Bellefonte, Pa., December 19,
1930.
THE MARVELOUS NIGHT.
(Continued from pag? 2, col. Gb.
were gazing upon her; big, soft,
brown eyes dilated with an exquisite
wonder. They held her there im.
mobile, with her long white gown,
her tousled golden hair, her eyes
staring back bluely. She tried to
say something; put nothing would
say itself. The brown eyes remain-
ed upon her. ‘Beneath their ecstasy
and their wonder, there was some-
thing that gave Maryan the wish to
cry. Something dumb and pleading
and loving and faithful, which she
had seen last summer in the eyes of
a great big doggie when, rolling on
his back at her feet, he looked up
at her and panted. Again, she tried
to speak, This time she succeeded.
“Bonjour, p'tit Jesus,” she said in
French. |
|
The sad mouth trembled into an
uncertain smile, and slowly the long |
lashed eyes closed again. The head
fell back on Elizabeth's lap. i
«Beat his hands, Maryan, beat his
hands, quick, quick!” Elizabeth cried. |
Maryan neared fearfully; she rais- |
ed one of the hard red little paws in
one hand, and with the other began
to give it soft pats. i
«I am,” assured Maryan, continu- |
ing her absurd little pattings. {
Elizabeth leaned over and unbut- |
toned the top of the miserable
jacket. “Slap him there!” she cried. |
“No, no, hard, slap them hard!” |
cried Elizabeth.
But Maryan was at the end of her |
fortitude. “I can’t” she protested. |
“rm afraid!” |
“Oh, Maryan, try!”
“Nope,” said Maryan,
decision. “I'm going to get
ma!”
with abrupt |
mam-
«Oh, Maryan, please don’t,” plead- |
ed Elizabeth, stroking gently the |
pale forehead beneath her, She knew |
well that with the coming of elders !
the best of adventures crumbled, :
scorched with doubt as by some de- |
vastating fire. ‘Please don’t. We'll,
get him well all by ourselves. Go
to the kitchen, and see if you can |
find a piece of raw beefsteak.”
“Im going to get mamma,” re.’
peated Maryan inexorably. !
“Oh, Maryan, you always spoil |
everything!” |
But Maryan was already at the |
door. And thus it was that in the |
midst of a dreamless sleep, Mother |
was awakened by a suave breath- |
ing in her ear, and the prodigious |
news: “Oh, mamsie, come quick; |
we've got little Jesus in our room, |
and he’s hurted, and can’t wake]
1” i
The days immediately
were muddled days.
First of all, the children slept no
longer in their room, They slept in
Mother's room.
And Mother was in their room.
She was there, nearly all the time.
When Father had said: “Tll get a
trained nurse,” Mother had answer-
ed: “Tl be the trained nurse.” And
she was, with a white apron.
A big, black doctor came twice a
day.
Yui the little Jesus was in that
following |
| pr
lout for permanent effect,
room! When the door opened, to
let Mother or Father or the Doctor
in or out, if one were sly enough to |
be by the door, and looked swiftly,
one saw the little Jesus in one’s |
bed, his pale, sweet face ona pillow, |
and a white bandage about his head. |
It was here by this "door that one |
learned most. Whenever the doctor |
came out, Father was apt to be |
there. “Tell me quick, Doctor,” he!
would whisper, “what do you think |
of it?” |
«] can speak only of the body,” |
the Doctor would say. “The lad has |
been ill-treated; but he has a fine, |
straight body and a rather beauti- |
ful head, and no signs of a bad |
ancestry—which we all have, by the!
way.” i
4rhen you do not think it would |
be foolish to—"
“Upon my word, I don’t.”
It was here also that, one day,
the Doctor turned to Mother, who
was seeing him out, and said: “You |
need have no further worry now.
All that is necessary is rest and
good food. He's safe.”
«Oh, Doctor!” said Mother, tak-
ing his right hand in both of hers
__and there were tears in her eyes.
The following morning, coming out |
with Father, she said: “He's the
sweetest, gentlest being, Frank! He
was delirious the second night, and
delirium bares the soul. His soul
is pure and white, Frank!”
Father patted her on the should-
er.
«And, Frank, when his eyes are
closed, did you notice the shadow
beneath his long lashes? And the
lashes curl a bit upward. That is
the way little—little Harold looked.”
Finally, Elizabeth and Maryan
were permitted to go in for a short
while. He was sitting up in bed.
The bandage was still about his
head. And when they came toward
him, his eyes opened with the same
expression with which he had open-
ed them for a moment on Christ-
mas night, and they remained thus,
wide, full of ecstasy, wonder and
tender pleading.
“Bonjour, petit Jesus,” said Mary-
and wishing to be polite, and think-
ing of nothing else to say.
But Elizabeth had more to com-
municate. “You won't go back to
heaven right away, will you ?” she!
begged, ‘’Cause I want to play|
with you when you are well. ;
you can tell me all about your home !
up there; ‘bout the
and Mamma Mary and your father |
and harps and things!”
‘Come, come, children, that will |
do for today!” said Mother. ‘That |
will do!”
But she went out with them, and |
said she had something to tell them.
They went into the dining-room. |
She sat down, and they stood hand |
in hand before her.
“7 must tell you things right,
dearies,” she began, ‘because you!
are all mixed up. You think the
: still
| thought of Father and Mother, and
little angels, | &Y!
FARM NOTES.
Late fall and early winter are
good times in which to haul lime
and spread it on fields. Bad roads
and spring work do not interfere
with this soil improvement work at
this time of year, Pennsylvania
State College specialists point out. !
— Pennsylvania vegetable growers
have prepared a fine program on
production, marketing, and con-
sumption for their annual meeting
at Harrisburg January 21 and 22. !
Prominent growers and scientists
will speak.
—_Pullets must be kept in good
flesh if their egg production is to !
be maintained at a high level.
Feeding a fleshing mash in addition '
to the laying ration will help.
__Short courses in agriculture and
dairy manufacturing will begin at!
the Pennsylvania State College Jan. |
vary 5. These courses are design- |
ed for those who cannot spend a
longer period at the college but who
desire to become familiar with the!
very latest agricultural information
and practices. Write to the Dean |
of the School of Agriculture, State
College, Pa., for a catalog. |
— Prepare a definite plan before |
attempting to beautify the home |
grounds. Elimination of unsightly
objects, use of color and planting |
materials, and proper location in re- |
lation to the house and grounds are |
important in putting the plan to
work. |
Apple tree pruning can be done |
now when the weather is favorable. |
Some pruning each year is better
than heavy cutting at longer in-
tervals. |
__Good cows fed well and properly
cared for will return profits even
under adverse conditions. Join the |
| local cow testing association so the |
ability of each cow may be deter- |
mined. |
Interest in the slaughtering, cut- |
ting, and curing of pork, beef, and |
mutton at home is increasing among |
Pennsylvania farmers and homemak- :
ers. Demonstrations conducted by!
extension workers show how to se-
lect the right animal for slaughter |
and how to handle the carcass after
butchering.
—During the 10_year period, 1918-
'28, the number of farm tractors in
this State increased from 5000 to |
35,000. - Power farming methods |
have increased man’s ability to im- |
ove his capacity, according to,
agricultural engineers of Penn State |
College. i
— 1
— Since plant materials are set |
consider- |
ation should be given when the |
plants are selected to the possible |
height and maturity. |
— Decreased egg production fol-
lows a sudden drop in temperature. !
The alert poultryman watches his |
birds and their consumption of feed |
in such periods, Some feed a moist |
mash on-cold days when the- ap-
petites of the birds lag.
__1t is advisiable to have a good |
variety of feeds in the grain mix-
ture. Such a mixture gives a bet-
ter quality of protein and provides
a feed that is relished by the cows.
Brood sows should receive ap-
proximately one-half a pound of
grain a day during the gestation
period. About 10 days or two weeks
before farrowing time corn should
be replaced by bran and oil meal.
It is impossible to remodel old.
type poultry houses so that they will |
provide fresh air and at the same
time control frost and moisture as
satisfactorily as a new, well planned
one will do. There are, however,
some simple things that canbe done
for the old poultry house that will
make it much more comfortable in
winter.
‘little boy is the little JeJsus, don’t
you?”
“Oh, yes,” said Elizabeth.
“'Course,” said Maryan.
«But he isn’t, children, darlings,
he isn’t! Listen to me, and I wil
tell you what truly happened,
“You remember Christmas eve,
you tried to stay awake and see
the little Jesus?
“He brought many toys for you.
and laid them by your shoes, and
you were asleep. Then he
how they did not have any toys and
felt bad because they had lost their
little son, and guess what he did?”
“What?”
“What?”
“He went back, and got a poor
little boy who was unhappy, and
brought him for Father and Moth-
er, to console them. But the little
boy was pretty heavy for him, and
he let him fall dawn the chimney,
and hurt him without meaning to,
and went away for good without
knowing it. He had to hurry, be-
cause you were awakening.
“It was this little boy you found
in the chimney, and not little Jesus.
He has been ill; but he is well now,
and he's going to stay here always
and be our own son—Father’s and
mine. Now, aren't you glad, and
isn’t this as pretty as the other
way?”
“1 don’t know,”
pouting uncertainly.
“Don’t know,” said Maryan.
But a light came into Elizabeth’s
e. “Then, if he is your little son,
he’s our little brother?”
“He's our little bruzzer?”
“Certainly,” answered Mother.
“He's your dear brother.”
“And we can play with him?”
“Of course.”
“Any game we want?”
“Any game you want.”
“Then,” said Elizabeth, “we’ll play
that he's little Jesus, and that he
did come down the chimney!”
Which they do, sometimes.
his name is Harold.
said FElizabeth,
e
But
‘about its eggs and local shippers
' ress brings him one with a light
AKE the example of the man who drove nto a service station--some-
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attendant had a pet gas--another one of these so-called “just-as-goods.” But
this motorist had been driving for years--had tried thera all. a
ee , .
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performance-pay you by saving you money.
: ;
For, if you ve never used Amoco-Gas, you don’t know what real motor fuel
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And Amoco-Gas, costing slightly more per gallon,
actually costs less per mile. It gives more miles
to the gallon. It reduces operating expense by
reducing repair bills. It increases the trade-in
value of your car.
-
Experienced motorists are always “cranks” when
it comes to gas--nothing but Amoco-Gas will do.
Get cranky yourself. Start getting real motor fuel
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There is probably nothing that can Pittsburgh to Cleveland, Ohio, might
be dons io Maks ga xu house moe be the one interested in erecting a
SO I i fe 1g Bult TRO Sistion at Belleville.
straight across just enough to be. —_—
out of the way so that it is not righ
necessary to stoop, overhead cold will We do your job work Ad
be reduced and a proper temperature EE
can be maintained. The thickness °
of the layer of straw should be any-
where from 12 to 18 inches after it
has settled.
Shutter-ventilators are much more
reliable for ventilation than muslin
curtains and in = remodeling a shut-
ter ventilator can orien be substi-
tuted for one sash of an old window.
Floor space for birds can be in-
creased by constructing dropping
boards and at the same time san-
itary conditions will be greatly im-
proved. Many common poultry dis-
eases are spread through infected
droppings. H
__New York city is particular
find it profitable to meet the re-
quirements of this market, says
Prof. J. C. Huttar, of the New
York State College of Agrictulture.
A good case, new white fillers,
and white eggs, uniformly graded,
give the New York buyer confidence
in the quality of the eggs. If a
certain brand has a reputation for
uniform grading, a buyer may ex-
amine a few eggs in one or two
cases and buy accordingly.
When a patron in a restaurant or-
ders two fried eggs and the wait-
Wi your
home say “Merry
Christmas” to
passers-by?
A modest display of
colorful lights dec-
orating the front of
the house and the
outdoor Christmas
yolk and the other a golden orange,
he thinks something is wrong with
one or the other and sends them
back to the kitchen, even if they are
perfectly good eggs, a New York
city restaurant buyer recently told
Professor Huttar.
A light yolk, or one that ap-
pears light before the candle, is in
demand. One class of trade dis-
criminates heavily against an orange
or red yolk. Yolks appear red-
dish before the candle if they have
been subjected to warm temper-
ature for more than ome or two
hours. No doubt this is the way
most of the New York State pro-
duced eggs got their bad name, says
Professor Huttar.
trees carries out the
gay Yuletide spirit.
——A recent dispatch appeared | P E nN N
in Harrisburg papers under a Lewis. |
POWER CO
town date line stating that the Na-
tional Air Transport has let a con- |
tract for the erection of a $5000
brick building to house a radio
| broadcasting station near Belleville.
This is not correct.
‘has no intention of changing its
The N. A. T.
route but will continue to fly its
planes via Sunbury and Bellefonte.
It is possible the Transcontinental
Air Transport, carrying mail from
Philadelphia, via Harrisburg and
BETTER LIGHT MEANS
A MERRIER CHRISTMAS
Employers,
of the late Matilda Barry, and a
former resident of this place, under-
went an operation in Jefferson hos-
pital, Philadelphia, last week. Her
condition is reported as being satis-
factory. Miss Barry has been an |
employee of the Federal Reserve
bank in that city for- a number of
years.
——Fred Cox has moved into the
Mrs. Henry Beezer house, on Penn
street, this place. .
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Wagner's 16% Dairy - 1.90
Wagner's 20% Dairy - - 2.00
Wagner's 249% Dairy - 2.30
Wagner's 32% Dairy - 2.50
| Wagners's 32% Dairy - 2.20
Wagner's Pig Meal 18% - 2.40
Wagner's Egg Mash 18% - 2.50
Wagner's Scratch Feed - 2.00
Wagner's Horse Feed - 1.90
Wagner's Winter Bran - 1.40
Wagner's Winter Middlings - 1.50
Wagner's Standard Mixed Chop 1.80
Wayne 329% Dairy - - 240
Wayne 249% Dairy - - 2.25
Wayne Egg Mash - 2.80
Wayne Calf Meal - - 4.25
Oil Meal 34% - 5 - 240
Cotton Seed Meal 43% - 2.25
Gluten Feed - - - 2.10
Hominy Feed -i - 2.00
{ Fine Ground Alfalfa - - 2.26
Meat Scrap - - - 8.50
Tankage 60% - - - 8.795
Fish Meal - - - - 4.00
Fine Stock Salt - - 1.20
Oyster Shell - - - 1.00
Grit - - - - - 1.00
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