Demonic Wat
Bellefonte, Pa., September 1. 1922.
Country Correspondence
Items of Interest Dished Up for the
Delectation of “Watchman” Read-
ers by a Corps of Gifted
Correspondents.
PLEASANT GAP.
Mrs. Walter Houser, of Bellefonte,
was visiting among her old time
friends at the Gap, last Monday.
It’s a moral certainty that Leslie
Miller and family, of Woodlawn, will
take in the Granger’s picnic for the
entire session. :
The P. O. S. of A. festival held in
Noll’s grove, last Saturday evening,
was well attended. Their band music
was unusually good and the proceeds
exceeded their expectations.
You might as well throw yourself
against a barbed wire fence, expecting
no injury, as to expect to violate na-
ture’s laws and not have the just con-
sequences follow therefrom. “The
way of the transgressor is hard.”
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Melroy, after at-
tending the wedding of Miss Ruth,
sister of Mr. Melroy, at White Haven,
last week, took a run up to Scranton,
spending a few days there combining
business and pleasure. On Saturday
they motored on the new Lackawanna
trail from Scranton to Binghamton,
New York, and will remain there a
few days, returning home by the last
of this week.
About all the old-time patrons of
the Granger’s picnic here have secur-
ed their tents and expect to be located
on the tented field at Centre Hall for
the next ten days. Some of the num-
ber are so enthusiastic that they erect-
ed their tents on Wednesday, two days
before the announced opening. Pleas-
ant Gap will be a quiet village until
the annual festivities end.
As stated in another item in this
column the Gap will be unusually qui-
et next week owing to many of our
people camping at the Granger’s pic-
nic, and here are some of the reasons
for so doing: Miss Virgie Bilger says
putting in a week there is a most
healthful exercise, although she isn’t
lacking in health at present. Mrs.
John Herman is going because she can
eat so much better away from home,
when in fact she always has an abun-
dance at home. Mrs. Mat. Noll says
it becomes monotonous staying at
home all the time and she goes to see
the people, while others have various
similar excuses.
If there is nothing absolute in the
world, how can anything be settled
definitely? It can not; only the wis-
dom of a God can understand the ex-
act mutation of things; and if we
wish to become God-like we must not
pin our faith to certain principles,
creeds, parties, etc, as being abso-
lutely correct; and none but the nar-
row-minded partisan commits such fol-
ly. The Creator wishes man to be
free from all formulated doctrines, be-
cause they are an impediment for pro-
gress. The moment men settle down
into a thing as absolutely correct, they
become content and all investigation
ceases and they lapse into ignorance.
Our Henry Ford Noll, the Ford ga-
rage man, took in the Lewistown fair
last week. He formed the acquain-
tance there of Lieut. Kreamer, of
Clarion, who was traveling over the
county with his airplane and kindly
consented to bring Henry over the
mountains to Bellefonte. Of course,
Henry ran the plane and did it suc-
cessfully, although it was his first ef-
fort. Henry now has the fever and
alleges that he will be the happy pos-
sessor of a plane before another year
rolls around. Henry has a very warm
side for his garage; he says business
is fine and improving, so much so that
he is obliged to put in his time in his
plant half the night. He says this is
occasioned in consequence of the im-
provement of his growing business.
His wife tells a different story; she
claims that on account of business at-
tractions, she thinks he sleeps about
half the time in his favorite 16-cylin-
der machine; a machine he heretofore
claimed was master of the road but
since his trip in the airplane he ad-
mits that the plane has them all skin-
ned to a finish.
Billy Ross says, denials to the con-
trary, there is such a thing as love at
first sight, deny it who may; and it is
not necessarily a light or transitory
feeling because it is sudden. Impres-
sions are often made as indelibly by a
glance as some that grow from imper-
ceptible beginnings, until they become
HAMBONE’S MEDITATIONS
MISS LUCY SAY DEY HAS
QUARTERLY MEETIN' EVY
‘THREE MONTS IN DEY
CHUCH BUT Us HAS
IT EVY SECON" SUNDAY-.
"LEAS'WAYS, DATS DE DAY
EVY-BODY GITS SESSED
Two BITS!
incorporated with our nature. It is
not the fixed law of the universe, as
illustrated by the magnetic needle, a
guarantee for the existence of attrac-
tion? And who will say it is not of
Divine origin? The passion of love
is similar, when of a genuine kind.
Reason and appreciation of character
may on.longer acquaintance deepen
their impressions, “as streams their
channels deeper wear.” But the seal
is not of a higher power than human
will, and gives the stamp of human
happiness or misery in a whole life.
It is not thus with woman; although
the scene may change, and years, long
withering and lingering years, steal
away the rose from the cheek of beau-
ty; the ruins of a broken heart can-
not be reanimated; the memories of
that idol vision cannot be obliterated
from the soul. She pines away, bids
adieu to earth and flits into the bosom
of her God.
The new book by Rev. T. A. Long,
of Mill Hall, will leave the printer’s
hands in a few weeks and be ready for
distribution. It is a truly wonderful
production and should find its way to
all practical business men, labor em-
ployers and in fact all mankind would
be mutually benefitted by reading the
able and terse comments contained
therein. Rev. Long is a distinguished
divine, having filled pulpits in almost
every State in the Union; he was also
permanently stationed in Texas for
some years. The subject of this no-
tice is rounding up his fiftieth year in
the service of the church. He works
earnestly for the welfare of humanity.
He conceived the idea to write a book
for the uplift, encouragement and ed-
ucation, spiritually, for such who take
advantage of perusing the same. It
is now twenty years since this work
was begun. This marvelous publica-
tion treats specially on twenty-five
popular topics. Space will only per-
mit me to give a limited number sof
the assignments, as follows; “Born
of God;” “Honesty the Best Policy;”
“War Spirit Contrasted;” “Dress Re-
pudiating Debts;” “The Auto, It’s Use
and Abuse;” “Bankrupt Law a Scan-
dal to the Church;” “Love Thy Neigh-
bor as Thyself,” etc. It is to be hoped
that all who can will give the lauda-
ble undertaking a helping hand, more
especially since the principal part of
the proceeds go to charity. Rev. Loug
on this occasion bestows on his fel-
lowmen the advantages of his learn-
ing, and culture, his experience, his
talents and his God-given genius; en-
courages education, literature, art,
science and humane progress in all iis
highest and noblest phases. He aids
in weeding ignorance, self conceit,
pretention, tyranny, hypocrisy out of
the human heart. It is deserving of
the support of a generous public.
It is strange yet true, how natural
it is to write about that which hangs
heaviest upon your mind. Perhaps
you have noticed when you were in
love, or had been invited to a picnic,
or had a jolly lark in view, how differ-
ent it was to write a note to the coal
man, give the washer woman her or-
ders or talk to a friend five minutes
without getting in a few words about
your prospective happiness. Many of
our prolific writers produce their copy
under the most embarrassing circum-
stances. John Haberten, author of
“Helen’s Babies,” is a fair specimen.
His home was long the abode of sick-
ness and suffering. An invalid wife
claimed his constant attention; wheth-
er by her side or at his desk, she was
ever in his mind, but he could not
write of her because the public knew
her not, and cared not for her suffer-
ings. He was writing for this same
public, therefore must write to please
it. His editorial paragraphs were as
spicy and bright as if no clouds of
care or sorrow ever floated across the
mind. “Helen’s Babies” was written
mainly in the presence of the invalid,
and under all the depressing influenc-
es of the sick chamber—even in the
thickening shadow of death’s dark
wing.
The ever jovial, jolly, cheery Bob
Burdette, carried in his heart for years
a burden of care which would have
prostrated the average man. While
his audiences were convulsed with
laughter with his quaint humor and
funny jokes his heart would go back
to the little home where, pale and suf-
fering, lay his pretty wife bound to
her couch by a demon whose clutch
was too strong to be broken, save by
the conqueror of conquerors. It was
often remarked that his pathos was
most exquisite and touching. There
was a something about it that made
one feel that it was genuine, and not
trumped up for effect. How few knew
that it was genuine and fresh from
the heart, and how many dreamed that
his rapid changes from the gay to the
serious were so many flights of
thought from his surroundings to the
little modest home on the prairies?
Of course, all do not write beneath
darkening shadows, or handicapped by
care, but more do so than the world
knows of.
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Pat’s Predicament.
Pat had been in America about three
weeks, when he decided to look for a
job. Before noon he had been hired
as a hod carrier. He had never done
that kind of work before, but he man-
aged to fill his hod and climb the lad-
der to the top of the building. Instead
of unloading the bricks, however, he
kept walking around, until the boss
spied him and said:
“Why, Pat, what’s the matter?
Haven't you enough sense to unload
them and go down for another load?”
“I have, your honor,” answered Pat,
“but I'll be blazed if I can see how to
get down.”
“Well, why don’t you go down the
way you got up.”
Pat went over to the ladder and
looked down, and then in a gruff voice
answered: “I'll niver do that. I came
up head first.—Unidentified.
——Subsecribe for the “Watchman.”
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CASTORIA
Bears the signature of Chas. H.Fletcher.
In use for over thirty years, and
The Kind You Have Always Bought.
PINE GROVE MENTION.
Some of our farmers are seeding
their wheat.
Mrs. Etta Corl is a sufferer with
heart trouble.
George Edward Meyers, of Boals-
burg, was within our gates on Sunday.
A. M. Johnson and wife visited rel-
atives at Greensburg the latter part of
the week.
George W. Rossman, who has been
ill the past three weeks, is not much
improved.
The Ferguson township schools will
open for the winter on Tuesday, Sep-
tember the 5th.
King McMahon gave up his job on
the S. A. Homan farm last week and
left for the South.
Miss Ruth Gardner, of Tyrone, is
visiting her sister, Mrs. Hammac, at
the Methodist parsonage.
Mu. and Mrs. Milton Williams, of
Fairbrook, were in town early Monday
morning doing some shopping.
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Heberling, of
State College, made a few calls on old
friends and neighbors in town on
Monday.
The many friends of Tommy Glenn
will be glad to know that he is slowly
improving, at the Jefferson hospital,
Philadelphia.
Isaac Harpster ,of Fairbrook, who
recently submitted to an operation for
appendicitis, is not improving as rap-
idly as his friends would like to see.
Hall Musser, with his niece, Mrs.
Marie Ropert and Miss Alma Krebs,
all of Altoona, visited friends here and
at State College the latter end of the
week.
_ After spending a month in this sec-
tion Prof. S. C. Miller and wife pack-
ed up and left on Wednesday for their
home in Chester to be on hand for the
opening of the schools next week.
D. W. Meyers, of Boalsburg, was in
town on Monday calling on his broth-
er, Fred Meyers. Dan is the senior
member of the Modoc hunting club
and its efficient captain of the hunt.
My. and Mrs. Vernon Croft, of
Cleveland, Ohio, arrived here Satur-
day on a motor trip through the State.
Before her marriage Mrs. Croft was
Miss Maude Ella Smith, of our town.
William E. Johnson and wife spent
Sunday at McAlevy’s Fort making ar-
rangements to take Mrs. Rachel Wil-
son to the Wills Eye hospital, Phila-
delphia, for the removal of cataracts
from both eyes.
Having spent the summer with her
sister, Mrs. Sue Goss, on Main street,
Mrs. Maggie Meek went to Bellefonte
on Monday to spend a few days with
friends before returning to her winter
home in Altoona.
Motoring here from Newark, Del.,
last week Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Crater
and baby Viola were victims of a mo-
tor accident. Mrs. Crater and baby
were slightly injurred and the car
considerably damaged.
The farmers picnic held in the
Johnson grove at Pine Hall last Sat-
urday drew a fair sized crowd. Prof.
McKee, of State. College, was the
speaker of the day. The festival in
the evening drew a large crowd.
After spending three months with
her childreen in Pittsburgh, Mrs. Kel-
{ler returned home last Saturday ac-
| companied by her son, J. M. Keller,
who is overseeing the stocking up of
her larder for the winter season.
Rev. J. S. Hammac, pastor of the
Methodist charge here which consists
of Pine Grove Mills, Meek’s church,
Franklinville and Dungarvin, surpris-
ed his congregations on Sunday by
tendering his resignation effective Oc-
On Tuesday our junior ball team
played the Glades nine on the Mec-
Cracken field and were walloped to
the tune of 13 to 7. On Friday the
same teams played on the Bailey field,
$e juniors winning by the score of 4
to 3.
Frank Koch, who spent twenty-five
years in the regular army, being sta-
tioned most of that time in China and
the Philippines, has been honorably
discharged and placed on the retired
list. He is now looking up old friends
in Centre county.
tober first, and announcing his deci-
sion to retire from the ministry to ac-
cept the agency of a Baltimore insur-
ance company. His district will in-
clude Huntingdon, Altoona and Ty-
rone, and he expects to make the lat-
ter place his home.
A new barn is being built on the
Ewing farm to replace the one burned
as the result of a stroke of lightning
in July. The new building will be lo-
cated across the road from where the
old barn stood. It will be 36x72 feet
in size, with concrete floors and in
every respect an up-to-date dairy
barn.
The Snyder families and their
friends held their annual reunion at
Dale’s park, near Lemont, last Satur-
day. There were several very inter-
esting addresses and recitations and
a splendid basket dinner. It was de-
cided to hold next year’s gathering on
the last Saturday in August, at Lew-
istown.
BOALSBURG.
Miss Gladys Hazel went to Altoona
on Saturday to visit friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Segner visit-
ed friends in Yeagertown last week.
Quite a number of folks from this
vicinity attended the Lewistown fair
last week.
Prof. Cyril Zechman went to Avon-
lea on Monday, where he has accept-
ed a position in the public schools.
liam and Perry, of Instanter, are vis-
iting at the home of William Meyer.
Mr. and Mrs. Francis Gimberling
and son, of Selinsgrove, were over
Sunday visitors at the home of Henry
Reitz.
Mrs. Martha Keller and daughter.
of Philadelphia, and Mrs. Harry Kel-
ler and son, of Bellefonte, were call-
ers in town on Monday.
Mrs. P. Blayne Meyers and daugh-
ter Elizabeth, of Farmville, Va. ar-
rived in town Friday and are visiting
at the Ross and Harter homes.
Miss Rachel Mothersbhaugh returned
to her home in Williamsport on Wed-
nesday, after spending part of the
summer with her grand-parents.
Squire John F. Zechman, wife and
son attended the Zechman reunion at
Milton park on Saturday. The Zech-
mans have as a guest Robert Zech-
man, of Bellevue, Ohio. :
A number of ladies of the Lutheran
Sunday school met at the home of
Mrs. Henry Reitz, last Wednesday,
and quilted two bed comforts to be
sent to the orphan’s home at Loysville.
Mr. and Mrs. Reuben Stuart and
daughter Elizabeth, of Crafton, arriv-
ed in town via. Philadelphia, Reading
and Lancaster, and will spend their
vacation among friends in this vicin-
ity.
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You need it if weak and tired day
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It is agreeable, pleasant and con-
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We Make a Specialty of Moving
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Anthracite Coal at Retall.
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STATE COLLEGE, PA. .
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Reduced Prices; Greater Value
Never beforein his longautomobile history
has C. W. Nash offered as great value as
is now embodied in Nash cars at their
newly lowered prices.
‘The man about to select a car can choose
his Nash model now secure in the knowl-
edge that he is purchasing at the very
bottom of the market. There’s a car on
our floor ready for you to drive away.
Fours and Sixes
New Reduced Prices Range from $915 to $2190 f. o. b. factory
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WION GARAGE, - - Bellefonte Pa.
WILLIS E WION, Proprietor.
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ATTORNEY’S-AT-LAW.
KLINE WOODRING — Attorney-ate
Law, Bellefonte, Pa. Practices i=
all courts. Off 18 Crldare
Exchange.
B. SPANGLER — Attorney-at-Law,
Practices in all the courts. Come
sultation in English or Germasm,
Office in Crider's Ex Belletote
Pa.
KENNEDY JOHNSTON—Atiorney-ate
Law, Bellefonte, Pa. Prompt ate
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trusted to his flices—No. § Hast
High street.
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care.
M. KEICHLINE—Attorney-at-Law
and Justice of the Peace. All pre
fessional! business ve
rompt attention. Office on second floor ef
emple Court. 49-%-1y
G. RUNKLE — Attorney-at-Law,
Consultation a En lish and Ger
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PHYSICIANS.
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Get the Best Meats
You save nothing by buyin Prez,
thin or gristly meats. use only ths
LARGEST AND FATTEST OCATTLR
and supply my customers with the
freshes! oicest, best blood and muz-
cle making Steaks and Roasts. My
prices are no higher than the pesrsr
meats are elsewhere.
I always have
—DRESSED POULTRY—
Game in season, and any kinds of geod
meats you want.
TRY MY SHOP.
P. L. BEEZER,
34-34-1y Bellefonts Pu
Hight Street.