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Terms 82.004 Year,in Advance
Bellefonte, Pa. December 26, 1890.
P. GRAY MEEK,
Ep1tor
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How to Pronounce His Name.
A rough but rather laughable inci-
dent in connection with Dr. Kocu's
great medical discovery, occurred at
Bristol, Pa., the other day. Two
Scotch weavers go® to disputing about
the proper pronunciation of the great
German scientist's name. One of them
said it was “Coach” and the other in-
sisted upon its being “Coke.” The
dispute becoming warm, led to blows,
and finally it was agreed that they
should stand up and fight it out ac-
cording to the regular rules of pugilism.
The mill resulted in “Coke” being
knocked out.
Both of the belligerents were wrong
in their pronunciations of the name.
It is one of those German words
which it is difficult for an English
tongue to get around, and it is alto-
gether likely that the name of the
great discoverer of the consumption
lymph will continue to be mispro-
nounced by English speaking people
whose lingual accomplishment doesn’t
include the pronunciation of German
words. The case is similar to that of
Marshal BLuchEer, who, although im-
mensely popular with the English, has
had his name mispronounced by them
for more than three quarters ofa cen-
tury. As there 1s no English word
that rhymes with Kocn it is impossi-
ble in writing to indicate its proper pro-
nunciation. Anglicized the name
means Cook, and English tongues
might help themselves out of their di-
lemma by calling the great medical
discoverer, Dr. Cook.
SE EATEN,
Malicious as Well as Foolish.
A Philadelphia correspondent of the
New York Times seems to take a mali-
cious view of the failure of Hon. Wir-
LeAM A. Warrce. He evdently is a
factional opponent of the embarrassed
Democratie leader, his prejudice pre-
venting him from sympathizing with
Mr. WarLLAcE in his embarrassment, but
rather leading him to regard it with
complacency. This feeling prompts
the correspondent to say: “The fail-
ure is an important one in a political
sense, as it wipes out any chance the
Hill people may have had to elect
some of the delegate to the next nation-
al convention from this State.” He
further says : “The direct effect of the
Wallace failure will be to restore har-
mony in the Democratic organization
of this State, and to build up under the
new regime, a line of forces which it
will be impossible to destroy for years
to come.”
This is as foolish as it is malicious.
Emanating from a narrow view of the
political situation in Pennsylvania, it
would lead outsiders to believe that the
Democracy of this State are arrayed
against each other in two warring fac-
tions, contending for precedence in
influencing the State delegation on the
question of the next Presidential nom-
ination. Mr. WaLLack may have his
preference for the next nominee for
President, and Gov. Parison may
have his; they may be opposite in
their object on this question, but there
is no evidence of a want of harmony
such as the correspondent of the
Times pictures as about being restored
by the financial failure of Mr. War-
LACE. The Democrats of Peansylva-
nia are not divided into CLEVELAND
and HILL factions. When the proper
time shall come they will announce their
choice, and it may not include either
of the two candidates whoare now most
prominently considered in connection
with the nomination,
Cause for Thankfulness.
Some people may think that Rev,
Dr Harw Harrison, of Hagerstown,
Md., was dabbling in politics when in
his Thanksgiving sermon he told his
hearers that the progress of Ballot Re-
form and Civil Service Reform was a
special reason for them to be thankful,
and yet he did not introduce into his
discourse a matter that was irrelevant
to the occasion. Ballot Reform is cer-
tainly a subject of thankfulness, and
that it is making encouraging progress
can not be denied.
Reform it isn’t quite so clear that it is
making much progress under this Ad.
ministration, and the reverend Doctor
evidently thought that there was one
department in which the service wasn’t
undergoing much reform, for he gave
Postmaster General Wawamakir a
severe raking for the partisan manage-
ment of the
Dr. Harrison deserves credit for being
a clergyman who is not blinded to
WANAMAKR'S official faults ‘by his. re-
ligious pretensions,
News and politics are equally
tures of the Warcnyax.
fea-
As to Civil Service |
Post Office Department. |
A MURDERER ESCAPES!!
THROUGH THE CARELESSNESS OF
THE SHERIFF
The Man who Mardered Harry Water-
house, on Sep’t 3rd Breaks through
the Window ot his Cell and
Makes good his Escape.
On Wednesday morning last, the peo-
ple of this place were greatly surprised
at hearing that Billy Wilson, the untried
murderer, had decided on a change of
venue and that he had not left word as
to where he was going for it. By nine
o'clock the streets were alive with peo-
ple discussing the probable time and
circumstances of his escape. A W aTcH"
MAN reporter visited the jail and found
that the report was only too true, and
that the man who shot Harry Water.
house down, on Thomas street, on the
afternoon of Sept. 8rd last, had indeed
left for parts unknown. No. 14, the
cell which he occupied, is an ordinary
jail cell on the second floor and the
right corridor. Itis no more secure
than the ones in which are kept the
prisoners for petty larceny, etc., aud itis
right between the cells of two other
prisoners. The escape was made
through the window and by tearing away
a large stone in the wall an aperture
sufficiently large for him to crawl
through gained. Wilson must have un-
dressed and thrown his clothes out the
window, then crawled out feet fore most,
climbing down to the ground by aid of
the bolts and bars of the windows under-
neath. Once inthe jail yard every thing
was in appls pie order. He simply
climbed up the scaffold which has been
left in the corner of the jail yard since
the Andrews execution, and slid down
the telephone pole which is within three
feet of the outside of the wall. What
tre county, awaiting trial for the mur-
der of Harry Waterhouse last Septem-
ber, broke jail. Age ‘about 30 or 35
years, heighth 5 ft. 8 inches—-weight
about 165, hair mixed with gray, eyes
light, mouth slightly crooked, had a
light sandy moustache, wore black der-
by hat, grayish ccat, had two teeth out
of upper jaw little to the left of front.
I offer a reward of $100 for his return to |
Bellefonte Jail.
The Commissioners have offered an
additional reward of $300.
J. C. MEYER,
Dist. Atty.
Dee. 24.
The Subsidy Job.
As the last of the peculiarly bad
measures proposed by the present con-
gress, the Steamship Subsidy job now |
comes up for consideration and final |
action. The monopoly tariff has been !
passed and is doing its work ; the Force !
Bill has so far failed to become a law |
and will probably break down entirely,
The Subsidy Bill is mischievous enough
to recommend itself- to the majority
who are making the laws at Washing-
ton, and is therefore likely to be passed.
The people who are asking for this
bonus from the government have a
claim on the party that controls leg-
islation during the present session.
They furnished part of the money
which was used with so much cffect
at the last Presidential election, the ad-
vance being made upon the promise
that it would be refunded with satisfac.
tory increment in the shape of a sub-
sidy. The manufacturers got their tar-
iff in return for the fat that was fried
out of them for election use. Equal
Justice, or, in this case, honor among
thieves, requires that the steamship
contributors to the boodle fund should
better accommodations could he bave
be reimbursed, as the manafacturers
have been. If such obligations should
had ? The escape can be ascribed to the
negligence of the Sheriff in not remoy-
ing the scaffold when the grand jury at
the Jast court condemned it as affording
a means of escape, but we sappose that
the Sherift thought it might as well
stand where it is until it was decided by
the court whether it was needed for
Wilson or not, but Wilson decided to
use it without the decision of the court
and it came right handy too. Attached
to the cross beam of the scaffold was a
long rope made of ticking and as yet it
Is an unsolved mystery as to where he
got the tick, as both of his own are in-
tact in his vacated cell.
heard (?) him go. Yet it seems very
strange that he could break up an iron
bed stead tu get an implement to work
with, break off a wooden shutter and pry
away stones and cement enough to make
an opening, without any one hearing
him when two prisoners were in the
cells adjoining his, and the Sheriff in the
same house with him. Neither the Com-
missioners nor the Sheriff have offered a
eward for his apprehension, and the
prebability of catching him is very slim
indeed, owing to the fact that no picture
of him was taken and very few people
in this community have ever seen him.
There is one thing certain and that is
that he has had an accomplice, for how
did he obtain that rope of ticking ?
On Tuesday Wilson received a letter.
What was in it?
It seems strange when the jail has
two iron bound cells in which murderers
are supposed to be kept, that this man
should have been given about the same
privileges that the other prisoners enjoy-
ed and especially since he has acted so
strangely ever since his incarceration.
When we visited his cell the one bed
was standing at the right side with the
tick on it while the other, which was
broken up, was standing in the middle
of the floor and its tick was under it. |
All around on the floor were pieces of
coment and chips of mortar which had
fallen down while he was working at
the wall. Underneath the undisturbed
bed we noticed a peice of paper amongst
the debris and from this one might con-
some time and used the paper to conceal
the evidences of his work. Wilson was
bars of his door, thus precluding the pos-
sibility of any one seeing him at his
for if the inmates of the jail or keeper
could not hear hin break up an iron bed
they certainly couldn’t be expected to see
the man working. The fact that the
escape was due directly to the negli-
gence of Sheriff Cooke, and that up
to the time of this writing, at noon on
{ Wednesday, he had neither started
10 look for him nor offered a
reward for his capture, has rather
an unsavory look. Wilson's absence
was first discovered by Mrs. Cooke at
about 7 o’clock in the morning, and it |
was not until about 10 that deputy |
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Sheriff Wilson and detective Mullen |
started in search of him.’ ;
Since the above was but in type the
Commissioners have offered the hand-
some (?) sum of $300 for the recapture of -
& man who simply took the life of |
another on a Bellefonte street. Isn't
this rating humanity rather high ?
HIS DESCRIPTION.
On Tuesday night, Dec. 23, 1890,
John Wilson confined in the jail of Cen-
No idea of the |
time he left is had, because no one |
{ly indicated the Granger preference.
| nearly two to one.
clude that he had been working at it for |
allowed to keep his blankets up over the |
digging, but this was a useless precaution,
| been employed by millions of fretmen
not be fulfiiled, how could it be expect-
ed that fat should respond to future
fryings, or boodle should flow into the
hands of the managers from willing
contributors ? Therefore, it is pretty
certain that the Steamship Subsidy Bill
will be passed. Itisa job with mil-
lions in it.
ne ————
A Big Presidential Straw.
A canvass of the Grangers on the
question of the next Presidential nomi-
nations, including both parties, has
been taken by the agriculture press of
Springfield, Mass. Three months have
| been employed in taking it, and it has
been very extensive, eliciting responses
from thousands of farmers in every sec-
tion of the country. The question was,
“Who should be the Republican and
Democratic nominees for the Presi.
dency in 1892,” and brought replies ac-
cording to the politics of the respond-
ents. The following were the figures
for the favorite candidates :
Democratic — CLEVELAND, 71,787 ;
| HL, 17,118; Haren, 11,082; scat-
tering, 8,803. Among the scatiering
Democratic vote was 1,800 for Pawri-
SON.
Republican—Braivg, 39,209; Hag-
| RIsoN, 31,013; Rusk, 11,082; scatter-
ing, 8,803.
The Harcr and Rusk votes especial-
It will be observed that the prepon-
derence for CLEVELAND on the Demo.
cratic side is not matched by an equal-
ly one-sided preference for any particu-
lar candidate on the Republican side.
——The Kilkenny election on Mon-
day resulted in a bad defeat for Paw-
NeLL. The opposing candidate, Hgy-
NEsSY, was elected by a majority of
Ballot Reform.
The Bill to Be Brought Before the Newt
Legislature.
The Pennsylvania ballot reform asso-
ciation has sentout the following eircu-
i lar:
| ToTHE CITIZENS OF PENNSYLVANIA
| —As soon as the legislature convenes, a
| bill prepared by this association will be
introduced to provide for a secret ballot
by the Australian system, and for an
| open count. That the object of the bill
| may be fully understood, we present a
brief statement of what is meant by bal-
lot reform and the Australian system.
The term ballot reform includes all
such changes in our present system of
| registration and voting, and in “the laws
regulating elections, as will keep illegal
votes from being cast or counted, limit
' election expenses, prevent the improper
use of money, and put an end to bribery
and coercion by making them useless, if
not impossible. It means whatever will
make an election the free and pure ex-
pression of the will of the people.
The Australian voting system is an ef-
fectual measure of ballot reform because
it enforces a secret ballot. It was first
used in Australia (under universal suf.
frage) in 1856, and has now for years
in Great’ Britain and her colonies as
well as in other countries. Tt has
everywhere produced the best results
and has never been given up in
any place where it has once been used.
Since its adoption in Massachusetts in
1888, it has rapidly become popular in
this country, and is now in use more or
less complelely in fifteen states
The chief features of the system
adapted to American elections
these:
1. Nominations can be 1
as
are
: Only official ballots are
either by party conventions or by the
, door, and commenced readin
endorsement of a reasonable number of |
the citizens without regard to party,
The name of every legally nominated
candidate must be printed on the ballots
free of cost to him or his supporters.
2 Ballots. The publication of candi-
dates’ names, and the printing and dis- i
, are paid for by the |
tribution of ballots
counties, like other election expenses.
used.
All candidates’ names and addresses
are on the same baliot grouped by the
! respective offices, but marked in each
case with the party or policy represent-
ed. Thus:
Vote for Place reserved
GOVERNOR. _one for the mark.
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Doras |
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George W. Delamater, Republican
Meadville
[John D. Gill, Prohibition
| Westmoreland County
[nonert E. Pattison,
Philadelphia.
{Bian where any other name ca
be inserted. |
8. The voting is done inside a room,
a part of which is railed off. After each
voter has established his right to vote
he passes the rail. An election officer
then gives him a ballot, and he goes to
to screen him from observation, and
makes a cross mark (x) against the name
of each candidate on the ballot for whom
he wishes to vote.
can be helped to mark
the election officers.
4. Other precautions for seerecy. Be-
fore the boxes are opened the official
list of voters, or other means of identify-
ing the parties who cast the respective
their ballots by
secrecy of the baliot, even while the
present cumbrous method of numb
required by the state constitution, re-
mains in force.
PRACTICAL RESULTS OF THE SYSTEM.
1. The facility for independent nom-
inations is a useful check upon party
conventions. Ifthe people desire other
candidates than those of the party or-
ganizations, they can easily name their
own candidates.
2, All candidates, rich or poor, with
or without the support of a party or-
names and the enabling their supporters
to vote without the heavy expense of
printing and distributing ballots.
3. The great decrease in legitimate
election expenses removes the cloak
under which large sums have often been
penses, but really to buy votes with.
4. The ballots being official, no legally
nominated candidate’s name can be left
off the ticket There can be no mixed
or deceptive ballots by which to “trade
off”” or “sell out” a candidate.
5. All ballots being alike until mark-
ed, the marking being done secretly,and
the voter being prevented from showing
it to anyone, the ballot is secret. This
system. When it is impossibl= to know
how a man votes, it is useless either to
bulldoze or to buy him.
The open count goes hand in hand
with the secret ballot. Ballots should
be counted under the eyes of the citi-
zens, to preyent all chance of fraud after
the polls are closed. A citizen has a
right to see what 1s done with his ballot
when the box isopened. The open
count is in use in two thirds of our states
and territories.
We ask the citizens to make it clear
to their representatives that this bill
should become a law in its entirety.
Further, we ask ail those who wish to
join the association (which is strict
non partisan ) to send their names to
the secretary, from whom copies of the
bill can be obtained. Contributions for
the work are also solicited.
AAT.
Sitting Bull Was Murdered.
Corporal Gun’ Says it Was Simply As-
sassination.
BisMaRck, N. D., Dec. 19.—1It is now
claimed that Sitting Bull was murdered
in cold blood. A corporal who was
there is authority for the statement that
it was nothing short of a deliberate as-
sassination by the Indian police. The
rep ris, guarded by military authority,
say that Bull, taken unawares while
still in bed, grabbed a revolver, which
was wrenched from his hand, and a fear-
ful hand-to-hand encounter ensued be.
tween the hostiles and the police. Cor-
poral Gunn denies this statement. Sit-
ting Bull was notin bed when the po-
lice called, He came to the door to hear
the warrant of arrest read, and Bull
Head, Lieutenantof the police, shot him
down before any resistance could be of-
fered. Corporal Gunn belongs to the
Eighth Cavalry, and was with the troops
that went out in support of the Indian
police.
In the first place, Corporal Gann said
Captain Fechet did not have orders to
follow the police to Sitting Ball's camp,
and the military forces have been wrong-
fully censured for not being closer to the
ting Bull's capture, dead or alive.
HOW THE OLD INDIAN MET HIS
When the troops reached the camp
there was no fichting, but a terrible sight
presented itself. Around the old war-
rior’s shack were strewn a dozen or more
bodies, Sitting Bull among them.
Everything was quet. Four dead In-
dian police were lying with their pistols
beside them, and all the bodies were
within a radius of thirty feet. Ali the
Indians except Fox, a sort ot Private
Secretary to Bull, were togged outin war
puint and feathers. His body had fallan
twenty vards away from the rest. The
bodies of the four police had already been
prepared for burial by their comrades.
Two houses were owned by Sitting
Bull. He lived in one with his sons.
The other was occupied by his wives
and family. About fifty lodges are in
the vicinity, which are located in the
dense willows within calling distance
from Bull in case of emergency. Bull
egally made
(as provided by simple regulations)
Heud, Lieutenant of the Indian police,
went to Sitting Bull's house, opened the
ul ||
ballots, must be sealed up, so that the .
process of counting will not violate the |
ering,
| the fugitives from Sittin
a standing desk which is so closed in as i
the Nation
After folding his |
ballot so as to conceal the marks, Re |
goes to the box and deposits the ballot.
Blind, crippled, or illiterate voters |
‘and Red Tomahawk jum
‘and flew to the troops wi
| Crowfoot, the other
| father.
| rising up from the wi
g the war-
rant for his arrest. Sitting«Bull and his
two sons, one a lad of 12, were the only
persons in the shack. Bull carried arms,
like all Indians. He came to the door
and the young son gave a cry of alarm
on seeing the housesurrounded by police.
He no sooner cried out than Bull Head,
without a moment’s hesitation and be.
fore any resistance was offered, fired at
Sitting Bull, the ball piercing his breast
immediately over the left nipple. As
he was staggering Sitting Bull made an
effort to draw his revolver, and fired one
shot while falling, the bullet lodging in
Bull Head’s thigh. Sitting Bull fell
aboutsix feet away from the door.
His horse was standing near the house,
ped upon it
th the news.
boy, ‘was next kill-
and he fell across the body of his
The combat was then hand-to-
hand, Sitting Bull’s enraged followers
lows like magic.
fired. The guns
ed,
But few shots were
' were clubbed.
Reports from Fort Yates state that
Bull Head, who shot Sitting Bull, has
, died from his wounds.
Reports at the agency indicate that
g Bull's camp
are preparing to return to their aband.
oned homes.
ree:
What the Grange Tas Accomplished.
Through the influence of the Grangers npon
al Legislature the extension of the
patents on sewing machines was prevented,
saving to the people fully fifty per cent. in the
prices, amounting to millions of dollars annu-
ally. Through what is known as Grange legis-
lation transportation companies have been
brought under the control of the law bringing
out the decision of the Supreme Court of the
United States that the creature cannot be
greater than the creator ; that transportation
companies are subject to the control of the
| government.
| Through the influence of the Grange the
netional oleomargarine law was passed, con-
i
trolling and restricting the sale of adulterated
butter ; requiring oleomargarine, butterine
and suine to be branded and sold as such, thus
| protecting the consumer ; also the State oleo-
| margarine law which prohibit the manufacture
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ganization, are on the same footing as |
regards the official publication of their |
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and sale
wealth,
Through the influence of the Grange legis-
lation has been secured driving out from this
country alien landlords, reserving American
land for actual settlers, and preserving our
public domain for American homes.
Through the influence of the Grange the In -
terstate Commerce law was passed, which will
in due time bring the entire transportation
facilities under national control, protecting
the people as well as the transportation com-
panies.
Through the influence of the Grange the
Agricultural Department, presided over by a
of oleomargarine in this common-
| Secretary of Agriculture in the President's
| Cabinet, was created, thus giving the farmers
| a voice in the policy of the National Govern
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collected, ostensibly for necessa)y ex- | ment as it
affects the agricultural interests.
It was through the influence of the Grange
that the appropriation for public schools was
increased from $1,000,000 to $2,000,000 per
annum, thussaving the tarmers that amount in
local taxation.
It was through the influence of the Grange
that many important changes have been made
in the State Revenue laws, among which may
be especially mentioned the law paying back
| Into the county treasury one-half the taxes
secrecy is the fundamental object of the |
levied and collected on monies at interest and
one-third of the amount of license fees,
It was through the influence of the
Grange that the present State Revenue Com-
mission is now sitting to revise the whole Sys-
tem of local taxation, which reyision will save
to the farmers of the State mitlions of dol-
lars.
It was through the influence of the Grange
that a direct co operative trade system has
been established, through whizh the farmers
can parchase direct from the manufacturers
and importers.
1t was through the Grange that the farmers®
social and polical influence has been enlarged
and knowledge of public affairs advanced,
and it will be through the Grange that the
tariff and currency question will finally be
settled on a just and equitable basis.
We might cite many other achievements by
the Order in a national way, but do not deem
it necessary to do so.
Who will say that the Grange has not accom-
plished much in the short time of its existence
as a national organization.
I have only spoken of the work of the Order’
in a general sense. What might not be said
of State legislation that has been secured ? but
evenall the great achievements of the Order
in a legislative sense are not to be compared
with the great fraternity that it has establisi-
ed among the agricultural people ; the men
and women that it has raised up aad educated,
making them the brightest and most useful
citizens of the land. Men and women that
any nation could well be proud of. How it has
quickened into life and usefulness the soclety
of the rural districts, raising hundreds and
thousands from the despondency of want of
opportunity for intellectual improvement and
social accomplishments,
The Grange is the only,organization of farm-
€rs that has perin wmency or gives reasonable
hope of being perpetuated and having the
sphere of its usefulness enlarged. Farmers
should come into the Grange and marshal a
solid front instead of dividing up into numer-
ous organizations and thus weakening the
power they should and could wield if arrayed
camp while fighting was guing on. The |
truth is that the Indian police were over
zealous, and wanted all the credit of Sit- |
FATE. |
in solid phalanx under one banner. Pa rents
in the rural districts cannot afford or even be
excused for not giving th :ir children the op
portunties of the Grange for mental and social
improvement. If they leave their parental
roof secking for just such opportunities as
ought to be aceorded at home you are respon-
sible.
There has not haen for years a more auspi-
cious time to get farmers to join the Grange
than at present. All that 1s needed is for our
members to take advantage of the favorite
opportunties presented.
From nearly everywhere comes inquiries in
reference to the Order, and words of approval
and encouragement.
Daring the prasent year we have already
organized 92 new Granges, reorganized twenty
four dormant Granges and increased our
membership 6000. The glorious work ix pro
gressing and we shoald not slacken our ef-
forts in that direction.
Every individual member owes something
to the Order, and can do much to encourage
the work,
All that is needed at present to build up the
Order is to give the farmers an opportunity to
join the Grange by inviting them to join.
We waut the National Gr ge treasury, the
State Grange treasury, the County Grange
treasury, and every Subordinate Grange treas.
ury, to have ample funds to enable them to
do their work acceptably and thoroughly.
The great and grand’object and crowning
glory of our organization is to “educate and
elevate the American farmer.” %
A A EN AR eT
Guest Cards of To-day.
“Many of the productions in station-
ery for the table’ remarked the head of
that department of Bailey, Banks, Bid-
dle, Philadelphia, a day or two aco, “ure
gems of art and are fit for framing.
The guest cards are now dawntily decor-
ated in water colors by artists of recog-
nized abilities. These little pictures
come in sets. One will have a dozen
ideal feminine heads, another eaveliers,
others dainty little landscapes or else re-
freshing marines. The majority, how-
ever, are fizure pieces, and apart from
their novelty are valuable souvenirs of a
pleasant dinner.
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The Pine Grove Musical Convention.
Editor Warcumax i—Being a spectator at the
convention held at Pine trove Mills under ti e
direction of Prof. Weaver, I had ample oppor,
tunity to see and hear the proceedings and can
heartily say it was one of the best I ever at-
tended,
On Monday eve the People began to gather
in the town and at the appointed hour made ga
move for the Lutheran chureh where the con-
vention was held. Rey. Aikens, pastor of said
chureh, called the house to order and in an
able and pleasing manner addressed the
meeting, welcoming all and inviting all to
participate. He then gave the floor to Prof
Weaver who at one. in an energetic and
instructive manner, began the work by giving
his idea of musical conventions, how they
should be conducted, and carried out his plan
from beginning to end. The class was organiz-
ed and 80 Singers presented themselves for
instruction the first evening. To say there was
good talent is not doing them justice. Tuesday
eve the class numbered 127 ; Wednesday morn
133. Next came the great snow fall and many
were kept in their boarding places until Thurs-
day morn. On Thursday noon all were at the
convention again and with more than usual zeal
every class and Prof went to work and a grand
concert was the result to a full house, which
would have been too small had not the drifts in.
terfered at the close of the class,which number
ed134 singers representatives of four counties cg
excellent material. On Friday evening Rey.
Aikens, who is an excellent singer and good
worker in all things pertaining to Christianity,
called the house to order and the concert be-
gan, which, could itso be, I would love to
hear again. Good music of high grade was
the result of a week’s work. At the close of the
concert Prof. Weaver from Curwensville gave
his experience of traveling through snow
drifts to getto the concert, with other encour’
aging remarks to the people and singers of the
influence of music and its effect in the church:
Rev. Aikens again took the floor, and thanked
the people for their interest and co-operation.
Mr. Wm. Cole and Martin Dreibelbeis, cornet
players, used the celebrated Distin cornets,
manufactured at Williamsport, and repeatedly
used the expression “can’t be beat.” Lynie
Erebs, Elsie Housman and Annie Fortney were
organists ;Prof. Dornblazer, violinist, furnished
two Kimbal organs, and Mr. Danis] Dreibelbeis,
of State College, furnished one, all of which
gave the best of satisfaction.
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