Still Under Construction

(Last update 8/4/2007)

This page will soon present the entire autograph book of Gertrude Ott, from Selin's Grove, PA, created in the late 1800's and early 1900's. There will be nearly 100 entries once this page is completed.

Yes, this was hand-drawn.

Text: Miss Gertie, Ever look to God for Health and Comfort; you shall receive both by Earnest prayer. By obeying God's commands you may enter into the beautiful Haven of Peace and Joy. Your Friend, Milfort B. Miller

 Text:  Miss Gertie, Me thinks long years have Flown, and, sitting in her old arm chair, Gertie has older grown. With silver sprinkled in her hair her album thus she holds, and Turn its pages oer, and wonder if it still Contains the memories of yore.As oer these Pages Thus she runs, with many a sigh and Kiss; then suddenly she stops and says, who could have written this? REspectfully Your Friend, Mary  E. Rynard, Goldsboro, 3/16 - 84

 Text: Dear Gertie, I wish you a husband gallant and true, Proud of himself and more proud of you.  Handsome and witty, brown eyes and gay, One you can love, honor, and obey. Your friend, Annie W. Powell, Goldsboro, Penna, August 6, 1881

Text:  Gertie, I wish you joy.  I wish you peace.  I hope that friends may fast increase And may you ever remain the same Unchanged in all - Except the name.  Your loving friend Agnes A. Shank, York, Sept 13th, 1881

 Text: May 11, 1880, Miss Gertie,Mays't thou live in joy forever, Naught from thee true pleasure sever; From thy heart arise no sigh.And no tear bedewed thine eye; Joys be many; Cares be few; Smooth the path thou shall pursue, and Heaven's richest blessings shine, Ever on both thee and thine, Round thy path may fairest flowers As in (?) bowers, Bloom and blossom bright and fair, Load with sweets the ambient air, Sorrow cloud thy pathway never, Happiness be thine forever. Agnes M. Crevelling, (possibly - Buffalo Cross Roads.

 Text:Friend Gertie, May your pathway on through life Be strewn with ferns and flowers as bright As passing through the shaded glen. Oh! what Grandeur: it can't be penned. And the Carols so sweetly sung, Be harmony never ceasing to sound, And the summit reached at last, Be a Home that will far surpass Any structure that man could plot, In any City, Valey(sic) or Mountaintop is sincere wish of a friend J.C.M, Feb. 16, 1889.

 Text: Friend Gertie,Nothing affords more real Pleasure in the absence of friends, than something by which to recall them. We may have their pictures but we know not how much the countenance may be changed. But how happy we are to feel that the same thoughts that are living monuments to us and which we hold in grateful remembrance are no less sacred with them. Your friend`G.A. Farrow, Millersville, Pa. (?) Year 1879.

 Text:  Girtio, Fare the well!  Fare the well! May God and angels Bid thy every endeaver and lighten thy part, Till, with joy and contentment, thy blessed (looks like erangels) Thou return'st to thy love and thy home in His heart. Ever your Friend Nora, Hingston, July8.84

 Text along the left edge:  Don't forget our coasting and ride down the hill.

Text: Miss Gertie, Tis with pleasure in the morning I inscribe my humble lines In the future and therafter May we meet, yea, many times.  Your friend ( can't decipher the name, but it may be F. Stod. Simpson), (?) (?) 1885.

Text: To Gertie, How'ere it be, it seems to me, 'Tis only noble to be good: Kind hearts are more than coronets, and simple faith than Norman blood. Your friend M. Emma Hendricks

Text: Most Highly Esteemed Friend, - Little Gertie- May the angels of light and glory hover constantly around thee to guard, in all loveliness, the sweets with which God has endowed thee; and may His love finally secure for you an immortal crown. Your ever faithful friend- W.E. Housewarth (or possibly Housenarth).  Sunday, Feb. 15th, 1880 

 Text: While oft we grope in darkness, Doubting from day to day, God's hand outstretched in kindness Leads us the destined way. Truly Your friend, S. Ella Wendt, Shamokin Dam, Snyder County, March 7, 1881.

Text:  Miss Ott.  Most cheerfully do I write in your Album, at the request of my much-esteemed friend and next-door neighbor, G. A. Farrow. Yours respectfully, W.S. Thomas, St. Clair, Pa. Jan. 1, 1879. 

Text:  Miss Gertie, Better than gold is a peaceful home, Where all the fireside charities come- The shrine of love and the heaven of life, Hallowed by mother or sister or wife.  Your friend, K.O. Fink, Goldsboro, York Co., Pa, March 8, 1884. 

Text:  Friend Gertie, Remember our ride to Selinsgrove, and how I jumped out of the wagon when the cars came. Your friend, Helen T. Wirthington, (possibly Northumberland), Penna., April 17th, 1880.

Text:  Dear Gertie: "Accept this verse, my dearest friend, Full of deed love, which ne'er can end, Thyself more happy be each year, As every birthday draweth near." Lovingly, Lizzie Hummel, Goldsboro, Jan. 13. 1881.  In corner: Remember our sleigh-ride to N (?) and its consequences. 

Text: Jan. 31, 1889.  J.T. Wagenseller. 

 Text:  Miss Ott  I write in your Album at the request of E.R. Hottenstein (or Hoppenstein)  Yours truly H.A. Schuck Sunbury 3/21"/85.

Gertie  To flourish in my native bower To blossom around my cot I cultivated a little flower They call forget me not. Your friend Sallie Benfer, Selinsgrove, Jan. 23rd, 1882.

Text:  (Many of the words are either made up or possibly Latin and are too hard for me to read or transcribe.) The top date is March 26, 1879 and it is signed by S. Jennie Lesher.  The bottom date is March 12, 1882 - Gertie If you cannot cross the creek in the boat wade it than (?nosticate).