(part two)‘S Alt Marikhaus Mittes In D’r Schtadt or The Old Markethouse in the Middle of the Town

by Henry Lee Fisher with illustrations by Henry Barratt and original drawings by Lewis Miller

By York County History Center

York County History Center

Pages XXIV and XXV by Henry L. Fischer and Lewis MillerYork County History Center

Left – Drawing of “Lutheran Singing Chor in 1799 in the old Lutheran Church.” The singers are identified.
Drawing by Lewis Miller

Right - Beginning page of ‘S Alt Marik-haus Mittes In D’r Schtadt un Die Alte’ Zeite’ with illustration by Henry Barratt and drawing of musical instruments and names of the “old York Band of musicians in 1799.”
Drawing by Lewis Miller

Pages 26 and 27 by Henry Barratt and Lewis MillerYork County History Center

Left - Illustration of “new Court house. Build in 38 and 39 in Market Street”.
Illustration by Henry Barratt with description by Lewis Miller.

Right – Illustration of the “New Jail or Prison”. Illustration by Henry Barratt with description by Lewis Miller. Includes a drawing of “old Ludwig Löffler Esquire. Justice or a magistrate. If a young man throw a stone at a house or fence he made him pay a dollar. 1795.”
Drawing by Lewis Miller

Pages 28 and 29 by Henry Barratt and Lewis MillerYork County History Center

Left – Illustration of “the Poor House and Hospital.” Illustration by Henry Barratt with description by Lewis Miller.

Right – Illustration of “a Huckster who sells (Mr.) Small Beer and oysters.” Includes a listing of members of the “York Band in 1829”. Illustration by Henry Barratt with description by Lewis Miller.

Pages 30 and 31 by Lewis MillerYork County History Center

Left – Drawing of “old Mr. Killian Small. He was helping to build the old Court house in York and had seven sons…All spoke the German proper, no PA Deutch.” “As far back they had good high German Scools in town of York 1730.”
Drawing by Lewis Miller

Right – Illustrations of cats by Henry Barratt.
Written at top by Lewis Miller, “Mr. Mum was the carpenter to build the County Court house.”

Pages 32 and 33 by Henry BarrattYork County History Center

Left, Right - Illustrations by Henry Barratt.

Pages 34 and 35 by Lewis MillerYork County History Center

Left – Illustration by Henry Barratt.

Right – Drawing of Lewis Scheib, High Constable, scolding boys playing on Sunday.
Drawing by Lewis Miller

Pages 36 and 37 by Lewis MillerYork County History Center

Right – Drawings of George and John Barnitz. According to the description, they were twins and were both beer brewers. George became a judge.
Drawing by Lewis Miller

Pages 38 and 39 by Henry BarrattYork County History Center

Right – Illustration by Henry Barratt.

Pages 40 and 41 by Lewis MillerYork County History Center

Right – Drawing of David Miller. He “lost his hand in the apple mill. It caught accidently and ground it up out at George Spangler’s farm near town in 1800. He was the oldest of my brothers. In nine days afterward he died.”
Drawing by Lewis Miller

Pages 42 and 43 by Lewis MillerYork County History Center

Left – Drawing by Lewis Miller of “Morning Glorys”

Right – Drawings by Lewis Miller of flowers and quail.

Pages 44 and 45 by Henry Barratt and Lewis MillerYork County History Center

Left - Illustration by Henry Barratt.

Right – Drawing “in the Lutheran Church…Reverend George Schmucker. His discourse was the Revelation of St. John…and mention the ten popes of Rome were the ten horns, and the Catholick priest was standing inside the door listen and give attention, and when Schmucker mention popes the priest cry our loud ‘And you are all horn” and run out the door in fury. 1830.”
Drawing by Lewis Miller

Pages 46 and 47 by Henry Barratt and Lewis MillerYork County History Center

Left – Illustration by Henry Barratt.

Right – Drawing of Henry Sheffer and his wife Anemary. “Old Sheffer had four sons, Daniel a Doctor, Jacob a hatter, Henry a tobacconist, John kept tavern…Henry his words when he was full of spirit, ‘O that is a poison word o you brown rattel snake full of spots’…When Henry was full of whiskey he would say in those lines and cases and condition and his wife Anemary saying yes in that crooked line ‘Sheffer o you brown spotty rattlesnake’”.

Pages 48 amd 49 by Henry BarrattYork County History Center

Left, Right – Illustrations of a plow and dogs by Henry Barratt.

Pages 50 and 51 by Henry BarrattYork County History Center

Left – Illustration of dogs at the market by Henry Barratt.

Right – Illustration of a dancing monkey at the market by Henry Barratt.

Pages 52 and 53 by Henry Barratt and Lewis MillerYork County History Center

Left – Illustrations of tramps by Henry Barratt.

Right – Drawings of birds by Lewis Miller.

Pages 54 and 55 by Henry Barratt and Lewis MillerYork County History Center

Right – Illustration of tramp by Henry Barratt. Also drawing of a pet fox. “George his fox, he was the only son of Rev. Geistweit 1804 in King Street. George Geistweit his fox came loosed and don damage in the lot of mistres Cromicker. She had sowing thread to bleach on the grass and the fox he tangle it and rolling upon it and turning to small threads spoil it.” Drawing by Lewis Miller

Pages 56 and 57 by Henry Barratt and Lewis MillerYork County History Center

Left – Illustration by Henry Barratt. Also drawings of a fish and “white turtle dove” by Lewis Miller.

Right – Illustration by Henry Barratt and drawing of “old Michael Heinego…He caught a white turtle dove and sold it to Jacob Small in town…It was the first one I ever saw”.

Pages 58 and 59 by Henry Barratt and Lewis MillerYork County History Center

Left – Illustration of a woman by Henry Barratt. Also drawings of two birds by Lewis Miller.

Right – Illustration by Henry Barratt. Also drawing of a rat by Lewis Miller.

Pages 60 and 61 by Henry Barratt and Lewis MillerYork County History Center

Left – Illustration by Henry Barratt.

Right – Illustration by Henry Barratt. Also drawings of Mollie and Samuel: “Eating to much of the green peas and made to sup and drinking sweet cider from the press. A great deal, made me sick. The man is sick on his stomach _most vomit.” Drawings by Lewis Miller

Pages 62 and 63 by Henry BarrattYork County History Center

Left, Right – Illustrations, including the market sheds, by Henry Barratt.

Pages 64 and 65 by Lewis MillerYork County History Center

Left – Drawings of a flower in a vase and a bird by Lewis Miller.

Right – Drawing of Yost Herrbach in 1809 with a list of family members “all belonging to the German Reformed Church”.
Drawings by Lewis Miller

Pages 66 and 67 by Henry Barratt and Lewis MillerYork County History Center

Left – Illustration by Henry Barratt. Also a drawing of a pretzel. “For one pretzel a cent. I bought often when a young boy.” Below is a drawing of Friederic Yaus and his apprentice at an anvil. “A bell smith made out of copper, and he had a prentis bound to learn the trade and one day at the anvil forged out copper, old Yaus told his prentis to strik with his hammer when he strik and give the boy a blow with his hand on the head. And in a wink of an eye the boy hit him a slash on his breast. And Yaus saying [in German]. The boy say ‘you told me to strik when you strike and I give you one hit…Yaus in his old days made pretzels”.
Drawings by Lewis Miller

Right – Illustration and drawings of “Disfigurat men in town…Old Mr. Dobens in Water Street 1800, Old Mr. Kochenauer, widow Baltzer Spangler 1812, widow Geistweit 1837…thes woman had a large veins on their cheek on the side of the face.”
Drawings by Lewis Miller

Pages 68 and 69 by Henry BarrattYork County History Center

Left – Illustration of man on horse by Henry Barratt.

Right – Illustration by Henry Barratt of “the old court house and county office in 1840”. Description by Lewis Miller.

Pages 70 and 71 by Henry Barratt and Lewis MillerYork County History Center

Left – Illustration of horns labeled H. J. Gresley by Henry Barratt.

Right – Illustration by Henry Barratt and drawing of Jacob Loucks “the heavyist man and with great weight about York. Over five hundred in weight. I saw him often in my time.”
Drawings by Lewis Miller

Pages 72 and 73 by Henry Barratt and Lewis MillerYork County History Center

Left – Illustration of market sheds, flag and angels by Henry Barratt. Also drawings of “old John Kolb, tailor, 1801. Little man not big in York” and “Miss Jane Cathcart 1812. She was little for her age”.

Right – Illustration of ducks by Henry Barratt. Also a drawing of “old Mr. Grafius Tinner 1801. A little man. He and Kolb are the smallest men in town”. Drawings by Lewis Miller

Pages 74 and 75 by Henry Barratt and Lewis MillerYork County History Center

Left – Illustration of a woman by Henry Barratt. Description by Lewis Miller “I make a wreath for John my Love”.

Right – Drawing of a mocking bird by Lewis Miller.

Pages 76 and 77 by Henry Barratt and Lewis MillerYork County History Center

Left – Illustration of market shed and Central Hotel in Hanover by Henry Barratt. Also a drawing of Daniel Barnitz “he was a citizen of Hanover York Co. and a beer brewer. 1807”. Drawing by Lewis Miller

Right – Illustration of fountain by Henry Barratt. Also drawing of “old Jacob Barnitz. He lost his leg in a battle on long island. He was one of the 1776 army”.
Drawing by Lewis Miller

Pages 78 and 79 by Henry Barratt and Lewis MillerYork County History Center

Left – Illustration of a market shed by Henry Barratt.

Right – Illustration of “Fanny Dock well in South Water Street” and three drawings:
“The first lion I saw in York was a large one kept in the house of Henry Scheffer, tavern keeper…1801” and Fanny Dock who “fell in the well one day. John Brown and Adam Kaufman took her out save. Fanny was a coloured woman, 1808”, and also a drawing of “William Lenhart, silver smith, he was the best flute player in York in his time in the year 1807”. Drawings and descriptions by Lewis Miller.

Page 80 by Henry Barratt and Lewis MillerYork County History Center

Illustration by Henry Barratt in center.

Drawing at top of page of “Guckes Mill near town. The oldest mill at York on the bank of the Codorus Stream…it became the name Kings mill in my time 1796. Now the next mill was old Mr Albrechts one mile from town…and John Rause mill…and Peter Diehl mill…next was old Kerrbachs mill.”

At bottom of page is a drawing of “old Peter Kutz and his cow Sucke. December the 25 1807 on Christmas day he took a tin bucket full of molasses and give it to his cow…Peter was often not Right in his mind inclined wrong”.
Drawings by Lewis Miller.

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York County History Center
York, Pennsylvania
9/22/2017

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