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Democratic State Ticket.
For United States Senator,
A. M. PALMER, Monroe county.
For Governor,
VANCE C. McCorMICK, Dauphin county.
For Lieutenant Governor,
WiLLiaM T. Creasy, Columbia county.
For Secretary of Internal Affairs,
WiLLiAM N. MCNAIR, Allegheny county.
For Congressman-at-Large,
ROBT. S. BRIGHT, Philadelphia county.
MARTIN JENNINGS CATON, Allegheny Co.
ARTHUR B. CLARK, Blair county.
CHARLES, N. CrosBY, Crawford county.
For District Congressman,
WiLLiaM E. ToBias, Clearfield.
For State Senator,
WiLLiIAM H. PATTERSON, Clearfield.
For Member Legislature,
Davip W. MILLER, Ferguson Twp.
For State Committeemen,
W. D. ZERBY, Bellefonte.
For County Chairman,
ARTHUR B. LEE, Bellefonte.
ADDITIONAL LOCAL NEWS.
ILLEGAL FISHERMEN CAUGHT IN POLICE
NET.—John Fisher, Sydney Walters and
Calvin Rice, three Bellefonte young men
about nineteen years of age, were ar-
rested for illegal fishing by chief of
police Harry Dukeman, on Tuesday
morning and in default of paying $71.91
fines, and costsjare at this writing lan-
guishing inthe Centre county jail. The
young men have been suspected for some
time past of putting outlines in both
Spring creek and Logan’s branch, and
had been warned by the police to desist.
They treated the matter as a joke and
policeman Dukeman determined to catch
them. He patrolled the streams several
nights without seeing any one. Tuesday
morning about two o'clock Dukeman
went up Spring creek in the neighbor-
hood of the old pump house where he
secreted himself. He had a long wait
but between four and five o’clock the
three young men named appeared and
proceeded to lift their outlines. They
lifted three in Spring creek and got one
ten inch trout. About that time Duke-
man made his appearance and placed
them all under arrest. They also admit-
ted that they had one outline in Logan’s
branch.
The outlines were confiscated and the
young men taken before 'Squire Musser
for a hearing. After hearing the evidence
against them the "Squire fined each one
ten dollars for fishing with an outline
and ten dollars for catching one trout
illegally, or twenty dollars each; and
divided the cost $11.91 between the three
making a total of $23.97 for each of the
three fishermen. Being unable to pay
the fine they were all sent to jail.
THE YEARICK—HOY REUNION.— One
of the largest crowds that has ever at-
tended the annual reunion of the Yearick-
Hoy families assembled at Hecla park
last Thursday on the occasion of their
eleventh annual gathering. The execu-
tive committee held a brief session in the
morning and at twelve o’clock the well
filled baskets were opened and all present
. enjoyed the bountiful dinner.
A general meeting was held at 1.30:
o'clock. The invocation was pronounced
by Dr. Ambrose M. Schmidt. A hymn
was sung by the assemblage after which
Rev. E. H. Zachman, of Howard, offered
prayer and Rev. W. E. Harr, of Lock
Haven, delivered an inspiring address.
Remarks were also made by Rev. Hoover,
of Hublersburg. Reports were read by
secretary J. Henry Wetzel and treasurer
Albert: Spayd, and the meeting closed with
prayer by Rev. Z. A. Yearick, of Shamo-
kin.
The executive committee is composed
of the following: Rev. Z. A. Yearick,
D. D., president and historian; N. H.
Yearick, vice president; Hon. J. Henry
Wetzel, secretary; Albert Spayd, treas-
urer; John S. Hoy, historian; Adam R.
Yearick, Benjamin Royer, S. R. Gettig,
Samuel C. Hoy, Allison Rishel, D. K.
Miller, William Yearick, Henry Yearick,
John C. Hoy, Amos Garbrick, D. K.
Woodring.
SINGLETON--George Washington Single-
ton, a brother of Andrew Singleton, of
Unionville, died in the German hospital,
Philadelphia last Saturday afterncon,
following an operation performed sev-
eral weeks ago.
Deceased was a son of John and Annie
Lucas Singleton, and was born in Union :
township, Centre county, January 11th,
1845; hence was in his seventieth year.
| When but sixteen years of age he en-
i listed for service in the Civil war and
i served until discharged in June, 1865.
| Returning from the war he engaged in
farming and eventually moved to Blair
county, where he farmed until a few
years ago when he retired and moved to
Williamsburg. Mr. Singleton was mar-
ried three times, his first wife being Miss
dren, five of whom survive. His second
wife was Miss Jennie Way. They had
four children, all living. His third wife
was Miss Mary Hoover, who survives
with no children. His brother Andrew
is the only survivor of his father’s fam-
ily. The remains were taken from Phil-
adelphia to Williamsburg where burial
was made on Wednesday. !
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SMITH.—Mrs. Bessie L. Smith, wife of
burg High school, died at the Bellefonte
ture childbirth.
Deceased was a daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. James Bryan and was born in
Milesburg a little over twenty-two years
ago. Her entire life was spent in that
borough and she had many friends who
sincerely mourn her untimely death. She
had been a member of the Methodist
church since girlhood and was a sincere
follower of all its doctrines and teach-
ings. On October 30th, 1913, she was
tion to her husband she is survived by
and sisters: Mrs. George McCullough,
of Milesburg; Roland, John, Latimer,
Wayne and Leonore, all at home.
The funeral was held at two o’clock
last Sunday afternoon. Rev. H. K. Ash
officiated and was assisted by Rev. M. C.
Pifer. Burial was made in the Curtin
cemetery.
of her son-in-law, Dr. A. G. Lieb, at Cen-
tre Hall, on Tuesday morning. Two
years ago she lost her eye-sight and her
| death was the result of general infirmi-
ties. :
She was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Horace Stoughton and was born in Wind-
sor, Conn, on September 14th, 1821,
hence at her death was 92 years, 9
months and 9 days old. Most of her
married life was spent in Camden, N. J,,
but during the past nine years she had
been a resident of the Lieb household.
She was the last to die of her father’s
family and the last surviving chrter mem-
ber of the Second Presbyterian church of
Camden. Her surviving children are Ed-
ward A. Smith, of Germantown; Dr. S.
Bryan Smith, of Merchantville, N. J., and
Mrs. A. G. Lieb, of Centre Hall.
Brief funeral services were held at the
Lieb home at four o'clock on Wednesday
afternoon by Rev. Jones, and yesterday
the remains were taken to Camden, N.
J., where burial will be made this morn-
ing.
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brother of Mrs. Frank P. Blair and a
member of the Philadelphia Public
Ledger staff, died at his home at Chester,
on Tuesday, after five weeks’ illness
with blood poisoning. Mr. Entwisle was
in Bellefonte in the interest of the Pub-
i lic Ledger when Senator Penrose was
here on May 14th. It was shortly after
: that that a slight wound on his foot be-
came infected from his stocking and
i blood poisoning resulted. Deceased was
a newspaper man all his life and in ad-
| dition was the author of several books.
| Mrs. Blair went to Chester to attend
the funeral.
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STOVER.—Harry Earnshaw Stover, who
| married Miss Lettie Stover, daughter of
| the late Frank B. Stover, for many years
| residents of Bellefonte, died at his home
‘in Hagerstown, Md., on June 14th. His
| wife and one son, Frederick, survive.
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| WHO Was THIS AUTOMOBILIST? —Clar-
“enced Kryder, of Charlton, Clinton coun-
‘ty, was driving along the state road
near Woolrich, about 10.30 o’clock on
| Sunday night when his horse frightened
Jennie Crust, by whom he had six chil- |
Laun C. Smith, principal of the Miles- |
hospital at six o’clock last Friday morn- |
ing, of peritonitis, the result of prema-
united in marriage to Laun C. Smith, at!
Luthersburg, Clearfield county. In addi-'
her parents and the following brothers’
SMITH.—Mrs. Henrietta Smith, widow |!
of Samuel Bryan Smith, died at the home |
ENTWISLE.—Thomas W. Entwisle, a
——Former policeman Jacob Knisely
has control of a squad of prisoners at the
new penitentiary who are remodeling the
old Adam Wagner farm house. Jake
makes a formidable looking guard, but
he would not be much on a sprint if call-
ed upon to run after a prisoner.
eee eens Me
——Hugh Etters, Meyer Musser and
Norman Dale, three young men of State
College, left on Wednesday for Fruitland
Park, Florida, where they will work on
the Centre county colonization tract.
They will spend the summer there and
may remain throughout the year.
——Walter Eberhart, son of Mr. and
Mrs. George Eberhart, attempted to catch
a strange horse at the fair grounds last
Sunday, when the animal struck him on
the left leg with one of -its fore feet,
: breaking the bone above the ankle. He
(is now in the Bellefonte hospital for
| treatment.
SERA
i =——The Harry Copping Carnival com-
pany did a good buginéss in Bellefonte
last week, but at that the net income to
the Bellefonte hospital from their
percentage of the receipts was only
about $74.00. This was owing to the fact
that ticket takers had to be employed
and paid for, and the light bill for the
week amounted to fifty dollars, bringing
: the expenses up to almost one hundred
dollars.
——George C. Gummo, son of G. W.
Gummo, of State College, passed a worth-
less check for ten dollars on Sim Baum
on Monday. The check was on the First
National bank of State College, and as
soon as Mr. Baum discovered it was no
good he notified the police. Gummo was
arrested but on Tuesday his father came
to Bellefonte and made good the check
1 and costs, after which the young man
was discharged.
AY
—If all reports are correct hunters
this fall will greatly regret the fact that
wild turkeys are protected, as they are
reported as unusually plentiful. Old
mother turkeys with flocks of from a
"dozen to fifteen young ones have been
seen at various places on the mountains,
and the birds do not appear extraordi-
narily wild, either. Pheasants are also
reported as hatching well and the pros-
. pects are that these birds will be quite
; plentiful, too.
——On Monday afternoon the automo-
bile driven by Miss Ellen Hayes collided’
, with a buggy driven by Miles Decker, at
. the sharp turnin the road beyond Bea-
ver’s farm, wrecking the buggy and
| throwing Miles violently to the ground.
| He was badly bruised on the
arms and legs but had no bones broken.
1 The horse tore loose from the buggy
| and ran away, but was caught before it
had gone far. Miss Hayes’ automobile
‘was only slightly damaged and none of
. the occupants of the car hurt.
: ——Mr. Sigmund Joseph’s serious ill-
ness, in the Bellefonte hospital, is cause
| for general regret among the people of
' this community. He was stricken about
three o'clock Saturday afternoon and by.
- Monday morning his condition was so
grave that Dr. Friedman was telegraphed
to come at once. He came here Mon-
‘day night and early Tuesday morning
. Mr. Joseph was taken to the hospital
and an operation performed. A second
“operation was performed the same after-
i noon, and although the gravity of his
condition is fully realized the fact that
| he was no worse yesterday is comforting
news to his many friends.
{| SUMMER SCHOOL FOR TEACHERS.—The
six weeks summer school for teachers
i will begin at State College on Monday of
i next week. Up to the present time 275
teachers have registered and from the
| number of inquiries received at the office
lof Dr. Smith, who has charge of the
| registration of teachers, the attendance
this year will exceed that of last year,
{ when about four hundred teachers were
present.
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| ACRES OF WATERMELONS.— Lhe Cen-
| tral Pennsylvania Florida Land Develop-
| ment company, organized in Bellefonte
| two months ago, held a meeting in Ty-
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| rone last Thursday evening and authoriz-
. ed the planting of 500 acres of their 3,000
| acre tract in watermelons to be ready for
| market next spring. It was decided to
| continue the services of Warren G. Ross,
(in charge of developing the tract. Mr.
! Ross was formerly superintendent of the
| penitentiary farms in Benner township,
| and his work so far has been very satis-
factory. Cv
A FAMILY PARTY.—Mrs. C.J. Hamilton
rr ———— fp nt,
ANOTHER BURNING ACCIDENT.—While at a large touring car standing alongside | entertained at her home June 20th, in
playing in the yard at the John Ball the road, plunged to one side, threw | honor of her mother,Mrs. Elizabeth Mar-
home at Morrisdale, on Wednesday even- | Kryder out then ran into the river. He | tin who makes her home with her. Mrs.
ing of last week, Zella, the three year old | broke the harness, got loose from the']J. C. Boggs, of Altoona, Pa., her aunt;
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Conway, buggy, which was badly damaged and | Mr. Edward Moyer, of
Valley Falls,
of near Philadelphia, got hold of some | finally waded ashore. Cryder was not Kansas, her uncle, these three being the
matches and in attempting to start a fire : seriously injured. The car was without last survivors of the late Frederick
ignited her clothing. Before discovered
she was terribly burned on the face, head
and upper part of the body. The child
was taken to the Cottage State hospital,
Philipsburg, where it suffered in great
agony until Thursday noon, when its
death followed. Mrs. Conway and child
had gone to Morrisdale on account of
the serious illness of the former’s sister,
Mrs. Ball, who underwent an operation
on Tuesday, in McGirk’s sanitorium.
——Kate Douglass Wiggin is one of
the most interesting writers of fiction of
the present day. Read the opening in-
stallampne <5. “Tha Story of
Waitstill Baxter,” in this pip2r tlis
week.
lights in front and the young man took.
the number thereof. At the police head-
' quarters in Lock Haven the license num-
| ber was looked up and it was found that
| the machine belonged to a Bellefonte
‘man. His name, however, has not been
"divulged, though Kryder expects him to
, settle for the damages to his buggy and
| harness.
——Fred Cummings, an Italian inmate
| of the Bellefonte poor house, fell froma
Second story window of the house, last
Friday afternoon, severely injuring his
| back and cutting quite a gash in his
head. Mr. Cummings is totally blind,
nviag tu. his eyes a 2 promatere blast
at the stone quarries several years ago.
Moyer, of Boalsburg. The guests pres-
ent were Mr. L. Anspach and wife, of
| Petersburg; Harry C. Isett and wife, of
| Harrisburg; Wm. E. Lightner, Mrs. M.
Valentine and daughter Hazel, and Mrs.
J. G. Davis, of Altoona; John H. Martin,
of Clearfield; Mrs. Wilson Romick, Mr.
and Mrs. Clyde Smith and daughter
Meriam, of Bellefonte. After doing jus-
tice to a sumptuous dinner, J. Clyde
Smith took a snap shot picture of the
crowd. The remainder of the day until
the 4:44 train being spent in having a
jolly good time when they departed for
their respective homes, hoping to meet
| in the future on a similar occasion.
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——Have your Job Work done here
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AN IMPORTANT COURT DECISION—]udge
Orvis handed down a decision on Wed-
nesday in the case of John A. Confer vs.
the Poor Overseers of Snow Shoe bor-
ough, which is of interest to many people
throughout the county. Mr. Confer is
an undertaker at Snow Shoe and some
time ago he buried an indigent man and
child. At the time he failed to take out
an order of relief and when he finally
presented his bill to the overseers of the
poor payment was refused because an
order of relief was not taken out within
ten days as required by law. Confer
then brought suit against the overseers
of the poor and at a hearing before Judge
Orvis plead a misunderstanding of the
law as the reason for his failure to take
out an order of relief within the pre-
scribed time. Judge Orvis dismissed the
case against the overseers and in his
opinion said as follows:
In each case the Act of 1893 imposes
upon the plaintiff the duty of taking out
the order of relief within ten days. There
is a broad public reason for this legisla-
tion. The Legislature has seen fit to re-
quire on grounds of public policy, anyone
charging or attempting to charge a poor
district for services rendered in an alleg-
ed emergency case, to give notice of rec-
ord within ten days. This is the condi-
tion absolutely precedent without which
no claim or charge is valid.
In these two cases it may seem a hard-
ship. No doubt, the charges are rea-
sonable, and if proper steps had been
taken, properly payable by the poor dis-
trict, and it may seem a hardship that
one citizen should lose his labor and cost
of his material through a misunderstand-
ing of the law, but we feel that we have
no alternative but to enforce the plain
provisions of legislation, which in the
main is proper and reasonable in its re-
quirements.
PIFER—WETZEL.—Quite a pretty wed-
ding took place at the home of Hon. and
Mrs. J. Henry Wetzel, on Wednesday
evening, when their daughter, Miss Adah
Lucille Wetzel became the bride of Mal-
colm R. Pifer, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. A.
Pifer, of Howard. Between forty-five
and fifty guests were present to witness
the ceremony which took place at six
o'clock, and which was performed by
Rev. Dr. Ambrose M. Schmidt, of the
Reformed church, the ring service being
used. The bride wore a gown of white
crepe de chine trimmed with duchess
lace. Her bridesmaid, Miss Ruth Wetzel,
wore a gown of white chiffon cloth over-
messaline, with bead trimming. The
bridegroom’s brother, George Pifer, of
Howard, officiated as best man, while
Mrs. Edward L. Gates played Men-
delssohn’s wedding march as the bridal
party marched to the improvised floral
altar in the parlor of the Wetzel home.
Following the ceremony a delicious
wedding dinner was served and later Mr.
and Mrs. Pifer left on a wedding trip to
eastern cities. The bride is a graduate
of the Bellefonte High school and during
the past two years has been stenographer
in the office of county treasurer John D.
Miller. The bridegroom is an energetic
and hustling young man and until the
recent suspension worked for the Penn-
sylvania railroad company in Altoona.
The WATCHMAN extends congratula-
tions.
WESTBURG—OLSON.—Carl Westburg, of
Drifting, Clearfield county, and Miss El-
len Victoria Olson, of Knox Run, Clear- |
field county, were united in marriage ‘at
the Lutheran parsonage on Wednesday
morning by the pastor, Rev. William M.
B. Glanding. The young couple were
attended by Lars Westburg, a brother of
the bridegroom, and Miss Signe Amelia
Charlotte Larson. They left the same
afternoon on a brief wedding trip.
ROSS—GILLILAND. — William D. Ross
and Miss Jane M. Gilliland, two well
known young people of Karthaus, were
married at the parsonage of the First
Methodist church in Tyrone, at 9.30
o'clock last Thursday evening, by the
pastor, Rev. W. W. Hartman.
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SUMMER SOCIABILITIES.—Those who
have entertained the past week include
Miss Rose Fauble, who gave a dinner at
‘her home on High street, Thursday of
last week.
Miss Mary S. Thomas’ card party Sat-
urday night, was given in honor of Mrs.
Hibbs and her daughter, Miss Hibbs,
guests of Mrs. E. H. Richard.
Mrs. Harry Schreyer, of Chicago, gave
a luncheon at the Country club, Monday
at noon, for some of her Bellefonte
friends, the guests being taken down in
Mr. Schreyer’s car.
Monday afternoon Miss Grace Cook
was hostess at a card party, twelve of her
girl friends being her guests.
Tuesday evening Mrs. John M. Dale
gave a dancing party at the town hall
for the friends of her daughter, Miss Vir-
ginia Dale, in compliment of the Misses
Whitmer, of Philadelphia.
The same evening Miss May Taylor
entertained with cards, Mrs. Samuel H.
Taylor, of Bridgeport, Conn., being the
honor guest.
At Mrs. Callaway’s card party Wednes-
day night, which was given for Mrs.
Richard's guests and Mrs. Blackburn, two
tables at bridge were in play.
A dance for which between forty and
fifty invitations have been issued will be
given by Mrs. John S. Walker, for her
son Robert, at the Country club, Tuesday
night of next week.
——Mail carrier Edward Woods is
taking a weeks vacation this hot weath-
er, and he is not going to exert himself
enough to go trout fishing. However, on
Tuesday he went up to the new peni-
tentiary and looked the thing over, but
so far it didn’t look much like a peni-
tentiary to him.
LEA
With the Churches of the
County.
Notes of Interest to Church People of
all Denominations in 2ll Pats of
the County.
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SOCIETY.
Service Sunday 10:45 a. m. Wednes-
day 8 p. m., 93 E. High street.
Preaching services to be conducted in
the Y. M. C. A. building Sunday, June
28th at 3 p. m. Subject, “The New Birth,”
by Mrs. E. A. Holbrook, of Bellefonte.
Marriage Licenses.
Ardie Eboch, of Philipsburg, and Jane
Marie Cook, of Allport.
Albert T. Brown and Sarah R. Has-
singer, both of Milesburg.
George F. Northamer, of Philipsburg,
and Rachel E. Dixon, of Clearfield.
Wm. J. Kelley, of Howard, and Theresa
Johnson, of Bellefonte.
Malcolm R. Pifer, of Howard, and Adah
Lucille Wetzel, of Bellefonte.
Earle Houtz of Lemont, and Carrie
Rishel, of Oak Hall.
Alonza H. Newman and Ethel A. Bryan, !
both of Philipsburg.
Merrill D. Sharer, of Indiana, Pa., and !
Rosie E. Bowers, of Homer City, Pa.
Ralph R. Etters, of Clarence, and Lola
M. McCartney, of Mt. Eagle. .
Real Estate Transfers.
Nannie M. Gilliland Guard. to Theo.
D. Boal, tract of land in College Twp.;
$120.
A. B. Lee, sheriff, to Thos. H. Harter,
tract of land in Union Twp.; $31.
William H. Parker et ux to William L.
Foster, tract of land in State College;
$700.
Frank Osman et ux to Frank Penning-
ton, tract of land in College Twp.; $1500.
Elwood Shiffer to Albert V. Miller,
tract of land in South Philipsburg; $400.
Arthur B. Lee, sheriff, to John Lowber
Welsh, Jr., tract of land in Spring Twp.;
$240.91.
Lyman G. Emerick et ux to Anna M.
Meyer, tract of land in College Twp.;
$700.
Harry A. Leitzell et ux to Richard C.
Harlow, tract of land in State College;
$600.
Jared Harper et ux to Mary J. Kane,
tract of land in Spring Twp.; $900.
J. H. Crouse to J. E. Holloway, tract of
land in Penn Twp.; $600.
William Garland to Lizzie E Baer, tract
of land in Rush Twp; $120.
Julia C. Harvey et bar to Elizabeth S.
Thompson,tract of land in State College;
$1100.
Carrie M. Cowher et bar to Willis F. |
Shuey, tract of land in Spring Twp; $575.
Eli Wessinger et al to Annie Rider,
tract of land in Spring Twp; $300.
Margaret; M. Robison to W. Fred Rey-
nolds, tract of land in Center & Clearficld
Co.; $1500. :
E. H. Hackenberg et ux to Ammon Emig
tract of land in Penn Twp; $325.
Sadie Shank et bar to Frederick J.
Gross, tract of land in Rush Twp; $500.
Andrew Lytle et ux to John H. White,
tract of land in College Twp. ; $400.
John L. Holmes et al to Curtis H. Nei-
digh, tract of land in Ferguson Twp.;
$600.
PINE GROVE MENTION.
Mrs. John Rudy is a victim of the measles.
Frank Weiland loaded a car with baled straw.
Mrs. Perry Woolford is among the sick this
week.
Hay making is well on the way, but a very
light crop. .
S. E. Weber loaded a car of hay at Fairbrook,
on Saturday.
Samuel Wilson and wife were Blair county vis-
itors over Sunday.
The long looked for rain came Friday night
and revived vegetation.
Rey. L. S. Spangler preached for the Bellwood
Lutherans last Sunday. :
John Thomas is shy a $300 horse, which died
Saturday, near Stormstown.
George Young and sister Mary are visiting
friends in the Buckeye State.
Mrs. Isaac Woomer is visiting friends in Blair
county and expects to be gone several weeks.
Miss Anna Ward, who has been confined to
bed all winter, is now able to be out of doors.
C. A. Meyers, the jolly barber, is making a
weeks’ visit among his childhood scenes at Beech
Creek.
A. S. Bailey, J. E. Reed and C. M. Trostle each
invested in a Keystone hay loader and side de-
livery rake.
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Rudy are now snugly
fixed at grandpa J. W. Miller's home on east
Main street.
Dr. Frank Bowersox, of Philadelphia, is home
spending his annual vacation among his Centre
county friends.
Mrs. P. A. Ward, of Bellefonte, is a welcome
visitor at the William Wellington Woomer home,
at State College.
Mr. and Mrs. George Woods, of Wilmerding,
are spending the hot weather at his parental
home on Main street.
Mary Jane Stewart, of Altoona, and grand-
daughter, Margaret Stiver, are visitors at the G.
W. McWilliams home.
James Sterrett Oliver is leveling a tennis court
in his meadow, where the young bloods of
Graysville can spend their leisure hours.
Ed. Jamison, one of Gregg township's tight-
laced Democrats and successful farmers, was
among the home seekers at State College Satur-
day.
Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Parsons, of Fairbrook,
spent last Friday in Bellefonte; Mr. Parsons at-
tending to business and his wife doing some
shopping.
‘Charley Decker, wife and daughter, of Tyrone,
have been visiting his aged father, Fred Decker,
on the well ki.own Decker home. Fred is the
oldest citizen in that section.
Dr. C. T. Aikens,David ¥. Kapp and N, E. Hess
were within our gates Sunday evening to hear
Dr. Wooster, of the Susquehanna University,
preach in the Lutheran church.
Rev. R. M. Campbell bade adieu to his flock on
Monday, for a fishing tour along the blue Juniata,
and will be absent several weeks. His friends
wish him a joyous time and a good catch.
The cosy home of Mr. and Mrs. Frair.k Bower-
sox on east Main street, was the scene of a pleas-
ant gathering on Wednesday, in honor of Mrs.
Bowersox’s seventy-seventh birthday anniver-
sary.
LEMONT.
William Grove moved his family into Mrs. Cor-
nelius Dale’s tenant house last Friday.
The fine rain that fell Sunday and Monday
was certainly needed by all vegetation.
John Waite and family came up from Lock Ha-
ven, Saturday, to visit at the home of Mrs. Jacob
Bottorf.
The wheat is beginning to color and will be
ripe by the first of the month. It seems to be fill-
ing well. :
William Musser, of Florida, has been circulat-
ing among his many friends in these parts the
last few weeks.
John Stamm and family returned home last
vreek after spending more than a week here and
at State College.
Oats and cern have been growing very slowly,
but with sufficient rain from now on, there may
be a fair to good crop yet.
The Houser reunion and the Hoy reunion,
which were held last Thursday, were well attend-
ed, and all had a very pleasant time.
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Ancient Prophecy Fulfilled But Puzzle:
Concerning the Earliest Celtic
People Remains.
The quantity of pure gold ornaments
found in Ireland and in the Celtic
parts of Scotland is one of the puzzles
of the civilization of the ancient Celtic
peoples, says the duke of Argyll
| Where did they obtain enough gold to
make the twisted wire, the bracelets
with the open space between the
spoonlike ends? Did they obtain the
: metal by barter with strangers, and, if
so, what could they give in exchange
for so much bullion?
In Sutherland, of late years, gold in
tiny scales has been found in the
sands. It is strange that the objects
in gold are usually large. Few small
ornaments in this most precious metal
have been recovered. I knew of one
hoard recovered, and, although the
legend that it existed had currency
among the people for some time, it had
never been searched for, and was ob-
tained by accident. A great boulder-
stone lay on grass-grown ground at the
bottom of a valley.
It had probably been dislodged by
some volcanic upheaval from a cliff
which overlooked this valley. There it
stood “on end,” and there was a tale
connected with it, but the story was
treated as an old wife’s “havers,” and
no man had dug to find out the truth.
Agriculture, however, began to be
systematically pursued, and all land at
low level was required. Superstition
among the crofters made them avow:
that the concealed gold would never
be found until the son of a stranger
came. Powder was utilized to blast
| away the big boulder-stone. Plowing
| had already been undertaken around
i It.
The plowman waited at some dis-
i tance with his team until the blast had
, taken effect. When the pieces of rock
were removed the plow was drawn
over the site. It was a recently-em-
ployed English boy who guided the
plow. Three solid gold bracelets wers
found on the spot where the boulder
had once been. Thus an English boy
fulfilled the prophecy of the story of
long ago. ?
Native Born Generally Lose It If Edu
cated Abroad—Peculiarity of
Negroes of Jamaica.
The Belfast brogue, it is pointed out
by a correspondent, is the most pro-
nounced in the whole of Ireland, for
the vowels are shorter than in Cork,
and the hard consonants harder than
in Glasgow. In Dublin, where they
think they speak the most perfect Eng-
lish in the world—they call it Dublid
—there is little or no accent, only an
Inflection, which always betrays the
speaker’s origin. Dublin people are
counted affected and Anglicised in
Cork and Galway.
The Irish accent, as a matter of fact,
is very elusive. Irishmen who have
been at school in England generally
lose it in their youth. Parnell lost his
at Cambridge, and it never came back
to him. On the other hand there are
men who have never been in Ireland
who might have come straight from
i the quays of Cork harbor.
In Jamaica there are a large num-
ber of negroes with the brogue—a fact
that is supposed to be due to their an-
cestors’ association with an Irish regi-
ment quartered in the island.
Strange Funeral Customs.
Curious customs were observed at
the funeral, at Ilford, England, of the
Russian gypsy child, Mark Cedre. The
boy was dressed in his best clothes,
with a new red hat and shoes of the
same color to match, the shoes being
beautifully embroidered and ornament-
ed with brightly-colored beads. Each
mourner placed silver and copper
coins in the coffin, and the father put
some bread and meat with the money.
The father ceremoniously poured clar-
et over the coffin before it was lowered
into the grave. Afterward more of the
wine was sprinkled over the coffin.
During the afternoon the ceremony of
“trisn” was observed, the mourners
sitting round a fire and making incan-
tations for the spirit of the departed.
The first of a series of funeral feasts
was held six days after the ceremony.
Heaven and Hand-Organs.
Early in the last century an old For
farshire (Scotland) lady installed in
the bedroom corridor of her castle an
automatic organ. It was her delight
of a morning to wake her guests with
its strains. But it was not the delight
of one of them, Miss Sophia Johnstone
of Hilton, to be so awakened, and she
said so. “Ye dinna like the music? Ye
shouldna say that, Sophy,” said her
hostess. “Ye’ll no win to heaven an’
ye dinna take pleasure in music; it’s
to be all music there, ye know.”
“Deed,” said the incorrigible one,
“an’ heaven’s a place wi’ auld wives
playin’ on hand-organs at six o'clock
in the mornin’ it’s no’ the place I tak’
it for; nor yet the place I want to be
in” :