. A genealogical record of the descendants of Henry Stauffer and other Stauffer pioneers : together with historical and biographical sketches . ried ona thriving tannery in connection with farming. Healso engaged in distilling, which had been carried onby his father, but this business was later discontinuedby Emanuel Stover. It seems odd that a distillerywas carried on by such strict church people inthose temperance times. Still it should be saidin this connection that in those days nearly all largefarmers and land owners manufactured their ownapple and peach brandy, and occasionally some ryew
. A genealogical record of the descendants of Henry Stauffer and other Stauffer pioneers : together with historical and biographical sketches . ried ona thriving tannery in connection with farming. Healso engaged in distilling, which had been carried onby his father, but this business was later discontinuedby Emanuel Stover. It seems odd that a distillerywas carried on by such strict church people inthose temperance times. Still it should be saidin this connection that in those days nearly all largefarmers and land owners manufactured their ownapple and peach brandy, and occasionally some ryewhiskey as well. It was, however, finally de-cided by the annual conference of the German Bap-tist Church that no member should be allowed tomanufacture, handle or sell intoxicating liquors of anykind, which has been strictly carried out. During the lifetime of Emanuel Stover the sicklewas the only means of harvesting wheat and ryecrops, and Mr Stover being an extensive farmer 25 to30 men were employed with sickles to gather hiscrops. They gripped the grain with the left hand, andusing the sickle in the right a swath the entire length 333. Jacob P. Stover.(See page 346.)
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