst.
Mrs. Sherman Hacker, of Lincoln,
visited her father, Henry C. Sturgis, on
Sunday.
Mr. Elmer E. Kauffman of Philadel-phia
was in town last Friday meeting
old friends.
Miss Katie Kreiter spent Tuesday at
Coatesville with her friend Mrs. May
Spackman.
Mr. and Mrs. William Mathers and
grandson Joseph Sheckard spent Sunday
at Columbia.
Mrs. Annie Killian of Akron, a former
Lititz resident, spent several days here
among her friends.
Mr. Ben. F. Badorf, of Akron, was a
visitor in Lititz last Saturday calling on
his numerous relatives and friends.
Mr. C. M. Ford, the New York repre-sentative
of the Ideal Cocoa and Choco
late Co., spent two days here this week.
Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Brubaker of Phil
adelphia spent several days here with
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Abram Bru-baker.
Mr. Norman Hertzler of Philadelphia
spent from Friday to Tuesday in town
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. B.
Hertzler.
Mr. Roy Hassler, a member of the
faculty of the Moravian College at Beth-lehem,
is spending a short vacation here
with his parents.
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Clime, of New-manstown,
Lebanon county, spent a
week with her father, Mr. Andrew
Bruckart, at the eastern end of town
Mr. Jacob Heimeman, foreman of the
local repair gang of the Philadelphia and
Reading railroad, attended a banquet of
the Relief Association at Philadelphia
on Saturday.
Mrs. Mary Kissinger and daughter
May have gone to the Millersville State
Normal School to do duty work, the
former in the laundry and the latter in
the dirnng room.
Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Getz, residing
near Millway, and Mr. and Mrs. Wm.
Steely, of near Brunnerville, on Sunday
visited Elam Fasnacht, who is ill and
boards with Mr. and Mrs. Walter Smith.
Miss Gertrude Grunert, a member of
the faculty of the Moravian Seminary
for Women at Bethlehem, spent several
days with Miss Mary Hagen. Miss
Grunert graduated from Linden Hall
Seminary in 1910.
Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Gochnauer enter-tained
the following on Sunday: Mr. and
Mrs. Harry Mehaffy, of Lancaster; Mr.
and Mrs. Tobias Snavely, of Rome, and
Mr. and Mrs. Milton Gochnauer, of
Reinholds station.
Mr. T. Jeff. Hartranft of Reading
visited his brother Ezra at this place and
also relatives at Brunnerville and Lex-ington
on Sunday and Monday. Mr.
Hartranft is a native of Brunnerville,
but moved to Reading a number of years
ago, where he is prospering and content.
Mrs. B. F. Grosh and Mrs. J. F. Buch
went to Myerstown to-day to attend the
funeral of Capt. John Henry Bassler, a
brother-in-law of the latter. Mr. Bass-ler
was a loyal defender of the union
during the rebellion and was wounded in
the battle of Gettysburg, where he lay
several days in the battlefield before
being removed and received attention.
Among those from a distance who at-tended
the funeral of Mrs. Sarah Fry on
Wednesday were the following: Mr. and
Mrs. Howard Kauffman, Mr. S. M. Sea-ber,
Mrs. Jennie Johnson, Philadelphia;
Mrs. Levi Hacker, Reading; Mrs. Lloyd
Kauffman, Chester; Mrs. Clara Binkley,
Coatesville; Mrs. Wm. DeHaven, Mrs.
Gideon Kahl, Mrs. John F. Evans, Mrs.
Cuvier Grube, Mrs. Agnes Todd, Mrs.
H. H. Moore, Mrs. Sarah Christ, Lan-caster.
CONCERNING A NEW SCHOOL BUILDING
Our Market
The local market looked well last Sat-urday
morning with many well laden
tables of nearly everything in season.
There were plenty of dressed chickens
and an abundance of fresh pork and its
bi-products. Following prices prevail-ed:
Chickens from 50 cents to one dollar
each; pork from 16 to 22 cents a pound,
according to cuts; fresh sausage 16
cents, smoked 18 cents a pound; butter
39 cents a pound; eggs 31 and 32 cents a
dozen; sweet potatoes 20 to 28 cents per
half peck, white potatoes 14 cents per
half peck, celery 8 and 10 cents, a bunch,
radishes 5 cents a bunch, lettuce 5 cents
a stalk, onions 5 cents a box, honey 20
cents a box.
A Special Election to be Held Tuesday,
March 7, for t h e Purpose of Increas-ing
Indebtedness of Lititz School Dis-trict
$95,000
The question as to whether or not
Lititz borough shall have a new, modern
school building will be submitted to the
voters on Tuesday, March 7. On this
date a special election will be held be
tween the hours of 7 A. M. and 7 P. M
for the purpose of obtaining the assent
of the electors of Lititz to an increase
in the bonded indebtedness of the school
district. At present there is no indebt-edness
in the school district, but for the
erection of a building, the plans for
which are now being drawn by the archi-tect
selected, the bonded indebtedness
will be increased $95,000, which is 6.227
per cent, of the last assessed valuation.
This bonded indebtedness if approved
by the citizens will mean the erection of
a fine school building on the site of the
present school building at the northwest
corner of East Orange and South Cedar
streets. The need of a new structure
has been most pressing for some time,
and the directors in unanimously decid-ing
to erect the building took the only
reasonable course within their bounds.
Naturally, they will be censured by some
of our citizens, who do not give the mat-ter
the proper thought and investiga
tion. But the need of the new building
has been increasing year after year and
it is time that the existing condition for
the education of the boys and girls
should be improved. Millions and mil-lions
of dollars are endowed upon the
colleges throughout the country, where
a comparatively select few are privileg-ed
to attend. This condition is well and
just, and much benefit is derived there-from,
but the public schools are the only
means that the great majority of the
young folks have to equip themselves
for the battles of life, and their environ-ment
should be of the best.
As has been previously stated in these
columns it is the intention of the school
board to hold a public meeting for the
discussion of the subject. The date for
the same will be announced as soon as
more definite information is secured
from the architect.
A Lititz Case Non-Suited
The case of Annie L. Furlow against
J. D. Roland, executor of Lucetta Lehn,
late of"Lititz, was attached for trial on
Monday afternoon at Lancaster before
Judge Hassler. In July, 1915, the death
of Lucetta Lehn occurred when she was
eighty-six years of age. She had been
an invalid for several years, and the
plaintiff attended her for six years.
Miss Furlow claimed considerably over
1,000 for her work in nursing and house-hold
duties. It is also alleged that she
stripped tobacco to help keep the aged
woman, The court granted a non-suit.
Among the Sick and Injured
Alvin R. Keller, the baker, went to
bed with illness on Monday.
Miss Louisa Hearing is slowly recov-ering
from a spell of illness covering
three weeks. -
Miss Louisa Graver, while in the cel-lar
last Saturday evening attending to
the furnace fire was overcome by a
fainting spell and fell to the ground,
laying there several hours. Finally she
managed to arise and get up stairs to
bed. Next morning E. H. Grube and
Mrs. Martin Bollinger, suspicioning that
not all was right, entered the house and
found her ill in bed. On Tuesday she
wat taken to the Moravian Home, where
she will remain.
James Engle was unable to follow his
usual occupation at the chocolate factory
as the result of a badly bruised arm,
sustained in a fall from a stepladder.
Horace Sturgis, Jr., had the tip of the
third finger of his right hand severed on
Monday and another finger lacerated
when it was caught between rolls at the
paper mill.
Paul Demmy, an employee of the
chocolate factory, had his left ankle
severely sprained and his left leg badly
bruised when a heavy case landed
against it last Thursday.
Cow Medicine Kills Child
The drinking of a solution of ginseng,
which was used in the cow stable as a
cure for cattle, caused the death of Jos.
E. Harnley, the three-year old son of
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Harnley, residing a
half mile north of Manheim, on Tues-day.
The child wandered into the cow
stable and found the bottle of medicine.
It gulped down its contents and died a
few hours afterward, one convulsion
after another following the drinking of
the liquid.
The funeral will be held Saturday at
A. M. with services at Kreider's
church at 10 o'clock.
—Music while you eat will be a treat
at the Ladies Bible class of the U. B.
church sale at the market house Satur-day
afternoon and evening.
—Music by the U. B. male Chorus and
orchestra at the sale of goodies to be
held in the market house Saturday after-noon
and evening by the Ladies Bible
class of the U. B. church.
—Get a new Spring suit on an easy
payment plan, at Dissinger's.
For t h e LITITZ RECORD
Between the years 1855 and '60,1 was
a member of an amateur orchestra com-posed
of some sixty men, mostly con-genial
spirits, in the Western Pennsyl-vania
city from whence this communica-tion
comes.
One evening, before beginning our
weekly practice, our conductor produced
a roll of old, time-stained music he had
bought at an open bookstand on the
street for a nickel, and which proved to
be the
Symphony
for
Grand Orchestra
by
Ignatius Pleyel
Opus 38
John André
Offenbach-on-the-Main
1791
This he proposed we should try before
taking up our regular work. But when
the parts were distributed on the vari-ous
desks, we found that those of the
first violin, the first bassoon, and the
contrabass were wanting. This was a
disappointment to us all; for we knew
that the complete score was not likely
to be obtainable in any of the larger
cities, and this music, not being difficult
would have been serviceable as an en-couragement
to the less-experienced
players. Then I told the orchestra that
believed I knew of the only place
where we could get the missing parts,
and that was in Litiz, Lancaster Co.,
where I had gone to boarding-school,
and where I had heard the village Phil-harmonic
Society play a Pleyel sym-phony,
and had seen at least three more
symphonies by the same composer at
the time I assisted my piano teacher,
the Rev. Peter Wolle, to rearrange the
music library of the local Moravian
church; and that I intended to spend a
few days at Easter in Litiz, and would
then endeavor to find the parts we
wanted. (Applause and rolling of the
tympani).
I arrived in your beautiful town- then
a village—by medium of Bicking's stage,
on the Tuesday evening before Easter—•
which festival, by the way, came early
that year. The landlord of the Litiz Inn
gave me a cordial welcome, remembered
my name, and reminded me that form-erly
he had lived farther down the street
and was then a carpenter. An old
writer (I cannot recall who it is) says
that innkeepers, the world over, are a
morose and meanly avaricious sort of
men; however that may be, Mr. Lich-tenthaeler
was certainly an exception to
such an opinion; for never in my subse-quent
experience did I meet with a
friendlier host than he was; and the con-duct
of his house was admirable. Why,
the presence of the hostess herself at
supper, with her fair daughters, them-selves
graciously attentive to the wants
of their guests, made the occasion seem
to be quite a family affair.
I am one of those who having a design
on the mind, can hardly wait to carry it
out, and that is why I went that same
evening to the home of the organist,
Mr. "Billy" Hall, to a s k , - a s a matter
merely of courteous form—his permis-sion
to visit the church garret and for
the key thereto, telling him also of my
purpose. In a spluttering flow of words
he said that as the bell had just rung for
a service of the Passion Week, I would
find the sexton there, and, maybe, the
garret key in the lock; then he supplied
me with a piece of tallow candle, the
necessity for which I had not considered.
When I came to the church some of
the congregation had already assembled,
but I did not find the sexton; so I went
up to the organ gallery, and from there
catching sight of the desired key, with
its dangling wooden label, in its lock, I
went one stairs higher to the garret,
entered it, closed the door behind me, ^
struck a match (I had but two, and one
failed me) lit my candle and was ready
to begin my work.
A yast cavern the place seemed to be
1 I advanced, in my limited area of
light,—starting a flurry of gigantic
shadows from the mighty; timbers that
the old Moravian builder, in faith of
perpetuity, had placed there—on my
way to the depositary of such music as
was seldom, if ever, in use. Two large
closets were filled high with it,—mostly
manuscript. . In another one were
hung—resting from their labors—a set
of ancient slide-trombones, a pair of
battered French horns, an ophicleide,
and a serpent.
For a short while after beginning my-search,
I heard the singing down in the
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