TRIER, Deora aca Bellefonte, Pa., January 19, 1923. Country Correspondence Items of Interest Dished Up for the Delectation of “Watchman” Read- ers by a Corps of Gifted Correspondents. PLEASANT GAP. It is your own fault if dogs and tramps visit you the second time. Miss Davis, of Bellefonte, one of our public school teachers, was oblig- ed to close her school a week ago on account of sickness. Fortunately, we learn, the young lady is slowly recu- perating. Mr. Maurice Mulfinger has pur- chased the Frank Barnes homestead and will hereafter be registered as an owner instead of tenant. Mr. Barnes recently sold these premises to a Mr. Davis, of West Virginia. The Davis’ will return to West Virginia. And it snowed—Pleasant Gap can boast of having fourteen inches of snow by actual measurement, while two miles away, at the head of Greensvalley, Mr. Knoffsinger reports a solid bed exceeding two feet. Some snow, and indications for more. Mr. Hector Griffith, the efficient store-keeper of the western peniten- tiary at Rockview, had a very serious attack of pleurisy and was bordering on pneumonia, but his temperature is dropping and he is on a fair way to recovery, providing no other compli- cations set in. Court opposition, rather than cow- ardly shrink from it; heaven is the place where no insults are given, or no aggression made. You can make this world a paradise by rendering yourself insensible to all its discom- forts. Yieldy substances are suscep- tible to impressions. The friends of Mr. Freeman Hile are doing their utmost to have him ap- pointed state game protector for this district to succeed Mr. G. A. Mosier, who has been promoted to a traveling position. Mr. Hile is a high school graduate and is in every way capable to fill the position creditably. He is a born game fanatic and will unques- tionably make good, if appointed to this trustworthy position. We all hope Freeman will land the job. There seems to be more horses than stalls in our community, in the lan- guage of the illustrious Abraham Lin- coln. In other words, there is a great scarcity of houses for rental, and about half a dozen families still un- provided for, with April first (mov- ing day) almost in sight. Engineer Lee Sampsel, of Whiterock, was one of the uneasy seekers for a place to move into but, fortunately, he is now provided for, and he, in consequence, is past the worrying point. His em- ployers, the Whiterock corporation, very wisely purchased a neat, comfor- table residence from Mr. Lawrence Hile, for his occupancy. If other op- erators” would adopt such wise and commendable tactics in the interest of desirable employees, the disastrous and foolish strikes would sooner or later be eliminated. A word to the wise should be sufficient. After the disastrous fire which de- stroyed the barn vf Mr. Joseph Zeles- nick, with all his farm implements and grain to winter his stock, Mr. Orris Mulbarger, who occupies the William H. Noll Ji. & Bro. farm, volunteered to keep the horses and Mr. William Stover took the cows in charge until a new barn could be erected. A group of good charitably disposed far- mers in the vicinity of Centre Hall very kindly donated sufficient grain to winter the stock. The contributors were, James Goodhart, Roy Martz, David Stoner, William Stoner, C. S. Stoner, James Runkle, M. H. Barger and Stephen Matis. Mr. Zelesnick de- sires us to say that he thanks the gen- erous donators from the bottom of his heart for their kindness in aiding him in the hour of his distress and misfor- tune. Mr. Zelesnick sustained a fire loss of at least $2250, with no insur- ance. This timely aid is very com- mendable. At the last meeting of our Sports- men’s association they donated twen- ty-five dollars to our enterprising young Methodist minister, Rev. Kep- ler, who was very agreeably surpris- ed. Last week a subscription list was passed around by our energetic consta- ble, E. O. Brooks, soliciting addition- al subscriptions. The understanding was that no member of the congrega- tion should be approached. The result was that fifty-five dollars were secur- ed from strictly speaking outsiders. This shows the high regard our com- munity has for this good and noble young man, who, by the way, is a man of more than ordinary intellect, with HAMBONE’S MEDITATIONS PAHSON DONE GOT SO HE MAKE 'EM STAN UP T' SING WHILS' DEY PASSIN' DE HAT --AH SPEC DAS S505 DEY KIN GIT DEY HAN’ DOWN IN DEY POCKET Mo’ BETTUH!!! a heart to match his mind. He is American gold, minted in the church and stamped with the stars and eagle of liberty on one side, and the cross | on the other; highly regarded and be- {loved by all. When the donation was handed over the young minister was surprised beyond expression. CENTRE HALL. A small child of Burton Fetterolf’s died early in the week. Mrs. G. I. Yearick and two grand- children left for Johnstown the begin- ning of the week. Franklin Ruble, after a week’s vis- it with his aunt in Altoona, returned to his home on Saturday. Miss Mabel Arney spent part of Wednesday in Bellefonte, shopping and looking after some business. Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Smith left Wed- neesday for Philadelphia, where they are attending the automobile show. Mrs. Mary Foust, teacher of the grammar school, spent last Friday night with Miss Estella Hosterman. H. W. Kreamer, one of our oldest citizens, has been on the sick list for several weeks, but is now improving slightly. Mrs. Donelson and Mrs. Wilson, mother and sister respectively of Mrs. C. A. Spyker, are making a short vis- it at the Spyker home. Mrs. Mary Dinges Smith, who has been in the home of W. W. Kerlin as nurse for three weeks, left there on Wednesday and returned to her home in Pitsburgh on Friday. A number of young friends surpris- ed Miss Anna Garis on Saturday even- ing. As Sunday was her birthday, she was presented with many pretty and useful gifts. All present enjoyed the evening. Miss Grace Smith left Friday of last week for Mifflinburg, where she spent a few days with friends, and from there went to Ardmore and Phil- adelphia, where she is visiting with relatives and friends. - The Stork paid a visit to the home of Grover Weaver, just east of Cen- tre Hall, on Sunday morning, and left a wee girl weighing 11 pounds; a companion for the two boys already members of their home—William and Eugene. Master Warren Homan, son of Chester Homar, of State College, came to Centre Hall on Saturday to visit his grandma, Mrs. Henry Homan. On Monday his mother came to Cen- tre Hall for a few hours, and took the lad home with her. On Tuesday Mrs. Price, sister of M. L. Emerick, left for Chicago, where she will visit for some time. She was accompanied as far as Pitsburgh by her niece, Miss Carribel Emerick, who then returned as far as Altoona, where she visited with friends for several days. BOALSBURG. A. W. Dale attended a meeting of the Bell telephone directors in Beile- fonte on Thursday. Mrs. Charles Segner and daughters entertained 'd few friends at a quilt- ing on Wednesday evening. A number of local sportsmen spent Saturday in the mountains in search of dogs reported running deer. Communion services will be held in the Lutheran church on Sunday morn- ing at 10:30. Preparatory services on Friday evening. Elmer Houtz has decided to vacate his farm east of town and will become a resident of Boalsburg, occupying the Williams home on west Main street. GAME SLAIN IN PENNSYLVANIA MADE 18,000,000 POUNDS OF MEAT. Eighteen million pounds of meat was taken out of the Pennsylvania forests by hunters during the last hunting season, and, according to John M. Phillips, of Pitsburgh, the new president of the State Game Commis- sion, was worth, at a conservative es- timate, almost $6,000,000. “Approximately 6000 deer were shot last season,” said Mr. Phillips. “At the prevailing market prices for veni- son the meat represented a value of $600,000, which is the interest at the rate of 6 per cent. for one year on $10,000,000. Therefor these deer rep- resented a value to the State of $10,- | 000,000. “Recently a bulletin of the State Agricultural Department represented the value of the sheep owned in the State at $200,000. The comparative figures will give some idew of the greatness of the deer industry in the State, which is growing all the time, although fifteen years ago the deer was almost extinct in Pennsylvania. “All of the game killed in Pennsyl- vania during the past hunting season represented the equal of an invest- ment of $10,000,000.” ; The Game Commission is going to spend considerable effort this year in trying to restock bear in various mountain sections of the State. De- mands for bear are coming from hunt- ers everywhere ever since the com- mission adopted the practice of trap- ping and transporting to more hospit- able regions the Potter county bears. “Last year ten bears within sixty miles of Pittsburgh were sought by 5000 hunters,” said Mr. Phillips. “The hunters got two of them. Orig- inally we placed six in the Ligonier region, and another increase in their number can be looked for by next year.” In codifying the game laws the Game Commission will recommend that the fees of non-resident hunters be increased to $15.—Ex. Vigilance Needed. “Deacon,” said the preacher, “why is it dat every time you takes up the collection you brings back so many buttons, plugged nickels and other trash dat don’t help to pay de pas- tor’s salary 7” “Ah don’t know, parson.” “Ah does. It’s because you’s proud. 1 You hold yo’ head high instead of | watchin’ what goes into de plate.”— Birmingham Age Herald. PINE GROVE MENTION. Mrs. Charles C. Gates and two in- teresting children are visiting friends at Tyrone. Mrs. D. G. Reed spent Monday at the Fred D. Osman home on east Main street. Rev. J. S. McAlarney is conducting very successful revival services in the Methodist church here. J. W. Sunday, Mrs. C. E. Close and Mrs. H. S. Illingworth are all housed up with illness this week. Joseph B. Goss went to Johnstown, last Friday, where a good job await- ed him in the steel works. Word has been received here that the condition of J. C. Buchwalter, of Lancaster, is regarded as quite ser- ious. Charles H. Martz, who had been vis- iting relatives at Cincinnati and Cleveland, Ohio, returned home on Friday. Owing to ill health Elmer Barr has been compelled to give up his job at State College and return to his home here to recuperate. A. S. Bailey and sister, Miss Nan- nie, motored to the county seat on Saturday to look after some business matters and ao a little shopping. Communion services will be held in the Bethel Reformed church on Sun- day morning, at the regular hour, with preparatory services Saturday evening at 7:30. Our mutual friend, Will Grove, has decided to quit the farm in the spring and retire to a comfortable home in Lemont. Christ Houtz, who the past year has occupied the Snyder farm, will move onto the Grove farm. S. E. Ward has closed his home on east Main street and with his family gone to State College where they will be for the winter at the William Mec- Bath home, making it more conven- ient for the two boys who are stu- dents in the State College High school. John W. Miller, with his crew of threshermen, just got through with their threshing last week and pulled in after threshing 57,000 bushels of grain. Of course Mr. Miller took a day off during the hunting season, went out by himself and bagged a big buck. William H. Jacobs, the venerable Civil war veteran who has been very ill for several weeks, is now so much improved that he is able to sit up. During the war he served as a mem- ber of Company M, 19th cavalry. He spent six months at Andersonville as a prisoner of war. Early in the month H. S. Illingworth and wife spent a week visiting Mr. Illingworth’s father, the Rev. Ralph Illingworth, at Columbus, Ohio. Hen- ry and his father also made a trip to Chicago but the former was not very much impressed with the country in general and says he prefers the Key- stone State. The heaviest snowfall of the season occurred on Saturday night and Sun- day and a high wind on Sunday night drifted shut many of the byways so that travel is through fields. The Highway Department cleared the state road with their big snow plow so that travel on that thoroughfare has not been impeded. RUNVILLE. Charles Smoyer is very sick at this writing. : L. J. Heaton is visiting at Green- wood and Altoona. Walter Kauffman, of Ryde, is visit- ing at the home of his brother, Earl Kauffman. Miss Byrl Walker, of Snow Shoe, spent Friday night with her sister, Mrs. Louis Emenhizer. Mrs. Maggie Lucas, of Altoona, spent Friday at the home of her sis- ter, Mrs. Mary Heaton. Miss Verda Sparks, of Altoona, spent Saturday night with her par- ents, Rev. and Mrs. G. A. Sparks. A merry sled load of young people from this place spent Saturday even- ing at Bellefonte, at the home of Mrs. Lulu Davis. Mr. and Mrs. Elias Hancock, after visiting three weeks with their son, E. R. Hancock, at Philipsburg, came home last Wednesday. Mrs. Silas Emenhizer and little son visited last week at Snow Shoe, at the home of Mrs. Emenhizer’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Forden Walker. Tools of His Trade. Tired Tim knocked at the door of a cottage. It was a chilly day and he was very hungry. The old lady who opened the door was a good sort. She asked him into the kitchen and placed before him a nicely cooked meal and asked him why he did not go to work. “I would,” replied Tim, “if I had the tools.” : “What sort of tools do you want?” inquired the old lady. “A knife and fork,” said Tired Tim. —Judge. A ————— A rn sr—— Cause for Alarm. An Irishman, coming out of ether in the ward after an operation, exclaim- ed, “Thank goodness that’s over.” “Don’t be too sure,” said the man in the next bed. “They left a sponge in me and had to cut me open again.” A patient on the other side said, “Why, they had to open me, to find one of their instruments.” | Just then the surgeon who had op- erated on the Irishman stuck his head in the door and yelled: “Has anybody seen my hat?” Pat fainted.—Judge. Subscribe for the “Watchman.” CASTORIA Bears the signature of Chas,H. Fletcher. In use for over thirty years, and The Kind You Have Always Bought. THE MAGIC WORD. The manager of a certain depart- { Earl Russell last night entertaining | the Shah of Persia at Ciro’s. | “The fourth woman rose to go. She ment in a big store said to one of his | looked down at the other three, and a aisle managers: “I like the way you keep things running smoothly in your section, Parker. It sets a good stand- ard for those who might not be so par- ticular if them keyed up to their own best ef- forts.” Warmed with the words, went about his work with a new zest. It wasn’t long before he was saying to an alert little salesgirl: “You have a very successful way of hand- ling hard customers, Miss Belle. I'm going to see what can be done for you by way of rewarding such real merit.” Miss Belle flushed with pleasure. She was so happy that she was more successful than ever with the next troublesome cranky buyer; and when she went out to lunch she just couldn’t help saying to the deft girl who serv- ed her order: “It’s awfully good of you to be so prompt. You must have guessed that I want to take a walk this nice noon hour.” The deft waitress carried the cheer of the friendly words in her heart all the rest of the day. It spoke out when her younger brother settled down to his studies that evening: “It’s not every girl who has a brother who stays in at nights and studies and gets ready to make something of himself, instead of running the streets and get- ting into bad company. I'm proud of you, Jimmy-boy. You're my heart's comfort,” and Jimmy dug into his work all the harder and put away for good a certain “What's the use, after all” feeling that had been trying to get a foothold in his heart, of late. The next day he said to the teacher who had patiently explained a hard point, “You certainly know how to make it clear to a fellow. I wish I knew as much as you do,” and the lit- tle nagging imp of discouragement fled from the tired teacher’s heart at once. On her way home she paused to say to the small boy who sold her a pa- per: “It’s nice to know I can depend on finding you here, right on time every afternoon, Billy. You’ll make a good business man some day,” and she smiled as she paid him. Billy went home in such a glow of good feeling that he fairly shouted at sight and smell of the homely, sub- stantial dish of hash for supper. “Say, mother, but you’re a dandy cook. A fellow can put in his best licks with a supper and a mother like this at home waiting for him.” And at the word—the magic word of praise—there vanished endless bas- kets of clothes to be washed and end- less office floors to be scrubbed; and the world was a good place to live in, after all, when one had a fine boy like Billy coming home at night with his bit of money and his blarney. Nor did she dream—nor do we dream, often—how that magic word had been traveling from heart to heart, touching each with the joy of sincere appreciation, inspiring each to better work and living, before it pass- ed on to repeat its good work.—East and West. 1854 MILES MODERN HIGHWAYS FINISHED DURING THE PAST FOUR YEARS. During the past four years Penn- sylvania constructed 1854 miles of du- rable highway and has under contract 185 miles yet to be constructed. It is possible to travel 700 miles over a straightaway route in Pennsylvania ! without getting off improved roads. Every foot of the Lincoln highway in Pennsylvania east of Beaver now is of improved construction, and a par- ticularly fine stretch has been laid down between Philadelphia and the New Jersey line. Formerly in traveling from Harris- burg to Erie, it was necessary when weather conditions were bad to go via Pittsburgh, Beaver Falls and Youngstown. Now a direct route leads via Lewistown, Huntingdon, Ty- rone, Clearfield, Brookville, Clarion, Franklin and Meadville, cutting the running time from twenty to twelve hours. From the New York State line at Corning an improved trans-state high- way stretches to Emmettsburg, Md. Only seven miles of this highway, be- tween Selinsgrove and Liverpool, re- main to be completed and this stretch will be ready early next summer. It used to take two days to travel by mo- tor from Corning to Emmettsburg, but over the new highway the trip can be made in ten hours. Another improved highway connects the New York and Maryland lines, ex- tending from Binghamton by way of Scranton to Philadelphia and thence via Media and Kennett Square, within a year an improved highway will link Scranton and Wilkes-Barre with the capital. Every foot of the National pike in Pennsylvania is of improved construction. The late Lewis S. Sadler, as high- way commissioner, built most of the improved highway mileage. Speak- ing of his accomplishments, acting highway commissioner Biles said: “In connection with the accomplish- ments of the Pennsylvania Highway Department since January 1, 1919, I have only one regret—that Lewis S. Sadler did not live to see the comple- tion of this splendid road mileage in which as commissioner he took so in- ions an interest.”—Reformatory Rec- ord. : The Ubiquitous Lady. They were talking about Lady Dia- na Diff-Cooper, the Duke of Rutland’s beautiful daughter, whom Arnold Ben- nett has been caricaturing in a new play. “Lady Di,” said a matron, “is the most admirred and envied young per- son in all London. Bennett in his play sends her over here to lecture. Well, I hope she comes. Here's a sto- ry about her. “Four women, strangers to one another, were crowded together at the same table at tea at the Carlton. “¢I saw Lady Di at the opera last night,’ said one of the women. “ ‘Oh, no, you didn’t,’ said another, laughing a little. ‘My husband took her in at a party at Lord Curzon’s.’ “‘That’s strange,’ said a third wom- an. ‘She was pointed out te me by rr. your good results didn’t keep | 1 i i fusion. percentages of decrease appear slight smile curled the corners of her pretty mouth. “ ‘Really, how very extraordinary!’ she said, in a scornful, drawling voice. ‘It happens, you know, that I am Dia- na Duff-Cooper myself.’ “And she put out her cigarette and the man swaggered away. “Well, of course, the other women separated hurriedly and in great con- The next morning, though, they read in their newspapers that La- dy Duff-Cooper was spending a fort- night at Monte Carlo.” PRISON HELPS THE FARMER. The census departments shows that in 1921 there was a decrease of 41 per cent. in the total value of farm machinery products sold as compared with the year before. The largest in horse-drawn vehicles and in tractors and traction engines. This is a tremendous falling off, but while it has been in progress price reductions on farm machinery manu- factured at the Minnesota State pris- on, granted in response to a request by the Minnesota Farm Bureau fed- ‘eration, have saved farmers of that State $150,000 in a year. A report from this prison shows that 7,108 farm machines have been sold in the last twelve months, includ- ing particularly binders, mowers and rakes. This represents an increase of 139 per cent. in the use of binders, 38 per cent. in the sale of mowers, and 10 per cent. increase in the consump- tion of rakes. The manufacture of farm machinery in the State prison comes as a result of farm bureau activity, and should prove an inspiration to other States, for seemingly a way has been found to get at least the thin end of the wedge into the iron ring the harvest- er trust has held around the throat of the farmer for years. It has been contended that putting on the market the products of prison labor would unhorse business, but if the harvester trust be unhorsed, no- body will grieve very much. The farmers pay their share for the support of the restricted criminals, so it is not a bad idea for them to get something out of the labor of their wards.—Wyoming Democrat. -———Subscribe for the “Watchman.” —According to a report by the agricultural department corn has sun- planted wheat as a principal food sup- ply of the United States. Figures show that corn is produced by 5,000,- 000 of the 6,500,000 American far- mers. Nearly 100,000,000 acres of land are devoted to this single crop which now averages approximately 3,- 000,000,000 bushels annually. The crop during the war was valued at $3,000,000,000, which is one-eighth of our national debt. Forty per cent. of the crop is fed to swine, 20 per cent. to horses and mules and 15 per cent. is used directly for human food. The United States produced three-fourths of the corn of the world. - MEDICAL. Plenty of Proof From People You Know—From Belle- fonte Citizens. The greatest skeptic can hardly fail to be convinced by evidence like this. It is impossible to produce better proof of merit than the testimony of residents of Bellefonte, of people who can be seen at any time. Read the following case of it: Charles Nighthart, 331 E. Bishop St., Bellefonte, says: “I became run down with kidney trouble and felt tired and worn out in the morning. I could hardly get to work. There was a steady, dull ache across my back and when I stooped or lifted, sharp catches took me just over my kidneys. I also had dizzy spells and the action of my kidneys was irregular. I heard of Doan’s Kidney Pills helping others and I bought some at the Mott Drug Co. They strengthened my back and kidneys.” Price 60c, at all dealers. Don’t simply ask for a kidney remedy—get Doan’s Kidney Pills—the same that Mr. Nighthart had. Foster-Milburn Co., Mfrs., Buffalo, N. Y. 68-3 bl J a 198 Y8R COUGH / KEMP'S 0) | Fine Job Printing 0—A SPECIALTY—o AT THE WATCHMAN OFFICE. There is no style of work, from the cheapest “Dodger” to the finest BOOK WORK that we can not do in the most sat- isfactory manner, and at Prices consistent with the class of work, all on or communicate with this office. CHICHE THE DIAMO Ladies! Ask your TER S PILLS D. 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I use only the LARGEST AND FATTEST CATTLE and supply my customers with the freshest, choicest, best blood and mus- cle making Steaks and Roasts. My prices are no higher than the poorer meats are elsewhere. I always have —DRESSED POULTRY— Game in season, and any kinds of good meats you want. TRY MY SHOP P. L. BEEZER, High Street, 34-24-17 Bellefonte, Pa.