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VOLUMEXIV FALL NUMBER TWO 1978 JOURNAL of the LYCOMING COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY

Published Semfannualt) {n WiLl£amspoTt. Pennls)tuania Museum Office - 858 West Fourth Street Telephone (Area Code 717) 326-3326

BOARDOFTRUSTEES

RALPHR.CRANMER A.F.BEIGHLEY MICHAELLAGANA WILLIAM E. NICHOLS, JR. JOHN R. SHARPLESS,JR ROBERT D. SMINK CURRENT SOCIETY PRESIDENT

BOARDOFGOVERNORS

ROBERT 1). SMINK, .l+eszdenf JOHN E. PERSON 111, -3rd race H'es JAMES P. BRESSLER, ]sf race H'es. MRS. EDITH L. WRIGHT, Secretar) LORING B. PRIEST,2nd rz'ceP es HAROLD B. TAYLOR, Treasurer

1977-1979 TERM 1978-1980 TERM MRS.NORMANS.INGERSOLL MRS.JOHN W. BITNER EVERETT W. RUBENDALL SAMUEL J. DORNSIFE MISSJEAN T. HELLER WILLARD A. SCHELL EDWARD J. DURRWACHTER CHARLES E. NOYES, SR

EX-OFFICIO BOARD MEMBERS

MRS. CHRISTOPHER L. WINTERS, R£PR£SENTIT/rE JUNIOR LEAGUE OF WILLIAMSPORT

WILLIAM EALER, /)R£S/DENT THE GREATERWILLIAMSPORT COMMUNITY ARTS COUNCIL

DONALDM.CARSON HISTORICAL SOCIETY RETIRING PRESIDENT

EVERETT W. RUBENDALL GUESTEDITOR VOLUMEXIV FALL NUMBER TWO 1978

Copies of the Journal One Dollar Each MUSEUMSTAFF CONTENTS I)ivectoT Andrew K. Grugan Page .4ss&fant to .I)zrecfor Patricia Kahle

Greetingsfrom the President 5 RecePtzon&f Jean Laylon Executzbe Secrefaw.y Dorothy E. Shultz Minnequa--A Brilliant Mark in Canton's Romantic Past by Mrs. Leon J. Keagle 6

Minnequa House 14 MUSEUM VOLUNTEER STAFF Minnequa Spring 15

Registration Committee Miss June Foresman, Chairman Bryantown 17 Mrs. Stanley Bassett Jesse Bell's Giants Miss Ethel Ertel 18 Mrs. Frederick Snell Williamsport Prohibition Quartet 20

O/Perafzon Mulseum Andrew K. Grugan DuBoistown Comet Band 22 Warrensville Debating Society 24 Pubtfcit) and Public Relation.s Andrew K. Grugan Newtown 26 GeneTat Restovat on Philip N. Gould Mr. and Mrs. Emlin S. Massey The Vanishing Spas of Pennsylvania by lgho H. Kornbluch, M. D. and GeorgeMorris Piersol M D 28 Curatoviat DePaTtments= A Letter to the ''Oldtimer '' of the Edinboro Independent by Andrew A. Culbertson 32 General Curator Andrew K. Grugan History of Center and Clinton Counties 34 ,4rchaeoZog] James P. Bressler, Chairman byJohn Blair Linn Willard Schell Special Announcement 36 William Turnbaugh

A Tchiuesand Records Miss Gladys Tozier, Chief Mrs. Richard P. Foresman Miss Jean Little GUESTEDITOR In an effort to reachout and tap the wealthof informationof our Miss Phyllis Briel membership, we have asked one of our members, Everett Ruben- Educafzon dall. to be .the guest editor for this issue of the Journal. Many Andrew K. Grugan of our members realize that Ev has gathered and presented histor- ical information over Radio Station'WRAK for more than twenty Fzlze,4 rfs Dr. June E. Barkin years.We thank him for permittingus to use someof this material for our Tournal. .fnduistrza/ .t:xhfbzfs Francis Maneval

A4zheraZs Lewis Harper COVERPICTURE Textiles Peter Herdic's Minnequa Springs Hotel located at Canton, Pa Mrs. Norman Ingersoll Pleasenote, to the left of tae hotel, the gazebowhich coversthe Mrs. Edith Wright spring..This is not the original hotel building, but the replace- Mrs. LesliePainton ment after the fire 5 MEETINGS, 1978-1979 GREETINGS FROM THE PRESIDENT'S DESK LYCOMING COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY October 1, 1978

September 16, 1978, 2:00 p.m

A memorial meeting at the Dunkard Church, Bloomingrove. Fellow Members

October 19, 1978, 8:00 p.m. In recent months our Society participated in two historical observances. On June 10 the Two Hundredth Annivemary of the Plum Thicket Massacre Mr. Richard L. Mix will speak on the subject, ''From the Forks to the Forest, the was commemorated with a program in Calvary United Methodist Church on Story of the West Branch Canal the site of the event. The other observancewas the sesquicentennialcele- bration of the first Dunkard Meeting House in the United Statesat Blooming rove. Our part in.the final week oi' this anniversary took place on Saturday November 16, 1978, 8:00 p.m afternoon, September 16 Planning has begun for a year-long celebration of the 75th Anniversary Program to be announced later of our Societywhich will occur in 1982. ;this event may seemfar in the future. but the years.seemto passexceedingly fast, and wehope to accomplishmuch good for the Society to celebrate in that year. December 14, 1978, 8:00 p.m. Perhapsthe most important objectiveis to put our Societyon a firm economicbase. To do this we needto increaseour endowment' so that the Dr. June E. Barkin will speakon the subject, "Madonna in Art incomefrom this fund will producea greater portion of our annualbudget. Another means is to increas; the total membership and to get more persons January 18, 1979,8:00 p.m to change from individual membership ($5.00) or family me;ibership ($8.00) 10 sustaining membership($25.00). Mr. WilliamParker and Mr. AndrewGrugan wil discussrecent developments in Many of you will be asked to work actively on committees. We hope you local genealogy. volunteerto help in all the waysyou can to make 1982a year of cele- bration. But we cannot depend on volunteers alone. We expect to contact all who do not volunteer. So, when you are asked to assistin any particular way February15, 1979,8:00 p.m we hope you will say, ''Yes, I am glad to help!" On the precedingpage of the Journal'you will find listed the programs Mr. Andrew Grugan will present a biographical sketch of Col. Henry Shoemaker for membershipmeetings for the ci)ming year. We hope you will attend as many as possible. Talk to family, friends, and neighbors about the Societyand Museum. March 15, 1979,8:00 p.m Better yet, bring them and out-of-town friends to seethe exhibits. We can be proud of our organizationand facility. Andy Grugan and our staff are among Program to be announced later the most competent, finest, and most dedicated in the land. There is always something.novel, interesting, and educational on display. The third annual meeting of the North Central PennsylvaniaHistorical April 18, 1979, 6:30 p.m Association will be held in the Northumberland County'Court House in Sunbury.on Saturday, November 18. An interesting program including tours Dinner meeting at Eldred Township Fire Hall, Warrensville. The Williamsport of the historic place! is planned.All membersare welcome.Why not join Junior Music Club, under the direction of Miss Doris Heller, will present a program us. Further details will be included in our monthly newsletter ' ' of local music. A short annual businessmeeting will be held I hope to greet you at meetings of the Society.

Sincerely yours

Robert D. Smink, .f'resident Lycoming County Historical Society 6 7 WINNEQUA--A BRILLIANTMARK as the fame of his hotel grew, the circle and foiling a new county to be known from which the guests were drawn as Minnequa County with Minnequa IN CANTON'SROMANTICPAST widened,and by 1879the hotel buildings asthe county seat. This wasfought bitter- had been enlarged to accommodate 600 ly by Towandaand Troy, as well as by guests comfortably, together with the many Canton men, who thought the The following histoTicat sketch on Minneqtm taxation would be excessive.Peter's in- wm Biden b) MTS.LeonJ- KeagLeat a 1948 personal servants many brought with them. These guestscame from Williams fluence in Harrisburg was great, and he meeting of the BTadfovd Count) HistoHcal port, Harrisburg, Philadelphia, New York was so sure of winning that he built a Soviet) held in Canton. and Baltimore. Minnequa was a regular second large building at Minnequa to be There have been many legends con- establisheda carriageshop at Alba which stop on the railroad, and a station, used as a courthouse and county office cerning Minnequa, some of them pop- soon expanded into a big business telegraph office, post office and news- building. This building stood about 500 ularized in versepublished by the author. employing many mechanics, and Alba room were part of the hotel. yards farther up the R. R. and on the Peter MacKellar. Of these. the two which became almost a "boom town." in this opposite side of the track. It was built One of the first and most important of brick, five storieshigh next to the havegained the most favor are the one of carriage shop, the Herdic coach was bits of Peter'spromotional work was to R. R. and three on the side near the Minnequa, the chieftain's beautiful built, which coach was first used in Wash interest the famous actors, E. L. Daven- daughter who was "sick unto death," but ington, and later in other cities. It was road. This building was not completed port, Frank Mayo and the Rankins, in the at the time the new county wasdenied made a miraculous recovery when horse drawn of course, but in its way healing and youth-giving properties of his brought to drink the water of the magic- was a forerunner of the modern taxi cab. existence by a negative majority of only famousspring. They came in the early one vote in the legislature, but was com- ally healing spring, and the other of the 70s and enjoyed their stay among the Giant of Minnequa." This giant was Evidently while Peter Herdic was in pleted later after the first hotel burned. Alba in the interestsof his Herdic coach. hills so much that they returned each supposedto have come marching over the year until 1874 when Mr. Davenport hills centuries ago, clad in satin with lace someone,presumably Luther Andress, in- bought a home on upper Troy Street The hotel was managed by Will D. ruffles. He drank from the spring, drank troduced him to the Minnequa waters and named it "Lily Villa" in honor of again, and soon was making a con- as a cure for rheumatism. from which he his daughter.His son still ownsthis Tyler, who seemedvery popular with tinuous performanceof imbibing the was suffering. The mineral and medicinal the guests, and the whole establishment property, though for many years it has was at the height of its glory. A drill water, with his many servantscarrying it properties of the spring had just been been known as "Davenport Villa." About team and band. known as the Herdic to him. He grewprodigiously, split his established, and as the ''cure '' seemed to this same time Mr. Mayo bought the nine clothes, and eventually became a help Mr. Herdic, he immediatelyhad Grays had been organized for some years, adjoining property, which Francis Elliott the members mostly being recruited from giant, all due to the magic water. At visionsof a great health resort hotel was building and had the housefinished his death, he was so large it was im rivaling SaratogaSprings and other the employees of Reynold's Carriage Shop according to his own ideas. A couple of at Alba. They were splendidly equipped possibleto bury him, so his followers laid popularspas ofthe day. years later Miss Fannie Davenport bought him on the ground somewhat back from Elliott's third house known as "Hillside with gray uniforms and band instruments the spring and heapeddirt over him. With Peter Hlerdic. a vision seen was and used it as a summer home until her and played many concerts for the hotel It took so much dirt that eventuallythe a plan to follow, so by 1869he had death. In casewe residentsof Canton are visitors. Late in the fall of '76 they must hill upon which Rockgirt and other acquired the Spring, together with many have disbanded. as their instruments were inclined to feel smug and superior now, sold to a group at Leona. cottages stand was formed as the giant's acresof adjoiningland, had built a hate) let me give you an extract from an inter- grave and was ready for business. view Miss Davenport gave a Los Angeles A few of the guestsbrought their Times reporter in October, 1889, showing So much for the legends.For many Mr. Herdic had married Encie her opinionof Cantoniansof that time: own carriages and coachmen, but most of years after Canton and Alba were settled Maynard, daughter of Judge Maynard, the others relied on the livery attached One finds such places as Canton only to the hotel, and run by Jahiel and the site of Minnequa was woods and a of Williamsport, for his second wife, and in the heart of an agricultural region. little partly clearedfarm land. Not much thus the judge acted as Peter's legal and Hiram Lockwood, or on the teams and is known about it until two brothers The peopleare quaint, crude, un- surreys of the very popular Canton livery- political advisorand added dignity and travelled,but not uninterestingto a man. Levi Stull. There was such a named Palmer, both lieutenants in the social poise to balance his son-in-law's student of the species.They regard my Civil War. returned home to Alba at the cashand flair for publicity. In 1870Judge demand for transportation to various home with unbounded wonder and spend points of interest that many farmers closeof that conflict. In 1866,they built Maynard bought a 60 acre tract at hours looking up at its gables, chimneys a log housea short distancenorth of the Minnequa, and erected a very fine and towers,for it is a ramblingold bought fine two-and-three-seated surreys open spring and started to cut wood to cottage, which continued to be occupied and had a busy summer transporting place with wide corridors, roomy recesses, Minnequa's guests on their excursions. fill a contract they had with the Northern by his descendantsuntil sold to I)r. stately chambers and an air of departed Central Railroad, requiring them to Smith of Pittsburgh a few yearsago. distinction about it." All this about a furnish fuel for the wood burning engines remodelled, overgrown famihouse, built To carry on the tradition that then in use on that division.They and Thougha man of little or no edu- by a local contractor. Minnequa Spring had been famous for their familieslived for a time in the log cation, Mr. Herdic had great vision and its healing propertiesamong the Indians, house. imagination,and was secondonly to the As early as 1872, Herdic conceived Mr. Herdic imported three families of great Barnum in promotionalability. the idea of adding the westernhalf of Penobscott Indians who lived on the At about this time James Reynolds He had many friends in high places,and Bradford to the eastern half of Tioga, 'Island" in shacks and wigwams, making 8 9 baskets, bows and arrows. canes and furnished by the Herdic Grays Military there was very little activity until 1884. The main part of the hotel was 75 other novelties to sell the visitors. The Band, with dancing and grand fireworks at which time the Maynard Estate x 100 feet, with an addition 100 feet same Indian families came for many in the evening remodeledthe brick building which had long, containing among other things, a years and were a great attraction to the been started as a courthouse and added ballroom with a solid walnut floor. There hotel guests.The Canton Sentinelof Lake Nepahwin was christened by porcheson all floors entirely around the were also an outdoor dancing pavilion July 27, 1876, has this to say: ''The Grace Greenwood the famous author. the building. These porches were advertised where square dancing was enjoyed. The latest event at Minnequa was the baptism name being thought more euphonius than to contain 10,000 sq. ft. of floor space. hotel had accommodationsfor 125 guests; of a little Indian. An undoubted papoose the old one of Gillett's Pond. Notice of The hotel had electric bells in every and for its time, was very modern. It was obtained, age four months, and the new name appeared officially in the room, steam heat, gas lights, and an never enjoyed the success of its pred- named Agnes Minnequa. After the Canton Sentinelof May 25, 1876. elevator, which though slow, was quite ecessor, however, probably due in part to baptism, the Pale Faces closed the day efficient, being operatedby water power. the lack of Peter Herdic's indefatigable with a dance.'' The baptism must have Each year Mr. Herdic tried to outdo There were semi-weekly ''hops," with bally-hoo, and partly because other been effective, for there are records show his previouseffort in a Fourth of July music by Stopper and Fisk'b famous resorts had become attractive to Minne celebration. and that of 1877 far out ing that one family of the Indians, whose orchestra from Williamsport, and guests qua's former patrons. surname was Paul, spent the winter in shone the one of 1876. This time he had were guaranteed plenty of dancing part- Canton. and their children became Lhe Hon. A. K. McClure. Gen. McCand- ners, many of whom were the boys from At the time of the secondfire members of the Baptist Sunday School. less, Gen. Collis. Col. McMichael. the Canton and Troy. which occurredMay 13, 1903, the hotel The Island referred to was a short dis Hon. Stanley Woodward and others as had been closedfor two seasons.and was Lancesouth of the spring. Here, accord speakers,and the famous RepaszBand of Between 1885 and 1891, Rev. Arthur then under option to a group of New ing to legend, Minnequa, the chieftain's Williamsport furnished the music. Dinner Brooks, Mrs. C. Maynard Parker, Mrs. York and Pennsylvaniadoctors who daughter, was buried, and there was a was served from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. to Thomas J. Owen, Miss F. A. Smith and planned to purchase it for use as a mound at the foot of a large hemlock more than 1,000 diners. and there was Henry A. Oakley, all of New York City. sanitarium . tree supposed to be her grave. considerable criticism of the balance of built beautiful cottageson Maynard Hill the 6,000 persons present for not pat- and the Rev. Stephen W. Dana of Phila- In addition to driving trips planned ronizing the hotel dining room instead of delphia had built on the hill's southern (This article xocLStaken .hom the 150th for Minnequa's sojourners, there were bringing basketlunches. slope, and Minnequa was on the way to a new life. AnniueTsav) Edition of The Canton many other social and intellectual enter In dependent - Sentcnet. ) tainments. Mr. and Mrs. Davenport gave The height of the seasonat Minn- Shakespearean and other readings in the equa was from August I to September hotel parlors, and once they gave an 15 but there were a good number of open air production of a Shakespearean guests from July on. 6:C:s.U)...£3B 6:a>-(D..:933 6Rb-(D..&:iB 6 play with a full cast of actors.The hotel had a first class four piece orchestra In 1877 Herdic had eight-inch water under the direction of R. Green. and mains laid from Canton to Minnequa, and in this year many of Canton'shomes DressHops'' were a frequent diversion. THE LEGEND OF WiNNEQUA AND NEPHAWIN The billiard rooms and bowling alleys enjoyed their Horstcity water. were also much in use, and frequent attractions were planned. One of these Early in 1878, Peter Herdic went A namelessspring in the wildwood was on August 15, 1876, when a balloon bankrupt for the huge sum of $2,000,000, with almost no visible assets. The Minn Clear as the crystal sea. was sent up, which landed in Williams- A spot where all red men were peaceful port at 8:37 p.m., making the distance equa Housewas taken over by the in two hoursand sevenminutes. Minnequa Improvement Company, and For its waterswere healing and free that summer a new building of some sort Here, in the doorway of his wigwam On July 4, 1876,there was a grand was erected by imported colored labor. With two daughters by his side, celebration at Minnequa, beginning with The season was not quite as successful Sat an aged, weary chieftain, the arrival of the miming train from the as formerly, and the knell of this golden From the red Oneida tribe. south at 9:30 a.m. On the engine pilot age was sounded by the fire bell which a long plush coveredseat had been built, announcedthe burning of the hotel on But old time wasfast encroaching, and on this and in the enginecab were November12, 1878.The origin of this Bent in form. and lame was he Gov. Hartraft, Thomas A. Scott, pres- fire always remained a mystery. The loss was$75,000 with $50,000insurance. And to try thesehealing waters. ident of the P.R.R., A. K. McClure, A long journey came the three editor of the Philadelphia Record, and other prominent men. This was a public- Even the famous health-giving He remembered in his childhood ity stunt arrangedby Peter Herdic, the propertiesof the springcould not out- How the lame were quickly brought men probablyonly riding thus from weigh the double disasterof Peter When in battle, sore and wounded Herdic's colossal failure and the fire. so Canton to Minnequa. Music was They these ''spirit watcrs" sought 10 1 1

He for years had roamed these forests Then Minnequa, and her father And knew every stream and mound, Went westward to their home; Wild birds' notes, and leaflets' rustle. Returning one day yearslater, Were to him familiar sounds. Determined no longer to roam

Many tribes had found thesewaters Down the beautiful valley North to south. from east to west, Towanda hunted the deer. Nephawin was queen of the forest And the sick, throughout all nations Their children the hunterscheer Thought these ''spirit waters'' blest Leona, the foot of Mt. Pisgah. Sparkling, bubbling, gaseous waters. Was for one of their daughters named Sulphurous to smell and taste; And for good deeds, and brave ones Coming up from deepestHades. The other children were famed. Where good is driven off as waste. Once a year they met together Here he lingered, growing stronger, In honor of Manatau brave, Till he had his youth regained, Near the spring, quite hid in the forest, Then tho't to memorizethe fountain At a mound, that was Minnequa's grave And a fitting name obtain.

So he sent out a delegation SCs.(D...£=iB 6:CS.(D...£:iB 6:C>.©...4:}3 6 To all tribes of the Iroquois, To come dance by the spring in the wildwood Sing songs and tell tales of its joys.

When the tribes had thus assembled, Heard the tale of youth renewed, And drank of the cooling fountain And these loving daughters viewed

They, in honor to their children, Whom they knew as Manatau Named it for the eldest daughter, :Healing Waters"--Minnequa Young Towanda, a brave of the Mohawk Saw charms in the younger one. So beautiful, agile, and cunning Gave his heart, and her hand won.

And quite jealous, lest the elder Should outshinethe youngerone Told the tribes he would be wedded Before the day was done At the little lake on the hilltop, The home of the Mahug, or loon, Towanda was wed to Nephawin, By the light of the full blazing moon And to make her name immortal With the lake so placid and deep They christened the lake Nephawin Sweet--"Spirit of Sleep. 12 13

A view of the Indians and their white callers, showingsome of the basketsthe Indians wove. The baby in the picture is Agnes Minnequa. A few of the colored maids with their tubs and washboards 14 15 WiNNEQUA HOUSE WiNNEQUA SPRING Situate in Bradford County, Pa., English fame house, conveys the im The medical propertiesof the spring groves, without much expenditure of on the line of the Northern Central pression of roomy comfort. Railway, a connection of the Pennsylvania were known to the Indians, and through muscular energy. them to the earliest settlers. Physicians railroad, forty-one miles north of . Beechwood,.the.chamling summer The ailments for which this water is Williamsport, Pa., and thirty-sevenmiles home of Mrs. C. Maynard Parker: of of the neighboring towns have prescribed the water for many years in certain classes best adapted are such as require tonics, southof Elmira, N. Y., 'aboutequi- NewYork, stands neighbor.to it. The of disease distant from Philadelphia, New York, overhangingGambril roof. gives a cosy, anti-spasmodics and alteratives. Scrofula. Washington, Baltimore, Buffalo, Niagara home-like appearance to. this pretty col Epilepsy, Chorea, Chlorosis, Neuralgia Falls and Erie. It is easy accessiblefrom onial house with its dainty coloring of The active ingredients are the Bor- and Rheumatic Affections will chiefly be acic Acid and the Saltsof Maganeseand benefited. all thesecities by daily trains. yellow and white. Zinc. These metals are of unusual occurr- Located in the midst of a rich farm Owenheim, with its pointed gables, is ence. One of them, Manganese,is found For anaemicpatients, with whom the ing and dairy country, at an elevationof 11.epicturesque summer home of Mrs. in the following celebratedsprings: preparations of Iron have failed or act fifteen hundred feet ' above the sea. its Thomas J. Owen, of New York; a but feebly, the use of Minnequa water pure mountain air, picturesque scenery, commodious. house, with . a large .hall, Ems, Nassau ; Spa , Belgium is peculiarly suited, at first in con- delightful drives and shaded walks afford spacious .,stairway and wide fireplaces. Carlsbad, Bohemia; Pynnont, Waldeck junction with the Carbonateor Iodide of unlimited opportunitiesfor the enjoyment A beautiful feature, and one much en- Weisbaden, Nassau; Garonne, Toulouse Iron, and finally alone. of out-door life. ' ' joyed by guests, is a tiny stage, complete with dressing rooms and other accessories. BoracicAcid is also foundin the Mount Pisgah, . within easy driving for amateur entertainment and musicales. This treatmentwill usuallyimprove distance, is claimed to be the highest water at the Spa, Belgium the appetite, increase the pulse force and point in Pennsylvania. From its summit .. In the orchard.is Hillside. Cottage. induce healthy secretions. the summer place of Miss F. A. Smith, It is a well-knownfact that many 111:==;:tRt tt«#':=;11;:i of New York, a pretty homewith wide remedial agents act most favorably when As active secretion, especially of the Adirondack or White mountains. From verandas. largely diluted. The springsat Vichy, for liver, is produced by the Salts of Mang the tower erectedupon its highest point, Peeping through the tree tops in instance, contain one grain of Arsenic in anese, it will be prudent to use this the visitor may, as from a balloon, look Wood Crest, the country houseof Henry seventeengallons of water and are won- water under restrictions.and as soon as down in every direction upon a sceneof A. Oakley, Esq., of the Continental Trust derfully efficient in casesrequiring the its constitutional effects appear, to grad- surpassingbeauty. Co., of New York, a large housein yellow use of that metal. ually diminish the amount taken, ceasing its use when healthy secretionis es- The Hotel. a substantialstructure andwhite. Nature sometimesunites the in- tablished. with ten thousandsquare feet of wide .. ..Rev..Stephen W. Dana,D. D., of organic constituents of spring water in a verandas, is complete in every appoint- !jliladelphia, with his sister, Miss ment. With steam heat, gas, electric ElizabethDana, of Morri?town,have built peculiar manner, so that artificial In many casesit will be prudent to bells, elevator,and with post office, a.largehouse on the southern slope of the mineral waters containing the same ele- warm the water, as is usuallydone with telegraphoffice, railroad ticket and ex- bill, at a point known as the Bluff, where ments fail to produce the particular re- Friedrichshall, before permitting patients sults derived from the water from springs. to drink any large volume of it. pressoffices in the house. Dr. Dana and family, with Miss Dana Friedrichshall is a well-known example of Its cuisine is noted. Supplied daily will spend the summers. such a water with a peculiar constitution. To the medical professionthe with the fresh products of 'farm and Dr. Jean Saylor Brown, of Williams- presence of Borate of Soda will suggest dairy, its table forms one of its chief port: Pa., has a pretty cottagenear the In addition to the benefits derived the necessityfor precaution in the use of attractions. With a dining room one hotel from drinking medicated waters, the this water with a certain classof patients, hundred feet long, spacious ball room Embowered in trees and shrubbery effectsof changeof air, diet, habits,etc., on account of its action as an em- and cosyparlors, in-door life at Manne- is the handsomesummer home of Mrs consequent upon a visit to the springs, menogogue,and also of its suitability for qua possessesa peculiar charm. Judge Maynard aid materially in the cure, especiallyof use in nervous, gastric or kidney troubles. The semi-weeklyhops, with music MoorelandPark, a large.and hand- chronic diseases. or whenever the alkalies are indicated. furnished by the noted Stopper & Fisk some house,is the.!ummer place of Dr. orchestra, of Williamsport, are occasions Seymour,of Louisville, Ky. Minnequa is situated in one of the Minnequa possesses an advantage of especialdelight to the young. Crockett Lodge, the well-appointed great mountains ranges, at a considerable over all of the foreign waters enumerated, Cottagelife at Minnequais char- residenceof Mr. Frank Mayo, the elevation above tide water, and is free inasmuch as it admits of the use of the acterized by a generoushospitality. Rock- popular personator of Davy Crockett, is from the local detractionsof our great curative agents without the necessity of Gin,. the country. home of Dr. Arthur located about a mile from Minnequa, watering places. taking into the systemlarge amountsof Brooks,rector of the Churchof the adjoiningthe handsome home of thelate useless,if not hurtful. saltsfound in Incarnation, New York, occupies a E. L. Davenport, the well-known actor. The rolling country is conducive to each of them. position near the summit of Maynard Oppositethem, on the road that skirts healthy exercise, and the surroundings are Hill, the centre of a vast ampitheatre the side of the valley, is the effective pleasantto the eye, and the invalid can CharlesM. Cresson.M. D. of hills. The house, an imitation of an country home of Fanny Davenport. enjoythe benefitsof light and air in 417 Walnut St., Philadelphia, Pa 16 17

.4naZWs&o#.4fznnequa SPnlzg Wafer BRYANTOWN Grains in one U. S. Gallon Total solid contents in one One of Montoursville'sindustries of At one time this three-story building U. S. gallon 7.652 half century ago made the news at the included a cupola--or observatory--at the beginning of 1924. This was the Warshow toP. Calcium 0.994 Silk Company, Patterson, New Jersey, which took over mills which had been Products of the mill sold well. Each Magnesium 0.207 closed down for sometime and offered to expand their output. The management year 25,000pounds of raw wool were Sodium 0.722 of Warshow said Montoursville offered a manufactured into various kinds of finished goods each year. In the early Lithium fine location adding it was possiblethe trace entire Warshowoperation might be days the entire output was yarn, used by housewives in the knitting of hosiery Aluminum 0.127 moved here. At that time of 1924. the company manufactured only casket and other articles of clothing. By 1924 Iron trace lining flannels of pure wool were made and wool batting used in the making of bed cloth- Manganese 0.226 ing. Woolen blankets were very popular. Speaking of industries in the valley. Chlorine 0.140 let's look at a woolen mill which made The Bryan family also built a grist Silica 0.700 such thingsas yarn and batting, one mill not far away. Lessthan a quarter located at Bryantown, a small community mile away was the hub factory, where Zinc 0.028 two miles north of Hughesville.This hubs for cannon truck wheelsused dur- community included four dwellings, a ing the Civil War weremade. At the Carbonic Acid 2.053 flouring mill and a woolenmill and was height of its career this industry employed often referred to as Bryantown or Bryan Boracic Acid Mills, as it was known when it was thirty to thirty-fivemen. At the closeof 2.132 the war, the firm switchedover to making included in the rural delivery service wagon wheel hubs. Oxygen (with Silicates) 0.138 out of Hughesville.The woolenmill, the primary industry in that section, was Loss 0.145 originally put into operation about the Bryan's settlement was one of the 47a Faint. year 1830. The old structurewas torn thriving communitiesin the history of TemPeTatuTe ojS+yring down later and a new plant built in Muncy Valley. From the experience A mount oJSamPte 2j U. S.G 1866by Ellis Bryan. The building was gained from operating this woolen mill. first rented by the owner with James James Coulter and George Rogers or- C:t:s.CD..,4:FB 6CS.(D...£lb 6C:x.(D...£.i3 6 Coulter and Samuel Bryan. When Mr. ganized the Muncy Woolen Mills. Coulter retired, he sold his interest to Mr. WHITTLING Bryan. In 1881, David Ostler, who lived What ever happened to the lost art or horsechestnuts. or a basketfrom a in Forkesville, moved to Bryantown and of whittling? it attracted young boysand dried peach seed. purchased the business. Two years later. men alike in years gone by. Every he took into partnershipwith him David father had his own pocketknife,his Fathers carried them. too. These W. Elder. Togetherthey ran it for attire not completewithout it. And what men were especiallyadept at peeling an twenty-five years. Mr. Elder died in 1910. a:c>.(u...a:i3 6:Cx.U)...z:i3c:ax.(u...:£:is 6 apple, letting the unbroken spiral fall to Eleven years later, L. P. Gilmore joined young boy didn't look forward to receiv- the firm until 1923, when Mr. Osler ing his own personal pocketknife, or his the ground.They would throw the favorite hightop boots with knife carrier? peeling over the shoulder to see whose sold his intereststo Joel Baker of Millville. initials the spiral would form when it By 1924, it was in flourishing condition Remember the one with the ivory handle, hitthe ground. polished and yellow with age? under the ownershipof Baker and One of those old Barlow pocket- Gilmore. Every male worthy of his name had knives was perfect for plugging the great one--lacked masculinity without one. striped watermelon in the field. It could Every school boy had a knife. It was with be used to skin a squirrel for supper, for Waterpower was the only available this knife that he sharpenedthe pencils skinning a deer in the woods, and some- source of power in the earlier days of for the girls, or made tops out of spools, times for pruning a limb in an orchard the industry. Only on rare occasionsdid or cut out a willow whistle. He made for roasting marshmallows over the camp- the waterpowerever fail. Later motors old comstalk fiddles, pipes from acorns fire were added. 18 19

JESSE BELL'S GIANTS Mr. Bell, when no carols or other music And there were others: J. Henry that seemed to fit the scene could be Cochran, lumberman, banker, and found, Dr. Hopkins sat down and wrote businessman--a physical giant who had Some years ago before he died, Mr. Bell said that during the boom Ehe words and music of "We Three worked in the woods. He later became a Jesse S. Bell, well-known Williamsport of the 1920s,the Dusenberry,the Austin Kings." The song caught the public's DemocraticSenator. Samuel N. Williams realtor, wrote an autobiographyentitled and the Cord cars were far ahead of the fancy and was sung by millions of people one of the owners and the operating .JesseBell Trots His Own Horn.'' First times and sold for extravagantprices. over the years,including many in manager of the Lycoming Rubber a newspaperman, then a realtorfrom At least one was priced at about $15,000 t Williamsport who never heard of the Company, later the U. S. Rubber 1909until the time of his death in 1966, at the time when the Cadillac was selling author and his rectorship at Christ Company. Mr. Williams servedas mayor Mr. Bell rubbed shoulders with many for around $1,500. Church of the city for a term.James N. Kline. people, some of whom he referred to as hardware proprietor, whose business was 'his giants.' Mr. Bell said that Mr. Graham was located in Market Square: And Jonas one of the most public-spirited men, Fischer, one-time mayor of this city. A generousto a fault, but consistentlyone One of these giants was a financial Jewishman, who althoughvery chant of this city's most civic-minded citizens. Mr. Bell was equally proud of John able, fought the established electric giant, according to Mr. Bell. Eugene Hazel, a musician and one of the out interests . R. Payne was described as the richest Another giant, in Mr. Bell's estim- man in Williamsport until the turn of the standing cornetists of the country. Mr century.Mr. Payne,who lived at the ation, wasValentine Luppert, owner of a Hazel wrote many piecesof music, was According to Jesse S. Bell, most of corner of West Fourth and Grief Streets, group of South Williamsport industries a personal friend of John Philip Sousa these people lived along Millionaire Row, which he generally named, the ''Key- and also the leader of the famed Repasz West Fourth Street, west of Campbell was a member of the private banking stone," this or that. Mr. Luppert made Band Street. firm of Cochran, Payne and MlcCormick. money easily. One time in his young Their bank wasin the buildinglater life he got the idea that real moneywas 6R=x.(D..:£:iB6:C:s.(D...Z.;: 6:C>.(D..:£:jB 6 known as the Arcade Building, located not to be made in furniture, friction at the southeast corner of West Fourth THE OLD BUGGY WHIP and William Streets.At the turn of the hinges, musical implements, or what- have-you,but in moving picture theatres. century, Mr. Payne was worth about four So, he built the Park Theatre in the Did you know that at one time in usually had a perfect whip of dark color million dollars, a large fortune for any seven-hundred block of West Fourth history the buggy whip was regarded as A bold man might use one of a pale the sign of the driver's character? maroon or light tan, sometimes with a small city resident. But Mr. Bell said Street. At the grand opening, he greeted that Mr. Payne had an ambition to be bow of ribbon tied on it. The careless worth about one hundred million dollars. his patrons in dress clothes. While Mr. In oldendays the sightof a buggy man was contentwith a homemadestiff Luppert also was affected by the de- whip in its socketof an ancientbuggy rod, a thong insecurelyattached. so he bought a seat on the New York pression of 1929, he later made a partial was quite a common sight. Drawn by an StockMarket, for which he paid $65,000 comeback. old and lean horse, with a whip even Dabbling in stocks, he lost his financial older, the wagoncould be seenheading Stealing a man's whip stood next to empire There were other lesserknowns who into the city from north Market Street. stealing a horses meant a great deal to Mr. Bell. One of The buggy whip might be made of It was common to see a young man Mr. Bell saidthat asfar ashe knew these was James M. Black, hymn writer a flexible rod, with a whip cord of strong come to church, his light laprobe folded only three men ever reachedthe four and song leader. Of all the songsand leatheror of hard twistedhemp cord. neatly over his arm as he pausedto stand million dollar wealthenjoyed by Mr. song books published by Mr. Black, he It had a rubber butt end to make it his new whip in the cornerof the Payne. They were John H. Mccormick. is chiefly rememberedhere for the most bounce. It was often fit into the socket vestibule. It was also common at picnics, SethT. McComiick,Jr. andJames B. famous "When the Roll is Called Up on the dashboardwith a sharp plop. or countyfairs, or a Fourthof July Graham. They owned and operated the Yonder, I'll Be There." Mr. Black courted and married Elizabeth Gibson celebration, to see young men strolling Lycoming Manufacturing Company When it came to buying a buggy through the crowds, with their best makers of automobile engines. Eban His hymns made him both famous and whip, the buyer would often stand long prosperous. girls holding one hand while whirling Cord, from out of the west,was building at a hardwarestore before the iron rig their whips in the other. the Cord and Aubum cars in those days. t from which the red and blue banded The local men were making motors, and The Reverend J. H. Hopkins, one- whips hung. The buyer prided himself on Good drivers employed quite a knack influenced by Cord, they invested heavily time rector of Christ EpiscopalChurch knowing which whip would wear longer. in using thesebuggy whips, too. They in his enterprises, mostly Cord. The stock before the turn of the century, is another It was said that a new whip had the could snap the cracker over the horse's wentto dizzyheights and at the top, man whom Mr. Bell admired. During effect of bolsteringa driver's feeling of back. And an especiallygood driver could the three men were reputed to be worth Reverend Hopkins' pastorate at Christ about four million dollars each. Then well-being--and to the contrary, when the often fleck a horsefly so skillfully that the Church, he wrote the song ''Three Kings whip was broken, so was the owner's horse barely felt the lash. camethe crash.and the value of the of Orient." His people were supposedly pride. stock dropped to only a fraction of its preparing a Christmas celebration Yes, the character of the driver, his high mark. All three men were bankrupt, depictingthe nativity and the three You could tell a man's stature by his horse, and his rig, could be diagnosedby but later made financial comebacks. Orientals were to march in. According to whip. A wealthy,conservative man his whip and the way he wielded it. 20 21 WILLIAMSPORT PROHIBITION QUARTET Mr. Mccormick, one of the members Belowis a samplingof someof the of the quartet,recalled the perilsof songs rendered by the Williamsport one trip to Oval. It occurred just after Prohibition Quartet. the 1894flood when two spansof the old Market Street bridge had been carried Although you probably never heard As you can imagine, the experiences away.The party got acrossthe river of it, the Williamsport Prohibition of the quartet were often very trying Prohibition Chimes Quartetwas at one time one of the They were called all sorts of names, and near the Hepburn Street dam, getting most widely known singing organizations many times they had trouble reaching the very little water in the wagon. The group used the Jack's Hollow Road, but for What's the News in Lycoming County. And although the places where the prohibition meetings some reason became lost. In addition, the purpose of the organization was well were scheduled to be held. Occasionally, Down in the Licensed Saloon spelledout, it took a long time to achieve the key to the country schoolhousemight harness of one of the two horses was its goal--the adoption of the Prohibition be lost, accidentally, and the meeting broken. A farmer who responded to Dying While You Are at Play Amendment. would have to be held outdoors. their call for help remarked that some- one must be drunk to drive a team into It's a Dead Sure Thing a tree. Then it startedto rain, and by Toward the end of the nineteenth The liquor interests often passed out the time the group arrived at Oval, they If You're Not Found Out century, the membersof the quartet were circulars prior to one of the meetings. were two and one half hours late. Only followers of the Prohibition Political Thesemight warn the farmers that if pro- one person remained at the meeting Vote the Ticket Straight Party. hibition was ever adopted, the farmers house,because of the late hour of eleven would have to cut down their apple trees o'clock. However, one of the prohibition- We'll Vote it EveryTime so they could not grow apples to make ists began tolling the school bell. Think- The quartet's one desire was "to sing cider. Grain fields would be a thing of ing there was a Hire,everyone hurried SpeedThee Prohibition the truth into the people '' a task that to the school.The membersof the was not easily achieved for there were the past becausethere would be no use Prohibition Bugle Call for the grain. quartet said it was one of the best many places where the singing group was A SaloonlessNation in 1920 not well received. Even so, it became very gatherings ever held. A fine supper followed the program--then the long trip popular and was an active quartet for back home began at one o'clock in the Every County Dry aboutfifteen years. On one occasionwhen the key to the schoolhouse could not be found. those morning. The rain causedthe river to rise, so the horse and buggy could not Old Temperance Eye who participated in the outdoor service recrossthe river at the dam. And the Shortlyafter the 1889 flood, a were told that if they returned for another Peace,Prohibition and Equality nationally famous singing organization meeting they would be ''rottenegged. ferryman at the Market Street bridge known as the Silver Lake Quartet came They did return, but fortunately got in couldn't help either--hesaid the ferry The SaloonaticsCry to Williamsportappearing as part of an side the schoolhouse. However. while the wasowned by a brewer.The prohibition- oratorical contestat the old Academyof meeting was underway, anti-prohibition ists then commandeered the ferryboat. The Saloon Must Go Music. The contest ha'd to do with pro forces rattled the window blinds and The Prohibition Ark hibition issues. slammed doors. Eggs were found in the wagon You Can't ChangeHim Two local peoplewho heard the It wascustomary for the quartetto quartet sing were a Mr. Mccormick and sing fifteen or sixteen songs at each Dr. C. W. Huntington.With I)r. Hunt- The mode of travel for the pro- meeting, and if the speaker got a little ington as organizerand businessman- hibition quartet was a three-seated dry, the quartetwould jump in with ager, the Williamsport Prohibition carriagedrawn by two horses.The men another song. The only pay was the big gZS.©)...£33 6&e)...23B 6:Cb.

DUBOISTOWN CORNET BAND 5 No profane or obscene t(, see some girls to beg for items for languageshall be used. our festival." More entries--"Eachmem- ber is to pay 10 cents to A. K. Brown For over one hundred years Mr. E. Layberger served as the 6lrst 6. The membershall pay all for the carriageride to the festivalat Williamsport has enjoyed a rich musical president, Samuel D. Cook was vice attention to the leader so Rauchtown. heritage. Its history as a "band '' capital president, W. S. Carson was secretary no mistakesmay occur. of the nation datesback to Civil War with Thomas Cook as his assistant.A. K. On several occasionsthe DuBoistown Brown servedas treasurer. and H. Hartzel 7. Any memberwho is intox- Comet Band members invited the Repasz days and its "Twelfth Regiment Band,' Band, the Newberry and Salladasburg predecessor of the Williamsport Repasz and Mr. Layberger were trustees.Thomas icated while the band is on Cook was named musical director for the Band, and the Fisk Comet Band to sit Band. The Repasz--knownnow as the paradeor at a public gather- in with them. Elks-Repasz Band--carries the unusual first year. ing shall be fined $5.00. distinction of being the oldest band, in There were about sixteen men listed terms of continuous organization, in the To understand the musical director 8 Any memberwho fails to in the original membershipof the United States. title, you must understand the band's accompanythe band on any DuBoistown Comet Band. They were constitution. You will find it humorous parade or engagementshall Warren Whitnack G. W. Norris be fined $3.00 unless notice The city had its lesserknown bands, occasionally,but you will get an idea of Andy Weitzel C. WesleyGebbart too. There was the Verdi Band, the how seriousthe foundersof this band is given by him at the time it Thomas Cook Samuel D. Cook Hammer Band. the Darktown Band, and were. is made. Any subsequent Robert Shuman William Whitehead the one you'll lean more about today, excuses shall be voted on the DuBoistown Comet Band. The constitution stated that the bythe band Jacob Miller Henry Hartzel DuBoistown Comet Band would continue GeorgePickering William Minnick And finally, any memberblowing on his Charles Donley William Fritz Not a great deal has ever been as long as five members were willing to instrumentduring the time of practice Joseph Thorning Ed Philips recorded about the DuBoistown Comet serve. Concerning its musical director, it shall be fined 10 cents. Band. In fact. what little information stated that the holder of this office would Other early membersincluded J. and F. is availableconcerning its origin and select the pieces of music to be played There were other membership rules Thallinger, R. Myers,George Zuber, and years of service has been taken from the by the band in the room, on the street that came along later. For example, dames Bird. original book of minutes, presently the or at any public gathering. He was to do within the first year of the DuBoist8wn The DuBoistown Comet Band property of Dr. Robert A. Berger of San any other duty that would be of interest Garnet Band, it was resolved, and passed, carried into the 20th century, but how Mateo. California. The minutes were to the band. The musical director was that every member should find himself long is not definitely known. Brochures passed on to Dr. Berger by his grand- not to be confusedwith the leader. It with a spittoon. The motion passedunan- found in the minute book includedad father. Samuel1). Cook. one of the was the leader'sduty to play "at the imously. Later a member moved that vertisements for instruments. A 1905 charter members of the DuBoistown command of the musical director." The smokingin the band room should be Brass Comet. Slaters C Vocal Comet CornetBand. constitution read: "He shall take the lead prohibited, but this motion was defeated. with a music lyre and German Silver in marching and shall have full control.' Anxiousto improvetheir band, the mouthpiece cost $15.00. Prices increased Despite its name, this band was not There were rules for the members, too. members brought in music teachers-- on up to the Silver Plated and burnished a CORNET band exclusively. There were Here are a few of them: Lyman Fisk was one of them. The bell, gold-lined and with points gold- other instruments, mostly of the brass members voted that when a teacher mounted, with music lyre and mouthpiece variety. And I'm afraid the comet of the 1. No personshall be admitted was present, the band would play the which sold for $25.75. With it you 1880s would have to be referred to as the into the band who doesnot first part of the eveningand savetheir received a black leather satchel. Trom- :snub-nosed" vemion of today's instru- have a good moral character. 20-minute recess until later. bones ran from $9.50 to $21.75. Alto ment. horns were $14.00 to $27.75, and tenor 2 Any person being admitted Even in the 1880s it took quite a bit of money to support a band such as horns were from $16.00 to $31.25. The origin of the band is well shall pay the sum of a $5.00 the DuBoistown Comet Band. Festivals Music stands, the umbrella type, were spelledout, but little is recordedon its membership fee. and auctionswere held to raise the 50 cents--full nickel plated were $1.20. decline.We do know that the first Typical musical selections of the period meetingof the band took place in 3. A membershall return the money. At one such festival, the band were: Massa'sin the Cold. Cold Ground. DuBoistown on August 14,1882. For the instrument and uniform in took in$297.63--paid out$111.33--with a net profit of $186.30. The expenses The RoseDay March, My Lady Lindy, remainderof the year the men buried good condition. The Whip O Will Polka, The Village themselveswith the writing of the con- included $8.32 for cigars, 10 cents for Clown March, The Colonade March. and 4 Any member absenting him- coal oil, and $1.30 for Professor Gowers The FlorencePolka. stitution and by-laws, the selection of a expenses. rehearsal room site, and the developing self from a regular meeting shall be fined 25 cents unless So endsthe storyof one of the of ways and means of financing such a a sufficientexcuse can be Another entry from the minutes of smaller, lesserknown musical units in project. The constitution and by-laws the band. "A committee was appointed Williamsport's history, and as they would were approved December 5, 1882, and given which shall be deter- to see some girls to beg for a ring. have said in the 1880s, not Williamsport's early in 1883 the band's first slate of mined upon a vote of the The ring was auctioned off later. Another history but DuBoistown's--the I)uBoistown officem was chosen. band. entry--"It was the motion of the president Comet Band 24 25 WARRENSVILLE DEBATING SOCIETY low, an assessment was made of each That the negrohas met member. with more injustice The Time: May 11, 1878 than the Indian by A constitution for the Warrensville the white man The Place: Warrensville, Pennsylvania DebatingSociety was drawn up in December, 1878. It was created to effect The Event: The weekly meeting of the Warrensville Debating Society That the past wasbetter cultivation of all those arts, graces, and than the present The Topic: "Resolvedthat intemperance has causedmore misery than war talents which give effect to oratory and force to argument.'' The executive That slavery should be Attending: Men only--representinga membership of sixty men committee of the Society was charged abolished with presenting three questions at each The Warrensville Debating Society Even now, political figures challenge each regular meeting from which the Society That we elect a county changed its name to the Improvement other to debates on campaign issues. would select one for discussionat the judge that is honest in Literary Society in November, 1879, by succeeding meeting. The constitution a 5 to 4 vote. preference to one that When the Warrensville Debating called for the routine transactingof is very intelligent and Society met April 11, 1878, it was not business prior to the EXERCISES of the dishonest Let us look more closelyat debating to competewith anothersociety, but evening: READING, RECITING, as it related to a form of educational rather for their own enjoyment.However DEBATE,AND DECISION. That ficticious writing entertainment as practiced in this tiny it wasn't long before the club was chal- should be abolished community of Warrensville. The source lenged by the Balls Mills I)ebating Over a year after the debating of information is the actual minute book Society.From the minute book we know societywas formed, in November1, 1879, That the hard times are a that the two clubs formed sidesfor battle. of the Society,penned in ink from April, a meeting was held at the Warrensville blessing rather than a 1878, through May 8, 1880. The topic was selected: RESOLVED school at which time a motion was made curse THAT INTEMPERANCE HAS CAUSED by J. A. Kiessto call the Societythe MORE MISERYTHAN WAR. And With few fomns of entertainment Webster Literary Society. A second That Columbus deserves David Kiess would act as the Warrensville motion by Z. E. Kimble was made to more praise for dis- available in those days, coupled with Judge at the public debate. The affirm- call it the Improvement Literary Society. covering America post-Civil War patriotism, it was only ative team representing Warrensville was The name Improvement won 5 to 4 natural that discussing and debating than Washington for to include the Messers J. E. Champion, defendingit issuesof the day werepopular. Lessthan J. L. Wilson, Z. E. Kimble, H. G. The early roll books included many twenty years earlier (1858), two of the Casner, N. T. Milnor, J. S. Cranmer, names familiar to the residents of the That Chineseimmigration most prominent of all debaters, Abraham N. B. Wilson, J. J. Waltz, J. A. Kiess, community of Warrensville. For example: to the I.J.S. be pro- Lincoln and Stephan A. Douglas had A. S. Blakey,B. F. Wheeland,William Wilson, Waltz, Kiess,Cranmer, Lundy, hibited debated the question of whether slavery Champion,and J. W. Kiess.But whether Blaker, Willits, Steiger, Champion, should be extended into free territory. the debate was ever held was not recorded Hartman, Wheeland, Harris. Slout. That the Irish tillers of the Those seven debates led to the nomin- in the Society'sminute book. Darrone, and Crawford soil are justifiable in ation of Mr. Lincoln as the Republican their demandsof the candidate for the presidency in 1860. The first known officersof the Listed below are some of the debate landlords and to his victory over Douglas, the Society were: John W. Kiess, president; topics reflecting issues of concern to those Democraticcandidate, after the breaking B. F. Wheeland, vice president; Z. E. living in the 1870s: That woman should have apart of the Democratic party over the Kimble, secretary;HI. G. Milner, door the right of suffrage slavery issue. keeper; and A. M. Champion, janitor. That the ability to read It seems that the art of debating It was customaryat each meeting Resolved: That the history is of more and write should be has been with us forever. It dates back for the membersto hear an oration. an benefit than the news- made a requisite to to the 400sB. C. when a democracywas essay,and then a debate, complete with paper suffrage established in Greece. One of the early affirmative and negative arguments and teachers of rhetoric was a man by the rebuttal. The winning team was to be That woman should have a That the Chinese should name of Protagoras who is credited with acknowledgedby a trio of judgesfrom right to vote in the be drivenfrom the developing the principles of debating. the club. There was also a questionbox u.s. u.s. Oratory and debates have been ways of which was opened each meeting and the expressingfomlal spoken arguments for questionsanswered. Then the topic for That compulsory educa- That the Confederate or againstgreat issues of all times.It the next meeting was announcedso that tion is not beneficial soldiers showed more hasn't beentoo long ago that our high club members could prepare themselves. be changed [o com- bravery in the late schools and colleges were represented in Memberspaid a membershipfee of five pulsory education rebellion than the competition by their debating teams. cents a week, and when the treasury ran should be enforced Federals r

26 27 NEWTOWN community. By 1947 the current rep- eighteen nuns and a parish community resentativeband was August and His hall. Little Band, headedby Harold L. Anyone who has lived in or around general hardware store, a two-story brick 'Beans" Lyman. The cultural advantagesof the area Williamsport for any length of time at building that would include office space were implemented, as had been for a all has probably heard of Newtown, or for the GeorgeH. RollerCompany on The nucleus of Newtown's business century, by the presence of Lycoming the Newtown Band. Scanningmicrofilm the secondfloor. Mr. Carpenter,a district in early daysincluded the grocery College, formerly Dickinson Seminary and or old newspaperswill occasionallybring resident for nineteen years, purchased the stores of John B. Meyer, Mr. Markley, and Mr. Solwachter. The first one was then Williamsport Junior College. out the name from time to time. former Mary E. Finnegan property, a twelve-room, three-story dwelling, and located at the northwest corner of Penn Newtown, to those who lived in it razed it for the construction of the new Street and Washington Boulevard. Back With its new hardware store and provided most everything that our building. of it was the Kant Slaughterhouse. modem shopping centers now provide. with its new four-year college, most It had its storesand hotel, its own dry They said then that this would be the In addition to businesses, there was everyone agreed that old ''Newtown goods store, and its slaughterhouse. Of baby" businessin Newtown, located not St. Boniface Catholic Church and St. was in for further development, with a coume,it had its own church, drug store, far from the oldestbusiness in the area. Boniface Grade School, a convent housing future that held great promise. grocery store, dairy store, bakery, and This would be the combined insurance, filling stations.And--five taprooms. New- tailoring, and alderman office of Fred C. town boasted an alderman's office, three Staib, an 81-year-old businessman, who dentists, three barber shops, and its own had been )ocated at 337 Washington schools. W'hat else could be needed? Boulevard for nifty-four years. Strangely,it was the announcement of the building of a hardware store in Newtown One of Newtown's best remembered 6:t>.(D...a.i3 6=>.©...£:jB 6:NG}..233 6 that brought it back into the news institutions was the Newtown Band. twenty-five years ago--November, 1947. During its five years'existence, this musical organization appeared frequently Newton had its beginning in 1850. at carnivals and public events. It held and in 1901formed its own band. It was its own annual carnival on a lot at the best known perhaps as Sauer Kraut southwest corner of Hughes and Penn Hill and was sometimes referred to as Streets. The inspiration for the organ- Bohnenviertel, meaning the baked bean ization of this band was reported to have WARKETSQUAnE district of town. The most familiar family stemmed from Rickey Koch's Boer Band names connected with this area were which started on a wave of patriotism Staib, Hiller, Stopper,and Meyer. By and enthusiasmduring the Boer War. At one time Williamsport'sMarket western ends of the city. It was the center now I am sureyou haveguessed that A group of lads decided that they, too, Square was paved with cobble stones, of special attractions and entertainments. Newtownwas the area boundedby wantedto havea band,with the result with the street crossingsmade of square. It was where the balloon lscensions were Washington Boulevard and Penn and that the Newtown Band began rehearsals flat pieces of quarry stones. There were made where tight-rope walking exhi- Franklin Streetsin W'illiamsport. in Meyer's Hall, located at Washington hitching posts in front of the stores. Lamp bitions were made -where bonfires were Boulevard and Penn Street. Ed Flechler posts occupied each comer, and it was a built, especially on election nights. Dutch Hill had a long history, but a and John J. Tepel directed the band. commonsight to see Larry the lamp- lighter at dusk, with his four-foot ladder Soap box orators attracted crowds in quiet one. It was the part of our com- The peak membership was remembered Market Square as did many patriotic munity started by (;erman settlers who to be about twenty-two. EmersonKauder- and torch, lighting the old gas lights. speakers. Those fakirs who sold rattle- gravitated to neighbors of their own man was its drum major. In early days, horse-drawnstreet cars snake oil and medicinesused Market nationality. Families remained there passedeach other using a switch that The disbandment of another local Square. Sometimesour people were and grew, and as new needsarose, they was located in the center of the square. separatedfrom their moneyby the med- added to their community to make it an band, the Fisk Band, gave the Newtown icine show people, but they usually came almost independent unit within the city Band another avenueof advancing itself After the closeof the Civil War. the back for more. of Williamsport. and it purchaseduniforms and instru curbstone market occupied the square. mentsfrom the Fisk Band. At the sug- Farmerscame regularly with their market One of Williamsport's earliest enter- I mentioned a hardware store as gestion of Mayor John F. Laedlein, the vans that were backed to the curb. Even tainment centers, the Ulman Opera bringing Newtown back into the news Newtown Band changedits name to the in the cold of winter, they came. Some House, was located in the building on the twenty-five years ago. At a time when Williamsport Marine Band. In 1906 the wore old army overcoatsand caps of the southeast corner of Market Square. there were thirty-two businesseson Dutch organization decided to disband and Civil War. Traveling road shows such as the Bo- Hill, J. H. Carpenter,an engineerat many of the memberswere absorbed by hemian Glass Blowers and the Swiss Bell Arco Manufacturing Company, an- the RepaszBand. However,the German Market Squarewas consideredthe Ringersentertained at the Ulman Opera nouncedplans for the building of a band idea never lost its hold in the halfway point between the eastern and House. 28 29

THE VANISHING SPAS OF PENNSYLVANIA were administered in a rather primitive water of Levico, a noted European spa. bath house at some distance from the Von Oefele warned against the indiscrim (An Historical Review)* spring. The water was carried and heated hate drinking of the Ben-Alanwater on coal stoves.The bottling was con because of its arsenic contents. which in By Linued until 1929. All commercial and his opinion could be harmful. The Ben- therapeutic activities were discontinued Alan spring was analyzed by F. A. Genth lgho H. Kornblueh*+,M. D. and GeorgeMorris Piersol+++,M. D after the death of Benjamin F. Jones. in the chemical laboratory of the Univer- sity of Pennsylvania. Concerning his (The .fotLou)ingarticle contains excerpts taken atom Tran.section.s© Studies Felix von Oefele, M. D. of New York findings, Genth had the following to say: oJ the CoLLegeoJPh)sicians oJ Philadelphia, 4 SeT., Vo1.21, and Dr. Kjelgaard highly praised Ben- 'l have just finished the analysis of the No. 3, August, 1953-FebTuaT),1954) Alan spring. In a lengthy article in the Ben-Alan chalybeate spring and have BlossburaJ:lelj1ld of June 30, 1927, Dr. found it to contain in one gallon of 231 von Oefele compared this water with the cubic inches, as follows: The majority of American people exceptional opportunity to establish spas. today admittedly are indifferent to the As a consequence,at various times during therapeutic value of spas. For the most the past 200 years, at least 30 such; part, the physiciansof this countryalso institutions are known to have existed in lack interest in this type of treatment. this State. In addition, over 50 so-called That such an attitude towardsspa mineral springsnot combinedwith build- Silicii acid 2.15386 grains/G therapy was not held by our ancestors ings for the housing of guests and patients may be inferred from the numerous have been recorded. Sulphuric acid 5.64348grains/G watering places that flourished during the colonial days and throughout the Up until the middle of the last Ferrii phosphate 0.32738grains/G first century of this Republic's history. century health resorts and therapeutic Ferrii sulphate 31.31905 grains/G Many of theseestablishments were ex springs in the Eastern United States tensively patronized and enjoyed great attained considerablepopularity and Aluminum sulphate 6.58489grains/G success.From that time down to the popularity, as well as the approval and 0.35819grains/G support of the contemporary medical present interest in spa therapy through- Nickel sulphate profession. out this country has steadily declined. Cobalt sulphate 0.03019grains/G In this respect, Pennsylvania'sex- The early white settlersof the State periencehas not differed from that Manganese sulphate 1.83367 grains/G of Pennsylvania came chiefly from Euro- observed elsewhere throughout the United Magnesium sulphate 13.10151grains/G pean countries, in which therapeutic States. Of the 30 spas that were developed baths and mineral springs had been in in Pennsylvania at different places and at Calcium sulphate 23.12789 grains/G vogue for 2000 years. These people had various periods only three are presently 0.11652grains/G leaned to supplementthe deficienciesof active. The remaining 27 have been Lithium sulphate the medical practice of their day by what abandoned, destroyed by fire or other Sodium sulphate 0.26646grains/G has been termed ''natural treatments. wise, or have been converted to different It is not surprising, therefore, that when uses. Potassium sulphate 0.24442grains/G individuals with such a background found Sodium chloride 0.10128 grains/G themselvesin a vast virgin territory of untold natural resourcesand an abun- BLossbuvg-- Tioga Count) Specific gravity 1.0033 grains/G dance of water, they should have de- Total Solids veloped in their new surroundings Located on a steep hill in back of 85.20879grains/G facilities for spa therapy in which by and above the Blossburg State Hospital, (1.458.78 p/m) tradition and training they had faith. are two springs about 50 feet apart. The The State of Pennsylvanialent itself well upper one, a magnesia spring, was never to such therapeutic purposesbecause of used therapeutically.The lower one, its geological formation. Throughout the called Ben-Alan, a very productive State, many springs and wells were to be spring, carries water of a peculiar acid found, the waters of which vary in temp taste. The entire propertyis a part of erature and contain significant amounts the Gaylord estate. Jacob Jones, grand- of one or several chemicals such as iron, father of the presentowner, acquired the The bath househas been completely magnesia, sulfur, and hydrogen sulfide grounds in 1849. The mineral water was destroyedand there is no intention on the Such natural resourcesplaced for the used extensively for drinking and sitz part of the owner to attemptany re most part in an attractive setting afforded baths from 1924 until 1928. The baths construction. r'

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Loganton--Clinton Count) the beautiful daughter of an Indian Free carbon dioxide 25.00p/m Chieftain, who made a miraculous Iron oxide The sulphur spring at Loganton is recovery from a deadly disease, after 2.86 p/m situated about 80 miles northeast of drinking water from the magically Calcium carbonate 99.68p/m Altoona and some fifteen miles from healing spring Lock Haven. Known for the past hundred Magnesium carbonate 25.66p/m years. the water of the spring was held Another legend tells of an elaborately Sodium carbonate Trace p/m in high regardfor its therapeuticqual- dressedstranger, who came over the ities. The very low output of the spring mountainsto quenchhis thirst at the Lithium carbonate Trace p/m must have tried the patience of those who Indian Spring. It is said that the magic attempted to collect its water in large water made him grow without affecting Calcium sulphate 0.00 p/m jugs. A penetrating smell of rotten eggs his health. The "Giant of Minnequa Magnesium sulphate Trace p/m emanating from this water is probably died at a very old age and his neighbors still attractive to some people, who believe had great dif6lculty in burying his over- Sodium sulphate 33.16p/m in its efficiency. Mr. W. E. Meyer, Vice- sized body. Calcium chloride 0.00 p/m Presidentof the Loganton National Bank, In 1868, Peter Herdic acquired the is well acquainted with the medicinal Magnesium chloride Trace p/m propertiesof this spring. Kept in good spring and the surrounding grounds, after obtaining relief from a rheumatic con- Sodium chloride 9.90 p/m conditionand well protectedby an dition by the use of its water. The first attractive spring house, it servedin the Manganese 0.50 p/m past the summer guests of a hotel known hotel, erectedby Herdic in 1869, accom- modated 600 guests. The spring was Silica as the Logan House. Built long before protected against contamination and 2.00 p/m the turn of the century, the hotel burned Alumina down in 1918 and no attempt was ever covered by an open spring house. The 1.89 p/m first Minnequa Springs Hotel burned Total solids made to replace it. down in 1878. It was followed by another 174.00 p/m hotel. This woodenbuilding, smaller than h&cElhattan--Clinton Count) the first, with a porch facing the railroad track, was closedin 1901and two years Cong/mz'on}.s increase in life expectancy. Therefore, it McElhattan Springs, East of Lock later destroyedby nlre. The hotel had is not only highly desirable, but indeed Haven,on the West Branchof the only 92 bedroomsin the main building A survey such as the one herein urgent, that the presentprofessional and Susquehanna River, attracted many and 36 additional rooms in an annex reported furnishes convincing evidence of popular attitude towards spa treatment visitorsduring the summerseason. The near the spring. Two cottages nearby with the declineand virtual elimination of all should change.To look forward to this water supply came from five individual 14 bedrooms increased the total capacity but three of the spas and watering is justifiable becausethe properly con springs. Accommodations for the guests to about 300 guests. The spring and the places in the State of Pennsylvania, over ducted health resorts offer the best were provided by severalhotels in the Victorian springhouseare well preserved the last seventy-fiveyears. Such a sit- method of combining the therapeutic vicinity. The "medicinal" waters were and easily accessible.An old description uation is not peculiarto this State;it advantages of change in climate and used for drinking and bathing. Baths of the spring lists the following medical is nationwide in its scope. From the above environment with a sound health program were taken in the bedrooms in portable indications: ''Keeps blood and excretions review, the conclusion is inescapablethat built around the modem broad concept woodenbathtubs. A local trout hatchery alkaline; increasesmetabolism and pro- the progressof the health resortsof this of physical medicine and rehabilitation. was another great attraction. The motes tissue repair; enhances the action country has failed to keep abreastof the therapeutic value and the mineral prop- of the saliva, bile, and intestinal juices; revolutionary advances that have taken erties of McElhattan's springs were never aids in the change of gases in the tissue place during the last half century in other established and lungs, by acting as a carbonic acid fields of medicine. carrier; is indicatedin dyspepsia,con- bread in I)avt be.Fore the CoLLege of Minnequa SI)rings--BTadfovdCount) stipation, gall stones, gravel, gout, dia- It is to be hoped that the evaluation Ph)siciant.s oj Phitadell)hia, Section on (Vicinit) of Canton) betes, skin eruptions, rheumatism, neur- of spas being conducted by the Council Medical H£stov), 29JanualT 1953. itis, and obesity.' on Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation of the American Medical Association and +'ilH.stTuctoT {n Ph)sicat Medicine, Grad- History, folklore, and the tradition of The present owner of the spring, Mr. efforts to place them on a firm scientific uate School qMedicine, UniueTsit) oj Minnequa Springs, in the vicinity of William SpencerCastle, Sr., has in his basismay alter this discouragingsit- Ferns)tuania, Philadelphia Canton, are still vivid, thanks to the possession the following chemical analysis uation, and revive confidencein resort interest displayed by a number of citizens of Minnequa Spring, made by the Pitts- therapy. +++ProfessoT oJ' Medicine, Chairman, of this community. The spring, known as burgh Testing Laboratory on December Department of Ph)sical Medicine and the "Indian Healing Spring," was dis- 5, 1936, laboratory #188736, file #119 The number of old, chronically ill, Rehabilitation, G'radiate School q coveredby white men before 1771. The 92.1, order # page 15180, marked David and disabled people in this country is Medicine, UniveTs£t) oJ Perms)tuania, local lore relatesthe story of Minnequa, E. Fisherand signedby H. H. Graver. steadily rising--the result of the national Philadelphia. 32

A LETTERTO THE ''OLDTIMER '' bell married Lyne, and Lyne died and a half bushel and the twelve-year-old Widow Jane Winters Campbell Lyne boy, a peck. The cow which the boys had browsedall winter freshenedin olthe EdinboTO Independent married Robert Randolph, and Randolph died. Widow Jane Winters Campbell March and the boysused the third Lyne Randolph, thirty-four yearsof age, milking--not waiting for the ninth milk with six children, one horse and one cow, Dear Sir ing, the usual practice. Widow Randolph left the Williamsport, Pennsylvania, area and her four childrenjoined the twa in the fall of 1796 and moved west boysin their log cabin in the springof You ask for an article telling where name. John Augustus Culbertson died in throughthe wildernesstrail over the 1797 the name "Gusty Hills'' came from and 1872. My mother never tired of telling Allegheny Mountains to where Franklin, stating also the commercial birthrights her childrenwhat a kind, patient and Pennsylvania,now is and from there on of our beautifulvalley nestled in the helpful man "Grandpa '' Culbertson was up to about a mile south of Edinboro very outer rim of the great Mississippi to her, and Harper Cornell, Trim Proud- Descendants of "Granny '' Randolph, fit and Preston Reeder all have told me where Widow Randolph and her six there is your pioneer backgroundand basin. And I will add, if I may, what childrenbuilt a log cabinwith a lean-to heritage. Widow Randolph'ssix children seemsto me spiritualbirthrights of an kindly things of ''Uncle Gusty. for the cow. There were sevenpioneers all married.Nancy, the older girl. area whose pioneers and antecedentshad Driving into Edinboro in summer in this family group--theyoungest nine married Job Reeder and Hannah, the vision, courage and character--building season from the north. from the west and the oldest thirty-four--and each had younger girl, married John Mcwilliams. their altars and their fires in a wilder- an axe. As soon as their cabin with its ness--dedicating their efforts to church from the eastor from the south you will I propose that "Granny '' Randolph's grave pass by farm lands that speak abun- lean-to was built, Widow Randolph, with in the old cemetery be made a shrine and school and govemment by high and four children,took their horseand re- simple living in the fear of God and in dance--that say here is plenty, and you by her descendants and others who the belief of accountabilityto their will feel nature's challenge to the tillers turned to the Franklin area for the winter visit her resting place, always leaving an Creator. of the soil and to all--"Match my prodi- 1796-1797, leaving James and William attractive stone or pebble, picked up gality with your intelligenceand your Campbell--fourteen and twelve years of elsewhere, on her grave until the mound labor, and plenty shall be your portion. age--to browse their cow stabled in the will tell the world that the Campbells, The first white male child born in This district is a natural potato area, a lean-to, until spring. The only other Reeders, Mcwilliams, Taylors, Lytles, this area saw the light of day in William natural apple area for the Baldwin, the whites in the wildernessaround were Moored, Lewises, Hamiltons, Comptons, Culbertson'slog cabin, on what is now northern spy and the greening--two great Culbertson,his wife Mary and their year Cornells, Proudfits, Langleys, Dales, Vunk's Point, in March 1800. This babe food sources. Our greatest need in this and a half old baby boy, Andrew Wades. Putts and others have not was christenedJohn Augustus.John area that can produce so much is, prob Columbus. James and William Campbell forgotten. "Man shall not live by bread AugustusCulbertson went to the town of ably, intelligent and organized sale of our followed the Indian trail ten miles with alone.'' I call on you to acceptmy pro- Erie in 1816to leam to work in wood products. Other commercial birthrights Culbertson to Fort LeBoeuf for potatoes posaland enjoy your heritage,and the and served an apprenticeship of seven of our area are the lake. the climate that winter. Culbertsonwould carry a pilgrimages to ''Granny'' Randolph's years as cabinet maker. He continued to the beautiful rolling and wooded country- bushel and the boy, not yet fourteen grave will follow. work in Erie until twenty-seven years of side--all meaning health and happiness age when he married ClarissaHarrison to thousandswho comeamong us for a season . and retumed to Edinboro and built his Andrew ,A. CutbeTtson home on the first hill west of the outlet Now our spiritual birthright is all where Mrs. Etta Anderson Hollenbeck who have gone before who may have now lives. John Augustus Culbertson added to our vision, to our understanding EdfnboTO, Penne)!uan a made coffins not only for the southern or to our courage.I wishto speakof Erie Countyarea but alsofor a good one who was so outstanding and mag- part of northern Crawford County. Much nificient, one who has hundreds of lined of the pay was in trade--potash, pearlash, descendants in our area. which descen- grain, etc. The demandfor coffinswas dants should Hind urge and challenge in steady but not enough to take all of John such heritage. Jane Winters, born in Augustus's time and he built homes on 1761, was the seventh of eleven children July 14, 1940 land given him by his father on the west born to William and Eleanor Campbell side of the outlet and alsoon the east Winters. Through her maternal grand- side. His father (William) gave him (John mother, Anna Ball Campbell, Jane Augustus)a good part of the land on the Winters was related to George Washing- hills on the westside and so thesehills ton, whose mother, Mary Ball Washing- came to be called "Gusty's Hills." The ton, was a kinswoman (sister or cousin) 6lmt rise of land was called ''First Gusty' of Anna Ball Campbell. Jane Winters and the second rise "Second Gusty. married James Campbell and bore him JohnAugustus was called "Gusty '' for six children--four boys and two girls. short and the ''Hills" took the same short Campbell died and Jane Winters Camp- 34 35 HISTORY OF CENTER AND CLINTON COUNTIES Mrs. Potter continuedwith her Potter, one of the early settlersof this mother's family in Lycoming County county. Here with her husband, until frequently visiting her two sisters, Mrs. his death and then upon the marriage Huston and Mrs. Brunside, who resided of her niece, Miss Lucy Alexander with John BI.aivLinn in Bellefonte, where in 1815 she was Edward C. Humes. she made her home united in marriage by Rev. James Linn having lived continuouslyin this town (Published 1883 b) Louis H. EuaTts, Center Count), inge 221) with William W. Potter,a young and since her marriage. rising lawyer and son of General James William Potter, Esq., a grandsonof They traveled on foot from the farm General James Potter of the Revolutionary by a route leading from where Bellefonte War. wasborn at PottersMills. December now is, the "Indian Path from Bald 18, 1792...... Mrs. Lucy Potter, widow Eagle to Frankstown." John Winters of HonorableW. W. Potter,died in visited his sister, Mrs. Potter. in 1843 Bellefonte, May 30, 1875, aged eighty and wanderingto the hi]] upon which four years, nine months and two days. the academy is situated, a messenger was Mrs. Potter was a member of a large and sent for him, his friends thinking he had rather remarkablefamily, her father lost himself, but he was only looking for St:S.(D...4:i; 6=:s.(D..:£:iB 6:CX.(D...Z:iB6 having been bom in 1728, married in the path he and Lincoln had trod sixty 1747. died in 1794. children to the yearsbefore and pointed with his finger number of nineteen being born to him. the course from Spring Creek along the eldest in 1748, the youngest in 1790, Buffalo Run to where it crosses the ''Long their births extending over a period of Limestone Valley '' as being their route. forty-two years. Upon the death of Mr. Winters first wife in the year 1771, he again William Winters.the father of the married in 1774. His second wife was desceased,came from Berks County to Ellen Campbellwho bore him eight ''IN GOD WE TRUST'' Northumberland, now Lycoming County, children, three males and five females. of in the year 1778, having purchased the whom the latter the subject of this sketch fame lately known as the Judge Grier was the youngest.The father of Mrs. farm, near what is called Newberry, but Potter died in 1794 and in 1795 Mrs. now within the corporatelimits of Ellen Winters, his widow, was licensed by Williamsport. Mr. Winters was twice Did you knowthat a man who at Piles Anthony of Williamsport. He com married. the Courtsof LycomingCounty to keep one time sat as Judge on the bench of pleted Judge Anthony's term, which had a ''house of entertainment '' where Lycoming County when it was a part of lessthan a year to run, and then returned Williamsport now is, where she lived and reared her children as well as several the Eighth Judicial District of Pennsyl- LOthe practice of law. vania was responsiblefor the adoption of His first wife wasAnn Boone.sister of her stepchildren. In 1854 he was elected Governor of of Col. DanielBoone. famous in the the motto "In God We Trust," which appears on the larger coins issued by the Pennsylvania for a term of three years. early annalsof Kentucky. His marriage Here all her daughters married United States Government? In 1861 he was appointed a member of took place in the year 1747 in the then Mary becoming the wife of Charles Crittendon Peace Conference. which con- provinceof Virginia. By this union there Huston, who for a number of years sidered the Crittendon Compromise an were issue eleven children. four males adorned the bench of the Supreme James Pollock, who was born in effort to avert the secessionof the and seven females. His eldest daughter Court of this state; Ellen. the wife of Milton, September11, 1810,was the Thomas Burnside, who was a member of author of this motto. He was the director southern states through the adoption of Hannah, married in Rockingham County, the Constitutional Amendmentsrecogniz- Virginia, Abraham Lincoln, the grand- Congress, judge of the Court of Common of the mint at Philadelphia from 1861 father af the ex-PresidentLincoln. Short- ing slavery under certain limitations. His Pleasand finally, a justice of the Supreme until 1868, and during the time he was appointment to the directorship of the ly before his death, Lincoln, who was Court; Sarah, wife of Benjamin Harris, filling that office,he suggestedto the Philadelphia mint followed. Mr. Pollock killed by the Indians,visited his father whose daughter Miss Ellen Harris, resides secretary of the treasury that the motto retired in 1866 but was reappointed by in-law at what is now Williamsport and on Spring Street in Bellefonte; Elizabeth, be inscribed on the coins, and his sugges- PresidentGrant in 1869. and in 1873he John Winters, his brother-in-law, re the wife of ThomasAlexander, a car tion wasadopted. became superintendent of the mint. He turnedwith him to Kentuckywhither Mr. penter and builder who erected one of the was appointed naval officer in 1879 and Lincoln had removedafter his marriage, first dwellingsin Williamsport,at the Mr. Pollock had achieved distinction corner of what is now Pine and Third held that office four years.In 1886he John being deputed to look after some as a member of Congress when he was was appointed Federal chief inspector of lands taken up by Col. Daniel Boone Streets in that city and many of whose and his father. appointed Judge by Governor Johnson in elections.Mr. Pollockdied April 19 descendantsstill live in Lycoming County. 1851, upon the death of Judge Joseph 1890, in Lock Haven, Pennsylvania. 36

S P E CIA L A N N O U N CEM EN T

The Lycoming County Historical Society and Museum is starting a series of special events to celebrate its 75th Anniversary in February. 1982

The celebration begins now with a membershipcampaign. All of us are aware of the results of inflation on our economy, however, we

do not want to increaseour presentdues structure. In an effort to main-

tain that structure, we are asking our present family or single members

who wish to help us financially, and who feel that they are able to do so, to increase their membership to that of sustaining membership

$25.00 per year. We are also encouragingeach present member to bring

us one or more new members in the coming year.

The Boardof Governorssincerely appreciates everything the

members are doing to help us to continue to maintain our excellent facility and its servicesto the citizenry in our area. Their special thanks are extended to you for your additional efforts in our membership drive.

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