Bellefonte, Pa., July 19, 1918.
SOLDIERS COME BACK “CLEAN.”
This is the song for a soldier
To sing as he rides from home
To the fields afar where the battles are
Or over the ocean’s foam.
“Whatever the dangers waiting
In the lands I have not seen,
If I do not fall—if I come back at all—
Then I will come back clean.
“I may lie in the mud of the trenches,
I may reek with blood and mire,
But I will control, by the God in my soul
The might of my man’s desire.
I will fight my foe in the open,
But my sword shall be sharp -and keen
For the foe within who would lure me to
sin,
And I will come back clean.
“I may not leave for my children
Brave medals that I have worn,
But the blood in my veins shall leave no
stains :
On bride or on the babes unborn.
And the scars that my body may carry
Shall not be from deeds obscene,
For my will shall say to the beast, Obey!
And I will come back clean.
“Oh not on the fields of slaughter,
And not in the prison cell,
Or in hunger and cold is the story told
By war of its darkest hell.
But the old, old sin of the senses
Can tell what that word may mean
To the soldiers’ wives and to innocent
lives,
And I will come back clean.”
Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
COUNTY HISTORICAL SKETCHES
A Reminder of the First Murder in
Centre County.
(Note :—This article was written by Al-
exander Murray, of LeContes Mills, Pa.
on May 15th, 1883, and published in the
“County Review,” a paper then published
in Curwensville, Pa., issue of June, 1883.)
Girard township was formed from
a portion of Covington township, at
what date I am unable to say, but I
know that in 1834 when the common
school law was enacted, Covington
and Girard were separate townships.
Girard included also what is now Go-
shen and so remained for a good ma-
ny years with but few inhabitants, so
much so that the writer assessed the
two townships for five dollars. You
see it did not cost as much to run the
county machinery at that time. In
the imperfect and incorrect sketch of
our township given in the “County
Atlas,” the names of the first four
settlers are not mentioned at all.
Prior to 1817 or 1818, the long
stretch of land lying north of the riv-
er, beginning at a point three or four
miles west of Karthaus was an un-
broken wilderness. There was no road
of any kind except an old Indian path.
This included what is new Goshen,
Girard, Covington and a portion of
Karthaus townships. About 1817 Mozr-
decai Livergood and his brother Peter
came from Chester county and settled
in what is now Girard township. Mor-
decai located at the mouth of Rr
or run on the east side about where
Robert S. Stewart now resides. Peter
settled on the hill about a mile further
east and near the old Indian path, on
the place now owned by William Mec-
Corkle. Peter died a few years ago,
aged about 92; Mordecai died earlier
and younger. Surveyor run got its
name from the fact of the earlier sur-
veyors having a camp on that run.
There is also a tragic incident associ-
ated with it and the old Indian path.
It was quite near to Peter Liver-
good’s farm that James Monks (who
had then just murdered Reuben Giles
on Anderson Creek hill beyond Cur-
wensville) hid the bloody shirt he had
taken off his victim. He afterward
stated in his confession that while
coming up Surveyor run he noticed
the shirt sticking in the saddle-bags,
and fearing it might lead to his de-
tection, he stuck it in the hollow of an
old chestnut which had fallen across
the path, the butt end being twenty
or thirty feet from the path. He
thought it would be secure but to use
his own words, “the dog told the se-
cret, for murder will out.” This was
in the fall of the year. The next
spring Mr. Michaels, of Karthaus
township came along, his dog discov-
ered and pulled out the shirt. This
incident occurred somewhere about
the year 1820.
John Irwin was the next settler. He
was born in Ireland and came to this
country with his parents when he was
an infant. He settled about two miles
east of Peter Livergood’s place near
this old path, and on a place after-
ward owned at one time by Matthew
Forcey, and afterward by Nicholas
Roussolott, and at present by Joseph
Beauseigneur. He was a man of great
physical strength, well suited to the
life of a “backwoodsman,” and was
able to endure a great deal of labor
and hardship. He cleared out quite a
farm on which he lived for many
years. He afterward sold this out and
moved to the mouth of ‘Wolf Run, two
miles east of Clearfield, where he died
but a few years since at the advanced
age of about 87 years.
John Murray, my father, was the
fourth settler of this township. We
arrived here from Huntingdon county
on the Tth day of April, 1821. Feb-
ruary and March had been very open
weather, with no snow or ice on the
road, but when crossing the Alleghe-
ny mountains we encountered a great
snow storm. One incident of the trip
I well remember. My mother was rid-
ing horseback, carrying the youngest
child, (William) then seven weeks old,
who had the whooping cough. She
had gotten off to walk and became dis-
couraged. Crying, she said to my
father: “John, this child will surely
die; we might as well just lift a stone
and put him under it.” “Oh, we will
not: bury him until he is dead,” was
my father’s reply. :
By the time we got to the river the
snow was six inches deep. We cross-
ed at the Livergood fording, (just be-
low Stewart’s now). By this time
there was a road through from that
point and above to Karthaus. It was
a kind of a road up one hill and down
another. We had employed an old
teamster with a big five-horse team.
In one of the large road beds so often |
used in those days were packed our
! few household goods and two or three
| month’s provisions. It is a mystery
| to me now, how we drove that team
| and wagon on such a road; but we did
| it without a single mishap. My fath-
| er had been out the previous year and
{built a log house on the road leading to
| Karthaus, but there was not a board
in it. John Irwin gave us shelter for
a few days. To make the house hab-
itable boards were obtained at the
Wilson saw mill on Clearfield creek,
and run down the river, when they
were taken out(or rather the portion
of them not lost on the rocks on the
way were taken out), and the balance
of the way hauled on a sled to the
house. We had six cows and three
horses, but nothing to feed them.
Fed them flour for awhile, then trad-
ed a horse to Mr. Irwin for some
wheat to chop for them. Father
thought the pasture so good the sum-
mer previous that the cows could live
in the woods. This is how persons
see the bright side of things in a new
country, without making proper allow-
ance for bad seasons and other disad-
vantages.
We had to go to mill to Karthaus,
a distance of ten miles. The mill took
fire and burned down and with it six
bushels of our wheat, carried there to
be ground. Then the wheat had to
be boiled to feed the horses and cattle
until pasture came. It was nearly
two years before the Karthaus mill
was rebuilt.
We had a load of flour left at the
foot of Allegheny mountains on ac-
count of bad roads. This we had to
carry over on pack-saddles made for
the horses. We had no wagon; there
was none in this part of the country,
and the only way of going to mill for
many years was on horseback. My
father died in January, 1824, less than
three years after he had come here.
It was the first death in what is now
Girard township. His coffin was made
at Karthaus, and four men took turns
in carrying it, tied on a pole. We
were left alone in the wilderness. I
was the oldest boy, about eleven years
of age; one sister was two years old-
er. All the rest were younger. Our
neighbors were few. and far between,
but three families in the township be-
sides our own. This was a trying
time. It was twenty miles on the
north to any settlement, and for five
miles to the east there was not a
house. On the first of April after
father’s death, my mother’s father,
William Ewing, came out from Hunt-
ingdon county to see how we were
getting along. He was a farmer pret-
ty well off for those days. When
leaving he said to mother: “Mary, 1
have a home for you, but you know I
could not take all these children.”
She said, “the children must not be
separated,” and so it was. I farmed
2 little with one horse. Mother had
a loom on which she weaved. People
then generally made all the clothing
they wore. We always had something
to eat and wear. When there was not
time to bake bread, our good mother
would bake us an “ash cake.” This
was baked on the hearthstone by be-
ing covered all over with ashes and
hot coals. When done the ashes were
brushed off, and we enjoyed it very
much. If not as handsome in appear-
ance it was more wholesome than the
modern fancy cake: =
I have written at more length with
these incidents connected with my own
family, than I perhaps should have
done, but I have known no better way
| to show how the burdens and hard-
| ships incident to pioneer life were en-
| dured by some of the early settlers,
| and at the same time to show what
| can be done when there is a will and
a determination to overcome all dif-
ficulties, and a reliance upon Divine
i Power. Until the Karthaus mill was
i rebuilt we had to go to Turner’s grist
| mill at Grahamton. When the river
| was low the mill was dry. When the
| river was up we had to cross at Liv-
ergood’s in a canoe, taking the grist
in the canoe and holding the horse on
the upper side and near the front end
of the canoe as he swam across, while
Mr. Livergood pushed across the ca-
noe. This kindness Mr. Livergood al-
ways did without charge. Often times
we were disappointed and came back
without the grist.
The next settler was William Ir-
win, (a brother of John) about 1825.
Next was Thomas Leonard, about
1825 or 26. Next was John Spack-
man and Zachheus Mead, in ’26 or "27.
These were all farmers except Morde-
cai Livergood, who was a carpenter.
In the winter some work was done at
digging and hauling coal. John Ky-
ler bought a tract of coal land at Bald
Hill run, (so called from the barren
appearance of the hills as they ap-
peared to those going down the riv-
er), operated for a few years in the
coal business sending to market each
year a few arks of coal. The lumber
business didn’t engage the attention
of the people to any great extent at
that time. A few small rafts of what
they called “house-logs,” (being hew-
ed on two sides and enough of them
in a raft to build a house) loaded
with staves were run down the river,
and this was about all that was done
in this direction.
The next settler was Peter Lamm,
of Northumberland county. He was
a millwright by trade and built the
first saw mill in this township at the
mouth of Deer creek, where he lived
for many years. Subsequently he put
in a small pair of burrs for grinding
grain, and did considerable in the
way of making chop for the neigh-
bors, but it was on too small a scale
for making flour. Next came Abra-
ham Jury, from Dauphin county. He
was a potter by trade and built a kiln
and made earthenware to supply the
people for many years. Next came
George B. Smith, (a peculiar man but
not without good qualities) and oth-
ers. The settlement in the North-
west of this township, near the
Knobs, called Gillingham, was begun
by Amos Krise and Jacob Shope and
has been much improved by their
children. The settlement to the
Northeast was begun and continued
principally by the French people. The
next saw mill built by Augustus Le-
Conte, on Deer creek, about two miles
from the mouth. Franker and Coud-
riet each built a saw mill afterwards
on Buck run, a branch of Deer creek.
The first steam saw mill in the town-
ship, was built on the lands of Phelps
and Dodge, operated by different per-
sons, emong others at one time by
Abraham Humphrey. There was a
plank road leading from it a good por-
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tion of the way to the river. Gov.’
Bigler and others built a dam in the
river at the mouth of Bald Hill run
and built there a saw mill. James Ir-
wih and Sons built the second steam
saw mill, about fifteen years ago,
some distance up the same run. After
operating it a few years it was sold
to Robert Stewart, and has since been
burned. H. Burgett built the third
steam saw mill, which he located on a
large body of land well up on Deer
creek; this he afterwards sold out to
0. H. West, who has it in operation
yet. These several mills sawed the
great bulk of the large quantity of
timber which originally stood in this
township. Most of it has been ship-
ped off, but it is believed that our hills
are full of coal and other valuable
minerals. About 1824, Augustus Le-
Conte and his brother Alphonso, built
the first and only grist mill in the
township. It is located on Deer creek,
about a mile up from the mouth.
Within a few years a steam engine
had been placed in it, so that now they
have power for all seasons of the
year.
The first school house was built at
Congress Hill, (so called from the
very large vote polled there for Alex
Irwin when he ran for Congress,)
shortly after the acceptance by the
township of the provisions of the com-
mon school law. It was a log house,
built by the citizens ready for the car-
penter, and then finished with school
money. The first teacher was Miss
Cornelia Kincaide, a very good teach-
er—better than some employed since.
The schools at present are not as
good as they should be. This is due
to the careless and indifferent man-
ner in which teachers are selected.
Cheap teachers don’t pay. The mor-
als of the early settlers was not of
high grade. They followed hunting
and fishing on the Sabbath.. I recol-
lect two hunters coming to my fath-
er’s house on a Saturday night. On
Sunday morning one of them went
out and took an observation of the
weather. It had rained during the
night and the wind was blowing. As
he came in the house he said: “This
will be a fine day for our occupa-
tion.” My mother was greatly griev-
ed at this. Her pious example did
much to restrain, in her own house-
hold, that open disregard of the Sab-
bath then so prevalent.
There were no religious services in
our township or vicinity until about
1827, when the first sermon was
preached at our house by Rev. Wil-
liam McDowell, of the Methodist Epis-
copal church. After this we had an
occasional sermon from Lutheran
ministers, when going to or returning
from Karthaus, where they had a con-
gregation. ‘When they had no preach-
or Mr. G. P. Gulich, that good old
man, would walk to Karthaus, read a
sermon in German, and on his way
back give us a sermon in English, at
my mother’s house. Since we have
had regular preaching it has been in
school houses, no denomination feel-
ing strong enough to build a church.
Mr. John McCorkle, of the Presby-
terian church, undertook that lauda-
ble project some years ago. He was
a Scotch-Irishman. Having lived in
Glasgow, that famous city of church-
es, he felt the need of a church here.
When he spoke of building a church,
the people laughed at him, as there
were very few members of his own
church in the township, but he perse-
vered until in 1873, he got a very neat
little church. Here again we see what
perseverance will do. But I have al-
ready extended this sketch farther
than I intended and will close.
ALEX MURRAY.
Congress Hill, Pa.,
May 15th, 1883.
Quite a Pond.
Two soldier boys from the west who
had been hurried to the coast and on
board ship in the dark, were next
morning surveying with open-eyed
wonder the boundless stretch of roll-
ing blue around them.
“Gee whiz, Bill,” said one, “who
would have thought there could be
so much water as that.”
«] know it,” drawled the other.
“And just think, Jim, you only see
what’s on top.”
Worse.
Junior partner—There’s one thing
about that new clerk, he isn’t always
looking at the clock.
Senior Partner—No, but I notice he
hops up every half hour or so to look
at the thermometer.
Skilled at the Job.
Vicar (severely)—Ah, it’s the old
story, unskilled man dodging work
he might get.
Tramp—Unskilled, am I? You have
a go at dodgin’ work these days an’
see if it don’t take a bit of skill.
HERE'S A WAY TO SAVE DOCTOR
BILLS.
Physicians Give Free Advice by Which
Parents May Profit.
It’s a matter of general interest just now
how one's physical condition can be got
into shape to best receive the benfits of
the summer season. Especially is this true
of the children. They have become run
down by a winter of unnatural manner of
living because of ill-considered food and
much time spent indoors. Spring comes
with its sunshine, its fresh vegetables and
all else invigorating, but the children are
in no condition to receive nature’s reme-
dies.
Many parents call in the family physi-
cian. Many other parents take advantage
of what the physician told them when he
was first called in consultation. All good
family physicians say: “Give the chil-
dren Castoria.”” Healthy parents know
this remedy of old, for they took it them-
selves as children. It was more than thir-
ty years ago that Castoria made a place
for itself in the household. It bore the
signature of Charles H. Fletcher then, as
it does today. The signature is its guar-
antee, which is accepted in thousands of
homes where there are children.
Much is printed nowadays about big
families. Dr. William J. McCrann, of
Omaha, Neb., is the father of one of these
much-read-about families. Here is what
he says:
“As the father of thirteen children I cer-
tainly know something about “your great
medicine, and aside from my own family
experience I have, in my years of practice,
found Castoria a popular and efficient rem-
edy in almost every home.”
Charles H. Fletcher has received hund-
reds of letters from prominent physicians
who have the same esteem for Castoria
that Dr McCrann has. Not only do these
physicians say they use Castoria in their
own families, but they prescribe it for
their patients. First of all it is a vegeta-
ble preparation which assimilates the food
and regulates the stomach and bowels.
After eating comes sleeping, and Castoria
looks out for that too. It allays feverish-
ness and prevents loss of sleep, and this
absolutely without the use of opium, mor-
phine or other baneful narcotic.
Medical journals are reluctant to dis-
cuss proprietary medicines. Halls Jour-
nal of Health, however, says: “Qur duty
is to expose danger and record the means
for advancing health. The day for poison-
ing innocent children through greed or
ignorance ought to end. To our knowl-
edge Castoria is a remedy which produces
composure and health by regulating the
system, not by stupefying it, ‘and our
readers are entitled to the information.”
The Wisdom of Bennie.
“My boy Bennie is lazy, but I must
say he is smart,” said the musician.
“Is he going to follow in your foot-
steps?”
“No, I learned to play the trombone
and I've got to march about eight
miles every time there is a parade.
Bennie is learning the harp, so they
will have to let him sit down.”
Two Halves Make One.
Conductor—You don’t expect those
two boys to ride on one ticket ?
Mother—Why not? They are only
half brothers.
Shoes. Shoes.
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YEIGERS SHOE STORE|
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Shoes Shoes
euced Reduced
All my stock of Ladies’ Low Shoes
at cost and less than cost.
On account of labor shortage and other
conditions the firm from whom I purchase
my stock of Ladies’ Low Shoes for spring
could not deliver the shoes until this last
week—they should have reached me on
March 1st.
Realizing that the season is far advanced
I am going to sell these shoes at cost and
less than cost. These shoes were purch-
ased to sell for $6 and $7. They are
made of the very best leather that can be
put in shoes and in the very latest styles.
These shoes will be put on sale at once for
$4.85 Per Pair.
Here is an opportunity to purchase your
needs in low shoes at a saving of over $2
per pair.
YEAGER'S SHOE STORE
THE SHOE STORE FOR THE POOR MAN
BELLEFONTE, PA.
Bush Arcade Building 58-27
Mrs. Peter Reeves Gained
Four Pounds in One Week.
Confession of a Prominent
Meadville, Pa. Lady.
«I have been a great sufferer for a
long time with troubles that are com-
mon with my sex. Ihad taken almost
everything and found no relief in any.
Two weeks ago I bought my first bot-
tle of Goldine. From the first I no-
ticed a change and in one week I
gained four pounds. I am now on my
fourth bottle and I am glad to say
that I feel like a new woman in every
way. I cannot praise Goldine too
highly for what it has done for me.
Just do as I did, go and try it. I hope
you will all do as I did.” Let Goldine
start you on the road to good health.
Go to Green’s Pharmacy today. Don’t
put it off any longer. Delay is dan-
gerous in many cases.
GOLDINE is for the heart, stom-
ach, nerves; to create strength and
build up the entire system.
GOLDINE ALTERAC is for the
blood, rheumatism, torpid liver, and
kidney trouble. ;
GOLDINE LAXATIVES for: con-
stipation. 63-28-1%
FINE GROCERIES
cormm——
A LL GOODS in our line are
be somewhat more reasonable in
New Evaporated Apricots at 25¢
$1.00. Fancy Selected Sweet
to 4c a Ib.
Almerin White Grapes, Celery.
Walnuts, Finest Quality Cheese.
goods
BEST WE CAN MAKE and is
just now.
thirty to sixty days late this sea-
son. Prices are somewhat, but not strongly above the lev-
el at this time last season.
does seem that prices are just now
We Have Received
and 30c a Ib. Fancy Peaches 20c
ted Corn at 35c a lb. or 3 cans for
Potatoes 5¢ a Ib.—some grades at 3c
Very Fancy Cranberries at
and 22c 1b. Very Fancy Evapora
New Paper-shell Almonds, California
INCLUDE OYSTERS IN YOUR ORDERS
We will deliver fresh opened, solid measure at cost with other
WE MAKE OUR OWN MINCE MEAT.
No item is cut our or cut short on account of cost—it is just THE
highly recommended by all those
who have tried it. If you have used it you already know—or try it
It is not safe to predict, but it
“passing over the top” and may
the near future.
18c per quart or pound.
Bush House Block,
SECHLER & COMPANY,
57-1
Bellefonte, Pa.
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LYON ®& COMPANY.
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Clearance Sale
OF ALL SUMMER GOODS.
BARGAIN NO. 1. Ladies’ Summer
Vests, low neck and sleeveless ; valve 25cC.,
sale price 14C.
: BARGAIN NO. 2. House Dresses,
sizes 34 to 44 ; while they last $1.48.
BARGAIN NO. 3. Splashed Voile
White Shirt Waists, all sizes; value $1.75,
sale price q8c.
BARGAIN NO. 4. Ladies’ White
Pique Skirts; value $2.50, sale price $1.98.
Also Plaid Skirts, white ground and combina-
tion of colors in the over plaids; value $2.50,
sale price $1.50.
BARGAIN NO. 5. Ladies’ and Misses’
Middies and Middie Coats, all sizes and all
colors: value $1.50 and $1.75, sale price g8c.
COATS AND SUITS,
Special price Reductions on all Coats and
Coat Suits.
Corset Bargains in Bon Ton and Royal Wor-
cester. One lot of good models in corsets
which the manufacturer has discontinued, will
be sold at less than cost.
SPECIAL RUG SALE.
We have just received a big assortment of fine
Rugs, Tapestry, Body Brussels, Axminster and Wilton
at prices less than cost to manufacture to-day. This
sale of Rugs will mean a saving of one-third or more
of the regular price. Do your rug buying now for
fall and get the benefit of this bargain sale.
SHOES. SHOES.
Shoes for Men, Ladies and Children.
Ladies’ white high canvas Shoes, real value
‘ $3.50, sale price $2.49.
Ladies’ white low canvas Shoes, real value
$3, sale price $2.00.
Ladies white low canvas Pumps, real value
$3.50, sale price $2.49.
Ladies’ low black Pumps, real value $3.50,
sale price $2.49.
Iadies’ high black Shoes, real value $7.50,
sale price $6.00.
Men's and Children’s Shoes at special prices.
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Lyon & Co. -.. Bellefonte.