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Demorsailt Yaicywan.
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Bellefonte, Pa, November 20, 1981.
THE SIGNIFICANCE
OF THANKSGIVING
1 stood on the top of the hill in
Plymouth, Massachusetts, where the
Pilgrims built their fort soon after
their landing in 1620. While there I
took a retrospective view of the
three hundred years since those
hearty forefathers landed on the
Stern and rock-bound coast of old
New England.
Around me were their burial places
with the common headstones mark-
ing their last resting places.
Three centuries have gone since
their coming, yet as the month of
November is etched upon the calen-
dar of time in each recurring year,
there is not an American who gath-
ers round the festive board at
Thanksgiving time who does not re-
«<all the deep and significant mean-
ing of Thanksgiving. We honor
the memory of the Pilgrim fathers
as they instituted the first Thanks-
giving day and gave an expression
of their gratitude and devotion to
God for His blessing and all wise
providence.
What had they to thank God for?
They were Pilgrims in a strange
land; they were surrounded by a
dense forest inhabited by wild beasts
and the primitive natives. The
Mayflower lay at anchor in Ply-
mouth harbor; the scanty provisions
which she had brought would last
but a few months. Loneliness, dis-
ease and starvation, as far as hu-
man mind could discern, were star-
ing them in the face. Yet on that
memorable Thanksgiving Day in
November three hundred years ago,
there was given an expression of
gratitude to God which will never
be obliterated from the annals of
American history. Its memory has
strengthened the courage of the na-
tion, and in every significant move-
ment of aggression the memory of
the faith and the trust of the Pil-
grims has given faith and courage
to the generations which have fol-
lowed. God has been the guiding
power in American affairs. The
very first compact of civil liberty
‘that was given to the world was
written on the fly leaf of the Bible
in the cabin on the Mayflower and
its most significant words were;
“In the name of God, Amen.” The
venerable Benajmin Franklin at the
committee for forming the Constitu-
tion of the United States said: “Sir,
I perceive that if a sparrow cannot
fall to the ground without the at-
tention of God neither can a nation
rise without His notice, I therefore
move that hereafter this’ assembly
open its session each morning with
prayer.” In the bitter and trying
‘hours at Valley Forge Washington
‘gave thanks to God and implored
His divine guidance to deliver the
land from the hands of the oppres-
sor.
Have we reason for thankfulness
in this month of November 19317
This will be the thought in the
hearts of millions of Americans as
‘the Thanksgiving Day approaches.
“What has three nations wrought to
‘give us reason for thankfulness and
‘gratitude to God? ‘The Pilgrims
TJaid the foundation of civil liberty,
established churches, schools and col-
leges as ‘a nucleus around which
‘they built and established their
wolonial government.
With the expansion of time and
‘the onward march of progress those
first foundation-stones were drafted
into the principles of a larger gov-
ernment. They took their places in
‘the building of a nation and have
become the corner stone of the
‘greatest republic in the world.
Mow we are a nation of many
‘miilions of people enjoying the lib-
erties of democracy which bind us
together with mutual rights and
privileges; and for the welfare of
"humanity establishes one great com-
‘mon brotherhood.
This great Commonwealthof
America is our heritage, our coun-
‘try, our home. For this our ex-
pression of gratitude should be un-
limited.
The trackless forest of three hun-
dred years ago has melted away be-
fore the onward march of the pio-
meer. The primitive wilderness has
‘given way to fertile fields and thous-
ands of metropolitan cities which
‘are united by a system of railways
that challenges all other countries
in means of transportation and
modes of travel. These with the
thousands of steamship lines on
lakes, rivers and oceans, our auto-
mobiles "nd airplanes’ have annihi-
lated distances and establish the
most evtansive lines of commerce in
the word. Our educational sys-
‘tem is of the highest order which
offers to the vouth unlimited oppor-
‘tunities for educational development.
“These have made our republic a
mighty nation for which we should
be erateful and give thanks to Al-
mighty God.
Let us on this Thanksgiving day
renair to our churches and various
places of worship with an earnest.
ness of purnose that will but new
meaninZ in the time-honored custom
of rendering thanks to God as a
mation.
T trust that the day will mean
more to ns than a dav of festivitv.
Let it awaken onr hearts to a deep-
er spirit of gratitude as we remem-
‘her the manifold blessings of God.
Roth in private and in public may
the true significance of the
deenly impressed on the hearts of
every loval American citizen.—In-
dustrial Enterprise.
Grocer (suggestively): “You
haven't paid that little bill of mine
yet.”
“No: it
Legislator (pensively):
“has only just passed the second read-
ing.”
| FOR AND ABOUT WOMEN.
DAILY THOUGHT
| We think of Thanksgiving in harvest-
i time,
| In the yielding, gathering golden time;
| Woe the sky is fringed with a hazy
mist,
And the
{ kissed ;
' When the barns are full with the har-
vest cheer,
And the crowning, thankful day draws
near.
—Rose Wartwish Thorpe
--The coat hanger of wood or
‘metal, folding or inflexible, plain
and unadorned or woven about with
ribbon, raffia, or swathed in scented
cotton and silks, has come to be con-
sidered as a necessity. There are
muff and collarette hangers, too, but
probably the latest invention of the
sort is the sweater hanger. Fre-
quently it is made of wood, thin
wood, cut in an oval shape and of-
ten painted and slightly ornamented.
Sometimes it has a head, cut out of
the flat wood and painted attractive-
ly. A hook or loop or some such
arrangement makes the logical posi-
tion of the sweater a hori-
zontal one. Sometimes, instead of
wood, the oval hoop is made of cel-
luloid, in white or delicate colors,
pink and blue and lavender, or in
imitation of amber and tortoise
shell. The sweater is supposed to
be folded neatly and hung through
this oval hoop, which is said to be
a much better way of keeping it in
good condition than to hang it on
an ordinary coat hanger, which per-
mits it, oftentimes, to stretch out
of shape. These hangers may eas-
ily be decorative additions to the
appointments of one's own particu-
lar room, and various, indeed, are
the ways in which they may be
decorated.
—Blouses will wrinkle, when pack-
ed away in bureau drawers, or
boxes, no matter how carefully they
are arranged, SO many a woman
prefers to keep hers on coat hangers
in wardrobe or closet. This is an
excellent scheme but, as dust has a
way of sifting into closets and ward-
robes, even if one is careful to keep
the doors closed, they need some
other protection in order to keep
fresh. A simple protector may be
made of a square yard of muslin,
with a small hole in the center
through which the hook of the coat
hanger may be inserted. Flowered
muslin or lawn is a good material
for this. It may be finished off
around the edge with a hem, feath-
erstitched in a color to harmonize
‘with the design of the material, and
the small hole in the center button-
holed about with the same colored
thread. Or, if one wanted to make
such protectors praticularly dainty,
she might edge them around with
narrow lace.
These protectors take up but lit-
tle room, and really do protect the
blouses that they cover very well,
indeed. They should not, however,
|be made of very coarse or open’
‘meshed material, through which
'dust may sift. Also, they should
be slightly weighted at the corners,
if one is to get the best
good weights,
decorations.
Not only does the housekeeper like
these for her own home, but she
finds that they make dainty and
most acceptable gifts for her
friends. A set of perhaps three,
decorated according to the color
scheme of a room, would make a
pretty, thoughtful and decidedly use-
ful gift.
—It is a most interesting fact that
Great Britain passed a law, some
centuries ago, stating that fresh
lime juice must he served to every
‘sailor on Great Britain's ships three
days after leaving port, and every
day until the ship returned. The
excellent health of the British navy
has been attributed to this one fac-
tor as much as any other one.
We housewives know how very
good limes are in hot or cold tea;
and how they increase the tang and
‘delicate flavor. We have used
limes for flavoring in pies, cakes,
| puddings, jellies, ives and sherbets;
‘and if you haven't tried the juice of
‘a lime with your oysters and other
sea food, you have a treat in store
for you. Squeeze the juice of a
lime on casaba or honeydew melon
‘and see how delicious it is.
There really doesn't seem to be
any limit to the virtues of a lime.
Beauty specialists say that lime
juice is one of the most beneficial
applications in cases of sunburn,
and that it acts as a very pleasant |
Authorities say that
astringent.
lime juice makes a most excellent
gargle in certain cases of sore
| throat, and it is mentioned highly
as a prevention and cure for scurvy.
No one small product could possmty
| be more versatile.
—The world's finest limes come
from those countries bordering on
| the Caribbean Sea. They possess
'a more delicate flavor and a finer
| taste than any other limes grown.
Fresh limes come into our mar-
kets the year round, for it is eter-
nally and delightfully summer on)
the Caribbean Coast. Where they
‘are grown, in prodigal abundance,
| the air is musical with birds and
| the blue waters are crowded with
| many colored fish.
| We know, of course, that limes
|are among the oldest fruits known.
dav be In ancient times, we read that the
! juice of this delicious fruit was re-
| garded as an antidote for venomous |
| bites and for poisons. = Today we
{look with great favor on the lime,
| for it makes a most refreshing and
healthful drink; and it brings vari-
ety, through its welcome flavoring
| possibilities into the culinary depart-
| ment.
—If a little flour is mixed with
| raisins, currants, dates, etc., before
We suggest as a companion song chopping in food chopper, they will
for “Singing In the Rain” “Sneez- not
gng in the Snow.”
| per.
blushing maples of frost lip- |
results |
from their use. Large beads make
as well as pleasing
be gummy or stick to the chop- |
FARM NOUTEsS. i
—Cash awards totaling $37,819,
the largest amount ever offered at
a state agricultural show, will be
distributed during the sixteenth an-
nual vania Farm 2a in
Harrisburg January 18 to 1
The prize money will be divided
among the winners of the twenty
ents of the exhibition as fol-
lows: Horses $2805; sheep $3277;
swine $2050; beef cattle $4770;
dairy cattle $10,200; dairy products
$255; corn $722.50; small grains
$181; potatoes $743; cigar leaf to-
bacco $181.50; apples $1744.75; veg-
etables $380.50; maple products $104;
apiary products $322.50; wool $200;
eggs $549; poultry $7400.75; home
economics $1138.50; cultural arts
$645, and sports $90. i
The 1932 event will be the second
held in the new building which pro-
vides 100 acres of floor space and
was erected at a cost of $1,500,000.
—Mixed fertilizers, which include
the principal plant food elements,
nitrogen, phosphorus and potash,
have been purchased by farmers
since Civil war days, but throughout
this period it has been customary to
state the nitrogen contents in terms
of ammonia equivalent.
The 1831 General Assembly, how-
ever, amended the existing fertiliz-
er law so that in the future the
nitrogen contents will be stated in
terms of nitrogen. The difference
between ammonia and nitrogen is
shown by the following compari-
sons: 1 per cent of nitrogen; 2 per
cent of nitrogen equals 243 per
cent of ammonia; 3 per cent of ni-
trogen equals 3.65 per cent of am-
monia; 4 per cent of nitrogen equals
4.86 per cent of ammonia; and 5 per
cent of nitrogen equals 6.08 per cent
of ammonia.
—Liberal feeding of a ration high
in protein for two weeks before
breeding will put sows in good phys-
ical condition. Experiments show
that handling brood sows in this
way increases the size of the litters
10 to 20 percent.
—Ample ventilation should be
provided for the pullets after they
are moved to the laying house.
They have been accustomed to
plenty of fresh air in open colony
houses, range shelters, and trees.
Fall colds are the result of faulty
ventilation.
—Fence posts always will be
needed. A perpetual supply can be
provided by planting black locust
seedlings. In 12 to 15 years a
planting of this species will yield
an adequate supply of the best post
material.
—Training the foal should not be
postponed until the animal is brok-
en as a 2 or 3.year-old. The foal
should be taught subordination at
the very start and not allowed to
become willful or headstrong. Break
to use of halter early; be kind and
patient. A foal responds quickly
to the treatment received.
—Cost of production and higher
yields per acre are within the con-
trol of every farmer, say State Col-
lege farm crop specialists. High
acre yields generally reduce cost of
production and need not increase
total output, as fewer acres can be
planted.
—Protect apple trees from mice
by using a poison bait.
—When such feeds as rye and
wheat middlings are considerably
cheaper on the ton basis than corn,
wheat, barley, or rye and one de-
sires to take advantage of this, he
is confronted with the problem of 000
how best to feed the middlings. i
Ordinarly, corn is not ground for
hogs and one cannot successfully
feed rye or wheat middlings with
‘shelled corn in a self-breeder be-
| cause the hogs will pick out the
‘corn and eat very little of the mid-
| dlings. The problem is not so dif-
ficult with the small grains because
| these should be ground and when
the middlings are mixed with the
ground grains pigs must eat all of |
the feeds in the mixture. One very
good way (0 get some middlings in-
to the mixture is to put it in with
tankage and linseed meal for the
protein supplement. Right now we!
can think of nothing cheaper or!
better than to make a slop of mid-
dlings, either rye or wheat, and
skim milk. This would be a splen-
did supplement with corn or ground
barley. i
—Dairy cows should have all the
water that they need and when they
want it. Drinking cups in the
stable make this possible. They
(often repay the dairyman for their
cost in a single season through in-
| creased milk production. |
—A foal makes more than its en- |
tire growth during the first year.
If stunted at this time, full recov-|
ery is impossible. Feeds which pro- |
duce bone and muscle should be
used. Oats and alfalfa or clover
hay are best. Wheat, barley, or |
corn may be balanced with bran or
| linseed oil meal.
i
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| —When cutting fuel wood be sure
to remove the crooked, diseased,
dying, and large-crowned trees.
| Also, cut the poor species, such as
| beech, yellow birch, sassafras, pin
cherry, and pin oak. Removing
‘the undesirable trees will permit the
| valuable ones, such as hard maple,
oak, ash, basswood, and yellow pop-
lar, to develop into valuable timber.
—Leg weakness takes its greatest
toll from young chicks confined in
battery brooders and in brooder
houses. Chick rations high in
honemeal or phosphorus appear to
aggravate this condition. Experi-
ments at the Pennsylvania State
College show that oats or oats feed
possesses beneficial properties for
| the prevention of slipped tendon. |
cent., the margin is less
| basin to be filled lies in Ashtabula
‘ reservoir useful for flood prevention.
It will be Pennsylvania's largest
‘body of still water. —Nanty-Glo
' Journal.
| Twp.; $1228.
| Sholl, et ux, tract in Bellefonte; $1.
EGG CONSUMPTION :
MOUNTS STEADILY
The annual consumption of eggs
in the Commonwealth is approxi-
og 4 201090, 090) < department of
to the
agriculture in a review of trends in
the poultry industry.
While production still falls short
of the consumption by fully 23 per
than at
any time in the last half century,
the department believes. Consump-
tion has been increased greatly
through various educational efforts
to acquaint the public with the
health value of eggs in the diet and
production has been increased both
by increase of laying hens and in
| production per hen.
Various agencies, both private
and public, co-operate in nation-
wide egg campaigns each year.
Only recently the leading railroad
system inthe Commonwealth attach-
ed to its dining car menu, a small
silver placard cut in the shape of
an egg with this printed description:
A Package of Sunshine.
NORTHCLIFFE'S IDEA OF
NEWSPAPER SHOP WINDOW
Speaking of sermons, of anything.
the late Lord Northcliffe, it is
related, one day rang up the editor
of one of his weekly papers who
was new to the editorial chair, and
said to him: “Mr. Jones, will you
please go round at once to Mr.
Isaacs, the fruiterer, in Convent
Garden, and ask him what he does
with his best apples?”
The editor thought it wise to
obey his eccentric chief. When he
returned, Lord Northcliffe again
rang him up: “What did Mr. Isaacs
tell you about where he puts his
best apples?”
“He told me,” answered the editor,
“that he puts them in his shop win-
dow.”
“Yes, my boy,” said Northcliffe,
“that's what you have to do. You
put your best apples in your shop
window-—put your best news in
your shop window: and your shop
window is your front page.” —Chris-
tian Century.
BUILDING AN ISLAND SEA
Pennsylvania has many rivers and
smaller streams, vast areas of forest
lands and wonderful mountain scen-
ery, but it is short on lakes as
places of beauty and recreation.
The last Legislature appropriated
$1,500,000, however, towards the
construction of an artificial body of
water in the northwest corner of
the State, that will cover about 17,-'
000 acres when completed, and have
a shore line of about 70 miles. Gov-
ernor Pinchot, using a nickel plated
spade made especially for the oc-
casion, turned the first shovel of
dirt for the building of the Pyma-
tuning dam in Crawford county,
which officially started the great en-
gineering project. The dam will be
2,400 feet long and 50 feet high
across the Shenango river. About!
two years will be required for its
completion. Rights to the land in|
the basin, consisting of fertile farms
and marsh lands, have been pur-|
chased by the State. Part of the
county, Ohio. When compieted, the |
dam will become a great attraction
as a fishing place and summer re-
sort, as well as a great storage
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REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS. |
I
John A. Spicer to Fred Garner,
et ux, tract in Ferguson Twp.; $4,-
P. E. Womelsdorf, et al, to Frances
B. Dunkle, tract in Rush Twp.; $1.
P. E. Womelsdorf, et al, to Rich-|
ard W. Womelsdorf, et al, tract in|
Rush Twp.; 31.
Merle F. Homan, et ux, to Del-
bert E. Meyers, et ux, tract in Col-|
lege Twp.; $1,100. |
Bellefonte Cemetery Association |
to Bessie Woomer,
Bellefonte; $33.
James I. Nyman, et ux, to Wil-
liam H. Nyman, tract in Boggs,
Twp.; $100. i
William H. Nyman to Julia Ny-
man, tract in Boggs Twp.; $1.
M. H Smith, et ux, to W. E.|
Smith, tract in Millheim; $10. i
W. E. Smith to M. H. Smith, et ux,
tract in Millheim; $10.
Mary C. Snyder, et al, to O. W.
Houts, tract in State College; $1.
Mary E. Snyder, et al. to O. W.
Houts, tract in State College; $1.
John E. Jones, to Ezriel Horo-
ite, tract in Burnside Twp., et al;
I.J. Gordon Foster, etal, to Philip
Foster estate, tract in State Col-
lege; $1.
Ella J. Lutz, et al, to Worth W.
England, et ux, tract in Ferguson
Twp.; $3500.
Matilda Richards to David A.
Richards, tract in Philipsburg; $300.
Linnie Parker, et bar, to Harry
Dixon, et ux, tract in Philipsburg;
$300
Sue A. Murray, administratrix, to
Mack E. Murray, tract in Boggs
Twp.; $1.
et al, tract in!
L. G. Peters, et ux, to Regina Mof- ||
fat, tract in Ferguson Twp.; $1. |
Regina Moffat to L. G. Peters, et
ux, tract in Ferguson Twp.; $1. {
Andrew S. Musser, et ux, to Eliz-
abeth S. Homan, tract in Haines
John H. Detwiler to John F. My- |
ers, et ux, tract in Potter Twp.; |
$100.
John I. Sholl, et ux, to Boyd R.|
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L. L. Smith, treasurer, to Scott!
Crain, tract in Port Matilda; $47.74.
William T. Hubler, et ux, to Paul |
P. Zimmerman, tract in Miles Twp.;
$1. i
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In our issue of Sept. 4th we
made appeal to 775 of our sub-
scribers who were in arrears at
that time.
Since then 148 have respond-
ed, and to them we make grate-
ful acknowledgment of their
promptness in coming to relief of
the financial strain we are under.
We are still hoping that the
remaining 627 are not going to
fail us.
By the way: If you have
any printing jobs. Anything,
large or small in the line of com-
mercial printing, we would like
to do it for you.
There is always one cer-
tainty about job printing done at
this office.
at prices no higher than are
often paid for work that is not
so good.
It is well done, and
The Democratic Watchman
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