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"Out of the forty-two townships in the county exhibits were received from the following, which are given in alphabetical order:
TOWNSHIP EXHIBITS.
Armstrong — H. D. Sortman, bone card, made by himself at Yorktown during the rebellion; Indian brick; black marble; marble core from the Mosquito Valley quarries; pair of old English forceps found at siege of York town; sickle 150 years old.
Bastress — Mrs. John Keller, book printed in 1675, "Glorious Rome."
Peter Harris, Life of Christ, 1706; lamp, 117 years; sadirons, 209 years; spinning wheel, 173 years.
Margaret Dietrich, two pewter plates from Germany.
M- Stopper, Howe sewing machine, first sewing machine brought to Williamsport, sold for $125; German Latin dictionary.
Brady — S. P. Shaffer, German bake kettle; old ox yoke; flax hatchel; .two sabres; two canteens; spurs; satchel; bear trap; sugar bowl; shell case, with a collection of silver and copper coins and United States fractional currency; Confederate money and bonds; collection of bullets from the late war; two rings from the wreck of the Cumberland, sunk by the rebel ram Merrimack; old Bull's-eye watch with repair card of Jacob Mussina, 1830, in it; silver teaspoons; corps badge made from the root of an apple tree struck by one of Lee's shells; pair of snow shoes.
Cogan House — Mrs. Charles H. Naylor, tailor's iron; pinking iron and sheet iron lamp and basket. These articles were brought from Scotland and are all over 100 years old.
Cornelius Garrison, geography, 1814; gold dollar, 1851.
William Love, griddle, 125 years old; arithmetic, 1788Adda Crist, picture of an old church.
George Moyer, bread basket, used by Grandmother Fessler, of Williamsport, over 100 years old.
Mrs. William Gorham, coffee kettle, 200 years old, German.
Mrs- Joseph Gorham, stone ink-stand nearly 200 years.
A. F. Wood, his father's book of examplesi used in 1808, at the age of fifteen; slate used in Wood family before the Revolution.
Mrs. Reuben Hillyard, book sent from the front by her son Charles, title, "A Good Soldier."
Mrs. Pautot, homespun linen.
William Zinc, revolver, sword and scabbard and belt (his own), used during the late war; bone relics made in the army; grubbing hoe 93 years.
Mrs. J. P- Mecuun, clogs worn in 1850, when she came from EnglandMrs. Jacob Weigle, press board over 75 years old.
Mrs. C. Ayres, butter jar used by Grandmother Caldwell, over 100 years old; pewter tea pot, nearly 200 years old; two pewter plates; fan made from turkey feathers; linen towel made in 1771 by Miss Mary White; home-made towels, 1821 and 1841; shell comb, 65 years old.
Miss Jennie Guillamme, pair of sabots, made in France.
George Wittig, flint-lock gun of Revolutionary fame.
Annie Wittig, grandmother's silk shoulder shawl, over 100 years old.
Dr. England, letter descriptive of the batle of Murfreesboro>; knapsack and coffee pot; earthen coffee potC. Harman, order for public road from, Washington Township to Jersey Shore.
Henry Ross, Indian relics.
Charles Smead, canteen, cup and fork; star out of the flag; a pass.
All used in the late war.
Mrs. D. MoKane, glass decanter.
Mrs. S. Stryker, two linen towels.
Mrs. Ambrose Wood. Indian relics.
Charles Wood .English shilling, 1817, and old copper penny.
Miss Mame Wood, candlestick and snuffers; pair of shears brought from England; piece of wood from a Virginia battlefieldJacob C. Reigle. Revolutionary gun.
Mr. and Mrs- Samuel Kinley, canteen, 1863-1865; iron baking pan; two Confederate cannon balls; four Minnie balls; pair of shell and fuse holders, C. S. A.; horse pistol, war of 1812; early hand saw; two Indian relics; copy of Webster County (Kingston) Gazette, January 4, 1800; brass andirons and candlestick; English-German Choral.
Mr. and Mrs. Christian Helper, sheep shears; shovel and tongs; brass candlestick and snuffers; three pewter plates; two log cabin plates, 1840; three old-fashioned butter plates.
Miss Lizzie Cooper, linen towel.
Miss Mamie Meyer, linen towel.
J. J- Cooper, quartz crystal.
Mr. and Mrs. T. F- Connolly, silk vest and linen towel; book of poems, Dublin, 1767; pewter milk pitcher; powder horn; set of spoons.
Walter Connolly, old watch made at Dublin.
R. R- Brewer, walnut chest of drawers with initials, "A. B." 1747, cut in it (Abby Boone), sister of Daniel Boone.
M. D. Sculley, improved cant hook, combination hatchet, pipe, etc.; hoof trimmer; fish spear.
H. M. Brooks, five skeins of home-made woolen yarnCup & Neyhart, Trout Run, turned specimens of native woods.
Charles Ardell, copy of Lycoming Gazette, January 29, 1807, second oldest in the building.
Abram Meyer, cedar case made with an ax and pocket knife; granite from Washington Monument, Big Round Top and Devil's Den; cipher code and signal badge; fuse holder and rings; hand-made nails; six Coins and medals; ten mineral specimens, rare; natural crystal of aluminum; thirty-seven quartz crystals; five pieces of massive quartz, from Tioga and Lycoming, one piece containing gold, silver, copper, zinc and lead. Ten Indian relics, with spalls. Four Revolutionary and Gettysburg relics. Geological Exhibit: Educational, glacial, fossil, lithologioal, mineral and diagrams pertaining to the same. Copy of the Lycoming Gazette, 1807. Framed Smithsonian and Russian acknowledgments of service rendered by Mr. Meyer. Eight sketches and papers obtained in the rebellion; autograph album, sketch book and blue prints of signal stations erected under the direction of Mr. Meyer during the rebellion, a very interesting exhibit. Twenty-six specimens of rocks and twelve plates of clay and shales. Fifty-four pieces prepared native woods; twelve transverse sections of wood; seventeen pieces of bark; eighteen transverse sections of bark; piece of birch burl. Twenty-four cards of native grasses. Framed acknowledgments of specimens of nagging stone, U. S. Department of Mines and Mining. Photograph of Geological formation. Book of tracts, 1S00; "American Dispensary," 1806; old ink-stand and sand box, used prior to 1848; stamp used in sealing with wafers; short sword, used in the German Revolution, 184S; old spectacles; daguerreotype of Mr. Meyer; colored marble from the Capitol at Washington.
Lewis Briggs Halstead. two pieces of artistic molding in iron, oast by Jacob Halstead in 1830; carved powder horn; iron tea kettle from Ireland; O. U. A. regalia, used by exhibitor in New York City, 1848-1850.
W. S. English, old bayonet, 1772-1776.
Joseph F. Reeder, two pairs of old-style crane hooks; old powder horn; flax heckle; old-style lamp; iron candlestick.
Daniel Schoch, iron kettle brought from Germany in 1842; pewter plate; old-style chased watch, brought from England.
Eldred — Edward Kiess, old German horse pistol; flint-lock gun, very old, and brought from Germany by the first Bloomingrove settlersF. C. Kiess, quaint hymnbook, 1708; book, 1783; German Testament, 1781; German book, 1742; Mitchell's Map of Pennsylvania, 1830; Jardiner, brought from Germany, 1804; hand-woven bed-spread; patch-work quilt; sun glass.
Mrs. P. F. Waltz, silk shawl of "Ye Olden Times."
Adam Finkbinder, hand bellows; fat lamp; old German history otf "True Religion;" old-fashioned apple peeler; reaping sickle.
T. A. B laker, hand card and heckle.
Amos Wilson, spoon molds.
S. L. Casner, book, Persecution of the QuakersMrs. Mary Klump, old German Bible; Cobb's, Pike's and German arithmetics; German book, 1772; singing book, 1779.
Mrs. A. F. Wilson, piece of wood from Crown Point; hook and ring; old-fashioned chair; flint-lock gun.
Mrs. J. F- Derone, German birth certificate; old-fashioned tea canister and padlock.
Byron Wilson, militia captain's sword; letters patent, 1795, and parchment indenture to his grandfather for the farm on which he now lives, 1800.
Mrs- Frank Chaapel, bread dish 110 years old.
Mrs. Catharine Plank, three German books Eph. Shaffer, German zither, 132 years old.
H. E. Eismenenger, eleven different kinds of Columbian postage stamps, ranging in denomination from one cent to fifty.
Mrs- Chauncey Chappell, coffee mill, 125 years oldC- D. Heim, piano made 75 years ago by John Gross for his brother Joseph, who is now 87 years old. The case is made of cherry and walnut and the keys yet send forth sweet tones when touched. He gave it to his granddaughter, Miss Susie Helm, who prizes it highly as a keepsake. The home-made instrument occupied a position of honor among the modern pianos;, and on account of its age and unique appearance attracted much attention-
Fairfield— Mrs. Harvey Reeder, tea pot, over 125 years; toaster, 125 years; sword used in the Revolution; looking glass, very old.
Miss Abbie Budd, side saddle, 125 years old; two copper urn-shaped kettles from Germany, 200 years; two china cups, 102 years.
Upper Fairfield — Merrick Oborn, four largo wooden spoons'; wooden swingling knife, made by exhibitor.
Mrs. John Klees, cushion; powder horn, with the name of Gen. John Burrows cut on it.
Sarah Penitz, tinder box, marked "P. P." (Peter Pentz), her great great grandfather, a noted Indian fighter and Revolutionary scout of this section; also gun barrel, supposed to have belonged to him.
John Keher, German Bible.
Mrs. Phoebe Tallman, pewter plate, 120 years.
Gamble' — M. H. Lowe, picture frame made while in front of Petersburg, in 'the fall of 1864; Indian skinning stone, found on Saddle Hill, by Henry Southard, 1810; tin cup carried through the war by M. H.
Lowe, Eighth Pennsylvania Cavalry; hymn book, got at Alexandria, spring of 1864; needle case carried through the war; inlaid box, made while in .hospital at Point Lookout, Maryland; parchment deed, 1792, to Henry Southard; hymn book printed in 1706; "A View of Hammond's General Hospital;" Military Tactics, used by Captain J. Salter Lowe; two volumes of "The Universal Gazette," printed in 1800; piece of petrified elk horn, found in the middle of a rock on the Well Mountain, Gamble Township; pair of spectacles, 140 years old, owned by Jacob Swartz; Confederate money; lead ore.
Jenette Eston, chair 142 years old.
Mns. Harman Van Horn, Bible dated 1756.
Joseph Ulmer, Rose Valley, German Testament printed in 1686Hepburn — Harvey Stiger, pair of shackles; wooden spring from old stage coach.
James McGowen, old French army musket, brought and used by Jacob Schofield, one of General Lafayette's men, and used by his son William ini the war of 1812; wooden mortar and pestle, used for grinding corn; old pewter plate; Franklin Almanac, 1789; tinder box; Memoirs of Hannah Schofield, 1820.
D. C. Ulmer, old flint-lock gun; long tin dinner horn; tin sausage stuffer; lard lamp with hook.
Mrs- J- Dangel, Bunyon's "Holy War," German, 1795; Schatzkastlein, printed in 1668; Lehrbucher fur die Jugend.
Mrs. Jacob Bidelspacher, German Kirchen Gesang Buch, 1775; German Bible, 1736.
Jacob Helm, linen pillow case; old picture; flax break, block and knife; two heckles; three bunches of flax; home-made sausage stuff er; four pieces home-made tape; gtraw box, 75 years old; fork from Germany in 1804 ; old land warrant and article of agreement.
Mrs. Daniel Brucklacher, spinet, once owned by the family of Judge Anthony, made prior to 1795, and now in the possession of Mrs. William Emery, granddaughter; shovel and tongsJacob Ball, straw bee hive and bread basket, each 150 years old.
Fred Shaffer, distaff and spindle.
Charles F. Ulmer, two pieces of hand-spun and woven linen cloth, made by Miss Elizabeth Shaffer.
Gottlieb Heim, piece of bagging twill pants cloth; three skeins of flax, linen and thread 70 years old; lard lamp; candlestick with figure of deer on it.
J. B. Lutz, clock, 125 years old.
S- H. Burr, small spinning wheel with bone trimmings, brought from England.
C. F. Ulmer, two lard lamps; straw basket; German hand-ax; fluid lamp; two pefwter dishes; Latin Bible, 1715; German book, 1685; German herb book, 300 years old.
Mrs. Jennie Ball Wright, sausage grinder, mode by George Ball, and one of the first in the community.
William Shaffer, pair of bellows; tea pot; German reaping sickle and scythe; German Bible, 1711; two lard lamps and snuffers; old German shoemaker's hammer; French medal.
Mrs. John A- Frey, German bake kettle; lard lamp; wedding cake 59 years old.
Lewis — Mrs. C. C. Heylman, dress, skirt, waist, collar and pin, handkerchief, reticule, all old-fashioned; straw bread basket one hundred years old.
G- W. King, Trout Run, snuff box. very old.
Limestone — John Beirs, sword belonging to John Beirs, used in the Revolutionary war.
Houston Weidler, Rauchtown, screw used for hoisting mill stones in the first mill in Nippenose Valley; piece of petrified hickory; piece of marble from the tomb of Washington's mother.
E. G. Showers, Rauchtown, handkerchief.
J. W. Group, Rauchtown, Hawkin's rifle; two Johnson's dictiondries, 1756.
Paul Bussler, Collomsville, rifle, 1713; buttons from George Washington's coat; Indian tomahawk-
Mrs- Cora Showers, Rauchtown, old Bull's-eye silver watch.
Lizzie Chattem, Rauchtown, kettle 300 years old.
M. G. Smith, powder horn of Michael Grove, brother of Peter Grove, the great Indian fighter, 110 years old.
Mrs. M. J. Fravel, Rauchtown. old Bible.
J. H. Gramling, Collomsville, shaving cup, very old.
Dr A. T. Welker, Collomsville, eight old deeds, etc.
Joseph K liner, Collomsville, Barlow knife, 1760 on handle.
Loyalsock — Carl Krugstaed, large silver heer mug, with lid, 1708, presented as a wedding gift in Germany.
J. W. Kimball, gun made by Smith Kimball in Williamsport.
W. G. McMurry, lard lamp, 100 years.
Frank Koch, two Indian skeletons, together with iron tomahawk, scalping knife, two-quart brass kettle, beads, small open brass bells, two curious shaped glass bottles, brass crucifix and signet ring, wire bracelets, medal, box Vermillion. These articles were found by Mr.
Koch about three feet under ground when excavating a cellar at Sand Hill, near the Limestone Hotel, in 1894.
Miss Elizabeth Shale, small, oak chest brought from Germany, 1804, Iby Frederick Shale, one of the original Economises, who left the party on arriving in America because they determined on celibacy; two cloth purses, brought from Germany in 1804.
Fred L. Kramer, taxidermist, fine collection of stuffed native birds, 6quirrelsi rabbits, etc., about fifty specimens.
Joseph Schuyler, small log cabin bottle used in the first Harrison campaign.
McHenry — Thomas Baker, of Jersey Mills, two copper coins, English money. Value, four cents, and two cents, respectively.
Muncy Township— Jacob Rodgers, sun-dial, marked "Samuel Rodgers, 1802;" pitcher belonging to the early Rodgers family.
Mrs. Jane Webster, lacquered box; lacquered bowl; china bowl and cocoanut fibre quilt from the Sandwich Islands.
Miss Julia Butler, commission from Governor Snyder to John Butler; book containing the names of Annie Clifford, Rachel Pole, Jane Hood and Mary Butler; daguerreotypes of John and Mary Butler; large pftcher brought from Canada. It had been sent from England, among other things, to encourage the settlers. Indian beaded hunting bag, presented to her mother by an Indian visitor near Halls, 100 years ago; beaded bag; old blue china platter.
Thomas Robb, several Indian relics.
Eliza Lauchle, china pitcher and plate, very old.
Miss Jane Eves, Brazilian coin; pair of beaded moccasins; china platter, 100 years.
Mrs- Frank Ort, old coins.
Mrs. Sarah E. Whitacre, queer vegetable dish; grape leaf dish; plate, once owned by John Adlum, deputy surveyor general of the province; manuscript journal of James Kiteley, first schoolmaster in Lycoming County, and early Quaker preacher at Pennsdale; photograph of the old Simpson homestead; parchment document of 1781; history of Scotland, 1728; old Euclid, belonging to Benjamin Simpson; coin scale, belonging to Benjamin Simpson; collection of almanacs, Franklin's, owned by James Kiteley, 1761; book, 1776.
Mrs. John Swank, coin detector.
Mrs. Peter Narber, a quaint old pitcher.
Mrs- Rose Swartz, china sugar bowl, very old.
Miss Mary Whitacre, Quaker coffee pot.
Miss Annie Artley, bed warmer; green plate, descended from the Adlum family.
Miss Susan R. Saul, daguerreotype of Susan Butler Saul; Washington pickle plates, from the set presented by Washington to his stepdaughter, Nellie Curtis Lee, and taken from the Lee homestead at Arlington, the balance of the set being in the museum at Washington; home-made woolen coverlet, woven by Lowmiller, at Muncy; hand woven linen tablecloth; homespun linen sheet; $2.00 Continental money Miss Sue M- Mendenhall, black letter English Bible, printed at London, 1613, containing family record of Carltons and Mendenhalls from 1650; ancient needle book; declaration of anti-slavery convention, 1833; President Jefferson's message, March 4, 1805, printed on silk handkerchief.
Miss Lilly Mendenhall, silk skirt, made from the wedding dress of Lydia Carlton Mendenhall, who raised, spun and wove the silk, and sent it to London to be colored and woven.
Miss Susan L. Haines daguerreotype of Thomas Haines, 1812, who lived to be 100 years old; portrait of Mary Haines Kiteley; portrait of Mercy Ellis, a noted Quaker preacher and philanthropist; sampler of Rachel Ellis, 1800; shell from the Sea of Tiberias; sampler worked by Mary Ecroyd ,1834; sampler, "An Emblem of Love;" stone from the Bridge of Sighs, Venice.
William Ellis Haines, portrait of Reuben Haines.
James Ecroyd, book of John Adlum's.
Miss Belle Ort, Indian relic.
Pennsdale Y. W. C. T- U-, photograph of Y. W. C. T. U. Hall, built by the young ladies.
Mrs. Kirk Russel, sugar bowl and cream cup, over 100 years.
Mrs. E. W. Warner, book printed by Benjamin Franklin, Deborah Kiteley's book.
Miss Sarah Ecroyd, L- T. L. banner.
Miss Carrie Kirk, large acorn-shaped earthen jar, used for keeping fruit by covering it with bladder and burying it in the ground; very old and curious.
Muncy Creek — Mrs. Elisha Younkin, law book, London, 1703- This was the first exhibit placed in the hands of the chairmaji.
Nippenose — Colonel George Washington Crane, oil portrait of Washington; two leather covered arm chairs; box containing decanter and glasses; lamp; brass knocker. These articles belonged to General Gosler, of York, Pa-, a member of Washington's staff, and at whose residence Washington was a frequent guest, and were all used by himMusket and bayonet used in Mexican war; long handle brass warming pan; Mrs. Crane's wedding dress, slippers and bonnet, which she also wore at the celebration of their golden wedding. Colonel Crane's sword used in the Mexican war; mounted head of deer killed by Colonel Crane in Nippenose bottom.
Pine — Stephen Rogers, bear skull, labeled "first settler;" elk horn, found eighteen inches under ground; "Pilgrim's Progress," 1805; "Paradise Lost," 1837; "Reader," 1823; "History of the Quakers," 1770; William Penn Grammar, 1815; Key to Grammar, 1823; Arithmetic, 1826;; Blue Laws, 1833; Testament, 1825.
John Meyers, old flint-lock rifle
Robert N. Carson, sabre, relic of the French and Indian war.
O. J. Graham, Oregon Hill, double-barreled flint-lock gun, very rare; old-fashioned razor, made by a blacksmith, with wooden handles; silver 25 cent piece, 1818; George the Second penny, 1797; Spanish silver coin, 1776; copper coin, 1787, rare coins.
Washington — Mrs. George Dewald, Elimsport, vegetable table set, consisting of a six-sided central tureen, round which were arranged four covered and two open smaller dishes, each piece independent, but the whole fitting together, making centerpiece. It was very odd and attracted much attention. Handkerchief fifty years old; coverlet.
Wolf — Mrs. George Sterner, large German painted pipe; pewter soup tureen, over one hundred years old.
Frank Rynearson, small wooden mortar and pestle; pitcher; small wooden bucket and butter ladle, which once belonged to Joseph Webster; homespun linen; wooden cuff buttons; large Indian skinner and ceremonial stone.
BOROUGHS— HUGHESVIDLE.
Miss Jack, collection of 114 souvenir spoons,, of great variety and interest. Among them was one in honor of Pennsylvania's "War Governor," Andrew G- Curtin. There were a number of other articles, but as the book containing the list was not returned, although repeated requests were made, they cannot be given, nor the names of the contributors stated.
JERSEY SHORE.
Mrs. Jane Knox Russell, old picture; book of poems published at Carlisle in 1805, containing the names of subscribers, many of whom belonged to old Lycoming families.
Mrs. C. E. King, sugar bowl, 1804; trammel brought from Ireland.
Mrs. John Fitzgerald, jug from Germany.
Mrs. Elsie Wilson, Life of John Flavel.
Mrs. Patterson, shoe buckles; Japanese sword; two portraits.
Mrs. J. N. Slonaker, old pitcher, spoon and dish.
Mrs. W. R- Peoples, British Review; two volumes of Dr. Joseph Priestley's Lectures.
Miss Rebecca Garman, old dish; flax and mug from Germany; glass mug; silk lace shawl; needle book; towel; table cloth; very old clockMiss M. Quigley, Romance of The Forest; works of Thomas Payne.
Rev. J. T. Gladhill, Dr. Priestley's Tracts; Works of John Thompson, early edition; Looking Unto Jesus, early edition.
Daniel Smith, curious pipe.
Miss Hannah Turk, home-made coverlet.
Mrs. John Gallagher, two old-fashioned caps; bridal dress of Eliza Gallagher.
Mrs. John Blackwell, gold locket.
Mrs. C. Glover, tea canister; razor.
Mrs. Albert Poust, pewter plate.
Miss Jennie Grier, baby dress.
Mrs. Hannah Bacon, old linen; gaiters.
Miss Margaret Calvert, life preserver; flint-lock gun; saddle-bags.
Mrs. W. F. Smith, currency picture.
Mrs. John Mowry, old platter.
Mrs. Morrison, old spoon^
Mrs. M. Parker, picture.
Joseph Dingier, gold button.
The Misses Carpenter, old book.
Mrs. H. H. Martin, Revolutionary cartridge box; sampler; horn spoon; four old silver spoons; Empire dress pattern; flax; saddle-bags; old-fashioned vest; baby dress; cap; two old time silk veils; embroidered shawl; lace net armlets and mitts; silk apron; bead reticule; shell card case; oil calico quilt; hand linen counterpane; home-made coverlet; linen sheets; linen tablecloth; linen shirt; fan; straw bread basket; hand cards; foot warmer; bead purse; cloak clasps; snuff box; bellows; bowl; old time dress; breastpin; collar and under sleeves; Bible; Old Medical Work; Dictionary; Arithmetic; Book of Sermons; Life of George Washington; Hewitt's Tables; Works of Lawrence Sterne.
Mrs. John S. Tomb, two old-fashioned waists; Masonic apron; sampler; embroidery.
Mrs. Robert McCullough, picture and plate.
Miss Eveline Humpton, cup and saucer; linen pillow and tablecloth.
Mrs. Robert H. Grier, portrait of Rev. John Grier.
Miss Mannie Slonaker, portrait.
Mrs. Henry Morlock, pewter platter; straw bee hive.
Mrs- E. D. Trump, old-fashioned waffle iron.
Mrs. S- Sample, paper weight; scarf.
Mrs. Catharine Keyser, bottle; heckle, brought up the river in a keel boat.
Robert McMullin, handkerchief. 1688.
Harry H. Martin and John S. Humes, 148 arrow heads, 18 tomahawk heads and two specimens of Indian pottery.
Mrs. Susannah P. Gilbert, old-fashioned earthenware tea pot which belonged to Mrs. Catharine Marshall, of Mifflin Township, who was her grandmother. It is over one hundred years old.
MUNCY.
Dr. William Hayes, $1,000 and $500 Confederate bonds; Richmond Enquirer, 1864, at $50.00 per year; Rebel envelopes found at Port Sumter; $17.00 in Confederate money, taken from the pocket of Jeff Davis at the time of capture; diploma signed by "Stonewall' Jackson.
Mrs. George Stoltz, snuff box; pair of old-fashioned spectacles; old wedding veil; plate with Franklin maxims
Dr. G- G- Wood, Indian corn pounder; cannon ball found at Fort Muncy, made of wrought iron; Pringle on Diseases of the Army, 1753, London, carried through the Revolution by Dr. James Davidson, surgeon oif the Fifth Continental Battalion.
J. M. Bowman, Jr., paper printed at Vicksburg during the siege, 1863, on the blank side of common wall paper, the day before the surrender; very curious.
Mrs. Margaret Edwards, inaugural address; samplers.
Mrs. Thomas Clapp, Taufschein, (German birth certificate).
John Winters, old certificate of birth.
Robert Robb, four parchment deeds of the seventeenth century; two commissions to Robert Robb as justice of the peace in Colonial times; old letter from Governor Mifflin to Robert Robb, Esq., 1795; Laws of Penn, 1700.
Mrs. Thomas Painter, parchment deed; bead reticule.
Mrs- J. Roan Barr, bureau cover; pocket-book; needle-book; heirlooms of Samuel Wallis.
Mrs. M. J. Levan, old-fashioned bonnet; book of fashions, very early; parchment deed, last century; old book; hand woven bed spread; bed curtains; sampler; letter and sampler of muslin; group of Muncy boys, taken during the war; Bible 325 years old; portraits of Col. William Cooke and Jacob Cooke.
Mrs. Robert K. Reeder, pewter plate; old hand bellows.
Mrs. William Smith, small pewter plate.
Mrs. C- C. Clapp, neckerchief, velvet reticule and old velvet purse; Taufschein; tomahawk found at Fort Muncy.
Mrs- O- McCarty, piece of bull's-eye glass.
N. D- Green, old Geography, 200 years old; pewter plate; iron candle stand six feet high, with arms for three candlesMiss Crouse, $8.00 state money; pewter plate; china plate 150 years old; china cup and saucer, very old.
Mrs. Samuel Sprout, Testament 200 years old; came from Holland; table-spoon 150 years old.
Mrs- H. Cable, salt cellar 150 years old.
Mrs. J. Brewer, home woven coverlet.
Mrs. F. W. Robbins, tea pot 150 years old; old-fashioned cups and saucers.
Mrs. L. E. Schuyler, old-fashioned blue plate, very prettyMrs. Gudykunst, old silver dessert and tea spoons; carpet bag 90 years old.
Mrs- Corson, mallet made from ship Augusta, which was under water a hundred years-
Mrs. Fannie H- Petrikin, large old-fashioned bonnet; silver tankard; two linen shirts with ruffles; three old-fashioned caps; pair white wedding slippers worn by Mary Hbllingswoith; grandmother's satin slippers.
Miss Mary Painter, cap 80 years old; two china fruit dishes, very old-
Mrs. W. P. I. Painter, small trunk 300 years old; old marriage, confirmation and baptismal certificates.
Mrs. D- B- Dykins, cup and saucer; two plates, old china.
Mrs. C- Bodine, old earthenware sugar bowl and cream pot; pewter coffee pot.
Mrs. John Stauffer, old brass candlestick and snuffers.
Mrs- Downing, old china tea pot and sugar bowl.
Miss Sarah Edwards, old-fashioned parasolMiss S. Bruner, old smoothing iron.
Mrs. Reltner, brass smoothing iron; brass lanternMiss S. Shoemaker, linen towel, spun and woven by her great great grandmother.
Mrs. John Sheridan, old time fluting iron.
Miss> Sarah Wallis, long-handled warming pan; small oil portrait of Dr. Samuel Wallis; five daguerreotypes, viz: Gen. Hugh Brady (son of Capt. John Brady), and wife, nee Miss Sarah Wallis, at 27, a woman of surpassing loveliness; Dr- Samuel Wallis, Hannah Wallis, son and daughter, Samuel Wallis, Lydia Hollingsworth, wife of Samuel Wallis, the pioneer-
Miss McCarty, high shell comb-
Mis.: Catharine Harp, old brass tea-kettle; German wooden horn, 150 years old; silver knee buckles, 200 years oldMiss Amy Musser, very old church stove for warming feet.
F. W. Robblns, Indian knife sheath; tobacco pouch and pair of moccasins. These articles were taken from Indians killed at the battle of the Big Horn, at the time of the Custer massacre, by a member of Reno's command. Property of Mrs. J. C. Fetterhoof, of North Platte, Neb. Curious ornamented brass box I%x5, commemorating a victory of Frederick the Great; brass candlestick, snuffers and tray, very old; piece of molding from a passenger car that carried Lincoln's body to Springfield; pair of Buffalo horns, weathered, or as found on the plains, and a pair of the same polished; buffalo vertebra; old brass horse pistol.
B. W. Harris, small oil portrait of his grandfather, Benjamin Harris.
E- E- Hyler, "The Nettie," a little schooner fore and aft rigged, made by a one armed man with a pen knife.
Mrs- J. M. M. Gernerd, home-made linen, embroidered towel.
Judge C. D. Eldred, pane of bull's-eye glass, made at Eagles Mere at the beginning of the century, by the Englishman Lewis.
Daniel S. Ritter, collection of paper money in a frame, ranging in denomination from three cents to fifty, all original issues; large frame containing from 50 cents to a $1,000, original issues of greenbacks and treasury notes; gold coins from the octagonal $50 gold piece, minted at San Francisco, (very rare), and 25 cent gold piece made at the same place, up through the several issues of gold coin of the United States, including the thin ones, face value over $500; all the silver dollars, and minor silver coins; large copper cents and the half cents; and many rare foreign coins, mint proofs, etc. This collection was made up largely of new coins, and the series were usually unbroken. It contained about all of the most valuable of American coins and numbered about one thousand pieces, valued at several thousand dollars, and were selected from Mr. Ritter's large and valuable collection.
Mr. Ritter gave the exhibit his personal attention each day and took great pleasure in explaining the merits of his exhibit to interested spectators. This was one of the most interesting, and by far the most valuable, exhibit at the exposition.
B. K. Johnson, two Confederate bonds, $1,000 each; four $500 each, and one blank, and report to Treasurer of Confederate States for $1,892.
MONTGOMERY.
L. C- Kinsey, old copy of Lycoming Gazette; portrait of John Kinsey.
Mrs. Cal. Mackey, book of Lorenzo Dow; Bible, 1771Joseph McCormick, "Confession of Faith;" early history of the United States.
William Sechler, weaver's reel and cane, very old.
Mrs. Thomas McWilliams, old black handle knife, with short blade.
Orin Hoof, old sword, carried through the Revolutionary war.
Ed- Menges, sword, sheath and straps used in the war of 1812Pierce Fowler, old German Bible; straw basket; manuscript book, "Record of Voyage from Cape Henlopen to Gibraltar in 1732," by Thomas Coatan.
John Piatt, sword with initials "D. E."
J. L. Miller, sword, date July 4, 1776, used in the Revolution.
Mrs. A- S- Rhodes, dough trough, candlestick and pewter plate, 100 years-
T. L. Phlegar, automatic seat lock, patented.
\V. D- Meyers, old-fashioned lard lamp.
William Stoflin, tomahawk found on the battle-field of Gettysburg.
Mrs. C. R. Lilly, embroidered apron and silk wedding dress, 245 years each; quilt, 104; sampler, 92.
PICTURE ROCKS.
J. P. Little, old pocket knife-
Mrs. Simon Musgrave, silk campaign handkerchief.
Joseph Little, pair of scales; old Bible.
Mrs. Sarah Evans, old Bible.
Peter Vanderbilt, curious quilt; saddle and rump bags; two old Bibles; old-fashioned coffee mill.
Mrs- C. M. Longbay, set andirons and tongs; pewter plate.
Charles Little, two books; fork handle; Wade club. This club was used by Nelson E. Wade when he murdered the McBrides to get their hoarded gold and silver, near Williamsport, in 1873. Wade was hanged November 6, 1873.
Mrs. Kennedy, sword used in the Mexican war.
Williami Rodgers, Rooky Mountain elk skin; cannon ball; Indian meat stone.
W. W. Beck, bomb shell; three volumes of Descriptive Geography, accompanied by a volume of copper plates; book.
G- W. Moiyneux, pair of socks and spinning stick. The socks were knit by an aged lady, who carded and spun the wool with the spinning stick alone, which is simply a small stick with one end partially burned.
J- Wesley Little (studio in New York), four water colors, and one oil landscape'.
Herbert Arnold, pair of Canadian snow shoes.
Mrs. G. D. Sprout, three photographs of Picture Rocks.
MONTOURSVILLE.
Mrs. S- Mendenhall, Bible; scales for weighing gold; fruit dishes; cream jug; feather from "Old Abe;" two samplers; piece of homespun silk.
Miss Rosa Steinhelper, old blue tureen and gravy bowl; linen towel; lard lamp-
Mrs. J. M. Snyder, old blue tea pot, sugar bowl and creamer.
Miss Nellie Smith, large palm leaf brought from California.
Mr. A. Dieffenbaugh, old silver watch.
Mrs. N. B- Harman, horse pistol.
Mrs. William Hall, silver pen and holder; ivory pen holder.
Miss Minnie Sypher, German lamp.
Charles Clees, apple parer, very old.
Miss Clara Konkle, alarm clock; chair, 150 years.
W. W. Champion, law book, 1792; piece of cement from magazine of Fort Augusta, Sunbury, built in 1766, by Colonel Clapham, an English engineer, to protect the frontier.
Miss Janet Petrikin, pair untlersleeves; emery box; wall pocket; child's lace cap; Geography, 1788; dish; Quaker bonnet; spectacles; writing desk; trunk; two samplers; shawl; reticule; two pictures of the Hollingsworths-
Mrs- John Heiny, cup and saucer.
Mrs. M. Sweely, pewter plate; log cabin plate; stock collar; shawl; turkey plate; quilt.
Mrs. L. Nichols, log cabin; glass dish and small plate.
Mrs. B- Fowler, old silver spoonsMrs. M. Rowe, coffee pot.
Charles Lundy, coverlet.
Mrs. W. Judson, plate, coffee pot and pitcherMiss H- Unangst, shawl.
Mrs- F. R. Konkle, silver spoons.
Mrs. Dr. Konkle, first shoes worn by her father.
Mrs. George Brass, book dated January, 1821; Revolutionary comimission.
Mrs- I. F. Stetler, tea table cover, table cloth, sampler, linen towel and German lamp.
Mrs. W. Paulhamus, plate; sampler; portraits of Gen. John Burrows, Mrs. Burrows.
Miss Mary Williams, pewter soup dish, tea pot, blue tureen; her grandmother's wedding slippers; knife; cradle, 100 years old.
Mrs. S. Bennett, papers, 106 years old; queue.
Miss Jennie Lucas, marble Bible.
Miss A. Novensky, jar brought from Russia, 75 years, old.
Mrs- Dr. Lyon, watch; Judge Anthony's arm chair.
Miss Jennie Else, earthen jar, 1820.
Mrs. W. Allen, tray, cup and saucer; powder horn; tonrrs; Britannia tea set (five pieces); blue bowl; three brass candlesticks, very old.
Mrs. James Fisher, jewel casket brought from France, 150 years oldMr. Mott, two brass candlesticks.
Mrs. Collins Hall, old iron kettle.
Mrs. Will Fisher, book.
George Burrows, powder horn, which belonged to Gen. John Burrows.
Mrs. Lena Robbins, bowl and tea canister.
Mrs- K. A. Huston, pewter platter, 150 years old.
Mrs. W. Stugart, pepper box and old book.
Mrs. M. McEwen, pewter soup dish.
Mrs. S. S- Blackwell, pocketbook.
Mrs. George Hall, old book-
Mrs. James Bennett, old pitcher.
Miss Sarah Sunderland, bread basket.
Mrs. Daniel Reeder, lantern, old.
Mrs- Mary Peters, lamp, very oldMrs. Henry Peters, shawl.
Mrs. John Bower, salt cellar.
Charles C. Mayr, needlework picture, brought from Germany.
Mrs. George Hyde, iron kettle, 150 years old.
Miss Relbecca Griggs, card basket, Japanese pickles, wood chop sticks, two embroidered black silk aprons, two embroidered scarfs"
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