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Bellefonte, Pa., March 24, 1905.
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' THREE GREAT AMERICANS,
‘A Glimpse of Emerson, Thoreau and
Hawthorne.
Mrs. Rebecca Harding Davis says in
her “Bits of Gossip” that Emerson as
she met him in Concord in 1862 was a
jtypical Yankee in appearance: “The
fall, gaunt man with the watchful, pa-
fient face and slightly dazed eyes, his
ds clasped behind his back, that
game slowly down the shady village
street toward the Wayside that sum-
mer day was Uncle Sam himself in {ll
{fitting brown clothes. I have often
{wondered that none of his biographers
bave noticed the likeness.”
" BEmerson said to Mrs. Davis: “I wish
fThoreau had not died before you came,
He was an interesting study.” She
asked why, and after a moment he re-
plied: “Henry often reminded me of
an animal in human form. He had the
eye of a bird, the scent of a dog, the
most acute, delicate intelligence, but
no soul. No,” he repeated, shaking
his head with decision, “Henry could
not have had a human soul.”
Mrs. Davis remarks on Hawthorne's
shyness and on his love of seclusion,
which indeed was a family trait: “Per-
sonally he was a rather short, power-
fully built man, gentle and low voiced,
with a sly, elusive humor gleaming
sometimes in his watchful gray eyes.
The portrait with which we are all fa-
ailiar, a curled barber shop head,
gives no idea of the singular, melan-
eholy charm of his face. There was a
mysterious power in it which I have
never seen elsewhere in picture, statue
or human being.”
Verdi Paid the Bill
When “Aida” was first played at
Milan an amateur living at some dis-
tance came to hear it, but was disap-
pointed. To make sure he tried it the
second time, with the same result,
whereupon he wrote to the composer
complaining of having been put to con-
siderable expense on his account for
nothing and inclosing a bill for thirty-
two liri, with a request for the money.
Among the items was one of two liri
for a ‘detestable supper.” Verdi de-
ducted this on the ground that he
might have had supper at home, but
forwarded the balance on condition
that his correspondent signed a formal
agreement not to go and hear the
opera again, which agreement was
strictly fulfilled.
The Horse During the Middle Ages.
The importance of the horse during
the middle ages, especially in the cru-
sades and in the tournaments which
followed In the wake of the crusades,
is significant. Fully half the glamor
and romance that surrounded the
knight belonged to the horse, for with-
out the horse those daring deeds in be-
half of the weak and suffering had
never been done. The horse, however,
has had his reward, for the best fea-
ture of the middle age, outside the
‘church, is closely identified with his
name, lasting traces of which are seen
‘in the noble word “chivalry.”
The Mighty Hunter.
“Yes,” says our host, “this is the
skin of a grizzly bear that I shot in
the tropics.”
“But,” we suggest gently, “grizzly
bears are only found in Colorado and
localities in that latitude.”
* “I know,” he replies proudly. “But
I chased this fellow clean out of this
country and shot him at last. I was
clean out of breath when I got within
range of him too.”—Chicago Tribune.
Didn't Know “the Uncle.”
Aunt Jane—1I guess Mr. Spender
must b2 a very neat person. Bdith—
‘And what leads you to that opinion?
‘Aunt Jane—He told your Uncle George
all his clothes but those upon his back
were hung up. Some men, you know,
throw their things round anywhere.—
Boston Transcript. ¢
A Nice Distinction.
Medium—Do you wish to see your
«departed hushand’s spirits? Mrs. Whif-
fletree—No; I want to see his ghost.
Josh never had no spirit.—Puck.
Every time a man smiles—and, much
more, when he laughs—it adds some-
thing to his fragment of life.—Sterne.
" “mSubsoiibe for the WATCHMAN.
THE SCHOOLTEACHER.
How a Young Man Fresh From Col-
lege Makes His Start.
A young man fresh from college who
decides to become a schoolteacher has
many things to consider. The profes-
sion, if it can be called a profession, is
still unorganized. No standard of ex-
cellence, no diploma certifying ability,
Is required. Methods of teaching in
public schools in New York state are
very different from those in Colorado,
and those in Utica are different from
those in Buffalo. There are private
schools .of all kinds. There are almost
as many methods of teaching arithme-
tic as there are of teaching vocal mu-
slc. To obtain his first position he or-
dinarily joins an agency. He takes to
the agency his record at college, supple-
mented by as many pleasant recom-
mendations from his professors as pos-
sible, pays his yearly fee and promises
the agency a certain percentage—5 per
cent usually—of his first year’s salary.
Occasionally his college will find a
place for him in one of the schools that
prepare directly for it. At any rate, he
will find without great difficulty a posi-
tion that will support him. Perhaps it
will be In a little denominational
boarding school, where he will teach
thirteen different subjects during his
first year, as one man I know did. If
he survives his first year successfully
and with some measure of content in
the work he is likely to be a teacher for
the rest of his life.—Leslie’s Monthly.
CHARMING DOLLY MADISON.
The Greatest of All the Mistresses of
the White House.
To define the charm of a charming
woman is always difficult. Dolly Mad-
ison’s features were not regular, nor
was her figure perfect. She was not
witty, nor was she wise, and she par-
ticipated little if at all in her hus-
band’s intellectual life. Nevertheless
she stands out as the greatest of all
mistresses of the White House, and
her popularity was unbounded. She
ruled over her world in ‘Washington
with genial good nature and instinec-
tive tact. Her nature was warm, af-
fectionate and impressionable. She
loved life and people, and her world
loved her. Her brilliant coloring, ani-
mated face and well rounded figure
went with a cordial manner and a sym-
pathy for those about her amounting
to genius, and she was always ready
to bubble into laughter.
Who could resist such a woman, the
wife of a president? She was the cen-
ter of observation at the inaugural
ball, but she would have been the cen-
ter of observation at any ball even if
she had not been the president's wife.
She hag, in fact, ruled as indisputably
over the little boarding house in Phila-
delphia kept by her mother when she
was the Widow Todd as she did over
the White House as Mrs. Madison.—
Gaillard Hunt in Century.
CANADIAN CASTLES.
The Most Interesting Is Chateau de
Ramezay at Montreal.
To Americans castles are associated
with the storied Rhine, picturesque
England or France and Spain, but It is
interesting to be reminded by the St.
John (P. E. I.) News that there are a
number of ancient Canadian castles
still existing, the chief ones being St.
Ours, Rimouski, St. Eustache, Lotbini-
ere, Montibello, Ste. Marie de la Be-
ance, Vaudreil, Rouville and, most in-
teresting of all, the Chateau de Rame-
zay at Montreal. The latter was built
in 1765 by Gertrude de Ramezay, at
that time governor of the district of
Montreal and knight of the Royal and
Military Order of St. Louis. From him
was descended the last French govern-
or of Quebec at the time of the capitu-
lation in 1759. From that time to 1840
the castle remained in the possession
of the government and was the resi-
dence of the French and English gov-
ernors until the capital was trans-
ferred from Montreal to Quebec. It is
now owned by the Antiquarian socle-
ty, which has made of it a museum
for historical relics of the old regime,
and as such it possesses much interest
for visitors to the one time capital of
‘New France,
The Gold In the Ocean.
The fact that sea water contained
gold was first made patent, we believe,
by the observation that the deposit on
the copper plating of jetty piles in sea
harbors was comparatively rich in the
precious metal. On the estimate that
a ton of sea water contains approxi-
mately one grain, the yield would
amount to something like 200 tons of
gold per cubic mile and, as the volume
of the world’s ocean is estimated at
400,000,000 cubic miles, the total pos-
sible yield of gold would be no less
than 100,000,000,000 tons—a truly at-
tractive propect to the company pro-
moter.—London Lancet.
A Cruel Threat.
Mr. Snips (who has called about that
long standing account)—So you won't
pay today, eh? Well, now, I warn
you if you don’t settle with me by this
day week I'll go round to all your oth-
er creditors and tell them that you've
paid me in full, and then you'll have
em all down on you. See what I
mean?
Disappointing.
Rector’s Wife (to village grocer)—
Well, I hope you like our new curate.
Grocer—Yes, ma’am, thank you; we
like him very well (pause); not, how-
ever, that I think he’s as fluent as we
had a right to expect, seeing as his fa-
ther was an auctioneer.—London Tele-'
graph.
The Unlucky Opal.
“You don’t mean to say you're super-
stitious about opals!” he remarked.
“Well,” she replied, “I think it’s un-
lucky to neglect an opportunity of got-
ting one.”—Philadelphia Press.
SHE GOT HER BAGGAGE.
Mrs. Isabella Bishop Was a Self Pos-
sessed Traveler.
Mrs. Isabella Bishop, whose travels
in different parts of the world secured
for her membership in the British Roy-
al Geographical society, visited Ameri-
ca when she was a young woman. She
was unused to travel and was alone
when she had the following experi-
ence: .
Once in a train going to New York
she was dreadfully tired, and yet she
had a feeling that if she went to sleep
the man sitting next her would pick
her pocket. She struggled for some
time against her inclination to sleep;
but, having for a moment given way,
she awakened to feel the hand of her
neighbor gently withdrawing her pw se
from her pocket.
In her purse, besides some money,
which was, comparatively speaking, of
small moment, was her baggage check.
That was the only thing that really
mattered. If she accused her neighbor
of theft, nothing was simpler for him
than to drop the purse out of the open
window beside which he was sitting.
No; she determined she would leave
any interference until they arrived at
their destination.
She secured the services of a porter
and, with apparent calmness, followed
her traveling companion down the
platform. Having described her bag-
gage to the porter, she at the critical
moment bowed slightly to the pick-
pocket and, with an airy smile, said,
“This gentleman has my baggage
check.” And he immediately presented
it to her.
A Well Conducted Riot.
In 1767, irritated by .the high price
of provisions, the poor people of Eng-
land rose in many parts and seized the
corn from the flour mills, which they
sold at reasonable prices, giving the
money to the rightful owners—a well
conducted riot that caused a law to be
passed against the eighteenth century
cornering of wheat. But, a severe
winter following, the distress became
80 great that the London common
council ordered $5,000 to be subscribed
out of the city funds and that “a sub-
scription book should be opened for the
donations of all well disposed per-
sons.” “By this noble plan,” says a
writer of that time, “great numbers of
people were happily relieved from the
most abject state of distress.”
Wax Matches.
Wax matches, so called, are made
by drawing strands of fine cotton
thread, twenty or thirty at a time,
through melted stearin, with a small
admixture of paraffin. The wax
hardens quickly upon the threads, and
the long tapers thus produced are
smoothed and rounded by pulling them
through iron plates perforated with
holes of the desired size. Finally the
tapers are cut into match lengths and
dipped.
The Besetting Sin of “Gentlemen.”
All people above the condition of la-
borers are ruined by excess of 'stimu-
lus and nourishment, clergy included. I
never yet saw any gentleman who ate
and drank as little as was reasonable.
‘Looking back on my past life, I find
that all my miseries of body and mind
have proceeded from indigestion.—
Sydney Smith’s Confession.
Knew Him,
He was looking for a rich wife and
thought he was on the trail. “I love
you,” he said in soft, warm tones,
“more than I can tell in words.”
“You'd better try figures,” she re-
plied coldly, for she was not so green
as she looked.
ADDITIONAL LOCALS.
——Spring began on Tuaerday wish a
very seasonable rain.
——Miss May Judge opened a new
danoing school in the Arcade last evening.
re eve
——Edmund, the eight-year-old son of
Mr. and. Mis. D. A. Grove, of Shiloh, is
ill with scarlet fever.
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——The sale of Penns Cave and the Long
farm was continued from last Friday uon-
til April 8th, at 10 o'clock, at the Cave.
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——The Storey Cotton company has gone
to the wall and in its wake will follow a
number of other get-rich-gnick concerns.
——
——Mrs. Mary Reasner, mother of Mrs
Jesse Cox, had a slight stroke of paralysis,
on Tuesday, while visiting fiiends ons to-
ward Snow Shoe. Yesterday Mrs. Cox
went out and brought her mother home.
i
——Mr. Noah H. Swayne II, has had
the stone office building out hy the Nittany
furnace remodeled and refurnished in a
style most sunptnons, and it is now oo-
oupied by him=elf and other officers and
employees of the Nittany Iron company.
Pres
Jeavons Bie Stock Co ALL NEXT
WERR.—Thomas Jeavons, sapported hy
his stock company will open a week’s en-
gagemuent, next Monday evening, at. Gar-
man’s, with the great classic drama,
“Damon and Pjthias," and thould meet
with a hearty weicome. ?
This company comes well heralded as
giving the greatest satisfaction, and their
engagement here shonld prove both enter-
taining and instinctive. The plave to he
produced throughout the week are of the
highest class, and ave all given with ‘a care
for detail seldom seen in popular priced
organizations. Special scenery is carried
and she waits hesween acis are enlivened
with the best vaudeville.
The prices are 10, 20 aud 30 cents, and
Monday night ladies will be admitted at
balt price, upon presenting & ladies tickes
and reserving their seats before the doors
open. ;
——The remains of Mrs. Knoffsinger,
who died at Warren on Monday, were
brought to Pleasant Gap, Wednesday, for
interment.
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——The engagement of Sheriff Hugh S.
Taylor and Miss Bertha Cross, of Philips-
burg, has been announced, the wedding to
take place in the early summer.
——R. Lenore Potter, daughter of John
F. Potter, of Milesburg, who has been
seriously ill the past two weeks with ¢y-
phoid pneumonia, is recovering.
———— A eee.
——Alexander Whiteman, who years
ago was a resident of this place but who of
late has been living in Chicago, died at
his home in thas city on Sunday.
erence AAA erent.
——The many friends of Mrs. S. D. Ray
will be glad to know that she is recovering
very nicely from an operation performed,
last week, in St. Luke’s hospital, Phila-
delphia.
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——0Oliver B. Brungard, of Salona, and
Miss Alice Gertrude Shivery, of Buffalo
Run, this county, were married at the
Lutheran parsonage, in Salona, Wednes-
day evening of lass week, by Rev. B. B.
Uhl. ?
—— When Will Doll gets into the new
bakery aud confectionery store, in the
Bush Arcade, he will no doubt feel pretty
big as it is going to be one of the finest and
wost complete rooms of its kind in Belle-
fonte.
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——A marriage license was granted by
the register of Blair county, at Hollidays-
burg, on Monday, to Clyde Wilden Lucas,
of Howard, and Miss Mame Edna Wertz, of
Tyrone. They were married in Tyrone,
Tuoesday evening, by Rev. John H.
- Dougherty.
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——Dr. H. K. Hoy, of Altoona, and F.
P. Hoy have just won an injunction suit
in the United States court at Wilmington,
Del. It was bronght by the gentlemen to
prevent the Altoona Midway Oil Co., from
reissuing 30,000 shares of its stock which
they claim belongs to them.
i
——The W. C. T. U. promises some-
thing exceedingly unique in the entertain-
ment line for Thursday evening, April
27th, the week alter Easter, and everybody
wants to keep the date in mind. The en-
tertainmens will be a ladies’ minstrel show
—all local talent——s0 you can readily
see that it will be well worth patronizing.
— PO
-—Miss Brown, of she Ladies Exchange,
of Lock Haven, will be in Rellefonte on
Friday, March 31st, and April 1st. Ladies
interested ‘in fanoy work and those wishing
stamping done will please get articles ready
for stamping, and call at Mrs. Kyle Me-
Farlane’s, east Linn street, early Friday
morning. Abpyone purchasing - materials
will receive a free lesson.
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——One day last week while Warren
-Emery, of Julian, was out on the moun-
tain where John P. Haris Jr., has his
charcoal operations, he ran across two bear
cubs about three weeks old, and succeeded
in capturing them both. One he sent to
Thomas Bowers, of Pittsburg,and on Tues-
day he was in Bellefonte offering to sell
the other one for $15.
——Forty new members were initiated
into the Bellefonte lodge of Modern Wood-
men of America on Monday evening.
A delegation of fifteen from the State Col-
lege lodge did the initiating, which was
followed by a banquet. Guests were pres-
ent from Altoona, Tyrone, Philipsburg
and Millheim. It issaid that fully forty
more members will be initiated at the next
meeting.
——The spring meeting of the Woman’s
Foreign Miesionary society of the Hunting-
don Presbytery will be held in Philipsburg
next Wednesday and Thursday, March
29th and 30th. The sessions will be held
in the Presbyterian church and will open
on Wednesday evening with a general
rally, at which several addresses will be
made. It is exproted that fully one hun-
dred and twenty-five delegates will he
present.
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——Dr. 8S. A. Woods and Miss Charlotte
McCarthy, both prominent in society at
south Sharon, where the doctor has been
located since his graduation from the
University of Pennsylvania several years
ago, caused quite a sensation by eloping to
Pittshurg where they were married, on
Fiiday. The two took different trains to
the Smoky city and after their marriage
they returned to Philadelphia on their
honeymoon trip. Dr. Woods, is a son of
Mrs. Mary Woods, of Boalshurg, and is
well known in the southern part of this
county. ; .
——The remains of the late Robert
Valentine arrived in Bellefonte, last Fri-
day morning, and were taken to the home
of Miss Emily Natt, op Curtin street, from
where the funeral took place the same
afternoon. The funeral services of she
society of Friends were in charge of John
Thomas, of Baltimore. A large number of
iron workers, former employees of the de-
ceased, attended ina hody. The honorary
~all-bearers were James Harris, John
Blanchard, M. I. Gardner, Col. W. Fred
Reynolds, Wm. P. Humes and John Som-
merville. The carriers were Wm. Gehres,
Samuel Shirk, John T. Tate, John Flack,
Samuel Rice, Harper Rice, James Miller
and James Shirk. Interment was made in
the Friends cemetery. In addition to the
members of the family among those from
a distance who attended the funeral were
Mr. and Mrs. George Valentine, John
Thomas, Edward U. Valentine and Delacey
Evans, of Baltimore, and Mrs. G. Murray
Andrews, of Philadelphia.
BOROUGH COUNCIL. — There wasn’$
much doing at council meeting, Monday
evening, though every member was present.
None of the committees had anything of
importance to report. Two new applicants
for appointment as police were reported,
vamely: John Morrison and Jobn H.
Anderson, which makes six in all. The
Fire and Police committee refused to make
any recommendations, leaving the selection
entirely in the hands of council, and no
action was taken.
The report of the committee appointed
on the Pruner bequest was read, accepted
and the committee discharged. There was
considerable discussion over the advisabil-
ity of accepting the bequest, inasmuch as
there was a difference of opinion as to the
exacs income that would accrue from the
properties, but after a thorough discussion
is was voted to accept the report of the
committee and an ordinance to that effect
was adopted. A committee will now be
appointed to confer with a similar com-
mittee from Tyrone and report back to
council not later than the first week in
May.
The bond of James K. Barnhart, borough
treasurer, in the sum of $25,000, was ap-
proved, His bondsmen are James P.
Coburn and Wm. P. Humes. H. Y. Stitzer
was on Ben, Williams’ bond for $100, as
high constable, which was also approved.
The contract for the rental of part of the
Phoenix mill by the Yeager Swing com-
pany was read and approved. The Street
committee was instructed to make an in-
vestigation regarding steam road rollers,
as counncil comtemplates buying one.
The following bills were approved and
orders drawn:
Street DAY Toll... oneiiissirsisisins srersistisins sss $27 88
Police pay roll..............
Water works pay roll...
Befte Fuel & Supply...
W. Harrison Walker....
Benj. Bradley.............
Tompsom' & Bartley.
Benj. Williams......... 5
Penn. Railroad Co. 62
TXB, FXOMY. coir. crisis tithes ss sinas teriasionnsisnsinic 5 00
$ 237 33
His SIXTIETH ANKNIVERSARY.—Fully
one hundred friends gathered at the home
of Emanuel Garbrick, of Zion, last Friday,
to belp that gentleman celebrate the
sixtieth anniversary of his birth. The
party was in the vature of a surprise, Mr.
Garbrick having been beguiled away from
home by a neighbor and upon his return
home near the noon hour, with no inkling
at all of what was going on, was greeted
by this host of friends, much to his as-
tonishment. At noontime all were treated
t0 a sumptuous dinner provided for the
occasion, after which there was a brief talk
by Rev. Ambrose Schmids. The occasion
was a very happy one throughout.
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For RENT.—Farm of 60 Acres tillable
land in excellent condition with house and
other improvements thereon, being prem-
ises of the late Joseph J. Beezer, about one
mile above Roopsburg, on Spring Creek.
Has excellent garden, fruit trees, water,
and necessary out-buildings. Will rent
hoase with garden and few acres for pota-
toes, etc., separately. Only responsible
applicants able to pay reasonable cash
rental, monthly, will be considered. Also,
public sale, at same premises of stock,
farming implements, and all hoasehold
goods, at 1p. m., Tuesday, April 4th,
1905. Apply to, or address on p: emises,
MRs. JOSEPH J. BEEZKR.
W. A. ISHLER, Auct. Bellefonte, Pa.
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——The joint sub-committee of the Sen-
ate and House appropriation committees
arrived in Bellefonte last Thursday even-
ing, spent the night at the Bash house and
Friday morning went, on a special train at
8 o’clock, to State College where they
made a thorough inspection of that institn-
tion, returning here at 3 o’clock and in-
specéing the Bellefonte hospital ere leaving
on the 4.44 train west for Philipsburg.
There were several men on the committee
who bad never visited this county and they
were moss agreeably surprised as the mag-
nificence of State College and the stability
of Bellefonte. i
——We are under many obligations to
Dr. Alfred Bierly, of Chicago, for copies of
two of his late musical editions—*The
Song Monarch’ and the ‘“‘Elite Choir.”
Both books over flowing with Mr.Bierly’s
sacred and secular musical characteristics,
would be appreciated by every grade music
lover from beginner to the finished musi-
cian. -
en,
——The quarterly conference of the
Bellefonte M. E. church sent a petition so
presiding elder J. Ellis Beil, asking for
the return to this place of Rev. J. A. Wood
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——George Shell, of Miflinbarg, has
been appointed fish warden for the counties
of Centre, Clinton, Union, Snyder and
Lycoming.
Hublersburg.
Mrs. Claude Johnson is ill at this writing.
Mrs. G. F. Hoy spent’ a few days at Lock
Haven last week.
Miss Edna Decker attended a party at Zion
one evening last week. :
Messrs. Hoy and Beck loaded a car of
wheat at this place on Friday. :
Glen Weaver and Mrs. Maurer visited
friends at Millheim the past week.
Miss Martha Sherr, of McElhattan, spent
Wednesday and Thursday at the home of
Dr. 8. S. McCormick.
Mrs. Lew Strunk and two children were
guests at the homes of Louis Yocum and Mrs.
Katharine McEwen, over Sunday.
Mrs. Caroline Dunkle, of Lock Haven, is’
at present taking care of ber son, Fred Yo-
cum, who has been critically ill but is jm-!
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proving slowly.
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Pine Grove Mention.
Rain, mud and public sales are plenty.
Mrs. Charles Wright is suffering from am
attack of nervous prostration.
The venerable Daniel Driblebis is confined
to his room suffering from a partial paralytic
stroke.
Miss Etta Keller, of Pittsburg, is visiting
the home of her youth, Squire Keller's, on
Main street.
Mr. David Kustaborder is off for several
months visit among relatives in the Sucker
State.
Prof. W. P. Smiley, is a very sick man with
tuberculosis at his home on Main street. His
life is dispaired of.
Judge Hess, of Bellefonte, came out of his
winter quarters all right and is attending
public sales as of yore.
Postmaster Archey’s family, at Penna.
Furnace, have all been 1aid up with pulmo-
nary trouble the past week.
Mrs. Mable Hackenberger, of Bellefonte,
with her baby boy was a visitor over Sunday
at the Decker home on Main street.
W. Harris Bloom, Mrs. G. W. McWilliams,
Mrs. J. G. Hess, Miss Bertha Lytle and Mrs.
M. Segner are on the sick list.
Ticket agent Stewart, of Penna. Furnace,
last week visited his aged mother who is ill
with heart trouble, at Lewistown.
J. P. Heberling, of Mill Hall, was a visitor
in and about Penna. Furnace last week,
greeting friends of his childhood days.
The many friends of T. D. Decker will be
glad to hear of his recovery after an all-win-
ter illness with carbuncles and abscesses.
Harry Marshall, of Altoona, is spending
this week among the scenes of his youth
along the banks of the rippling waters of
Buffalo run.
R. C. Palmer, of Linden Hall, whois em-
gaged in carpet weaving and also in the wool
business, is looking after his share of the
trade here.
James Glasgow and Michael Hess, two of
Haines townships straight Democrats, were
circulating among old friends here in the be-
ginning of the week.
Gossips say there are several weddings
about due. The Squire has given his consent
and is anxiously awaiting the close of school
when the school marm will be free.
John Lightner, who was seriously injured
by a slide of ice at Scotia last week, having
three ribs broken and sustaining injuries te
his head and arm, is getting along nicely.
Charley Fisher, who is a traveling sales:
man for a Harrisburg Casket and Embalm-
ing firm, spent Sunday at the home of his
mother, Mrs. C. T. P. Fisher, in Boalsburg.
Miss Maud, daughter of John Snyder, of
Pine Hall, has been a very sick girl the past
ten days, suffering with an attack of pueu-
monia. Her little brother Roy is ill with a
bad cold but both are better now.
Mrs. S. H. Bennison, of near Mill Hall, was
the guest of her old school and play mate,
Mrs. E. C. Ross, who is a royal entertainer.
Mrs. Bennison isa most pleasant and jolly
lady and as genial as a girl in her teens.
Mr. W. H. Mackey last week sold his hux-
ter outfit to W. T. Patton. Afier April 1st he
will reside in the county capital and will en-
gage in the cream and milk business, gather-
ing it from the nearby farmers.
Thirty-eight ladies’ covstituted a merry
delegation who called in a body at the par-
sonage, on last Friday evening, and took the
home by storm, filling it with merriment
from cellar to garret, only to recall to Mrs. C.
T. Aikens of her arrival at the 38th mile-
stone on life’s journey.
HappILY WEDDED.—Robert H. Goheen,
of Baileyville, and Miss Martha C., daughter
of John Seibert, of near Fillmore, were unit-
ed in marriage at the parsonage at Le-
mont, on Wednesday, the ceremony be-
ing performed by Rev. E. K. Harnish, in the
presence of a number of invited guests. The
usual wedding dinner was served after which
the happy couple started on a short trip, to
return to the groom’s home, J. B. Goheen’s,
where a grand reception is awaiting their
coming this evening. The groom is a son of
Mr. and Mrs. John B. Goheen and is a most
industrious young man, well able to keep a
wife in luxury. The bride is a most excel-
lent and winsome young lady well fitted te
make their home bright and sunny. They
will be at home to their friends after April
1st, in the J. J. Gobeen home, at Rock
Springs. Their legion of friends wish them
a long and happy married life. b
A Tribute to the Late Robert Valentine.
In the departure of our friend to his ever-
lasting rest, I feel that I have lost not only a
christian brother, but a very faithful and
belpful friend. To me Robert Valentine
was a friend indeed.
I gladly witness to his christian friendship
and kindness. ;
More than thirty years ago I called on him
in behalf of my missionary work. A cheer:
ful giver handing to me his generous offering,
he said: “Tbe children you are trying to bene
fit need it. I am glad to help you.”
' Not only to me, but to every one Robert
Valentine was a friend indeed. I often vis-
ited his workmen and their families and I
never heard from them any other expression
than praise for ‘‘Robert,” as they familiarly
called him, :
More than one of them bas said to me, “I
would at any time get up at midnight to help
Robert out of trouble.”
And for the very good reason that their
employer was always ready and willing to
relieve the trials of his workmen as far as
possible.
What we all need more than anything else
in this world is more of this Christian friend.
ship and kindliness, to be friends indeed in
our treatment of each other, as in the case of
our departed friend, then there will also be
ministered unto us ‘an abundant entrance
into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and
Saviour, Jesus Christ.”
March 17, 1905, R. CRITTENDEN.
—Frank G. Carpenter, probably the
greatest newspaper correspondent of this
age and who has delighted thousands of
Dispatch readers, is now writing a series of
articles on the Panama canal, which are
published every Sunday.
~——Subsoribe for the WATCHMAN.