Country Carpenter: Josiah C. Werner, 1863-1926Adam Werner (1800-1876) and his wife, Anna Catharine Sass, came to America from Germany in 1854 settling in Pennsylvania. This is the life story of their grandson, Josiah C. Werner, a Pennsylvania carpenter. |
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Sometimes it would keep until midsummer . Most of the syrup was stored in open
wooden vessels or jars . The syrup would form its own mold . As long as this mold
remained blue , the syrup would keep . However , if it turned gray , the syrup ...
Sometimes it would keep until midsummer . Most of the syrup was stored in open
wooden vessels or jars . The syrup would form its own mold . As long as this mold
remained blue , the syrup would keep . However , if it turned gray , the syrup ...
Page 33
( See House chapter ) Naomi often went with her brother to get the cows and
passed the Ackerman family cemetery . Sometimes they ' d crawl over the fence
to see the graves . Her mother explained that the four babies of Christian Werner
were ...
( See House chapter ) Naomi often went with her brother to get the cows and
passed the Ackerman family cemetery . Sometimes they ' d crawl over the fence
to see the graves . Her mother explained that the four babies of Christian Werner
were ...
Page 98
Sometimes I could hardly keep from crying as the play showed how drunkeness
can break up a lovely and happy home . I thought of you and wished you could
be in to hear and see it . I and Simon room together . Joe and Ephraim . Eating is
...
Sometimes I could hardly keep from crying as the play showed how drunkeness
can break up a lovely and happy home . I thought of you and wished you could
be in to hear and see it . I and Simon room together . Joe and Ephraim . Eating is
...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Country Carpenter: Josiah C. Werner, 1863-1926 |
| Editor | Catherine M. Rhoads |
| Publisher | Gateway Press, 1991 |
| Original from | the University of Wisconsin - Madison |
| Digitized | 16 Feb 2008 |
| Length | 128 pages |
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