History of Beaver Springs, Penn'a and cenntennial souvenir book . that time letterswere conveyed at varying rates ac-cording to distance. A letter to Mis-souri cost six cents while one nearhome cost five cents C. O. D. Manya man was irritated at paying fivecents for a letter which turned out tobe nothing but a valentine. Five =-E= cents represented one-tenth of a dayshard work, and was within one centof enough to buy two drinks ofwhiskey. Carpets were a luxury atthat time and not generally found inpoor peoples houses.—Thomas In the earlier days the chimneywas started on the ground a
History of Beaver Springs, Penn'a and cenntennial souvenir book . that time letterswere conveyed at varying rates ac-cording to distance. A letter to Mis-souri cost six cents while one nearhome cost five cents C. O. D. Manya man was irritated at paying fivecents for a letter which turned out tobe nothing but a valentine. Five =-E= cents represented one-tenth of a dayshard work, and was within one centof enough to buy two drinks ofwhiskey. Carpets were a luxury atthat time and not generally found inpoor peoples houses.—Thomas In the earlier days the chimneywas started on the ground and builtup through the house. Within thebig chimney was a smaller receptaclefor the purpose of holding pine knotswhich were lighted in the eveningto give light for any work that hadto be done after dark. The womenwould sit before this fire and do theirspinning. —Andrew Ulsh. dTIZENS OF BEAVER SPFJN(;S WILLIAM MARKLEY. Mr. Markley was born in the house now occu-pied b> him, near town. Nov. 10, 183(). His fath-ers name was Philip, and his mothers name was. M. O. FELKER. Mr. l-elker was born .lune 11, KSW), at Dumont-ville, Ohio. His father was A. C. Pelker. ofWilliamsport and his mother, Mary C. Ort, ofLewistown. Mr. Felker attended the LewistownAcademy and spent several years at Lnion Sem-inary, New Berlin. After leaving college hewent east and entered the whip business: wasconnected with the Wells Whip Co., of Wells-ville. Pa. In the year 189) he organized theChicora Whip Company, of which organizationhe was manager until he come to this place and Rachel fnee Reager, a daughter of Adam Reager,founder of Beaver Springs). Mr. Markley wasmarried to Lucy Saltzman Aug. 23. 1860, and sev-en children have been born to this union: Reuben,married to Minnie Rothermel: Sallie. married toJohn A. Rearick; Charles (deceased!, married toEllen Smith; Daniel, married to Ellen N. Wag-ner; one son,died in infancy; James, married toNettie Sellers; Katie, died at the age of thirteenyears. Mr
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