History of Beaver Springs, Penn'a and cenntennial souvenir book . married to Harrison Stuck; Carrie, mar-ried to Ed. S. Manbeck; Martha, married to Am-nion Swanger. Mrs. Reitz died and Mr. Reitzwas married a second time to Sarah Qarman,who is at present living with her husband atBeaver Springs. Hewas a member of , 210thRegt., Penna. Vols., in the Civil War and servedhis country until the end of the war. He is amember of Post No. 612 0. A. R. and also belong-ed to Selinsgrove Lodge of Free Masons andRichfield Lodge I. O. O. F. Inow defunct.)He is a member of the General Council Luthe
History of Beaver Springs, Penn'a and cenntennial souvenir book . married to Harrison Stuck; Carrie, mar-ried to Ed. S. Manbeck; Martha, married to Am-nion Swanger. Mrs. Reitz died and Mr. Reitzwas married a second time to Sarah Qarman,who is at present living with her husband atBeaver Springs. Hewas a member of , 210thRegt., Penna. Vols., in the Civil War and servedhis country until the end of the war. He is amember of Post No. 612 0. A. R. and also belong-ed to Selinsgrove Lodge of Free Masons andRichfield Lodge I. O. O. F. Inow defunct.)He is a member of the General Council Luther-an chtirch. The subject of this sketch hasbeen engaged in the country mercantile businessfor about twelve years and followed farming atother times. He is still hearty at the age of 70years. Deaths. Sept. 10, 1900, Sarah, wife of LewisHelfrich, aged 64 years and sevenmonths. Nov. IQ, IQOl, Isaac Getz, aged 59years, 3 months and 4 days. May 21, 1905, Enoch Walter, aged66 years, 2 months and 2 days. Nov. 18, 1905, Paul Benfer, aged85 years, 2 months and 14 an extensive dealer in automobiles, motorcycles,bicycles, typewriters, all kinds of musical instru-ments, etc. He is a metnber of the Evan. Luth-eran church of this place. My recollections extend back to1830 and beyond. Grain was cut bythe use of the sickle. About twenty-five or thirty men, each with a sicklewould go into a field of wheat andwould cut ten or twelve acres a boys were needed to carry waterand whiskey. The whiskey wasdrank from the bottle. Raspberrieswere put into the bottle of whiskeyand the man who could catch thegreatest number of berries in hismouth was the hero of the sometimes the hero would becompelled to lie on his back whilethe others did the work. The rulewas to be in the field from sunrise tosunset, but some would make it fromdaylight until dark. For this workthe pay was fifty cents per day anddrinks. —Thomas Shipton. CITIZENS OF BEAVER SPRINGS HENRY J. LEPLEY. Mr. Lepley
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