The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-12-03
WHEELING DAILY INTELIGENcER FRIDAY DECEMBER l0yE

but Jacob Pulitzer, a Gcrman2 It Is a
remarkable fact that the first Bible
printed In a European language was
printed by G, Sauer In l74S In Germanr
town, Pa, and the first Bible printed
west Of the Allegheny mountains waa
printed by Ouedslch GOeb In 1871 Sauer
printed two more editions In 1858 and
l7i6, The FIRST paper factory In thln
land was established by Rlttenhouse, IA
Germantown,
GERMANS AS MECHANICS,
As class you will find the best me-
ehaRIes 20 be Germans. Convince your
self Go TO any immense factory. Go
10 the fine Pennsylvania railroad shol i
atAltoona, Pa, where fine workmen are
needed, and who ure they? Go 10 Van
derblt's mansion at Ashevllle, n. c.
and who are the bdtt mechanics? How
often Is II said The best little shoemaker
or tailor, or Ieweler IN u place is a Ger
MANI
Behold the majestic trains sweep by,
and see and hear the glory OF German
skill and genius and work, There Is the
Miller platform, the wonderful West
inghOuse air-brake, the elegant Pullman
palace car, and the grand Wagner sleep
ing Coach (Wagner n grandson OF
Lieut., Col. Wagner OF the revolutionary
war; Glide up New York harbor by
the statue Of liberty and behold the Won
der Of the ages the monster Brooklyn
bridge, and then on its bra2en plates
read the name of the same illustrious
John A, Roebling who had to come "a
our relief here In Wheeling and make
the suspension bridge safe and 1T for
use,
Who built those massive stone bridges
OF the Cleveland a. Pittsburgh railroad
across the river but the late Helnlein.
whose grave Is In Caldwell's run? Who
built the stone giant bridges Of the Bal
timoTe & Ohio near Conceivable but ].
o. Schneider? And so the German me-
chanlc has been a blessing to America,
The linen made In Germany as early as
1900 was famous, and so were the stock
ings made. They started on u small
scale, II Is true, but they started, sugar
reiinerles, tan yards, bakeries, etc, The
first foundry in America was establish
ed In l7l6 at or near Mannheim, Pennsyl-
vania, The first foundry In Pittsburgh
was owned 10 1892 by George Ansehutz,
The first flint glass works In America
were planted by Henry Wilhelm StIegel
ut Mannheim, Pa,
GERMANS AS SCHOLARS,
The scholarship of the educated Ger
mans who landed here. from the Latin
book OF John Lederer in 1870 up TO the
present time, is unquestioned, II Is u
remarkable fact that when the famous
Cleopatra Needle" was brought from
Egypt and placed In grand Central
park, New York city. there was only
one man in all America who could de-
cipher the hleroglyphlcs thereon, and
that was the late Rev. Dr., Seyforth.
Franz Daniel Pastorlous was sell
enlist OF urMsua ability; so were DR.,
Helmuth, Muhlenberg, Agassis, etc. In
the time of the grasshopper plague in
the west. In 1877, our government ap-
pointed a United States genealogical
commission Of three. Of whom two. DR.,
Aughey and DR.. Thomas, were Ger
mans.
Time will not permit Of our speaking
OF the German millionaires. such as the
Astors, OF New York, Claus Spreckles,
OF California, Havemeyer, the sugar
king, OF Brooklyn. Heilmann OF Indl-
ana, but there Is quite u number of
them.
The Germans came, not like the
French, the Spanish, the English, with
armies to conquer by sword and fire,
but came with Bible, hymn book
and u catechism to worship God and
establish a Christian home. There are
thousands upon thousands OF German
churches the people OF America seem
hardly TO he aware OF, There are thou
sands of devout Jews. German Meth
odlsts, Baptsts, Reformed, and Pres
byterIans and Evangelicals, and mill
lions OF Roman Catholics and Luther
ans who worship God in their many
churches, and belong TO the noble. God
fearing people Of our great nation. The
first orphan home OH this continent the
Germans built In 1876, at Ebenezer,
Georgia. Score r Wrio a2N
The first church congress attended in
body, right after the adoption OF the
Declaration of Independence was q
German church In Philadelphia.
Let US then appreciate the great sur
ferlngs and heroic services Of the an
cestOrs of this mighty ard worthy pop
ulatlOn OF our land, and crown the
same as scripture teaches, Honor to
whom honor is due" as the brave SOL
dlers OF the German army were crown
ed when the Prusslan war
closed and the great Friedens-Fest was
held In Berlin. the empires great cap