The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1920-02-20
Bucks County and Nearby

Sixty coveys of quail in good shape
were reported to Game Protector
Warden Fretz when he made a trip
up county Wednesday. All over the
county the birds are thriving, and be-
cause of the cooperation Mr.. Fretz
has gotten from farmers, nature low
ers and others the death rate among
the birds, because of the cold and
the lack of natural feed covered UP
by the blizzard, appears to have been
small.
Henry Shelly, residing on his farm
west of Quakertown, is seriously i'll
as the result of an accident several
weeks ago, when working about
gasoline engine, which "back- fired"
breaking an arm in several places.
The largest dollhouse in the world
which covers six acres at the celebrat-
ed Florex Gardens, North Wales, will
be razed. The officials of the Gar
dens are convinced that hothouses of
monster size are not practical. Sew
eral smaller houses will be erected to
replace the large one.
Two pheasants each night since the
snow come to roost in the hen house
of Herbert Loeb, at Jamison, and
seem quite tame.
Twenty-three head of cows and
heifers belonging to John Hemmerie,
of Ottsville, were sold Friday by E.
W. Utz, agent, for an average of $98
An ensilage blower brought $3.50.
Three gasoline engines sold, respec-
lively, for s155. size and SAL. A
binder brought S64, and horse S128.
Shoates sold up to s21. The sale
amounted to $500.
Mrs. Frank Apologize, of Nor
ris Heights, was elected teacher of
the third grade of the Morrisville
schools to succeed Miss S. Marion
Wilt, resigned, at meeting of the
Board of Education held in the High
School Building. The new officers, ".
Russell Taylor, took his seat as sec
Rotary; Charles H. Heller, as treas
urer and Mr.. Bond as vice president.
Forty-one Berkshires were SOLD
Saturday at the auction held by the
Bucks County Berkshire Association
at the Monument bazaar where a
stand and tiers of seats had been ar
ranged to add to the classiness of the
event for the "45" of porcine society.
Berkshires sold averaged S103, and
seventeen of the number were bought
by Bucks fountains. Highest of the
prices paid was s400 for a boar,
MAY Bellies Masterpiece" belong
ing to Robert E. Atkinson, of Wrights
town, and sold to Mr. Herd, owner of
the "Herdlea Farms" near New Hope.
Leidy S. Gruver, Esq, secretary of
the Dublin Dairying Association, took
an examination for milk testing at
Harrisburg last Thursday, being OBJ
ligatory under a new act, passing
with a perfect mark of 100 per cent.
Illness of counsel viii prevent the
argument of motion for a new trial
this week in the case of Nathan Frank
Philadelphia, against John R. Will
liams, Newportville, against whom
Frank got a verdict of $4,000 for the
alienation of his wifa's affections res-
timony in the trial of the case was the
spiciest heard in court for long time
and a great many of the summer cell
ony folks at Newportville were wit
nesses, testifyng to the intimacy Of
Williams, widower, and the attrac-
tive Mrs. Frank
A petition has been filed asking
the Court to change the polling place
at Erwinna from the hotel, which was
destroyed by fire, to the Delaware
House.
At the John Hartley sale at Forest
Grove a turkey hen sold for S105 a
pound.
Newtown had a mad dog scare Sun
day. No one knows yet whether the
the dog was mad, and none of the
church goers stopped TO make any in
quiries when a terrier acting like
mad dogs are reputed to perfo~n
started on rampage on Washington
avenue. Timid folks scattered, anC
left the dog severely alone as they
scurried off to put as great distance
as possible between themselves
and the mad one Last seen of thu
dog it was going toward the opel
country and mad attempted TO bite n,
one.
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