The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-09-16

early German literature OF America, stored
away In garrets OF buried in piles In the parry,
standard Of t,e literary connoisseur and me
antiquarian. The farmers usually were glad
70 let him take away these seemlnsly as y
many a volume OF whose existence even there
had perhaps been no lntimation,
Cassel, being welded to his books. had de-
clded never to marry. He had resisted all the
charms Of the. other sex with eminent success,
until one day, in his twenty-second year when
he met his ideal In a manner thorouKnly To-
mantle. A girl stopped at the Cas.el homo
stead to get a drink q water and to ask the way
S tG a PidG siish 9fi ia %cSymipl 1RusR With hex s4P TaaaeStS,
and when abe had gone he became aware o,
such a vague emptiness under the bosom OF
effectively and unalterably in love. Thus far
the episode did not vary greatly ron what
might occur to-day. PVT mark the dinere nGs
within an hour. take her 70 q picnic within q
week, buy enormous quantities OF soda water
season. and then pay a.preaSheT. an 9%rSsnist;
own In October. But this young Monnoplte
symptoms. be realized the, grave character
OF the situation. and he won't 70 his room. COZ
& &Rs1 o. E. - Ia.t sSss 3 and .%bd pTsY x, t sIidf q ps..iSs.
The @oTsI PRAYED. he remarked. the more
Naturally enough. as with other things for
opposed hfs desire to marry the girl They
descent: and anyway, they reasoned. a.-book
fool sSO such as he had No tight D to thin5 ss m.Sits.
A voice, he says, continually repeated. You
must marry her; the lord chose her for you :
p TII31sIIy; c fssl.Ps T. .sstIssd B BY . e: sIO istS. sd% and
was followed BY estrSnsemeHt nom hi; family
and a multitude Of hardships. During The
hrst year OF their welded life their means were
so limited. be says. that they did not consume
q pound Of meat IN. the twelyemonth. The
TO begin housekeeping with. but they long de-
prived themselves Of the necessities OF lie 70
Increase the library The success Of CssieIs
quently, a reconciliation having been effected.
they returned to the ancestral farm IN Lowe
Until 1889 Mr.. CasSel was actually engaged In
farming, but since then he has devoted his time
almost exclusively To bis, researches IN the
history and literature Of the German settlers.
while his son conducts the farm. IN his little
farmhouse In Lower Stafford was collected the
most complete library In existence on German-
American subjects. The low rooms on ne
upper floor o. the house are crowded with
shelves and drawers filed with books, manu-;
scripts and other treasures oi literature ana
history. Ponderous volumes penned by the
monks Of the Middle Ages and quaint pToduc-
lions OF tho first printers Of Europe and America
are there In amazing PROPULSION, bound. some
and Que even In human skin. here the visitor
IL shown more than fifty different TRANSACTIONS
and editions Of the Bible since 1870, including
a copy Of the first edition OF the King James
version Of 1911. a copy Of the very rare Aiken
Bible and three editions Of the ~Christopher
Saur Bible. Here are, moreover. nearly all
the ISSUES Of American almanaca since l7i4,
complete sets Of the Ephrsta. Franklin. Saur and
other early American lmprints. manuscripts
OF Francis Daniel Pastorlns, the Pennsylvania
pilgrim" and Johannes Kelpius. The, Hermit
OF the Wissahickon Ridge, " a cory Of the works
Of John Bunyan, printed In, 1898 and bearing
on TIA titla uaCa tho autopranh NJ GAOrgA WhitA-
field. a cory NJ a proclamation by Washington
In i777 ordering the farmers Of Lower Stafford
10 thresh their grain for the starving Continen-
tails: also 5000 copies Of early American and
foreign newspapers, 10000 miscellaneous vol
tunes, dating "a far back as 1870, and 1900
pamphlets. some $50 years old. the whole library
comprising fully 10000 titles.
This wonderful collection has served a. a
vast storehouse for scholars and writer's. Mr..
Cassel. who has stanChly vtthstood the vtcis-
STUDIES ~ eighty years 81 life. delights 20 show
his treasures 10 visitors, and many who have
acquired distinction in the learned vocstions
cherish the opportunity TO SPEND a day In this
little old farmhouse In Lowe Stafford.