Bellefonte, Pa., February 18, 1910.
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THE CHERRY TREE TALE.
“The cherry tree that George chopped down
From earth has passed away.
Naught of it—wood, nor bark. nor leaf—
But, like the tree it fell to earth,
It, too, hath passed away.
The lie that George did not tell
Was made of better stuff.
(The way it's worn through constant use
Proves it extremely tough-)
Should any doubt that hatchet yarn
(And there may be a few.)
We have the lie George did not tell
To prove the tale was true.
—Arthur J. Burdick.
A BALL GAME ON THE ICE.
To sa
left the little [ostofiice, rushed up
the street to w the “crowd” was im-
awai him.
's up? Witham asked
Going to 2 fire
to a fire! was the sneering reply
1 say not. Here is ng
which beats a fire by a mile.
Whew! he exclaimed. They certainly
have nerve.
Then the slip was passed from one to
another of the nine boys. Su
clamations followed each re
following words:
TO STEVE MORRISON,
Captain, Hamilton Blues.
Dear Sir:—I, on behalf of the Otsego
Reds, wish to challenge the Hamilton
Blues to play a game of baseball on the
ice this, Eon Bg afternoon.
Yours tespectfully,
JAMES DEERING,
CAPTAIN, OTSEGO REDS.
P. S.—We have a diamond plated and
ex.
ing of the
everything in readiness. The game is
flayed with a tennis ball and light willow
ts. Rules the same as in regular base-
ball
What do you think of it Steve? With-
am asked.
Well, one thing is certain,Steve replied.
We will have to play them. It looks like
a dirty trick to get even for the drubbing
we gave them last summer when we beat
them five straight games. We just can’t
back down, though.
But we never tried to play baseball on
the ice, Sam Hicks objected.
That's just the point, if they had given
us a couple of weeks for practice we
might have some chance of winning. I
am pretty certain they have been practic-
ing a long time.
hat’s the use of giving them a chance
to beat us? Jack Rose asked.
There you go again, Captain Steve said
scornfully. Always showing the white
feather before we go into anything. But
we are going to play them, he added, and
She firsk thing lo do is to get our skates
sharpened. n we will go down to the
lake for a short i
practice.
The boys had been bound toward the
lake for a short skate before dinner.
Consequently all had their skates with
them and it did not take them
ong to hurry down the street to
Smith's blacksmith At first "Hap-
py Jack” refused to ve his regular
work, but a reading of the challenge soon
convinced him that it was just the thing
for him to do.
By the time the boys reached the ice it
was nearly eleven o'clock. A tennis ball
had been procured, and the practice at
once
Now, each oue of you will have
jo discover. the best way to go after the
ball, Captain Steve The fly hits will
not be difficult, but will have to be
careful on the
You mean icers, Sam Hicks corrected.
All t, icers, Steve replied, and at-
tem to bat the ball toward third base.
Just as he swung the bat, both feet slipp-
ed from under him and he sat down with
a jarring thump.
Without a word the captain regained
his feet and prepared to strike at the ball
n. This time he was careful to brace
his feet wide and swing at the ball
easily. It swiftly toward third
base. and Ralph Witham attempted to
gather it in, the old-time confidence writ-
ten across his features as plainly as it had
ever been on a hot fternoon.
He made a graceful swoop at the ball,
but his skates refused to stick and he
sprawling.
dn it wank Jor bout thirty minutes.
yers working like trojans and sprawl-
unsuccessf orts to field
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I told we couldn't do it, Jack Re
oN you it, J ose
sure to fall. true
about our throwing; don’t try to throw
hard—just slow and easy.
How about fielding the ball? Sam Hicks
I have been wa you boys trying
to field and I believe I have discovered a
way to get them. Now, when a ball is
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lieve you can get the liners best by brac-
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shortstop
center and left fielder, allewing two more
scores for the Reds. The situation was
desperate. Steve realized that the game
might be lost in the first inning. |
"he next batsman drove a sharp line
drive to Witham, who instantly twisted
his skates sideways and caught the ball.
One hasty stroke carried him across third
base before the base-runner, who had
taken a long lead, could return.
That's the way, Ralph, Steve applauded.
That was fine.
The next batsman put up a high foul
¢ | rounded first and second bases and was | family tales
the , rooters. Hurrah!
ball which was captured the Blues’
catcher, Jetiving the side.
The Blues their best, but could not
cross the plate in their turn at bat. Steve |
went out on a long fly to center field.
Witham was thrown out at first base, and
the third batsman struck out. The in-
ning closed with the score 3 to 0 in favor
of the Reds.
In the second inning both teams went
out in one-two-three order, yet the Blues
were forced to admit that they were more
fortunate than skillful. Captain Steve
felt that the contest was not an equal
one, and almost wished he had not allow-
ed himself to be drawn into it. It
was evident the Reds had been unfair, for
their playing showed skill which only
comes a long practice.
The third, fourth, and Wo h ulings
passed without any scoring team.
On one occasion a Red player reached
third base, but a quick double play and a
igh fly ball retired his side.
, the Reds’ shortstop, was the
first batsman in the sixth inni Steve
turned and motioned the outfi back,
then threw the ball with all the speed at
his command.
One strike, pnnouncsg She umpire,
Spreading is feet wi apart Steve
again stiapped the ball across the plate
ing either skate off the ice.
Two strikes.
That's how, Cap, that's how, Witham
cried. You have him now.
The other members of the infield open-
ed up with encouraging words until the
display of confidence in their young pitch-
er was to give the best of bats-
men the ra ith the same j
motion Steve sna the ball and -
ner swung at it with all his strength. It
shot outward, however, and he missed
it.
He has discovered how to pitch suc-
cosshully on the ice, muttered the Reds’
pr y y.
The next batsman was an easy out at
first base and the next man up went out
on a line drive to Hicks.
Steve was the first batsman for the
Blues in the last half of the SiR inning.
Two strikes were called on him in qui
succession, followed by three wide ones | ;
which he let pass.
‘Two strikes and three balls, came from
the umpire.
The next ball pitched was just the one
the young captain was waiting for. He
swung at it easily, sending a swift boun-
der between the third baseman and short-
stop. With long, swinging strokes he sped
past fst base and on second befcre the
left fielder could return the ball.
‘Now we're we're
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skates, while the thizers of | tremendous rate, but
od Their en- | while the other boys
was given a severe check, how- | frightened enough at the thought of the
ever, by the next batsman putting a } sxouible their foolish dare might bring
ine drive straight nds of | about.
swift line into the hands of | Ut iy for ie neck, young. George
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preferring to have a strike called on | George's to breakfast. Mrs. Washington
“Ikilled it, mother.”
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third bases with long, gliding strokes and | honora and truthful he was Mrs.
crossed the plate with the score that tied | Washisgion could not help forgiving her
the game.
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ey toward thin, 22 Sharp skates he Senerations: aibe—a Datson
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gr i ay ul strokes. | Weems—who has related a number of
Hold third! Hold third! the coacher | Stories about the great man's childhood,
cried. They've got the bali! | but the parson was too fond of telling a
But no, Sam decided otherwise. He good tale, and so it is thought that he
crossed third base with two quick cross | made up a good many of them. He knew
strokes turned toward the home plate. | Washington very well, also relatives and
Fully twenty feet away he doubled up | friends who had watched George as a boy,
and shot his feet forward, sliding on his | and so he had a great many opportunities
back across the plate before the Reds’ | to hear interesting stories about him. It
pitcher could put the ball on him. is from him that the story of George and
Rah for Hicks, shouted the Hamilton | the cherry tree comes, which of course,
Hurrah! The blues | every boy and girl has heard. Historians
win 5 to 4. do not believe this story is exactly true,
As soon as Captain Deering could con- | probably because Parson Weems was such
trol his disappointment, he skated to |a queer old fellow that people took most
where Captain Steve was congratulating | of what he said to be a joke. He was a
Sam Hicks for winning the game. better fiddler than he was a preacher.
We want another game, he announced. | Imagine a preacher fiddling for a dance!
Will you play us again? It is said he did this once sitting behind a
Certainly we weit Captain Steve re- | screen, but the screen suddenly fell down
lied, We'll be ready for you, too. And |and there sat Parson Weems! i
et me tell you something: The failure] The parson saysthat once when George
of the little trick you tried to play on us Was a very little fellow his father planted
by not giving us time to practice, should | some cabbages in the outline of s
show you that fellows who do not play | name, and, sure enough, When they grew
fair and square usally come out second | up "G-e-o-r-g-e” was spelled as plainly as
best.—By Arthur B. Siade, in The Ameri- day by the cabbages. came run-
can Boy. ning in. "Oh, pa; come here, come here!
hé called. “It is Yory strange,” said "pa"
| when he had looked at the caliiage bal
A boy wip was much at Mount Vern but George, Dein 2 3 Shotp ry
and at Mr. Fairfax’'s seat, Belvoir, might ’ grow : id i
expect to see not a little of what was Haus Jus gx that way, pa; you did it
worth seeing of the life of the colony. e next “time you to the country
George was kept at school until he wile | ask a farmer if such a Sing can be done,
Close Hon Sn Shere was ample | und decide for yourself if you think this
vaca ang. ; isa story or
Mrs. Washington did not keep him at | = would you like to read a letter George
Washington's Boyhood.
her apron strings. He even livec, when | ig gaid to have written when he was a
it was , with his brother Au- ? It seems almost too correct for a
gustine, at the old home on B Creek, | child, especially considering that a little
in order to be near the best sc that | country school. was where he learned to
was accessible, while the mother wa. far
away on the farm that lay upon the Rap- read and write. Richard was then a little
pahannock. Mrs. Washington saw to it,
nevertheless, that she should not lose
sight of him al . When he was
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o George held on,
stood around, |
Just then they were all called into Jived.
ashington’s step-grandson is re- pg
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mate. | am sure he would have liked you FOR AND ABOUT WOMEN.
to think of him in this way, because he rs
was especially fond of boys and DAILY THOUGHT.
when he became a great and the —
first President of these United States. | All that we have willed, or hoped. or dreamed
Erste PArrisy, | ©f good shall exist;
. The high, that proved too high; the heroic for
English Ancestors of Wishington earth too hard,
i ors of The pageion tis let the around @ Jove itself in
county the sky.
on Bel) out Na " ore music sent upto Gat by the lover anu the
J Oe pe . Enough that He heard it once; we shall hear it
ance from, the time when they were built, by and by.—Browning.
i gen his son Robert |
' after him, until an ill turn of the wheel
of fortune compelled him to patrimony
wrence 's bones lie in
Sulgrave church, where are the famous
Ww One of these bears
Another represen
; ton: a third his wife Amee;
. sons and daughters weeping. To the house
(in Little Brington, Robert Washington
sons, Lawrence and
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| arms, the initial K. W. and the date 1619.
| After the death of Robert W
j and his wife the widow of his brother
Lawrence occupied the house at Little
: ngton with her son Lawrence,a clergy-
i man. In 1650 mother and son died and
| were buried in the family vault in the
i Church of St. Mary the Virgin. Two
| sons of the Reverend Lawrence, John and
Lawrence junior, emigrated to Virginia.
| John was a soldier,a legislator, a magis-
| trate and a member of the house of bur-
As colonel of militia he ravaged
| She countey of the hostile Indians, and
| Wi great grandson al r-
| ed on the fron 1 the
savages as
villages) in remembrance of his ances-
tor's deeds. Colonel John Washington
had a son Lawrence, who died at an early
age in 1697, leaving two sons, John and
Augustine. It was the latter of these
came the father of the Father of His
Country.
Although George Washington wrote
that the history of his ancestors was, in
his opinion, “of little moment,” Lawrence
Washington of Surgrave Manor had been
mayor of Northampton before he receiv-
ed the grant from the king and two of
his sons were knighted
Washi has been traced to William
de Hertburn, lord of the manor of Wes-
syngton, in Durham county, in the four-
teenth century. This worthy Norman
followed the custom of the times and
adopted as a surname the name of his
estate. The name went through various
ington, and finally Washington, by the
time of John Washington, of Warton,
ire, father of Lawrence, of Sul-
grave and the immediate ancestor of the
iberator.—Ex.
Blue Mold Suffers Defeat.
which growers of oranges lemons in
California are obliged to contend. It has
been costing them a good deal over a mil-
lion dollars a year. Attacking the citrus
fruit, it causes rapid rot, incidentally pro-
ducing that bluish, or sometimes
Ah oats the Tonos
u of tl
known as blue mold are liable to find an
sutrance and begin to grow and mUHHY.
spores are exceedingly plen in
orchard, develoying on the decay-
Vi Dussatent Mise org
ry t t sO many
see, 's a great bargain
Bie, Sr he ad been in the market
so long that she got him cheap.”
who, by his second wife, Mary Ball, be-'
Still farther back the lineage of the
changes, the seignoral de was dropped,
Wessyngton became Wassington, Wassh-
Blue mold is the worst enemy with
The month of February is full of festiv-
ities. First comes Lincoln's bi
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plied with A fruit. all a
rry trees in nieres am
the candles. It is a warn oe
en of taste against overdecoration.
i table should not suggest a millinery open-
ing.
§
In the best Japanese shops are found
$1.25 for a good-sized spray. A spray
| taken apart with discretion would go a
{long way towards decorating bon
boxes, cases for ice cream, etc.
! flowers are realistic enough to bear ming-
ling with the real blossoms.
If one wishes to get away from the
over-worked cherry motive the Con-
tinental buff and blue colors may appro-
priately be used. Yellow tulips are al-
ready offered. They are charming in
“blue and white jardinieres. All sorts of
Continental and Revolutionary favors are
at hand—little drums, cocked hats, stacks
of muskets and the like. It is easy to de-
vise schems of decoration with their aid.
i For a Washington's birthday luncheon,
i centerpi be the trunk of a
| cherry tree made of pasteboard and from
‘ the branches artificial cherries can
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hung; around the base, hatchets should
be with the handles
| the tree. The cards can be small
! red, white, and blue ribbon, or small
, drums with cocked hats tied to them with
the ribbon. It is quite impossible tocarry
! out the same scheme in regard to the
: dishes as for the Valentine luncheon, for
| the molds and shapes cannot be so easily
i i but
WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY MENU.
i Grapefruit Cocktail
| Salted Almonds Olives Celery
i Nut and Crumb Croquettes.
! Croquettes
| Celery and Nut Salad Maple Parfait
i Washington Birthday Cake
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