Demorraic Wald,
Bellefonte, Pa., December 14, 1923.
Country Correspondence
Items of Interest Dished Up for the
Delectation of “Watchman” Read-
ers by a Corps of Gifted
Correspondents.
PINE GROVE MENTIONS.
Charles Goss, of Pittsburgh, is here
for his annual deer hunt.
John C. Dunlap, of Twin Rocks, is
here for his annual hunt.
. B. Fry transacted business in
Huntingdon on Saturday.
Mrs. Samuel Everhart was taken to
the Bellefonte hospital for treatment.
Joe E. Johnson is making some de-
cided improvements to his home on
east Main street.
Fred Williams, wife and daughter,
came in from Clearfield and spent
Thanksgiving with relatives.
Emory Johnson, one of our well
known farmers, is confined to bed with
a slight attack of appendicitis.
Misses Mary and Athalia Ward at-
tended the funeral of Mrs. G. W.
Ward, in iPttsburgh, last week.
John Patterson so far holds the rec-
ord for fat porkers killed, having
killed two that dressed 1050 "pounds.
Pennsvalley Lodge No. 276, I. O. O.
F., will banquet themselves and lady
friends on Friday evening, December
28th.
Mrs. Sue Peters, grandmother O’-
Bryan and Miss Nannie Bailey are
all slowly improving from their recent
illness.
Miss Mary Krebs, of Northumber-
land, visited friends hereabouts the
past week, returning home on Tues-
day afternoon.
Miss Lizzie Gummo, of Tyrone,
spent Sunday with her sister, Mrs. J.
W. Sunday, who is in frail health at
her home on east Main street.
Farmer John Quinn was in town on
Saturday, having come up to look over
the Glenn farm which he expects to
occupy after the first of next April.
Mrs. Ruth Little, who recently un-
derwent an operation, at the Clear-
field hospital, was brought home on
Tuesday, very much improved in
health.
Mrs. Alice Buchwalter, of Lancas-
ter, spent two days here last week,
being compelled to curtail her visit
owing to the serious illness of her
husband.
J. C. Walker and wife motored in
from Clarence to spend Sunday with
Mr. Walker's brother, Benner Walk-
er, who is seriously ill at his home at
Oak Hall
The Ferguson township auditors
went over the road and poor accounts
on Monday evening, and found the
road fund $600 to the good and $400
in the poor fund.
Prof. S. P. McWilliams and wife, of
East Cannonsburg, spent several days
last week with the professor’s sister,
Mrs. N. E. Hess. They returned home
on Sunday afternoon.
The Chester A. Johnson sale of
farm stock and implements was fairly
well attended, but prices were low.
Mr. Johnson is moving to Altoona
from the George Ishler farm.
Auctioneer H. E. Witmer, with his
bride of several months, moved into
his cosy new home on Sunnyside, on
Tuesday, where they are taking their
first lessons in housekeeping.
Charles Graham and family moved
last week from Mt. Eagle to the John
Miller farm near town, where Mr.
Graham will be in charge as success-
or to David Noll, who recently moved
to Zion.
Dr. J. B. Krebs, a member of the
Modack hunting club, is nursing a
sore hand, the result of being caught
in the jaws of a fox trap he was put-
ting out in an attempt to capture a
fox.
LeRoy Trostle will be the tenant
farmer next season on the Mitchell
farm near town recently purchased by
J. E. McWilliams. Frank Swabb, who
has occupied the farm for twenty-
three years, will retire.
J. Irvin Keller came in from Pitts-
burgh on Monday morning to join the
hunters on Tussey mountain and was
successful in shooting a six point
buck, his first deer. He returned on
Wednesday, accompanied by his
mother, who will spend the winter
with him.
Edward Riley, who is coming close
to his eightieth birthday anniversary,
brought to earth his fiftieth deer last
Friday. Despite the fact that he is
an octogenarian he hikes over the
mountains with as little exertion as a
much younger man, and on Friday
evening danced a jig in celebration of
his achievement.
Considerable excitement was creat-
HAMBONE’S MEDITATIONS
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ed in town on Monday evening when
a doe and spike buck came scamper-
ing through the streets. The doe got
away but the buck took refuge in the
hotel barn-yard and it was soon evi-
dent that it had been crippled. The
game warden was notified and the an-
imal was killed and the carcass sent
to Bellefonte for hospital use.
After a residence of a quarter of a
century at State College David Clyde
Krebs and family moved back to our
town last week and are now comfort-
ably located on east Main street. In
his early life Mr. Krebs conducted a
general store here but twenty-five
years ago he sold out and moved to
the College where he has been in
charge of the college farms under C.
L. Goodling. Their many friends wel-
comed the family back to town.
Hunting stories comprise the prin-
cipal news topic just now, because
every man who owns a gun has been
out after deer. George Reed and Si-
nie Reish went out for the day, on
Saturday and both returned with a
buck. The Sholl gap crowd have
three deer and two foxes. The Pine
Grove Rod and Gun club have three
deer and two foxes, Dr. N. T. Krebs
and Linn D. Musser being responsible
for two of the deer. The Hollidays-
burg crowd on Laurel run have three
deer and the Woodrow Wilson club at
the same place have four. Day hunt-
ers have killed four.deer in the Bar-
rens; the farmers club at the McCor-
mick springs have three and the Bai-
leyville juniors three. Clifford Close
brought in a fine buck on Tuesday.
OAK HALL.
Electricians began work on Monday
to wire the house and farm buildings
of Mrs. Nannie Gilliland.
Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Radel are spend-
ing several days at Mrs. Radel’s pa-
rental home at Millersburg.
Mr. and Mrs. Max Gramley and ba-
by and Ward Gramley, all of Altoona,
were recent visitors at the R. C. Low-
der home.
Mr. and Mrs. Weaver Witmer, of
Buffalo Run, spent the first day of the
week at the Wayne Rishel home at
this place.
Mrs. Ellen Gingerich, who has been
in a somewhat serious condition for
some time, is convalescing as speed-
ily as can be expected.
Visitors at the Charles Whitehill
home on Sunday were Mr. and Mrs.
Henry Shuey, of Pleasant Gap, and
Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Shuey and chil-
dren, of Hublersburg.
The quarantine which was placed
on the W. A. Ferree home a month
ago for scarlet fever, was removed on
Monday, as no more cases have devel-
oped and Walter, the victim of the
malady, has recovered.
Rev. Bingman, of Centre Hall, and
Rev. Miller, of Meyerstown, were en-
tertained at the N. B. Martz home on
Sunday; Rev. Miller having been the
main speaker at the evangelistic serv-
ices held last week at the Evangelical
church at Lemont.
AARONSBURG.
Having contracted a heavy cold
during the week, Rev. Daubenspeck
was unable to fill his appointments on
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry E. Crouse spent
Saturday in Sunbury, where they
were guests of their son-in-law and
daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Lee Hain.
Mrs. Mary E. Burd has again been
quite ill but at this writing she is
somewhat improved. For some
months Mrs. Burd has been quite a
sufferer.
Miss Mary G. Forster had the mis-
fortune to have a hard fall one even-
ing last week. She was confined to
bed several days but is now able to be
about the house again.
Franklin Detwiler, one of the town’s
aged men, had the misfortune to fall
down stairs Saturday night when re-
tiring for the night. In some way he
made a misstep causing him to fall to
the hall below. No bones were brok-
en but he was badly bruised and
shocked.
Jack, the two year old son of Mr.
and Mrs. Harvey Haffley is ill with
pneumonia, at the home of his grand-
parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. Z. Haffley.
The Haffley family came here from
Altoona, all ill with the grip, which
later developed into pneumonia in the
child’s case.
RUNYVILLE.
Mrs. Thomas Kline
friends at Jacksonville.
Evan Lucas, of Altoona, spent Sun-
day at the home of L. J. Heaton.
Levy Fye, of Moshannon, visited
Jer Sunday at the home of Jacob
irk.
Miss Gladys Walker, of Snow Shoe,
spent last week with her aunt, Mrs.
Earl Kauffman.
The United Brethren Sunday school
of this place will hold their Christ-
mas entertainment on Tuesday even-
ing, December 25th.
E. R. Hancock and George Lucas, of
Philipsburg, spent Sunday night at
the home of Orrin Lucas and Mr. and
Mrs. Elias Hancock.
Mr. and Mrs. Burton Witherite and
daughter Ruth, of Osceola Mills,
spent Sunday with the former’s par-
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Michael Witherite.
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Kauffman, Mr.
D. F. Poorman and Mrs. Edward
Walker autoed to State College last
Wednesday and helped Willis Poor-
man butcher.
is visiting
Unfamiliar Ground.
A little girl to whom the wonders of
evening dress were quite unknown,
was taken to her first evening concert.
On her return home she was asked
what the concert was like.
“Oh,” she said, “it was very funny.
There was a lady screaming because
she had lost her sleeves, and a waiter
played on the piano all the time.”
A Sure Sign.
Daisy—“How do you know the
Websters have made it up again,
dear?”
Dot—*“Oh, I saw Mrs. Webster
looking over several new cars at the
motor show today.”
FRATERNAL CHARACTERISTIC
OF THE SOLDIER.
—
By L. A. Miller.
The unbounded fraternal disposition
existing among soldiers was fully re-
alized at our recent election when pa-
triotic Dick Taylor received an un-
precedented majority for Sheriff of
Centre county over his opponent.
The outcome of the result demon-
strated to me that the subject in ques-
tion would unquestionably be a good
topic to write about, and would, I be-
lieve, be appreciated by many of the
readers of the “Watchman.”
This fraternal disposition is charac-
teristic of the true soldier in every
phase of life. He would cheerfully di-
vide his last cracker, squeeze his can-
teen, or sleep three in bed, and feel
glad that he happened to be there, or
that it fell to his lot to do it. Some
may not be able to realize the depth
of the fraternal feeling that existed
among soldiers on the front. Indeed
it is impossible for citizens to appre-
ciate it. Members of societies, clubs
and associations may think they know
something about it, but they do not.
They have an element among them
that neutralizes the feeling to a great
extent, and it is impossible to get rid
of it. In every society there are neg-
ative characters whose tastes and
feelings can never be made to har-
monize with the others.
In the army it was different; but
not until after the blowheads, swag-
gerers and cranks had been eliminat-
ed, leaving only those who were com-
posed of the material from which real
soldiers are made. These fratern-
ized because of the natural affinity
that existed among them. This re-
calls the fact “you can’t make a silk
purse out of a sow’s ear, or a tin whis-
tle out of a pig’s tail.” This is old,
but it wears its age well. The man
who is not made to be a soldier can
never be made into one. He may try
ever so hard, but he hasn’t the soldier
instinct or the “knack of it,” as the
boys would say. He is doomed to be
a failure. Being able to march per-
fectly, drill well and have a disposi-
tion to respect superiors and obey or-
ders to the letter, does not constitute
the kind of soldiers needed on the
front. He will do to parade behind a
brass band, to fight sham battles and
lounge complacently i in the shadows of
the broad, protecting wings of peace,
but not to face the lurid glare of war,
nor to march to the unrythmic and
awe inspiring music of the enemy ar-
tillery.
The good soldier is of a generous
disposition. This is shown in the lives
of all our great soldiers. They were
not only generous to friends, but like-
wise to foes. It was said that Gen-
eral Sherman was ungenerous when
he ordered his batteries to open on
Atlanta, thereby endangering the lives
of women, children and non-combat-
ants. But, was he? Had he not giv-
en ample time for all such to get out
of the city? And did he not know
that they were kept there in the hope
that he would not attempt to reduce
the place because of their presence ?
Looked at from a war standpoint, it
was one of the most generous acts of
his life, and it is so regarded by all
who are capable of taking a philo-
sophical view of the situation as it
then existed.
In going over the long list of Gen-
erals who were brought to the front,
either by meritorious conduct or the
influence of friends, one cannot fail to
notice that in almost, if not quite
every instance where their star sank
instead of rising higher, their fail-
ures were due to selfishness—a lack
of generosity. They cared for them-
selves, their dreams were of triple
stars upon their own shoulders, oaken
wreaths upon their brows and pages
of history blazened all over with their
names, which to them was but anoth-
er name for glory. On the other hand,
those who achieved lasting greatness
and imperishable fame, thought but
little of themselves; sought victory
for their armies and peace for the na-
tion. They envied not each other, but
fraternized as brothers working in a
common cause. The generosity of our
greatest soldiers was made apparent
to their subordinates, and to the rank
and file, in many ways, and that with-
out intending to do so. The simple
remark of General Sherman to the
Georgia farmer: “These are all Gen-
erals,” pointing to the foragers chas-
ing the old man’s pigs and chickens,
made every man in his army feel
more a man.
Illustrious “Pap” Thomas won a
victory when he dismounted after the
battle of Jonesboro, walked through
the tangled ranks, saying: “It is your
victory, boys; you did it all your-
selves.” General Howard always se-
lected a site for his headquarters after
his men had been provided for as well
as possible. General Logan made his
men to feel that what was good
enough for them was good enough for
him. He was as often found in a
“dog-tent” or under a fly or wagon
cover as in a “headquarter’s tent.”
Jeff. C. Davis made his division of
the Fourteenth army corps invincible
by giving the men credit for all they
did, and by showing them that he pre-
ferred them before himself or his
staff. He never allowed a staff officer
of his, or any one else, to ride be-
tween the lines when the men were
resting on the roadside, but would
lead the way himself, through fields
and woods and swamps, if he wanted
to reach the head of the column; a
plate from which he was seldom ab-
sent.
The list might be extended to in-
clude all of those whose memories are
cherished by the soldiers of all our
armies, with General Grant as the
most striking example of all.
As it was only the unselfish, gener-
ous and kindly disposed officers who
made their marks, enjoyed the confi-
dence of their men and won substan-
tial victories for their flag, so it was
that the generous-hearted, unselfish
private, who thought not of personal
glory, and was not dazzled by the
glittering tinsel of rank, but sought
to render honest service to his coun-
try, who became the model soldier.
His heart was made of the right sort
of stuff, and when the heart was all
right all else had to be.
This same spirit pervades the ranks
of the Grand Army of the Republic,
and to it is due the wonderfully strong
fraternal feeling that exists among
the members of the order everywhere.
It does not stop at the blue, but reach-
es over the gray. Those who are pos-
sessed of an ungenerous or selfish
spirit find the G. A. R. Post an un-
congenial place, just as they found
the camp and bivouac. Neither do
they find pleasure in recalling their
marches and singing the old camp
songs around the humble repast of
pork, hardtack and beans.
BOALSBURG.
William Goheen recently purchased
a Chevrolet touring car.
Our merchants are dis
line of Christmas goods.
Jacob Smetzler, of Williamsport, is
visiting his sister, Mrs. Sarah Ging-
rich.
Mrs. Hezekiah Hoy, of Bellefonte,
is visiting her daughter, Mrs. W. J.
Wagner.
Robert Reitz, employed at Tipton
Park, spent Sunday night at the home
of his parents.
Mrs. Robert Meyer, of Altoona, vis-
ited at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ja-
cob Meyer last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank McFarlane re-
turned home Thursday, after a seven
weeks’ stay in Philadelphia.
C. R. Holster will make public sale
of his personal effects at two o’clock
tomorrow (Saturday) afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. George Mothersbaugh
and daughter Ruth motored to Altoo-
na on Friday, returning Sunday.
The Reformed Sunday school will
have their Christmas service Sunday
splaying a fine
MEDICAL.
Keep the Kidneys Well
Health is Worth Saving, and Some
Bellefonte People Know How to
Save It.
Many Bellefonte people take their
lives in their hands by neglecting the
kidneys when they know these organs
need help. Weak kidneys are respon-
sible for a vast amount of SUTEring | mm
and ill health—the slightest delay is
dangerous. Use Doan’s Pills—a rem-
edy that has helped thousands of kid-
ney sufferers. Here’s a Bellefonte
citizen’s recommendation:
Mrs. H. W. Raymond, Reynolds
Ave. says: “About a year ago my
kidneys egan to weaken and I had a
dull aching and soreness across my
kidneys. I could hardly sweep the
floor. I tired easily and had nervous
headaches. My kidneys acted too
often and annoyed me a great deal.
I read of Doan’s Pills and got them
at Runkle’s drug store. They were
the right remedy and after I had used
two boxes I was relieved of the back-
aches and my kidneys were in good
order.”
Price 60c, at all dealers. Don’t
simply ask for a kidney remedy—get
Doan’s Pills—the same that Mrs.
Raymond had. Foster Milburn Co.,
Mfrs., Buffalo, N. Y. 68-49
Diamonds
Watches
Jewelry
Silverware
Brassware
Parchment-
Shade Lamps
Leather
Novelties
Pottery, China
Glass
Clocks, Etc.
26-Piece Table Silver Service in Chest.
Guaranteed 25 Years.
evening, December 23rd, and the
Lutheran, Monday evening, Decem-
ber 24th.
Glycerine Mixture for
Gas on Stomach
Simple glycerine, buckthorn bark,
etc., as mixed in Adlerika, helps any
case gas on the stomach in TEN min-
utes. Most medicines act only on
lower bowel but Adlerika acts on
BOTH uDpet and lower bowel and re-
moves all gases and poisons. Brings
out matter you never thought was in
your system. Excellent for obstinate
ATTORNEY’S-AT-LAW.
ELINH _WOODRING — Attorney-at-
S Law, Bellefonte, Pa. Practices im
all courts. Office, room 18 id
Exchange.
B.
N Practices in all the courts.
sultation in English or Germas.
SPANGLER — Attorney-at-Law,
Qftics in Crider's Exchange, Bolletolte:
KENNEDY JOHNSTON—Attorney-at-
Law, Bellefonte, Pa. Prompt ate
J tention given all legal business em-
trusted to his care. Offices—No. § Sant
High street. 07-44
J M. KEICHLINE — Aliorhey ai-1law
and Justice of the Peace. All pro-
fessional business will receive
pr ompt attention. Office on second floor of
me Court. 49-5-1y
constipation. Guards against appen- RUNKLE — Attorney-at-Law,
dicitis. For sale by all Leading Drug- Consunoion in English and Ger-
gists. 68-49 Belletor, Jlice in Crider’s Exchange
PHYSICIANS.
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saving for Next i
SMALL AMOUNT put by each week
—a nice check at the end of
the year.
The little payments
are forgotten, but the check is a joy and
a delight.
We take weekly payments from 25c.
to any amount.
The fund means very much more to
you than it does to us.
We want to help you.
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It will be to your interest to
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Get the Best Meats
You save sothing by buying poor
thin or gristly meats. I use only the
LARGEST AND FATTEST CATTLE
and supply my customers with the
freshest, cholcest, best blood and mus-
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prices are no higher than the poorer
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I always have
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Game in season, and any kinds of good
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