THE CAMERON COUNTY PRESS. ESTABLISHED BY C. R. GOULD, MARCH, 1866. VOL. 40. D. S. HELMER & CO. Real Estate and Loans, PORT ALLEAGNY.PA. The Observer. The Observer has just returned from the annual reunion of the family con nection to which he belongs. Includ ing the husbands and wives of the direct descendents from the common progenitor, there are seventy-three members of the connection, scattered throughout Ontario, Pennsylvania, Michigan and Illinois. As it is not an easy matter to get so many person*-*, HO widely scattered, together in reunion once in a generation, to say nothing of once a year, the Observer will ex plain at once that the annual reunions of which he speaks are conducted en tirely by correspondence. Some years ago the Observer con ceived the idea of the annual Family Newslettter as a means of bringing the members of the connection into closer touch with one another. Acting on the idea, he addres-ed a letter to each household in the connect- / ion, announcing his experiment, and asking the cooperation of all. Indue time he received replies from every household, and with these letters as data, he prepared the newslotter, in corporating the most interesting items and signiftcent paragraphs from each one of the letters received. With the aid of a copying roll, he then made as many clear copies of the newsletter as i he could, and mailed a copy to each j household. Being mailed as printed j matter, the cost of postage wasinsigni- | ft cant. When the idea was first proposed it was received with some little amaze ment, amusement and incredulity on the part of the various members of the connection. Each one seems to have thought: "This is a queer notion, and likely to prove impractical, for what likelihood is there that all the branches of the connection will respond? I, of course will write, and one or two others, and that will end the matter." All thinking this way, they all wrote; and so the experiment proved a suc cess from the outset. When, a year later, the Observer again sent out not ices that lie was intending to prepare a second newsletter, the responses were as enthusiastic as they were complete and prompt. Year after year the plan has been carried out, and is now re garded as a welcome and established institution in the common life of the connection. One cousin whom the Observer has not seen since they both were children, and who never hears directly from more than two or three of her relatives in this particular con nection, says, 'T always look forward to your newsletter lor glad tidings from the others." A sister whom the Observer has not seen for nearly nine years writes that she is looking for ward hopefully to the arrival of the annual budget of news from the dear old clan. The Observer would venture to com mand his Family Newsletter idea to other family connections whose mem bers are widely scattered. Our mod ern American tendency is to make too little, rather than tco much, of the ties of kinship. When the ties of kin ship are emphasized to the neglect of other and wider social bonds, it results is the vice of clannishness. But, on the other hand, to neglect the ties of kinship is to deprive ourselves of one of the most intimate and sacred sources of human happiness and enrichment, and of moral sympathy and support. We should remember, too, that it is through the more intimate relations of kinship that it becomes possible for us to rec ognize our kinship to all human kind. He who knows not the family in the narrower and more literal sense will not be qualified to enter doepiy into the spirit and lite of the wider social family. Cubic lirokc. One day last week, the cable attach ed to the elevator at the furnace broke jus' as Michael t'oiirne was in the act ot removing a loaded hugg), and drop p«d from the tup lu the ground. When It started to fall the man jumpm! and caught the or >»» beam, Whteti ?jroke the lure* of til* rail sowewli il I I||| WHS Jrt.reil loisMt .tnd thrown again % a ''•MWy. receiving a tur -u tin- | The Funeral of the late Rev. Robert McCaslin, Pastor of the First Presbyterian Church. As announced last week, the funeral | of the late Rev. Robert McCaslin took place last Thursday afternoon at two o'clock, the services being held in the church in which the deceased had ministered so ably, and which his zeal and untiring energy had erected. The auditorium was filled by the large and sorrow stricken assemblage. The im pressive services were presided over by the Rev. Dr. Cook, of Renovo, Clerk of Northumberland Presbytery. There were present with him on the platform the Reverend Messrs. Hemenway, of I Bloomsburg, the Moderator of the Presbytery, and Graybill. Pastor of the Presbyterian Church at St. Marys. Besides these co-presbyters, there were also present on the platform the Rev. J. L. Robertson, Pastor of the Presbj - terian Church at North Clarendon, Pa j of Erie Presbytery, and the Rev. J. M. j Robertson, Rector of Emmanuel Church. The absence of the Rev. O S. Metzler, of the First Mehodist Epis copal Church, was necessitated by the funeral of Mrs. Bradbury, of Drift wood, at which he officiated owing to the illness of the Rev. Mr Noble. The casket was placed in front of the pulpit, beautifully covered and gorgeously banked with flowers, wrought into varied and appropriate forms,—crown, wreaths, bouquets the affectionate tributes of the sorrow ing congregation and from many warm friends. Among the floral tributes was a beautiful cross of white lilies and carnations, a united remembrance from Emmanuel and the First Metho dist Episcopal Churches. The floral tributes were eloquent voices to the beauty, completeness and purity of the life ot him whose bier they adorned. , After the reading of the selected Scripture lesson, the Rev. Mr. Gray bill paid a full and high tribute to the memory of the late beloved pastor of the church. As it is hoped to get this address for publication later, no de tails of it need now be given. The Rev. J. L Robertson, an old and inti mate friend of the deceased, followed with a few fitting and eloquent words in support of what had been said, bear- i ingthe highest testimony to the excel- | lence, worth and influence of his de- I j parted friend. The Rev. Mr. Hemen- I way spoke strongly and eloquently oi j Mr. McCaslin as a member of the Pres- j bytery, of his sterling worth, of tiis : ability and influence, and of his con- ! spicuous modesty and magnanimity; one whom the Presbytery will sorely , miss and mourn. He was one over i whose memory and beautiful life mav ! be quoted the words of England's ! great poet laureate: "Sunset and evening star, And one clear call for me: And may there be no moan IUK at the bar. When I put out to sea. And I shall see my pilot face to face, When I have crossed the bar." The Rev. Dr. Cook foilowed in ac cord with all the high and glowing eulogies that had been spoken, and gave touching and fitting voice to this sorrowful providence as it concerned the stricken congregation. Letters of sympathy, expressing high appreciation ot the character of Mr. McCaslin, from the Rev. Messrs. Armstrong, Carter, Keefer and other ! members of Northumberland Presby i tery were read. The funeral cortege proceeded on the ! four o'clock train, by way of Buffalo, | to Cleveland, where the casket was J placed in the receiving vault of Lake i j view Cemetery on Friday afternoon. , i The members of the family returned to I Emporium on Saturday evening. May 1 ■ the divine light and peace and comfort 1 | be vouchsafed to them in this time of i ; sorrow. . j The following relatives of the family , | were present: Mr. Geo W. McCaslin, j New York City; Mr. T. A. McCaslin, i j Mr. Harman McCaslin and the Rev ■ j David R McCaslin, of Cleveland; Mr. , | W. C. McKee, of Emlenton Mr. John McKee and Mrs. Ida Riddle, of Clin ' | tonville. Rev. W. R. McNeil. Ye editor and wife visited in Phila - I delphhia last week and, on account of , j illness, was compelled to remain there ! for several days, called upon Rev. W. R. McNeil, formerly Pastor of First " | Baptist Church of Emporium. We > 1 found him comfortably situated in the • j Nugent Home, a Baptist institution, at Oermantown. He is surrounded by ' every comfort speaks highly of the ' | treatment he receives. Our good old < friend was glad to meet us and we , ! passed a pleasant hour with him. He j. wished us to remember him to all his Emporium* friends. Of course he is ' i quite feeble and unable to write to his i | friends here, therefore we wish his Em ! porium friends would remember him ' once in a while, with a letter. I' m * " ' | Will Drive Out Tramps. . Mayor Saltsmann, at Erie, with the hope of driving tramps and other wort bless characters from that city will i < iblMi a chain gani;- Tlx MM will I he set to cleaning streets with a ball ( and chain attachment to their legs, if convicted of any oll'enscH against the ' eit> ordinances. A stone pile in sum mer and cleaning streets in the winter is not the pleas.iutest thiiiu in the world lor offenders and they will either behave themselves or give Erie a wide berth Fix. ' t' It Howard A Co., have received from Hie Pacific I'mist what I* perhaps , tie tln.ll lot of KKIt Cl;l>Alt shingle* I that ever came to Cameron county. Fun Khvr Mouse lor rent with i n lit rn iin].i 'i \ cmciita, apnly to IBM. MKS, J II Hi ri.KH. | y.»« tan get all hinds of good i>. d*r shingles at It. Howard & Co. "Liberty and Union, One and Inseparable." — WEßSTEß. EMPORIUM, PA., THURSDAY, JANUARY 11, 1906. BENJAMIN W. GREEN, President of the First National Bank, Emporium, Pa. Law in Regard to Supervisors, j Under an Act of Legislature of 19 )5 I i every townphi;' in this Commonwealth, j ' must at February election elect three I Supervisors. The Board must organize j lon the first Monday in March and elect ! j one of their number as Chair- j j man and one as Secretary. The treas- ; | nrer must not be a member of the I I Board. Meetings shall be held once a ' ! month and two shall constitute a , quorum. The Board has authority to j levy a tax not greater than ten mills; I the levying of an additional ten must i be ordered by the Court of Quarter : Sessions. In addition to »be regular levy, the Board must assess one dollar j ! upon every taxable person. I The Supervisors receive no compen- ! I sation for their services, but actual ex- I ; penses are to be paid. The Treasurer ' receives compensation not to exceed two per centum of the money handled by him. The Deputy Attorney Gen eral holds that the Secretary of the Board must receive payment for the ; work performed by him as Secretary. Each Board is required to divide it i self into districts of not less than five ' mi'es each, but there is nothing to | prohibit the dividing of the township | into districts having more than five j miles each, or one district of a whole | township. A Roadmaster must be em j ployed fo"r each district. Road masters j are required to work upon the road 9 | themselves, to oversee men employed | and to carry into effect the instructions jof the Board of Supervisors. No mem j ber of the Board of Supervisors can be ! employed as Roadmaster under Section j 3, but a member of the Board of JSuper i visors can work out, his road tax. On all road taxes paid before June j first an abatement of 5 per centum is ! made. The full amount is required to I be paid on all taxes paid between June j first and November Ist. After I November 1, 5 per cent, in penalty is j added, and the tax list turned over to j the township collector, who receives the added five per centum in payment for his services. The Board is authorized to purchase any material, tools or machinery nee j essary for making and repairing roads j A township can join with one or more ] additional townships, or boro's in joint ! ownership of machinery. Full records must be kept by the Board of their proceedings and audit ' ed by the township auditors, and an ! annual report is required to be made 1 to the State Highway Commissioner on or before March 15th in each year. ! The necessary blank form for this re port is furnished by the (state Highway ' Department. In his written opinion the Deputy | Attorney General says:"lt does not J seem possible that the voters of any I township will see fit to ignore the pta.n and mandatory terms of the act and refuse to elect supervisors in the in in tier provided by its terms If this should occur, and the attention of the | proper authorities were called t>» the situation, legal steps will be promptly taken to compel compliance with the Act." He also »*>»: "lam of the opinion and advise you that the Act of April lif, Itttrt, repeats all local or special i laws applying to any aecaiut claw* towriHhlp In thin » "innioijv.o*ltli " I ( IVJ i' L.m An Odd Show. The famous Brothers Royer Next | i Door Ci)., is without a doubt the queer- j J est eomination ot'ils kind in America. I I The piece is odd, the scenery is odd, ! and the cast includes the most famous i | clowns in America, such as Lon Moore, | i Shorty Maynnrd. Sidney Sheparo, ] j James Royer and Archie Royer. All j I five have played clown for Walter L | Main, Barnnm & Bai'ey, Ringling ' i Bros., and the great Wallace Show for | the past ten years. They should cer- j tainly keep things moving at a lively i pace in NEXT DOOR. At the Ein- j porium Opera House, Monday even- I I ing, Jan. 15. District Enlarged, j George W. Vernes, district deputy | Jof the Royal Arch Chapter Masons, j for this district, has just been advised that the chapters at Kane, Ridgway j and Emporium have been added to the j district of which he is deputy. The ] present district, numbered 15 now con- I sists of the counties of Lycoming, j j Clinton, Centre, Clearfield. Cameron i | and Elk, with thejourisdiction of Kane j j chapter in McKe-ui county. Mr. ' j Vernes, the district deputy, will main- j tain his headquarters in Williamsport. ' | —Renovo News. Fatal Wreck an I'. & E. ; Another terrible wreck occurred on | j the western division of the P. & E , on | | Saturday night at Horn's Siding about ! j half way between Corry and Warren. ! ■ It was a beadon collision between a j j light engine and Erio Mail in which! j Engineer Thos. Linn and his fireman j | Fred Herman of the mail were instant- | j ly killed, also Mr. Near fireman on the J j light engine The passengers were all i . quite badly shaken up and about 21 j | seriously injured. The blame of the j j terrible affair seems to rest on Kngin- ! I eer Kavanaugh. Crescent. Literary Society. I At a meeting of the Crescent Liter ary Society, Friday, Jan, 5, 1906, the following officers were elected for the 1 latter half of the term: President, Bess ! McQuay; Vice President, LinnStrayer; j Secretary, Agnes Blutnle; Treasurer, > i Ermin Rentz; Pianist, Vera Olmsted; j Librarian, Glenn Van Wert; Executive j I Committee, Ida Hertig, Belle Cleary, j Anna Welsh; Critic, Miss Rumsey. AUNKS BLI'MLE, Kec'Y. - - To the Public. It seems that in this world wo must defend ourselves against thieves and i liars And as so-ne party h;is slander ously stated that we were not proper embalm* rs and did not understand our business in taking care of the dead. 1 wish to say, we have a diploma from the highest authority in the state, proving what we state when we say we are competent etnb.timers, and it 1 would seem stranut , after more than I twenty years nervice in this commun ity, witti entire ;,ucc< ss, any one eould be found to utter such a slander and try t* make people believe it. I do not know why these persons do such i lhint/4 when we have always treated them with the greatest respect. Yours respectfully, OHO. J. I,.\HAH Nolle*. 'l'lie Ijit lif of the .Maccabees are notified trial Thursday, January 18th, . has been iMlnitly us the date for the installation of ofHcera. HII.INA M. LIT I I.Jr.it, It. K. NOTES OF INTEREST. W. R. C., will install officers on Saturday evening, Jan. 13, uniting with G. A. R. Maccabees will install officers on Friday evening, at {7:30, after which supper will be served. Michael Roach, of Renovo, has sign ed with the Binghamton N. Y., base ball club for the season of 1906. Lucas Brothers, of Lock Haven, are putting in an ice plant with a capacity of twelve tons per day and expect to have it in operation April Ist. WANTED —Bright, honest young man from Emporium to prepare for paying position in Government Mail Service. Box One, Cedar Rapids, la. 47-Bt, A Harrisburg dispatch says that Hon. J. K. P. Hall, chairman of the Democratic State committee, and fa mily sailed Saturday from New York for Egypt, where they will spend the remainder of the winter. John A. McCall, president of the New York Life Insurance Co., at a salary of SIOO,OOO a year resigned the position and Alexander E. Orr has been appointed In his place at a salary of §50,000 a year. The ten special! ies wore all bigh-class and up-to-date. The Brothers Royer troupe of acrobats performed feats of agility that seemed impossible, they were here, there and everywhere at the fame time. Emporium Opera House, Monday evening, Jan. 15. Alice Roosevelt will wear her owr ' mother's wedding gown when she be i comes the bride of congressman Long worth in February. This will prob ably become a fad and all the brides ! will begin to save their wedding gar ments for brides to be a generation hence. What a blow at the dress mak ers?— Ex. To see "Next Door" is to be pleased. The action is so fast that you are act | ually bewildered, and after the curtain | falls and you wend your way home i ward, y"u think over all the good I things you saw in "Next Door," and you say to yourself, "I wonder how | they did it."—Pottstown, Pa., Sept. J 13, 1905. At Emporium Opera House, I Monday evening, Jan. 15. A gentleman tells of a school teach : erin Rochester who had difficulty with j several mischievous boys. One day, j when one of them had given her a | gr. at deal of annoyance she said to | him: "I wish I could be your mother | for just one week; 1 would rid you of I your naughty disposition." "Very | well, I will speak to father about it," j promptly replied the lad. The fun is fast and furious from the | rise of the curtain to the end. Special mention should be made of the wonder- I ful and novel mechanical tricks and i effects—the trolly car, the trick bath | ing houses, the marvelous revolving | scene, the funny trick mule, the ; demon crab, the magic wall, the flying | dives, bewitched house and the trolly ! explosion are all marvels of stagecraft. ! At Emporium Opera House, Monday i evening, Jan. 15. N. H. Parks has resigned his posi | tion at the P. & E. freight office and j has associated himself with Larry j Clark in a' general dray business | This is a good hustling combination ; that will undoubtedly get the business. and thereby grow prosperous, it is I hoped. Mr. Clark has for several years j conducted an excellent dray line to the entire satisfaction of many patrons, | and is therefore well equipped to handle the work, especially in the way lof experience Here's success to the | new combination.—Johnsonburg Press. Lily Dew. | The most delightful preparation for I ladies and gentlemen's toilet. It itn ! ports to the skin a delicious freshness that can be gained no other way. Posi tively removes tan and sunburn. Will not irritate the most sensitive skin and will not rub off or show like powder. Manufactured only by MRS. EVA TETBB, Emporium, Pa. Rooms over ' post office. 39-tf. Bargain in Hooks. A complete set of Brittanica Ency- | clopaedia,consisting of thirty volumes and key Are all new and in original j packages. Will be sold at a bargain, j Apply at PKKKH office. 36tf Latest Popular Music. Miss May Gould, teacher of piano forte, has received a full line of the lat est and most popular sheet music. All the popular airs. Popular and class- j ieal music. Prices reasonable. •H-tf. Warning. All persons are hereby forbidden from trespassing upon the property of this Company without a permit from this office, or the Huperluteiidaut at the works. KKYS'T'IINK Pnwnm MKU. CO. Emporium, I'a., August Ist, l'>os j M-tr. TERMS: $2.00 —$1.50 IN ADVANCE. THE WEATHER. PR'IMY, Rain SATURDAY, Hnow fturrie SUNDAY, •'air ASSETS First National Bank, EMPORIUM, PA. At the close of business January 10, race. $749,040,58. If you have money in this Hank, it is a buffer against misfortune. , Man About Town. Sing a song of joy and praise. We've helped our constitution. Walked straight ahead for ten long days. And kept our resolution, Let the banners wave on high, We have not had a jap on, We've passed the booze dispensary by, WD are on the water wagon. Passes 011 (he Rail Itoad to Eternity good f0r365 days for sale at the PRW-SJ office. Wedding bells going to ring soon. I'uneral bells ring most every day. Strenuous times ir. the Boro' theae days. There is no fireside how e're defended. But has one vacant chair; I here is no flock however watched an.l tende<! But one black sheep is there. A peculiar odor penetrated the bottling works the other day. It was a combination of pole cat, ferret, gun powder and beer. Some one must have been a hunting. Pittsburg Phil has accepted a situa tion in St>. Marys. Ho is to wake up> horses in a livery stable. The Editor of a country newspaper is exposed to a great many riskn. Th& PRESS don't print all the news that happens in and around Emporium. If it did their would be some very spicy reading, but it would bo printed hut once. The next week you would read the editor's obituary and there would be a stranger wandering around iri the great beyond. In order to pleaae the people and make money enough to pay his printers he must print only the nice things said of them and leave the rest to gossip. Uncle Peter Beattie says some peo ple goto church and when the plate is passed putin a nickel, thinking it is a slot machine and they will draw out a basket full of religion; says some people are about as much use in the world as the decorations on a Christmas dinner table are to a hungry man; says the doctors often treat a man for drunken ness, but generally the more you treat a drunken man the drunker ho gets; says if there were more good cooks in this world there would not be half so many wealthy doctors; says there is A great deal of difference bet ween a boy and a girl. You never see a boy borrow a baby to wheel around; says it takes all kinds of people to make this worid. a man will come in and lean over hie counter with a breath a good deaf stronger than his intellect and want five cigars for a cent, another will cotno to his home in the evening when he is at prayer, and ring the door bell until the stove pipe falls down don't have any manners; says things have not changed so much since Bibli-. Cal times; they had cash boys many years before Christ, for Job said all the days of my appointed time will 1 wait till my change comes; says he thinkg the reason Joseph's brothers cast h i* into the pit was because they saw c good opening for the young man; at & they certainly had dyspepsia for did'nfe the Lord give Moses a couple of tablets; says he once went hunting fa the woods in Maine and saw a ■ na! "j seize a bull frog by the hind legs arid the bull frog caught the snake by th*» tail and they commenced swattowm£ each other and they continued ttee eration until nothing was left of ttiem; says he knew a man once whoj was eo mean'lie stopped his clock every night to keep it from wearing out the coga, and used to send his sausage t-kiw t lofc to the butcher shop to have them r?« filled; says a man's money all goes for eating and clothes and if Eve hadn't been so fond of apples we wouldn't have to bo wearing any clothes. He intends next summer to take tho trip of his life, is going to buy a Popi j Toledo Touring Car start from th* , Coke Ovens and goto the Bermuda Is j lands, coasting around here awhile; tie j will goto the South Coast of Afrioa , after visiting friends and relatives ther# will go straight >o Greenland. Thinks he will not visit the ruins of Pompnei, for they have not been repaired sine* ho was there; after wrestling with tU grizzleys in Greenland make a bee liue for (Quebec and from there take the old Military Pike by the way of home, lie offers to take the Man About Town along as his valet if he will ptij ! his own expenses. UAMHAW AY ... ♦ WAN I Kl> I 'apuhle lustli-rM to in tin Tea ami Coftt*e business Vo capital required Splendid indu ■» menu to right party. For full particn lars ail'lrt s The '.r«»at Atlantic A j I'aeitte Tea Co, 3£ W. Jaing Av*., Dubois, Pa. ||j ;) t NO 47.
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