Now and Then

Now and Then is the quarterly magazine of history, biography and genealogy published by the Muncy Historical Society and Museum of History. The little historical magazine was started by J. M. M. Gernerd in June 1868, and published irregularly, hence the name.

 

 

 

 

 

 

VOL.

ISSUE

DATE

ARTICLE TITLE

PAGE

AUTHOR

 

NO.

 

 

 

 

III

1

8/1890

THE CHARLES STEWART FAMILY

1

 

III

1

8/1890

EARLY METHODISM ON THE WATERS OF THE LOYALSOCK

5

 

III

1

8/1890

CREDIT SYSTEM - THE LABORER

11

 

III

1

8/1890

A REMARKABLE OLD LADY

12

 

III

1

8/1890

CORRECTION - LINCOLN FAMILY GENEALOGY

13

 

III

1

8/1890

TOO MUCH NOT ENOUGH - KUBLER

14

 

III

1

8/1890

VETERAN OF 2 WARS - LEVI S. HAYES

14

 

III

1

8/1890

WHO DOES THE WORK OF THE DEVIL

15

 

III

1

8/1890

FINANCIAL ENCOURAGEMENT

16

 

III

1

8/1890

WARNING FROM OKLAHOMA

16

 

III

1

8/1890

DANIEL MOYER'S GUNSHOT WOUND

16

 

III

1

8/1890

YOUNGEST SOLDIER IN REVOLUTION - WILLIAM MOHR

17

 

III

1

8/1890

A CURIOUS BOOK - HISTORY OF WEST BRANCH VALLEY

17

 

III

1

8/1890

SOMETHING BETTER IN THE WOOD SHED - ROBERT TAYLOR

17

 

III

1

8/1890

LOOKING BACKWARD AND FORWARD

18

 

III

1

8/1890

FRAUDULENT RELICS

20

 

III

2

10/1890

AN OLD-FASHIONED FOURTH OF JULY

21

 

III

2

10/1890

THE FIRST SUPREME COURT

30

 

III

2

10/1890

CREDIT SYSTEM - THE MERCHANT

33

 

III

2

10/1890

IS THERE A FUTURE EXISTENCE FOR ANIMALS

35

 

III

2

10/1890

REMINISCENCES OF OLD TIMES - NO. & WEST BRANCHES

36

 

III

2

10/1890

CORRECTION IN HISTORY - LINCOLN FAMILY

40

 

III

3

12/1890

AN OLD WAR LETTER - GETTYSBURG

41

 

III

3

12/1890

THE STORY OF A FAITHFUL DOG

45

 

III

3

12/1890

EARLY COURTS - LYCOMING COUNTY

49

 

III

3

12/1890

CREDIT SYSTEM - THE MECHANIC

50

 

III

3

12/1890

POLITICAL & PERSONAL INCIDENTS TO 1850

52

 

III

3

12/1890

THREE DAYS ON NORTH MOUNTAIN

56

 

III

4

2/1891

THE REDEMPTIONERS AND THEIR BONDS

61

 

III

4

2/1891

POLITICAL & PERSONAL INCIDENTS 1850

66

 

III

4

2/1891

CREDIT SYSTEM - THE PROFESSIONAL MAN

68

 

III

4

2/1891

THE NOW AND THEN OF POETRY

70

 

III

4

2/1891

AN OLD GRAVEYARD - EPISCOPAL CHURCH - S. WASH. STREET

72

 

III

4

2/1891

ABORIGINAL AGRICULTURE

74

 

III

4

2/1891

"BOBBY" TO HIS SWEETHEART

75

 

III

4

2/1891

FISH AND FISHING - THEN AND NOW

75

 

III

4

2/1891

AN ACCEPTABLE PRESENT

76

 

III

4

2/1891

ABOUT SUBSCRIPTIONS

76

 

III

4

2/1891

HOW A PAIR OF ROBINS GOT REVENGE

76

 

III

4

2/1891

OUR BLUEBIRDS

76

 

III

4

2/1891

ANOTHER MUNCY ORATOR AT GETTYSBURG

77

 

III

4

2/1891

ADVANCEMENT TO THE 19TH CENTURY

78

 

III

4

2/1891

WAGONS 75 AND MORE YEARS AGO

79

 

III

4

2/1891

THE MUNCY PASTORATE

80

 

III

4

2/1891

THE ENGLISH SPARROW

80

 

III

5

4/1891

MISSISSIPPI IN THE OLDEN TIME

81

 

III

5

4/1891

POLITICAL & PERSONAL INCIDENTS TO 1850

85

 

III

5

4/1891

A WOMEN'S TRIBUTE

88

 

III

5

4/1891

WILLIAM WINTERS & HIS FAMILY - WILLIAMSPORT

92

 

III

5

4/1891

THE OLD STRAP RAILROAD

93

 

III

5

4/1891

A SHARP REBUKE

95

 

III

5

4/1891

A REDEMPTIONER WHO HAD MONEY

96

 

III

5

4/1891

FRANCES SLOCUM

96

 

III

5

4/1891

R. W. HARRIS SEES THE RAZOR BACKS

96

 

III

5

4/1891

THE FAR, FAR WEST

96

 

III

5

4/1891

A QUALIFIED COMPLIMENT

96

 

III

5

4/1891

NOT THE LAST OF THE LIFEGUARD

96

 

III

5

4/1891

DON'T KISS THE BABY

97

 

III

5

4/1891

TINY TIM

97

 

III

5

4/1891

ABOUT OUR BLUEBIRDS

97

 

III

5

4/1891

CLASHING INSTINCTS

97

 

III

5

4/1891

FOUGHT FOR PEACE

98

 

III

5

4/1891

CANAL RIOTS SIXTY YEARS AGO

98

 

III

5

4/1891

WHERE WAS EDEN AND THE GARDEN OF EDEN

99

 

III

5

4/1891

MERCY AND JUSTICE TO MAN AND BEAST

100

 

III

6

6/1891

A PIONEER INCIDENT-1778

101

 

III

6

6/1891

WILD GAME SIXTY YEARS AGO

106

 

III

6

6/1891

FOURTH OF JULY CELEBRATION

110

 

III

6

6/1891

OUR MARY JANE'S LETTER

111

 

III

6

6/1891

OYSTERS, TREES AND FISH IN FLORIDA

113

 

III

6

6/1891

OLD COURT RECORDS

113

 

III

6

6/1891

SUNSHINE AS A REMEDIAL AGENT

114

 

III

6

6/1891

CONNELL NO. 145

115

 

III

6

6/1891

PAY UP

116

 

III

6

6/1891

NOTES ON FORMER NOTES

116

 

III

6

6/1891

CHANGE OF MIND FEARED

117

 

III

6

6/1891

A HAPPY COUPLE IN PARADISE

117

 

III

6

6/1891

AN OLD MONTHLY

117

 

III

6

6/1891

A NEW MONTHLY

117

 

III

6

6/1891

WHAT ARE DOGS WORTH

117

 

III

6

6/1891

A THOUGHTFUL DOG

117

 

III

6

6/1891

BRODHEAD - JOHNSON

118

 

III

6

6/1891

WITHIN 3 FEET OF A PRISONER - HENRY ANGLE

118

 

III

6

6/1891

ABOUT THE O. S. R. R.

119

 

III

6

6/1891

ANIMALS MAY HAVE diseased MINDS

120

 

III

6

6/1891

SUPERSTITION ABOUT DYING YOUNG

120

 

III

7

8/1891

PENNSYLVANIA FISH

121

 

III

7

8/1891

THE CULINARY ACT

126

 

III

7

8/1891

A PRISONERS LETTERS - ADLUM, WHITACRE

129

 

III

7

8/1891

A RELIC OF 1778

136

 

III

7

8/1891

ANOTHER MAGAZINE

136

 

III

7

8/1891

FALLING INTO LINE

136

 

III

7

8/1891

THE BODY OF THE LORD

136

 

III

7

8/1891

BODILY RESURRECTION

137

 

III

7

8/1891

RIPE SHEAVES NOT GATHERED

137

 

III

7

8/1891

A CASE OF HUNGER CARE & THE TRAGEDY THAT FOLLOWED

139

 

III

8

10/1891

THE SMALLER NATIVE QUADRUPEDS

141

 

III

8

10/1891

THE BIG MUSTER

146

 

III

8

10/1891

ORANGE GROWING

148

 

III

8

10/1891

RANDOM NOTES OF A COUNTRY LAWYER

149

 

III

8

10/1891

OUR FIRST SUNDAY SCHOOL

150

 

III

8

10/1891

MORE "RIPE SHEAVES NOT GATHERED"

151

 

III

8

10/1891

A FIFTY YEARS' HODGE PODGE

153

 

III

8

10/1891

THE SPARROW NUISANCE

155

 

III

8

10/1891

MONEY AND WOOD PLENTY

155

 

III

8

10/1891

A CHEAP WEDDING SUIT

156

 

III

8

10/1891

FIRST BIG WINDOW LIGHTS

156

 

III

8

10/1891

STRANGE FREAK OF LIGHTNING

156

 

III

8

10/1891

NOW SERVING TO BE RETIRED - REMSNYDER

156

 

III

8

10/1891

A NORMAL ENTERPRISE

156

 

III

8

10/1891

IN GOD WE TRUST

157

 

III

8

10/1891

GOOD NAME AND GOOD SPRINGS

157

 

III

8

10/1891

MUDDY, FOUL AND OFFENSIVE

158

 

III

8

10/1891

SALT

158

 

III

8

10/1891

THE NOW AND THEN OF EVOLUTION

159

 

III

9

12/1891

RANDOM NOTES OF A COUNTRY LAWYER

161

 

III

9

12/1891

RECOLLECTIONS OF FAIRFIELD

162

 

III

9

12/1891

THE POLECAT'S TAIL AND POUCH

164

 

III

9

12/1891

THE RIGHT REMEDY

164

 

III

9

12/1891

SOME OLD RECEIPTS

165

 

III

9

12/1891

THE WATER WE DRINK

166

 

III

9

12/1891

OUR ANIMAL PROTOTYPES

169

 

III

9

12/1891

WHY A WOOD SAWYER WANTED PUBLIC SCHOOLS

175

 

III

9

12/1891

NOW AND THEN NOTES

176

 

III

9

12/1891

SETTLEMENT BY ARBITRATION

176

 

III

9

12/1891

SINGULAR IDIOSYNCRASY

176

 

III

9

12/1891

AGASSIZ - DARWIN - EVOLUTION

177

 

III

9

12/1891

THE FIRST WHITE CHILD IN SULLIVAN COUNTY

178

 

III

9

12/1891

AN OLD SOLDIER - WILLIAM BISHOP

179

 

III

10

2/1892

EARLY METHODS OF TRANSPORTATION

181

 

III

10

2/1892

FRANCES T. CARPENTER - RECOLLECTIONS

194

 

III

10

2/1892

A CONTRAST - MUNCY & WILLIAMSPORT

195

 

III

10

2/1892

ONE DAY TOO LATE - WHITE CHILDREN BORN IN SULLIVAN CTY

196

 

III

10

2/1892

BODY AND MIND

196

 

III

10

2/1892

SUDDEN DEATHS

197

 

III

10

2/1892

LINCOLN FALLS

197

 

III

10

2/1892

GLACIAL RELICS

199

 

III

10

2/1892

CAT-LOGICAL

200

 

III

11

4/1892

FOXES, WILD CATS, CATAMOUNTS & PANTHERS

201

 

III

11

4/1892

THE INDIAN MOUND AT HARTLEY HALL

205

 

III

11

4/1892

INDIAN POTTERY

211

 

III

11

4/1892

SHOOTING IDEAS

214

 

III

11

4/1892

BIG MUD HOLES

215

 

III

11

4/1892

ANOTHER RIPE SHEAF

216

 

III

11

4/1892

WHAT AN OLD GAZETTER SAYS

216

 

III

11

4/1892

MUNCY AND MUNCIE

216

 

III

11

4/1892

A NEWSPAPER RELIC

217

 

III

11

4/1892

DEHORNING CATTLE

218

 

III

11

4/1892

PURE WATER - AND YET DANGER

218

 

III

11

4/1892

CHOCOLATE

219

 

III

12

6/1892

JOHN ROGERS, THE ENGLISH MARTYR

221

 

III

12

6/1892

ROGERS GENEALOGY

231

 

III

12

6/1892

LIFE IN THE FOREST

232

 

III

12

6/1892

BUSINESS AND PERSONAL RECOLLECTIONS - SAMUEL ROGERS

234

 

III

12

6/1892

ANOTHER HARTLEY HALL MOUND TOBACCO PIPE

241

 

III

12

6/1892

GOOD MUSIC OF THE KIND

241

 

III

12

6/1892

VALEDICTORY

242

 

III

12

6/1892

TO OUR EXCHANGES

242

 

III

12

6/1892

BATTER - OYSTERS - TRANSPORTATION

243

 

III

12

6/1892

BEGINNINGS OF THINGS

243

 

III

12

6/1892

A PIONEER NURSERY - GEORGE EDKIN

244

 

III

12

6/1892

CHRISTIANITY - EVOLUTION - LIBERTY

245

 

III

12

6/1892

FATE IN WAR - WILLIAM N. SMITH

246