’ Ems Bellefonte, Pa., September 6. 1907. >. GRAY MEEK, - . —— Eptros Teaws or Susscairmion.—Until further notice ‘kis paper will be furnished to subscribers at the | ~collowing rates : Paid strictly in advance..........c........ $1.00 Paid befere expiration of year......... 150 Bald after expiration of year.......... 2.00 Democratic Sate Ticket. For State Treasurer “Woux G. Harman, of Columbia countr. « Drmocratic County T ckef, For Prothonotary "ARTHUR B. Kivirort, of Bellefonte. For Di trict Attorney WiLLiaM G. RUNKLE, of iellefonte. For County Serveyor J. HExey WETZEL, of Bell. fonte. * A Bud for the Hastings C alm. For several weeks the WATCH 1 \N bas &een dering for sale a claim agaiv<t the estate of the late D. H. Hastixcs. Is amounts to $123 16 made up of suc’: «un: dry items as a lawyer, politician and wili- Sacy man would contract at a printing of- -Sioe, inclading an item of $33.32 for sab @eociption to this paper which was regularly <gelivered to his home in Bellefonte an? “2ocwarded to him in Harrisburg when he ®ecsme the Governor of this Common weslth. The estate, though reputed to be amd of the richest in this community, and semprising only the members of the late favernor’s family, have plead the statute of limitations on the bill so that legally $ke claim doesn't amount to muoh. Mor- ally it would seem to honest people to be worth its face. Having exhausted all the means at our command to bave the claim paid we are offering it to the highest bid. der. Already we have received a anmber of | \hids ranging from thirty cents to six dol- Bars, but none of them have promised as anuch as the following offer of a tiade from @ Gregg Twp. subscriber. Just what we would do with a blind dog, lame ou all fours, has us guessing about as much as $his claim bas bad us so it locks like a fair exchange from that point of view. But + ghe past record of the dog having undoubs- edly been honorable we fear its owner has * Torgotten his debt of gratitude to it and oonsequently cannot make the vade. Looking at it in this light we would as =oon think of stealing a penvy from a blind <Teeg gar’s hat as swappiog this claim on our “ Giregg township friend’s limping dog. His | wedding dinner was served after which «off erfollows : SrriNG Mire, Pa,, Sept. 2nd, 1907. "WATCHMAN, Bellefonte, Pa., Wy Dear Sir :—~Asl am probably one of the oldest readers of the WATCHMAN, in our ‘township, and always adwired it for its st t cut and reliable news and its sound poli cal principles, when I saw the claim or sale I made a special effort to secure a deal for you. As you say ‘any old thing" will do, I verily believe that I struck the right ty. There is a neighbor of mine who is col- lecting some relics in the way of a warning to his boys as to what class of people should not be given credit. He has quite a list already including Penny and the State Capitol Grafters. As my neighbor had no grab at Harrisburg, he is a little short in cash, but he bas » black dog which is eleven Jon young, and the owner says that the dog used to do the barking if he, (the farm- er,) would do the running. But it is also due you to state that the dogs eyes arein a bad condition. He can not see the feed you put down to him unless yon put it up to his mouth ; the dog is also lame on all fours. He would not think of parting with the pup were it not for the value he puts on the relic. If you will accept the offer you an. awer by Bell phone or the next WATCHMAN, Gree TowNsHIP SUBSCRIBER, “Concerning the State College, “The esteemed Philadelphia Record is +yory enthusiastio over the manificent prop- + geition of Mr. CHARLES M. SCHWAB to ‘give one million dollars to the State Col- lege for the establishment of an engineer- ing department. It will enable the col- «lege at some future time,”” continues our esteemed contemporary, ‘‘to cover the whole industrial field, mechanical as well as industrial.” Warming to the subject She Record adds, “Mr. ScHwWAB could Hardly devote his money toa more lauda- Ble or beneficial purpose,” and the State College ‘is doing a great work in the in- struction of young men how to get from « ‘She lands they till the largest net result * Shrough a practical and scien tific knowl. edge of soils and seeds.’’ Every word uttered by our esteemed wsontemporary is literally true. The State College has made vast strides forward in - ite useful work for the people of Pennsyl- wania and progressive citizens of t he State are justly proud of ite achievements. The esteemed Record is not exaotly informed -@8 to the soope of this work because it has «graduates from its civil and electrical engi- meering schools occupying distinguished positions in the practical and scientific ‘world in every State of the Amer- + oan Union and in most of the nations of ‘¢he world. Bat it needs money to farther “develop its possibilities in these directions «and the fulidllment of the proposition of Br. ScEWAB would compass the resuls. But why should this magnificent edu- ~ wational establishment depend upon the + Tsenevolenoce of any individual to perfeot its + < myuipment for the great work to which it «omapires. Itis theduty of the State toap- +” propriate the necessary funds. The State + would bave done this, probably, during Gio Jast session of the Legislature if Jonx «1, SHEATZ, a9 obairman of the House ~wemmittee on appropriations, bad not in- ~Serposed to prevent it. The Western Uni- ’ tit ia institution of Pittsburg, which aspires to dr C become a competitor of the State College, versity of Peonsylvania, a strictly private asked for a large appropriation, and be- cause Allegheny coansy had more votes in | | the Republican State couvention than Centre, SHEATZ favored that institution. The result was that the Legislature appro- | priated $349 000 to that essentially private institution and ouly $339000 to {the mageificent State institution to which our esteemed Philadelphia contem- | porary refers. Tae Pittsburg institation !is absolately without facilities for the | work it desires to uodeitake. The con- structios of buildings and purchase of apparatos must necessarily come out of the ' money appropriated and the profits of the | enterprise go to the owners of the concern. | The State College, on the other hand, is a State institution and its achievements as well as its gains go to the honor and profit | of the State. But SHgaTZ was working for himsell rather than for the honor of Pennsylvania. : ADDITIONAL LOCALS. MoyYErR—BRAY.—It is no unusual thing for young men {rom other portions of the State to come $0 Centre conaty to get their life partner while on rare occasions Centre county men go away from home for the same purpose, and one of she latest of these was H. Brace Moyer, of Centre Mills, but formerly of shis connty, who on Wednes- day of last week was married to Miss Car- o'yo Bray, of Newport township, Luzerne county. The widding was quite a fashion- able affair and took place in the Newport Centre church. Rev. George Warburton performed the ceremony and the attend- auts were Miss Ida Bray, as maid of honor; Miss Elizabeth Roman, of Alden, and Miss Jennie Noble, of Wilkesbarre, as brides- waids, and Oscar Young, ol Wanamie, best man. The bride is an accomplished young lady, a prolessional nurse who grad- uated from the Wilkeabarree hospital train- ing school seven years ago. Mr. and Mrs. | Moyer will maks their home at Centre | Mills. SCHENCK— WINSLOW. —About one han- | dred and fifty guests were present at the howe of Mrs, Levina Winslow, of Blanch- 'ard, last Wednesday evening, to witness | the marriage of her daughter, Miss Laura, | to Foster Schenck, sou of William Schenck, | of Liberty township. The ceremony took place at five o'clock in the evening and was ! performed by Rev. H. J. Dadley, of the | Disciple church. Harry and Miss Nellie Winslow, brother and sister of the bride, | attended the young couple, while Mise | Leviva Heverley, of Johusonburg, played ! the wedding march. Following the cere- | mony and inspection of the many valuable presents received hy the bride, a delicious Mr. and Mrs. Schenck left for a honey- moon trip to eastern cities. td HARDENBERG — FOSTER.—A romactic little wedding on Wednesday was that of Dr. John Hardenberg, of Millbeim, aud Miss Viola G. Foster, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Foster, of Philadelphia. The | doctor first met his bride while he was a student at the University of Pennsylvania and when they decided to get married they | concluded to do so without any fass or : feathers, consequently on Wednesday they | went over to New York and were married in the ‘“‘Listle Church Around the Cor- per,”’ with only the necessary witnesses as ao andience. Dr. and Mrs. Hardenberg will make their home in Millheim where the former is a rising young physician. *Se MERSINGER — DAsHEM.—On Wednes- day evening of last week the home of Mr. and Mrs. John W. Dashem, of Potters Mills, was the scene of a pretty wedding, when their daughter, Miss Bessie Dashem, was united in marriage to Edward Mer- singer. The ceremony took place at six o'clock and was performed by Rev. J. M. Rearick in the presence of a large number of friends. The bridegroom, who was born and raised pear Potters Mills, spent the past three or four years in South Dakota, but last spring sold his property there and returned east and for the present will make Potter township his home. ——— STOVER—MILLER.—On Wednesday of this week Joel B. Stover and Miss Ethel C. Miller, of Hublersburg, were united in marriage at the home of the bride's par- ents, Mr, and Mrs. J. D. Miller, Rev. H. I. Crow performing the ceremony. Both young people are quite well known in Nittany valley as both bave for several years been among Centre county's best school teachers, while the bride was for several years the Hublersburg correspon. dens of the WATCHMAN, hence we tender our sincerest congratulations. WEAVER—BENNETT.—A quiet wedding was celebrated at the home of George R. Williams, at Port Matilda, at noon on Tuesday, when Frank Weaver, son of Mrs. Thomas Weaver, and Miss Leah Mabel Bennett, were united in marriage. Rev. G. A. Williams performed the ceremony. Mr. and Mrs. Weaver will go to honse- keeping in Blandburg where the bride- groom is employed. RENWICK—FULTON. — Matthew Ren- wick and Misa Nellie Falton, both of Phil- ipsburg, went to Hollidaysburg on Mon- day where thay were married by justice of the peace Mr. Calvin Lewis. —— Last Friday M. 8. Fiedler, executor of the Jacob Reed estate, sold two farms and a tract of timberland in Haines township for $20,600. The old Daniel Reed farm was sold to the Meyer brothers for $16,000; the farm adjoining i% was sold $2 Jacob Harter for $3,400, while the timber land eer yf rem ler, probably one of the best known and most beloved women of Philipsburg, died last Friday night at the home of her daughter, Mrs. F. K. White, wife of Dr. White, as a result of a complication of diseases with which she had been ailing for three or four months, Deceased was a daughter of Aaron and Sarah Mall, deceased, and was born at Sinking Springs, near Reading, November 11th, 1842, hence was almost sixty-five years of age. The Mall family were among the pioneer settlers of Berks county, a« we'l as most widely known, Mr. Mull be- ing a member of the electoral college which elected Lincoln [for the presiden- ey. When qnite a young woman Miss Mull was united in marriage to George Miller, of Pine Grove and there the family lived for many years. Mr. Miller died about thirty years ago and some fif teen or more years ago Mrs. Miller went to Philipsburg and has since that time made her home with her daoghter. She was a devout member of the Metho- dist charch and her daily life was the ideal of womanly christian fortisade and fore- bearance. Surviving her are one son and a daughter, 8. M. Mull and Mrs. F. K. White, both of Philipsharg ; she also leaves three sisters and one brother, namely: Mrs. C. N. Seidle, Mrs. Annie V, Jones and Misa Margaret Mall, of Lebanon, and Prof. George F. Mull, of Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster. The funeral was held on Tuesday, the remains being taken to Pine Grove for interment beside thoze of Ler husbaod. | | | MARKLE.— Alter an illness of less than two weeks Lewis Markle died in the Belle- fonte hospital, last Saturday evening, of anemia, the result of over-exertion. De- ceased was a son of Samuel Markle and was born at the family homestead at Pine Grove Mills, September 12th, 1872, thus being al- most thirty five years of age. Since grow- ing to manhood he has followed the occupa- tion of a farmer and it was while working in the harvests field that he became over- heated, which finally resalted in his death. Surviving him are the following brothers and sisters : William, of Harrisburg; John, of Pine Grove Mills; Mrs. Baker, of Nis. tany; Mrs. Tillman, Daniel, Nathan and Wallace, of Bellefonte. From the hospital the body was taken to the home of de- ceased’s brother Daniel, on east High street, from where the funeral was held at two o'clock on Tuesday afternoon. The Bellefonte Tent, Knights of the Maccabees, of which he was a member, had charge of the funeral while Rev. Barry, of the Lath- eran church, officiated at the services. In- terment was made in the Union cemetery. ! I i WEAVER. —Mrs. Nanoy Weaver died at the home of her gon, Samnel Weaver, at Lemont, on Tuesday morning, as the re- sult of a stroke of apoplexy with which she was stricken on Saturday. Deceased was eighty-four years of age and wasa pative of Huntingdon county though she had lived in Centre county ever since her marriage in 1847. Her busband preceded her to the grave three years ago bat sur- viviog her are the following children ; Jerry, of Altoova ; Harry and Ella, of Jersey Shore ; Alice, of Pittsburg ; Wesley, George and Sarah, of Dix Station ; Avuie, of Tyrone, and Samuel, of Lemons. The funeral was held yesterday, the remains beiug taken to Dix Station for interment. i ll I SuiTH.—George W. Smith, an old vet. eran of the Civil war, died at his home at Gardner's Mille, Blair county, on Tuesday morning, of peritonitis, alter being ill for several months, Deceased was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Smith, and was born iv Centre county, though most of his life was spent at Gardoer’s Mills, where he was in the employ of the Pennsylvania railroad company. He was twice married, his first wile being Miss Elizabeth Harpster, also of Centre county, and his second was Mrs. Minnie Parks. The latter survives with her one son and four children by his first wife. The funeral was held yesterday afternoon, interment being made in she Asbury cemetery. I I i HuBLER.—Mrs. Nora Hubler, daughter of James Hubler, died at her home at Pine Hall on Monday, after two week's illness with pneumonia. - She was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel H. Osman and was thirty-four years of age. She was a mem- ber of the Lutheran church, a devout christ- jan woman and one who enjoyed the friendship of all who knew ber. Surviving her are her husband and one little daugh- ter, her parents, three sisters and a broth- er. The faneral was heid on Wednesday, Rev. R. H. Bergstresser officiating at the services and interment being made at Pine Hall. Pm PIERCE. —Alter a brief illness Mrs. Alice B. Pierce, died at the home of her sister, Mrs. James Harris, at Allegheny Farnace, on Wednesday of last week. She was only twenty-one years of age and was born and raised in Philipsburg, being a daughter of Mrs. Martha M. Ebhart, of that place, who survives her as well as her husband, her father, who is employed at Winburae, and one brother and three sisters. The re- mains were taken to Philipsburg where the funeral was held on Saturday afternoon interment being made in the i cemetery. | | BOUGHAMER.— At ten o'clock last Thursday night Mrs, Christina Boughamer died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Anna Lauver, of Greenwood, Blair county, of infirmities. She was a native tre county and was 78 y 2 months and 9 days old. She is survived three sens and was held on Sunday, interment Hi was gold to Jecob Everett for $1,200. made at Greenwood. i MILLER. —Mrs. Catharine A. Mall Mil- BippLE.—The life-work of quite a re- markable woman ended on Sanday morn- ing when Mis. Aawie Meek Biddle, wife of William N. Biddle, died at her home in Philipbarg, alter a number of years ill. pess. Wheo she retired on Saturday night she seemad so much brighter and stronger than she hid been for months that her family felt encouraged to believe in ber speedy and nitimate recovery. Bat it was only the fitfal flicker of the spark of life ere the brittle cord of life was snapped asunder a few hours later. Deceased was born in Ferguson town- ship, this conoty, and was the last sarviv- ing daughter of William Jay Meek. Her great grand-father was Captain George Meek, of revolationary fame. Like her ancestors before her she was a woman of rare attainments and exceptional ability. With her unasaal disposition and content- ed demeanor at all times and under all ei- cnmstances she was a woman who not only won bat held the admiration and esteem of all who knew her. Surviving her are her husband, three children aud an only brother. The faner- al was held at two o'clock on Wednesday afternoon, interment being made in the Philipshurg cemetery. | | | Luse —At two o'clock on Tuesday morning Dennis Luse, one of the best known aud most highly respected citizens of Millbeim, died at his home in that place of general infirmities. He was born on July 9th, 1831, thus making his age 76 years, 1 month and 24 days. Sar viving him are his wife aod the following children: Henry K , of Oregon; James D., of Williamsport; Mrs. Michael Maize, of Baltimore, Md.; John W., of Joliet, Ill; Mrs. Joseph Herald, of Madison, Conn.; Mrs. Samuel Warren, of Tartle Creek, and Mrs. William Bead, of Sparrows Point, Md. Rev. W. H. Spangler, of this place, will officiate at the funeral which will he held at 10 o'clock this morning, interment to be made in the Millheim Union ceme- tery. "oe FrANCIS ARMSTRONG KILLED. —Fran- cis Armstrong, better known in Bellefonte as ‘‘Fravk,” a stodent in the Bellefonte Academy for the past two or three years and who played end on the Academy foot- ball team, was so badly burt in an aato- mobile accident in Pittsburg, late Satur. day night, that he died in the West Penn hospital on Sunday night. Young Arm- strong with three companions were riding in a car owned and driven by A. J. Wil- liams. Near the Seventeeth street incline the car struck a wooden ‘‘horse’’ left as a guard over a hole in the Boulevard, and skidded against a telegraph pole, throwing all the occupants ont. Williams was the only one not injured. ‘Armstrong with his two companions were taken to the hospital and it was at first thought that Armstrong's injaries were only superficial, but later he collaps- ed and died from heart failure, the result of the shock to his system. He was only twenty years old and the son of John H. Armstrong, a former police magistrate. His parents were at Conneaut Lake and did not know of the accident until after their sou's death. Armstrong had intend- ed to return to the Academy at the open- ing of school next week. ove CAUGHT IN THE AcT.—For some time past boxes and barrels at the Cobarn sta- tion, on the Lewisburg and Tyrone rail- road, have heen broken open and part of the contents stolen. G. W. Radel, the agent in charge, finally determined to put a stop to the pillering and through his vigilance one of the guilty parties is now in the Centre county jail while it is ex- pected that the arrest of others will fol- low. For a week or more Mr. Radel had a guard ont watching the depot building and on Saturday evening a young man by the name of Wilbur Wilkinson, who has been living with his sister at Frogtown, was seen carrying a package out of the freight depot and hide it in an adjacent cattle yard. A warrant was sworn oat for his arrest and given to constable Kahler. That gentleman went into hiding near where the stolen package was hidden and at about 9 30 o'clock Wilkinson made his appearance and had just gotten the package in his hands when the officer arrested him. The package oontained peanut candy. Wilkinson was given a hearing before ‘Squire A. L. Auman when be confessed his guilt and in default of bail was com- mitted to jail. —— A pc —— ——0On Tuesday James McKinley, of Boggs township, was seventy-six years old and in celebration of the event he had a re- union of bis children and their families as well as a party of his nearest friends at bis home on Sunday. It wasa pleasant little gathering, the most enjoyable part of which, for some at least, being the very elaborate dinner served by Mrs. McKinley. Mr. McKinley, by the way, is a veteran of the Civil war, having served for four years as a member of company E, 200dth Penna. Vols. He is still bale and hearty and is is hoped may live to enjoy many more birth- day celebrations. POO — ———Mrs. Mollie Valentine will entertain about filty people at the Bash house this evening when seven tables of bridge will form the chiel means of amusement. Mrs. Harry Keller has issued invitations fora reception at ber home on east Linn street, from three to five o'clock tomorrow after- noon. —Miss Ivy Meyers, of Milesburg, a graduate of the Bellefonte High school, olass of '07, was brought to the Bellefonte hospital last Friday for an operation for appendicitis. She is now getting along all right. Crust FAMILY REUNION. ~The first an- nual reunion of the Crust family was held at Peru on Satarday. Close to one hun- dred peopl: were present and the day was spent very pleasantly. A grod dioner was served after which there were a few ad dresses and it was the general desire of those present tha* a reanion he held the [ast Saturday in August next year at which a regular organization be: made. W. E. Crust, C. E Lutz, R. R. Crust and W. E. Saxon were appointed a committee to ar- range for next years’ gathering. In the original Crust family there were thirteen brothers and sisters and one bhall- sister. Of this number three broshers, four sisters and the half-sister are living as fol- lowe: R. R. Crast, of Filmore; W. E. Crust, of Pleasant Gap; T. L. Crust, of Philipsharg ; Mrs. William Lutz, of Belle- fonte ; Mrs. John Reed, of Graysville; Mrs. D. H. Hoover, of Altoona ; Mrs. Rob- ert Corl, of Pleasant Gap, all of whom were present as the reunion, and Mrs. Mary Anp Love, of Foid City, Pa. > ~The opening of the school season has brought many mothers to the point of con- cern about their boy’s clothes. It is not 80 serious a matter as some imagine when we have a store like Fauble’s to fall back on. Everything that the lad needs can be bad there just a little better than anywhere else and the pleasant part of it is the assort” ment that affords soch a wide range of choice. The Fauble stores are fall of fall bargains for men and boys and you should get your share of them, —— MARRIAGE LICENSES.— The following marriage licenses were issued the past week by Register Earl C. Tuten. John M. Bullock and Ella C. Masser, of Bellelonte. Joel B. Stover, Zion, and Ethel C. Mil. ler, Hublersburg. Frank Weaver and Leah M. Bennett, Port Matilda. Charles Ebock aud Mattie Yocirac, Belle- fonte. Fred C. Miller, Smullton, and Sadie IL. Houtz, Madisonburg. Marko Dado and Elizabeth Rapaskey, Hawk Ron. —— Pine Grove Some of our foremost farmers are done seeding. L. C. Gates, of Latrobe, is home for a two week's stay. William Dale, of Pleasant Gap, was in town Monday. Mr. and Mrs, Comeford, of State College, spent Friday in our town, : Our school board are looking about for a teacher for the High school. Hall Bottorf and family, of Lemont, spent Sunday with friends on the Branch, You don’t want to miss the festival to- morrow evening in the 1. 0. O. F. ball. N. T. Krebs and wife are visiting relatives at Milton and Northumberland this week. Wm. H. Roush is improving his home with a large front porch and a new coat of paint. John Harshberger has repaired his brick house as well as added a large front porch. D. Paul Fortney,one of Bellefonte’s young legal lights, was a visitor in town over Sun. day. James E. Strausser, of Philadelphia, was greeting old chums here in the beginning of the week. Pierce Johunstonbaugh is receiving con- gratulations over the arrival of a nice boy baby at his home. Alfred Musser, wife and family, of Clea:* field, are visiting their many friends down Peunsvalley at present. Paul Bailey, wife and children, came over from Alexandria for a few days at the Bailey home just west of town. Daniel Zones, Mr. Gripp's right-hand mdm on his farm near Tyrone, was here last Sat urday seeing old cronies. D. A. Grove is off to Pittsburg fora car load of colts that he hopes to have on hand at the Grange pincic at Centre Hall, John Reed and family with his spanking team of grays passed through town Saturday on a trip down Pennsvalley for several days. Rev. R. H. Bergstresser and wife are at. tending the Millersburg centennial this week and visiting friends and relatives in that section. Milt Carner and wife and Charles Kusten. border and wife, of Bellefonte, were royally entertained at the James Kustenborder home over Sunday. The home of Alf. Bradford, a former citi- zen of our town but who several months ago moved to Huntingdon, is under quarantine for diphtheria. George Meyers returned from Pittsburg last week with seventy-six head of cattle. About thirty head are fit for the block, the balance are stockers. Bert Musser, John Homan, Charley Mey- ers and Isaac Campbell left Tuesday morn. ing for the Jamestown exposition. They will be gone ten days. The Reformed church at Pine Hall is be- ing painted. The lawn social held by the ladies at the home of D. M. Neidigh last Sat. urday evening was a decided success and $36 was added to the church improvement fund. C. E. Snook, of Burnham, spent last week in this section. While here he sold his prop- erty at Rock Springs to Jacob Barto, who, after making some needed repairs, will quit the farm and retire in the autumn, His son, LeRoy, will till the broad and fertile acres hereafter. Prof. M. E. Heberling is spending the last of his vacation near Milton, fishing in the Susquehanna river ; and when seen by the WATCHMAN correspondent on Tuesday. he was feeling as big as two or three men, just because he had successfully landed an eleven pound salmon, Miss Edith Sankey, of Potters Mills, en- | onel Bryan joyed a drive through Pennsvalley all alone Monday to join her mother and two aunts from Iowa at the J. G. Hess home, on Main street, where a very pleasant home gather. ing was held Tuesday when a number of old friends called to extend congratulations to the well kaown sisters, the Roans. Grapgers Ready for Big Plenie. The arrangements for the thirty-fouurth Annnal Encampment and Grange Fair, at Grange Park, Centre Hall, Sept. 14th to 20th, are nearly completed, aud this prom- ises to be the largest and best fair ever held at the park. It only remaion« for the people to do their part in filling vp the ex. hibition to make it valuable. Let every- one bring something from the far, garden, orchard, vineyard and poultry yard, or some handiwork of the needle or brash. A preminm will be paid for every meritorious artiole entered. Do not overlook the antique department, bot help fill up this mouseam with the valuable things owned by your ancestors and the early settlers of this county. Do not miss the Encampment as this is the most delightful part of the exposition. Come on Saturday, the 14th, and be pres- ent for the religions services on Sanday afternoon. Every day of the encampment will he interesting. The veteran soldiers of the Civil War will hold their reunion on Tuesday, the 17th. To see the State College and State Agri- cultaral Experiment Station exhibit will be worth all the trip will cost. Nice clean tents, floored and supplied with cots, tables and seats, can be rented for $3 00 for the week. Complete police regulations, and ample boarding accom- modations. ‘ The Country Store. In former years it was better known than now, and beiter a ted. Is was much of the life of every rural hamlet and district. It was and to a certain extent is yet the best echool for every countryman who bas reached the age of maturity. Oar common schools and acad mies and ovlleges teach nothing as to government, and if they do, it but reaches winds too young to comprehend. Is is theoonflict of mind which teachis government, and upon the counter and aronnd the stove of the coun- try store it is best taught. There is always some one there who is in contact with public men and public decuments, who is posted. He gives vut bis knowledge ; itis questioned by bright but geverons minds, and the trath is reached at last. This leads others to imitate the best informed man, and the result is the education of all the surroundings of the country store in the art of government. The boys are there ready to walk or ride home with their fath- ers or uncles alter a well spent evening. They thus acquire an ambition uot dreamed of in any school, and as they grow older they apply it aud become certainly useful citizens, and frequently men of distinction. Daniel Websier extolled the country store as the best school known to New Eog- land. There he learned to think, and these thoughts led to the finess language known to our history, and to the most patriotic. Ciay gathered bis greatness, vot in forams bot at the country store. So did Henry Wilson, the cobbler of Massa- chosetts. Alexander Stevens, of Georgia, loved the country store, visited all io his State, there he learned the many idioms pe- culiar to the South, aud this knowledge was the foundation of his great good sense and his masterful popularity. Iincoln found his first inspiration in she country store, and when he rode biz lawyer's cir- cuits these were his favorite stopping places, and here he would swap his quaint stories with those from the counter. All of our early rural grea: men were indebted to the country store, first for information, nexs for political support. It is a pity thas the power of the country store was ever impaired. It was the best educator, and is yet. You learn nothing of government and its practical application in the cburches, nothing whatever. The miuvister who touches upon, puts his foot in it because his education bas been upon wholly different lines. The constitution learned by minds too youthful in the schools, are comprehended only by con- tact and discussion with more mature and hroader minds, The colleges are mainly given to other subjects. Schools and col- leges aid, but do nos ripen. Half a century ago the country store was to its community the best lyceum. It is yet in rural districts far removed fiom great cities, and we trust its power may return to all of the counties of Pennsylva- nia. That great power was first assailed by Local Option legislation passed 10 1270, Many of the rural distriots voted for Local Option ; none of the cities. What was the result ? Men who saw in this dgastic legis- ‘lation an infringement of thei petsonal lib- erty, transferred their custom counsss. try and hamles to ities, « they = could buy all the whisky needed, and cover it in baskete filled with groceries and dr X This was a blow to every conuntry store, It led to lessened receipts, to correspon- ding loss of stock and supplies. Prior to 1870 everything was kept in the country store, from pins to silks, from pills to paregorio. e demand for dry goods ceased, as it did for many things. The Lo- cal Option of 1870, the same as that pro- posed last year wae rep:aled by an indig- nant people after three years, and the country store did its part in the repeal. There were few taverns or breweries to aid. Now invention comes to the aid of the country store and the old-fashioned coun- try inn, an institution, which was really a publio benefit. The automobile is more than a fad ; it has come to stay. It seeks the country road side and patronizes the coun- try ion. It traverses great distances. Pennsylvania’s best days were when the coungry atore flourished, as Eogland’s best days and best men were contemporaneous with the wayside irn. A blow against the country store was attempted io the Pennsylvania Legislature in 1903. The bureau of Pharmacy, which bad taxed for its own use all druggists, tried to subject the country store to exami- nation and fees. r, of Delaware coun- ty, atacked the Bill in a ten minute speech filled with exposures, and after a winter's lobbying it was defeated by a vote of 182, to 12, is proved the death of Barean fees. Cooper represented the Country store. Other men will rise to repeal mercantile taxes and foster an institution which should never die. * ® % 2 Chasing the Octopus. From the Washington Post. Colonel Roosevelt would put the octo- in a felon’s cell ; Colonel would ve the Government turn octopus. Now, here is your paramount. The us muss > of. Shall we make i be dispiued it infamous, ing to the plan of Colonel Roosevelt, or shall we incorporate it into—gralé it upon—the Government, and thus make it i.
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