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SBC MONDAY, MARCH 20, 1376. PBOBABILmES JOB MONDAY. WaBHIHGTOK, March 18. For the Middle States and the lower Lake Region Increasing cloudiness and northeast to southeast winds, and during Monday rising temperature, falling ia rometer and rain ot snow in the western and ioutiiem portions. STATE NEWS.

The Switch Back Railroad at Mauch Chunk will be opened about May 1st, Lebanon has two citizens named respectively enowwmie ana enownoie. Schuylkill) first centenn airy exhibit A large air compressing machine. There being no available funds to pay the teachers in ljck ixaven tne scnoois nave ueeu closed. Mr. J.

G. Brenner, of Millersville, has leased the Lancaster and Millersville llailroad for the term of 5 years. Work on a new oDera honee has been com' rnenced in Williamsport, and the building is to be finished within a year. In a drunken row in Wellsville, a youDg man named Serenas, Howlatcl wag so badly beaten with clubs as to cause his death two days later. The shipments of lumber from Williamsport over the Philadelphia and Beading and Philadelphia and Erie railroad) have reached 1,600,000 feet daily of late.

Of 124 students of mediciueVwho received diplomas and the degree of M. D. at the University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia last week, Co were from this State. Several prominent citizens of Clearfield county are preparing to organize a party to emi grate to Texas, when they propose following agriculture and stock raising. A rumor is current in Harrisburg that the Cernmissioners of Dauphin county have appro priated $3,000 toward the completion of the monument at Second and State Streets.

Mr. Oliver Hartman. formerly a printer In the Messenger oflice, Phoenixville, but who afterward turned his attention to gymnastics, has started for California, to fill a three years engagement as a trapezs perlormer. Mr. George Yeaeer, of Georgetown, intendi planting an island in the Susquehanna river of twenty acres in extent with tocaceo this spring.

He has encased a Lancaster county tobacoa farmer, named Coble, to attend to the crop. There ere twenty seven adjoining farms in South Lebanon township Lebanon county, all of them being occupied by tenants. The farms contain CO and more acres each and some ol the tenants are rich enough to be owners of farms themselves. The original ulster overcoat was invented at Valley i orre. It consisted ol a bed blanket with holes to put the arms through, and mule's halter for a belt Washington's was a manly form, and he never looked so inspiring as when be wore mis simple garment.

The friends of James Savery, who lately died in Fawn township, York county, (Her $1,000 reward tor a nuroDer ot misiing articles heir looms of the family which, they allege, belong to his estate. They include numerous pieces of silverware, diamond and amethyst rings, etc. Three named Shay, Gardner and Schrier. were arrested at Lancaster recently for profanity and committed to the lockup fur 48, 24 and 12 hoars respectively, me sime plan should be pursued in this city, where there are entirely too many toul mouthed hoys, One hundred of musket, the same number of accoutrements, and a supply of am' munition, have been sent to Mauch Chunk Carbon County, by the Adjutant General's De partment on a requisition from tho Sheriff of toe oouniy, id ttuuuiLauuu ui a ueuuiubiru.iuu against the jail Mr. Henry Byar, of Poitslown has an old cornier cent, U.

S. coinage, bearing date 1S07, that was found by him in theold currying shop that formerly stood near Uie fate mautitaotory of L. B. Brar, at the corner of Walnut and York streets, in thet borough, but which was recently razed to the ground. The cheese factory of Hen.

G. Dawson Cole man, at Elizabeth, Lancaster county, is being eonverted into a cnetse arm Dutiermanuiaotory and men for the past week or two have been busily employed upon it. The section around Slizabeth is well adopted for grazing of cattle and the best quality ct cream can be produced there which will make superior nutter. Samuel M. Kline, of Providence township, Lancaster county, has been arrested, charged with defrauding the rsvenue department by maiolaoturing and selling cigars without a lieesse.

He was taken before United States Csreoisaiener Amos Slsysaaker, where he waived a heariaff and entered bail in tbe sum fi09, for trial at the Circuit Court in Phila delphia on the third of April. About a million pounds of first class tobacco have already bean racked this season at the three diflerent warehouses in MonntvilleLan tsster coanty. Amcog the nirny heavy and valuable lots of tobacco delivered there, was thai of Mr. Henry Ihusmaa, residing cn the llllleraville turnpike, near Lancaster. The eros oonsittel of nine aefs, weiehinz 22.000 pounds, and amounting to i C5.

Eecently a widow past the prime of life, sued a prominent citizen of Tidioute, forthe amount of a note, about 0,000, which hsd heea discovered after the death of her husband The gentleman claimed that tho note was not a luit one ana (ontestei it in tue courts, ior tune favored the widow and she won the suit, goo after a young man began courting ber, uei a few weeks ago they were privately mar ried. After theinsrriaseliad been consummated the citizen carried the oesa up to tbe Supreme Court, where ha got a decision in bis favor. Jt is supposed that this Uiinpsncd toe young love, at any rate the whole family has suddenly disappeared from Tidioute society, BalltllBK and icepair Permits. The following building P2rmits were issued at the Mayor's office dming the week ending Saturday, March 1310: To Fidel Weber, for a two story brick dwell i Tenth street between Chestnut and iroe. To Liberty Fire Company, for a two story brisk engine bouse, corner Fifth and Laurel sireeu.

To Frank Thomas, for a two stcry brick kitchen, on South Seventh street between Piue and Laurel. The following repair permits were issued for tie same period: To Mrs. Schmucker, No. 117 South Fifth street. To Kulz No.

141 South Fifth ttreet. To A. S. Stalneeker, No. 10 Kissinger street, To F.

Wesehe. No. 52 South Sixth street. To Franklin Thomas, No. 412 South Seventh street.

Tlio Alpha Barge Club. Eighteen youpjr. men employed at the Scott worm, mis city, nave iormea an organization to be known as tbe Alpha Barge Club, for the purpose of indulging in rowing exercises, and nerlectins themselves in armattc amusements, They intend to purchase toats for exercise and practice on the bchuylEUt river. The follow ing officers have been chosen President, Grif fith Joues Vice President, r. U.

Uunkle Secretary, Peter Koland; Assistant Secretary, Jlirry Diehl Treasurer, John Johnson. Adjsn nea Sheriff a Bales, Tbe sfle of the following propertifs advertised by Sheriff Yorgey to be sold on Saturday afternoon last was adjourned to (he 8.h of April next: A two story frame dwelling houre and lot of ground in Kuiztown, and the interest, in a certain lot in Maxatawny township, belonging to the estate of William Smith. The riheriQ'will sell on the same day a number of other properties. Examining; Teachers to Fill Vxctoclcs, County Superintendent llaer examined revere! teaohers at Ms office, in the County Treasurer's office on Saturday, who have been selected to fill vaoaaoies, caused by the resignation teachers. The County Superintendent has not fully recovered from his rrcut illness, although ablitojigain attend to his duties.

Pat I rood Appoioliuents. Semael Milliter, rf Rnscline. ba en an. piinted at the Round House cf the Heading and Columbia Railroad Compauy.in Columbia. W.

H. Lord, formerly ticket agent at yer town, this county.will resume thesame position on tbe 1st of April next. Meeting tfCennly Boards. The Board of County Commissioners will be in session to day at their office in the Court Tie fbard of Direclors of the Poor will hold fltejr regular monthly meeting to day at the Poor Ho iat( Illstory or Jean Itarlolef, Who Settled, in Oley ISO Teara Ac. THE rBOOEHITOB OF THB BERTOLETS, l)E TURKS, YODEBS, HOCHS, LBVANS, GULDIHS, (1RIESKMKB8, BARNETS, D'BENKBVILLES, ileims, frys, kebstb, millers, yeakels, and Others.

We are indebted toM. L. Montgomery, a member of the Berks county Bar, for the following exhaustive, well written and interesting sketch. En, Times, la 1726, Jean Bertolet emigrated to this conn try. Beading was then unknown; not a house marked the place where it now is all was a wild, uncultivated waste.

The Indian was still roving here in his savage life, though his race had begun retreating before civilisation. The Schuylkill flowed on uninterrupted by falls, unspanned by bridge or ferry. There was no navigation, save the paddling of the canoe from shore to shore; no shrill steam whistle; no smoke ascending from factories and workshops; no enterprising merchants exchanging commodities; no christian people singing praises; nothing but the wild shout of the Indian, the twang of the bow string and the crack of the gun. All these have passed away. Beading has since been founded, thousands of people have congregated here, aud millions of dollars have beeu expended for the development of life and the advancement of civilization; and families have rieen, flourished and passed away, leaving, in some instances nothing, in others but a monument, a cemetery, a church or a school to hand down their names to posterity.

But in Oley, a dozen miles from here, towards the rising sun, four generations have passed, and still the family of Jean Bertolet is there; seven score years, and still the homestead ot his son Abraham is there. During this time acorns have fallen from decaying oaks, and from them saplings have sprung np and grown to maturity, aud in their turn fallen to the earth, decayed, and passed entirely away; the wild forest has fallen under the repeated stroke of the ambitious the waste woodland given place to cultivated fields; the face cf the surrounding country has changed, aud the gurgling creek has slowly wandered from its ancient bed; but the bleed of the emigrant Huguenot is still there unchanged, and he himself has come to be the great progenitor of a faithful, industrious and influential people, numbering not only the Bertolets, the DeTur the Voders, the Hochs, the Levans, the Guldins and the Griesemers in and about Oley, but the the DeBennevilles, tbe Keims, the Frys, the Kersts, the Millers, the Yeakels, and others who are distributed here iu Berks the place of his settlement, at Philadelphia, in different parts of the State, and even throughout the great "Free Land," which was unto him a refuge from the persecution of the country from which he fled. title of bertolet farm. Two hundred and fifty years ago the Zenni Lenapt, or Delawares as they were called by Europeans a family of Indians originally from the far west, had possession of the territory of Pennsylvania, and one of the three tribes of this family, called the Minci, Moncey or Wolf, occupied the district between the Delaware and Susquehanna rivers, of which Oley township waa a part, iney continued ine sole ana unais puted occupants until about 1C33, when the Swedes, who had emigrated from Europe, set' tied among them and purchased the use ot the land, particularly in and aoout the locality. afterwards called Philadelphia.

Before a score of years had passed, their possession waa disturbed by the Dutch, who had settled in the new country some degrees above them ataplacs called the New Netherlands and wandered across the Delaware; and in 1655 they were subdued and brought under the cor eminent of Peter Stuyyesant, Gavernor of the New Netherlands; and in 10C4 the Dutch Governor was conquered by Charles, the Second, King of Great Britain. King Charles, then, on March 4, 16ol, granted to WILLIAM PENN, Proprietary and Governor, his heirs and assigns, a charter for the province cf Pennsylvania; and on August, 31st, following, James, the Duke of York, who waa the brother of King Charles, released all his claims to the Province. Penn arrived in this country at New Castle, on October 27, 16S2; and towards the latter end of November, following, he held his famous "Treaty" with the Indian chiefj of three great tribes, or rather families, the Lenni Lcnape, the Mingoes and the Shawanecs, who were assembled at the head of their unarmed warriors, under the wide branching elm at Kensington now part of Philadelphia, when he succeeded in making with them a firm league of friendship, and afterwards at different times, through the kindly intercourse that followed, purchased the lands of the province from them by paying in consideration various articles, such as wampum, blankets, guns, ponder, needles, It may be remarked, however, that the first purchase was made for him by bis Dsputy Governor, William Markham, on July 15, 1082, three months before his ariival, About this time, November, 1082, he, with the assistance of his Surveyor General and by the consent of those who bad already purchased land from him, divided the province into three counties, Philadelphia, Backs and Chester. Thomas Bond, of Wood acre, in Lancaster county, England, was one of the number who had purchased land located in Pennsylvania before Penn visited America. On June 7 and 16S2, Penn conveyed onto him, by lease and release, a tract of land in Oley township, Philadelphia county, containing one thousand acres.

This tract, upon the death of Ihomas descended or was duly conveyed to Charles Heed and Annie Heed his wife, of Philadelphia. On August 13, 1710, liiobard Hill, Isaac Norris and James Logan, CommiS' aioners of property of the province, by warrant, surveyed and laid out to Thomas Edwards, of Cheltenham, in Lancaster county, hundred and seventy Bix acres ol land, being part ot the 1,000 acre traot; and Charles Keed and Annie his wite, Dy deed, dated Uctouer 11 1716, grunted and conveyed their right, title and interest in the same to the said Thomas lwanR On August Slat and September 1st 1720. Edwards, by lease and release, conveyed the 276 acre tract to Dirk Jansen, weaver, of Germaatown, in said province; and Jansen and Margeth his wife, by deed, dated May 4, 1721, granted and conveyed the one half part thereof. 133 acres a rectangular perches lone and 130 perohes wide to Esther DeTurk, of Oley, the great grandmother of the present owner. JEAN bertolet.

Jean Bertolet, (or Bartholet or Bartolet) was a nativeof uiartten JJuise, Switzerland. For wnue tie uvea in ranee, out on account ot re ligious persecution, he was obliged to return to Switzerland, and, in 1726, he emigrated with bis wile busanna and ava children to Pennsylvania. and settled in Oley township, about a mile west 1 1 I iruui lug j'iuuu wuere me xeiiuw xiuuse is cow located. Sometime before 1733 be connected himself with the Moravians. After carrying on farming lor a number ot years, he died there, in what year, however, is not known.

His body lies buried in the old family burying ground in that neighborhood upon the farm now owned by Lsvi Ilerbein. The five children, two sons and mree daughters, wno emigrated with thei parents, were named as follows Abraham Maria, married to Stephen Barnet; John: Es tker, married to Dr. George DeBonneville: and susauua, married to aooo ry. ms PASSPORT. The following Passport was given to Jean Bertolet, when he emigrated, the original being in German, and this translation being the first made and pupiisned We.the undersigned.

Jligh Ba.iliff.the zh est officer, of the County Palatine, in the com. munity ot uuttenoerg, do hereby certify, by virtue ui lu.B inner, lhat the bearer hereof, the highly honored and unpretending Jean Bertolet, a native of L'liamen Dime, in the Jurisdiction of Berne, owiiKeriami, logciner wun nis wite, was a tenant of the farm belonging the Covenant Sell which is here located and highly regarded and behaved himself in a Christian, honorable, upright and faithful manner, as it becomes an honest and praiseworthy man. so that we can say nothing otherwise about him than what is commendable and good: and that thev both jnestly intend and have finally determined to emigrate 10 me mew country or 1 enneylvania, together with their five children, whom they have with tbem. Therefore, we. each and every one of ns.

do kindly request that the above named Jean Btsr. tolet and his wife Susanna and five children, may not only pass free, safe and unmolested, wuuoui exacting irom mem any duty or re spect, obedience or service, but that they may be shown all manner of good will and assis tance, because ot their honorable behavior: and we are willing and do kindly offer to return tne same lavor. In testimony whereof, we have, toeetherwit.li eubecribiog our own signatures, attached our customary Seal hereunto. So ordered and is. iifd in the Jurisdiction of the High Billiffof iv impieiuicn, mis iweniy ninm day ot April, in the year of our Lord, one thousand seven hundred and twenly six.

J. U. WIMPFFKtT, NlCHOLAUsSCHOENLADB, Attorney. The Seal of the Court. A' test: L.8.

Hansz Eiuiard Beyer. ABRAHAM EERTOLET, The eldest eon Abraham Bertolet was born in CharlUn Didst, In 1712, having been fourteen years old at the time of the emigration. In 17 at the agcot twenty three years, he married Esther De Turk, of Oley, They then lived upon the 138 acre tract until 1766, when he died, leaving Esther a widow and six children, namely Daniel, Samuel, Mary, wife of Daniel Hock; Elizabeth, wife of John Da Turk; John, and Esther, wife of George Yoder. About the time that they were married, they erec'cl upon the slid traot a small two story stone dwelling house, swiss barn, a small stone blacksmith shop and other out buildings, the house and shop standing still with the old tile roofs that were first put on, being located on the road leading from Friedensburg to Pleasantville, about one mile from the former place. Abraham Bertolet was a blacksmith by trade and carried on his business there until his death, He was a superior mechanic, well educated and an honest, upright, Christian man.

His account book, from 1747 to 1766, which is still in existence shows him to have been not only an accurate but excellent accountant. His writing, which is in German, is vory regular and legible. It is believed that he was a bbod rel ative of the Josiah Bartlett.oue of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. ESTHER DETURK BERTOLET, remained a widow for thirty two years, and died in 88 years. She was an estimable Christian woman, and a daughter of a certain widow named Wammerin, who emigrated in 1713 from England under a passport from Queen Anne.

On April 30, 1767, a year after tbe death of her husband, she conveyed her property to her eldest son, Daniel, for eleven hundred pounds English money. DANIEL BERTOLET, THE BLACKSMITH, was the first person born upon the premises, having been born in 1741, seven years before Beading was laid out, when it is supposed it had but one email house, and eleven years before the erection of Berks out of Philadelphia county. He married Maria or jonn Yoder. He was also a blacksmith by trade and worked energetically until his death in November, 1797, aged 56 years, two years older than his father was. He had eight children, only four having survived him a son Daniel, born in 1781, also upon the placs, unto whom he devised the farm by will in 1796; and three daughters Catharine, married to Jonathan Grim; Charlotte, married to Jacob Yoder, and Esther, mariied to Jacob Kerst.

He improved the farm by building thereon a large two story stone dwelling house near by the old house in 1779, and a large barn in 17S7. DANIEL BERTOLET, THE FARMER. Daniel Bartolet, the great grand son of Jean Bertolet, was a farmer, and iu counectioa with farming carried on the business of sawyer. Ia 1810 he erected a saw mill alongside the Pleas antville road and adjoining the blacksmith shon. It stands to this day an! is known, miles around, as "Bertolet's Saw Mill." In 1837, he also built a large addition to the barn.

His rreat enterprise, industry and integrity estab lished a large and lucrative trade. He also performed a great part of the blacksmith work requited npon the farm until he ceased active OUsmess operations. xlb waa uieuunuivni genius, an experienced farmer, and an educated 1 Cnmnmiinn lUUrtU UlttU aibUgCiiiGi BQii maur, both oross and poetry, in English and German afforded him great delight, and tt bis death he left ouita a collection of compositions, particu larly poems, all of which dwell upon topics of a high moral character. Ji numoeroi nis poems were used in his day as hymns in the neighborhood, and most of them are still retained, being very highly regarded. Before and during the late war be was AS ABOLITIONIST, and, as such, fearless in denouncing slavery as a black stain upon our fair esculuheon, aud a great sin upon tue American people and, caving hoped and prayed to see it ebolished, he rejoiced when the bondman was not only declared free by the law, but male bo by a successful termination of the "Great Conflict." Liquor and tobacco he abhorred; and he dis couraged their ess wherever he went.

Tobacco, in any shape, was not permitted upon his premises, and visitors were notified by a placard upon the outstoe ot in? ru ni door ot dwell lug that smoking was not atmfs t. The study ot benpturo give griat pleasure, ana it Dy a con imm.de lutaa ot read ing he came to be well veretd. lis caegbt the spirit of religious enthusiasm, which, it will be recollected, was prevalent in Oley before the erection of Berks county, and has since con tinued more or less. Under the influence of this spirit he labored earnestly to unite the people, without regard to denomination or sect, in one common worship, and for snch purpose built, at bis own expenae, a meeting house upon the hill near by his home and adjoining the road leading to Friedensburg, and therewith set apart a large lot ot fjrouud as a Union Ceme tery. By industry, economy and shrewd menace.

ment he amassed a large fortune and came to be the richest man in Oley; end when he died in September, 1868. aged 88 years, ha left a large estate, real uid personal, worth about $175,000. He was married to Maria daughter of Stephen Grieeemer, and, with her. had ninechildren, namely: Abraham.Saniuel, Maria, married to Moses Miller; Daniel, Isaac rather, married to Joel Jacob, Hannah married fartt to Bamuel leake), and then to John Guldin; and Dr. Peter G.

Bertolet. Ia and by his last will, dated February lto'4, he aevisea me nomeeteao, petng tne 1J5 acre tract to bis tilth son Jacob. JACOB BERTOLET. This farm has been transmitted to the fourth generation, now a period of one hundred and fifiy five years. All of the successive possessors were ooru upou ii, me eon, grunoson ana great grandson, the last being Jacob Bertolet, the present owner, tie was Dorn on Aovembsr 3 1815, and is still living there, entemrisinc.

en. ergetic, frugal, straightforward and good.as his father was. He is a farmer, and also carries on the sawmill, in which he works un every year a great many of the largest logs into timber of all Kinds and sizes, and material for car'shops auuuiaer giving constant employment to four men throughout the year. lie has a large trade and is constantly engaged in supplying orders and preparing siock. Sirce the death of his father he has in proved the place very much by the erection of various new tarming buildings, and by additions to the barn; and he has also iucreesed the capacity of the saw mill.

Constituted very much like his father was, be carries on farmin? and sawing very successfully, doing himself.at times, tne general repairs in both operations in tbe blacksmith and earpenter shops. lie alio takes a great interest in the religious well beine of mo ueiuiMiuuuu, ueuerai literature has greet attraction for him, and every day some portion of his time is devoted to Dnrinu tl, day he mostly devotes his time to business; at night he studies and plans, and by reading the papers ascertains what is going on in other mo ia a suutiuriuer or me uerlcs and Schuylkill Journal, which he has taken for many years; the tri weexly A orth American Christian II ee Idy, and Te AuricultuiLL Tf to success lie attributes to METHOD AND PERSE VKRATfflff. But his sreat study is the Bible and CAarbu' Mimmeniary, in Which he uses the German Ian guage entirely, ior his "mother tongue" (mutter sprache) he has great admiration, and egteba to, uiuuu tutu it. ia uegieciea so much in Berks and fast vine awsv. Mk hi he was a stanncb abolitionist before And dll rinrr mo i.cuouiuu.

iiuw, nowever, ne is no politi a firm advocate of ignoring strict party XT mo buu elevating me moat cjmpeteut and uoDesi men to omce. His first wife, now (Wpasnd daughter of John Mattis. With her he had seven children, namely: Israel, Mary, married vu if. j.Auuim, Luzjuem, married to Monroe Heilig; Sarah, deceased Catharine; Hannah and Jacob, both deceased. Hin wife if LucetU.

diuehtur of Jacob She is an excellent woman, esteemed by all who know her; and has great natural ability for singing, by which the makes hom pheor. ful and renders great asstance to the raliious meetings at Pleasantville and elsewhere. Israel Bertolet, the first of the children named, and only living son, is an esteemed citizen of Bead ing and was lately elected to the oflioe of Alderman of the Eleventh Ward. He has a son Willie, aged about ix years, who is the seventh generation of the Bertolets. JACOB BERTOLET'S FARM.

Th ie farm, whioh Jacob Bertolet occupies, been in the latnilv since 1721. a nerind nt has one huudred and fifty five years, bis great grandmother having purchased it then and, after holding it forty six years, couveved it by deed to Mb grandfather Daniel Bertolet. It is one of the earliest settlements in tho county; and there are but a few deeds earlier in date here the purchase of laud now Dirt of this county waa made by a resident. The farming land is very productive. productiveness is preserved from year to year by applying lime, manure and compost one hundred and more bushels of the first heme ap plied to tbe acre at a time.

The formation there and for miles around is limestone, a valuable quarry of which being upon the farm but tbe water, strange as it may seem, is not alto. gether limestone, its composition having cn equal quantity of gravel. A branch of the Minatawny creek, which rises in the Oley Hills, several miles to the west, flows eastwardly tbroucra the southern portion of the farm. The stream, beimr strone during the whole year, excepting the dryest pari oi toe summer season, ailords valuable water power, and runs a fourteen hoise power improved water wheel in the saw mill, A large dam is constructed to the left of the stream, above the mill abont a hundred feet. A FAMOUS ELM.

Between the dam and tha stream, and near by the side of the latter, there is a magnificent old elm, the most beautiful tree in that vicinity. Standing alone, its beautiful appearance attracts the notice of persons passing by, especially during the summer and autumnal seasons, when ita branches extend iu width nearly one hundred feet, and the dense foliacre casts a dark. unbroken shadow npon the grass by the side of me piaciu stream, ishermen aengnc to angle there haymakers and harvesters eagerly seek rest and refuge there from the burning rays of the sua; visitors, who are inclined to read and study, find it undirected and love to piss hours quietly and pleasantly there; and Daniel Bertolet. the reformer and abolitionist. no doubt went there now and then, it may be in the morning when the bright sun was jUBt ascending above the Eirl Mountain, or, at noon, when the workers in the field were rest ing for a while and taking their "piece" and reiresntng or at eve when the golden sun was sinking beneath the Oley Hills, to reflect upon the principles suggested by the flow ing water, persevering and accumulating as it proceeded on, refreshing man, beast, fowl and bird, and vegetation within its reach, and doing good until its race was run and its volume emptied into tho meandering tributary of the ocuuyiiuil.

Frequently on Sabbath day, soma years be fore his death, hundreds of the surrounding citizens assembled under aud about this Elm to hear the Scripture ex pounded by Mennonite. Methcdist. German Baptist and United Brethren, and by himself even at times; ana the last time that nis tatttitul wife attended a religious meeting was when it was held there she having been drawn to the place in a carriage from the house and back again by her son Jacob and several neighboring larmers. Another branch of the Manatawny which rises near the Oley Furaoce several miles to the North, 11 3 v. 3 soulh eaatwardly through the eastern portion of the farm and empties into the branch nrss named some perohes beyond the eastern line.

This eastern portion, about twenty acres in area, comprises valuable timber laud. The trees upon it are numerous, old. large and very heavy, and the wcodman is not permitted to fell any of them. The species are mostly white oak and hickory. Ona oak is particularly noticeable for and hight it being four feet in diameter, straight as an arrow, and at leatt a hundred leet high; and it has no craucn extending irom tbe side tor eiehtv feet from the eroend.

Be sides oak and hickory, the tract contains other trees, such as tbe aih. walnut, beech, elm and poplar. The elm is generally more numerous in this section ot tbe county than in any other. TUE BUILDINGS, over a dozau in number, upon the farm, are all in excellent repair, and those lately erected by the present owner, are specially arranged for convenience, durability and economy. The older part of the barn, built in 1787, has still the first roof of hemlock shingles, which is good enough to last twenty years longer.

The fences are also in good repair and clear of weeds and the gates, of which there are many, large and small, swing freely and easily, and require no dragging, ns is too frequently tbe case else where. Banning water is conducted through the barn yard trom the saw mill. The curti lage encloses a large garden and an extensive grapa arbor; also a yard, containing a dozen superior pear trees, end a large, improved ben nery. Adjoining the road from Friedensburg to pleasantville, ana opposite the barn, there is a large and thriving orchard. The farm is divided into two nearly equal parts by the road above mentioned.

It is bounded on the north by property of Daniel on the east by property belonging to the heirs of Daniel Lavan, deceased, (who, it may be remarked, nave the other halt of the acre tract,) on the west by property of Daniel Bsrtolet, and on the south by the road lead ing from tbe Bertolet Gritt Mill to the Oley Pike, with which it connects near the Oley unurcnes. It will be observed that the title of the farm, its location and improvements, and ita trans mission from generation to generation have been more particularly described than tbe family, for a complete history of the latter would require an article too long tor publica' tinn In (hi. fn.M Vn. VAnonn I. ,1 huh iu iuiuii ui iuib icoatu, LUU, guuu wives of tho'e.

whose characters have been briefly referred to, were given but a passing though deserving an extended notice. All lived to be old, oue of them very old she having died at the age of nearly one hundred years, Upon them, as much as upon their industrious and temperate husbands, depended the prosper ity of their families. Frank G. Stetler will erect a large store building in Sinking Spring. Messrs.

Kramer and Keinert, of Berkley, caught 130 rauskrats during the winter. W. K. Huntzinger, of Wernersville, sold 10.000 cigars to a Philadelphia party. Jacob Mover is building a fine mansion in Penn township, near Mt.

Pleasant. A new passenger car has been placed on the Berks and Lehigh Bailroad. Sinking Spring young ladies make leap year calls on Sunday afternoons. Many threshing machines are being manu lactureu at tue uernvuie machine etiops. Aaron Kemp, of East Berkeley, has filled his hot beds with seeds.

The publio schools of Sinking Spring will close next week. Levi Boyer is building a new house iu Gresh ville, which is nearly completed. George Fahrenbach, of Penn township, lost szo cnicKens during the winter. Potatoes are so plenty that farmers find it difficult to dispose of them at 45 cent) per bushel. Adam Gasser, of Mt.

returned from Jell'ersou county with a car load of horses. A. S. Boyer, of Bern ville, will eDgage in the tobacco business in Heading. A number of persons were recently initiated in Temple Council, O.

U. A. Three persons were converted during the recent protracted meeting at Blandon. Isaac Z. Deck, a prominent citizen of Beh rersburjr, is seriously ill with typhoid fever.

Mrs. lteber, an esteemed old lady of Heidelberg township, died suddenly. Augustus Gresh has become proprietor of the Gilbertsville coal yard, succecsor to Franklin Wagenhorst. George Fahrenbach, of Penn Valley, shot a chicken hawk measuring 4 feet, 5 inches from tip to tip. Mahlon Guldin read an essay on "Language" at the last meeting of the Maxatawny Literary Society.

Thomas I. B. Sides, of the Colebrookdale Iron Works, gave an art entertainment in the Bechtelsville school house. One hundred and two ladies attended the public sale of George Schmehl, deceased, in Kuscombmanor township. The Maidencreek Cornet Band has been serenading a number of citizens of that township.

Miss Annie Sheldon and Miss Mary Freeborn, will open a private school ia Womels dort'soon. John B. Miller, of Womelsdorf. purchased a German book at public sale in North Heidel berg, ot the date ot 143. Jacob Bfchtcl.

of llobesonia. purchased a Durham calf, six weeks old, for $18, at Jacob Eskert's sale in Heidelberg. A Womelsdorf landlord has rednced the rents of his tenant houses 25 per cent, aud his tenants in consequence pay their rents regularly. jonu xi. epatz, ot womeisdort, received re cent some very fine fancy poultry from Phila 'timothy hay brings $20 tier ton at public saies in me county.

new iseriia school children erected an Indian wigwam on their plav cround. Jacob Potteiecr has sixty head of horses on his farm in Spring township. country lads and lassies are hunting up their croquet, sets. he lancy poultry fever has taken possession of Berks county farmers. wavia ouldin.

ot township, is buildine an addition to his dwelling. Max Sicbold. watchmaker, of Bernville. lias rvmuvcu to nenver, col. nwen 11.

esucr. of Snrme townshin. will remove this spring to thio. the larmers' Club of Gcifcrtown held an in testing meeting last Tuesday. The trade in Hags and patriotic decorations promises to be lively this summer.

In two mouths more the Centennial exhibition will be in full blast. rank Leslie's illustrated newMiftnfr of nt.t week contains a laiL'e ciisturc ol flcni. Hipster ClymtT. llie Phi adcln na Conference of the tf. Church will meet iu Philadelphia ou the 20th instant.

SOONKR OR LATKIt. nerlw'ted Pnlrl will develope a constant Cough, Shortoefs ot Breath, Failing Strength, and Wasting of Flesh all symptomatic of Consumption. Ia other instances the same cause will produce Bronchitis, a disease of the branches of tbe windpipe. In all affections of the Pulmonary organs, as well as in Bronchial complain's Jayne's Expectorant is both a palliative and a curative, as the tjstimony of thousands, and its world wide reputation attests while in Cough, and Colds it acts speedily, and when taken ac ccrdmg to directions, promptly removes them marl8 20 22altw, i Ton will find tha very best coal at Dotler's new yard, 420 Court st. Try it febll tf.

Patent catarrh Ulysr Sure cure for asthma, cold, catarrh and throtit disease. Sample packages containing 5 cigtrs, sent to any address, for 60c. Dr. Birch, Azont Address, E. BBHUE.VD ft 623 7th street, Washington, D.

C. dool lya Where do yon Live In a salubrious locality, or In a region the atmosphere of which Is periodically tainted with malaria If In the latter, it is not unreasonable to suppose that when the regular time for the development Qf miasma arrives every year, you are Just as regularly shaken up with Fever and Ague. Let us hope not, but if you are, lose no time In procuring Udolpho Wolfe's Schiedam Aromatic Schnapps, which, if use! regularly will protect you from the next visitation. mai'151w Too Save no Excnsc Have you any excuse for suffering with dyspepsia or Uver complaint? Is there any reason why you should go on from day to day complaining with sour stomach, sick headache, habitual costivenSEs, palpitation of the heart, heart burn, waterbrash, gnawing and burning pains at the stomach, yellow skin, coated tongue and disagreeable taste In the mouth, coming up of food after eating, low spirits, do. No It is positively your own mult if you do.

CJo to your Druggist aud get a bottle of Hi eon's August Flower for 75c, your cure is oertaln.but if you doubt this, git a Samplo Boltlo for loo and try it. Two doseu will relieve you. novla lyeod PLOUB, GHAUT, Philadelphia Floor and Grain March 18. There Is a firmer feeling1 In tbe Jflour mar. ket, and seme holdsrs have put up their figures lti'S per carrel.

Hales of barrels Including Kxtras at 62; Wirconsin and Mtnesota Extr Kiimlly at $5 FOa(l75; Ohio aud iDdlana do do, at SOaG Giii. and high, grades at J7a.S. Kye Flour commands 500 barrels Uriutou'B Corn Meal sold on secret terms. The offerings of Wheat aro light and prices Arm. Bales of 2,000 bushels l'enna.

Amber sold at 47al 47H Western Eed at 81 loal 13 White at $1 47al 67. One oar of Kye sold at 8ic. Corn is in good demand, and prioes a well maintained. Kales o' 3.1W0 bushels Yellow at 69i60c; partfob steamer at sail at BDc. Oats areas doll at ever.

Bales ol 3 500 bushels Western White at aocoroing to quality. The following are the receipts or Klour and Grain at this port to day: Flour, 'ifiiU barrels 7,000 Corn, ao 0a) bushels Rye, 600 buihols; Barley, 2,500 bushel; Data! bushels. FINANCIAL. Philadelphia and Sen Torh Stociis. Stock quotations or SMITH A No.

7 a Sixth street, Keadtug, Pa. For week ending jrarch 13. Opetf Jligh Low ing. eat. est.

ino. Gold UJi N. Y. C. and Hud Yiy.

N. Y. Erie Zi V6 LakeBhore H'jy. ty' Nth. 'Westerii 41 i' Mi m''i Bock Island lli; Ohio 4 Miss S3 Wt Paclflo Mail 'i 20U AVestern Union t.yu St.

Faul y. Pref ti M14 Toledo Wabash V. 3 Union Paclflo Hestonvllle m.i Penna 67 W. Reading 61 Lehigh Valley 02 Lehigh Nav 60H Hl'i Oil Creek Philada. Erie 2 Northern Iffy Michigan Central li i 01 March 15 1S76.

Closing prices of BoYEtt A SELLERS. No 449 Penn street, Reading, Pa. JPMlvdelvliia atockt. KM Pennsylvania R. K.

ti'i IM'A Lehigh Coal and Nav mv.icD tviu uouigu vaufjr oj, rutg? 3 Northern Central PhlladelDhla Brie HI United Companion of N. JuUmI Readtn? R. SlJj bl'4 New York Stocita. N. Y.

Central inu Erio at; PociQc Mall Western Union M2 N. We3t, Com 43 Pref. ity. Rock Island HOU Lane HhoroA 04 Bonds. Union Pacific 1st 105j.ai03 ii U.

P. Land Grant, Central Paclde 1st m. aius) North Pacing 7 3 iOa 17 IS Gold Ill's CoidioKO FSitldelphia Money Maroa IS, 1876. Quotations of VraiXH, I'OSfliLL Bankers and Krokoie, No. ii fcouth Thira street, muaueipma.

United states, Lvil.o U2U91K' do 5 20 '2, M. and 1 Callea Bond) do do do do ao do do do do do 'til, ao 'fcS. do '65. J. and do CO 'S7.

do mns2iyt do HKm 10 40 aoiae 6'e. New 5'a. Reg. nutans: New 5 c. c.

lU Gold Ill Pennsylvania. t' Reading, sivitf ia zivva Lehlith 5k uenign vaitey ilnlted R. R. of H. J.

ex. diy ..110 63141 Oil Creek U'4 iNoruiern uentrai Central Transportation Nesqnertonins O. A K. MnrWae b'S, '86 ci dividend. ,38 8 M'SCS IK (m to March 1.

ClMtna prioes of DsHAVEN TOWWMEND. Stock, Government and Gold Hrolieis. Ho. 4u Boutu. Third street.

PkiUvtlelvcla, United Stales sixes. Itwi itl22l uv ioN do do 'no, J. A 11014,0,110 do 00 I 00 OO 'i do 10 40's llHiilO do Currency 6's in fives, '81, new lWA'illi) called it us lo. fenna. K.

f6v Phlla. Read lne R. It. 61 51 Lehlirh Valley R. 62 Lehigh Coal a Nay.

Com United l.o's 01 rsew Jersey no rout Oil Creek and Alle'y Val. R. R. 14 Philadelphia and Erl B. 2l( JNorturu central K.

it. vo ss 69 as Gold Silver 101 allot SPISING STYJLES. THE BROADWAY AND OTHER, STYLES DRESS SIfiK HATS now ready. Also, a number of New Styles Felt Hats, Still' and Soft. Also, just received a large BLOCK TRUNKS, TRAVELING BAGS, MEN'S FURNISHING GOODS, all of which are new, fresh, and attract! ve.aud at jjnceB ine J.

BCfmiva a sour, mrl8 lm4p 69 Penn street, ITWKWSTITltF. ANO CAltPET at another 1 GHBAT REDUCTION nt, U. H. Hprhnln'a sal l'eun street, Reading, HuuufitierjD an sinus cn I'nrniture. Chairs, i'v v'i vviuvu, vriiLuir OUHUfS, liOKiriK Glnaes.

Wood and Willow Wnr. m5 slock runs torn common up to the very finest Uoho bterintr done to nrdnr Old furniture underlain repalr PWji i. d. Kpatntcd and varuisned.Cfei'"r jr ieae cive me a ca ua or von hnv where, and be oouvlnited of Wpo a stock al lospilcis. U.

8. 11ERBEIN, No. l'eun Street. Nearly opposite the farmers' Market Uouee. ELASTIC POCKET IISJS'ILAQB A complete substitute for thecomtnon bottle 'Ducllaee.

May becarred In t.hn nrvkot iij tliedosk and Is always readv for n. Vri 16 cents a package. For stile at the BJXOW COST. A large assortment 0 Toy Rooks. (James.

Ac. will be sold ut bolow cost, to close out tbe 8lnckat the JUUl.JN1 Ij HtKJK. HTOhE, lantl 1 1 Murui Uh alt Hk HB9MI JAMESON GO. Hereby invite public attention to their splendid invoices cf PIKCE3 GOODS just received for the Embracing every thing in style from plain figure to the most nobby cut, with prices which cannot fail to uit all persons. The assortment has been eelected with much care and kne wing that those who once see the goods, will be pleased, an invitation to inspect ihi in id again extended.

A flatt assortment of ready made SPRING OVERCOATS. Our immense stock of Ready Made Spring Clothing, is complete. Buyers will And prices remarkably low with quality capable of mututaining the name reputation which we have heretofore enjoyed. CHILDREN'S CLOTHING we continue to make a specialty. This department contains suits of the newest designs, for which it ia steadily increasing in patronage.

IKOYS' SCIIOKL SUITS I. ABUNDANCE. JA.MICSON iVorth East CorEcr Sixth and Pcnu Sis. A Few S'aci Why You Should ISny Clothing: AT THE HfcsT IE jEw I C3 IE! CLOTHIMG 3EIOUSK. First Our great success in the pitt is mainly dne to the fact (bat we devote our exclusive attention to tbe clothing trade as a business, and employ none tut the best labor.

Second We buy no ready mada clothing, but manufacture every garment we sell, consequently we can guarantee satisfaction on every sale. Third All our goods are well spnnged, suitably trimmed and beautifully made. Fourth Misrepresentations on sales under any consideration sre ot allowed to be made. FifihWe propose to mark on each garment the price ia plain figures, so that tvery customer can be his own salesman. Sixth We are prepared to sell at bottom prices, and do tot proposi to he undersold by ray One Price Clothing House.

marl8 tf THE PATENT STANDARD Tl HI LAR ARGMD LIMP. SAFETY, ECONOMY, DURABILITY, BEAUTY AND CONVENIENCE. No Gases to Explode The liest Light iu the World for the Least Money Perfect Combustion aud no Odor from the Oil A Parlor Ornament, Beautiful as well as Useful. AuVASriOES Of THE PATENT STASDASD TUBl'LAIt ABO AND LAM I. It applies the Argand principle to gla33, which has heretofore been applicable only to metal.

Hence it can be afforded at about Half the Coat of the ordinary Student Lamp. Improvements on the Argand principle, have rendered Combustion in this lamp simply Perfect, so that there is no odor from it, and the lamp furnishes a greater light at a less cost that any other lamp in the market. The wick of this lamp is two inches wide, and yet with this large flame it can bo run at a cost of not more than Haifa Cent an Hour, with oil at 40 cents a gallon, as determined by careful experiment. The light is the most steady and agreeable known. The constant current of cool air passing, by means of the glass tube, through the centre of the body of oil, keeps it cool, and renders explosions impossible, as no gases are evolved at this low temperature.

Any kind of kerosene oil can be bnrned in the Standard Limp. The lamp bowls are made very heavy and thick, and are far less liable to break than ordinary light lamps, so common in the market. For sain at KES FlifiS tIAAK'S CHINA PALACE, mar:) tf K90 etPAHB NEW If AIK MANUFACTORY. Tbe nuderslvned respectfully informs the public that he manttfantures all klndsof Windsor chairs, at uao Wash ington street, Reading. All worn warranted, fall and see.

Cl'R'Jd It. BODlClt. Ieb2i am A CiBEAT KEBTCTIOiTT IX PRICES OF 717 Penn Street. We offer the largest Moo of all ersulfs of furniture in tne city, we nave reduced our prices wondcrlully in all coods manufactured iy us. we are determined to undersell el guarantee our UKE to be of supetlcr woiuiuauitiitp.

Cur prices for CANE SEAT CHAIRS are VERY LOS We have In stock Walnut Chamber Salts, 20 Patterns Cot lage Suits, 30 Patterns A largo line of 1IA.IR CLOTH, PLUSH AND LOUSGESatallprlcs. Hitter, Seidel 717 Penn Street, Reading. mnrl3 3m IE AT JACOB II. UEYSSIfcll'S FIKMTIKE WAREHOUSE, CORNER FIFTH AND MSG A MAX, IlZJ ifVTJIlNrG Mauu'aotured at tbe Enterprise Furniture aciory, Fainted and Ornamented Chamber Sets, 525 00 Z)tV 8D08 5 00 ftibO Kitchen Cupboards from f6()0 to Mdeboards (poplar and walnut), 8 00 to Open washslauds, aud with towel racks, 1 25 to En laced washstands.fpoplar and wftluat) 3f0to 600 2 SO 00 fnt 1UI 3 50 a to Chests, 4 oo to 150 kitchen sluts. 4 CO to 2tW ctird French bedsteads, extra iullty.

(heretofore fti), Superior wood seat dorO 4 50 lo Lane sent, r.ngusn cottage huu rimer cnans. 7 to i Walnut clumber sets. 60 00 to let) no Hureann, 8 and 4 pop'ar, 7t0to lttoo IreBSlns cane bureaus, u. nlnr. Ill 00 to 15 OO Walnut bureaus, 12(0 to sunn Wnlnut drefslnir bu.

eaus. l.iOOto 2500 Tables, breakfast, 8 Ml to dining, eouto 7 mi ex ten on. 14 00 to 40 00 Highest oil pollRti walnut clieni bor sets, lennesHde inaible, A dressing case aud bedstead, SI0 00 to 4C0 00 And oil other furniture In nronnrtlnn. These prices are 23 percent, lower than thev weroa month ugo, aud will bo only sold ou CAttH TEKMS, ItbJti tlUiw A I.I. KINDS OF BMTS, Bboea and Gaiters orq habnueht hnn at the Great American New Boot and Bhoe Emporium, ia PENN STBERT.

Juue28 tf Beading. jgooTs a an sixeF.9, We will pea this morln 1 case Men's Kt Brojans. wanvnted, 81 2r 1 case ol Boys' Wa rrrol Eot, 1H 1 cuee of Misses' School hoe, 11 12 1 2 HUprers' 7 Walkiaj Btioel, 1 4 The rectal attmtlea of buyers invltod te these shoes. Please (lye ns a eall. marlO tf 1 BOP'I SIXTH T.

CHEAP BOOTS! SHOES AT HIGH BOYATOIVS, Itfo. 7C3 reuu Stroot. Wetnrlteall those In want of shoes and (alters to eall and examln onr large stask. We sell very juw, as. the annexed prices will show i Men's Calf Boots rioae 8 CB to tf 5W Men's Mailers from 1 fi) a Men's Shoes from 100 to 2:.

Women's Button Sailers I 2 Women's Laced 6aits 1 to a Womsn's SHpptre irom 1 OS to IS Custom work road at short notles and mending neatly done. tnar7 NE PRICE BOOT ABB IHOI BTt)BK BABIKL F. SZIXABEJB'S, No. 7 I Penn" Street. AsTGREAT REDUCTION IN PRICKS.

A large stooit of home made, bacd eewed and Eastern work; eomprttlug all the latest sty lei ol Men's, Ladles', Mluaa'and Children's boots, saoaas, GAITERS and SLIPPEKS, will be sold at the lowest cash prteea. Hisses" and Children's light colored work a specialty. Custom work and uppers for the shoe trade, made to order at short notloe. The pnblle are. respectfully Invited to eall and examine onr; large stock and be convinced that shoes earn be bought ebeaper at oar store than anywhere.

In the elty. No trouble to show goods. daertfdAw AKIEI. II. IIEKB, NO.

13 KORT3 BIXTH RKADINQ, FA Dealer In llou Sew In Machines, and all kinds of Machine Findings and attachments for all flratrolaos mate Bewlng Machines. Special rates for Clubs of three or more and for eash. Machines leased on EAST MONTHLY INSTALMENTS. All ki nds of Machines repaired and work warranted. Orders from the country promptly attended lo and machines delivered without charge lo purchasers.

Janl tf JOSF.P1T OANSKR. WHOLESALE AND retail produce merchant. BUTTEtt, EGGS, LAK1). TALLOW. POULTRY.

CALVES and all kinds of country produoe bonirht at the highest eash prices. Merchants In the city arc requested to give me a call, as I have constantly on hand a full line of all kinds of Countrv Also, lor tale Lemons, Oranges, Apples and, other domestic and foreign KKUITH. JUHl'JfH UANSKK. deelg 3m Penn street, Reading. WE OPEN TO DAY Press Goods, all colors.

Vll els. Plaid Plain Dress Goods 12 el. Beautiful Spring Drees Goods, 22 ets. Wool Poplins for Spring, 23 el. Black Wool Delaines aud Cashmeres, J'o see our Five Cent Muslin.

While and Unbleaehed Muslin, Sets. Best Twilled Toweling, 11 cm. Best Tnwlln by piece, 10'iJ els. (iood Spool Ititead 1 and cents l. (Via tf BEBHIVIt STOKE.

825 Penn St. GAME I enABKtl I A large assortment attractive aad exettlni mma for th young folks, just FMeiyed and for sale at th iOUttllllj BW HTOKM, TEKL SrECIAI.TT AT.