THE COLUMBIAN. BLOOMSBURG. PA. THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURG, TA. THURSDAY, NOYI.MIil.R i0, jgyG. . KutrrrH nt thp fil Ojt;rr at fiUxmnmry, I'a. tt n tuud tlam nivltir, Hm ih 1, in. "brief mention. About Peoplo You nnow. Mr. Oscar Korrcd of ShnmoVin, was in town on Tuesday. II. W. Kline, of Denton, was in town two days this week. C. B. Mclienry, of Shnmokin, was in town on Saturday. Miss Mmt Gruver of NanticoVe, is visit ing friends in town. Mrs. C. ht. Drinker is visiting relatives in Scranton thlit week. Geo. S. Robbing went to New York on Saturday on business. Mr. Harvey Whitenight, of Mill Creek, spent Sunday in town. Mrs. O. B. Melick visited friends at Wit Vcsharre on Saturday. Stewart Ash of Briarcrcck, transacted busi. ess in town on Monday. Mrs. I. G. Deitrkk is visiting her parents in Philadelphia this week. Miss Mabel Peacock, spent last week visiting friends in Berwick. Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Mart of Kvansville, are visiting relatives in town. Mrs. R. C. Neal spent a few days nt her mother's, Mrs. Clark, this week. Miss Maude Pennington, of Norristown, is visiting friends in town this week. , ' fa2in E,1-. pent several das in Philadelphia during the past week. Charles Armstrong is spending a two week's vacation at Washington, D. C Miss Mame Curnsof West Third street, spent Sunday with friends in Jamison City. Mrs John Jameson and sister, Mrs. John 11. Hunt went to Philadelphia on Tuesday. Miss Mae Girton has returned home from a six weeks visit with her sister at Caiawino. George Reinhard, a prosperous business man of Nanticoke, was in town on Tuesday. Miss Maude Ritter, of East Third Street visited Mrs. Rob't Swayze, at Ilerwick, last week. Mrs. O'Erien and daughter Josie, of .vi-muii me visuing relatives ana inends in town. Charles P. Elwell went to Philadelphia last Thursday and will return the last of this week. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Brooke and family went to Philadelphia last week to visit Mrs. Brooke's parents. Isaac W. Coulston mid ATrs. M. E. Couls ton of Philadelphia, are visiting K. P. Creasy and brothers this week. Mrs. Marv Lazarus nf Vi1L.Ttnrp ..v has been visaing friends in town for the last I, . l i ..wit, iiMi iciuiucu uome. Rev. G. Hemincwav. of fnrtlinrr,. vtr. preached in the Presbyterian Church last juuuay niurning ana evening. Mrs. D. I Waller Sr.. Mi t nm v.ll.. and Miss Claro Whitmoyer expect to go to ..... ... jHituuij ivj svuu iite wuiicr. Mrs. Tennypacker had a slight paralytic stroke on Monday, but was not rendered un conscious thereby, and is now much better. Miss Kate Price of Pottsville, well known to many Uloomshurg people, has gone to California to spend the winter for the benefit of her health. Geo. W. Hess of the firm of Hess Bros., jewelers and stationers, is in New Yoik anil Philadelphia this week, purchasing their holiday stock. County Commissioners Swank, Ikeler and I'lt are in attendance at the State Convention of County Commissioners, which is being held at Reading this week. Mr. Walter Curry of Wilkesbarrc, was in town on Tuesday on business. He has traveled all over the United States in the last six years and visited nearly all the cities, but he says it is hard to find a prettier place than Bloomsburg. Frank H. Sloan of Baltimore will be mar ried early next month to Miss Whitely of Washington. He has kept bis secret well, but few people here being aware cf the fact that he contemplated matrimony, and we mention the matter now in the strictest confidence. Miss A. D. Webb has been visiting some of her old friends here this week, and she has many of them. She will spend the winter with her nieces in s Danville. For many years she was engaged in business 'here, con ducting a book store, from which failing health compelled her to retire. Besides the Positions mentioned last week as held by Dr. Edward F. Smith formerly ol this town, now of New York City, he is an mis town, now of New York City, he is Instructor in Surgery in the New Y Polyclinic Medical School and Hospital, o Jrosector to the chair of Anatomy i ork and Bellevue Hospital Medical College. This office will be closed to-day. K Services will be held in St. Paul's Church this morning at ten o'clock. W. H. Gilmore has opened a toy store in the room formerly occupied y J- K. Schuyler & Co. KEEP YOUR TEETH WHITE WITH : Rishton's Saponaceous Tooth Powder. It is a preparation of our own manufacture, and we know exactly what is in it. It has the endorsement of many leading dentists, and has been used by scores of our customers with the utmost satisfaction. It is wholesome, cleansing, pleasant and lasting. To any one wishing lo try it we will give a sample for nothing, Sold by the ounce or the bottle. Rishton's 25ct. Guaranteed Tooth Brush will be replaced if not satisfactory. W. S. Rishton, Ph. G. OPPOSITE POST OFFICE. PHARMACIST. Legal advertisements on page 7. I A corporation of corporations the fat men's club. Barbers arc all anticipating a great boom in business after the foot ball season. Why not profit by the experience of olhcrs who have found a permanent cure for catarrh in Hood's Sarsapa rilla ? The Knights of the Golden Eagle will go to Benton on Thursday night, Dec. 17th to visit the Castle located at that place. The musicale at the M. E. Taber nacle last Friday night was largely at tended, and pronounced very good by all present. To-day ends the foot ball season. Normal will close the season with a game with the Central High School team of Philadelphia. Thursday Nov. 26th, Thanksgiving ' Day. This store will be closed all day, but open Wednesday night until 9 o'clock. The Broadway. I . , I The publication of the premium list of the Bloomsburg Fair has been un avoidably delayed. It will appear aext week in supplement form. A remonstrance acainst a Pottsville drum corps' rehearsals next door to a ' dwelling refers to them as "an inter-' minable hell by night and day. Footpads are so numerous at Shenandoah, and so many have been held up and robbed, that the people are afraid to venture out after dark. Travel was impeded on the Penn sylvania railroad last Friday by a wreck near Kspy ferry. A coal train ran into a slide, and the engine and thirteen cars were derailed. While coming down stairs on Tuesday night, John K. Lockard had the misfortune to slip and fall, break ing his leg above the knee. The ac cident is a very painful one. The Gorman Bros., presenting their side splitting farce, entitled " The Gilhooleys Abroad," will ap pear at the Opera House Friday night. At a pigeon shooting contest held by the Gun Club beyond Oak Grove on Monday Tames H. Mercer and Matthew Quick were tie for the first honor, each killing nine out of ten. The Berwick High School foot ball team defeated the Normal Reserves on Normal field Saturday afternoon by a score of 1 8 to 6. They were entirely too weighty for the Normal boys. John E. Tidier is in Philadelphia this week, purchasing the necessary machinery for a laundry which he expects to start soon. He will locate in the Sloan building on Market Street. The Board of Trustees of the State Hospital for the Insane, at Danville, have awarded the contract for build ing the hospital barn to a Lewisburg firm for $8596.64. The barn was destroyed by fire some time ago. A cup of muddy coffee is not whole some, neither is a bottle of muddy medicine. One way to know a relia ble and skillfully-prepared blood-purifier is by its freedom from sediment. Ayer's Sarsaparilla is always bright and sparkling, because it is an extract and not a decoction. The following letters are advertised Nov. 24, 1896. Mr. Charles Apple man, Mr. Harman Artman, Miss Bell Conner, Mr. Frank Eager, Mrs. Millie Hess, Mr. E. R. Holley, Mr. J. C. Hutchins, Rev. Jincks Johnson, Mrs. Mary Keller, Mr. James Right, Mrs. Sallie Smith. Mrs. Annie M. Stoner, Mr. Uriah Stocker, Elijah o..:i. Will be sent to the dead etter office Dec. 8, 1896. James H. Mercer, P. M. The Sunbury Daily says that the Ninth ward of that city is the banner ward of Northumberland county, and perhaps of the state. The judge has one eye, one inspector has only one arm and the other one has part of his hand off, and the two clerks are left handed. There were 105 votes re gistered and they polled no. Who can beat this ? OFFEKINU THANKS. PURITANS DID NOT ORIGINATE THE THANKSGIVING IDEA. Onr Nntloiml t'mtlvnl Pprnng From an Old !lrtri-w f'nntnm l i ntn of lrni-tr Bint ttin lliirvcnt Home nf tlio 8axnns U1 Celt Worn Slnilliir. Tim story of the first TlmiikHKiviug iu New England lows nono of Its inter et as tlnio rollH on. With earn anni versary a now charm bockouH iu penraa slvo power to old colony days in Plym outh. It is a IiukI of lingering visions; of scant Btock of pilgrim fathers, sur vivors of the hundred souls and more wnshod by tlio Mayflower on the bleak Now England coaflt when winter pre vailed ngiklnflt them so that their clothes froze, many times like ronts of iron. But hark to a clank of cutlass and corselet of steel I What, hoi Miles Stand inn, "olad in doublet and hose and boots of Cordovan loather," striding agnin with martial air, and yet onoe more doth tho hurrying pen of the strip ling, John Aldeu, "with the dow of his youth and the beauty thereof," in dite epistles filled with the name and the fame of Priscllla, tho ' 'loveliest maid in Plymouth. " Two hundred and scveuty-flve years have passed since tho faint line of the Atluntlo coast shimmered before the straining eyes of the Puritan forefa thers, but it is not hard to picture thoir first Thanksgiving in tho golden autumn of 1021. The cruel, hungry winter ( there was a row of graves, and their number was almost half of the entire company) was passed. Summer smiled ou their cornfields, aud autumn brought abundant harvest It is a Joyous de scription that Edward Winslow, the his torian of the Plymouth colony, writes of the pioneer Puritanical Thanksgiving that followed : "Our harvest being gotten in, our Governor (William Bradford) sent four men on fowling, so that we might after a special maunitr rejoice together after wo had gathered the fruit of our labors. They four in one day killed as much foule as, with a little help beside, servod the company almost a week. At Which time, amongst other recreation, wo exercised our arms, many of tho Indians coming amongst us, and among tho rest their greatest king, Mussasoyt, with some 90 men, whom for throe days we entertained and feasted, and they went out aud killed five doer, which they brought to tlio plantation aud bestowed on our Qoveruor and upon tho captain (Mylcs Stundish) and others." Governor Bradford oompletcs the picture by enumerating tho blessings which Induce the Thanksgiving core tuouy : "They began now to gather in ye small harvest they had and to fitte up thoir homos and dwellings against win ter, being all well recovered in health and strength, aud had all things in good plenty, for as some were thus em ployed iu affairs abroad others were ex ercised in fishing about codd and bass and other fih of which yey took good store, of which every family had their portion. All yo Somer thcr was no wasto, aud now began to como in store of f oulo, as winter approached, of which this place did abound when thoy came first (but afterwards decreased by de grees), nud beiiido water foulo thcr was great storo of wild Turkics, of which they took many, besido veuison, &c. Besido they had about a pock of meal a weeko to a person or now since harvest, Indian corn to yo proportion. " Not 0110 of tho Amerioan holidays is so suggestive of tho love of home which is domiuaut in tho national mind as Thanksgiving, but iu history the fes tival does not find its exclusive home here. The Thanksgiving idea is an old ono. Tbo New England Puritans, in commemorating a day of thanks, were only following in the footsteps of the Hebrews, who annually observed a feast of tabernacles or of ingathering. Thanks giving lives in the classic authors in al lusions to tho feasts of Dcmeter. Har vest homes were held by tho Saxons and the Celts, and what more beautiful pic ture of an aboriginal autumn festival oould there bo than the story of Hia watha's feast of Moudamiu : Homeward tbon went HlRWotha To tlio lodgo of old Nokonila, And tho seven days of UU (usting Were ucooinpllHbed and compluted. But the pluco wits not forgntUin Whore bo wrestled with Uondumuk, Nor forgotten nor neglected Wus the gruve whore luy Mondumln, Sleeping iu the ruin uud tmiiHulno, Where hU scattered plumes and garments Faded In the ruin and sunshine, pay by day did Hiuwutha Uu to wait und wuteh beside it; Kept tho durlc mold soft uuove It; Kept it clean from weeds and inacatu; Drove uway, with scuff and shouting, Ktthguhgee, the king of ravens. Till ut length the tuual) green feather From the earth fihot slowly upward, Then (mother and nnnther, And before the summer ended fctoud the uiuize ill nil Its beauty, With Its Hhinlng robes ubout it, Aud its long, soft, yellow tressvH, Aud in rupture Hiuwutha Cried iiluud: "It in Monduuiinl Ves, the friend of man, Monduuiiiit" Then lie culled to old NoliomU And lugoo, tho great boaster; bhowed them whero the maize wan grow ing ; Told them of Ills wondrous vision, Of bis wrestling and his triumph, Of this now gilt to the ntttioiiH, Which chould be their food forever. And still later, when the uutuniu Changed tliu long, grecu leaves to yellow, Aud the suit uud juiey kernels Grew lilio wunipuui hurd und yellow, Then tho ripened ears be guthereil, Stripped (he withered hunks from off them, Ax he ouee hnd stripped the wrestler, Oave the first feust of Mondtmilu Aud made known unto the peoplo This now gift of the Ureut Bpirit. Philadelphia Times. Conncdtlolit's First Tbauksglvlng. Tho public records of Oonnuotiont show tlmt the first Thanksgiving of the Hartford settlers wus held on Aug. 36, lUill). In ltiU3 the Hartford and New Haven colonies wero united, and from that time ou the governors of tho colony and state of Connecticut have regularly issued their Thanksgiving proclama tions. New York Suu. iif mm m& UK sfesp 1 Fifty Years Ago. Thli U the lUmp that the letter bore Which carried the itory far and wide. Of certain cure for the loathsome aora That bubbled up from the tainted tide Of the blood below. And 'twa Ayer'i name And hla (arsaparllla, that all now, know, That was )ut beginning It fight of fame With iti curei of go years ago. Ayer's Sarsaparilla is the original sarsaparilla. It has behind it a record for cures unequalled by any blood puri fying compound. It is the only sarsaparilla honored by a medal at the World's Pair of 1893. - Others imitate the remedy ; they can't imitate the record : gQ Years of Cure9. FOUND DEAD IN IISHINQOEEEK. While walking across the double bridge which spans Fishingcreek, be low town on Wednesday morning, William Deily discovered the body of a man lying at the bottom of the creek He made the discovery known, and the body was taken out of the water, and proved to be a man about forty- five years of age. The body had the appearance of having been in the water for about two weeks. There was nothing found to lead to his identity, and the impression is that he committed suicide. - Guy Jacoby acting as coroner, and a jury composed of J. S. Williams, G W. Sterner, Thos. T. Barton. H. L. McIIenry, G. W. Driesbach and W, H. Fausey rendered the following verdict : "That the unknown man came to his death by drowning in the waters of Fishing creek, probably in Blooms burg, the day not being known, but that the deed was committed by him self without the knowledge of any other person. The body was taken in charge and prepared for burial by undertaker Baker. BL00I1SBUKU FURNITURE C0MP4NY. Judgmonts Confessed lor $20,000. On Wednesday morning a iudg ment was entered by contession in the Prothonotary's office, in favor of Dr. W. M.1 Reber, trustee for certain creditors named in the paper, for the sum of $1 ?,s?S. cC : and another judgment in favor of Dr. F. W. Redeker, trustee for certain other creditors, in the sum of $3,461.31, making a total of $10,030.87. The defendant in these judgments is the Bloomsburg furniture Company. Exe cutions have been issued, and the property will be sold by the sheriff. The bonds secured by mortgage on the buildings are guaranteed by the Bloomsburg Land Improvement Co., so that the bond holders are perfectly safe. Geo. W. Ferris, inventor of the famous Ferris Wheel, died at Tittsburg on Saturday. ANNOUNCEMENTS. For a Shave or Hair Cut. For a good and quick shave or hair cut, go to James Reilly's tonsorial room in Exchange Block, first floor, next to Express Office. None but experienced workmen employed. 12-13-iyr. Special sale for 3 days commencing Thursday on Chocolate Dainties 19c. a lb. at Deitiick's, Market Square. For Rent. The west half of a double house on East Third street. Bloomsburg. Possession given on December 1st. All modern conven iences. Rent reasonable. Apply to J. . Conner, Oranceville. or D. V. Campbell, Bloomsburg. 11-19-tf. New designs in wall oaner from the cheapest to the very best at J. II. Mercers, .Main btreet above iron. Everything looks nice at Lyons meat market. Try his sausage, it's fine. Main street. Positively and undoubtedlv the fin. est tailoring and finest fitting, the largest anil most elegant line of cloths and cassitneres and the most moderate prices ever known in Bloomsburg at maier s, me tanor, ciomier, natter anu furnisher. Clothing made to fit aud fit to wear. Demolished Profits ! The greatest salesman in the world is price, ana at our reduction sale o f MtA the balance of this i month, prices will sell, if onces ever d d. r rrh n ho vJZ. nu" : i, . . - - This is your opportun ty Januarv nrirpQ Don't . - -- - . r,i. . a &cw Dress Goods. You will find ofimnWrt 1! t , - " uitoo uiaixuaiB ui mi tunas. Many at lower prices than have been ruling. If in need of drees goods it will repay an inspection of our stock. BiatiKets ana comfortables. These good warm keeping goods these cool nights am needed bv all. The nrices nrn trin lr these good qualities to be sold unaerwear. Full lines. No short yarn goods. All the best of their class and made from long yarns. Shoddy underwear is not cheap at any price. We offer a lot of children's fine red all wool underwear at the price of cotton. See it. Kid Gloves. The perfect fitting kinds, the good wearing kind. And at the low price of one dollar per pair. Silks and Velvets. We are showing full lines of these goods in all the leading shades. A special lot of fancy silks for waists. Try our $1.00 Lamps. We are closing out a lot of lamps at reduced prices. H. J. CLARK & SON. I. W. MTM & MARKET SQUARE DRY COODS HOUSE. Soon after the Thanksgiving turkeys are eaten up, we will open a fine line of holiday goods. We shall have the best and newest line of Christmas presents ever offered bv us 1 for 10c, 15c, 20c, 2oc, 35c, 40c, 50c, up to $1.00. 1 eoplo will give presents this year according to their purses. To those who have longer purse strings we can run the list up to $25.00. We always keep a reliable line of prea ents, and that is one of the reasons the crowd comes to us. lhis week we talk about them. Next week will give a few names and prices. (A dress pattern will make a nice and rrood present. ) b Have you heard of our new fur, plush and cloth capes just opened at special prices. They must and are to be sold. Have you heard of or seen the new jackets just bought in New York? The light colors The whole country is invited to call and see them after Mon day 30th. We have enough for all. !. W. HARTMAN & SON. Keep Yottf e oi tfy $pk5e for5 Hess Bros. Holiday Announcement Their buyer will be in New York and Phila delphia this week for one of the largest and finest stocks that they have ever shown the people of Bloomsburg and vicinity, v V f- 1 1 O W Telephone Connection. You can always get what you want at Lyons1 meat market, and the price he charges never frightens you away. Main street, above Iron. If you are looking for lamps of any kind, hall lamps, parlor lamp?, ban quet lamps, you can find them in all styles at J. H. Mercer's opposite Episcopal Church. Fresh meat of all kinds at the very lowest prices at Lyons' meat market, Main street, above Iron. IIIIUOl Ul llltS OCClSOria of purchasing a coat at :ru: l..rT. T. 1 111100 una uuuuriun llv or iiiciii iur iiiue money. lor. Come and see them. are charming for a young per son. . Have you learned that we are about to open on 1st of December one of the lines of holiday goods? , Dolls are add ed to our stock; M A Treat Here for You, Just think of getting 40c. choco late Bon bons at 25c: a pound. Over 40 kinds to select from. Guaranteed fresh, pure and whole some. We have a full line of Lowney's chocolates, GOc lb. put up in fancy boxes and loose. Fresh taffy every day. I. G. DIETRICK, Market Square. ..UNDERTAKING . W. C. WALL, ..Undertaker.. v"T?nd Funeral Director. Embalming done by the latest im" proved methods. Special attention civen to all the details of the funeral. Carriages provided, &c. A competent lady assistant. Calls during the day can be left at the Lead er Store, and night calls at the board me; house cf Mrs. Blosser, corner o. Market and Third Streets.
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