The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1899-09-21
JERSEYTOWN.

ering before it is complete.
We shall refer to the miserable
board walks of Jerseytown till she
has better ones. One young lady
came very near being cripple for
life lately, at the depot.
We shall refer to the miserable
condition of the cemetery till 1t is
repaired.
DR.. Evans, in his Sunday School
talk last Sabbath, referred plainly
to the necessity of repairing the
church. We have all idea that the
ladies will see to it that new carpet
is placed around the altar and i'll
the aisles, while the men folks will
attend to the other improvements.
Rev. d. ]. Brouse has built a
gem Of a church at Millville and
repaired the Eyer Grove church
through his Evangelistic agency
and perhaps before he leaves this
circuit the church of Jerseytown
will put on a renovated appearance.
Some talk of raising the flag
again over the Colonnades, Temples
and Towers of Jerseytown soon,
where speeches will be made.
Eyer Sashlaw is putting UP a
new barn, or stable.
David Shultz, Jas. Kinlin, Squire
Smith, lively in his old days, and
LII Cramer, VINO expects to marry
his wife pretty soon are prominent
farmers in this section.
Jacob Wintersteen is stocked with
some fine horses on his farm.
The Veterans Association al
Millville went off well on Saturday.
A good band from Benton and the
Drum Corps gave us fine music. A
good dinner, by the ladies i'll the
grove. After dinner speeches and
camp fire till time to take the cars
and carriages for home. Some o
the speakers were too anxious tc
speak too long. When will the
orator on such ocasions learn judg
ment when others are to speak d?
would sell the hog that gets into
the trough or he would be the frs
pork that would enter into pickle
Familiar faces were there. J. w
: Evans Of Berwick, James Ammer
man and Trump from Forks, Am
t norman from Lightstreet, Henry
Bowman from near Orangeville
who now with his son owns tht
r Wesley Bowman Mill, stocked will
S new imported machinery costing
: over 81 900. The Veterans Asso
citation meet at Benton ne Xt year.
Merchant Gingles has received {
new installment of goods and deal
largely in grain and -four obtained
= from Truckenmiller, Of Watsontowi
t and Ikeler of Bloomsbury.
r We should not fail to mention
that the radiant face of our popula
! Sheriff, w. w. Black, was plainly
= visible at Millville on Saturday.
w. w. Dye visited Jerseytowl
on Saturday, of Strawberry Ridge
. He is running the blacksmith bust
, ness night and day. He has bee,
there for the past ten years ant
, keeps the same excellent stock Q
. iron on hand.
A VISIT TO THE BILLMEYER FARM
y Recently we departed from HON;
few miles and landed within on,
mile af Washingtonville and sever
miles from Danville, and found Mr.
Alexander Billmeyer engaged il
l loading seven wagons of hay, par
: of a second crop, timothy and clio
: yer, from the same field. The frs
crop Of hay he realized betweel
D 500 and 900 tons the second crol
: will yield 100 tons. He has II
f acres of corn, and will average ~,
= bushels to the acre, which amoun
!. to 20, $50 bushels on his farms. w
: have seen the corn fields, and
: more thrifty corn we have neve
4 seen i'll Pennsylvania, Iowa, Hi
+ nois, or anywhere else. The oat
S is not thrashed, but the yield, a
= least, will be 5000 bushels. Hi
g IL farms will yield between 4, ,oot
: and 5000 bushels of wheat thi
: year raises all his own clover anC
timothy seed, and it is pure seed
t We see the clover in his whea
d stubble-bright, strong and green
: which will yield ton to the acre
! Second crop all yet to be cut.
It The home farm was formerly we
:, land has thoroughly drained it
: and drawn the water from it, ant
formed nine fish ponds that ar
= filled with fish of different vari
1t eties. The farms have the bes
e modern buildings, in the best O