ESTABLISHED BY C. R. GOULD, MARCH 1866.
VOL. 33.
The Telephone and Its
Use on the Farm.
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Mr. Mulford is a practical telephone
man who for several years has given
special attention to the promotion of
ruril telephone lines. His remarks
were listened to with deep interest by
the large audience and evoked gener
ous applause:
Five world-moving inventions,—the
printing press, the steam engine, the
iron plow, the cotton-gin, and the
electric telegraph, each a pioneer in
its own field,—for a time gave to the
names of Gutenberg, Watte, Rogers,
Whitney, and Morse, prestige far
above all other men of creative
thought having to do with the intro
duction of practical helps to human pro
gress. They were fore runners whose
efforts prepared the way for the com
ing of a greater. We accord them
praise unstinted, for they were
the leaders of a vast multitude
of constructive geniuses whose
inventions have added depth,
and breadth, and force, to the great
gulf-stream of civilization. And we
detract not from the honor in which
they are held, when we evidence our I
profound appreciation of that climax
of human achievement, the Telephone,
—the greatest of all inventions, be
cause it is the effective and benificent
helper of them all. When, in the
course of time, usefulness has become
the gauge by which collective man
measures greatness, then, I am sure, j
the name ol' Alexander Graham Bell,
inventor ofthe Telephone, will illumi
nate the key-stone of the arch of fame.
Man is alive to the extent that he
brings things to pass. As I study the
telephone problem, with its constant
ly widening horizon of usefulness, my
enthusiasm increases. Ido not know
of any good thing that it will not help,
nor any bad thing that it may not be
used to hinder.
The Telephone has a Commercial
Value. The business of this day could
not be conducted without it. No
longer does the buyer or the seller go
or send a man, or else waste precious
time while the locomotive oarries his
order to the distant dealer. Time,
space, mountains, valleys and plains,
vanish when the man of trade rings in
to his immediate presence the buyers
and sellers of the land. Even the tele
graph has become too slow. Whether
the telephone be in the farm-house,
city office or factory, and whatever the
met-sage the ri suit is the same. All
can have their say, The telephone
sp i.ilcs all languages. ' It is no re
specter of persons—in this regard
being distinctively American.
The Telephone has a Social Value.—
Isolation not only prevents intellect
ual and spiritual development, but it
impoverishes mind and soul. Man
must be companionable in order to be
valuable to himself. The telephone in
the rural home not only puts neighbor
in touch with neighbor, Out compells
them to be neighborly. Nothing
ever devised will tie the tongue of a
gossip so fast and sure as telephone
wire. It locates the evil and publicity
does the rest.
The Telephone has a Religious
Value.—The Common Law of the tele
phone service agrees with the Divine
Command, "Thou shalt not take the
name of the Lord thy God in vain."
It induces polite as well as clean and
correct speech. Pastors are learning
that it is a great saver of man ana
beast. Also that they can enter the
homes of their people easiest and often
est, when their work demands, by its
aid.
The Telephone is a Life Saver.—To
me this seems the most significant
point that can be raised in calling your
attention to a few of the multituden
ous phrases of the telephone's utility.
I recall the case of Parmer Chamber
lain, whose place is five miles from
Kanona, N. Y., and in whose house a
young woman by mistake took a kill
ing dose of poison, while doctoring a
cold. A moment later Mrs. Chamber
lain was talking with Dr. Lawrence in
his office at Kanona; he quickly told
her what to do in the emergency,
and when the doctor got to the farm
house with foaming horse, he found
the patient not only alive but out of
danger. Had it not been for that tele
phone she would not have lived ten
minutes. In view of the physical
dangers that haunt mankind, it
Beems criminal—l came near saying it
is "an unpardonable sin," —for those
who can do so, not to provide them
selves with this necessary means of
quick communication. Out in the
rural sections it may not be conven
ient to have a telephone in every
home —but it is possible to have at
least one in every neighborhood.
The Telephone is the best Fire Alarm
ever devised. By it help can quickly
lie summoned.
When a contageous disease afflicts a
home the telephone is not subject to
quarantine. Some time ago I was con
versing with Mr. Thu Van Ness, in his
general store at Lambs Creek, Pa.,
when the telephone bell rang and he
excused himself to answer the call. A
•mall-pox epidemic was prevailing in
a nearby neighborhood. I heard him
talk with one of the victims of the din- i
ease, who inquired after the news of j
the morning and gave an order for '
groceries That wife and mother was j
shut in with her family, yet they were |
not shut away from the world, and J
eould consult their physician at any !
hour.
The Telephone Prevents Crime.—
Vicious tramps, prowling thieves, and
passionate brntes, avoid localities
where telephones are numerous Such
as do break over this rule of common
prudence, are quickly apprehended
and brought to book. The farming
township of Caton, N. Y„ has no
villages within its limits. Its "four
corners," known by the descriptive
title ot Caton Center, is eight miles
from the city of Corning. Until three
years ago the town was without tele
graph or telephone connection. One
Sunday morning the Methodist pastor,
the Rev. Charles S. Shurger prefaced
his announcements with an exhorta
tion in favpr of building a telephone
line from Caton Center to Corning,
and read a call for a public moeting to
further the project. The line was
built, and it has continued to grow un
til its branches spread all over the
town, over thirty farm houses connect
ing into the switch at the "Center,"
and thence to Corning. A few months
ago a prominent citizen died, and
when Farmer Wood returned from at
tending the public funeral with his
family, the discovery was made that
five tubs of butter had been stolen
from his cellar. Thieves never steal
bad butter. He rang up his neighbors
in various directions, and finally locat
ed two men with a horse and wagon
and Ave tubs of butter,driving towards
Corning, only a few miles out from
that city. The police of Corning were
notified, the thieves were shadowed
until they began to market that
butter, when they were arrested. The
wide advertisement given to the
matter in the public press has proven
a better protection to Caton cellars
and granaries than any number of
bolts and padlocks.
If by these illustrations I succeed in
intensifying the telephone fever with
which, I am sure you have all been in
fected, you are to be congratulated.
Do not try to break the fever. Thers
is no cure for it. And I can promise
you no peace of mind until you are
"connected up" with the rest of the
best people of this the beat country
the sun has ever shone upon. But
avoid substitutions and makeshifts.
The man who is easily satisfied is al
ways imposed upon. If you live out
in the country five, ten, twenty miles
from your trading town, move your
farm right into the very center of the
village or city. That is exactly what
telephone service does for the farmer.
By it his family is put into religious,
commercial, intellectual vind social
touch with the best the city affords—if
they'll have it so. And while the tele
phone does not increase his tax rate,
it does give a farmer full command
and control of the markets, at home
and abroad. No longer can it be said
of such a farmer: "He can not tlx the
price of what he sells, and must pay
the seller's price for what he buys."
The farmer with the telephone fixes
prices before he starts for market.
The poet Marklmm's pessimistic
picture of"The Man With the Hoe,"
was only a snap-shot taken before he
was "connected up." The very next
day that same man hung his hoe on
the wire fence while he went to the
house and rang up a city potato buyer
and sold 750 bushels of potatoes for
ten cents more per bushel than he had
just been offered by a passing buyer;
and then wisely added to the attrac
tions of the farm by purchasing a flue
new buggy for his boy with the
seventy fivM dollars the telephone
earned.
Having decided that the telephone
is a necessity the question of how best
to get the service comes up. All
values are relative. The value of a
telephone depends, first upon the qual
ity of the instrument, second, upon its
possible connections, that is to say,
upon the scope of its service. Ben
jamin Franklin, having discovered
that "Time is the stuff that life is made
off," tritelv advised against the waste
of life by buying "what you do not
want because it is cheap " This rule
applies to telephones and to telephone
service.
Something like five years ago I built
seven miles of rural telephone line,
connecting up four country neighbor
hoods in which I was interested. In
connection with the undertaking my
name got into the newspapers and the
"clipping bureaus" did the rest. I be
came a shining mark for telephone
catalogues from various parts of the
country, and as I read them, I
found that each manufacturer claimed
that his telephones were better than
the other fellows'. Then it dawned
upon me that there was a difference in
telephones, and in order to get reliable
service I must secure good telephones.
I learned that telephones selected hap
hazard would not work together.
They must all be alike, not only on
each particular section of line or cir
cuit, but upon all circuits to be con
nected together This meant that all
telephones must come from the same
factory. The way those rival tele
phone makers knifed each other was
surprising. It also was instructive '
I thought the matter over. It did
not appear reasonable that a telephone
"made to sell" by such men, wo Id be
likely to measure up to one "made to
use" by the greatest telephone com
pany in the w rid. So I concluded to
correspond with the nearest branoh of
the Bell Telephone Company, and find
out if they would supply longdistance
telephones for my line," and if they
would enter into reciprocal trade re
lations with me. They consented to
do both, and thus it came to pass, in so
far sis my interests were concerned,
that my little line absorbed the Bell
"Liberty and Union, One and luseparable."—WKßSTEß.
EMPORIUM, PA., THURSDAY, .JANUARY 28, 1904.
system. Everything they had iu the \
way of toll connections was at my i
command. Under such circumstances j
I could not afford to be independent j
Indeed, this word is wrested from its {
true sense when hawked about by tele- •
phone salesmen, and other men with j
axes to grind. True independence j
impels a man to seek out and secure j
the best results. My trade relations j
with the Bell people have continued
with increasinginutual benefit. There !
are several hundred local lines and ex j
changes in northern Pennsylvania j
and southern New York that are using |
Bell telephones exclusively for like j
raasons. I know of many originally i
"independent" lines and exchanges i
that have discarded their so-called op- j
position telephones, in order to eon- !
form to certain essential requirements !
that enabled themto getbetter and more
profitable service. All of which indi
cates a natural drift that has set in
throughout the country at large.
Where rural linos use Bell telephones
the long distant company gives them
direct connection into their nearest
exchange, and thereby the rural line
subscriber or patron can talk directly
with all subscribers of the village or
city where the switching is done.
Not only this,but they can also use the
long distar": toll lines and parties at
a distance can talk directly to them
The Bell people also construct lines
for the accommodation of out of-town
subscribers were the local situation
warrants the undertaking.
As to the building of rural lines,
whether the work be done by individ
uals or on a company plan, exper
ience has taught me that it is sheer
folly and self-deception for any one to
attempt by any sufterfuge or devise to
get something for nothing. The one
attempting to do that, no matter how
alluring the bait, invariably gets noth
ing for something. Pay as you go or
don't go. Rent a telephone if you can
and pay a fair price for the service. If
circumstances compel you togo into
the telephone business because you
cannot otherwise secure a long dis
tance telephone, then go at it in a
practical business way. Dividends are
better than assessments. Unification
and consolidation is the economic
order of the day. It costs more to
keep up an "independent" telephone
line equipped with a variety of an
tagonistic instruments, than it does to
properly equip and maintain one that
uses standard Bell telephones and con
nects with the established system of
national highways of conversation.
The all-aloneness in the telephone
world of an ' independent" telephone
line or system, suggests to my mind
the picture of a bridge standing on
abutments out over the middle of a river
with no approaches on either end. In
the rural telephone business, the same
rule applies that compels the owners
of a short line of railroad to cultivate
the purely local trade, and make the
bes*: possible traffic arrangements with
the trunk line. Each helps the other.
They are interdependent.
And what the uniform gauge is to
the railroads of the United States, the
standard Bell system is to its telephone
service.
Here in Emporium you have a well
conducted exchange, under local own
ership, which connects with the Bell
s l ' ~tem. It deserves the patronage of
eery one interested in the prosperity
of tho village and the development of
Cameron county. The telephones dis
tributed throughout the village furn
isher the best fire-alarm and emergency
call system ever devised,and that with
out cost to the tax-payers. No busi
ness man can afford to get
along without a telephone—to
say nothing about the looks of it.
It is a great help in the home. Those
who try a telephone never again con
sent to do without it. Each telephone
added makes the local system more
valuable to the other patrons. And
now that the work of building rural
lines, connecting the various sections
of the county up with this the county
seat, is to be undertaken let me urge
those interested to keep in touch with
Mr. Metzger, your local manager, for
his experience and good judgment
will save expense and insure the beet
results.
To Whom It nay Concern.
I wish to take this opportunity to thank all
those Mho took part in the Farmers' Institute,
held in Emporiam on Tuesday and Wednesday,
Jan. 18th and 20th, 1904, and who responded so
cheerfully to my request to help make tho Insti
tute a success.
I also want to thank the farmers and the publie
in general f or their attendance at the Institute
thus showing y"ur appreciation of the Institute,
and your courtesy to those who took part there
at.
I have been a member of the State Hoard of
j Agriculture and Chairman of the Institutes in
| Cameron County for the past three years as
| such it was my duty to look after the Institutes
j and see that they were properly gotten up and
managed. Heretofore the Institutes have not
j been the success they should have been and I
had; become very much discouraged over the
j situation and had made up my mind several
j times to withdraw and let someone else take the
j management, who would be more successful
I than I thought I was. But the Institute held
j last week was such a successful one and so welt
attended and apparently appreciated, far be
yond any hope or expectations of mine, that I
leel so very much encouraged and will endeav
j our to serve my term out. Perhaps I have
I struck the proper cord or vein, and gis or oil
| will continue to How to your and my benefit.
| Where dry holes are continually struck it is
j very discouraging and blue medicine. Ido not
I mind working along this line when my efforts
| are appreciated and something is accomplished,
j I trnst therefore, that in the future, Farmers'
! I nstitues will move along better and be attended
and appreciated more than iu the past.
' Thanking you, one and »,ll again, I remain,
Yours truly,
W. H. HOWARD.
R. Seger & Son request all holders of
I watch coupons to hand ia the same. .
Farmers' Institute.
The most successful and best attended Farm
ers Institute ever held in Cameron county con
vened in the Court House on Tuesday and Wed
nesday of last week,when the following program
was carried out In every detail with the excep
tion of the talk on Chestnut Culture:
PROGRAM.
Opening Session Tuesday, 1:30 p. m.
Prayer Rev. O. 8. Metzler
Address of Welcome B. W. Oreen
Response, R. 8. Seeds
Feeding and Care of Dairy Cow, C. D. Northrup
Questiion Box.
Matrimony, or How to Manage a Husband,
Mrs. C. W. Williams
Commercial Fertilizers I'rof. M. 8. McDowell
General Discussion.
Adjourn.
There was no session Tuesday evening, owing
to the Star Course Entertainment.
Wednesday Morning Session, 10 o'clock.
Prayer Rev. J. M. Robertson
Question Bo*.
Making aud Marketing Gilt Edge Butter,
C. D. Northrop
What I Kuow about Roads R. 8. Seeds
Barn Yard Manure, Prof. M. S. McDowell
General Discussion.
Adjourn.
Afternoon Session, 1:30 o'clock.
Question Box.
Value of Fertility and the Cheapest Way to Get
It R. 8. Seeds
Corn Crop and Silo C. D. Northrop
Nature Study in the Public Schools,
Prof. E. S. Ling
Lime and its Action, Prof. M. 8. McDowell
General Discussion.
Adjourn.
Evening Session, 7:30 o'clock.
Question Box.
Music.
The Telephone and its Use on the Farm,
Uri Mulford
Music.
Chestnut Culture, Mr. Josiah Howard
Music.
Education and the Farmer, R. 8. Seeds
Music.
Adjourn. '
Mr. C. K. Sober, who was to give a talk on
Chestnut Culture was unavoidably absent ow
ing to some business matters, and Mr. Josiah
Howard who has visited Mr. Sober's chestnut
grove was called upon to relate what he saw and
learned about chestnut growing at Mr. Sober's
grove, which is located in Northumberland
county, not far from Paxinos Station on the
Shamokin Division of the Northern Cantrai
Railway. Mr. Howard produced a string of
nine Paragon chestunts which measured 13 1-S
inches when first placed together, but they have
now shrunk to IVi inches. This is the chestnut
grown by Mr. Sober, who has a grove of 2DO acres
for which he has been offered $.">0,000. The way
a grove is started is to cut down the wild native
trees to the ground and then graft the Paragon
scion into the sprout that springs up from the
stump of the tree that has been cut down.
Mr. R. 8. Seeds, of Birmingham. Huntington
county; Mr. C. D. Northrup of Kikland, Tioga
county and Prof. M S. McDowell of the State
College composed the corps of instructors sent
out by the State Boird of Agriculture to attend
the Institute held in the fourth section to which
Cameron county was assigned. The farmers of
this section are to be congratulated upon having
had such an able corps of instructors, for in the
past they have had the services of some excel
lent, able and practical teachers on farming, yet
they never before had a body of instructors all
of whom were so well able to fill their part and
to do the duties assigned to them as those who
visited their Institute during the last week, aud
Mr. Seeds is the par excellence of the corp-i;
as he certainly is the equal of any four end men
of any minstrel show we ever attended.
Prizes of a barrel! of Hour; a half barrel of
flour: a ham and a pig were given away each
day for attendance. Each person who entered
the courthouse was called a farmer, and given a
numbered ticket. At the close of the last session
for the day numbered slips corresponding to tho
number of tickets given out during the day
were placed in a box and four numbers
drawn, persons holding tickets of the same num
ber were given the prize-i.
On the first day ticket 75, held by Henry Carter
of Rich Valley took the barrel of flour; ticket No.
42, held by Mrs. I'. B. Hall, living at the month
of Bobbys Ruu, drew the half barrel of flour;
ticket No. 116 held by Mr. Wm Auchu of Empo
rium, drew the bam and ticket No. 117, held by
Mr. Fant A. Lewis, living on North Creek got
the pig; but in lieu of the pig, Mr. Lewis took
(2.50 in cash.
On the second day ticket No. 372, held by.Mr.
J. J. Lingle of Emporium drew the full barrel of
flour; ticket No. 208, held by W. R. Johnson,
living on Bryan Hill captured the half barrel of
flour; ticket No. 405 held by Miss Charlotte
Spence of Emporium, took the ham and ticket
No. 421, held by some one who at present writing
we have not learned, is entitled to the pig, or
$2.50 in cash. As Mr. Howard was unable to
secure live pigs for the occasion. Miss Grace
Robertson of Emporiam presented the lustitute
with a china pig back, for which an extra ticket
was drawn on the last day. The successful
number was 49, Mr. M. Brenoan saying "I got
him." It proving to be true, he was presented
with the china pig. Mr. Brennan, out of the
bigness of his heart, and his generosity, imme
diately presented it to Mr. Northrup, one of the
instructors, who all the day was promptly on
hand to get the three tickets, feeling sure that
one of them would with a pig walk away ; but
alas. Dame Fortune did not smile upon either
of his tickets and he declared that he did not see
how he could relnrn home and face his wile
without a pig; so "Mike" turned his pig over to
tho pigless Northrop. 67TF
Miss Byrde Taggart and some of her pupils
provided both vocal and instrumental music dur
ing the eveningof the last day, and ail the farm
ers present, and there were many, as every seat
in the room was occupied, showed their appre
ciation of the music by the applause each selec
tiondrew forth.
Heretofore the Farmers' Institutes have not
been attended as they should have been by those
for whose benefit they are held;'but this year,
each session from the beginning was well attend
ed, and at each succeding session the attend
ance was larger than at the previous one. Had
the Institute continued for another day the
Court room would have had to be enlarged, to
allow all who wished, to enter. Whether it was
the pig or the speakers that was the drawing
card, we are not prepared to say, but thin k per
haps it was both.
In any line of business no one ought to
get what is called the "swelled head,"
and think that he knows it all, and therefore
cannot be learned anything in his line by any
one. Farmers, no matter how proficient you
may be in your line, you all can learn something
from practical and experienced instructors from
farming sections. The State Board of Agricult
ure send these men out and pay their expenses
and give them a salary besides, so it costs you
nothing to get from them the benefit of their ex
perience, and you ought to show your apprecia
tion of the generosity of the State in doing this
| for your benefit by attending the Institutes
Cameron county must begin to be deveoped
along Ihe line of farming, as the lumber is dis
appearing and soon will be gone. This was ably
j set forth by Mr. Green in his address of welcome.
I There are thousands aud thousands of acres of
just as good land for farming ns can be found
I anywhere, and just as cheap, lying idle and over
j grown with brush aud briars, waiting for some
| good industrious German or Swede to come
along and make them laugh and sing with the
J music of the farm.
Rural Telephone,
Mr. Uri Mulford, of Corning, N. Y.,
I who attended the Farmers' Institute
last week and gave a talk on telephone,
j favored the PBKSS office with a call.
Mr. Mil ford's pleasing address we
, publish in full this week. Mr. M. is in
! close touch with the business and what
he can't tell you about rural telephone
, will be useless to ask.
We hope to soon hear of a system of
rural 'phones in this county, covering
j every section of the county.
Buy your clothing now at N. Seger's
J if you want some big bargain*.
DEATH'S DOINGS.
WALKER.
"Mrs. Walker is dead," was the sad,
though not unexpected, word that
passed to the friends of the family, last
Monday morning. Many hoped other
wise. While the shock to the many
friends was sad, the family of this es
teemed lady were prostrated with grief
inconsolablo.
MRS AMANDA F.(Ingalsby)WALKER,
wife of Hon. George A. Walker, Presi
dent of The First National Bank, of
Emporium, the last of a family of six
children, was born at Sheffield, War
ren county, Pa., in 1835, being at time
of her death OS) years, nine months and
one day of age. Cominp to Emporium
with her family, in 1874, from St.
Marys, they have ever since been held
in the highest esteem by our citizens,
and occupied a prominent place both
socially and religiously. Two years
ago last October, Mrs. Walker was
stricken with apoplexy but continued
to improve until the 15th of Nov. last,
when she suffered another stroke, at
the residence of her daughter, Mrs. W.
L. Sykes, at Galeton, while visiting
there. The family hastened to her
bedside and summoned the best medi
cal aid from Buffalo. She rallied suffi
ciently to be brought to her home at
this place on Dec. 22nd, but gradully
failed, passing away peacefully last
Sunday night, Jan. 24th, 1904, at 11
o'clock, surrounded by her devoted
husband and family, who vied one
with the other in making her last days
as pleasant as possible. All that love
and money could bring were cheerfully
bestowed upon the dear wife and kind
mother. God willed it otherwise and
she is happy, we know.
We might enlarge at this time and
make many truthful statements to the
credit of the departed, but shall, more
appropriate, undoubtedly, quote from
the able remarks of her Pastor, else
where in this obituary.
Deceased was married to Mr. Walker
at Bradford, Pa., Jan. 12th, 1853. As
a result of this union, seven children
were born to them, one son died in in
fancy, viz: Wm. S. Walker, Austin ;
J. M. Walker, Scranton; Mrs. Stella
Sykes, Galeton; Mrs. Gertrude Egbert,
Ithica, N. Y., now with her husband in
Paris; Miss Grace and Geo. A. Jr., at
home. All were present, except Mrs.
Egbert.
THE FUNERAL.
The funeral, which took place on
Wednesday afternoon at two o'clock,
from tho family residence, corner of
Pourtii and Maple streets, was very
largely attended by our citizens. The
arrangements were carefully and or
derly directed by Mr Laßar and his
assistant, Mr. liishell. Promptly at
the appointed hour the large residence
was crowded with the friends and
neighbors of the afflicted family, who,
with bowed heads, bestowed that last
mark of respect to one greatly beloved
by scores of relatives and friends.
The services, conducted by the de
ceased's Paster, Rev. O. S. Metzler,
of First Methodist Episcopal Church,
assisted by Rev. J. M. Robertson, Rec
tor of Emmanuel Episcopal Church,
and Rev. Robt. McCasiin, of Presby
terian Church, were very impressive,
appropriate and considerate. A mix
ed Quartet, composed of Rev. J. M.
Robertson, Mr. Chas. T. Logan, Miss
Grace Lloyd, Miss Byrde Taggart, with
Mrs. Beers at the organ, furnished the
singing, consiting of the following se
lections : "Come Unto Me When
Shadows Darkly Gather," "Gathering
Home," (favorite of the deceased) and
" Rock of Ages."
From the highly appropriate re
marks of Rev. O. S. Metzler upon this
sad occasion, we take the liberty
ol quoting a portion, it being so well
adopted and expressive of the opinion
of ourselves as well as our citizens
generally:
"Though not unanticipated,still it was with pe
culiar sadness that the news was received last
Monday morning: "Mrs. Walker is dead!" It
is sad always when death invades the domestic
domain, but sadder still is it when a husband is
bereaved of a true and loving helpmate, who for
one year past the half century mark had by
sharing his joys doubled them and sharing his
sorrows divided them. Hence the reason for
saying it was with peculiar sadness the news was
received—"Mrs. Walker is dead," Fittingly to
tell the story of her long and useful life would
require pages rather than words. Of her record
as wife and mother, much might be said, but
permit me to put into a single word or two a
great deal that might be detailed, namely: Her
life could be justly and comprehensively charac
terized by |fidelity, unselfishness. Apply these
words to the various rela.ionships of her life and
their aptness appears. To husband, home,
children was she faithful. These words are not
hard to utter, but believe me all that they im
part can be understood only by those who have
confronted like duties and groaned beneath
the burdens of like responsibilities. As wife
identity of interests with husband, anxiety and
altection alike expressed, in devising and exe
cuting plans for mutual well being. As mother
what perplexities incident to motherhood, what
arduuus duties attendant on house keeping and
heme making. How strong the desire to make
the home in some measure approximate the
idea of Eden's life. How bitter the tears and in
expressible the anguish when in spite of all
thorns, briars and thistles would grow where
roses, lilies and heart's ease were intended how
exacting and unyielding the demands on time
and attention. In health she was faithful insick
ness, though not long protracted, at time's sorely
severe, she was patient, cheerful, resigned. Con
scious of the near approach of the end she
betrayed no fear, nor faltering. I said her life
was uncaring of self. How like the flower that
drinks in the sunlight, dew and rai „ and emits
the sweet lragrauce. She i( ved f or otherSi Her
home was the nucleus around which gathered
her fondest affections; the place whore they
found their widest expansion and deepest import.
Though not a member of my church, yet upon
me she always looked as her pastor. Her affilia
tion was with the church as a frequent and de
vout attendant upon its services; her financial
support was cheerfully given to it, her pleasure
in its prosperity as genuine ns many of its most
ardent adherents. Her sun has set, but let us
humbly hope and confidently believe it has
arisen upon another and brighter world. May
| we meet ther."
At the close of the sorvice-i, many
friends filed through the parlor and
j viewed the remains for the last time,
! as they peacefully rested upon a hand-
I some Victoria Couch, (the latest crea
■ tion and beautiful), dressed in the
i same bridal gown that she wore a few
I short months ago when celebrating the
j golden wedding—that happy, joyous
TKRMS: $2.00 —$1.50 IN ADVANC®.
WEATHER REPORT.
(Forecast by T. B. Lloyd.)
FRIDAY, Snow.
; SATURDAY. Fair,
i SUNDAY, Fair.
m iiumii laimm
event, so pleasantly remembered by
all.
FLORAL OFFERINGS.
The floral offerings were numerous
and beautifully touching, a few of
which we mention: Broken Link,
from husband; Pillow, from children;
Sheaf of Wheat, from Directors of First
National Bank; Casket Bouquet, from
Mrs. Grace Harmon, Lewis Run, who
for ten years in childhood made her
home with Mr. and Mrs. Walker.t
Numerous floral offerings were sent
by admiring friends in town, also
many from Galeton, Keating Summit
and St. Marys.
RELATIVES AND FRIENDS IN AITEND
DANCE.
The following relatives and friends
from out of town were in attendance
at the funeral:
W. S. Walker, (sou) wife and child
ren, Austin; W. L. Sykes, wife (daugh
ter) and children, Galeton; J. M.
VValker, Esq., (son) Seranton, Pa.;
Mrs. Grace Harmon, (niece) Lewis
Run, Pa ; Mrs. Malinda Ingalsby,
(sister in-law), Miss Grace Jewett,
(niece), Custer City; E. J. Jones and
wife, St. Marys; W. T. Turner, Win.
Caflisch, Miss Jessamine Sykes, Miss
Josephene Prince, R. H. Avery, Keat
ing Summit; E. C Davison and wife,
Johnsonbuig.
REV. 0. S.""METZLER
RECALLED.
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Official Board of First riethodist Episcopal
Church of Emporium, Pa., Unanimously
Recall the Popular ftinUter far the Fifth
Year.
At the regular session of the Official
Board of the First Machodist Episco
pal Ohurub, of Emporium, held last
Wednesday evening the following pre
amble and resolution was unanimously
adopted:
WHEREA", Tlie services of our Pastor, Rev. O.
S. METZLUK, for the past four years nave been
most successful and satisfactory, bath spiritually
and financially.
AND WHEREAS, It is the unanimous d-raireol
the Official Board and the congregation that th«
relations be continued for the coming year.
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, Tbat WE most
heartilly renew the invitation given to Brotber
Metzler for the last three years to continue with
us as our Pastor and pledge to him our unani
mous and continued co-operation and support in
his efforts to advance the interests of the c.tuirclt
and cause.
The above action of the church will
be presented to the annual Conference
to be held at Harrisburg, next March,
and it is the general desire of our t:\ti
zens, regardless of creed, that there
quest may again be granted. Rev. O.
S. Metzler, who is one of the most pop
ular and able clergymen in the state,
came to Emporium four years ago al
most a stranger and actively entered
upon his Pastoral duties, with energy, '
ability and enthusiasm. To-day the
church shows a membership of over
309, and a valuable church property,
worth over $20,000, entirely free of
debt No small part of the credit for
this excellent showing belongs to tho
genial Pastor. That the Methodists of
Emporium are fortunate in retaining
the services of Mr. Metzler is surpris
ing,when, if facts well known to many
of one citizens, were made public.
We have knowledge that a leading
wealthy and influential church, in an
eastern city, has but recently been ne
gotiating for his services, but has been
refused, he preferring to remain in Em
porium, where conditions are entirely
to his liking.
It is to be hoped the Conference will
heed the desire of the Emporium
Board, regardless of the calls of other
churches petitioning for the transfer,
and return Rev. Metzler to Emporium.
IIORSE BLANKETS. —Entire line goes
below cost. This is an opportunity to
secure the celebrated Chase Bro's.
blanket at a low prne.
MURRY & COPPERSMITH Co.
Substantial Remembrance.
Mr. A. Melnnc?, Sr., of Corry, Pa.,
who formerly resided here, remembers
the PRESS in a very substantial manner,
at the same time presenting us with a
handy desk measure, manufactured
from the celebrated ''Mclnnes Tool
Steel". Thanks, very kindly. It is
very gratifying to Mr. Mclnnes' Em
! porium friends to know that he is pros
j pering in Corry and that the Mclnnes
! Steele Company,an organization of cap
j italists, are meeting with that succean
bound to follow a good article. Mr. A.
1 Mclnnes, Sr., who is manager of the
I company and owner of the letters
I patent, is one of the best tool Bteel ex-
I perts in this country and we hope may
j reap that reward he is justly entitled
to.
NO. 49.