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VOL '27.
J. O. Wells purchased a good horse
in Philadelphia last week.
A chicken and flannel cake supper
will be served at the Parish House on
Thursday, January 14th, from five
o'clock until ten in the evening. Tick
ets 25 cents, ice cream extra.
The exchange of pulpits arranged
between Rev. Y C. Lcvcrett, and
Rrv. C. J. Wood of Lock Haven for
next Sunday has been postponed, a
telegram from Mr. Wood announcing
that he has the grip.
The Holy Communion will be cele
brated in the Reformed church, next
Lord's Day. in the morning commence
ing at 10:30 o'clock. Preparatory
services next Saturday evening at 7:30
o'clock.
There will be a local Teachers' Ins
titute held at the High School build
ing, Iiloomsburg, Saturday afternoon
Jan. 9th. Everybody invited. An
interesting programme has been pie
pared. The ravages of the grip still con
tinue, owing to the mild and wet
weather. Many people in this sec
tion are afflicted with it, though no
deaths have occurred, but in the cities
the death list has been large, and still
continues.
Services are being held in all the
Evangelical churches ef this phce, m
observance of the week of prayer as
arranged by the Evangelical Alliance.
The Presbyterian Church will con
tinue the two weeks following.
We are pleased to learn of the good
health of Jacob Fisher, of Millville.
He is past 80 years of age. He has
been a subscriber of The Comimman
from its beginning, now nearly 55
years ago. A halt century is a long
time to continue as a patron. We
hope he may continue another quarter
of a century.
The New Year was ushered in with
a clangor of bells and blowing of
steam whistles, which was kept up for
nearly an hour. People who did not
know that the year of our Lord 1892
had arrived, must have been sound
sleepers indeed. All the church bells,
the Normal School bell, the alleged
fire alarm, Harman & Hassert's and
other steam whistles all united in the
general welcome to the New Year.
The business of the reliable firm
of Alexander Bros. & Co. continues to
grow, because their business methods
are such as to gain the confidence of
their customers, and they are always
just what they represent them to be.
They handle tobacco in every shape,
and carry a large stock of confection
ery at wholesale and retail. Their as
sortment of meerschaum pipes and
cigar holders is the largest and finest
to be found in this section. Besides
this, they are very agreeable men to
do business with, and they well merit
the large trade which they have built
up all through this section of the
State.
The entertainment given in the
Opera House last Friday evening by
the members of the Lutheran Sunday
School was well patronized. The
Bible designs were beau'iful, and
showed much skill in the preparation.
The exercises of the little folks was
especially interesting. Willie Quick
in the address of welcome, Helen
Chrisman and Johnie Troub in a song,
Mary Corell and Claude Bittenbender
in a recitation and little Marguerite
Kshleman in a song, all called forth
applause from the large audience.
The "Ten Virgins" rendered their
part well. The gas Christmas tree
was beautiful ; the gas pipes were ar
ranged like branches of a tree, small
jets of gas coming from 300 different
places on the branches.
At a meeting of the Executive Com
mittee of the Young People's Christian
Union it was resolved that the young
people's societies be requested to de
vote their meetings on Sunday evening,
January 24th to special prayer for God's
blessing on the Union Revival Ser
vices. It was also resolved that the socie
ties provide persons to canvass the
towns, visiting each family, that they
may ascertain the number of members
in the family, how many attend Sun
day School, and what church tht.y pre
fer. This action was taken at the re
quest of pastors and laymen of several
of the churches, and is not denomina
tional but interdenominational. The
information obtained is to be used by
the pastors to promote the religious
welfare of their congregations, and of
families preferring their respective
churches. We trust that our citizens
will receive these canvassers kindly
when they call, and will cheerfully give
them the desired information.
THE SILVER CROWN-
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I'rnm notr tnkrn nt Hip County iniMtmo
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I want to talk to you about an edu
cation which is not obtained from
books, but which has made more great
men and women than all the study of
boo 'us. Life is so shoit ; I am trying
to do all the good I can, and I want
to do you all good to night. I desire
to make men better and wiser.
Some twenty three years ago while
travelling in India I saw the palace of
Agbar the Great which cost two hun
dred and twenty-five millions of dol
lars. It had beautiful walks six miles
long and shady carriage roads fop
twenty seven miles.
The guide told me a story about the
kings of this country. These old
guides of the East are wonderful men.
He said the king sat upon a throne of
gold and wore a silver crown. There
came a time when the Emperor died
and they tried to find some one to
take his place, but they could not find 1
one lor twelve years.
The wise men asked the stars where
to find a king and the stars answered:
"Search up and down this country un
til you find a man whom the animals
follow, the sun serves, the waters
obey, and mankind loves, lie will be
entitled to sit on the throne of burn
ished gold and wear the silver crown."
Some time after this as one of these
wise men was travelling over the
country he lost his way and took
shelter out on the mountain side with
a poor huntsman. After supper the
huntsman told him to lie down by the
warm fire. In the night as he lay on
tne earth trying to sleep, he heard the
cries of the wild beasts, and as they
began to gather around the rude hut,
he became frightened and awakened
the huntsman. When the huntsman
heard the roar of the lions, the growl
ings of the bears, and the screams of
the other animals he started to open
the door. Then the wise man be
came still more frightened and asked,
"are you going to let these wild beasts
in to eat us?" Oh, no," he said,
"these are my friends" and he fed
them with herbs and they licked his
hands and went out. The wise man
cried "I have found the king 1 I have
found the king 1 Oh, no ! oh, no ! this
can not be the king ; he is only a poor
huntsman." The next morning the
huntsman cooked the food by means
of the sun shining through a window.
'This is the king ; the sun serves him;"
then he looked at the huntsman and
said ; "He cannot be the king. How
can it be with all my education and
yet this poor huntsman has found out
more than I have learned from my
books?' After a while he wanted a
drink and the huntsman told him to
go down to the spring, but he came
back and the huntsman took soma oil
and put on it, then he was able to get
some water. "This is the king, this
is the king for the waters obey him."
They went down to the entrance of
valley the next day and as the wise
man looked out and saw the water he
asked him why it was here. After he
had told him, he asked what is the sec
ret of human success and what is it that
makes success. He answered "love.'
"There can be no question about it, I
know, it covers the whole ground.
The people began to gather around
this huntsman, when they heard him
and found out what a wonderful man
he was, and they set him upon the
throne of burnisiicd gold and placed
on him the silver crown. He ruled
there forty years ; so tradition says, so
tne old guide told me.
There is a crown of silver waiting
for you, and there are thousands, who
are never permitted to wear them ;
but who deserve them nevertheless. 1
can pick cut the successful men and
women in Bloomsburg to night. You
will say, we don't want any kings in
America. You can count the leaders
of politics on but very few fingers.
You should be in that ring. I am
looking for the person who will be on
the throne ten to twenty years hence.
I used to think that Cjuecn Victoria
ruled England, but I have found out
better. Who was the Ofter of France
eight years ago? name was
Grevy. He said he could tap the bell
and all would listen. A little boy
came up and said, "I want you to re
sign." "Well, I will not." There are
times when it is worse to have a son-in-law
than to have a moilier-in-law.
(applause.) It was not long till they
would not let him have two weeks,
two days or two hours, but he must re
sign at once. Who was the ruler?
When they are found animals follow
them, the sun serves them, the waters
obey them and mankind will love
them. Are you a king ? Now if a
cat will follow him you may know.
God pity the man who has no dog and
cat. (applause.)
After getting rods on my house, dur
ing a hard thunder storm I looked out
BLOOMSBURG, PA., FRIDAY, JANUARY 8,
of my window and said to the light
ning; come on, come on, you can't hit
me, but he did hit me and came
down through the room and burned
my house.
Any man that thinks love can be
made by machinery is no king.
The finest painter in America to
day, never took a lesson in drawing or
painting. The author of Jane Eyre
received her education by teaching a
younger brother painting. She spent
nearly all her time with him and told
him to notice, notice, notice. He
died at an early age, but while teach
ing him she learned to notice things
herself. There never was and never
will be any one who gives himself for
anothei's good without making him
self better. I don't understand the
women. She received thirty eight
thousand dollars for her first book
"Jane Eyre."
Fifty years ago a nun in a lumber
camp studied out what, a dinner cost.
On finding that it was not worth as much
as they were paying, he commenced
keeping a boarding house himself. In
the year '38 he was eating hash and
not worth live dollars. He is now in
Paris worth one million twenty five
thousand dalars. Where are the
others? Eating hash probably.
Where will you find the kings?
Sometimes we expect to find them in
college, but there are other tests than
book education. The sun will serve
them, the waters obey them, animals
will follow them, and mankind will
love them.
Go back with me .1 few years and
let us go down into the coal shaft and
see that young man like the others
picking ore out of the banks of coal.
Is he a king? Ye?, his name is Steven
son. If you notice him you will no
tice that he notices everything else.
I am always through when I see
people go to sleep when I am preach
ing. I wish it would have been so
when I went to church. Perhaps
there are no such people here, but
when you come to Philadelphia I will
show you some. It is the fault of the
minister.
A man, who always went to church
to learn something, one Sunday be
came intensely interested in a fly,
He drove it away from him several
times and at last it went to the win
dow. After watching it there for
some time, he found out that flies
never turn around without using their
wings. He said he ought to have a
patent for what he had learned, and
so from watching that fly he received
eighty three thousand dollars in gold.
I say it payed him to go to church.
The world needs great teachers.
The time is coming when the teacher
will get twenty five thousand dollars
and the lawyer one thousand or in
that proportion.
Though they may forget the singer
they will never forget the song. I
taught music once and they used to
invite me to come and play for them
at parties. All the time 1 was playing
they would be talking. It was be
cause I did not know what music was,
one part went up and up and the
other part went down and down to
the hades of song and staid there. If
I had stood there and swore it would
not have been much worse.
It has often been a great help to
my memory to shut my eyes and try
to see the words that I have read. It
is all dark for a while, but at last the
words come like a lightning flash. I
cannot explain this ; how it is. I
never found anyone who could. A
few years ago when I lectured here
before, a man, who is now in New
York, heard me tell about this, and he
told me to-day that he could remem
ber in the same way. He cannot tell
how it is, but it is something wonderful
how the words seem to come before
his eyes.
We live for those that love us,
For those who know us true,
For the heaven that shines above us
And the good that we can do.
r M-O- A- NOTES.
Men's meeting Sunday at 2:30 p.
m. We are holding large and en
thusiastic meetings every Sunday.
Come and enjoy them with us.
Every Thursday night at 8 the asso
ciation Bible class will meet. You
are heartily invited to join the class.
Saturday evening at 8 o'clock in the
rooms a men's meeting, for consecra
tion and prayer will be held. You are
invited.
At the annual business meeting of
the association the following officers
were elected to serve for the year
1892. President. Dr. D. J. Waller
Jr. ; Vice Presidents, S. C. Creasy
and Horace Supplee; Recording Sec
retary, A. N. Yost j Treasurer, W. H.
Brooke.
A series of divine servides will begin
at the Zion church on next Monday
evening, January 11. A. Houtz,
Pastor.
MYSTERIOUS DEATH.
Charles M. Kile, son of John Kile
of Franklin township, met with a
mysterious death last Thursday night.
He had been working for an uncle
and started, as he said for home,
driving a 4 year old colt hitched to a
road cart The next morning be
tween 9 and 10 o'clock, about two
miles from his uncle's, his cap and
whip were found, a little farther on
the dead body was found, wrapped in
a robe, with driving gloves on, and
appearing as he sat in the cart ; about
two hundred yards beyond this was
the cart, with harness ami bridle
thrown across the shafts, the harness
but little broken. An examination
showed that the boy's nose and neck
were broken, skull crushed in on the
right side, and a deep cut on the left.
His clothing showed no signs of strug
gle. His cap was badly torn and had
the appearance of being penetrated by
shot. A piece of the cap was missing.
The horse vas found Saturday in a
field near Elysburg. It is a mystery
how the horse could escape leaving
harness and bridle, witn the harness
but little broken, with nothing broken
to the cart, and the driver sitting in
the road wrapped in the robe. The
boy was a little over 22 years of age,
a member of the M. E. Church, had
endeavored to lead a Christian life,
and was not known to have an enemy.
Funeral services were held at Zion
Grove Church Sunday morning, con
ducted by Rev. Souser. The cornet
band of which he was a member at
tended in a body. W. F. Bodine and
wife of Bloomsburg, attended funeral
services.
LIGHT STREET.
The silver medal was awarded to
Lettie Whitney at the Demorest con
test on Thursday night of last week.
Fantastic parade indulged in on
New Year's 1 ay raising quite an ex
citement. Miss Sands of Mordansville and
Miss McKelvy of Bloomsburg were
guests of Miss Mame Brown, New
Years'.
Joseph Hidly and wife spent the
first of the year with Mrs. H's parents.
Miss Beckie Reighard returned to
Milton on Saturday.
C. M. Terwilliger resigned his school
to take the position of clerk to the
County Commissioners.
Mr. Black of Williamsport is attend
ing the protracted meeting here at the
M. E. church
Mr. Win. Achenbach of Hughes
ville who is now employed by the
Bloomsburg Furniture Company may
be seen wending his way back and
forth. At present he is stopping at J.
W. Hoffmans'.
George Pugh is still in a precarious
condition suffering from La grippe.
On Wednesday ot list week Mr.
and Mrs. W. P. White of Union Co.,
Mr. and Mrs. J M. White, Mr. and
Mrs George Conner of Centre, Mr.
and Mrs. Isaiah White of Orange
spent the day with Mrs. A. C. Van
liew. Mr. Harry and Miss Lillie Sittler of
Berwick spent a few days visiting their
uncle and aunt, Mr, and Mrs. J. H.
Townsend.
Mr. and Mrs. Young of Jackson
and Mr. and Mrs. Case of Numedia
spent New Year's Day with Mr. and
Mrs. Young.
Rev. Gwinn of Baltimore is visiting
J. M. Shew and family.
At this writing J. M. Shew and wife
and daughter are on the sick list.
The same Act of Assembly that
provides that the county shall
supply the stationery for the county
commissioners' office also provides the
same for the Prothonotary and Regis
ter and Recorder. For the past year
the commissioners have refused to
pay for any printed blanks for the two
latter offices, though they have paid
for blanks used in their own office out
of county iunds. The auditors have
been asked to interpret the law the
same for all the offices, so that if the
Prothonotary and Register must pay
for printed blinks, the commissioners
must do the same, out of their own
pockets. The action of the auditors
is not vet known.
FARMERS' INSTITUTES
The public will please bear in mind
the Farmer's Institute to be held in
the Opera House at Catawissa on
January 15 and 16, Friday and Satur
day. Excellent instructors have been
secured, and it will be an interesting
session. '1 here will also be a Farm
ers' Institute at Millville on January
13 and 14.
The Rev. T. A. Lloyd of Consho
hocken will preach in the Baptist
church next Sunday, morning and
evening.
1892.
CAST BENTON.
La-grippe prevails to an alarming
extent in many localises of our com
munity. Whole famil es are prostrate
from it? attack.
Ed Laubach, of Cambra, who met
with an accident a few weeks ago
neccsitating the amputation of the
hand, is not doing as well as was hop
ed, or expected. He suffers very
severe pain in l is arm betimes.
Protracted meeting was commenced
at Hamiline last Monday evening.
Prayer meeting Sunday night previous.
This meeting is held under the auspices
Revs. Hamlin and Alberson with Rev.
F II Tubbs if health permits, as an
excellent helper.
On New Year's night, some young
people, enjoying a pleasure excursion,
were returning trom the direction of
Benton towards Cambra about 2
o'clock a. m., dark as Egypt driving at
a high speed, and p.'rched in dog carts
the left wheel of the rear cart (two be
ing in company) missing the bridge at
this place, the cart landed a pcifect
wreck on the other side. The wreck
was backed into our shed. No one
was injured, but the miracle is that
somebody was not kilied. We have
not learned who the parties were.
Girls, caution your beau not to drive
so fast, especially when dark.
Benton seems to out travel other
towns along the line of the B. & S. R.
R. Why it should is a mystery, but
nevertheless such seems to be the fact.
We cannot see that the town has any
superior advantages over other towns,
or better facilities, but there is a lively
activity in every department of busi
ness within its limits. One may enter
the mammoth store of G. L. &. C. B.
McIIenry and at once conclude that
everybody is trading with them. Two
or three handsome lady clerks together
with a force of gentlemen are kept
busy waiting on customers. A little
further up town you enter the store of
J. J. & O. H. McIIenry and every
body seems to be trading there. Ap
parently there is as much business ac
tivity in this store as in the store be
low, as customers are often obliged to
wait their turn with seeming impati
ence. Still further up is Al McHenry's
store, and one would suppose that the
mercintile business is all done below.
But you need not be there long before
you conclude that there is no other
store in town.
There are other stores in town, in
cluding the Post office, of smaller cap
acities, but these all have a fair share
of the public patronage.
Considering ail the stores and busi
ness places within close proximity of
town, and of towns surrounding it,
the question suggests itself, "Where
do all the people come from who trade
every day at Benton ?"
But the mercantile is not the only
line of business activity. Along the
streets we notice the Keller tin shop,
drug store, harness maker, blacksmith
and wagon-maker shops, millinery
shops, dress makers, toy and candy
shop, gunsmith, watchmaker and con
fectionery, dentistry, sewing machine
and musical instrument departments.
The agricultural implements are
also represented, and a clean shave
awaits them all when the barber ap
plies his brush and razor. The plan
ing mill and shirt factory are kept
bouncing at full capacity. The hotels
accommodate all corners and goers
with the best in the market. The mec
hanics and tradesmen have steady em
ployment, while we are informed that
farmers near and around town find it
almost impossible to secure a towns
man to perform a day's labor on the
farm, so busily engaged are the town's
people of Benton.
Five physicians reside in town who
are kept busy in the medical profes
sion. Two coal dealers also have a
thriving business here. The intellec
tual needs of the town are well provid
ed for in the public school building,
while not exactly an ornament of cost
ly structure, nor designed for classical
education of great literary attainments
preparatory to a college course, never
theless, is, well adapted to the require
ments, time and circumstances of the
community.
The moral wants of the people are
not neglected, as a resident minister is
located here, and the M. E. church is
an ornament to the town, while the
Christian chapel across the bridge,
though of long standing, is less im
posing, though the services of sanc
tuary may not be less impressive.
Thus the moral needs of the people
lack not in point of opportunity. The
town seems well balanced in all de
partments and a desirable place to re
side in.
C. L. Hartman, collector of Hem
lock township, will bi at his residence
the entire day, Jan. 20, 1892, to re
ceive taxes, s per cent, will be added
to all taxes unpaid after that date.
NO. 2
PERSONAL.
Frank Wilson was the first man out
with a sleigh on Wednesday.
Miss Bessie Kuhn will start Satur
day for the Conservatory of Music at
Philadelphia, where she will remain
during the winter.
Miss Anna, daughter of I. K. Aj
pleman, has just recovered from an
attack of La Grippe. She has been
unfortunate, last year just proceeding
the Junior examination she was af
flicted with measels, but she passed
the examination and now stands well
in the Senior class.
The store and dwelling of G. B.
Hosier at Rupert were dest roved by
fire last Monday night at 1 1 o'clock.
While putting out a lamp Mr. Hosier
stumbled and upset the lamp, and the
burning oil spread over the floor and
gained headway so quickly that it
could not be controlled. . Everything
was burned but a few pieces of furni
ture. The bright light brought out
the fire companies but they only went
oi far as Scott town hill. The proper
ty was insured.
Rev, Arthur J. Smith, the Evange
list, has been called by five of the
churches of Bloomsburg to cnnrluct
Union Revival Services during the first
two weeks of February. He has been
holding similar services in Philadelphia
and we take the following extract from
a paper of that city dated November
19th, 1891.
UNION REVIVAL Mt'.ETINCS.
Labt week a series of Union Reviv
al Meetings were inaugurated in and
under the auspices of Trinity Presby
terian, Simpson Memorial M. E , and
Allegheny avenue Baptist churches.
The meetings are in charge of the em
inently successful evangelist, Mr. Ar
thur J. Smith.
The first four meetings were held in
the Allegheny avenue Baptist church,
after which they were taken to the
Trinity Presbyterian church. On last
Sunday morning at 9 o'clock a Union
Service was held in the Baptist church,
conducted by Mr. Smith, the audience
being so great that the doors were
locked and quite a number could not
gain admittance.
At 10 o'clock Rev. Mr. Ferguson
preached, and in the evening there
was no service in this church.
At Simpson Memorial M E., at 10:
30, Rev. Dr. Shanks, (Pastor of Trin
ity Presbyterian church) preached, and
at 7 p. m. a Union Service for Chris
tians, led by Mr. Smith, was held with
great benefit.
At Trinity Prcsbyterion church, at
10:30 a. m , Rev. Mr. Johnston, (Pas--tor
of Allegheny avenue Baptist church)
preached. At 3:30 a young people's
meeting was held, led by Mr. Smith,
and the house was crowded1 to the
doors. As the young people from
Simpson Memorial Sunday School
walked into the church in a body they
sang "Blest be the tie that binds our
hearts in Christian love." A hallowed
influence seemed to pervade the entire
assembly, and the Holy Spirit seemed
to be working in a most wondrous
manner. The following is a copy of
the cards distributed at the meetings.
Philadelphia, Pa., 1S9
I desire henceforth to lead a Christian
life,
My full name is
My preference is for
Church.
(Mention tlix mrtUu'.nr Church.)
My residence is
Eighty-six of these cards were signed
at this meeting, showing that the Spirit
of the Lord was at work in the hearts
of the people.
WHAT!! NO!
Yes ! Uncle Tom's Cabin Company
will be here Saturday night, January 9.
Have you ever heard it? Don't loose
the opportunity. This interesting
drama will be produced by a strong
Company. Read what the Hertford
(Ind.) Democrat, says:
Marney & McGowen's Spectacular
Uncle Tom's Cabin Co. showed at the
Bedford Opera House. This company
is composed of the best artists that
money can procure. The company
numbers twenty people and among
them are some of the strongest speci
alists in America. They carry their
special scenery for each act, and it is
without doubt the greatest production
of Uncle Tom now traveling. Rad
ford (1 ml.) Democrat. Bluoin.sbuig,
Saturday January 9th.
My wife had been a sufferer for
some time with pain in the back ; Sal
vation Oil was freely used and I am
glad to say my wife to day sutlers no
pain.
W. B. Col'ncill, Bdtimoie, Md.
In colds of great obstinacy and hack
ing chronic coughs use Dr Bull's
Cough Syrup, the favorite.