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could extricate himself, but the wonder
is that he was not crushed.
Throughout the winter at Valley Forge
Muhlenberg had charge of the outer semi
circle, and in the battle of Monmouth
his brigade formed the right wing of
Gen. Greene's division Greene received
high praise for his conduct of his divi-
sion, SO it can be accepted as a fact
that the Muhenberg brigade did pretty
well in the grueling fight that followed
the rout Of Lees force.
1t was not until the magnificent af-
fair of Stony Point that Muhlenberg came
prominently into notice again. While
Wayne made his dashing assault Mullen
berg, with 800 picked men of his brigade,
covered and supported the attack; Inc
glory of the assault belongs to Wayne
and to Fleury, but the fact that in this
hazardous undertaking Washington
should have selected Muhlenberg as sec
ond in command is evidence of how
highly the commander-in-chief considered
the pastor of Woodstock.
X X
In 1779 Washington sent Muhlenberg
back to Virginia. The British had met
much resistance and their victories in the
north had been barren, but in the south
1t had been different. The south, While
the richest part of the young republic.
was the weakest. large sections of Geor-
gia and the Carolinas being disafected,
and Sir Henry Clinton had taken advan-
tage of this condition to send various eX-
petitions to the south. One of these ex-
petitions had ravaged, plundered and
burned the Virginia seaboard without OPP
position. Much as Washington would
have liked to defend his own state, he
could not He did not dare withdraw his
threatened attack upon New York, and he
had urgent need of every regiment in his
command. Something had to be done.
however. for the protection not only or
Virginia, but for the support of an army
that would keep the British busy In the
Carolinas and Georgia. So he sent Muh-
lenberg to Virginia, but he kept Muhien-
berg's brigade On the Hudson. The parson
not only had to raise and drill a new
force, but see to the equipment of the
regiments. How successful he was In
CARRYING out Washington's desires is
shown by the large body of troops under
his and Lafayette's command winch
penned CORVALLIS up in yorktown ana
started the fight that ended the war.
Probably throughout the whole reVolu-
tionary struggle Gen. Muhlenberg did no
better service for his country than in this
period of recruiting an army. His great
popularity among the Germans he used
to the utmost degree, and then he used
the fine example set by the Germans to
influence others to enlist. And when vol
untary enlistment had about reached its
limit he was not averse to resortlng 10
CONSUMPTION. He was in Virginia to raise
an army and he raised one. What he had
to contend with may be appreciated when
a letter he sent to Washington in responsa
to one the commander-in-chief had writ
ten TO him begging him to hurry forward
recruits to Gen. Gates. who had taken
comma nd in Georgia. Is read
.'They would have gone on before this
time" Muhlenber" wrote "but there Is a
total want of everything necessary to fit
them for the field. There are neither
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are in training to be thorough houSekeep-
ers, no matter whatever branches Of
knowledge they may take a side issue.
Then in the family chronicles come three
lovely little girls, with about eighteen
months difference in their ages, Marie.
Ruth and Anna: then two boys, John
Jacob, jr., and Mark. and last of all. a
dainty little girl of two, who is called
Margaret.
The ease and success with which Mrs.
Esch manages this rather large domestic
problem furnishes food for reflection. She
has the most carefree expression that one
may behold in many travels, and her
interest in life and all that it brings is
unfiagging. In the home the children are
helpful and self-reliant. Il have never
waited on my children is one way
in which she explains things They are
taught in their tenderest years to attend
to their own wants, and as the Oldest
came up they were taught to look after
the little ones. Said a friend of Mrs.
Esch's:
Il should recommend the nervous.
anxious mother, torn with many emo
lions and feeling unequal to her task.
to visit Mrs. Esch. Nine children are
as one in that household. They are all
natural. refreshingly well-bred youngsters.
never in the way, never wanting you to
5OsA
as simply and Hospitality as their parents.
and the Esches are noted for their home
accomplishments all through the state.
If there is company and the family din
ing table crowded, the overflow is accom-
modated at a side table, and the little
girls preside and attend to the smaller
brothers and sisters as quietly and eff
fectually as Mr.. Esch himself could.
They watch every proceeding during a
formal dinner, and are ready to supply
the defects of awkward servants or In
attentive walters. and that in the flash Of
an eye and before their mother can even
look her wishes. Then they each have
their own little group Of friends. and
sometimes three or four little parties are
in progress in the Esch home all without
any conflicting with the other or en-
croaching on the prerogatives of the
elders 1t is positively lesson In civil
government to see how many interests
can be attended to at once.
Mrs Esch was. before her marriage,
Miss Anna Herbst of Sparta, Wis. She
is more Spanish or Italian in type than
German, being of olive complexion,
with clear dark eyes and the long fea-
lures which distinguish the Latins rather
than the Teutons. She is the only daugh-
ter In a family of six sons. and the
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THE MUHLENBERG FAMILY.

Heinrich Melchf6r Nuremberg.
patriarch of the Lutheran Church
in America, pioneer and patriot;
born Eimbeck, Hanover. September
&, I'LL; died Trappe, Pa, October
4, 1857
SECOND GENERATION.
John Peter Gabriel. American
soldier and statesman, pastor
Woodstock. Va; born October l.
1746. at Trappe: died October !,
1907. in Philadelphia.
Frederick Augustus, American
statesman, Lutheran clergyman.
first Speaker of Congress. born
January /, 1850, at Trappe; died
June 4, 1901.
THIRD GENERATION.
Peter, American soldier.
Francis, American statesman.
FOURTH GENERATION.
William Augustus, p. E. clergy
man founder st. Luke Hospital,
New York: poet, musician. hymn
writer. organizer of the first Pro-
te tant Episcopal Sisterhood; born
Philadelphia, September Is. 1875;
died New York. April s. 1877.
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Servant Question" an Old One.

From the London Saturday Review.
We have also lists for 160O 1901 and
1904. and 1t is to be remarked that these
three have few names in common-the in
ference from which is either that servants
were paid most irregularly or that they
did not retain their places much longer
than they do nowadays: possibly they
were engaged at the annual statutes" or
hiring day and remained their year.
OF one. a servant of Mr.. Kendall Che had
five), Elizth, Paulye by name, Mr.. Maye
remarks, 'Dudum VENT ct non stetit men
SEM (she came but lately and did not
stop a month";. The servant problem 10
evidently perennial.
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high school, and has taken private les
sons at home. She is a good musician
and a splendid German scholar. She has
learned all her mothers ways. When she
is acting as vicere ne when the sessions
of Congress are in progress she coaches
her small brothers and sisters and super
intends their wardrobeS as well as their
meals with all the skill of thirty years
instead of eighteen, which is all she
boasts. The next in the family, Miss
Helen, is sweet sixteen and at school in
La Crosse. She has also made frequent
visits to Wa hington. and has always
been a favorite. Now that her studies
claim her time, she. dislikes leaving her
ing the holidays. Miss Helen will in all
probab lily take a college course. She
is not so fond of domestic science as her
81 ter but all of Mrs. Eschs daughters
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fore. For fifty miles or more about the
parishioners had assembled, SO that when
the shepherd of the flock assembled the
pulpit the benches were filled. the aisies
crowded and the doors and windows
choked with people. The pastor was only
twenty-nine, tall, clean-limbed, athletic.
He had none of the orators gifts, except
fervor and simplicity of statement. 1t was
his farewell sermon he was to preach,
subject. He told his congregation their
own story: how they had left Germany
years before to seek a larger measure of
freedom. religious and political, in the
new world, and how they had gone into
the wilderness to get 1t. He told of his
father, the patriarch OF the church in
America and OF his work. He told Of
his own career, of his trip to Germany
as a boy. of his attendance at the Uni
yersity of Halle, of running away after
striking a brutal instructor, of enlsting
in a regiment of dragons, of returning
To America and completing his education
under his fathers direction and of his
admission into the ministry.
X
And then he took up the wrongs of the
colonists. In clear, plain way he
sketched the attitude of England toward
the American subjects, the harsh. unbend-
ing. unsympathetic character of the king;
the insistence OF the ministry in imposing
whatever in tho way OF taxation it saw fit
to visit upon the colonists. the denial OF
the right TO the colonists of having any
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rs the Proud Mother of the
i Largest Family of Chill
dren in Official Washington
Representative and Mrs.
Esch Have Been Married
Twenty Years and They
Have Nine Children, Ranging
From Nineteen to Two Years
Mrs. Esch Is Progressive
and Well Informed on all
Topics, and With Some Views
of Her Own on the Manage
ment of Children.
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and remarked to him, after meeting !.s
nine children. that he considered that ne
had had the most useful man In Congress
at close range. Certainly families OF
nine children are not frequent In onciai
Washington, and Mrs Esch believes that
I'm the lower house at least she can claim
all the honors of this unique distinction.
Like that celebrated Roman matron. Cor
nelia. who has achieved more fame than
many of the statesmen and warriors of
the same epoch. Mrs. Esch counts her
children her greatest treasures. She fur
nishes an eminent example of a woman
who keeps abreast OF the times in every
particular 10 be helpful to her husband.
but more in order TO educate her chill
dren.
Nine children are rather a houseful.''
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By Margaret B. Downing.

T was the former
C. hief executive
who called s II C n
sharp attention to
the fact that large
families were 60
ing out of fashion.
When RooseSeie
was visiting In La
Crosse he was en-
tertained at the
home OF Renre-
sentative Eschs
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ROM m o u n [ ain
cabin and valley
farm there gather
ed in the rudely
built little church
at Woodstock in
the Blue Ridge
country of Virginia
one Sunday in jan
uary, 1716, such a
multitude as the
house of worship
never had held be-
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From out of the Blue Ridge valley he
got nearly every ablebodied man to serve
before the war was over, and he himself
was in the strife from first to last. His
appointment as colonel had been made on
the recommendation of George Washing
ton and Patrick Henry, and he had his
regiment in the field so early that it took
part in the first battle of Charleston, when
CORVALLIS tried to take that city and was
repulsed. Gen. Charles Lee, in his re-
port of the engagement, praised the Ger
man regiment highly Il think it JUS
tice," he says, ito publish the merits of
Col. Moultrie and his brave CARR son; and
know not which corps l have the great
est reason to be pleased with, Mullen
bergs Virginians or the North Carolina
troops. They were equally alert, jealous
and spirited
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Considering the fact that Lee, whatever
his faults may be, had been general
in the army of England and the army
of Poland, and was considered one of the
high military authorities of that day, this
was quite fiattering for raw recruits. But
Muhlenberg's regiment had other claims
for recognition. 1t was the first one that
was complete for Immediate service and
it was the best armed, best clothed ana
best equipped in the Continental army.
Throughout 1916 Muhlenberg served in
the south. In February. 1717, he was pro-
NOTED to be brigadier general, ranking in
the army list Immediately after Anthony
Wayne. He took command of his brigade
in May, and had it in high state of dis
cipline at the time of the battle of Bran.
DIVINE. If it had not been so the Con-
tinental army might have been destroyed
in that battle, for it was this brigade that
checked CORVALLIS after his lordship had
turned Washington's flank. One of the
English generals. in his report of the bat
tie, said this of Weedon's and Mullen
bergs brigades: '"They exhibited de-
gree of firmness, order and resolution and
preserved such countenance In extreme
ly sharp service as would not have ols-
credited veterans.
These two reports, that of Lee at
Charleston and the English general at
Brandywine, afford an excellent line on
Muhlenberg's men as they were through
out the war. Iney We're Boou HS nlet .
very hard to dislodge once they took a
position. They were not brilliant, but
they always could be relied upon. And
the general was good deal like them.
No one ever credited him with being a
military genius, but he knew how to put
his own good fighting spirit into his men,
and he kept up higher degree of dis
cipline than perhaps any other general in
the Continental service except Wayne.
X X
1t is not to be supposed that he was
lacking in ability. In the battle OF Ger
mantown he did exactly what Washing
ton assigned him to do and was the only
general to carry out his orders to the
letter. If the others had done as he did
the whole British force would have been
captured, but Muhlenberg carried out ms
orders SO well that he penetrated to the
noinr Of concentration, only to be there
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1909-09-02
Orphans Court Sale.

Bv virtue of an order issued ont OF th,
Orphans Court of sullivan County
PENNSYLVANIA, the undersigned will eH
pose to public sale at the Hotel OF Harry
Baslev in the village Of Sonestown, Sui
Ivan County, Pennsylvania, on
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 4. 1909
at one O'Clock p. m, the following dc
scrbed real estate, to-wit:
All that certain lot, piece or parcel o
land situate in the Township OF Davidson,
County of Sullivan. and State of Pennsyl
wanna, bounded and described as follows
The same being all the land on tn
lower side of the railroad excepting til,
right OF way for wagon road along sai
railroad to a private road leading to put
lie road from Sonestown to w. X \. !
X. K. Station at Sonestown, Pennsy ylvanis
and being q part of the following descrih
ed tract of land.
BEGINNING at a post and ston.
corner in line of Robert Woodsides Wa
rant; thence North thirty-fve $50 d
grees East eighteen and one half (lS4
perches to a poplar; thence North sixty
siX and one-hal (669) degrees We
nimety-tou (94) perches TO sugar mapIr,
thence thirty-two (32) degrees, Souti
West sixty>seven (6D perches to a stonf
corner; thence South fifty eight and one
half (5S4) degrees, East one hundred arc
ninety-six l9G] perchis to post az
stones corner: thence North seventee
and one half IL! degrees, East siXty-or
T6l perches to the nlace OF beginning.
CONTAINING Eighty 1907 Acres an
Fifty Eight So Perches of laad. excep
ing iherefrom FItty-Five % Acres
land sold to Byron Campbell and her
the same land conveyed to John c. Boz
art by Thomas Mahatiey, Sheriff of Su
livan County. and the same land conve,
ell to Ellis Swank by Stella b. Hous,
knecht. and husband. by deed date
October II, 1906. and recorded in Sui
van County Deed Book No. 33, AT pae
407. &C., on October l6, 1906. GO. - =.
Land improved and having erect.
thereon frame house and outbuilding
r. X, station.
TERMS OF E;--One> fourth o.
the purchase money to be paid'in cash 9
e.day OF sale and the balance when sa
is confirmed absolutely and deed is deli,
cred. Security TO be given 10y the pu :
chaser 10 comply with the terms OF sale .
EMMA SHOEMAKER,
Admnis,ratrix of Ellis Swank
Deceased.
Sonestown, Penna., August 9, 1909.
MULLEN, Attorney.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1909-09-02

Wc the undersigned, two Of the Auditors Of
LaluIte Borough, Pa hereby certify adjusted
:.g.u aettlcd the several accounts above set forth
'.d :nd the same 10 be correct, as the same ap-
e.-rs fully set forth and itemi2ed in this forego-
luH icpOrt.
ALBERT Z. HESS, Borough
J. r FAIKBAlRN, Auditors.
NM. W. LOEB.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1909-09-02
ESTATE OF JOSEPH C.PENNINGTON

ESTATE OF JOSEPH C.PENNINGTON
Deceased.
Letters Iestamentary on the above es
tate having been gran ed to the under
signed, notice is hereby given to a II partie.
indebted 10 said esta,e to settle their nc.
counts without delay, and all partie,
having claims against said estate are re.
qnested to present The same for allowance
MRS. JANE l.. PENNINGTON,
w. SCOTT WIELAND.
Executors.
+. w. Meylert, Attorney.
Laporte, Pa, June II, 1909.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1909-09-02
Notice Of Transfer.

Notice is hereby given that petiiiou
Tor the Transfer OF a Wholesale Liuuo,
License heretofore granted to Michael F.
Donovan, IN IT," Ninagt oi Mildred. Che,
ry Township, Sullivan County Penna,. on
premises knowna As the "Kniyhfs of Inl or
Hall To + lcu Conner, has iIls ,!ay la.n
ii ed IN my Office. and the same will b,.
presented 'o the Court at Quarter Session,
OF sullivan County. on Mondsv, Aurus
,, 1909, at eleven O'Clock n. m
ALBERT f. HESS, Clerk.
Clerks Office, Laporte, Pa. July -, 1870.
CONDENCED REPORT OF the condition, ofTt,
y First National Bank at Drsllnre. IN the stat
u Pennsylvania at close OF business june n
.0G9
RESOURCES
Loans and discounts. ..............slf5 80, Il
U $ Beads TO secure circulation. % 400 non, %
tlemium on L. =. Bond. ......... .tut-
rt"ck SerillteS... iS7 75lf
Due from banks and approved reserve 10 ~ ;.
pue from L. Treasury ................... :, i,nt
NaSh '''''..''..'.'"''.'.... % sl3s
Total,..........,. IS l92 IA :.
LIABILITIES,
surplus and undivided profits fst2a
Is loo ~
LncUatlun...,........ ........ 40 400 O.
ei"s'ls'''.' .'.......,...... Si64725
Iotal si92, IA
State OF Pennsylvania County Of sullivan IS.
|, NJ. ID. Swarts cashier uf the above name.
bank do solemnly swear that the above statemeu.
is tue to the best OF my knowledge and belief
". u. SWAKTS. cashier.
Subscribed and SMUil4 tp bviuie nc This osi,
'av ofIuur 1909 ALPHONSUS WALSH
Ny commission expires Feby2 'O9, Notaryiublit
Iofrect at'est:
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1909-09-02
Executors Notice.

Notice is hereby gi' en- that letters tes
tamentary upon the estate of Mrs. Elect.
Mead. late of Laporte Borough, SulIIva,
County, Pa. deceased, have been granite,
to The undersigned. All persons indebt
Ell TO sad estate are requested to make
payment, and those having claims or dc
lnands against the same will make then
known without delay to
T.J. KELLER. Executor.
MEYER. ATTY Laporte. fa.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1909-09-02

Estate OF jeremiah Edgar, late of Da
wilson Township. deceased.
Letters OF administration it, the abov,
estate haelng been granted to the under
signed, all persons indebted to said est at,
are requested to make immediate paymen,
to the undersigned and all parties t,avin.
claims agaid estate are REQUESTED to prr
sent the same without delay. for allow
ance.
ANDREW EDGAR, Administrator
F. w. Neglect, Atty.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1909-09-02
''The Jewel
Shop"

Where your repair work
re CelveS special attention
and you are sure to be pleas
ed.
Where you can get glass
es correctly fitted, that make
your eyes see like young
eyes.
Where you can get high
grade Watches, Clocks and
al! kinds Of Jewellery at the
bargain prices you have lon.5
ooked tor.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1909-09-02
Report Of Auditors

OF rAPoRrT BOROUGH school District for year
isu,tu. iunc -, IYv5
&. j. Eceler collector Of Taxes, in account with
s-pI!g Borough school District fOI year ending
.ng q, 1909
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1909-09-02

A live working grange in communi.
ty so improves the social conditions
that farms for rural homes are actually
worth more for its having been in It,
The Grange National bank Of Tioga
county, Pa, has been open seven
months and carries deposits of over
100000.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1909-01-07
!. GeDdason's Announcement
For FsN 1908.

have spent two weeks Ia Baltimore
carefully selecting one Of the largest
stock Of goods have ever had and am
| very much pleased with my purchaser
am In q position to please nv custom.
ers n every line with The very latest pat.
com ...s ~y| " sssk f bgnp~Es * = g. =
Maryss County,and 1.-THE lowest prices
ever offered.
Mems SHIFTS worth Us 90 for % 85.
Mems Suits worth u 90 for B 30.
Mems Suits worth I SO for 4 IL.
Mems Suits worth 8 90 for S sB.
Mems Suits worth Q 90 for 9 rs.
Mems Suits worth 10 90 for 8 rs.
Mems Suits worth 1900 for I 30.
Mems Suits worth 1900 for 10 so.
Mems Suits worth 1900 Tor II rs.
Mems Suits worth 1000 for 10 rs.
overcoats allstylea. Colors and Pattern
Wooden overcoat 80 for ss rs.
Wooden overcoat for 500.
WOODEN cvereoat 10 for 6 30.
WooIen oyercoat IL for7 rs.
W0elen osercoat is for 8 rs.
Also q large assortment 81 rravenette
rain Goats, AZ styles at lowest prices.
A large assortment Of Boys Clothing
oil styles, sizes toll. Ny prices:
s1.5o Boys Suit. for 79cts.
$50 Boys Suit, Tor si.75cts.
$50 Boys Suit, for 2.s5cts
400 Boys SUN, for 3 so.
TOO Boys Suit for 5.a5.
The largest assortment Of ssoes ii
Leonardtown. Prices
Mems Working Shoes. $3.50 for Alb.
Mems Shoes. sl.75 for 81 40.
Meu'a Shoes, AGO Tor 81 GO.
Men's Dress shoes. l.75 Tor 1.s7z,
Mems Dress shoes. 400 ior 1.5o.
Men's Dress Shoes. 4. SO for a1o,
Mems Dress Shoes. 8 90 Tor 2.25,
Men's Dress shoes, $50 Tor ais.
A beautiful line Of Ladies'. Bows and
childrens Shoes ct lowest possible prices.
A full line Of UNDERWEAR 4 good Fleeoed
lined Shirt, worth 50dfor 80c, allstyles,
sizes and colora.
A fun line Of Dry Gobda, Dress Goods
and Trimmings, Comforts, Blankets.
Rubber Boots and ShteS, the very hest