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Bellefonte, Pa., November 16, 1923.
Country Correspondence
Items of Interest Dished Up for the
Delectation of “Watchman” Read-
ers by a Corps of Gifted
Correspondents.
PLEASANT GAP.
Mrs. George Gettig is visiting in
Williamsport.
Mrs. Potter Tate is having her
house wired for electric light.
Mrs. William Lender, of Punxsu-
tawney, was a visitor here last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Beck, of How-
ard, are visiting with Mrs. Rachel
Noll.
Mr. and Mrs. John Herman, of
Philadelphia, were week-end visitors
here.
Miss Ida Frazier, of Spring Mills,
is visiting at the home of D. F. Rim-
mey.
Mrs. Elmer Brown, of Akron, Ohio,
is visiting with her sister, Mrs. Orlin
Brooks.
Mrs. William Rossman was admit-
ted to the Bellefonte hospital, last
Monday, for treatment.
The Stork was a visitor in our town
recently, leaving sons at the homes of
Elmer Brooks and Isaac Tressler, and
at daughter at the home of Luther
Mong.
Mr. and Mrs. J. Sumner Miller
were guests at the J. T. Noll home on
Tuesday. Mr. Miller recently quit
work at the “pen” and is being suc-
cessful in the grocery business.
The Allen family moved to Lewis-
town on Monday last; Mr. Allen hav-
ing secured a remunerative position
there previously. All hope that the
change will prove beneficial to the
Allens.
Our artistic barber, Mr. Crissman,
has installed a first class electric
clipper to his already well equipped
barber shop, and we can now boast of
having a first class tonsorial parlor
at the Gap.
Mrs. David Keller, of Rockview,
royally entertained the Sunday school
class of the Methodist church, of
which she is a member, on Thursday
night. One member of the class en-
tertains each month. The evenings
are spent socially, and they form a
link in the bond of affection, which
should always exist among church
members.
.. Mrs. J. T. Noll entertained with
three tables of five hundred, Tuesday
evening. A pleasant diversion while
awaiting the returns from the elec-
tion. . She also entertained a crowd of
lady friends, in honor of Mrs. Lang-
ley, of Williamsport, who for the
past few days has been a guest of
Mrs. R. S. Melroy. The guests were
Mrs. Samuel Noll, Mrs. Langley, Mrs.
James Bilger, Mrs. Frank Irvin, Mrs.
Rena Bilger, Mrs. R. S. Melroy, Mrs.
Henry T. Noll. Five hundred was in
play, and Mrs. Samuel Noll had the
honor of carrying off first prize. Re-
freshments were served, after which
‘the ladies wended their way home in
the “wee small hours.”
" BOALSBURG.
Received too late for last week.
Cyrus Wagner, of Altoona, spent
the first day of the hunting season in
this vicinity.
- Mrs. J. Hale Ross, of Linden Hall,
is’ spending the week at the Mothers-
baugh home.
Mr. and Mrs. Wallace, of Tyrone,
were over Sunday visitors at the home
of E. R. Tussey.
A new furnace is being installed in
the tavern to make it more comforta-
ble for the guests.
‘Misses Flora Snyder and Carrie
Showers spent the week-end at the
latter’s home near Madisonburg.
Samuel Reitz and family moved
from Oak Hall last week and are
comfortably settled in their new home
on Pine street. .
' Mrs. Charles Segner and daughters,
Misses Ida and Rachel, and Misses
Mary Reish and Nora Miller, spent
Thursday in Bellefonte. : :
. The Women’s Missionary society of
the Lutheran church will hold their
thank offering service on Sunday
evening, November 11th, at 7:30.
The Woman’s Civic club enjoyed a
social evening and banquet at the
home of Mrs. Ham on Friday evening.
About fifty members were present.
Waldo Homan and family, of Oak
Hall, were guests of George Homan
and family, at the Blue spring farm,
on Sunday and enjoyed a wild turkey
dinner.
Mr.
HAMBONE’S MEDITATIONS
DE OLE OMAN GOT T'
TALKIN' IN DE ‘SPERIENCE
MEETIN' SUNDAY NIGHT
BOUT HER TRIALS EN
TRIBLATIONS AT HOME
EN MAN, IT SHO DID
MAKE ME BLUSH!
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and Mrs. R. R. Stuart and
Copyright, 1921 by McClure Newspaper Syndicates
daughter Elizabeth, of Crafton, visit-
ed friends in town from Friday until
Monday. Mrs. George Mothersbaugh
and Miss Katherine Musser, of Belle-
fonte, accompanied them on the return
drive.
Rev. and Mrs. W. J. Wagner re-
turned, Wednesday, from a visit with
their son at Gettysburg Seminary, and
other eastern points. Rev. and Mrs.
George Ely, of Turbotville, accompa-
nied them home. Rev. Ely enjoyed a
day’s hunt in this vicinity and among
other game was successful in shoot-
ing a fine wild turkey. *
RUNVILLE.
C. J. Reese was the lucky hunter on
the first day of the season to get a
turkey.
Those on the sick list are Mrs. John
Lucas, Edward Lucas and Mrs. James
Watson. ;
The Stork left a young son at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Kauffman,
on Thursday.
Emanuel and Roy Rodgers, of Ty-
rone, spent Sunday afternoon with
their brother, Charles Rodgers.
Roland Irwin and son, of Willams-
port, spent a few days the past week
with Mr. and Mrs. J. O. McClincy.
Mr. and Mrs. James Flick and son
Robert, of Altoona, are visiting Mrs.
Flick’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Austin
Walker.
Mr. and Mrs. J. O. McClincy and
Mr. and Mrs. William Watson left
for Pittsburgh on Tuesday, to attend
the State Grange meeting.
Miss Lauretta Waters, of Olean, N.
Y.; Mrs. Ida Witmer, of Wingate, and
Miss Byrd Walker, of Snow Shoe,
spent Sunday at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Earl Kauffman.
Claude Poorman, of Bellefonte;
Edward Snyder, of Sunbury, and Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Marks, of Fleming,
visited at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
D. F. Poorman, on Thursday.
JACKSONVILLE.
Chickens are now selling at 18 cts.
a pound and eggs 50 cents a dozen in
this vicinity.
Winfield Deitz expects to move his
family to Lock Haven after the first
of December.
Mrs. Ralph Kiefer and son, of Flem-
ington, were week-end visitors at the
William Weaver home.
The Ladies Aid society will hold a
special meeting tomorrow evening,
and all members are requested to be
present,
The election being a thing of the
past farmers are now busy hauling in
their corn fodder, laying in a supply
of coal and getting everything in
shape for winter.
Don’t forget the chicken supper to
be served in this place tomorrow
(Saturday) evening. Oysters, hot
dogs and ice cream will also be on
sale. Come and get a good supper
for thirty-five cents.
Services. will be held in the Reform-
ed church on Sunday at 10:30 o’clock,
with Sunday school at 9:30. Every-
body is invited to attend as new mem-
bers are wanted for the Sunday school
rally day to be held in the near fu-
ure.
MUCH LIKE ORDINARY BOY
English Lord as a Youth Succumber
to the Temptations of a Straw-
berry Patch.
The best of berries figures as a tri-
umphant tempter in the biographies
of statesmen, Years ago at Eton there
was a spacious garden near the school,
celebrated for the size and flavor of
its strawberries, and the proprietor
made so many complaints of loss that
Mr. Austen Leigh was deputed by the
head master to catch the offenders.
He kept watch, and swooped down
upon one offender as he emerged from
the garden, There was a tussle in a
ditch, then the boy broke away,
crawled to the middle of the road,
sat down, and solemnly addressed Mr.
Leigh as “You beast!”
The result was the appearance be-
fore the head master a few hours
later of Lord Randolph Churchill. One
cannot imagine such an escapade in
the youth of Mr. Gladstone, but there
is a note of Lord Morley's at Biarritz
in 1891: “Mr. G. did not appear at
table today, suffering from a surfeit
i Pratt. Twice a day the women went
of wild strawberries the day before.”
—DManchester Guardian.
Rare Dollars.
Even if you are not a coin collector
you may be interested in knowing
about one of the rarest coins in ex-
istence, the American dollar of the
mintage of 1804.
There are not more than four or
five of these coins in America at the
present time, although 80,000 were
minted and circulated. The entire
output was sent over to the pay-mas-
ter of the fleet of three United States
men-of-war then lying off Tripoli.
The sailors who received them took
them ashore and traded them to the
natives, who prized them far above
their real value. There were very
few silver coins in circulation in Af-
rica at that time and the Bedouins,
who eventually got hold of most of
these dollars, used them as a basis for
silver jewelry.
A good many years later one was
found attached to the armlet of a
chief of the Ghadames tribe, in the
Sahara. It had descended from fath-
er to son, and was bought by the
Banks Brothers, of Boston, who paid
$2,000 for it.
Ra
Fooled ’Em!
“T fooled ’em, by gosh, I fooled
’em,” said the stranger who had pa-
tronized for the first time a self-serv-
ice restaurant.
“Yes-siree, I fooled ’em. I went in-
to the restaurant, took the tray my-
self, took the fork and knife myself,
selected the food myself, carried it
myself to the table, but I fooled ’em,
by gosh, I slipped out without wash-
ing the dishes.—St. Louis Star.
—Get your job work done here.
PORPOISES LIKE TO PLAY
Huge Animals of the Sea Grunt Like
a Hog—Is Harbinger of the Her-
ring and Mackerel.
ns
If, toward the end of the summer,
you see a commotion in the sea off the
harbor mouth, you can safely guess
that a school of porpoises is about,
and that there are shoals of herring or
mackerel on the move.
As soon as the water becomes
warm in the long summer days, the
porpoise comes down from the cold
seas for food—and play. Frequently
there are as many as a hundred por-
poises in a school.
The porpoise’s body is bloated, just
like that of a pig, and when he grunts
the likeness is complete. His under-
part is dazzlingly white, his back a
greenish black in color. Often he at-
tains a length of five feet. On his
back is one great triangular fin, and
it is this fin that enables him to go
through his “stunts” at sea. ’
He does not swim—he rolls, It is
an ungainly motion, but one that is
absorbing to watch. He rolls over
and over, throwing up a spray and
grunting in a curious manner. He
never seems to get in the way of his
fellows, no matter how large the
school.
The most entrancing part of the
spectacle is when the porpoise decides
to do some acrobatics, He hurls him-
self from the water, rises some eight
or ten feet, his fat body curved and
glistening, and then drops with a ter-
rific splash. All the time he is breath.
ing hard, so that a school of these
creatures makes a considerable noise.
Herring and mackerel are his prey.
Season after season he hunts them
down and eats them wholesale, Small
wonder he is not a favorite with fish-
ermen.
But he is a harbinger of the herring
shoals, and for that reason his com-
ing is eagerly awaited. Only when
herring are about does the porpoise
become bold. He is a useful crea-
ture, too. His big body holds a con-
siderable quantity of good oil, while
from his skin porpoise leather is made.
~—London Tit-Bits.
COWBOYS MILK WILD COWS
New Form of Amusement as Staged
in Washington Calls Forth
Protest. ”
Our special representative in the
state of Washington, who has done s0
much to create humane sentiment
against the cruelties associated with
the rodeos and wild west shows of
Washington, sends us the rules of a
new form of cruelty as they appear
upon the printed program, known as
the “Wild cow milking contest.” Five
wild, but fresh milch cows are to be
used. The cow has thirty feet start.
Two mounted men to each cow are
waiting in line to give chase.
Here are three of the rules for this
contest :
The catcher will stop the cow but
not “bust” her. If you do bust her you
are out.
His partner will dismount, go down
the line, catching the cow by the
horns, twisting her head back and tak-
Ing the rope off from the cow or roper
must release his rope from horn or
saddle,
The rider who roped her will now
dismount and proceed to milk this wild
cow until he has half filled one-half
pint cream bottle furnished by the
committee,
Some of the finest people in Ameri-
ca live in the state of Washington.
May the day soon come when their in-
fluence will be strong enough to stop
these barbarous exhibits of the rough
and cruel handling of animals to fur-
nish amusement to people capable of
finding pleasure in such primitive
forms of so-called sport.—Our Dumb
Animals. ;
Store Water in Bamboo Pipes.
{ took notes while we were at Epa
Jf a rather curious method of drawing
water from the communal spring, half
a mile from the village, says H. C.
down in chattering groups to the
spring, carrying bamboo pipes twelve
feet long. These pipes are made by
forcing out the pith at the joints, and
hold about five gallons apiece. When
full, the drinking end was plugged
with leaves, the pipe being stood in
a shady spot near its owner's house
and used when needed. Incidentally,
drinking from these weird receptacles
was a rather hazardous business, care
being necessary lest a too eopious sup-
ply should gush cut when the pipe
was held to the mouth.—Wide World
Magazine,
First Millionaire in the United States. 1
The first United States millionaire
was Stephen Girard, a French sailor
who settled in Philadelphia in 1772 as
a wine merchant on a small scale, and
henceforth was bound up with the des-
tiny of the Quaker City. He built
fleets of merchant vessels, created
whole residential districts, and when
the Bank of the United States threat-
ened to stop payment set up his own
bank and became the leading banker
of the country. On Girard’s death in
1832 his estate amounted to ten mil-
lfon dollars—the largest known up to
then in the United States. He was a
bachelor, and left the whole of his
furtune, with the exception of a few
trifling legacies, for charitable pur-
poses.
In Round Numbers,
Suffering Kid—Pa, did you ever
aave a tooth pulled?
Papa (with great gusto)—Have I
my boy? I should say so; hundreds
of them. ; :
Newspaper Best Medium.
and publicity men in Atlantic City in-
teresting comment was made on the
line of distinction between publicity
and advertising material and paid
newspaper space was advocated the
da articles. It was urged that such
paid space should be liberally used.
“There is no need for making the
question of what is news and what is
advertising a mysterious one,” La-
bert St. Clair, of New York, adver-
tising director of the American Elec-
tric Railway Association, declared.
“Every good advertising and publicity
man knows the difference. When he
contemplates putting out a story he
should place himself in the position
of the city editor and the advertis-
ing man. If the story has news mer-
it, it should be given out as news, if
it is advertising, it should be made up
as an advertisement and placed in
paid space.
The amount of free advertising
which even country newspapers are
called upon to give is enormous.
Every mail brings so-called news
stories which are as a matter of fact,
simply advertising matter and should
be charged for as such.
ASKS HUNTERS TO KILL CATS.
In a letter sent out to sportsmen,
Seth E. Gordon, Secretary of the
State Game Commission, urges hunts-
men to kill all stray and deserted do-
mestic cats.
Stray cats and crows are referred
to by the game secretary as vermin
and he announces that in the 1922
hunting season approximately 80,000
cats were killed off by hunters.
“Due to the ancient traditions con-
cerning the killing of cats,” says Mr.
Gordon, “many persons in Pennsylva-
nia unfortunately take cats they no
longer desire out into the forests and
release them rather than put them to
death in a humane manner.”
The attention of sportsmen is di-
rected to the increase in the bounty on
gray foxes from $2 to $4 and on wild-
cats of from $8 to $15. There are no
bounties on crows or stray cats but
their extermination is asked.—Ex.
Electricity Enslaved.
Steinmetz was right when he said
that in days to come the electricity
that Franklin lassoed will go to work
harder than ever for man and spare
him a lot of today’s drudging labor.
But that will not mean a release of
energy to mere easy idleness. Lei-
sure will mean education and the cul-
tivation of talents which with so many
of us have lain dormant or scantily
utilized. ©The enormous inventive
achievement of the ninteenth century
built on the ages and the new epoch
will rise on the stepping-stone of re-
cent invention to a soaring peak
whose height is not for man to deter-
mine.—Public Ledger.
Not Fooled.
Hubby—Well, dear, I suppose you
were right about there being burglars
in the house last night.
Wifey—Why ?
Hubby—Because the money I had
in my pocket is gone.
Wifey—Well, why didn’t you get up
and shoot the burglar?
Hubby—If I had, Id have been a
widower this morning.—Prairie Far-
mer.
Where He Looked Like 30 Cents.
“Janet,” said her husband, “how did
you cure Helen of her infatuation for
young Dubleigh ?”
“By suggestion, my dear.”
“Suggestion 7”
“Yes. I suggested that she look him
up in Bradstreet.”—Boston Trans-
cript.
Wild Life in Forest.
Forests are the home and breeding
grounds of hundreds of millions of
birds and game animals which the
forests provide with food and shelter,
says the American Tree association.
If we had no forests, many of these
birds and animals would soon disap-
pear.
At a recent meeting of advertising
most valuable medium for propogan-'
Only Thing Left.
“Judge, won’t you please help me?
I don’t know what to do and my meat
business is growing worse every day.”
_ “Advertise your business and print
your name on the windows.”
“That’s just the trouble, judge, my
name is Failure.”
“Well put your initials in front of | p
your name.”
“Still worse.
Failure.”
“Hum! Then put your full name
judge.
on the windows.”
“Worse than ever, That
would read Adam Failure.”
“Good heavens, man, get married
then, and take your wife’s name.”
That would read A.
MEDICAL.
So Deceptive
Many Bellefonte People Fail to Real-
ize the Seriousness.
Backache is so deceptive.
It comes and goes—keeps you
guessing.
Learn the cause—then cure it. .
Possibly it’s weak kidneys.
That’s why Doan’s Kidney Pills
are so effective.
They’re especially for weak or dis-
ordered kidneys.
Here’s a Bellefonte case.
Mrs. Mahala Kreps, Phoenix Ave,
says: “A few years ago my kidneys
were in a wretched. condition and I
suffered a lot with dull, nagging
backaches. At night the pains were so
severe I couldn’t rest. My kidneys
acted too often and I had frequent
spells of dizziness and headaches. I
used Doan’s Kidney Pills as directed
and they helped me from the first.
Four boxes of Doan’s cured me of all
signs of the trouble and I have had
no return of it.”
Price 60c, at all dealers. Don’t
simply ask for a kidney remedy—get
Doan’s Kidney Pills—the same that
Mrs. Kreps had. Foster-Milburn Co.,
Buffalo, N. Y. 68-45
Caldwell & Son
Plumbing and Heating
By Hot Water
Vapor
Steam
Pipeless Furnaces
Full Line of Pipe and Fittings
AND MILL SUPPLIES
ALL SIZES OF
Terra Cotta Pipe and Fittings
Estimates Cheerfully and Promptly
Furnished.
66-15-t¢
ATTORNEY’S-AT-LAW.
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ELINE ._ WOODRING — Attorney-at-
Law, Bellefonte, Pa. Practices im
2 all courts. Office, room 18 Crider’s
Exchange. . bl-ly
AT B. SPANGLER — Attorney-at-Law.
Con-
sultation in English or German,
Office
a.
Practices in all the courts.
in Crider’s Exchange, Belltonte
40-
KENNEDY JOHNSTON—Attorney-at-
Law, Bellefonte, Pa. Prompt ate
[ tention given all legal business em-
trusted to his care. Offices—No. § East
High street. 57-44
M. KEICHLINE — Attorney-at-Law
and Justice of the Peace. All pro-
fessional business will ve
prompt attention. Office on second floor of
emple Court. 49-5-1y
G. RUNKLE — Attorney-at-Law,
Consultation in English and Ger-
man. Office in Crider's Excsatige
Bellefonte, Pa.
PHYSICIANS.
R. R. L. CAPERS,
OSTEOPATH.
Bellefonte State Coll
Crider’s Exch. 66-11 Holmes Blige:
8. GLENN, M. D., Physician and
Surgeon, State College, Centre
county, Pa. Office at resi-
dence.
VA B. ROAN, Optometrist, Licens
E by the State Board. State rg
every day except Saturday. Belle<
fonte, rooms 14 and 15 Temple Court
Wednesday afternoons and Saturdays 9
a. m. to 4:30 p. m, Both Phones. 68-40
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66-11-1yr BELLEFONTE, PA.
Employers,
—— This Interests You
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AT THE
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There is no style of work, from the
cheapest “Dodger” to the finest
BOOK WORK
that we can mot do in the most sat-
isfactory manner, and at Prices
consistent with the class of work.
al on or communicate with this
office.
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resorts.
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Here in the land of the Seminoles, Ponce de Leon
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A land of charming resorts of fashion on both the
east and west coast, delightful and alluring, where surf
bathing may be enjoyed in January as well as in July.
Every variety of sport and pleasure with Key West and
Cuba but a few hours distant.
Fishing !
Superior and convenient through service is provided
by the Pennsylvania Railroad System to all Florida
Effective December 31, and continuing until April 19,
the “Seaboard Florida Limited” and “Florida Special”
will be placed in service by the Pennsylvania Railroad,
Seaboard Air Line and Atlantic Coast Line, in connection
with the Florida East Coast Railroad, giving daily solid
Pullman trains from New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore
and Washington to the principal Florida resorts.
Pennsylvania Railroad System
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Hunting !
The Workmans’ Compensation
Law went .into effect Jan. 1,
1916. It makes Insurance Com-
pulsory. We specialize in plac-
ing such insurance. We inspect
Plants and recommend Accident
Prevention Safe Guards which
Reduce Insurance rates.
It will be to your interest to
consult us before placing your
Insurance.
JOHN F. GRAY & SON,
Bellefonte 43-18-1y State College
Fire!
Get Protection.
The following ' Lines of
Insurance are written
© in my Agency
FIRE
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(All Kinds)
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ACCIDENT and HEALTH
EVERY POLICY GUARANTEES
YOU PROTECTION
When you want any kind of
a Bond come and see me.
Don’t ask friends. They
don’t want to go on your
Bond, I will.
H. E. FENLON
Bell 174-M Temple Court
Commercial BELLEFONTE, PA.
56-21
Get the Best Meats
(0% five nothing by busing gor
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, 34-34-1y Bellefonte, Pa’