Dewi itn Bellefonte, Pa., February 1, 1924. Country Correspondence Itemas of Interest Dished Up for the Delectation of “Watchman” Read- ers by a Corps of Gifted Correspondents. PLEASANT GAP. Never advise to appear wise. John Barnes has bought the neat bungalow in Horntown now being oc- | ing harmoniously together, and the | cupied by the Fike family. Charles Rimmey has sold his small | bungalow to a Mr. Klinger; consider- ation $500.00 cash. The lot measure- ment is 60x270 feet. Mrs. Agnes C. Coldren, noted for her good sticking qualities at her home, has at last broken the monoto- ny by taking a trip to Selinsgrove, to visit friends and recuperate. A large amount of ice is being har- vested in the Ray Noll farm. Quite a bunch of it is being hauled to Belle- fonte. The cold snap has produced an extra marketable quality of ice. Lawrence Hile, of Axe Mann, has purchased the old Keene property in Horntown from the late owner, Mr. Davis, of West Virginia, and will, after April first, again become one of our citizens. Capitalist William Kerstetter has purchased the up-to-date premises of Orrie Bulbarger; consideration $2000. The premises have been recently re- modeled throughout so that it is now a very desirable home. Qur efficient assistant postmistress, Miss Marion Gettig, has accepted a position as one of the clerks in Noll Bros. stores. Marion made quite a success as a school teacher, likewise, as postmistress, and is succeeding ad- mirably as a hustler of merchandise. William Lambert, one of the old stand-by employees of Whiterock, was on Tuesday caught underneath a ledge of falling rock and was injured to some extent; but happily not to a ser- ious extent. It is to be hoped that Billy will be himself again in a few days, and will be able te resume op- erations at the old stand. It is a noticeable fact that more properties were sold and transferred at Pleasant Gap the past two years, or since our state road was completed, than changed hands the previous twenty-five years prior to the comple- tion of the road, besides the prices of real estate have increased from twen- ty-five to thirty per cent. William Wolford was recently dis- charged from the U. S. Navy on ac- count of the expiration of his term of enlistment, and is home visiting his parents, friends and former associ- ates. He encircled the globe several times during his term of service. He expects to re-enlist at an early date. A born soldier it seems is never con- tented unless he is in uniform. A little less investigation and more action at Washington would be wel- comed by the average citizen. The kind of financing that will carry on successfully a private business, is what we need at the head of the gov- ernment. The government guaran- tees its citizens life, liberty, employ- ment and pursuit of happiness, and comes about as near it in one instance as the other. The sincere orator has befriended humanity, for it has seldom been re- corded that he pleaded the cause of the despot. He is the embodiment of free speech, which is among the most precious of our rights; for if the pub- lic voice is stifled the oppressor has his own way in everything. Eloquence is a wondrous power in shaping the destiny of nations. The faculty of being able to move people at will, is one of the highest forms of genius. Miss Anna Bilger and Miss Bess Eckenroth, who for nine straight years served as head pushers in the warden’s home at Rockview, have re- tired from their strenuous duties and are now regular boarders at the Gap. ‘While they have declined to accept several tempting offers, they have de- cided to live retired until spring, any- way. Happily, the girls are in very good circumstances financially. They made good money and saved it, hence are independent. Wait until the blue birds come again and you will no doubt see these enthusiastic workers open some new project that may sur- prise the population. Our neighbor, Joseph Schmoyer, went up against it a few days ago, when he had occasion to stop from force of circumstances rather abrupt- ly. The way it happened, Joe was going down the state road early in the morning in his automobile to go to work. For some unknown reason HAMBONE’S MEDITATIONS AH DONE JINE SO MENNY |LoDGES, TRYIN’ T/ KEEP UP WID SOCIETY, AH lGoT So AH CAINT KEEP UP WID MAH JUES! Copyright, 192.3 by MeClure Newspaper Syndicate. he evidently forgot that the White- { rock “dinkey” crossed the road, and |a train of twelve stone cars was cross- | ing when the ambitious Joseph struck | the centre of the train. The result is | that the train was uninjured, but the i auto was badly damaged; so much so that an entire new body will be re- i quired to put the machine in shape. Our two Sunday schools have a very i creditable record. The Lutheran and | Methodist churches. We have 250 | boys and girls attending our public | | schools; while the two churches have i enrolled a total of 310 Sunday school scholars. And the beauty of the mat- ter is that as a rule they have an un- {usual attendance. The parents and | the Sunday school teachers are work- i best of all is there is no rivalry ex- isting between the two congregations; all they seem to have an ambition for is to have their own without infring- ing on each other. They have also shown their good and earnest judg- ment by combining the two flocks for their annual picnics. The good work benefit to the young and rising gen- eration of Pleasant Gap. The mem- bers of both congregations are de- serving of great credit in their judi- cious management. That topic which is always on the end of the human tongue in every lan- | guage, is the topic of the weather. We just passed through quite a variety. First it was too warm, then too cold to suit the average citizen. Only one kind of weather has been really unique, and that was experienced by Noah and his meager family and all too numerous families of animals. | That occurred a few years previous | to the establishment of the United States Weather Bureau. How the millions who lived between the great flood and the modern statitician surviv- | ed the lack of official records we are not informed. The weather bureau is recent, and it is to be hoped it will be a joy forever. But there are men and | women older than the weather bureau, and it is the fiat of every one of them | that this is an unutterably exception- | al winter, as far as we’ve got, and the oldest inhabitant is ever an entity to be revered and believed. He and she | are indisputable. The groundhog, ali- as the woodchuck, is now about to be put to the test. His reputations is at stake as never before. Either he is a prophet or he isn’t. Heads or tails. In a great measure, also, the good name of the neighboring city of Punx- sutawney is in the mighty balance. The appellations of groundhog and Punxsutawney are synonymous. The weather of the moment does not promise uproarous applause for the groundhog and Punxsutawney. But the winter has come to the stage of adolescence only. Let the groundhog and Punxsutawney be watchful and! waiting. We don’t have any particu- lar line for the groundhog. But speaking of the weather bureau, it surely is a blessing to our farmers, | who are great advocates of the newly | inaugurated service. In many in- stances the farmer, as well as the rest of mankind, have been mutually ben- efitted since the establishment of the new and indispensable service. RUNVILLE. . Miss Jennie Taggert, of Ocean City, is visiting with Mrs. Alice Rodgers. James Burd, of Moose Run, spent Sunday at the home of his sister, Mrs. | Paul Bennett. Rev. Andreas, of Milesburg, gave a splendid address on the Eighteenth Amendment, Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Reese visited over the week-end at Williamsport, with Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Walker. | Mr. and Mrs. Rightnour, and four | children, of Bellefonte, spent Monday | evening at the home of Mrs. Sallie Friel. i Miss Lulu MecClincy, Mary Earon | and J. H. McClincy, of Williamsport, | visited on Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. | Lewis Fetzer. | Miss Alice Heaton, of Moose Run; Hazel and Mary Shawley and Miss | has a tendency to be of invaluable | PINE GROVE MENTIONS. i Mrs. Maude Fry is suffering with |2 bad attack of the flu. | Entire families in this section are {in the clutches of the grip. | Philip Dale, a Civil war veteran, of | State College, is quite ill with heart | trouble. | Stock buyer Joe Shoemaker spent Tuesday among the farmers on the - Branch. Harry F. Gearhart was a business visitor on the Branch last Thursday evening. Misses Maude and Gertie Miller | spent Tuesday at-the C. M. Dale home | on the Branch. Mrs. Anna Way and Ethel Weaver spent Sunday afternoon with Virgin- ia Dale, on the Branch. Paul Sunday, one of our enterpris- ing farmers, has a four thousand bushel lime kiln smoking. { Mrs. John F. Kimport, who has been ill the past ten days with bron- chial trouble, is now convalescing. Miss Helen Beachey, of State Col- |lege, was a pleasant caller with friends at Rock Springs on Sunday. | Mrs. Randall Rossman was dis- | charged from the Bellefonte hospital | last Thursday not very much improv- ed. The E. C. Musser home caught fire last Friday but fortunately a bucket brigade was able to extinguish the flames. Mr. A. F. Markle, of State College, was taken to the Bellefonte hospital, cn Saturday, for an operation and treatment. Mrs. Margaret Quinn, of Pennsyl- vania Furnace, was a Friday visitor at the postmaster George Glenn home at State College. Farmer Harry Glenn, who has been lill since early last summer, is not im- | proving as rapidly as his family and friends would like to see. We are anxiously waiting for to- morrow to see if that pesky little prognosticator, the woodchuck, will stick his nose out of his hole. The venerable Samuel Glenn braved the storm, on Saturday, and spent the day with his old friend and neighbor, Charles Dale, on the Branch. Charles H. Martz is so seriously ill with pneumonia that his two daugh- ters in Cleveland, Ohio, were sum- moned home and are constantly at his ! bedside. Earl Musser, James E. Lenker and James R. Smith will all celebrate their birthday anniversaries on groundhog day. A wedding is also slated for that day, according to the cracker box orators. : John Thomas add wife are rejoicing over the arrival of a little daughter on Tuesday night. Mr. Thomas is a | Senior at State College and will grad- ‘uate next June. The little girl has been christened Sarah, after her grandmother. Miss Anna Dale and party, located at Lake Worth, Florida, had the sur- | prise of their life the past week when Dr. W. S. Glenn, of State College, visited them. They did not know he was in the State and his call was like a breath from home. The Boal bus line made its last trip on Tuesday and service has been dis- continued indefinitely. The line was operated between State College and Lewistown by way of Boalsburg and Potters Mills, but lack of patrenage ! has thrown it into the discard, for the time being, at least. Guy Riggel, who has been John Dale’s farmer the past year, flitted to Jersey Shore last Thursday. Edwin Dale and bride will start housekeep- ing on the Walnut Grove farm. Mr. Dale is an instructor in the vocational school of Spring Mills but will take up farming in the spring. Four inches of snow fell in this section on Friday night and the high gale on Saturday piled it up in huge drifts. The cold snap which followed pushed the mercury down to eight de- grees below zero. But it was just what the young people were looking for, and the jingling sleigh bells tell Walker, of Yarnell, were Sunday call- ers with Miss Kathryn Rowe. Mr. and Mrs. James Shirk, of Pitts- burgh; Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Shirk, Samuel Shirk and Mrs. Toner, of Bellefonte, spent Monday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Shirk. Those from this place who attend- ed the funeral of Mrs. A. C. Lucas, at Altoona, an Tuesday, were: Mary Heaton, Franklin Lucas, Mrs. Samuel Shirk, Mrs. Edward Walker and Fred and Clair Witherite. OAK HALL. Mrs. E. C. Radel is visiting her par- ents at Millersburg, this week. Miss Eliza Gilliland is assisting at the home of her brother James, near Boalsburg. Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Kline, of Axe Mann, spent Wednesday visiting at the Dale home. Mrs. Nannie Gilliland spent Friday and Saturday of last week at the Dome of Miss Olive Mitchell, in Belle- onte. The Oak Hall Lime and Stone Co. resumed operation again, Monday, after having been closed for a week while repairs to the crusher were be- ing made. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Lowder and Mr. and Mrs. Ross Lowder and chil- dren motored to Reedsville, Sunday, to attend the funeral of their aunt, Mrs. Rothrock. The Tallest Chimney. The tallest smokestack in the world is said to be in western Montana, where it has been erected of specially made brick by a copper company to carry off smoke and gases. It is 30 feet higher than the Washington monument and its diameter is so great that the great stone shaft could be placed inside of it. It is itself a monument to American imagination, enterprise and skill. Its height is so great that the surrounding country does not suffer from the fumes it emits; no doubt its emanations de- scend somewhere, but they are so scattered as to leave no noxious trace. —Providence Journal. | of nightly sledding parties. | While out driving in his new Star | car, last Thursday, Merrill Homan {lost control and ran into a telephone pole. The front axle was broken and the car otherwise damaged so that it | had to be trailed into the Stuck and | Kline garage for repairs. Mrs. Ho- | man and little son were also in the | car but fortunately no one was in- jured. Among those who braved the stor- my weather, last Saturday, to at- tend the funeral of the late Mr. | Fleming were W. J. Taylor and son Jesse, of Mapleton; Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Huey, of Cochranville; Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Fleming, James G. Allison, P. M. Goss, Mr. and Mrs. John P. Fleming, Noah and Levi Hol- i stetter, James Kauffman, S. W. Peachey, T. E. Zook and J. S. Peach- ey, all of Belleville; Dr. and Mrs. | Miller, of McAlevy’s Fort; Dr. L. E. | Kidder, of State College, and Dr. and Mrs. E. R. Fleming, of Boston. The | funeral was in charge of Rev. J. Scott Becht, D. D., and Rev. J. Max Kirk- patrick. On Sunday morning while an old friend, Andy J. Lytle, was rounding {out his morning snooze Mrs. Lytle went to the cellar to stir up the fire in the furnace. During the night the water pipes had frozen and as she and ashes. Fortunately she was not a similar experience when she at- en range. It was literally blown to { fragments and Mrs. Lytle was thrown i through a windo wont a porch roof suffering injuries from which she did i not recover for some weeks. And They’re Still at Outs. Two neighbors fell out. Said one, paving the way to peace, | “I wouldn’t have said what I did say lif it hadn’t been for the nasty looks { you gave me.” | Said the other, not quite mollified, i “I gave you no nasty looks, you al- ways had them.” Peace has not yet been ratified. opened the furnace door the furnace exploded, covering her with water injured but her clothing was ruined and the furnac e a total wreck. Some ' ten years or more ago Mrs. Lytle had | tempted to stir up the fire in the kitch- | UMBRELLAS AND MORALS. By L. A. Miller. i Is it stealing to appropriate an um- | brella belonging to another, to your cwn use? It is not so declared in the | decalogue, or, at least, not in the old , version. Common law is silent on the | Subject, probably becaause it existed | before the umbrella became a thing of i prey. The unwritten law, or common usage, appears to regard the appro- priation of an umbrella in time of rain as one of the inalienable rights of freemen, classing it probably un- der the head of works of “charity and necessity.” To take an umbrella when he has no immediate use for it, The fool carries his umbrella in clear weather, the wise man when it rains. The philosopher, who delights in far- ing a man has placed in front of his door, and in taking his umbrella for shelter. One is merely a fixed shelter while the other is portable. argues that while the sin, if sin it be, is the same in each case, there are so many more benefits and advantages connected with taking the portable such an extent that it becomes really much less than that of using the fix- ed shelter. For instance: A man may be in a hurry to get his supper, or to catch a train, or to get to the lodge or prayer- meeting, or he may be going to take | his intended to the opera. How can he do any of these if he has to stand under a stationary awning? Such protection is no accommodation to ‘him at all. To be of real service to him that protection from the rain must be portable. Being compelled to stand under a fixed awning he is i prone to swear, which he is not while bowling along under the portable one. | All sorts of people congregate un- . der awnings. A man who wears a fine | suit of clothes may be jostled by dir- ty workmen, meet his old tailor, or boarding-house keeper, or an enemy who may embroil { him into a fight, or he may be smitten by the glance of a storm-stayed maid- en and become estranged from his af- | fianced, or even from his wife. He | may be standing cheek by jowl with a | pickpocket and get robbed, or have his corns trodden by a hob-nailed trogan bo the hoof of a heavy-weight pud- | dler. All in all the opportunities and provocations for swearing are much greater under an awning than under an umbrella. The good man who had the awning erected did not intend it should be the cause of inconvenience | to any one, much less to be productive { of immorality. No doubt he would ' cheerfully give an umbrella to each person stopping under his awning | rather than have them injured in this way. Therefore, it is better to risk i the dangers lurking under an awning | during a shower than to appropriate {an umbrella found standing in idle- | ness. The first account we have of the umbrella is when Vishnu, one of the gods of the Brahma trinity, descended into the infernal regions with one spread over him. It is sculptured on i the ruins of Ninevah and monuments of Egypt. The Greeks used umbrel- las made of peacock feathers and the plumage of rare birds as royal cover- ings for the maidens who represented goddesses in processions; especially during the feast of Bacchus. This projects sufficiently to hang the obstruction on the fact that the losing of an umbrella may be dated back to that time, as Bacchanalian revels of modern times are notorious for the number of umbrellas lost. In Siam, the fellow who ranks next to the lord of the Elephants is the lord of twenty-four umbrellas. These ‘are for the King. They are all white, and no one else in the kingdom is al- lowed to use a white one. The offi- cers of state may have one or more common cotton ones, but the people are not permitted to use any at all. The King may be laboring under the im- pression that it is as much a sin to steal an umbrella as a turban, and | knowing by his experience with the ‘two dozen he has that his morally weak subjects could not resist the im- pulse to steal from each other, he has wisely decreed that the temptation shall not be placed before them. Possibly the name umbrella, has has something to do with the light- ness, in a property sense, in which it is held. The name comes from the | Latin umbra-a-shade: A shadow. | Only a fleeting shadow! An English ! gentleman traveling in Italy a centu- ry or more since, wrote back that the ladies, in addition to fans, carried things of greater price, which invit- ed shadow. He also saw horsemen with a parachute on a long handle attached to one leg, so that while their hands were free they carried shadows with them wherever they went. Even then it was not the sub- stance that was considered valuable— only the shadow. . The parasol never was regarded as lightly as the umbrella. It is not a little umbrella, as most people sup- pose. It derives its name differently. It comes from the Italian parae—to parry, to ward off; and from Sale— the sun, to parry the sun. See? No doubt this is why they are flourished around so recklessly by ladies on the streets and in crowded places. It is ry \ Better Than Pills For Liver HEF { x You can’t | = \ feel so good : but what NR | will make you | RV feel better. ACTS Sa ONAL veg C. M. PARRISH BELLEFONTE, PA. will stamp a man a thief or a fool. | fetched theories sees little difference ! between taking possession of the awn- | He even awning that they mitigate the sin to | or he may perchance | all a man can do sometimes, to parry | ' the parasol and keep its ribs from | | Old Jonas Hanway, of London, had | jabbing his eyes out. the distinguished honor of introducing the umbrella into use in London as a protection against rain. That was in 1750. Previous to that time they had been used by a few ladies in France for the same purpose, but were cover- | P ed with feathers. Old Jonas was hooted and stared at, and called an old woman, and all sorts of queer names, but he stuck to his parachute and had the pleasure of seeing his traducers | carrying them and enjoying the pro- | tection they afforded against wind and rain, before he died. Robinson Crusoe, “The monarch of all he surveyed,” had one made of | skins, which is always pictured in his illustrated travels. It was during the reign of Queen Ann, however, that the umbrella became fashionable for gentlemen, her couriers setting the example. On a rainy day a man who thought anything of himself would parade the streets with his immense | with colored | Some of the court ladies ; umbrells, ornamented streamers. had mirrors fastened inside of thers to enable them to note any derange- ! ment of their elaborate coiffeur. Oth- ers had little windows in them to peep through at the gentlemen. | I had an object in view when I se- lected the umbrella for my topic this | week. When I left Pittsburgh to re- turn to my old home in Centre county, before leaving the city, our office force presented me with a superb eight dol- lar silk umbrella. I was so proud of it that I neglected to use it for at | least ten years. One day when it was ' raining and I was about to go for my mail my good wife prevailed on me to break in my good umbrella. I did as | directed, but unfortunately left it | standing in the postoffice and return- { ed home without it. As soon as I dis- | covered my mistake I returned to the postoffice—but no umbrella; some one ' who knows a good thing when he sees 'it had appropriated it. It was far su- perior to any umbrella I had before or since. A Careful Buyer. The Jeweler—Yes, we have cheaper wedding rings, but they’re only plat- 1. and won’t last more than a year or WO. Titus Wadle—I’ll take one of them. If my marriage outlasts the ring I can have it replated. MEDICAL. Get at the Cause Many Bellefonte Folks are Showing How to Avoid Needless Suffering. There’s nothing more annoying than kidney weakness or inability to properly control the kidney secretions. Night and day alike, the sufferer is tormented and what with the burning and scalding, the attendant backache, headache, and dizziness, life is indeed a burden. Doan’s Pills—a stimulant diuretie to the kidneys—have brought peace and comfort to many Bellefonte people. Profit by this Bellefonte res- ident’s experience: Mrs. Mahala Kreps, Phoenix Ave., says: “My kidneys were in 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 dizzy spells and headaches. Doan’s Pills helped me from the first and four boxes cured me. I have had no return of the trouble.” 60c, at all dealers. Foster-Milburn Co., Mfrs., Buffalo, N. Y. Caldwell & Son BELLEFONTE, PA. Plumbing aud 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¢ Fine Job Printing 0—A BSPECIALTY—o0 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, Cah on or communicate with office, — =a known as Best, Safest, Always Reliable SOLD BY DRUGGISTS EVERYWHERE ATTORNEY’S-AT-LAW. ELINH WOODRING — Attorney-at~ Law, Bellefonte, Pa. Practices im all courts. Office, room 18 Crider’s Exchange. b61-1y N B. SPANGLER — Attorney-at-Law. Praetices in all the courts. Come Office in Crider’s Exchange, Belletobte a. 40- sultation in English or German. KENNEDY JOHNSTON—Attorney-ate Law, Bellefonte, Pa. Prompt ate tention given all legal business en- trusted to his care. Offices—No. 6 Hast High street. 57-44 M. KEICHLINE — Attorney-at-Law and Justice of the Peace. All pro- fessional business will receive prompt attention, Office on second floor of Temple Court. 49-5-1y G. RUNKLE — Attorney-at-Law. Consultation in English and Ger= man. Office in Crider’s Exchan Bellefonte, Pa. 55.5 PHYSICIANS. R. R. L. CAPERS, OSTEOPATH. Bellefonte State Coll Crider’s Exch. 66-11 Holmes Bligs® S. GLENN, M. D., Physician and Surgeon, State College, Centre county, Pa. Office at his resi- dence. 85-41 VA B. ROAN, Optometrist, Licensed E by the State Board. State College, every day except Saturday. Belle: fonte, rooms 14 and 15 EA Cour Wednesday afternoons and Saturdays a. m. to 4:30 p. m. Both Phones. 68-40 7 2 2 > BOSSY IS GLAD FOR MEALTIMES when you educate her to our feed! It is rich in nutriment for her, and will mean more milk each day for you. It will cost you no more than you have been paying before; and it will bring you cash returns. Listen to our little songster! “Quality talks” C. Y. Wagner Co, Tc. 66-11-1yr BELLEFONTE, PA. Employers, This Interests You 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 o Fire! Get Protection. The following Lines of Insurance are written in my Agency FIRE AUTOMOBILE (All Kinds) BOILER (Including Inspection) PLATE GLASS BURGLARY COMPENSATION LIABILITY 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 You save nothing by buying poor thin or gristly meats. 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 goed meats you want. TRY MY SHOP P. L. BEEZER, High Street. 34-34-1y Bellefonte, Pa