History of Beaver Springs, Penn'a and cenntennial souvenir book . grew up and left home Mr. Miller concluded tostop farming in the spring of 1004, and purchaseda property in Beaver Springs, where he now re-sides. He is a member of the Reformed churchand has served as Sunday school superintendentfor years. Wheat and rye was threshed withthe flail or tramped out by horses inthe barn. I rode the horses in thebarn until 1 was nearly frozen. Itfrequently took all winter to threshout a crop and sometimes the cropwas not threshed out entirely untilthe next crop was ripe. One manthreshed rye for a lev
History of Beaver Springs, Penn'a and cenntennial souvenir book . grew up and left home Mr. Miller concluded tostop farming in the spring of 1004, and purchaseda property in Beaver Springs, where he now re-sides. He is a member of the Reformed churchand has served as Sunday school superintendentfor years. Wheat and rye was threshed withthe flail or tramped out by horses inthe barn. I rode the horses in thebarn until 1 was nearly frozen. Itfrequently took all winter to threshout a crop and sometimes the cropwas not threshed out entirely untilthe next crop was ripe. One manthreshed rye for a levy a day andboard. By this means he saved hisboarding at home and earned 75 centsper week besides.—Thomas Shipton. CITIZENS OF BEAVER SPRINGS JESSE B. EWING. Mr. Ewing was born April 23, 1868, and is a sonof William H. and Elmira Ewing. He was rear-ed on the farm of his parents. On the 22d day of• December, 1891, he was married to Minnie Jane,. SAMUEL WERNER. Mr. Werner was born Feb. 14, St. ValentinesDay, 1843, in York county. Pa. His fathers namewas Samuel and his mother was a Miss lived with his parents until eight years of agethen among strangers until he was eighteenyears old. His parents then permitted him tostart out for himself and he learned the coopertrade which he followed until he enlisted in the1st Regt. Md. Veteran Cavalry, Co. E, on Feb. 21,1864; served for eighteen months; killed two reb- daughter of Anis U. Arbogast and wife. His wifewas born Sept. II, 1875. To this union have beenborn two children, Erman W. U. and EstellaMay. Mr. Ewing and wife are members of theUnited Evangelical church and are active workerstherein. He resides on the old homestead atManbecks church, managing the farm; he is alsoa shipper of poultry and veal and sells Ewing has always taken a great interest inpolitical affairs, and served one term as constableand one term as Republican county committee-man. KALEVI
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