Antike und Moderne Germantown, Mount Airy und Chestnut Hill. xistence, für seine semi-centennial hat gerade beencelebrated. Herr E. H. Kite, jetzt ein Ticket agent, war ein Bremser auf dem firsttrain. Die Lokomotive war ein Wunder, und der Präsident der Kommunikation zu gehen. Alte GERMANTOWN. [an die Redaktion der Telegraph.] ein Brief, den ich heute erhielt, erzählt mir Sie sind Publishing Dinge Einwohner diealte und thehouses sie in Germantown gebaut. Das Haus Nr. 4431 Germantown avenue gebaut wurde. von Christopher Ottinger, mein Vater, wie ich gesagt, bald nachdem er kam aus dem Krieg der

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Ancient and modern Germantown, Mount Airy and Chestnut Hill . xistence, for its semi-centennial has just beencelebrated. Mr. E. H. Kite, now a ticket agent, was a brakeman on the firsttrain. The locomotive was a wonder, and the President used to go on the COMMUNICATION. ANCIENT GERMANTOWN.[To the Editor of the Telegraph.] A letter I received to-day, tells me you are publishing things relating to theold inhabitants and to thehouses they built in Germantown. The house No.4431 Germantown avenue was built.by Christopher Ottinger, my father, as Ihave been told, soon after he came out of the war of the Revolution, about1781. I heard him tell of the battle of Germantown and the whiz of thebullets; he fought in that battle. For his services as a soldier, a LandWarrant No. 80, 027, issued to his widow, my mother ; in it he is ranked non-commissioned officer. He volunteered before the age that would have sub-jected him to draft. My father afterwards was a master coachmaker, his shopwas on the lot near by where our old house is. Erie, Pa. Douglass Ottinger.. MATTHIAS W. BALDWIN.(See Appendix No. 2.) GERMANTOWN. 101 train to guard against accidents. He said that Ninth street, from Pojilar toGreen, appeared black from side to side with the dense mass of people gatheredthere to witness tlie action of the novel motive power. Farmers would comefor miles to Germantown to see the train arrive. The late Daniel Smith, Jr., who lived considerably beyond ninety years, told Mr. Ward that he once wentto the station at Ninth and Green streets to take the cars, but as the directorswere to dine in Germantown the train had left a half hour before the ap-pointed time. This was probably an exception. The railway carriages werelong coaches with seats along the sides, as in the present street cars. Thestock once sold for 37J cents a share, and it ran up to considerably morethan one hundred dollars. Price street is named after Eli K. Price. Dr.Samuel Betton lived in a house which stood on a part of t

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