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Bellefonte, Pa., March 14, 1919.
Country Correspondence
Items of Interest Dished up for the
Delectation of “Watchman” Read-
ers by a Corps of Gifted
Correspondents.
REBERSBURG RAPS.
Mrs. Harry Garrett has been re-
moved to a hospital for treatment.
Misses Helen Gephart, Mary Frank
When you write a letter at fervent
heat, lay it over a day, then burn it.
Miles Breon intends to move to the
Breon farm west of Smullton and live
with his mother.
Emma Smull has returned from
Pittsburgh where she put on city
forms. She expects to remain here
awhile.
and Ethel Meyer expect to finish their
school course soon and are debating
what avocation they will choose, now
that the war is happily ended.
The patriarchs have nearly all gone
from “this vale of tears,” as the lach-
rymose poets have it. But there are
still quite a number of matriarchs, if
the term is permissible.
There is some talk of enlarging our
water plant over at the gap. It is
hardly large enough to sustain our
growing “city,” during a long drought,
which may be expected when there
has been no snow to feed the springs
in the mountains.
Norman Brungart, Palmer Weaver,
John Klinefelter and Stuart Wolf
have arrived in the old burg and have
received a warm welcome. They have
some interesting accounts to give of
soldiering. Sammy Hubler is still
among the missing and there is some
appehension as to his fate.
The death of Mrs. Malinda Shook,
at Williamsport, has revived memo-
vies of her among the elders here,
where she was wont to visit her neph-
ews and nieces. She was esteemed in
her youth as one of the best soprano
singers in these valleys and at every
musical convention Malinda Meyer
was a leader. Her first husband was
Dr. Henry Ziegler, of Rebersburg,
who survived his graduation at Balti-
more but a few years, he having by
strenuous study laid the snare of con-
sumption. She left many relatives
and friends in Brush valley and Penns
valley who cherish her memory.
CENTRE HALL.
Mrs. George Ocker, of Lewisburg,
is a guest of Mr. and Mrs. John Ross-
man.
Mrs. Roy Corman, of Cressona, is
a guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Fisher.
Miss Daisy Rowe, of Boalsburg, is
visiting at the home of her uncle,
Samuel Rowe and family.
Mrs. James Stahl is visiting her
daughter, Mrs. Robert Snyder, and
her sons, Asher, Claude and Bruce, in
Altoona.
Mrs. Clyde Smith accompanied her
sister, Mrs. Yearick, to Howard, where
she will visit with her parents for a
short time.
Mrs. D. A. Boozer and daughter,
Miss Elizabeth, left for Philadelphia
on Sunday afternoon, where Mrs.
Boozer will be under the care of a
specialist for a short time.
Mrs. Ellen Stuart, of State College,
was a guest for a short time of her
sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Jacobs. Mrs.
Stuart has been spending a month at
Philadelphia and Atlantic City.
The remains of Mrs. C. E. Wolf
were brought to this place Wednesday
from Colorado Springs, Col., by her
sons, Rev. R. B. Wolf and Edwin
Wolf, and interment was made on
Thursday morning.
Mr. and Mrs. Witmer McCormick,
of Columbia, S. C., were guests of
Mrs. McCormick’s parents, Mr. and
Mrs. D. J. Meyer, for several days
during the past week. On Sunday
John D. Meyer, of Altoona, and Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Meyer, of Reeds-
ville, were also guests at the Meyer
home, thus completing the family cir-
cle.
AARONSBURG.
Mr. and Mrs. Lemuel Brooks came
down from Bellefonte and spent Fri-
day night as guests of Mrs. Brook’s
aunt, Mrs. Thomas Hull.
Horace Stover, of Youngstown,
Ohio, arrived in town last Thursday
evening to attend the funeral of his
brother-in-law, Mr. Hawk.
Movings are now quite popular in
our burg. When Mrs. L. E. Stover de-
cided to remove the building on her
lot occupied by the band and P. O. S.
of A., that of course made it necessa-
ry for both band and lodge to move,
therefore, the band has moved into
one part of James Roush’s building
and the P. O. S. of A. has moved down
into Mensch’s hall.
The remains ¢f Mr. Frank Hawk,
of Lock Haven, were brought to town
last Friday and laid to rest in the
Lutheran cemetery. The services
were held in the Lutheran church, con-
ducted by the pastor, Rev. J. J. Wea-
ver. Mrs. Hawk remained until Mon-
day with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
George E. Stover. Mrs, Stover on
Monday accompanied her daughter to
her home n Lock Haven.
STORMSTOWN.
Corp. Ross P. Sellers, of Camp Lee,
is spending a week’s furlough with
his mother, Mrs. Esther Sellers, at
Waddle.
The double house at Stormstown,
owned by David Thomas, will be oc-
cupied by his son Irvin Thomas, and
Veris Way and their families. Mr.
Way expects to farm for his father
this summer.
Rev. and Mrs. H. F. Babcock and
little son expect to return this week
to their home at Stormstown, after
spending the winter at McMeekin,
Florida. Rev. Babcock had the flu,
followed by pneumonia, last fall, and
the Halfmoon charge gave him three
month’s leave of absence. His many
friends will be glad to have him return
and know that his health is improved.
BOALSBURG.
Ralph Rockey is driving a recently-
purchased automobile.
Frances Patterson returned from
Johnstown on Sunday.
A. E. Gingrich transacted business
at Mifflinburg on Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. William Stuart enter-
tained a number of friends on Friday
evening.
George Fisher and Henry Reitz
made a trip to Bellefonte on Monday
morning.
William Patterson, who has been
very ill, is at present somewhat
stronger.
Mr .and Mrs. Frank McFarlane will
leave Friday for a visit with friends
in Harrisburg.
Misses Ellen Dale, Rosalie McCor-
mick and Emma Rowe were recent
visitors in Bellefonte.
Mrs. Geary, of Centre Hall, and
Mrs. Samuel Durst, of Earlystown,,
were guests of friends in town for
several days.
Bruce Lonebarger and Fred Reitz,
who are employed in Virginia, came
home Tuesday morning to attend the
funeral of Mrs. Traxler.
Mrs. Susie Reitz Traxler, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Reitz, died in
the hospital at Wellington, Canada,
on Sunday evening at seven o’clock,
after an operation for appendicitis.
The body, accompanied by Mr. Trax-
ler and little son Henry, arrived in
Boalsburg on Tuesday morning and
was taken to the parental home, from
where the funeral was held on Thurs-
day morning, burial being made in
the Union cemetery, Rev. Brown, of
Selinsgrove, officiating. Mrs. Trax-
ler is survived by her husband, John
Traxler, one son, Henry; her parents
and one sister, Mrs. Bruce Lonebar-
ger, as well as four brothers, Israel,
Robert, Samuel and Fred.
Fruit Replaces Hops.
Rome, N. Y.—The uncertainty of
the future of the beer-making indus-
try has caused thousands of farmers
in this State, principally in central
New York, to give up growing hops,
the principal flavoring ingredient of
beer. At one time the hop industry
of this State brought the farmers
$10,000,000 a year, now it amounts to
only a few thousand.
Fruit growing has been substituted
by the farmers who formerly were in
the hop business. Some of them hold
that a nice large Northern Spy apple
in winter is just as good to quench
thirst as is beer, and there is just as
much money in fruit as there was in
hops; so the farmers generally are
satisfied with fruit growing, but not
with the law that makes the change
necessary.
William Hemming, of Whitesboro,
is showing what can be done by gen-
eral farmers in growing fruit. From
three acres of apple trees last fall he
harvested and sold more than $3000
worth of choice fruit. Careful prun-
ing of the trees, thorough spraying,
with cultivation of the soil, bring the
vield, he says.
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Road to be Shortened.
Highway Commissioner Sadler has
notified a delegation that the 8-mile
cut off on the Amity Hall route be-
tween Lewistown and Harrisburg is
to be made this year. The present
route leads from Liverpool, thence
east to Amity Hall and Benvenice
and over the Clark’s Ferry Bridge
and the Susquehanna road into Har-
risburg, while the new route cuts off
the eight mile loop through Liverpool
by traveling through Millerstown and
Newport and connecting with the Sus-
quehanna road at Amity Hall.
Highway Commissioner Sadler says
no roads will be built except direct
routes from county seat to county
seat, unless the county in which the
route is located will go 50-50 with the
State in paying the expense. This
dooms the route between Lewistown
and McVeytown to indefinite delay.
Rebuff German Colleges.
Paris.—The Universities of Leipsic
and Heidelberg have transmitted a
letter to all the French universities
requesting that their pre-war rela-
tions be renewed. The following has
been sent the German universities
from the University of Bordeaux:
“Please make a short visit to the
devastated regions of northern France
and then inform us upon your return
how long it would be before you would
renew relations with a people commit-
ting similar deeds in your country.
The generation perpetrating such
abominations has severed all connec-
tion with humanity. Perhaps we shall
Poney relations with the next genera-
ion.
Quoting Omar.
A lawyer noted for his flowery ora-
tory was speaking for the defense,
and wishing to emphasize the tender
relation that had existed between his
client and the complainant, he ex-
claimed in the middle of an impassion-
ed speech, “What does Omar say on
this subject? ‘A dog and a bone and
a hank of hair, and thou beside me
singing in the wilderness.’ ”
Summed Up.
A doughboy writing home from
France considers the cootie arithmat-
ically thus: “They add to one’s
discomfort; they subtract from one’s
enjoyment; they divide one’s atten-
tion, and they multiply like the
deuce.”
old Fashioned.
Mother—Yes, 1 shall certainly put |°
Dorothy into some profession, so that
she can be of some use in the world.
Dorothy—Oh, mamma, must I?
Can’t I be just an ordinary woman
like you?
Feared She’d Miss Train.
“Who was that lady in the car yes-
terday when you were going so fast?”
“My wife’s aunt. 1 was taking her
to the station.”
“Speeding the parting guest, eh?”
Classified.
“I can read Cholly like a book.”
“You’re foolish to strain your eyes
over a small type.”
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St. PATRICK'S LIFE.
Wherever an Irishman makes his
home, there an altar to St. Patrick is |
established, and on the seventeenth of |
March a trail of green enriches the |
globe. The shamrock from the old !
sod reaches faraway places and deco-
rates thousands of gallant Irishmen
who by the symbol proclaim their de-
votion to St. Patrick. This year, ow-
ing to the war and the uncertainty of
the future, the celebrations are some-
what saddened.
Historians tell us with unfailing
zest that St. Patrick was born of pi-
ous and God-fearing parents in the
year 372 of the Christian era. The lit-
tle that is known of his youth has
been sadly garbled by chroniclers who,
being ambitious to produce something
new, seem to have forged some points
of the history. Of these chroniclers
some are, no doubt, correct, but
which? On this account some pains-
taking writer has given us the facts
as far as truly known, and with these
we must be content.
In 387 he was sold as a slave to a
chieftain of Ulster. To the youthful
slave Ireland seemed God-forsaken
and overrun by fiends of evil power.
There was no church, no sacraments.
He could find no priest nor any one
who paid any attention to religion.
He was “alone among scoffers and the
worshipers of graven images.”
His life of prayer and self-sacrifice
continued during the long years of his
term of slavery, which were three.
Finally freed from his bondage he en- |
tered the priesthood as he had so long |
desired. After he had finished his
studies, he was ordained and the zeal
of his soul became a conflagration.
As many devout souls have prayed to
do, he wished to convert the whole
world, and as all desire, he prayed
pathetically to wear the martyrs
crown. France knew of him and there
he labored for a time, as he did in
Italy and the Thyrrhenion sea islands.
But it was to Ireland his heart turn-
ed most eagerly and he was permit-
ted a vision in which he saw the peo-
ple of Erin stretch forth their arms
to him in supplication, and this vision
determined him to undertake the diffi-
cult task of the conversion of Ireland.
He traveled to Rome to get the per-
mission of the pope and submitted his
labor and himself to that high digni-
tary. He was consecrated bishop and,
having received his instructions an
having been blessed, he began his
journey to his new mission.
The inhabitants of Erin were con-
sidered in an advanced state of civ-
iliziation, and St. Patrick began his
labors by denouncing Druidism, as-
tonishing its followers by the wonder-
ful deeds he accomplished in the name
of God, and little by little they believ-
ed and accepted the mysteries of the
true religion. He explained to them
the mysteries of the Trinity by pick-
ing from the sod a shamrock and dis-
coursing on its trefoil leaf on one
stem; then on the crucifix he explained
the birth of the Christ and the pur-
pose of his death and the beginning
of the church. The religious fervor
of St. Patrick appealed to the warm
hearts of his listeners and his teach-
ings swept Ireland like a conflagra-
tion. God’s churches arose out of
Druidical ruins and the houses of the
Druids became monasteries. Bearing
aloft the banner of his Master, St.
Patrick’s travels over Erin were tri-
umphantly successful.
It is not given to many workers to
see the fruits of their labors, but un-
der St. Patrick’s teachings, in his life,
Ireland became known as the Island
of Saints. He lived to be one hundred
and twenty years old. Another saint
of Ireland said of him: “A just man
wit purity of nature like a patri-
arch: a true pilgrim like Abraham;
gentle and forgiving like Moses; a
praiseworthy psalmist like David; in
wisdom like Solomon; a chosen ves-
sel of God like the Apostle Paul, and
full of grace and knowledge like John,
the beloved disciple of Christ.”
Just a little splash of color,
Sure it brightens up the day!
Drab the world would be, and duller,
But for good St. Patrick’s day!
Who is he who would be scornin’
When the shamrock smiles at him,
With the good St. Patrick’s mornin’
Full of kindness to the brim?
Dog Law to be Enforced.
Strict enforcement of the dog law
has been ordered by the State Agri-
cultural Department, Frederic Ras-
mussen, Secretary, and all dogs are
subject to license and the restrictions
of the law. It is estimated that dur-
ing 1918, the first year of the opera-
tion of the dog law, there were about
74,000 dogs killed by order of the
county authorities. In 1917 the re-
ports showed about 17,000 dogs killed.
His First.
Younghub—What makes the baby
cry like that?
Wifey—It’s a tooth, dear.
Younghub—Can’t we send for the
dentist and have it out?
Got Him Sized Up.
He—You never take me seriously.
She—It would be a serious matter
to take you at all.
CASTORIA
Bears the signature of Chas, H. Fletcher.
In use for over thirty years, and
The Kind You Have Always Bought.
At first signs of a cold or grip take
Lane’s Gold & Grip Tablets
Don’t wait.
pneumonia.
At your druggists.
Delay often leads to
Results are guaranteed.
Would Make Quail a State Song Bird.
Farmers throughout various sec-
tions of the State are very much in-
terested in a bill presented in the
Legislature by Representative Simon
F. Zook, of Blair county, as an amend-
ment to the game code to place the
quail in the song bird class. The ef-
fect of the enactment of his bill
would place the quail in the protected
class with the robin, and it is quite
probable State game officials and
Sportsmen associations will launch a
fight against the same.
On the other hand, farmers are pre-
paring to send petitions and start an
agitation to have the bill enacted in-
#0 a law, declaring that they feed
these birds during the winter merely
for sportsmen from the cities to kill
during the open season; and that the
quail is one of the greatest of insec-
tiverous birds and during the sum-
mer they destroy myriads of insect
pests which are so destructive to
crops, and they feel these birds should
be protected before they become en-
tirely extinct.
The Silver Lining.
Heck—So your wife insists on hav-
ing her own way in everything.
Peck—Yes, but she changes her
mind so often it isn’t at all monoton-
ous.
It Can Be Done.
“You make $4000 a year as an avi-
Calming Him Down.
Mr. Blinks—Here’s a fifty dollar
milliner’s bill I’ve just paid, another
case of a fool and his money soon
parted.
Mrs. Blinks—I know, dear, but just
think how fortunate it is that you are
one of those who have money.
Hood’s Sarsaparilla.
In Blood Diseases
Like Scrofula, Eczema, and Many
Skin Troubles,
As well as a general spring medi-
cine for catarrh, rheumatism, dys-
pepsia, Hood’s Sarsaparilla is of great
value to men, wemen, children.
It does its thorough work in these
well-defined diseases by cleansing the
blood, on the pure, healthy condition
of which depend the vigor and tone of
the whole system.
Hood’s Sarsaparilla is equally suc-
cessful in the treatment of troubles
that are not so well defined—cases
of a low or run-down condition or
general debility, loss of appetite and
that tired feeling, or cases in which
we see now very plainly after-effects
of the worry and anxiety caused by
the world war and the debility follow-
ing the grip, influenza and fevers. In
all such ailments it has accomplished
a wonderful amount of good.
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Attorneys-at-Law.
KLINE WOODRING — Attorney-at-
La, Bellefonte, Pa. Practices in
all courts. Office, room 18 Crider’s
Exchange. 51-1y
B. SPANGLER — Attorney-at-Law.
Practice in all the courts. Consul-
tation in English or German. Of-
fice in Crider’s Exchange, Bellefonte Pa.
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S. TAYLOR—Attorney and Counsel-
lor at Law. Office in Temple
Court, Bellefonte, Pa. All kinds of
legal business attended to promptly. 40-46
KENNEDY JOHNSTON—Attorney-at-
law, Bellefonte, Pa. Prompt at-
tention given ali legal business en-
trusted to his care. Offices—No. 5 East
High street. 7144
KEICHLINE — Attorney-at law
M.
J and Justice of the Peace. All pro-
fessional business will receive
prompt attention. Office on second
of Temple Court.
W sultation in English and German.
Office in Crider’s Exchange, Belle-
fonte, Pa. 58-5
floor
9-5-1y
G. RUNKLE—Attorney-at-law. Con-
cnet.
Physicians.
S. GLENN, M. D., Physician and
Surgeon, State College, Centre
county, Pa. Office at his Sosl
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dence.
INSURANCE!
Fire and Automobile Insurance at a
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ator. And yet people say you can’t Hood’s Pills help as a stomach-ton-
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Medical. FINE JOB PRINTING sa.
= Bellefonte now has a First-Class Res-
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Interview
MRS. GORDON TELLS HER EX-
PERIENCE.
. The following brief account of an
interview with a Bellefonte woman
four years ago, and its sequel, will be
read with keen interest by every citi-
zen.
Mrs. J. T. Gordon, 130 E. Beaver
St., Bellefonte, says: “I, and another
d | member of my family have found
great benefit from the use of Doan’s
Kidney Pills, which we procured at
Parrish’s Drug Store. My trouble was
a dull, constant backache which kept
me in misery at times. Mornings I
was so sore and lame I dreaded to be-
gin my housework, for it was a bur-
den. Doan’s Kidney Pills, taken ac-
cording to directions, restored my
kidneys to a normal condition. Ihave
had no return of the backache or kid-
ney disorders. This medicine surely
has my gratitude for the lasting ben-
efit it brought me”. (Statement giv-
en April 22, 1914).
On October 19, 1918, Mrs. Gordon
said: “I gladly confirm my previous
statement for Doan’s Kidney Pills, as
I certainly have found them to be all
that is claimed for them. Doan’s
Kidney Pills cured me, for which I
am very thankful.”
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WATCHMAN OFFICE.
There is no style of work, from the
cheapest “Dodger” to the finest:
BOOK WORK,
fat we can not do 2 the i nos satis-
‘actory manner, and ai nsist-
ent with the class of work. Call on or
communicate with this office’
Get the Best Meats.
You save nothin z by buying poor, thin
or gristly meats. Iuse only the
LARGEST AND FATTEST CATTLE
d suppl customers with the fresh-
est, choicest, best blood and muscle mak-
ing Steaks and Roasts. My prices are no
higher than poorer meats are elsewhere.
I alwavs have
—— DRESSED POULTRY —
Game in season, and any kinds of good
meats you want.
TRY MY SHOP.
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High Street. 34.34-1y. Beliefonte, Pa.
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Your Banker
The institution with which you main-
tain banking relations can be of service to
you in many ways.
The Centre County Banking Co.
does not consider that its service to its pa-
trons ceases with the
safeguarding of their
funds. It keeps in personal touch with all
of them in such a way as to be of assistance
very often when other matters develop
affecting their interest.
It Invites You to Take Advantage
of Its Unusual
| FINE GROCERIES
Service.
60-4
NAVAL ORANGES are in. The
quality is fine and the price
reasonable.
CALIFORNIA WALNUTS and
almonds of extra fine quality.
OUR WHITE GRAPES AND
CRANBERRIES are very fan-
cy goods.
CANDIES. In Candies we have
succeeded in getting a fair sup-
ply of desirable goods.
EVAPORATED APRICOTS,
PEARS AND PEACHES are
very fine this season and we
have all of them.
We Have the Supplies and Will be Pleased to
Fill All
We are receiving fairly good shipments of
Supplies for the New Year
MINCE MEAT: Mince Meat of
the usual high Sechler & Co.
standard. Positively the finest
goods we can produce. 28c. Ib.
Try it.
FANCY, MILD CHEESE, Sweet
Potatoes, canned Fruits, Olives,
Ketchup, Pure Olive Table Oil,
old fashioned New Orleans Syr-
up and fine table Syrup by the
quart. Much finer goods than
the Syrup in pails.
Orders.
SECHLER & COMPANY,
Bush House Block, - 57-1
Bellefonte, Pa.
Steaks, Chops, Roasts, Oysters on the
half shell or in any style desired, Sand-
wiches, Soups, and anything eatable, can
on
n I have a complete plan to
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SODAS,
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SELTZER SYPHONS, ETC..
for pic-nics, families and the public gener-
EE orion are manatactared out of
the purest syrups and properly
C. MOERSCHBACHER,
50-32-1y. High St., Bellefonte, Pa.
Employers,
This Interests You
The Workmans’ Compensation
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It makes Insurance Compulsory.
We specialize in placing such in-
surance. We Inspect Plants and
recommend Accident Prevention
Safe Guards which Reduce In-
surance rates.
It will be to your interest to con-
sult us before placing your In-
surance.
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Bellefonte 43-18-1y State College
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630 loss of one eve
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10 per week, partial disability,
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