Terms 2.00 A Year,in Advance
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Bellefonte, Pa., Dec. ll, 1881.
P. GRAY MEEK, - - - EDITOR
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A Great Man Gone.
The Geath of Dom Pedro II, Ex-
Emperor of Brazil, is more genuinely
deplored throughout the United States
thaaq it is in Rio Janerio, where in the
midst of political and social dissen-
sions, the people have forgotten that
this kindly old man guided for years
Well Done.
Ia the unanimous selection of Mc.
Kerr to be Chief Clerkofthe House,the
Democratic representatives at Wash-
ington have paida high compliment to
Pennsylvania's popular young repre |
sentative and to the Democracy gener
ally of this republican, ring cursed |
State. Never before in the history of |
Congress has the majority party pre- |
sented its candidate for this important
position with the unanimity that char-
acterized the nomination of Mr. KERR.
So universal was the recognition of
test he had practically no competitors,
the ship of State, elevated the masses
by freeing the slaves and establishing
schools throughout his realm, and
gave of his own private means for the
advancement of science, art and liter-
ature ; while in this country, thousands
remember him, through his visit at the
“antennial, as a kindly, courteous geu- :
tleman and an Emperor in the fullest
gense of the word. Dox PEDRO II was
born Dec. 2, 1825, at Rio de Janeiro, |
a son of the first emperor by that name
who belonged to the Bourbon and Bra-
ganza family: His mother was Leo-
poldina Josephine,of Austria. In 1840
he wus declared of age and assumed
the sovereign power and in 1841 he
was crowned. Two years later he was
married to Princess Theresa Christina
Maria, sister of Francis I, late King of
Naples, who died some time ago.
Dox Prpro was courteous in his man-
ner, highly educated and had he not
disliked polities, might have been the
most commanding figure in South
America.
In 1889 he wae compelled to leave
Brazil and he has since been living in
* Paris, where he died on last ¥riday.
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A meeting of the National
Democratic Committee, to fix the time
and place for holding the Convention
to nominate candidates for President
and Vice President, has been called to
convene at Washington, January 21.
As the annual meeting of the Demo
cratic State Committee of this State, is
held at Harrisbuarg the day preceding
that fixed for the meeting of the Na-
tional Committee, it is altogether pro-
bable that the election of a member of
the National Committee to fill the va-
cancy caused by the death of Hon.
Wat. L. Scorr, will be postponed until
that time. We can scarcely conceive
of any reason why a gpecial meeting of
the Committe should be called for that
purpose, as has been suggested by some
ofour exchanges, now that we know
that the National Committee will not
meet until after the time of the regular
meeting of the State Committee.
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No Use for Them.
Two instances that have occurred
within this state during the last two
months; should go a good ways toward
opening the eyes of the colored voter
to the fact, that all he is good for,
looking at 1t from a Republican stand
point, is to vote the Republican ticket.
The one instance to which we refer
was the deliberate ‘defeat at the last
election, of the colored candidate for
Coroner in Dauphin county, when the
white Republicans on the same ticket
were given over two thousand majority
each. The other is the more recent
occurrance in Philadelphia, in which
the Republican city Solicitor, WARWICK,
filed his opinion, that colored boys
should not be admitted to Girard Col-
lege. These two instances should be
object lessons trom which the colored
woter might learn a fact that has been
entirely clear to every inteligent white
man in the state for years, and that
tact is—that further than for voting
purposes, the Republican party has no
more use for the darkey, than a frog
has for a coat of teathers.
ETT,
——Among the names of those men-
tioned as republican aspirants, for the
nomination tor Supreme Judge, next
fall, is that of our towneman Hon. A.
0. Foret. Its along time since Centre
county was honored with a justiceship
in the Supreme court, and if the Repub-
licans are to elect the successor to
Judg Cram, we would just as soon,
and probably a little sooner, see Judge
Furst elevated to that position as any’
of the many other republicans men-
tioned. Judge BURNSIDE, was the last
representative this county had upon
the Supreme bench. That was away
back in 1845. Judge Furst, if elected
would not be a Burxsipg, by a long
ilide, but he would all the same, be a
representative from the county’
EE.
Philadelphia papers are already
stating the claims of that city for larg-
er appropriations from the general gov-
ernment, If there’is anything in the
world that Philadelphia does in time
and does it heartily, it is to go for any
money supposed to be in any Treaeury
that it can get at.
no other name presented for the place
than his. This fact shows the high
esteem in which he was held by those
with whom he has been associated an
who have leerned to know his merits |
| workers were unable to escape from the
| mine.
| ceived, 80 men perished,
In his success tbe Democracy of the |
as a man and his deservings asa Demo-
crat.
gtate have reason to feel proud. He
was their unammous choice for the
position, and the fact that every Demo-
cratic representative from the state sub-
ordinated every wish to the success of
his candidancy, showed the extent to
which his own people would go for
him, and the confidence they had in
his claim to the honor the position
brings. We know that he will make
a popular and efficient official, that
he is entirely worthy the place, and we
feel assured that none who voted for
him, will have justcause to regret their
action.
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Startling news comes to us irom
Boston, via the Republican press, to
the effect that that great, greasy Octo-
pus, the Standard Oil company and the
Boston and Maine railroad corporation
have entered into a combination to
make Massachusetts and New Hamp-
shire both Democratic at the next
election. This is news for certain, and
is the first intimation any one ever had,
that corporations ever combined to
make anything else than money.
A New York Bomb Thrower.
An Almost Successful Attempt to Blow
Up Russell Sage Beeause He Refus-
ed a crank $1,500,000.
The most diabolical crime in the his-
tory of New York was perpetrated
shortly after 12° o'clock Saturday. A
dynamite bomb was exploded in the
office of Russell Sage, and the well
known financier was seriously injured,
one of his clerks killed, and others fa-
tally hurt. The man who threw the
bomb was killed.
It was just twenty-two minutes past
12 when the explosion came, with a
force that was absolutely startling,
completely wrecking the second floor
of the building, throwing pedestrians
in the street to the ground and startling
the people for blocks around. Those
who werdclose at hand saw a man
blown through one of the windows in
Sages office into Rector street. A few
minutes later Mr. Sage himself, with
blood streaming from his face and
hands, was helped out into the street
and taken to O'Connell's drug store.
Within ten minutes after the-explosion,
Dr. Dunn, physician to Jay Gould, was
at the side of Mr. Sage and personally
attended to his injuries which proved
to be not of a serious nature. The
hair and eyebrows of the millionaire
were burned and his face and hands
cut by small particles of glass aud
laster, tie result of the explosion.
r. Sage though suffering from the
shock, made the following statement
while his wounds were being dressed.
A man, who gave his name as H.D.
Wilson, came to my office justnow. I
had never seen him before. He had
a carpet bag in his hand and said : “If
ou will not give me $1,250,000 I will
Doon you all to pieces.” I knew noth-
ing further, except hearing a great ex-
plosion, falling on the floor and regain-
ed consciousness here. The man ly-
ing on the floor of this drug store is, I
believe, the same one who asked me
for the money. When Sage’s wounds
were dressed he was taken in a cab to
his home. :
When the police arrived in force, the
building was quickly cleared of all per-
sons and a search made in the wrecked
offices. Just inside of the door of the
general office was found the trunk of a
nan in a state that rendered recogni:
tion nearly impossible, the head hav-
ing been severed from the body. When
the body was taken up, it was found to
have been torn into shreds by the ex-
plosion. The interior of the office
plainly showed that the force of the ex-
plosion was something terrific. All of
the partitions were blown down and
sashes and window frames forced out-
ward. The ceiling had been blown
down and the floor forced downward,
rendering it unsafe to walk upon. Desks
and chairs were overturned and hurled
into an indiscribable mass and every
piece of glass in the big air shaft that
ran to the roof was shivered into thou-
sands of particles. The search was
continued amidst the great confusion
which quickly followed, but the body
of a man with reddish pointed beard
was the only one among the debris.
But one person had been killed out-
right—the unknown man previously
mentioned. He issupposed to be H.
D. Wilson, the man that made the de-
mand for money from Sage and who
threw the bomb. Benjamin F. Nor-
ton, who was thrown through the |
window, a clerk in the office of Sage, |
was removed to a hospital, where he
died while under an operation for a
fracture of the skull, ‘
‘A number of others were seriously |
injured and three perhaps fatally.
loss of life,
his fitness, that during the entire con-
anl when the caucus met, there was
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Two Horrible Explosions.
One Hundred and Eighty Lives Lost
in Russian Poland and Fifty-
eight Bodies Recovered from
the French Mine.
St. PETERSBURG, De cember 7.
A most terrible catastrophe has oc-
curred in a colliery located at Nifka, in
Russian Poland. No details of the af-
fuir have as yet been received here, but
jt is conjectured that the accident was
the result of an explosion of fire-damp.
Further intelligence 1s anxiously
awaited and hopes are expressed that the
which the first dispatch
places at one hundred and eighty, is over
estimated. In addition to those one
hundred and eighty men who are said
to have lost their lives, forty horses
were killed.
While from Paris comes the report of
a terrible mining disaster at St. Eteenne,
in the department of Loire, and the
center of one of the richest coal fields in
France. An explosion of fire-damp oc-
curred at noon to-day, and many of the
According to advices, so far re-
The explosion occurred in the Puits
de 1a Manufacture, belonging to the St.
Etienue Colliery Company. [mme-
diately after dense volumes of evil-smell-
ing smoke issued from the mouths of
this and & connecting pit. Fortunately
to-day was being observed as a fete day,
and a compartively sma.l number of
men were at work in the mine.
rescue the imprisoned men the rescuers
were driven back by the fou! fumes that
poured from the shaft, and for nearly
an hour nothing could be done to aid
the unfortunate miners in the pit. In
order to disperse the smoke that filled
the shaft tbe cage was lowered and
drawn up again rapidly a number of
times. Once down iu the depths the
rescuers encountered a serious obstacle,
the main gallery having collapsed and
prevented access to the imprisoned
men. After working several hours in
relays the party of rescuers had cleared
away a portion of the debris, and a
few minutes later they came across
the bodies of four miners. The wen,
although unconscious, were still alive
and were quickly sent to the surface,
where they revived.
Tt has now been ascertained beyond
all doubt that the disaster was due to
the action of the manager of the mine,
who ordered that the ventilating appar-
atus be stopped. He had received no
authority from the engineer to stop this
most important part of the mine's ma-
chinery, and at his door is laid the re-
sponsibility for the sorrow and mourn-
ing that to day fills so many of the
homes of the humble miners.
The horrible calamity has touched
the hearts of many beside the mourners
in St. Etienne. President Carnot has
sent a long telegraphic message to the
Prefect expressing his deep regret for
the disaster that has befallen so many
homes. He has not confined himself to
a mere expression of regret, but has tak-
en steps to show his sympathy in a more
practical manner. He has sent Colonel
De Chamoin, one of his aids-decamp, 0
convey his condolence to the wives and
relatives of those who were killed and
to distribute reliet where it was needed.
The families of many of the dead
miners are miserably poor and this
prompt action of the President in the
direction of meeting their most pressing
necessities will be an invaluable aid to
them.
Seventy-Three Men Suffocated.
Fearful Disaster in a Mine Explosion
in France.
Paris, Dec. 6.—The report of a terri-
ble mining disaster comes from St.
Etient, in the Department of Loire. An
explosion of fire-damp occurred to-day
in one of the numerous coal pits in that
region, and many of the workers were
unable to escape from the mine. Sev-
enty-three men perished in the pit.
Immediately after the explosion dense
volumes of vile-smelling smoke issued
from the mouth of this and a connecting
pit, and in a short time crowds of rela-
tives and friends of the imprisoned
workmen gathered about the entrances
and prepared for the work of rescue.
Rescuing parties are at work, and
many miners have been taken out who
were unconscious, but revived when
they reached open air.
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Whittier’s Fair Poem.
The aged Bard Has Already Composed
His Lay.
AMESBURY, Mass. Dec. 6 —John G.
Whittier, who has been asked to write
the opening hymn for the World’s Fair,
has already composed the verses for it.
It will probable be read in private at
the celebration of the poet’s 85th birth-
day next week, but there’s no chance of
its becoming public. Whittier is not
satisfied with his verses, and thinks
there should ba a law against authorship
after threescore and ten. However,
those who remember how reticent he
was about his hymn for the centenial at
Philadelphia, and that it was not until a
month before the opening of that fair
that he would promise to furnish the
hymn, do not doubt that he will furnish
the one for Chicago.
Fair Play Will be Observed.
From the Easton Express.
The Democrats now have it in their
power to retalinte. and to throttle the
epublicans by the very rules they two
years ago so lustily denounced. The
Democrats will hardly beso unwise as
todo this. The people of the United
States admire pluck and bravery, which
Reed knew, but they also like fair play,
and it is here that Reed made his mis-
take.
TTL
Pensions but no Princes.
From the New York Journal. *
And now the British people are to be
asked to set up another pension, this
time for Prince Albert Victor, on the
occasion of his marriage. We are lucky
to have no Princes, but, unfortunately
the pensions are still with us.
When the first attempt was made to |
Crisp, the Speaker.
Hon. Charles Frederick Crisp, chos-
en Speaker of the House by the Demo-
cratic caucus Monday night, belongs to
| Americus, Ga. He is 46 years old.
| He was born in England, but was
" brought to this country when an io-
fant. His parents were well known
‘Phespians. Crisp attended the public
| schools in Savannah and Macon. He
entered the Confederate army when 16
| and became a lieutenant in a Virginia
regiment. After three years’ service
| he was captured and sent to Fort Dela-
ware. At theend of the war he was
released. His folks were then living
lat Ellaville, Schley county, Ga.
| Young Crisp read law for a year and
was then admitted to the bar. He
| practiced law in Ellaville for six
| years, and was then appointed Solicitor
| General of the Southwestern Judicial
| Circuit. In 1873 he located perman-
| ently in Americus. Four years later
| he became Judge of the superior court
| and five years atterward resigned it to
| accept a nomination to Congress. He
| presided over the Georgia Democratic
| State Convention in the ensuing year,
! and entered the House of Representa-
tives at the beginning of the session in
1 1833. He has served eight years.
J
In the House he took front rank as
| a worker and speaker- Crispis always
| at ease upon the floor. Rarely will
| you find him absent. He watches the
| proceedings ot the House as closely as
| the watchdog of the Treasury. His
| speecties show much much thought
and research. The logic is clear and
convincing. There is no striving for
effect. His eloquence is found at times
in the quaint simplicity of his argu-
ment. lt is almost irresistible in its
effect.
"The confidence of his party in Mr.
Criep has been shown more than once.
At the openingof the Fiftieth Congress
Speaker Carlisle refused to appoint the
Committe on Elections. His own seat
was contested by Mr. Thoebe, and he
asked the House to select the commit:
tee. Each side of the House concurred
| and appointed a committee to make
| the selection. The Democrats, being
in the majority, were to pick out a
chairman. Upon the committee to do
| this were Samuel J. Randall, William
S. Holman, General Burnes, of Missou-
ri, General Forney, of Alabama, and
others: All cast their eyes upon one
man in looking for a chairman for the
Committee on Elections. This man
was Charles F. Crisp. No other name
was mentioned. He was sent for and
asked to accept the place. It was a
magnificent tribute to his sagacity and
ability, Upon the roll of committees
of the House the Committee on Elec:
tions takes precedence of the Ways and
Means. Crisp kaew the requirements
of the place. Intense application, care-
tal inquiry, and the power to cope
with the shrewdest men in the ranks
of the opposition were Decesrary. At
the urgent solicitation of his party as-
sociates the Georgian came to the
front. He lost the Chairmanship of the
Committee on Pacific Railroads, to
which he was entitled by the retire-
ment of Governor Thockmorton, but
gained a place where he was ever in
the eyes of the people, and where he
became a recognized leader of his par-
ty in the House.
No one questions Crisps judgment
or his self-control. Atone time Speak-
er Reed tried not only to throttle him
with tyrannical rulings, but treated
him with aggravating insolence. It
was in a desperate fight attending the
placing of John M. Langston in the
geat of Edward C. Venable. While
the House was 1n cali, the Speaker as-
certained that a quorum was present,
and ordered the clerk to call the roll
upon the approval of the journal. The
Reed rules. provide thai while the
House wasin call only two motions
were in order. One was a motion to
adjourn and the other to dispense with
further proceedings under the call.
Mr. Crisp raised a point of order, and
called tne Speakers attection to the
plain wording of the rule. Caught
dead to rights, Reed was on fire in ‘a
moment. He tried to bulldoze the
Georgian, and awakened the true
Georgia grit.
«Phe clerk can read the journal
without objects,” said the man from
Maine.
«I object,” replied Mr. Crisp. “Such
action is unprecedented. Such a sug-
gestion bas never been made in the
history of Congress.”
“Well,” replied the Speaker, with
much acerbity, “it's time that it was
made.”
At this the Republicans raised a
ghout of encouragement. Crisp re:
mained standing, perfectly im perturba:
ble, until the tumult had subsided.
“That is the judgment ot the Chair,”
be then replied. “The Chair is not
the master of the House, but its ser-
vant. He must obey its order.”
Reed was white with rage. Demo-
ani broke into applause in their turn
and the Republicans cried for the “re-
gular order.”
“The gentleman from Georgia need
not recommence,”’ the Speaker threat-
| eningly observed, as soon a8 quiet was
| restored.
| With great dignity Mr.Criep replied:
“The gentleman will insist upon his
rights. No tyrant can take them
from him.”
At this the Republicans fairly
screamed for the regular order. Mr.
Rowell, Chairman of the Committee
on Elections, obtained recognition.
“I make the point of order,” he
shouted, “that the remarks of the gen-
tleman from Georgia are out of order.”
“No more than the remarks of the
Speaker,” Crisp calmly replied.
This remark touched the Czar like a
hot iron. His eyes flashed, his
| cheeks flushed, and he brought his
gavel down with a double fold veon-
eance. ;
“J'he gentleman from Georgia will
take his seat I’ he roared.
Crisp remained as calm as a May
morn. Unlike many of his colleagues
when suffering from similar tyrannical
outbursts, he recognized the amenities
of the situation.
tCertainly the gentieman from
Georgia will take his seat,”” he replied
with perfect composure; “but he will
rise, resent, and reply to any similar
intimation from the Chair here or
elsewhere.”
He took his seat, but carried his
oint. A Wisconsin Republican pull-
ed the Speaker out of the mud by mov-
ing to dispense with all further pro-
ceedings under the call.
ASAT
Tariff Reform Still in ¥ront.
Opinions of Vanquished Candidates on
Crisp’s Eleciion—Hatch and Spring-
er Very Well Satisfied With
the Result.
In commenting upon the result of the
contest, Mr. Hatch said: “I am entire-
ly satistied with the result. I voted for
Mr. Crisp because I believe he possessed,
in the most eminent degree, all the
qualifications to make an able, conserva-
tive and successful speaker. 1 have
never at any time during this campaign
shared in the feeling against Mr. Crisp
from the statement made that he was
not as able and conscientious a tariff’ re-
former as Mr. Mills or any gentleman in
this congress. 1 am better satistied with
his record on the silver question than
that of Mr, Mill’s since the latter gen-
tleman’s speech in Ohio. I have no re-
grets to express in regard to the result.
It will prove a good thing for the Deta-
ocratic party and for the whole people of
the country.”
Mr. Springer said: “The canvass for
the speakership so far as I am concerned
has been conducted upon the theory
that good politics required that
the speakership should go to the North-
west and especially to the state of ILlli-
nois where it would contribute in some
degree to the success of the Democratic
party in the presidental election of 1892,
but it seems that the representatives of
the Democratic party in Congress do
not take that view of the question, and
while I had contemplated a choice be-
tween Mr. Crisp and Mr. Mills, when
the time arrived at which it was neces
sary for me to act, I chose that course
which I deemed best for the interest of
the Democratic party generally. Mr.
Crisp will make an able and impartial
presiding officer. There will be no
scenes of disorder or rulings which
would cause any Democrat to regret
that Mr. Crisp is elevated to this high
position, I have always insisted that
the office of speaker should be filled by
a man of a judicial mind who would
under all circumstances of excitement
or calm, be able to maintain order and
preserve the dignity of the body.
«So far as the question of tariff reform
is concerned I have taken great pains to
satisfy myself that in Mr. Crisp’s elec-
tion it will be preserved as the para-
mount issue of the presidential cam-
paign of 1892. But there are other 1s-
sues which must be kept in view and es-
pecially that of economy in public ex-
penditures. We must make a record
in this congress which will convince the
eople that we are in favor of an honest
and economical administration and that
no money should be expend except such
as is absolutely necessary for public pur-
poses. The election of Mr. Crisp will
not complicate the presidential contest.
No candidate for president will receive
any advantage or disadvantage from it.
The national convention will be left per-
fectly free to make the choice of our
candidate uninfluenced by thé result of
the speakership contest. The Democra-
tic party is the party of the people and
not a party of combinations.”
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Fast Mail Service.
A Complete Postoffice on Wheels to
Travel at Lightning Speed.
‘WASHINGTON, Dec. 7.—On or about
December 12 inst. there will be an addi-
tional fast mail service inaugurated be-
tween the West, via Philadelphia, Har-
risburg and Pittsburg, leaving New
York about nine a. m. The time be.
tween New York and Chicago will be
twenty-four hours between New York
and St. Louis thirty-two hours.
The cars used in this service will be
fitted up as complete postoffices and will
be provided with regularly organized
crews of postal clerks who will take on
and distribute pouches for the local as
well as the through points that can be
reached by connecting trdins and star
routes.
BE]
Remarkable Prediction.
Flower's Exact Majority Guessed for a
a $200 Prize.
NEw York, Dec. 5.—A remarkable
guess has just been revealed by the Her-
ald, which offered a $200 prize to the
person who would come nearest to Gov-
ernor-elect Flower’s majority in this
State: Michael Moss, a carpenter, No.
76 Charles street actually guessed the
exact figures——47,937 votes—-which was
the correct vote as returned by the can-
vassing board. Moss made his predic-
tion on October 11 and it was regularly
recorded, along with 750,000 other
guesses. He says he bunted up the late
John Kelly’s vote as an Independent
candidate for Governor years ago and
used the exact figures.
wi EET —
Merely Taking a Rest.
From the Easton Express.
The protective tariff har is not so
numerous now ; perhaps he has taken a
brief vacation. He may be expected to
sit up on his hind legs and howl as soen
as the Democratic congress, with its 140
majority, is in session. But the people
are accustomed to his eccentricities of
ficures and statements, and place no re-
liance on anything he says. This is a
free country, not a protective tariff
land.
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No Danger for Brazil.
From the New York Press,
Not that there is any danger of the
revival of monarchy in Brazil. The
Countess d’Eu could not raise a corpor-
al’s guard of men mad enough to incur
destruction by attempting to overthrow
the republic. But for their own sakes
and Dom Pedro's those who inherit his
name should have some regard for the
lesson of his life.
ADDITIONAL LOCALS.
For Our OLpEr Reapers —The
following personal letter written to Hon.
J. H. Holt, from oie
known and had many
who was well
refatives and
friends within the county, y:urs and
years ago, will be of interest to many of
our readers who sti rememter the
writer,
Necrpan, Wis, Dec. 1st, 189L..
Hon. HarpisoN Horr,
Snow SHOE, PA.
My cld time friend:
How often I have thought of you since I saw.
you, in Lock Haven, and how many times L
have regreted not to have been able to have:
gone to your home and had a good old time
chat with you, but as I promised to write you
in the near future, when I said good bye, I
am just taking advantage of a leisure moment
to make my promise good. Yes, more than,
fourty years have passed into the dark. abyss:
of time since we made the ever memorable
trip down the Susquehanna river trom the
Deer Creek Landing, to Marietta. Oh! bow
many changes and how much sunshine and
shadow we have passed through since. With
all this no event of my life has struck we
with more surprise than the sad and sudden
demise of my brother in Lock Haven, only a
day or co after me met y 'u there. Why it came
so unexpected that I can scarcely realize nw
that he is dead. The event brought a gloom
over the sunshine of my visit that [ could not
dispel, so I cut it short and started home
where I found everything cheerful around
and yet the gloom clouds still linger over me.
I only stayed three days, when I went to Mil-
waunkee and stayed five weeks to drive dul}
care away and take Turkish and Electric
Baths to see if I could not get free from the un-
pleasant results of La-grippe that have linger-
ed with me since 1st of January. Have just
been home a week and feel very much imnprov-
ed and am in hopes if I can pull through this.
winter without another attesck will come out
all right in the Spring. There is no use of my
attempting to give you a ful history of my ca:
reer in tiie last 40 years. While Iwas in Pen n-
sylvania you perhaps were familiar with my
whereabouts aud doings, 85 years ago last
spring I left the state and Philipsburg for the
far west, after a trip through Illinois, Towa and
Minnesota, I drifted back to this place where
I pitched my tent in the spring of 1857 and
have held the fort ever since. If I live until
the 10th of next May I will have been inactive
practice ot Medicine for 40 years, should I live
until that time, I will then lay down the Pills
and Powders, Scalpel and Bestoury and retire
from the trials and cares of professional life
for all time to come. I would have done so
years ago and attended exclusively to my oth-
er business and been much better off, but
then you see I had been in it so long and
thought a little longer would accomplish the
40 years and immortalize my name as being
enrolled with the band of Physicians whose
sands of life were wasted. However I feel
young yet (50). You will remember I went
into practice very young, though I did not
graduate until 1870, at Rush Medical College,
Chicago, so you can see [am kind of self
made and have hewn out the frame of my own
fortune. Have had three partners in practice
in some of these years when my other busi-
ness was pressing—carried on lumbering for
17 years successfully, sold it all out 9 years
ago—have ‘carried on mercantile business
since 1862, also cultivated cranberries for 8 ar 9
years, until in 1886 forest fires destroyed many
valuable Marshes in our nejghborbood, among
them was one for me valued at $30,000 which
was a total loss. I have lost two other smaller
marshes, since then, so that T am virtually out
of the business, have considerable land up the
river, two farms below town and money enough
to carry me through. If my ventures (in the
money lands, of Colorado, and Old Mexico pan
out as we anticipate I will have millions to
leave. If they prove worthless I will not
want for bread what little time I have to stay.
Now “Harb” don't think me egotistical for
vaunting in self praise orboasting that I am
better fixed than others. Such is farthest
from my purpose, I simply write this to you,
ag an old friend, to let you know that Iam not
bankrupt. You know full well how I started
out in lite and I want to give you a small idea
of where I will end. How sorry J have often
been that when Dr. Hoop and I were at Kart-
hause we did nct go on up to Snow Shoe, and
see you and Bob Haynes. I used to like him
like a brotherand spent many happy hours
with him, yearsago I wrote to him but never
could get an answer, so I fully intended to go
and see him before I left Pennsylvania. You
and he, I believe are my only attractions there
now, all the old landmarks who were along
the road when I used to trod it have crossed
the dark River,and I trust their souls are hap*
py on the other shere, Saul Bander, Lin Lutz
Johnny Bose, McMaster, Foresman and othe
ers all gone, I wanted to drive out from Belle-
font, on the old pike I used to travel so much,
but failed to get around, may be if I live I will
get to Pennsylvania early next summer and
try to see you all, Then I can talk more in a
day than I can write in a week, and give the
words much more ephasis. Now 1 want you
to write me a long letter, how you ara getting
along, how much of a family ete., you know I
have no family of my own but a young lady
whom I have raised and educated seems tomo
your wife was a daughter of Dave Askey, if so
I knew her when we were small, but perhaps
she has forgotten me, I remember her father
well. “Harb” I wrote a letter to Thomas H.
Murray & day or two ago to Clearfield town,you
will remember he used to go to s2hool to me
at Bald Hill, I met him in Philadelphia when
I was there—but here I must quit, I will send
you a “photo” but you would not recognize it
if you had not seen me recently. Remember
me kindly to Mr. R. J. Haynes if you see him,
Write me when
Legislature.
With best wishes for you and yours.
I am sincerelv your friend,
F.’ANTES CANFIELD.
Tex Cents SAVED Us.—On Wednes-
day morning an individual wearing the
attire of frayed out gentility stepped
noiselessly into this office and asked for
a dime. Noticing the wild look in his
eyes and seeing a suspicious looking tin
jar under his arm ; at the samc time the
awful horrors of a heavenly journey on
a dynamite bomb dancing through our
brain, we acquieseed. Two cents from
our devil, a nickle from the foreman and
the other thres, which were found hid-
ing in the lining of onr vest, pacified
the grim visitor and he departed. We
were just congratulatit g ourselves and
wordering why Russel Sage had'nt
acted as we did when the fellow left
and as he vanished through the door
we thought we saw—that his infernal
! machine was a ‘‘growler.”’
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