Demoraiic:aichns
Bellefonte, Pa, April 18, 1930.
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FIFTY YEARS AGO
IN CENTRE COUNTY.
Items from the Watchman issue of
Lpril 16, 1930.
THE DEVIL FISHING.
The devil sat by the river's side—
The stream of time where
always find him
Casting his line in the rushing tide,
And landing his fish on the bank
behind him.
you'd
ije sat at ease in a cozy nook,
And was filling his basket very fast,
While you might have seen that his
deadly hook. :
Was differently baited for every
cast.
He caught ’em as fast as a man could
count;
Little or big—it was all the same;
One bait was a check fora round
amount,
A Congressman nabbed it, and out he
came.
He took a gem that as Saturn shone,
It sank in th¢ water without a
sound;
A woman caught it who long , was
known
As the best and purest, for miles
around.
Sometimes he would laugh and some-
times sing,
For better luck no one could wish,
And he seemed to know to a dead sure
thing
The bait best suited to every fish.
Quoth satan: ‘‘The fishing is rare and |
fine!”
And he took a drink, somewhat
enthused;
But now a parson swam ’round the line,
Who e’en the most tempting baits
refused.
He baited with gold, and with flashing
gems;
He hung fame and fortune upon the
line,
And dressing gowns with embroidered
hems—
But still the dominie made no sign.
Then a woman’s garter went on the hook
“I have him at last,” quoth the
devil brightening,
Then satan’s sides with laughter shook.
And he landed the preacher quick as
lightning.
—Lawyers should be careful
what they say to the lady clients who
call on business, as the following
will illustrate:
He was a little lawyer man,
Who meekly blushed while he began
Her poor dead husband’s will to scan
He smiled while thinking of his fee,
Then said to her quite tenderly
“You have a nice, fat legacy.”
And when he lay next day in bed,
With plasters on his broken head,
He wondered what on earth he said.
—The public schools will close
next week, the board having decided,
for economical reasons, to have on-
ly a seven month’s term.
—Mr. Jacob M. Kepler, formerly
of this county, has purchased a
newspaper establishment in Tionesta
and intends to publish a Democratic
journal there.
—The roof of Mr. Abe Ryan’s
residence on Thomas street, caught
fire on Wednesday morning but the
flames were extinguished by a buck-
o brigade before much damage was
one,
—Justice George Sperring,
Howard, died on Friday last, aged
about 68 years. He had served three
terms as a Justice of the Peace in
that place.
—Street lamps have been put
up on Howard street lately and, of
course, the Howard streeters are
happy.
—The band belonging to Baird's
New Orleans minstrels created
quite an excitement on our streets
on Monday.
—Mr. J. W. Mattern has been
appointed and confirmed postmas-
ter at Philipsburg, this county, in
place of the late R. D. McKinney.
—Considerable garden has been
dug in town and some potatoes and
early vegetables planted. The weath-
er is unpropitious, however, because
winter has been lingering in the lap
of spring.
—Next Monday morning the first
daily paper ever to be published in
Bellefonte will make its appear-
ance. It isto be called the
Bellefonte Morning News and will
be issued from the office of the
Bellefonte Republican and edited by
H. Byxbie.
—Mrs. Bumgardner, the lady
whom Dr, P. D. Neff, of Centre
Hall, was administering to when he
fell over dead, died the next morn-
ing. The Doctor's death was from
heart disease and it is generally be-
lieved Mrs. Bumgardner died from
Be shock as she was not seriously
ill. :
—Manager J. H. Haverly and
wife passed through Altoona on
Monday. “Christ,” as he was called
of
MILLER.—Dr. Edwin M. Miller,
well known practicing physician of
Millheim, passed away at five
o'clock on Monday morning as the
result of a heart attack sustained
at three o'clock Sunday afternoon.
For several months past the doctor
had worked hard in looking after
his extensive practice, and it was
probably the prolonged physical
strain that brought on the fatal at-
tack. In fact he had a light at-
tack on Saturday evening but it
passed off so quickly that he
gave it little consideration.
Edwin Melanchton Miller was a
son of the late John A. and Mary
C. Esterline Miller and was born at
Rebersburg on June 21st, 1867, mak-
ing his age 62 years, 9 months and
23 days, He was educated in the
public schools of Rebersburg and
Susquehanna University, later tak-
ing a course in medicine at Jef-
ferson Medical College, Philadelphia,
, Where he graduated in 1890. His first
[two years of active practice were
, Spent in association with Dr. G. 8S.
{ Frank, at Millheim.. He then spent
two years at Troxelville, Snyder
county, and twenty-one years at
| Beavertown. Six years ago he re-
| turned to Millheim where he had
since been located.
i Dr. Miller stood high in the ranks
j of his profession and had the con-
fidence of a large clientelle in
| Millheim and vicinity. He was a
! member of the Centre County Medi-
cal society, the Pennsylvania Medical
society and the American Medi-
cal association. He was a member
of St. John’s Lutheran church, of
Millheim, a 32nd degree Mason, with
membership in the Middleburg lodge
-F and A. M,, the Harrisburg consis-
‘tory and Jaffa Shrine, of Altoona.
Dr. Miller was twice married, his
first wife having been Miss Regie
Swartz. She died thirty-two years
{ago leaving one son, J. Randall
‘Miller, of Millheim, His second
; wife was Miss Sarah Boush, who
‘survives with two sons, Stanley E.,
at home, and Ward C., a dental
student at Temple University, Phil-
,adelphia. He also leaves two sisters,
‘Mrs. G. S. Frank, of Millheim, and
Mrs. Catherine Miller, of Harrisburg.
, Funeral services were held at
two o'clock yesterday afternoon by
Rev. L. V. Lesher, burial being
made in the Fairview cemetery.
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LOHR.— Frank
Lohr, retired
farmer, died at the home of his
{ daughter, Mrs. Mechtley, at Pine
| Hall, last Saturday afternoon, fol-
‘lowing an illness of some weeks.
'He was a son of David and Isabel
‘Lohr and was born in Buffalo Run
{ valley over seventy years ago. He
followed farming until his retire-
, ment six years ago, His wife has
been dead for some years but surviv-
{ing him are two children, George
| Lohr, of Centre Hall,
{| Mechtley, of Pine Hall. He also
| leaves the following brothers and
| sisters: Robert Lohr, of Pine Grove
| Mills; John, of Snow Shoe; William,
! of Penn township; Samuel, in the
| west; Mrs. Otis Corl, of Pine Hall,
i
and Mrs. J. H. Hoy, of State Col-
lege.
{| He was a member of the Pine
| Hall Lutheran church and the
| Boalsburg lodge I. 0.0. F. The
| funeral was held on Tuesday after-
' noon. Rev. Keener, of Centre Hall,
| officiated and burial was made in
{the Meyers cemetery,
| i! I!
SAMPLE. — Ferguson township
| friends received word, this week of
| the death, on Sunday, of James C.
| Sample, at his home in Denver, Col.,
'as the result of general debility. He
was a son of Alexander and Mar-
garet Sample, and was born at Pine
Grove Mills 82 years ago. He was
i educated at the Pine Grove Academy
and after clerking a few years in
the stores of that village went west
in 1878, locating at Downs, Kan.
where he engaged in the harness
business. A number of years later
he moved to Denver, Col. His last
visit to Centre county was made in
1910. He is survived by his wife,
two sons, two daughters, one broth-
er and three sisters. Burial was
made at Denver, Col.
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| WOODRING.—Samuel J. Wood-
i ring, a native of Centre county but
| who for many years had lived at
. Benezette, died at the Lock Haven
(hospital, on Wednesday evening of
{ last week, following an illness
{of some weeks with a complication
| of diseases.
He was 78 years old and is sur-
vived by five children. He also
leaves one brother and three sisters,
one of the latter being Mrs. Jennie
Woodring, of Port Matilda. The re-
mains were taken to Benezette for
burial on Saturday.
by his school
Springs: (Now Axe Mann)
he was born, is the most extensive
theatrical manager in the country.
Besides this he is largely interested
in silver mines in Colorado and told
Altoona friends ‘that he intends
taking five hundred miners out there
to work his new Eldorado.
—In Walker township, this coun-
ty, one day last week the wind
blew a tree over leaving quite a
hole where the roots had been. In
the hole two little children of Joseph
McCaleb were playing while he was
cutting the tree top. He did not
know they were there and when he
cut the trunk off the stump fell
back
children. When taken out
little girl was dead and the boy
badly injured.
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BARNHART. — Joseph Willard
Barnhart passed away in his apart-
ments on east High street, Bellefonte, |
at 7:30 o'clock on Tuesday morning, '
following a prolonged illness with
diabetes and other complications.
He had not been in good health for
five years and had been confined to
his home since last fall.
He was a son of Philip D. and
Clarissa Weaver Barnhart and was
born on the old homestead east of
Bellefonte, on September 22nd, 1857,
hence was in his 73rd year. He
was educated in the schools of
Spring township and Bellefonte
Academy, later taking a teacher's
course at Lock Haven and Millers-
burg Normal schools. He taught
school six years then worked for
several years with the Pennsylvania
Railroad company, later accepting a
position with McCalmont & Co. He
clerked a number of years in Belle- |
fonte stores and his last regular
employment was with the Titan
Metal company, where he spent nine
years, but was compelled to quit
work in May, 1929, on account of
ill health.
He was a lifelong member of the
Methodist church, a member of
Bellefonte camp P. O. S. of A, and
the Modern Woodmen of America
Politically he was a Jeffersonian Dem-
ocrat and always stood up strong
for the principles of his party,
As a young man he married Miss
Ida M. Johnstonbaugh, who surviv-
es with five children, Mrs. Arthur
C. Harper, of Brooklyn, N Y.; Miss
Elizabeth C., at home; Mrs. Fred
R. Seidel, of Hazleton; Mrs. Violet
B. Morris, of New York, and J.
Willard Jr., of Bellefonte. He also
leaves five grandchildren.
The body will lie in state in tHe
Methodist church here. from 2 to
2:30 this afternoon, (Friday) after
which services will be conducted by
the pastor, Rev. Horace Lincoln
Jacobs and burial made in the Union
cemetery.
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HARLACHER.—F. J. Gray Har-
lacher, a son of C, F. and Lucetta
Gray Harlacher, died April 15th,
after a lengthy illness.
He was born at Centre Hall, April
5th, 1872, but spent most of his
life on the farm near Stormstown.
For many years he was an active
member of the Methodist Episcopal
church and a great reader and
student of the Bible.
He is survived by two sisters,
Mrs. A. H. Melville, of Greenwich,
Conn.,, and Susan L. Harlacher, of
‘State College.
and Mrs. |
mates at Boiling
where |
into the hole on top of the nominated we suggest General
the terbury as campaign manager.
|
Funeral services will be held at
Gray's church this Friday morning,
at 10:30, interment in Gray's ceme-
tery.
JOHN P. ECKEL TO QUIT
BUTCHERING BUSINESS.
Skinning calves and pulling hog
bristles in Bellefonte is not what it
used to be and one man, John P,
Eckel, has decided to quit the
butchering and grocery business and
is now closing out his store in the
Bush house block. When Mr. Eckel
engaged in the butchering business
his was the fourth shop in Belle-
fonte, and as everybody eats a cer-
tain amount of meat, there was
some money in it. Today there are
nine places selling meat in the town
and as there isn’t any more eaten
the business is so divided up that
there’s not much in it for anyone,
and that’s why Mr. Eckel is going
to quit. He may close out the lat-
ter part of this week or the begin-
ning of next, but one thing is sure
he's going to quit.
And his going out of business
will leave another vacant room in
town. Several weeks ago the Watch-
man published a list of the vacant
store rooms, apartments, etc., but
in the same was not included the
space in the basement of the post-
office building, which will be two
large rooms. The White Bros. also
have a basement room, first floor
room and two apartments in the old
Valentine building for rent.
A second floor apartment in the
Harris stone building, Howard street,
is for rent, and a third floor apart-
ment was vacated this week in the
Beatty Motor company building when
the Mayer family moved to Brook-
ville. Four rooms in the McClain |
block are for rent, an apartment
over the Chrysler garage, on Al-
legheny street, two apartments and
two single rooms in Crider’s Ex-
change, and three apartments in the
old Haag hotel.
Miss Snyder's two-floor apartment,
on Bishop street, has been taken by
Mr. and Mrs. George P. Lyon while !
John Bickel has moved into the up- |
per portion of the old Strickland |
house, on Bishop street, and is con- |
verting the first floor into a store
room with an all glasss front.
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——At the drawings for place on
the primary ballot, held in Harris-
burg, on Monday, Congressman J.
Mitchell Chase won first place on
the ticket in the Twenty-third Con-
gressional district. composed of the
counties of Cameron, Centre, Clear-
field and McKean. George W. Hunt-
ley, of Cameron county, drew sec-
ond; George W. Minds, of Clearfield
county, third, and Evan J. Jones, of
Bradford county, fourth,
——If Grundy and Brown are
At-
——A ticket composed of Grundy
and Brown would offer a fine ex-
cuse for voting the other ticket.
i Lock Haven; Mrs. Thos. Smith, of |
Northumberland; Mrs. Harry Bruch, |
{of Milton; Mrs. Ralph Keyser, of
, The
preparations were being made for
and cities were passed through, and
Inn, Trail Top and Park Inn. Going
‘up the Trail we noticed Mt. Arme-
‘acres of floor space and underneath
"it is railroad
‘reached Elmira and when we drove
. there was
| It gave
‘to their several homes, all delighted
{with that trip.”
INTERESTING TRIP TO i
BUFFALO, NEW YORK.
Last week the Watchman’s Union-
ville correspondent was one of a
party of eight women who took a
trip by bus over the Susquehanna
Trail, to Buffalo, N. Y. and she
tells her own story of the journey:
" Last Thursday morning a group
of eight ladies, six of them major
secretaries and two authorized sec-
retaries for the Larkin Co., of Buf-
falo, N. Y., started for that city,
chaperoned by field secretary, Mrs.
Sidney Poorman, of Bellefonte. All
met at the Lycoming hotel, - Wil-
liamsport, They were Mrs. Anna
Hall Finch, of Fleming; Miss Lottie
Kauffman, of Zion; Mrs. Probst, of |
Selinsgrove, and Mrs. William Bos-
tain, of Lewisburg.
Leaving Williamsport at 3:12 bp.
m., on the Lakes-to-Sea bus we
went over the Susquehanna trail,
scenery was varied, beautiful
and interesting. Most of the farms
showed progress, having good build-
ings, flocks of sheep and cattle and
spring crops. Some farms had the
antiquated stump fence and old rail
fences, which were in meed of re-
pairs. Quite a number of villages
small inns
were noted. Mt. View
nia, marked 1776 feet above sea
level. There was snow on some of
the mountains. At Blossburg, dur- |
ing a rest stop, Mrs. Bostain took
pictures of the group. The clown |
and humorist of the crowd, Mrs.
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Bruch, usually kept looking ahead |
for the next town or city and sug-!
gested that when we came to the |
city of Bath that we must all stop |
for a bath. Darkness overtook us |
long before we reached that city, !
and judging from the scent that |
filled the air a skunk must have
been a victim of our bus.
We had lunch at Corning but were |
late and the proprietor seemed |
rather disinterested in our welfare |
so we didn't get a very elaborate |
layout. It was midnight when we |
reached our destination, tired and |
weary, Our hostess, Miss Lucy |
MacKimmon, of the Larkin Co. had |
engaged rooms for their guests at
the Lafayette hotel. After register- |
ing, we were taken to our rooms
which were large, well furnished
and comfortable. Friday morning
Miss MacKimmon called for us and
took us to the Larkin Co. restaurant
for breakfast, then to the office
where we met some of the officials
and were entertained by music from
a large pipe organ, then to the lec-
tur room where we met others. At
noon we were served a fine lunch
in the restaurant and in the evening
were taken out into the city for
dinner, which was delicious.
The Larkin factory covers 75
siding sufficient to
store 75 cars. In the manufacture
of soaps there are vats four stories
in height, with a capacity of 450,000
pounds. They use one carload of salt
to a vat. In manufacturing maccaroni
noodles, etc., a mixture includes 400
pounds of flour, 100 pounds of salt
and 100 pounds of water.
The company employs 350 people
and an inspection of the plant was
very interesting.
Sunday morning, at 8:15, we left
for home, coming over the same
route but having daylight for the
part we had traveled over before
at night. We noticed some fine
farms, large orchards and fine views
of the country for many miles; had
dinner at the Hotel Wagner, Bath, !
N. Y, and found it a fine place
to eat and restt We had many
stops on account of railroad cross-
ings, which numbered forty-two, as
counted by one of our crowd, from
the time we left Buffalo till we
reached the border line of New
York. Some places of interest were
Sonyen Epileptic Home, a picnic at
Cooper's Plains. We had pictures
taken again in the Genesee valley
between. Hornell and Dansville.
A heavy rain came up before we
through there the streets were sev-
eral inches deep with water and the
rain continued for some time. One
place along the highway, near Troy,
a peculiar curve which
Mrs. Bruch called the “Ocean Wave.”
some of the crowd who
were napping a sudden surprise. We
arrived at Williamsport about 5:40
p. m. and the group divided, going
NO TRACE YET FOUND
OF HENRY KALLENBERG.
ee |
Up to yesterday no trace had,
been discovered of the whereabouts
of Henry Kallenberg, the German
traveling salesman, of Julian, who
left home on April 2nd and has not
been heard of since. Last Friday a
telephone communication was re- |
ceived by Julian people from Mrs.
Harry Garner, of near Boalsburg,
who stated that Kallenbeg had been
| at her home on the day he disap-
peared and stated he was going to
Lewistown. {
An investigation was made of
Mrs. Garner's story, on Sunday,
and it was found correct, but no
evidence could be found of the man
|
having reached Lewistown. In the
meantime the young wife, who has |
a four months old child, is on the
verge of distraction at her home in |
Julian.
|
——A survey of the students
the Pennsylvania State College re- |
veals that more town and city boys
are studying agriculture at that in- |
stitution than boys from the farms. !
You wonder why? Ask the dads or |
the boys on the farms. They'll tell |
you. They know now what the town |
and city agriculturists will find out
after a bit of experience ona farm.
(whether it’s on the barn or house)
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