Ey ——— Bellefonte, Pa., March 4, 1910. - - - P. GRAY MEEK, EpiToR = following rates : i sie | Paid strictly in advance - Paid before expiration of year - 10 Paid after expiration of year - ADDITIONAL LOCAL NEWS. LONGACRE.~—On the 25th ult, at his residence on Allegheny street, Isaac P. Longacre died after an illness dating back to about the middle of December. Mr. Longacre was born in Phoenixville, Ches- ter county, in 1848 and spent his early life in Pottstown. He was a nail maker by trade and in 1883 came to Bellefonte and filled the position of manager of the nail works here until they closed down. Since that he has worked at Pottstown, Sunbury and Milton. Illness compelled him to resign agood position at the latter place in December, when he returned home and was able to be about until about two weeks before his death. Before com- ing to Bellefonte he was a member of and a regular attendant at the Methodist church. He was a man of high charac- ter, modest and retiring in his disposi- tion, an upright and respected citizen, and one who had made many warm friends among our people since becoming a resident of the town. He leaves a wife and seven children, who deeply feel the Joss of a loving husband and a kind and affectionate father. Funeral services were held on Tuesday morning and inter- ment made in the Union cemetery. 9 i SmiTH.—Frank K. Smith died at his | necticut cities home in Clearfield on Monday of last week after a brief illness with heart disease. He was born in Bellefonte and was 69 years | prisi old last October. When a small boy he had his feet so badly frozen thatit was found necssary to amputate both legs at the knees in order to save his life. When he became old enough he went to Pine Grove Mills and learned the tailor ‘rade and in 1866 he moved to Clearfield where he worked at his trade ever since. For many years he was treasurer of Clearfield borough and in 1904 he wasthe candidate on the Democratic ticket for register and recorder of Clearfield county but was de- feated through the Republican landslide of that year. Mr. Smith was an Odd Fel- low and a lifelong member of the Presby- terian church. Crippled as he was and dependent only upon the day's wages he made in his work as a tailor, he was ex- tremely charitable and for almost half a century he supported one or more afflicted relatives. In the early sixties he was mar- ried to a Miss Hower, of this county, who survives him with no children. The fun- eral was held last Thursday, burial being made in the Clearfield cemetery. I i EMERICK.—A victim of pneumonia, Miss Luura Belle Emerick passed from this to the life eternal on Friday evening, the 24th inst. She was the youngest member of the family of the lateJohn and Mary Emerick, whose home was just below Hublersburg, in Walker township. Miss Emerick was a great favorite among the younger people of Nittany valley, and was known and admired for her amiable disposition, her desire to give aid or do good wherever it was needed, to almost the entire population of the valley. She was an exemplary member of the Luth- eran church, constant in her devotions to her duties as such, and ever willing to do whatever was in her power for the furtherance of its work and welfare. Her unexpected death is a great shock, not only to the immediate family, of which she left two brothers and two sis- ters, but to the entire community which is better for her having lived in it. Fun- eral services were held on Tuesday morn- ing, burial being made in the Snydertown burial ground. I i FAsIG.—At the residence of her son-in- law, Mr. George Garman, of Half Moon hill, on Friday night last, Mrs. Catharine Fasig passed from life into eternity. She had been ill for many weeks, suffering greatly all the time, and death must have been a happy release from the pains and sufferings of this life, for her. Mrs. Fa. sig was the widow of the late Jeremiah Fasig, and was well known to most of the people of Bellefonte, where she has resided almost her entire life. Her maid- en name was Bartlet, and we understand was the last of the older members of the Bartlet family, her brothers and sisters all having preceded her to the grave years ago. She was a devoted member of the United Brethren church and did her du- ty, as she understood it, faithfully and consistently. She leaves three children, Mrs. George Garman, Mrs. David Mc- Neal and Henry, all of this place. Fun- eral services were held on Monday after- noon in the church of which she was a member, Rev. W. C. Winey officiating. i i CROWTHER. —Rev. Samuel F. Crowther, of the Pittsburg conference of the Metho- dist church, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. James M. Donaghy, East End Pittsburg, on Sunday morning last, after an illness extending over but six days. Rev. Crowther was born in Belle fonte seventy-six years ago, and may possibly be remembered by some of the older readers of the WATCHMAN. The greater portion of his life was spent in .. A ——_—__- DEATH OF A CENTRE COUNTY PloNeer. Rev. D. M. WoLp—In the death of Rev. her kindly disposition, her christian vir- I e¥ FF i sE§ Fee : g I 3s £1 8 Hl : I = Ed I 2 i § ki I 5 i i of i A 2 S g : : | : : : i zens. Rev. Wolf was born near Hublers- | burg, June 15th, 1837, and was the son of | Mr. and Mrs. Michael Wolf, and one of a ' family of eleven children. He began his career as a teacher at the age of fourteen, prepared for college at the Aaronsburg Academy, under the principaiship of J. Iigen Burrell, and in the fall of 1860 entered the Sophomore class of Franklin and Marshall college, from which he grad- uated three years later, receiving the first honor of his class. He then taught for a year in the Boalsburg Academy after which he entered the Theological Semi- nary at Mercersburg where he remained for one year. He was principal of the Oley Academy in Berks county during 1865 and 1866 and then took charge of the Penn Hall Academy, which he conducted lect was as bright as that of a school boy. until 1868 when he was chosen adjunct He was born at Eagleville, March 21st, | professor of languages and mathematics 1821, and had he lived a few days more gu pPranklin and Marshall, serving two would have rounded out eighty-nine years. Sn athn aenhe He was one of the pioneer canal men; Years in that capacity, w became and survivors of that one time vocation pastor of St. John's German Reformed will not fail to remember him, as will also church of this place. This pastorate he other older residents who can call 2 a 8 : A a i E 5 : , i ‘resigned after two years service to ac- ' cept the professorship of ancient lan- guages at Franklin and Marshall college the war, and be- Bt x. Samp 1) eahth compelled is vesiguation of hoe moved his base of operations to Halifax, : where he continued the business until the Same back and resumed teaching at Spring encroachment of railroad transportation Mills, at which place he followed this occasioned the transfer of his energies to vocation almost his entire life, except Uther felds, In A157 hetboughe and during the years 1881-1882 and 1883, when » on the Erie canal, carrying he filled the position of county superin- grain from Buffalo to New York. After tendent of public schools. a time he transferred his to As a minister of the Gospel he was hgh” cil in Nov York Barbe. cares and convincing and hi meron summer trips with his barges 2s 2 pastor will linger long and pleasantly to towns up gg bod and to lake among the people he served. His greatest plain; down the sound to Con- | force however was as an educator and to AS sours ws far a8 Noetol ! this profession he showed a devotion and young men at caning, but soon. st pergistence, Roosevelt hospital in New York city and submitted to the amputation of his left leg. So vigorous and healthy was this old son of Pennsylvania, due largely to his active and temperate life, that in little more than thirty days after the op- eration, he was back at his work, direct- | ing its operation. But the end of his ac- | tivity overtook him and during the sum- | developed abilities, which, to few if any, in - | this section of the State could be credited. Failing in health some six or seven years later, he retired from active work and has since lived a quiet and retired life. The example of his exemplary life | can well be followed by the young men of : the valley in which his name will long be | revered and his death sincerely mourned. | The full measure of good he accomplish- ‘ ed will only be known when the issues of , his life are ballanced by the Judge of all. The funeral services were held on | Thursday morning. Many ministers of mer pio he Same 0 Des Moines 40 the church with which he had been so pass is vemaming years wily long connected participated and an un- surviving daughter, where, ministered to | ‘0 ® : with pe] and affectionate care, he lived usually large concourse of devoted friends over again in memory the years of the and neighbors were in attendance. The past. Captain Alex Lingle came far to find a final resting place, but he sleeps finally in one of the most beauciful spots in Woodland cemetery, amidst the monu- ments of pioneers who have builded a. t city, the very site of which was un- n when the subject of this sketch was starting his business career. Of the large family of Paul and Mary Lingle, only George W., of Bellefonte, and James, of Milesburg, yet survive, at the ages of eighty-seven and eighty-five years re- spectively. If we mistake not one of the name was at one time sheriff of Centre county. In closing we add the following reminis- cence: THE BOAT 18 IN THE LOCK. Back in the misty Fifties When Centre knew not rails; When produce had it's transit ‘Long the Towpaths quiet trails, When telephone and telegraph Were then not common stock A steersman’s horn proclaimed the news. “The boat is in the lock.” The merchant in the little burg, Who many months ago Returned to tell his waiting trade Of what he'd bought below; The best that Philadelphia had Would surely be in stock | As soon as Lingles horn would sound “The boat is in the lock," Just twice a year the “new goods’ came, Hogsheads, boxes, barrels galore— Enough to last from Spring to Fall, From Fall to Spring he'd store; For ere old winter tied things up And transportation block The welcome news the horn would sound, “The boat is in the lock.” In summer time the boatman’s home Contained a vacant chair, A wife and little ones alone, Anxiety always there. And as the days and months rolled by, “The boat is in the lock.” Those days of slow thoughlcertain trend Will soon forgotten be, The boatman, with a new craft launched Upon an unknown sea, His last trip o'er, his life work done, His craft, not grounded or on rock He hears his captains’horn proclaim “The boat is in the lock.” —~S4W. BAKER. Des Moines, Ia., Feb. 23rd, 1910. i I BRUNGART.—Announcement of the death of Mr. Thomas Brungart, of Rebersburg, which occurred on Thursday morning iast, will be a shock to scores of people through- out the county, who knew him well and admired him for his many admirable qualities. He had been ill less than a week with pneumonia, but no apprehen- sion of fatal results were entertained up to within a few hours of his death. Mr. Brungart was a life-long resident of Miles township. By industry and business tact he accumulated a very comfortable com- petency and a few years ago retired from active work and settled down in Rebers- burg. He was an earnest and devoted member of the Lutheran church, one of the most influential men in the township, a Democrat of the purest type, and a citizen of whom any community could be proud. Ohioand western Pennsylvania, | remains were buried in the cemetery at ' Spring Mills near which over fifty years ' of his life were spent. il l GATES.—Lindley Hasting Gates, the ‘second son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. : Gates, passed to the Great Beyond at the Mont Alto sanitorium on Sunday night, | following a lingering illness with tuber- ' culosis and an involvement of the bow- els. Last June the deceased enlisted in the Fifth Regiment bugle corps, which | was later disbanded, and accompanied the | Second Brigade to camp at Somerset, last | July, as a member of company F., of In- diana, Pa. While in camp he contracted : typhoid fever, but after his return home | he partially recovered, though later he fell prey in his weakened condition to the | grim disease, tuberculosis, which was the | direct cause of death. Five weeks ago, | upon the advice of his physician, he en-' | tered the state sanitorium at Mont Alto, | i | where in spite of the very best atten- | tion he passed away at the above men- | tioned time. He was ever characteristic- i ally hopeful and cheerful, so that when | he realized the serious nature of the dis- | ease against which he had to contend he earnestly desired to improve his every chance for recovery and departed for ! Mont Alto, anxiously and bravely striv- | ing to regain his lost health. Practically | until the end his lettets home and to, iis | Deceased was born in Bellefonte, Au- { gust 3rd, 1889, thus being aged 20 years, | 6 months and 24 days. He had since ear- ly boyhood been an industrious, energet- | ic and ambitious young man. During his | school days he carried the Daily News, | and later accepted a position as clerk in |W. J. Zeller's drug store. For several | years he also acted as driver for Sechler | & Co., and upon the illness and death of | the late Joseph Barnes he accepted the | position of driver for the Adams Express | company in Bellefonte, which he filled j most acceptabi® until is own Feceht ill. ness. He was a jovial, kindly young man and won the high esteem of a large cir- cle of acquaintances in this community, who deeply mourn his demise. For sev- eral years past he had been a consistent member of the Presbyterian church and was an upright christian. Surviving are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Gates, and the following broth- ers and sisters: Edward L., Winifred M., 'Eva J., and Charles E. . His father left for Mont Alto on Mon- day and accompanied the remains home, arriving in Bellefonte Tuesday afternoon. Funeral services were held on Wednesday afternoon at three o'clock, from the home on East Lamb street, conducted by his pastor, Rev. J. Allison Platts. Interment was made in the Union cemetery. f i Pr HensHey.—At Unionville on Saturday morning last, Mrs. B. B. Henshey, widow of the late Rev. B. B. Henshey, passed peacefully to her long home. She was a the | daughter of Abe Russell, deceased, of Unionville, a woman greatly respected for SHECKLER.— After a lingering illness extending over several months, Mrs. John Sheckler passed peacefully away at her home on Thomas street, on the evening of February 24th. Within the year, Mrs. Sheckler had buried two sisters, who were taken with the same dread disease—con- sumption—that carried her off. Before , marriage Mrs. Sheckler was Miss Clara Hoover, daughter of Mr. A. M. and Ada Hoover, of Bald Eagle valley. She was a woman admired by all who knew her; a devoted member of the Methodist church and one who had made many friends among the people of our town. She was about 24 years of age and leaves a hus- ; band and two children to mourn their i great loss. The funeral services were held on Sunday morning, and interment i made in the new or Trcziyulny cemetery ; at Milesburg. # # HerrING.—William Herring, of Pennsyl- vania Furnace, died in the hospital at Altoona on Sunday morning last, from an ulcerated stomach. He was a son of Daniel and Rebecca Herring, and was born at Eagleville, 55 years ago. He leaves two sisters, Mrs. C. L. Williams and Mrs. Frank Sparr, both of Altoona. ——There will be no moving picture _ entertainment at the Scenic tonight, owing to Brush, the magician, appearing in Petriken hall, but to-morrow night you can witness the same good quality ; of pictures as are shown there night after night. Always the latest and always the best; and five cents pays for almost an hour of rare entertainment. coe THE LONG AGo.—For the following in- | teresting reminiscences of Bellefonte and Methodism in these parts we are indebt- ed to Rev. T. S. Wilcox, to whom the let- ter was addressed. We know it will be read with great interest by the children and grand-children of the families men- tioned and by others whose people were residents of the town at the time refer- red to. Sixty-eight years ago is a long time to remember and we doubt if there is a single living person in this section, who was a member of the M. E. church of Bellefonte at thai time who will rec- ollect Mr. Waring or his struggles to prepare for the ministry. We can recall possibly a half-dozen citizens who will re- Harris, and a resident of the town, but all the other people with whom he asso- ciated and became familiar are gone. We are greatly obliged to both Rev. Waring and Rev. Wilcox for this deeply interest. ing account of the long agqQ, and feel that the many readers of the WATCHMAN will be thankful for the reminiscences given. 1 A REMINISCENCE. | The Pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Church, Bellefonte, Pa. | DEAR BROTHER: | Tho personally a stranger, yet events, | occurring not over sixty years ago, and | connecting me With rile Shureh of vipich ou are pastor, im writing. In November, 1842, I went to Bellefonte, a green English boy. And yet perha so green as I may have red; my parents appreciated learning and gave me I: cH i 8 | g 7 ! i g : i i 1s 737 ih 32 #3 ft H S53 : ‘ : Jit | f ; : i i : ; i Hl : i : fL : i i i : i ix% 7 g i: | - L ; i jl [Ht fick ; : | 6 i i FEE] sf I Bt Ww oh 7 | | ' a= 2 £. g§ 8 i i fe ! ‘ ft ! 2 = i g 5) Foal i ; i i | i 7 8 ie | : : i »3 > 3 | fl 5 F i g¥ i it ! | i ot §%8 I il ii g h i nj 3 | I gd g z i i } ot : i i F i% 235i i ; i Fpef REX the larger cities, the work in circuits, ly with two preaciiers a married and a single man. things Hun three, Jeemot'so Stati in the way acceptance er. was inex- perienst and lackt prepaation. Prof. afterwards bishop, Ki had just a biblical i matters | stated to bu re- peld them all. He said I did not need to go to Meadville; that he would draft an outline of study for me, a have the advan of pu all I ac- Jug and 3 3 -— g £ g isd BER: SL s sogitiice this kind offer. The next morning I noticed Mr. Harris writing at his desk. Soon he handing me a folded paper, and re- me, . questing me to take it to Mr. Harvey Mc- | lure’s. He did not say anything as to the object in view, and as | was in the: habit of carrying messages for him, I did not suspect his purpose. This Brother the principal harness shop in the place When I handed him the paper, after read. ing it he said, “what kind of a saddle and bridle do you want?" , O" i : nderstanding - with him.” “0, he re- “this is an order for a complete out- , saddle, bridle, halter and sad- lose the 2 g 5 % BETZ HIE ZR E ¥ i i i: i g £ & 2 E g g E i i TEE i 2. 1 fi Wh f=zit i 288 E £% == EEE E= Ee 45 Tr 8.22 i as 3 : § : iE g i i 578 g g £ : ; i g : i oF <E 2 | 2 £Ez3 3g 2 3 1 is i i : 2 it He 5 i g a £ g £ i : EE _: 5 8 ; £ g a § 8 i 2 : fi: i 2 t % 2 i I Li 82 H &g i 3 58 28 Eg Lg! : E y i 53 : Z 2 wv 3 : z i g : : i 8 i 3 exten- to within 20 and lay in ton, : { § i Hite g i Feit +4 7 2 : g | gE at the Port- two or school 3 § g g baal gE ii =58 } I i : : appoint- 1 £2 g 3 g : i ; t 228 sé : conference, in fell by divi- conference; g 5 : Ef ; i iT 1 i { : 1 i 5 : 2 i f i ! : : 5 i g gE ! i : | g £ 85 g 8 3 SEE Burlington, turned to | i : , McClure was one of our leaders, and had | | member him as an apprentice to Mr. | i 3.4 ] i i g§2 t : t : : F i § g i g ® g ie | : { | | : £ i i § ! gf gf # : #EE i i 358 jit 0 | ! : g | i i | ; bi FE I : 2 5 iil H] ge departmen ys ik is i : g i ig circuit. And I did not learn of my new work—| Columbia county, un- til I came in to Bellefonte after the meet- ng. PINE GROVE MENTION. Tuesday Geo. Inhoof flitted to State College. Mrs. Milton Carver is laid up with a badly broken ankle. Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Ward spent Sunday at the State capital. J. S. Miller was a Linden Hall visitor Sunda and Monday. Miss Witmer spent last week with friends at Rock Springs. J. B. Heberling left for a few days outing at Williamsport and Philadelphia. Levi Walker spent Wednesday in Williamsport in quest of a job of carpentering. Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Thomas spent Sunday at the Shugerts home on the Branch. The annual banquet of the High school will be held this Friday in the I. O. O.F. hall. Mr. and Mrs. M. M. Hockens spent a day shop- pingin Bellefonte the fore part of the week. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Goss and Walter Dreible- ; bis are among the “shut ins" with the grip. Wm. Mayes, the popular marble man of How- ard, spent Sunday with his parents at Lemont. Mr. and Mrs. Reuben Crust are making a two , weeks visit among their friends at Greensburg. Charles Dale and wife, with Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Kimport spent Saturday with friends in Fair brook. Mrs. Olie Johnson is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Moses Walters, near Jacksonville, for the past 10 days. Michael Grove, one of Gregg towrships tight laced Democrats, tarried in town on Tuesday to greet his old friends. Miss Anna Campbell who is one of the teachers in the Altoona High school, spent Sunday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. M, Campbell. Wm. Brown, of the Sucker State, is visiting his uncle,]). H. Brown, on the Branch, and other rela- tives in old Centre county, his native home. - | A nice little girl came to Clyde Smeltzers ' home; its No.7. The same day a chubby littl Miss came to the home of Robert Rossman; it No. 2. A congregational meeting will’ be held in the . Presbyterian church here Monday evening at 7:30 o'clock. A full tarn out of the congregation is Mr. J. W. Larimer, of Mt. Carroll, lil., who has been east for some time, is quite ill with acom- Our jovial huckster Mr. Patton, had rathér an expensive upset in the drifts on Monday on his way to Philipsburg, losing about $9.00 worth of eggs and other stuff, Friday, Mr. E. P. Rupp flitted from Altoona and stored his household goods at J. N. Everts until April 1st, when they go to housekeep- in the Everts home. rday evening, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Shu. Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Kimport, Mrs. R.G. Goheen and Sam Lester were entertained at gif Prof. W. A. Moyer will teach a spring term at old Pine Grove Academy, principally on the plac. There should be a large class of | students as the professor has had years of exper- g a ! The farmers who stayed awake nights over the ice bound grain fields are agreeably surprised as the wheat has come out of its winter quarters green and strong, so that first showing for a bounteous crop is good. Friday evening a jolly party of sledders formed a farewell party that thronged the J. H. Everhart home. Mrs. Geo. Irvin and Mrs. Geo. McWilliams managed the affair to the surprise of the genial couple who are flitting to Blair county. | Tuesday Charley Lytle tried his hand breaking | a young driving horse. Theeffort was a dismal failure as the nag got the better of him at the start and ran away, two wheels of the rig passing over his body. The horse was captured a mile | away after demolishing the rig. Charley was | only slightly hurt but had a ruffled temper the | balance of the day. SPRING MILLS 1s. em | Three weeks more of winter,~then for spring. | Miss Ella Cummings was on the sick list a few days last week. | Washington's birthday was observed here about as usual, just like any other day. The warm rain on Sunday and Monday last ' played havoc with sleighing and sledding in this ' neighborhood. Mrs. Lucinda Runkle 83 years of age met with a very serious accident last week by slipping on the ice and breaking her hip bone. | Squire Jamison,after being on the sick calendar for several weeks, is again able to resume his Mrs. W. T. Steely and Mrs. Forsman, of Sun- bury, were here last week, visiting relatives and in the valley, guests of Mrs. C.C. Cum- ~—There was more circus playing and acrobatic feats performed on the ice by pedestrians this ' winter in our town, than in any previous year;
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