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, . Bellefonte Pa.. September 30, 1904.
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THINGS ABOUT TOWN AND COUNTY
Next Week.
All the big things in creation,
Fancy stock and speedy racin’,
Pumpkins,’corn and angel cakes,
Paddle wheels, but none that fakes,
Chicot, Drako, dancing dogs,
Little pigs and larger hogs,
Ferris wheel and acrobats,
Chickens, rabbits, long haired cats,
Real crazy quilts and paintings too,
Will all be there for you to view,
While stirring music filis the air
At the Centre County Fair.
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——One of Alf. Baum’s valuable horses
died on Tuesday, near Linden Hall.
~——Mirs. Daggett enterfained a few
friends at a charming dinner on Saturday
night.
. ——Miss Louise Calloway will give a
dinner next week in honor of her guest,
Miss Snyder.
—Up to last evening about thirty-five
horses had been entered for the races at
the fair next week.
. ——John J. Confer, of Rosecrans, and
Margaret E. Davis, of Mackeyville, were
married last Thursday at Hublershurg, by
the Rev. H. I. Crow.
- ——At# a recent meeting of the Bellefonte
ministerinm Rev. Ambrose Schmidt was
eleoted president and Rev. John A. Wood,
Jr., secretary for the ensuing year.
——“Gyp,”’ the little rat terrier owned
by Dr. J. M. Brockerhoff,on Tuesday even-
ing drank the poisoned water off of a piece
of fly-paper and died in less than an hour.
——Samuel, the six-year-old son of Ab-
ner Noll, of Pleasant Gap, fell from a second
floor door of the ware-house Tuesday after-
noon, breaking his wrist and sustaining
other injuries.
——The Howard canning factory now
has over ten car loads of beans, pumpkins,
corn, tomatoes, etc., ready for shipment.
This, in itself, is evidence of the plant be-
ing a good investment.
——Next Tuesday Judge Love will hear
argument on the reasons for a new trial for
Ira Green and William Dillen, the two
men convicted as the August term of cours
for the murder of turnkey Jerry Condo.
——The Pennsylvania State Independ-
ent Telephone association is a new organi-
zation of the independent telephone
companies in the State effected in Har-
risburg, on Tuesday, and of which El-
lis L. Orvis, Esq., was elected national
trustee.
——An incipient fire on the roof of the
Jared Harper house, on north Thomas St.,
occupied by Howard Martin, on Tuesday
morning, caused an alarm of fire to be
sounded and some excitement. Workmen
at the lime kilns extinguished the flames
with a few buckets of water.
- ——Miss Letty Hartman has for sale sev-
eral pieces of renaissance that anyone
might be bappy to possess. The especially
pretty ones are a large centre piece and a
dark ecru oollar in design of grapes, both
beautifully wrought and very cheap in
price.
——Last Saturday the State College foot-
ball team opened the season with a game
with the Unbiversity of Pennsylvania in
Philadelphia, and though defeated, it was
by the very low score of 6 600. Tomorrow
State will play her first game at home with
the Allegheny college eleven.
© — Miss Sarah Amelia Ray was the
newest arrival at the Brockerhoff house
Monday afternoon about 3 o’clock and it is
hardly necessary to say that landlord H. S.
Ray is just as proud as he can be over the
advent of a little daughter in his house-
hold. Both mother and child are getting
along splendidly.
——We are indebted to Mrs. Gessner for
a basket of most delicious grapes. There
are professional fruit growers who would be
proud to produce as perfect hunches of well
flavored fruit as are hanging heavy on Mrs,
Gess:er’s vines. Her whole place, fruit,
flowers, vegetables, bears testimony to
the skill of womau as gardener and farm-
er.
——Thursday of last week Rex Bartlett,
a boy who works at Garman’s store, found
a woman's pocket book containing $49.39
at the Bellefonte depot. The owner was
found who rewarded the finder with a five
dollar bill. On Friday a traveling man
lost a pocket book containing $20 and on it
being returned to him be also gave the
finder five dollars.
~The Bellefoute Academy opened last
week with the largest number of boarding
students ever enrolled there. Naturally,
both the students and teachers are experi-
encing some inconvenience at the present,
owing to the newly-remodeled building
not yet being finished, hut work there is
being pushed as fast as possible and it will
not be long now until the Academy will be
better housed and better equipped for the
work than ever before.
——Dr. John Sebring and dentist Kil-
patriok are going to do some hunting this
fall and they evidently intend to go about
it in the right way. They have just pur-
chased from Frank Martini, of Berwick, a
well-trained English setter dog for which
they paid sixty dollarsand express charges.
Of course we wish Messrs. Sebring and
Kilpatrick all kinds of smocess in their
nimrodio feats daring the coming season
and we have no doubt that the game they
may secure will bave an unusually fine
flavor and relish.
DROPPED DEAD IN THE STREET.—Ed-
ward B. Kittell, who will be well remem-
bered by many of the WATCHMAN readers
from having been book-keeper for the Col-
:| ling’. when: they operated the Bellefonte’
furnace, dropped dead in the street in
Pittsburg Monday afternoon. Death was
evidently due to a sudden attack of heart
trouble.
Mr. Kittell was bookkeeper for T. A.
Shoemaker who has in charge the construc-
tion of a bridge for the Wheeling division
of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad com-
pany at Glenwood. On Saturday he went
to Confluence to spend Sunday with
friends. He returned to Pittsburg at 1
o’clock Monday afternoon, and, tired after
the journey, it is supposed he lighted a
cigar and started to walk a short distance
before boarding a Second avenue car for
Glenwood. When he reached a point on
Second avenue he staggered and fell to the
sidewalk. When he was picked up a few
minutes later, he was dead. The body
was removed to the morgue where it was
identified by John A. Schwab, father of
Charles M. Schwab. Tuesday,the remains
were taken to Ebensburg for interment.
E. B. Kittell was a son of the late Wm.
and Mar garet Kittell, of Ebensburg. His
father was a leading member of the Cam-
bria county bai. Mr. Kittell was born in
Ebensburg Nov. 20th, 1852, and early in
life became assistant cashier of Lloyd &
Co’s bank, at Ebensburg. Later he be-
came cashier of E. Roberts & Son’s bank
and heid the position until the bank went
out of business. For about 20 years he
had been a bookkeeper for Collins Bros.
well known railroad contractors, of Belle-
fonte. In 1895, when that firm was reor-
ganized under the name of Clement & Co.,
Mr. Kistell became the new firm’s chief
bookkeeper. Last spring the firm of Clem-
ent & Co. was divided and Thomas A.
Shoemaker, one of its heaviest stockhold-
ers, went into business for himself and Mr
Kittell held she position as his bookkeeper.
Two weeks ago Mr. Shoemaker moved his
operat ions from Indiana to Pittsburg, be-
cause of his contract and Mr. Kittel] went
with him.
Deceased is survived by three brothers,
Rev. William Kittell, chanceller of the
Pittsburg diocese of the Roman Catholic
church ; Rev. Ferdinand Kittell, rector of
St. Michael’s Catholic church, Loretto ;
M. D. Kittell, an attorney at Ebensburg,
and one sister, Sister Mary Bernadine, with
the mother house of the Sisters of Mercy,
Pittsburg,
The funeral was held yesterday morning
at Ebensburg.
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BECK.—Mirs. Emeline, wife of Isaiah
Beck, of Centre Line, died at the home of
her danghter; Mrs. Walter Stine, in Pitts.
burg, on Sunday, of typhoid fever after an
illness of about three weeks. Early in
August Mrs. Beck went to Pittsburg to
nurse her daughter who was suffering with
typhoid’ fever. The daughter recovered,
but about the time she became convales-
cent both her mother and her husband were
stricken down. Mr. Stine had a slight at-
tack and is recovering, but Mrs. Beck, ow-
ing to her age, and exhansted condition
from the long siege of nursing her dangh-
ter, could not withstand the ravages of the
disease and died on Sunday morning.
The deceased, whose maiden name was
Musser, was born at Gateshurg in 1842.
She was married to Isaiah Beck, of Centre
Line, and lived ever since on the old Beck
homestead farm in the western end of Half
Moon township. Mrs. Beck was a life-long
member of the Lutheran church, a consoi-
entious christian woman of charming dis-
position and one who will be sadly missed,
not only by her family, but by a host of
friends. She is survived by her husband
‘and six children, Harry E., of Swissvale;
Irene S., wife of Rev. W. C. Dunlap, of
Montoursville; John C., of Osceola; Eva
A., wife of Walter Stine, of Pittsburg;
Mahlon B., of Osceola, and*Clyde O., at
home. One daughter, Ella, died about
nine years ago.
The funeral was held Tuesday atternoon
at 2 o’clock, the services being in the Cen-
tre Line Lutheran church. Rev. Atlar, the
pastor, preached an affecting sermon. In-
terment was made in the cemetery adjoin-
ing the church.
HARVEY SHOPE'S DEATH. — Harvey
Shope, a son of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Shope,
of Cato, died of blood poisoning in Fort
Leavenworth, Kan., where he was station-
ed a soldier in the regular army. Young
Shope came to Bellefonte early in the sum-
mer and purchased the restaurant of
Charles Hazel, on Bishop street. While
here he enlisted in company B and went
with the soldiers to the National guard en-
campment at Gettysburg in the latter pars
of July. Early in August fire partially
destroyed Shope’s restaurant on Bishop
street and he concluded to quit the busi-
ness. He went to Lock Haven, where he
enlisted us a soldier in the regular army
and was sent to Columbus, Ohio. While
there he was vaccinated on the arm. In a
few days his arm became very sore, swell-
ing to twice its normal size. Shope was
sent to F't. Leavenworth and by the time
he reached there blood poisoning set in and
he was put in the hospital at once, bus all
the surgeons could do availed nothing and
the young man died Tuesday of last week.
The remains were brought east by his fath-
er, arriving home on Monday. The funer-
al was held Tuesday morning and ' was
largely attended, a squad of seven mem-
bers of company ‘B, under command of
Sergt. W. H. Brown, attending. Beside
his father and mother deceased is survived
by three sisters and two brothers.
SMITH.—Joseph S. Smith, one of the
old-time and well-known residents of Snow
Shoe, died at his home in that place Wed-
nesday morning at 6:30 o'clock of paralysis,
he having been stricken only the day pre-
vious. Mr. Smith was born at Howard,
but when yet a young man went to Snow
Shoe, where he lived all his life, following
the trade of shoemaker. He was elected
and served as justice of the peace a number
of years. He was also a veteran of the Civil
war, having served in company F, 200dth
regimens, P. V. I.
Deceased is survived by his wife, one son,
Charles, and the following daughters : Mrs.
Martin Reese, Mrs. Harry Fravel, of Snow
Shoe, and Lydia, of Duncannon. He also
leaves one brother, Alfred Smith, of Miles-
burg. The funeral will take place this
morning at 8:30 o’clock, Rev. H. J. Schu-
chart will officiate and interment will be
made at Roland. :
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——DRobert Lee, the 4-year-old son of
Mr. and Mrs. Walizer, of Renovo, but who
formerly lived in Mackeyville, was so bad-
ly burned last Thursday that he died the
same day. The boy had been out on the
dump, back of the car shops where he was
playing alongside a fire. The wind sud-
denly shifted, sending the flames against
the lad’s clothing, which were ignited.
The boy started to tun home and was mes
by Frank Lundfelt and Norah Johnson,
who tore the clothing from his body, bus
too late to save him from a fatal burn-
ing.
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ENTWISTLE.—Abrabam Entwistle died
at bis home at Cuba Mines, near Philips-
burg, Sunday evening, of dropsy, aged 67
years. Deceased was born in Acrington,
England, coming to this country when
quite a young man and going to Philips-
burg, in which section be lived ever since.
He is survived by his wife, two sons and
one daughter. The funeral took place on
Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock, inter-
ment being made in the Philipsburg ceme-
tery.
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MussER.—Wellington ~~ Musser, . who
made his home with his brother, Wallace
Musser, at the Branch, died Sunday night
of September 18th, of heart trouble and
dropsy, after a six month’s illness. De-
ceased was a cabinet maker hy trade and
was 55 years of age. The funeral occurred
the following Wednesday, interment being
made in the Boalshurg cemetery.
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——Isaac Shafer, an ex-county commis-
sioner of Clinton county, died at his home
in Lock Haven Wednesday morning at the
advanced age of 82 years. Mr. Shafer was
born near Bellefonte, but lived most of his
life in Clinton connty.
~——Mr. Archer Bows. member of, the
firm of Rogers, Brown & Co., and chairman
of the board of directors of the Nittany
Iron company, died very suddenly Friday
afternoon of last week at his home in New
York.
Sse AA) remains
——The Centre county farmer’s insti
tutes will be held at Hublersburg January
30th and 31st, and at Philipsburg February
1st and 20d.
Sl a Aas
——The will of the late Senator Patton,
of Carwensville, has been recorded at Cleai-
field and leaves the settlement of his estate,
which is conservatively stated to exceed a
million, to three executors : Mrs. Patto,
the widow; H. J. Patton, ason, and W. H.
Sanford. cashier of the First National bank,
Patton, Pa. Some liberal gifts were ar-
ranged by Senator Patton personally, in-
stead of being incorporated in the will, be-
cause, as he stated at the time they were
provided for, the will would be published
and be did not care to make public master
of his personal gifts.
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- ——The Lady Managers of the hospital
are going to ask that each church in the
town set apart one Sunday in the year as a
time to receive a special offering for the
hospital. It is desired that one Sunday in
October be universally settled on, but it
may be that other collections are arranged
for each Sunday in this month in which
oase it is left to the discretion of the pastor
and trustees of the church to settle the day
most convenient. It would be a nice thing
if this collection were taken up, not only
_| in Bellefonte, bus in all the churches in the
county and what better missionary work
could-be done. HD ES han. an
——Under the head of new advertise-|
ments in this issue will be found one of
Mrs. E. Edwards, of 1606 Green St., Phila-
delphia. Mrs. Edwards was fofmerly Miss
Edith McCabe, of this place, aud is now
conducting a boarding house in the city.
Knowing her personally and knowing of its
desirability from those who have been
guests in her house, the WATCHMAN has
no hesitancy in recommending it as an
especially desirable place, especially for
ladies, to stop while in the city shopping
or for more prolonged visits. The house is
centrally located, the prices are moderate
and toe boarding all that could be desired.
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——The town clock in the court house
tower is now being overhauled for the first
time since it was installed in 1858. Jew-
eler Frank P. Blair is doing the work and
this in itself is sufficient guarantee thas the
clock will be put in first-class shape when
the job is completed. The machinery of
the clock was found in an extremely dirty
condition and the main winding wheel had
$wo spokes broken out. Mr. Blair says it
will take some time to do the job thorough-
ly, as some of the wooden supports have
become so rotten they will have to be re-
placed with new ones. In the meantime
he will make the clock strike the correct
railroad time at the hours of 9 and 12 each
day until fally repaired.
Next Week, the Fair.
Gradually the people of Centre county
are beginning to realize thas the County
Fair is an_ institution ‘worthy their atten-
tion and interest. It has been an hercu-
lean task to reawaken the enthusiasm that
made the old fairs in this place the famous
events they were back in the seventies and
early eighties, bus it is being done, never-
theless. The generosity of the manage-
ment in providing liberal purses for rac-
ing, cash preminms for exhibits and ex-
pensive amusements for the entertainment
of the spectators, in face of the fact that the
fair bas been an unprofitable venture from
the very etar, is carrying conviction to
everyone that it is nota gigantic money
making scheme, but a great, public spirit-
ed enterprise from which the public really
gets the greatest return.
Each year the character and number of
the exhibits bas grown nntil it may be ex-
pected to find a show of wonderful interest
when the gates are thrown open next Tues-
day. The Fair is truly an useful institu-
tion; for it not only provides a clean and
delightful means of amusement for several
days each fall, but gives the farmer, the
artisan, the housewife, in fact everybody
an opportunity of comparing the works
of others with their own accomplishments.
Many people found the fair last year a
positive help, in more ways than one.
Some of them got valnable hints in needle
work, baking, making preserves and
jellies ; others were able to sell articles
that they could find no previous marke
for and in instances we have in mind ex-
hibitors not only received these benefits,
but were awarded premiums enough to
compensate them handsomely for their
trouble.
In view of all these facts there should be
a general unity of endeavor in all parts of
the county to make the fair a great, useful
and permanent enterprise. It can be done
with the co-operation of everyone. It must
be understood, also, that the managers in-
tend to put every cent they receive from
admissions right back into the enterprise
to make it even greater next year. Sure-
ly such laudable purpose should be met
with a liberal patronage on the part of the
public.
THE BIG DAYS.
While the Fair will really be open Tues-
day, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday the
first day will be devoted largely to placing
the exhibits and classifying them. Exhibi-
tors should be on the grounds Monday, if
pos sible, or as early Tuesday as convenient.
All of their arsicles will be properly cared
for and amply protected from eitber vand-
alism or exposure to unfavorable weather
conditions.
On Wednesday the racing will begin.
The 2:17 and 2:25 classes will start. The
big free shows, including all the acts from
**Chicot,”” the monkey that loops the loop,
down to the performing sheep and dogs,
will open and there will he a generous
round of amusement features. The other
races and events will occur on Thursday
and Friday. Each day, something differ-
ent and all big days.
THE NEW EATING HOUSK.
The new eating house will be opened
under a competent caterer and meals will
be served at reasonable prices to those who
donot care to carry lunches with them.
For the sake of a good, old fashioned Fair,
however, we would suggest particularly to
our farmer readers that they go in their
carriages and wagons. Then they will nos
be dependent upon trains and can take all
of the family. The management has assur-
ed us that there will be sufficient room
for the safe hitching of thousands of
vehicles. .
THE POULTRY SHOW.
Contracts have already been signed for
the exhibit of the fancy. poultry from two
of the largest farms in New York State.
These will not be in competition with Cen-
tre county exhibits, but will prove a
feature sufficiently attractive to keep the
new poultry building crowded all the
time.
FAKIRS AND GAMBLING DEVICES.
These pernicious elements so inimical to
the pleasure of many will be conspicuous
by their absence at the great Fair. The
management is determined to make the
Fair attractive, both mentally and morally,
and to that end it will exert every effort
to keep all gambling devices and fakirs
L off the grounds.
SPECIAL RATES AND TRAINS.
* Special excursion rates over all railroads.
Special trains over the Lewisburg & Ty-
rone railroad from Bellefonte to Coburn
leaving Bellefonte at 7:00 o'ciock p. m.,
Thu
y and Friday, Oct. 6th and 7th.
The Bellefonte Central will also run a re-
turn train to State College each day after
the races.
ASSAULTED BY A PRISONER.—Charles J.
Taylor, son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Taylor,
of this place, and who is superintendent of
plumbing at the Huntingdon Reformatory,
was brutally assaulted by a prisoner Tues-
day morning and now lies at his home in
Huntingdon in a serious condition. Mr.
Taylor was superintending the laying of
pipe in afield on the Reformatory grounds.
While instructing a prisoner by she name of
John Timmering, an inmate from Erie, and
while in the act of leaning over the trench,
the prisoner drew a billy and struck Tay-
lor four times over the head. While
knocked down Taylor did not lose con-
sciousness and as Timmering started to run
away Taylor drew his revolver and fired,
shooting his assailant through the thigh,
disabling him aud rendering his capture
easy. A telephone message to his father
yesterday stated thas Charles had three
bad cuts on the head but his condition was
not as serious as at first supposed.
News Purely Personal.
Harry E, Fenlon attended the funeral of Ed-
ward Kittell in Ebensburg yesterday morning.
—Miss Ida Fauble went to Harrisburg, Monday
afternoon, where she was maid of honor at a
wedding, Wednesday evening.
—Misses Kate Shugert and Ann McCoy depart-
edlfor BrynjjMawr yesterday afternoon to cou-
tinue their studies tnere for another year.
—Dr. Andrews, of Philipsburg, passed through
town on Wednesday night on his way to Blooms-
burg, making the trip in his automobile.
—Mrs. J. Kyle MacFarlane departed on Tues-
day taking her son Brown back to resume his
studies at the institution he has been attending
at Polk, Pa.
—The Misses Snook bade farewell to their
Bellefonte home yesterday morning and left for
Philadelphia, where they will continue their
business as wcmen’s tailors at 3331 Walaut
street.
—Geo. M. Rhule, the Philipsburg contractor
and promoter, #as in town on business yesterday.
He reports that the coal trade is very dull over
the mountain and the trolley road about the
only thing that is making money.
—Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Foreman, of Centre
Hall, were in town on Tuesday on their way to
visit the St. Louis exposition. After a week’s
sight-seeing at the great show they will journey
on to Kansas for a visit with friends in that
State.
—Arthur C. Thomas, of Benore, was in town
yesterday driving a fine gray horse in a nobby
open wagon. Arthur says things are lively again
since the Scotia mines have reopened and {o get
awayjfrom the fuss he has bought a place over at
Paradise that he will move to shortly.
—Among the Centre countians who have made
their homes elsewhere the old home paper is one
of their dearest visitors. It is probably for that
reason that Mrs. Catharine Whiteleather, who
will be remembered by many friends in the
vicinity of Jacksonville, is so regular in her
renewal of subscription to the Warcaman, which
has visited her new home in Lock Haven regu-
larly since she moved to that city.
—Rev. Morris Swartz, of Patton, is here to help
set on fire the Epworth League convention now
in session at Pleasant Gap. He and Rev. Ellis
Bell will make closing addresses this evening
and there is little doubt that the Pleasant Gap
congregation would be glad to have their church
literally, instead of figuratively, fired by Mr.
Swartz if he caused to rise out of the ashes as
fine a new church as he did at Shippensburg,
—Mrs. L. A. Sunday, of Pennsylvania Furnace,
was one of the delegafes in Bellefonte this week
attending the convention of the Woman’s Home
Missionary society, of the Huntingdon Presby-
tery, and while in town paid her respects to this
office. Mrs, Sunday is all alone now in her Fer-
guson township home, her two Youngest sons,
Orrie E. and William E. being away at Selins-
grove, students in the Susquehanna University,
studying for the ministry.
—After a two months visit at homes, Mrs.
Thomas King Morris and Thomas King, second,
will go to Tyrone today, where they will oceupy
the A. G. Morris house for the winter. Mr. A.
G. Morris now owns a place in Columbia, South
Carolina, and his family will hereafter make it
their winter home. It is to be hoped the balm of
southern sunshine will not entirely alienate their
affections as a community can not well afford to
totally lose a family so long prominent and
identified with as many interests as has been Mr,
A. G. Morrises,
—Mrs. Will Larimer returned from Scottdale,
Monday, where she had been attending the sixty-
sixth annual conference of the United }Brethren
church. That this conference, while most en-
joyable, and successful was not free from the
quibbles characteristic of other conferences may
be judged from the closing remarks of Bishop
T. 8. Mills. “It would require a minister not of
earthly clay to fill the requirements of some con-
gregations and to fill the requirements of some
ministers it would require congregations which
could not be found without going to heavenly
realms to secure the members.”
—Rev, William Houck spent a few hours Sat-
urday afternoon calling upon friends here. He
was en route to State College, where he preached
in the Auditorium in the morning and in the
Methodist church in the evening. Perhaps the
presence, in our country just now of the noted
author of, “The Simple Life” suggests it to Mr.
Houck, for he thinks greater simplicity in life
would bring happiness not now experienced, and
that we are all wearying and worrying ourselves
to death or nervous prostration to get something
for ourselves or ‘others. If we could rid our-
selves of all the luxuries that conventions make
necessary, do away with the mad struggle to
possess them and return to the simple lives of
our forefathers, we would find time to be happy
and enjoy life and its years would be added to
instead of shortened as now-a-days.
—If one can’t be the sun, next best thing is to
be the moon and shine by reflected light. If
Harry Keller shows unusual biillianey in cam-
paign pyrotechnics this fall, we will know it was
what he absorbed while across the sound from
. Oyster Bay this summer. We didn’t know he
needed to have his convictions warmed up but
what else could mean this month's stay on the
sunny south shore of Long Island. Was Teddy's
own north shore too chilly ? A man who will take
his family away over there simply to gaze across
to the Promised Land, deserves more than field
duty, ke ought to be Colonel or Judge. * *
Mrs. Harry Keller and her three boys, Henry
Roovevelt, Daniel Roosevelt and Ellis Roosevelt,
have returned home from a month's stay at
Westhampton Beach, Long Island.
—Mrs. Mary Nolan, of Chicago, is a guest of
Miss Shortlidge, on Linn street. This is the first
visit Mrs. Nolan has made to Bellefonte since she
- went to Chieago nine years ago and as she had
lived in Philadelphia and Atlantic City several
years previous to that, she has been away long
enough to find many changes in us, but probably
they will not be as rapid ones as she is accustom.
ed to in Chicago, One satisfaction in being slow
is that we are not headed in the direction of in-
sanity as are Chicagoans, for recent authorities
say that one in every 150 persons in Chicago is
insane and that insanity has increased more rap-
idly there in the last ten years than any other
place in’ the world. Instead of coming in an
automobile Mrs. Nolan ran away from one, for
her visit at this time may be traced to self-protec-
tion, as her son-in-law, Mr. Johnston, is just
learning to drive his and his family have conse-
quently taken to the woods.
—We have long known that the Warcuman was
a panacea for many of the troubles, weaknesses
and turmoils of life, but had no thought that its
nfluence and teachings went as far as it seems
they do. Our old friend and former fellow town"
man, Mr. Harvey Wetzel, who for the past three
years has been forging to the front asa coal
ba ron of West Virginia, writes us under date of
the 22nd, of how it cured him of reading poetry,
and how greatly it relieves one of home-sickness
by taking the place of a “letter from home.”
Really we thank Mr. Wetzel for his kindly com-
munication, but can’t exactly make up our mind
whether he is poking fun at the Warcuman’s
poetry, or whether he thinks it a good thing that
he was cured of reading it while a youngster.
He says: “The weekly visit of the Warcumax is
like a letter from home. I often think how,
when I was a youngster, just learning to read, I
used to read all of the poetry in the Warcamax
and then I wonder if that had anything to do with
my not caring anything for poetry now. Politics
is pretty quiet about here, but we ‘‘Democrais’
think we are going to carry the State this fall.’
—Mrs. Wilbur F. Reeder is visiting Mrs,
Rogers, at Wyncote, Pennsylvania. *
—Cap’t. C. F. Fryberger, of Philipsburg, was a
business visitor in town on Wednesday. i
—Mr. and Mrs. John Porter Lyon and Miss
Shaffner spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs, Isasc
Mitchell.
—Miss Caroline Orvis was a Bellefonte guest at
the Hudson-Harvey wedding in Lock Haven on
Tuesday. - en
—Gradually our summer guests are leaving us.
Yesterday the Canfield family returned home to
Jenkintown. ?
—Cap’t. A. C. Mingle spent Tuesday looking up
some of his old boyhood haunts in and around
Aaronsburg.
—Lawrence Beatty, a son of Harry Beatty, of
Panxsutawney, spent a half-day in Rellefonte
last week while on his way to Lancaster where
he is a Soph at Franklin and Marshall college.
—Mr. John H. Meyer went to Williamsport
Wednesday evening where he was initiated ipto
the mysteries of the order of the Mystic Shrine.
Mr. Geo. T. Bush went along down to see that
Mr. Meyer rode the goat properly.
—John Munson returned this week to Yale
where he is a Sophomore in Mechanical Engineer
ing. Itis well that we have at least one repre-
sentative there, for a town without a Yale man
could scarcely lay claim to distinction in college
honors and fortunate indeed is he who can elect
his college life at Yule.
—In the early summer Mr. and Mrs, Samuel
Sheffer, of Curtin street, started West to visit
relatives and friends in Denver, Salt Lake City
and St. Louis. Aftera most delightful trip Mr.
Sheffer returned home on Monday but Mrs.
Sheffer has not yet been quite sated with sight-
seeing. i
—Miss Nan Snyder, of Jersey Shore, is visiting
Miss Louise Calloway: Miss Snyder graduated
two years ago from the nurse training school of
the Episcopal hospital, Philadelphia, and has
since been located in New York city. If all
nurses were as charming as she, the doctors
would certainly be rich as we would all court ill-
ness,
—William Frank, the prominent Rush town-
ship Democrat, was in town for a few days dur-
the fore part of the week talking over the po-
litical situation with chairman Taylor, Mr.
Frank was an aspirant for the nomination for
Commissioner two years ago and came very close
to winning out in his canvass, .
—Mr. and Mrs. W. I. Fleming returned Tues-
day evening from their six week’s trip to the
Pacific coast, where the former went asa dele-
gate to the national encampment of the Knights
Templar. Mr. Fleming said they had a nice trip,
that this was a big and grand country but with all
that he had not seen any place that he would
prefer to live in more than just here in Belle-
fonte.
—Mr. William Speer had such a good time
that trip over the mountains when he lost his
way that he thought he would try over again the
experiment, but the probabilities are that he did
not get lost this time as he did when he and
Francis went unchaperoned, for Mrs. Speer and
Mrs. Peters were with him this trip. They started
Tuesday morning to visit Mrs. Harris Mann in
Lewistown and returned last evening.
—Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Shoemaker in com-
pany with Mr. Shoemaker’s aunt, who has been
Visiting here, left Tuesday morning, for a visit in
Baltimore and Philadelphia. A few minutes after
the train had gone news of Edward Kittells death
was telephoned them and their pleasure trip was
consequently changed into one to Ebensburg to
attend the funeral of Mr. Kittell, who, at the
time of his death, was Mr. Shoemaker’s head
book-keeper.
—Mrs. Harriet Thomas Kurtz went away on
Tuesday morning. She will spend the winter in
Philadelphia and New York, visiting in the
former place with her cousin, Mrs. Campbell, of
Wyncote, whose husband is general solictor
of the Reading R. R., and in New York will spend
her time with her aunt, Mrs. M. Louise Thomas,
of Sorosis club fame. It is more than twelve
years since Mrs. Kurtz came among us and from
the first identified herself most earnestly with
many of the charities and reform movements of
the town, giving more than her share of time
and money to the Children’s Aid, which, now
that she is gone, is to become defunct. Very
quietly and unostentatiously did kindness and
hospitality emanate from the Kurtz home for
both Mr. and Mrs. Kurtz were loath to have their
good deeds known. Although Mrs. Kurtz is
only a Bellefonter by adoption, since Mr. Kurtz
spent all his life working for the best interests
of our town, it is to be hoped that she will con-
sider this home.
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Philadelpnia Markets.
The following are the closing prices o
the Philadelphia markets on Wednesda
evening.
Wheat—Red....cccoviiniinsnneeessanans 1.08@1.08
“ No.2... rar 05
Corn —Yellow...... 62@6%
¢ —Mixed new. ss aig
OBEY... ...cvisenpesserieriiitis :
Flour— Winter, Per Br'l.........ccocsnuun.n 3.55@3.75
¢ —Penna. Roller.. 4.70@4.85
** —Favorite Brand 6.40@6.55
Rye Flour Per Br'l.., 4.20@4.30
Baled hay—Choice | 11.00@15.00
o“ ss oe 11 00@13.00
BUIPW..... isin: sisiansass 8.50@18.50
Rellefonte Grain Market.
Corrected weeklv by C. Y. WaeNEg,
The following are the quotations up to six
o'clock, Thursday evening, when our paper goes
Tess : Th
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nions. 85
Egg yor dosen., tesersesassearabiEapiamivarer 2
r pound.....
Country Shoulder. 10
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Tali Hams... 12
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