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“Bellefonte, Pa. December 17, 1926.
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BAYBERRY BRINGS LUCK.
So thoroughly is the bayberry can-
dle becoming established as a good-
luck symbol, burnt on Holy Night—
Christmas Eve—that this season those
who would use them in the observance
of the great festival should make an
effort to secure them early, lest there
be only substitutes left from which to
choose.
They will not want to miss getting
the real thing.
By the real thing one means the
“dips” and molded candles made in
the kitchens of the old towns of New
England as one of the revived home
industries of Colonial days, using the
old molds found in their attics, and
these candles find their way to the
gift shops of all the cities of the land,
or to the handicraft shops.
Of course, there are lots of green
Christmas candles which are merely
tinted parafine or tallow; but the kind
of candle that is supposed to bring
good luck is the one made of the wax
of the bayberry—often called “can-
dle-berry” in the old records. And
when you have once seen and burnt
this kind you can never mistake the
green parafine or tallow candle for
the lucky one, although all kinds of
green candles are appropriately used
at Christmas.
That the good luck Christmas can-
dle should have come to us from the
home of the austere Puritan is a little
strange, to be sure; for there, in the
early days, there was no observance
of Christmas, and to associate luck
with any object was scarcely less
heinous than witchcraft.
So extensively were these candles
dipped and molded by our forebears
that a tax was imposed on the wax
made from the little white berries
gathered from the bayberry bushes
that grew in all the coast colonies,
but never far inland.
Their superior quality kept them
for “best,” those of tallow being, of
course, more numerously made.
To show that the aesthetic qualities
of the bayberry candle were appreciat-
ed a very long time ago, Beverly, the
old Virginia historian, says:
“If accident puts a candle out it
yields a pleasant fragrance to all in
the room, insomuch that nice people
put them out on purpose to have the
incense of the expiring snuff.”
Isn’t that quaint and charming
enough to endear the bayberry can-
dle to us, even though it were not a
luck bringer?
The good luck idea in regard to the
candle comes from the fact that for
ages the bayleaf was supposed to pro-
tect its wearer from harm, and es-
pecially against lightning and thun-
der. When our early settlers were
coming over here this was a long-es-
tablished superstition in the old world.
We have changed it around from
summer, with its thunder storms, to
mean fortune at the sacred Advent
season.
In presenting the sweet-smelling
bayberry candle as-a modest gift,
daintily wrapped and fitted into its
gay little box, be sure to include one
of the tiny cards bearing the legend:
A bayberry candle burnt to the socket
Brings luck to the house,
Food to the larder
And gold to the pocket.
Or write these words on your own
card; for a gift is doubly a gift iit
bestows good fortune as well as cheer-
ing light.
There is one charming conceit in re-
gard to the occult powers of these
tapers that the romantic young people
of our own day—if there be any suc
type of flapper—might well put to the
est.
Tradition says that the plighted
maiden and her absent swain both
lighted a bayberry dip on a concert-
ed evening, and that if absence had
not weakened their devotion the in-
tangible sweetness of the burning wax
was wafted from each to the other—
even across the world.
LIFTING SHRUBS IS EXPENSIVE.
With the approach of the Christ
mas season many people are planning
to go to the woods to gather ever-
green trees, shrubs, vines, and other
decorative material. Before collect-
ing this material it is well to remem-
ber that a law passed at the last ses-
sion of the Legislature makes it a
misdemeanor to cut down, remove, or
destroy trees or shrubs, or parts
thereof, without the censent of the
owner. Persons guilty of such of-
fense will be fined not less than $26
and costs for each tree or shrub re-
moved or destroyed, and in default
of the payment of said fine and costs
shall be imprisoned in the county jail
one day for each dollar of fine and
costs unpaid. One-half of any fine
collected under the provisions of this
act shall be paid to the person or per-
sons furnishing the information upon
which the prosecution is instituted.
Theres no “No Man’s Land” in
Pennsylvania. Every acre of land
and every tree, shrup, and vine grow-
ine in Pennsylvania is owned by some-
one. There are no wild lands left in
the State from which the public may
remove whatever material of inter-
est and value they chance to find
thereon. For years the people have
been trespassing on privately owned
land, stealing trees, breaking shrub-
bery, destroying vines, and pulling
up other decorative material. In
many cases no attention whatever
was paid to the rights of the owner.
This new law is stopping the ruth-
less destruction of road side trees and
shrubs and giving to the land owner
a practical means of protecting his
property rights. No one should at-
tempt to take any tree, shrub, or
vine or decorative material from any
property without the consent of the
owner. It is far cheaper to buy the
trees and other decorative material
than to pay a fine of $25 for each
tree or shrub removed. The follow-
ing cases show clearly how the judges
of our courts and other law officers
are enforcing the provisions of this
act.
President Judge Claude T. Reno of
the courts of Lehigh county recent-
ly affirmed the judgment of Alder-
man Slough of Allentown in the case
of Vincenzo Senape of 1951 Liberty
street, Allentown, who was ordered
to pay a fine of $700 and the costs
upon a summary conviction before
the Alderman on charges of remov-
ing 28 pieces of shrubbery from the
lawn of Dr. C. A. Herwig at Sum-
mit Lawn. At a hearing held in the
grand jury room he was ordered to
pay a total of $815 or spend one day
in jail for each dollar unpaid, which
would total two years and three
months.
David F. Niedermans, 10 Beckman
avenue, Mt. Vernon, N. Y., was seen
digging a Norway spruce tree along
the Lackawanna Trail by Private
Stewart of the state police. The tree
was planted about three years ago.
When taken before a justice of the
peace at Stroudsburg he plead guilty
and was fined $25 and costs of $5. He
stated that this was the last tree he
would lift in Pennsylvania without
the consent of the owner.
TERSE TRUTHS
He lives long that lives well.
“Nothing succeeds like success.”
High aims form high characters.
Better be good rather than seem #0.
Politeness is the flower of human
ity.—Joubert.
Reason should direct and appetite
obey.—Cicero.
Knowledge comes, but wisdom iin-
gers.— Tennyson.
The great man never loses his child
heart.—Mencius.
Use almost can change the stamp
of nature.—Shakespeare.
Many children, many cares; no chi
dren, no felicity.—Bovee.
It is thinking that makes what
we read ours.—Shakespeare,
The happiness of the wicked passes
away like a torrent.—Racine.
Doing good is the only certainly
good action of a man’s life.—Sidney.
Never judge a man’s greatness by
the opinion his neighbor has of him
If there is any pig in a man’s pa-
ture it is sure to crop out when he
travels.
Guard against that vanity which
courts a compliment or is fed by it.
—Chalmers.
If you would have a good wife,
marry one who has been a good daugh-
ter.— Fuller:
x ser .
A brave man is sometimes a des-
perado; but a bully is always a cow:
ard.—Haliburton,
Lady Astor Depicted
in Role of Autocrat
Lady Astor is particularly good
to the young men of the American
embassy. She has decided ideas about
closing hours for parties, however,
that don’t always concur with the
fancy of her guests. At a dinner and
reception she gave for the duchess
of York she shooed the majority of
the people home shortly after they had
dined.
The gay younger crowd, however,
could not be lightly disposed of, and
Lady Astor wandered from ballroom
to dining room and through the halls
letting full sundry hints that as far
as she was concerned the festivities
were over. She told the orchestra to
go home.
Presently Lady Astor announced
fn no uncertain tones that if the
voung people had any homes to go
to they were to hie themselves in
that direction and not to waste time.
“I am sleepy,” said the American-
you're not.” Silence, and darkness
soon enveloped the Astor mansion.
—Pennsylvania Hotel Register.
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Be Doubly Sure
After an older sister had called
Joudly for him, Richard came stroll-
ing into the yard.
“Why didn’t you come the first time
1 called?” she asked, severely.
“I didn’t hear you the first time,
but I did the second time,” the cul-
prit answered by way of excuse.
Bright Man
Hobbes—When it was time to go
i found that T hadn't a single decent
necktie,
His Wife—Well, what did you wear?
Hobbes—One of those loud socks
you gave me for my birthday—no-
body knew the difference.
A Wise Girl
Clarence—The engine's dead, Phyl-
(is. and I can’t get it to start!
Phyllis—Well, if you're kidding me
I'm going to walk back to town, and
if you're telling the truth, we'll both
walk back. . '
Motor Kept on Working
When a flood in Oil City, Pa., re
cently abated it was found that a mo
tor had been running steadily for 45
hours under 14 feet of water.
Fading Memory
“That radio sounds funny tonight.”
“Oh, John, now I know why.' I put
your dress shirt in the loud speaker
to remind you of the laundry.”
born peeress, “and you should be if!
HOW TO SOLVE A Cc
When the correct letters are
fndicated by a mumber, which
ffhus No. 1 under the
black ome below. No
tlomary words, except proper names.
terms and obsolete forms are indicated
spell words both vertieally and horizontally, The
refers to the definition
column hended “horizontal” defines a word which will
fll the white spaces up to the first black square to the right,
ander “vertical” defines a word which will fill the
letters go in the black spaces.
Abbreviations, slang,
placed in the white spaces this puzzle will
first letter in each word is
listed below the puzzle.
and a number
white squares to the next
All words used are dic-
initials, technical
fn the definitions.
CROSS-WORD PUZZLE No. 3.
18—Contents of any figure
15—F'irst person singular present of
“pe”
17—A forest product
19—Mob violence 20—A preposition
21—A slight bow 23—The last
24—A vase 25—A beverage
926—Goddess of the rainbow
28—An article
29—Doctor of medicine (abbr.)
$0—A small broom
31—The higher male voice
33—A poisonous reptile
35—A large web-footed bird
86—A pitcher 38—Small specks
39—To come or go into
41—To peruse 44—Small boat
49—To gain knowledge
b1—A tavern
§6—A measure of land
§7—Man’s name (abbr.)
§9—To send forth
60—A personal pronout
61—To grow old
62—Present indicative plural of “be”
53—Damp
56—Near
64—A beverage
66—Very 66—To bang
67—To be furious 69—Upon
70—Awful 11—To repair
73—A large rope 4—Frankness
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Horizontal. Vertical.
ar this Sr Slender hee heel 4—Naked
5—A place of public contest
7—A Scottish land holder
8—A metal 9—To earn
10—Exclamation
11—Empty pleasure
14—A metal 16—Greater
18—A girl’s name 19—A choice roast
20—To roll and tumble
22—To eat
25—Bakery product (pl)
27—To plant
32— Prefix meaning again
34—Name of silk material
35—To proceed 37—A color
38— Free from moisture
40—Stylish and up-to-date
41—Scarce
42—Before 43—An article
45—First person singular present of
“be
46—Misery
30—Rainy
47—A kind of bean
48—To be present 50—A sound
51—A paragraph 52—Close
54—A pit for packing grain
56—Rare stone
58—An act or play
61—Exclamation of sorrow
63—To lay smooth
66—To stitch
70—Papa
68—The last
72—Perform
Solution will appear in next fssue.
FARM NOTES.
—1Is the farm machinery put away
for the winter. The wide spaces have
their place in the scheme of life but
they never were intended as tool
sheds. :
—Cows are able
milk yields because they are
way. A good purebred bull used now
will provide big milk producers :n
your herd a little later.
— Apply mulch when ground is
frozen on top, lightly at first, then
! more heavily as needed. Do pruning
| and other tree surgery on bright days
' during December and tie up any vines
that need attention.
—Geraniums should not be watered
with cold water during the winter
{| months. Use soft water if possible
which has stood in a warm room un-
til the chill is off. Water the plants
in the morning during the winter
time.
—Cat crooked, short bushy crown-
ed, diseased, slow-growing, poor tim-
ber trees, and some trees where too
thick, but save straight, tall, well-
crowned, sound, fast-growing, good
timber trees. Save enough trees to
the acre.
— Drinking cups in the dairy barn
are a good investment. Cows in milk
need an
| portunity to drink after each feed.
! Provide now for greater cow comfort
and more dairy dollars during the
i coming winter.
__'The winter months provide a good
' time for a careful study of the dairy
herd. Weigh the milk from each cow
at regular intervals. Probably you
are keeping some COWS that do not
pay their way. Weighing the mil
exposes them. Weed them out.
—Bookkzeping helps grow hogs
profitably it has been found by Penn-
sylvania farmers. Records tell the
story of costs, gains, profits or losses.
If some other part of the farm oper-
ations is supporting the hog-raising
end, or vice versa, then you want to
know about it.
— Feeding sugar syrup to bees may
be done by using a friction-top pail.
Make 80 nail holes in the lid, put
syrup in the pail and turn upside down
on the frames or over the opening of
the inner cover. The bees will draw
the syrup through the nail holes and
store it slowly in the combs.
__At this time of year a great many
poultry flocks are affected with the
annual trouble of fall colds. Pullets
catch cold more easily than mature
birds, and every effort shoud be made
to clear this disease up promptly, or
it may cause serious losses, not only
in actual death, but in delayed egg
yield.
—Poultrymen who are not satisfied
with a reasonable increase in produc-
tion by the use of lights and who push
their hens much over fifty per cent.
production for any length of time are
borrowing trouble, as the birds are al-
most certain to molt in the spring,
thereby causing a loss instead of a
profit from the use of lights.
—Pupils learn how to select eggs
and also get stimulated interest by
having local egg shows in the school.
The pupils see their egg judged and
get first-hand criticisms. Schools
making a collective exhibit at the
| State Farm Products Show in Janu-
ol
to produce big:
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by sending in their entries collective-
ly. Entry blanks and further inform-
ation may be obtained from the coun-
ty agent.
— Total crop production this year is
above the average in quantity but be-
low the average in quality, says the
Department of Agriculture in its De-
cember report on the agricultural sit-
uation released today. The movement
of wheat to market during October is
reported as slightly larger than in the
same month last year, but below the
October movement in other recent
years. Considerably more corn came
to market than during October in re-
cent years. Hog and cattle receipts
showed a seasonal increase but were
slightly below October last year.
Butter receipts were somewhat below
last year’s.
—Pennsylvania now has the largest
number of licensed dogs in her his-
k | tory. The latest report from the Bu-
reau of Animal Industry, State De-
partment of Agriculture, indicates
that 482,928 dogs were licensed up to
October 1, as compared to 462,624 for
the same period a year ago, and 479-
222 for all of 1925. These figures do
not include the licensed dogs in Phila-
delphia, Pittsburgh and Scranton, nor
be licensed kennels which totaled 2-
The State dog law . has been en-
forced by the Bureau of Animal In-
dustry since January 15, 1922, before
which local officials were responsible
for the law. The wisdom of having
the law enforced by State officials in
cooperation with local officials rather
than local officials alone is well evi-
denced by the fact that only 294,461
dogs were licensed in 1921, almost
200,000 less than the number for the
first nine months of the present year.
The revenue coming to the State
from dog license fees is used in such
a way as to benefit every citizen in
the State. First, the money is used
to enforce the dog law and to pay for
damages done by dogs to livestock
and poultry. Second, it is used to pay
farmers for cattle condemned for tu-
berculosis and thus prevent the spread
of this disease which is dangerous to
both animals and human beings.
Third, it maintains the various lines of
work conducted by the Bureau of Ani-
mal Industry in the prevention and
control of such animal diseases as tu-
berculosis, hog cholera, abortion,
sheep and poultry diseases, glanders,
rabies, also stallion enrollment and
the meat hygiene inspection service.
In Centre county 3598 dogs were
licensed in 1905 while up to October
1st of this year the number was 3494.
The Financial Problem is Very Real at Christmas
( uso and desire join in making its
proper celebration expensive.
But the strain is much relieved by
gradual saving through the year.
Why Not Save Here in Our Christmas Fund ?
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Bellefonte, Penna.
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Special Sale
Winter Coats
Owing to the unseasonable
weather we are going to have
a Clearance Sale of all
Ladies’ Children’s and
Misses’ Coats
45 Ladies’ Coats, all sizes
from 16 to 47, at cost. This
will be a saving of from $5 to
$10 on every Ladies’ Coat and
$3 to $4 on Childrens’ Coats.
See our Coat Racks. All
sizes at a phenomenal price of
$4.75
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