Bellefonte, Pa., April 23, 1915.
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County Correspondence
Items of Interest Dished Up for the Delec-
tation of ‘““Watchman’’ Readers by a
Corps of Gifted Correspondents.
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SPRING MILLS.
The farmers through this vicinity are
starting to sow oats..
R. L. Funk, of Lamar, visited his
brother, O. F. Funk, over Sunday.
Prof. W. R. Jones will open a summer
course for persons preparing to teach,
April 26th.
Miss Mary Slegal departed on Wednes-
day for Lock Haven, where she took
charge of a patient.
- The public schools closed on Friday;
all the children looking forward to the
vacation with delight.
Mrs. S. W. Diehl, of Mifflinburg, is vis-
iting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. C.
Dunlap, for a few days.
Ralph E. Dinges and family, from Cen.
ter Hall, spent Sunday with Mrs. Dinges’
parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Musser.
A number of people from here attend-
ed the play given at Millheim on Satur-
day evening, by the Mifflinburg Comedy
company.
Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Musser and daugh-
ter, Alice Belle, of Altoona, visited for a
few days at the home of Mr. Musser’s
father, R. D. Musser.
From all appearance D. F. Runkle will
soon be considered the champion poul-
try raiser. He now has a fine flock of
chickens, and undoubtedly will soon be
looking around for some fine cook, too.
Mrs. Robert Musser accompanied by
her daughter, Miss Ruth, and two grand-
children, May and Nevin Funk, departed
on Monday for Altoona where they will
visit Mrs. Musser’s sons, who are em-
ployed in the P. R. R. shops.
The members of the Senior class of
the local High school who will receive
diplomas at the commencement Friday
evening are: Walter I. Wolfe, Ethel
Long, Mildred Long, Gladys Weagley,
Carrie Heckman, Cora McCormick,
Guyer Grove, Russell Condo, Russell
Grove and Harold E. Stover.
SPRING MILLS NO. 2.
J. S. Wilson, of New Berlin, made a
flying visit here on Monday last.
Work will be commenced in the new
garage and repair shop next week.
Mrs. Minnie Rathfar is visiting rela-
tives and friends in Union county.
We had a furious wind here on Satur-
day last, followed by a trifling rain. No
damage was done.
George Gisler and his two sons, Merle
and John, of Tyrone, are visiting at the
home of Rev. W. H. Williams.
Miss Catherine Carson, of Potters
Mills, was here on a visit of a few days
Jast week, a guest of Miss Cora McCor-
mick.
After a visit to her daughter, Mrs.
Charles Daley, at Snow Shoe Intersec-
tion, Mrs. H. H. Rachau returned home
on Monday last.
Considerable garden planting has been
done of late. It might prove a little too
drevious, and then all the work will have
to be done over again.
W. O. Gramley made a business trip
to Mill Hall on Saturday last. Mr.
Gramley is connected with the Continen-
tal Condensed Milk Co., located there.
J. C. Condo, of the Penn Hall carriage
works, has changed the blacksmithing
department into a general repair shop
for vehicles. Horseshoeing has been en-
tirely eliminated.
Quite a number of our folks attended
the play at Millheim on Saturday eve-
ning last. The play was called “The
Cuban Spy” and is reported to have been
very interesting. The play was presen-
Jed by some of the young folks of Mifflin-
urg.
WOODWARD.
John Sheesley and wife spent Sunday
at Laurelton.
Victor Walker delivered a Buick car to
M. J. Yearick.
James Weaver transacted business at
Millheim on Saturday.
Luther Weaver and wife had business
at Coburn on Monday.
George Sheesley, of Penn Hall, is visit-
ing his brother, Jackson Sheesley.
Rev. Brown and wife, of Millheim,
took dinner Sunday with Frank Loss and
family.
Mrs. Floyd Gaisewite was taken to the
Bellefonte hospital recently, for medical
treatment.
Quite a few from here went trout fish-
ing on the 15th but no large catches
were reported.
Wilmer Stover, wife and son Eugene,
of Aaronsburg, were callers in town a
short time on Saturday.
Benjamin Cohen took Mrs. Susan
Brunner and Mrs. Jackson Sheesley to a
funeral in Union county.
Mr. and Mrs. Smallwood, of Camden,
N. J.,, arrived Saturday to visit Mrs.
Smallwood’s parents, Dré and Mrs. W. P.
Ard.
Harrison Stover, wife and daughter
Mabelle; also Mrs. R. M. Wolfe and
daughter, Miss Mabel, autoed to Spring
Mills Sunday.
Mr. Teates and son brought in their
car, John Bower and wife and daughter
Mabel, of Northumberland, to spend
Sunday with Mrs. Phoebe Wise.
James Fultz and wife, after spending
some time here left, Mr. Fultz for Cor-
ning, N. Y., and ‘Mrs. Fultz going to
Montgomery to visit her parents.
Shoppers at Millheim recently were,
Mrs. Daniel Benner, Florence Benner,
Mrs. Carrie Fultz and daughter Mabel,
Lyda Benner, Mary Bohn and Edward
Sheesley.
——For high class Job Work come to
the WATCHMAN Office.
WOLF’S STORE.
“Work is a true educator, and idleness
a certain demoralizer.”
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Some somnambulistic stunts have been |
= pulled off the past week.
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Thomas Confer is helping George Smith
in the line of general agriculture.
i on our streets one day last week.
and most of them have their corn ground
plowed.
Although spring is here and the season
for mumps practically gone, yet they
linger still.
Clymer Tyson has been employed for
the summer by Samuel Esterline, of
Greenburr.
Miss Mary Stover, of Rebersburg, has
been plying her trade as seamstress in
and about this village.
On Saturday several of our base ball
players went to Rebersburg and assisted
that team in defeating the Millheim team
to the tune of 14 to 2.
Mrs. Georgia Hassenplug, from the city
of “Brotherly Love,” and Mrs. C. E. Bey-
ers, of Rebersburg, were Monday visitors
with Harry Hanselman and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Snyder, of Madi-
sonburg, were Wednesday and Thursday
visitors with A. B. Wolfe. On Thursday
Mr. Snyder and son Charles went trout
fishing.
Mrs. E. R. Wolfe and interesting son
Jason, spent some time visiting relatives
and friends in Aaronsburg, where Mr.
Wolfe has been engaged as a teacher in
the public schools.
The whipping post has become histo-
ry, but the whipping of trout streams has
become a seasonable watch-word. On
Thursday many were the fishermen seek-
ing the speckled beauties but, on account
of the unfavorable conditions, small were
the catches.
On Thursday a destructive mountain
fire broke out over the mountain north
of Livonia, but it was soon held under
control. The following Saturday another
firc occurred on the mountain by the
home of Jerome Brungart, but it also
soon obeyed the ruling of man. Much
credit and honor is due our foresters for
fheir prompt and efficient services in this
ine.
PLEASANT GAP PICKUPS.
The farmers are very busy at present,
owing to a shortage in help.
William H. Noll and family motored to
Altoona on Sunday morning ina new
Overland car.
Boyd A. Noll was called to Pleasant
Gap on Sunday on account of the serious
illness of his mother.
The Friday evening dances at Noll’s
hall are largely attended, guests being
present from Bellefonte and surrounding
places.
It is reported that a forty room apart-
ment house will be erected at the cross
roads this summer. It will be finished
in two and three room suites, for the ac-
commodation of transient as well as per-
manent guests.
The new knitting mill has been put in
operation with a force of twenty-five em-
ployees, mostly girls. The management
expects to increase this number in the
near future to fifty. They report enough
orders booked to keep them busy three
months and anticipate putting on a night
and day shift. The plant is operated by
electric power.
A concrete block manufacturing plant
has been started near the Pleasant Gap
railroad station for manufacturing con-
crete blocks for building purposes. It
starts out with a capacity of two hun-
dred blocks a day but it is expected to
increase the output to five hundred every
twenty-four hours. The blocks are man-
ufactured from material taken from the
Whiterock quarries. Three
block bungalows are now under construc-
tion at the cross roads in Pleasant Gap.
COBURN.
Miss Lulu Hosterman visited her moth-
er at Centre Hall over Sunday.
Mrs. Virginia Noll is at present visit-
ing her mother, Mrs. Rachael Stover.
Chas. R. Meek, our state forester, is
kept very busy fighting mountain fires.
Miss Etta Harter, of Mifflinburg, visit-
ed at J. W. Kerstetters several days re-
cently.
Forest Marks, of Mifflinburg, formerly
of this place, visited in our town over
Sunday.
The summer term of school was open-
ed on Monday morning with T. A. Hos-
terman as teacher.
Many autos passed through our town
on Sunday, as every owner of an auto
took advantage of the ideal day.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Shively and
daughter Beatrice visited Mrs. Shively’s
parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Rishel, on
Sunday.
Quite a number of our people attend-
ed the play, “Cuban Spy,” at Millheim on
Saturday evening, and report it as being
very good.
Andrew Vonada, who had the misfor-
tune to lose several fingers last week, is
improving rapidly and is seen on our
streets again.
Quarterly communion services will be
heid in the United Evangelical church
next Sunday afternoon. Rev. Sones, the
new presiding elder, will preach.
LEMONT.
There were very few trout caught the
first day of the season from Spring creek.
Hezekiah Hoy had a fresh coat of paint
put on his house, last week, by Andrew
oons.
The swallows have come to spend the
summer with us, so we can look for warm
weather from now on.
The weather was hot on Monday, but
the ground is so dry that the farmers
can scarcely work at the spring seeding.
Maurice Klinger is getting the materi-
al on the ground to erect a new house
on the lot purchased from Edward Ew-
ing.
Rev. B. F. Campbell, the evangelist,
will preach in the United Evangelical
church Sunday, May 9th, and all are in-
vited to attend.
concrete |
James Longwell was called home, ow-
| ing to the illness of his wife, but as she
Hn improving he returned to work on
onday afternoon.
J. Oscar Williams came down from Al-
| toona to visit his mother, Sunday, as the
“fatter has been quite ill of late and is
not improving very fast.
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T. A. Auman, of Rebersburg, was seen |
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Our farmers have finished sowing oats !
Old Pension Pian.
They had a roundabout way of be-
stowing military pensions in the old
days. Witness this official communi-
cation from the British war office in
| the reign of Qneen Anne. Her majes-
ty, it runs, has been pleased to grant
Fitton Minshull, a child, a commis-
sion as ensign in consequence of the
loss of his father, who died in the
service. And Fitton was at the same
time granted furlough until further
order, his army pay being sent regu-
larly to his mother.
Australia’s Animal Pests.
Australia is cursed with certain
pusts, such as rabbits, wild dog, kanga-
poo and blowfly. Large sums of money
are spent in an endeavor to lessen the
mumber of rabbits. It is estimated
that in Victoria alone 150,000,000
were put to death in 1913. It is gen-
erally admitted that ten rabbits eat
as much as one sheep, and many
graziers have long since realized that
they cannot profitably run sheep on
properwes infested with rabbits.
New Facts About Cancer.
A study of 1,000 cases of cancer of
the stomach peveals the fact that this
disease claims more men than women
as its victims and that it occurs most
frequently between the ages of forty
and sixty years. Ulcer of the stom-
ach, on the other hand, appears most
frequently between the ages of twen-
ty and forty years. In over 90 per
cent of the cases of cancer heredity
seemed to play no part whatever.
Work for an Expert.
A Pennsylvania man is said to be
trying to grow a watermelon with a
handle by which it may easily be car-
ried. Practical, perhaps, but alto-
gether unnecessary! What the world
needs is a watermelon with a cutaway
bilge, allowing for it to be cut into
reverse curves, so that it may be
eaten in the good old-fashioned way
without getting the ears'full of water.
—Providence Journal.
Quite Portable.
A man who had taken an interest
in the “back to the land” movement
and had gone so far as to invest in a
bungalow met a friend who was anx-
ious to know how he had made out.
“Was that one of those portable bun-
galows you bought?” asked the friend.
“I guess it was,” replied the other,
rather ruefully. “The wind carried
it away one day.”
Getting Rid of Sparrow Pest.
Nowhere is the English sparrow in-
cluded among the birds protected by
law, and as individuals and flocks
have an extremely narrow range, each
flock occupying one locality to which
its activities are chiefly confined, they
are easily exterminated. When a
place has once been cleared of spar-
rows it will be some time before it is
reoccupied.
Marvelous Activities.
A diner in a restaurant thought he
would have a joke with the waiter, and
asked him if he had ever seen a saus-
age roll. “Say,” said the waiter, “I
have not only seen a sausage roll,
but I have seen a biscuit box, a table
spoon, a chimney sweep, a chain link,
a nose gay, a camera slide, a garden
fence, a sword fish and a wall flower.”
Where the Insane Act.
At the Johns Hopkins hospital in
Baltimore there is a completely fitted
theater for the use of the insane pa-
tients. The patients themselves act
in the plays presented, and in many
cases with most beneficial results.
Good Nature.
The world deals good-naturedly with
good-natured people, says Thackeray,
and I never knew a sulky misanthrop-
ist who quarreled with it but it was
he, and not it, that was in the wrong.
Stock Definition.
Little Johnny, on being asked by
his school-teacher if he knew what
was meant by “at par,” replied that
“Ma was always at pa when he came
home late.”—Ezxchange.
China Big Peanut Exporter.
One Chinese province exports more
than 150,000 tons of peanuts annually,
all because an American missionary
20 years ago gave to a native convert
a quart of seed.
Vividly Imaginary.
Some men imagine that they are the
powerhouse of the universe, and that
the whole town would be dark if
they'd quit.
Skeptical.
“Don’t tell me you're a college grad-
uate! Why, this letter of yours hasn't
a single misspelled word in it!”—Life.
The Better Quality.
The man who is dependable has
something on the chap who is merely
brilliant.—Philadelphia Inquirer.
——Put your ad. in the WATCHMAN.
Steel vs. Iron.
For some purpose iron is to be
preferred to steel and vice versa. To
easily distinguish one from the other,
make a bright spot on the metal with
a file or sand paper and apply a single
drop of nitric acid. Allow it to re-
main for one or two minutes and wash
or wipe off. If the spot has a pale
ashy appearance it is wrought iron;
if it i= a brownish black, it is steel;
if a deep black, it is cast iron.
Pipefish Has “Pocket.”
The pipefish, as it is called, from
the length of its jaws, has a pocket on
the under side of its body nearly half
its length. It is found in the male
species only, and is the only part of
its body which is unprotected by large
flat plates, which take the place of
scales in its protective armor. In this
pocket the young fish are carried very
similar to the way the kangaroo car-
ries its young.
Duty Ever Present.
A sense of duty pursues us ever.
It is omnipresent, like the Deity. If
we take to ourselves the wings of the
morning and dwell in the uttermost
parts of the sea, duty performed or
duty violated is still with us, for eur
happiness or our misery.—Daniel Web-
cter.
Left Over.
“Robert,” said his mother, “what mis-
chief have you been up to now? I.
can tell by the look in your eyes that
you have been naughty.” “Oh,” re
plied Robert, that’s part of the look
left over from the last time I was |
naughty.”
Righteously Indignant.
Head of the firm (discovering that
his apprentice and his young daughter
are corresponding)—Well, well, it's
love letters the rascal is writing to |
my daughter, and on my typewriter,
too!—Munich Fliegende Blaetter.
Common Practice.
As soon as some young fellows get
what they think is going to be a
steady job they begin to estimate the
possible number of vacations they will
get in a year.—Toledo Blade.
Wonder If There Was a Chauffeur?
Six centuries ago the Chinese used
a vehicle that carried passengers and
dropped a pebble in a receptacle to
measure every mile that was trav-
ersed.
Inconsistent.
Many a man who sighs to be an in-
dependent farmer kicks like anything
when he happens to wake up some
morning in time to hear the milkman.
Thoroughly Human.
Everybody looks at the first name
on a subscription list before signing
it. Don’t know whether it's a human
trait or an idiosyncrasy.
——
‘Putting on Airs.
O’Hara—"“Since Callahan has inher-
ited money, he’s puttin’ on all kinds
of style.” O’Reilly—“Yis, Oi’ve heard
that he’s changed the name of his
goat to Nanette.”
Hood’s Sarsaparilla.
Spring Medicine
HOOD’S SARSAPARILLA, THE GREAT
BLOOD PURIFIER, IS THE BEST.
Spring sickness comes in some degree
to every man, woman and child in our
climate.
It is that run-down condition of the
system that results from impure, impov-
erished devitalized blood.
It is marked by loss of appetite and
that tired feeling, and in many cases by
some form of eruption.
The best way to treat spring sickness
is to take Hood’s Sarsaparilla. This old
reliable family medicine purifies, enrich-
es and revitalizes the blood. Itis an all-
the-year-round alterative and tonic, and
is absolutely the best Spring medicine.
Get your blood in good condition at
once—now. Delay may be dangerous.
Ask your druggist for Hood's Sarsapa-
rilla, and insist oh having it, for nothing
can take its place. 60-15-17
Flour and Feed.
Attorneys-at-Law.
CURTIS Y. WAGNER,
BROCKERHOFF MILLS,
BELLEFONTE, PA.
Manufacturer, Wholesaler and Retailer of
Roller Flour
Feed
Corn Meal
and Grain
Manufactures and has has on hand a afl times the
following brands of high grade flour:
WHITE STAR
OUR BEST
HIGH GRADE
VICTORY PATENT
FANCY PATENT
Th lace in the county where that
he onl pian: grade of spring wheat Patent a
SPRAY
can be secured. Also International Stock Food
and feed of a of all kinds.
All kinds of Grain bought at the office Flour
xchanged for wheat.
OFFICE and STORE—BISHOP STREET,
BELLEFONTE, PA.
7-19 MILL AT ROOPBSURG.
Little Hotel Wilmot.
! The Little Hotel Wilmot
IN PENN SQUARE
One minute from the Penna Ry. Station.
PHILADELPHIA
We have quite a few customers from Belle-
fonte. We can take care of some more.
They'll like us. A good room for $1. If you
bring your wife, $2. Hot and cold running
| water in every room
. The Ryerson W. Jennings Co.
59-46
Restaurant.
ESTAURANT.
Bellefonte now has a First-Class Res-
taurant where
Steaks, Chops, Roasts, Oysters on the
half shell or in 2py style desired, Sand-
wiches, Soups, and anything eatable, can
oe had in a few minutes any time. In ad-
dition I have a complete plant prepared to
furnish Soft Dri in bottles such as
POPS,
SODAS,
SARSAPARILLA,
SELTZER SYPHONS, ETC.,
for Pic nics, families and the public gener-
ally all of which are manufactured out of
the purest syrups and properly carbonated.
C. MOERSCHBACHER,
50-32-1y. High St., Bellefonte, Pa.
Coal and Wood.
COAL §
A. G. Morris, Jr.
DEALER IN HIGH GRADE
ANTHRACITE, BITUMINOUS
AND CANNEL
COAL
{Wood, Grain, Hay, Straw
and Sand.
ALSO
FEDERAL
STOCK AND POULTRY FOOD
BOTH ’'PHONES.
in Yard Opposite } a
|{ P.R.R. Depot. {EH
58-23-1v
Groceries.
Groceries.
Food Supplies.
Finest Florida Grape Fruit, Ba-
nanas, Cranberries, Oranges of fin-
est quality in all sizes at 15c, 20c,
25¢, 30c, 40c and 60c per dozen.
All fancy stock.
Late Caught fancy Blueback
Mackerel—messed and boneless,
Fancy smoked Bloaters.
Finest Lucca Table Oil—This
highest grade of oil comes only in
glass bottles. Do not permit your-
self to be misled by anything in tin
cans, for it is not just as
Order of us and get the best heavy
body Oil.
Asparagus Tips, the Elite brand,
fancy at 25c. Also a can of fine
Burnham & Merrills’ Maine
Baked Beans, with or without toma-
to sauce—We find them just a bit
ahead of all other best brands.
Snappy Relish, new, just out,
more appetizing than mustard, 10c.
Dill and Sour Pickles, 15c per
dozen. Dill Olives, the true Dill
flavor, try them, 25c per pint.
Floriday Cane Syrup, very fine
goods for all kinds of cooking and
baking purposes at 10c per can.
Hams—medium and small sizes,
sweet and juicy.
Fancy Jersey Sweet Potatoes.
tips at 10c. Something new and
a good value.
Ferry’s and Briggs’ Garden and
Ii Flower Seeds.
SECHLER & COMPANY,
Bush House Block, - -
571 -. - -
Bellefonte, Pa.
Meals are Served at All Hours
KLINE WOODRING Attomey st Law;Blle
fonte, Pa. Practicesin all courts ce-
Room 18Crider’s Exchange. 51-1-1y.
B. SPANGLER.-Attorney-at-Law.
N in 2 the Coutls; Consyltstion i x Enlian
in Crider’s o
German ce xchange.
Bellefonte, Pa.
S. TAYLOR—Attorney and Counsellor at
Jeu. Ce i Binds 0 at-
onte, Pa, -
tended to promptly. 40-46
H. WETZEL—Attorney and Counsellor at Law
Office No. 11, Crider’'s Exchange,
floor. All kinds of legal business
to promptly. Consultation in English or Geran
M. KEICHLINE—Attorney-at-Law. Practices
in all the courts. Consultation in English
German. Office south of court house.
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and
All Al professional business will receive prom
KENNEDY JOHNSTON = Attomey ation
onte, Pa. Prompt attention given all
legal business entrusted to his care. Offi-
ces—No. 5 East High street. 57-44.
G. RUNKLE.—Attorney-at-Law. Consul-
tation in English lish and German. Office
in Crider’s Exchange, Bellefonte. 58-5
Physicians.
S. GLENN. M. D., Physician and S$
College, Centre county, Pa.
at Sate residence.
Dentists.
R. L E. WARD, D. D. S,, office next door to
) ME A. room, A, foom, High street Street, Be Deilefonte,
a
teeth, intr C; ry iy
ing eth, S r Crown wi
R. H. W. TATE, Surgeon Dentis:, Office in
the Bush Arcade onte, Pa. All mod-
Sn electric “2 iances used. us bad
years of experience. 1 work of TiO
and prices reasonable. ty 1y
Plumbing.
Good Health
Good Plumbing
GO TOGETHER.
When you have dhpping steam pipes, leaky
water-fixtures, foul sewe rage. or escaping
s, you can’t have good Hi The air you
reathe is poisonous; your system
poisoned and invalidism { is sure to come.
SANITARY PLUMBING
is the kind we do. It’s the only kind you
ought to have. Wedon’t trust this work to
boys. Our workmen are Skilled Mechanics,
no better anywhere. Our
Material and
Fixtures are the Best
Not a cheap or inferior idle in our entire
establishment. And with good work and the
finest material, our
Prices are Lower
than many who give you , unsanitary
work and the lowest grade o! OS Eliaat For
the Best Work trv.
Archibald Allison,
Opposite Bush House - Bellefonte, Pa.
56-14-1v.
Insurance.
| Tom F. GRAY & SON,
(Successor to Grant Hoover)
Fire,
Life
Accident Insurance.
This represents the largest Fire
This Agen rte i in the World.
—— NO ASSESSMENTS —
Do not fail to give us a call before insuring your
Life or Property as we are in position to write
large lines at any time.
Office in Crider’ Stone Building,
43-18-1y. BELLEFONTE. PA.
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The Preferred
Accident
Insurance
THE $5,000 TRAVEL POLICY
BENEFITS:
$5,000 death by accident,
5,000 jose of Both feet,
5,000 loss of both hands,
5,000 loss of one hand and one foot,
2,500 loss of either hand,
2,000 loss of either foot,
630 loss of one eve
25 per week, total disability,
(limit 52 weeks)
10 per week, partial disability,
(limit 26 weeks)
PREMIUM $12 PER YEAR,
pavable quarterly if desired.
a2 or smaller amounted in Inproporiem
Any person; male or femal
of = ue
pref erred occupation, op
eeping, over eighteen years
Physical condition may
insure or this oticy
Fire Insurance
Ah invite your attention to my Firs Insur.
cy, the strongest and Most Ex.
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H. E. FENLON,
50-21. Agent, Bellefonte, Pa
Fine Job Printing.
FINE JOB PRINTING
o—A SPECIALTY—0
AT THE
WATCHMAN OFFICE.
is le of from the
pea LL LER ok
BOOK WORK,
that we can not do in the most satis-
factory manner, and at Prices consist-
ent with the class of work. Call on or
communicate with this office’ :