VOL. LXVIII. GRANGERS WEEK THEIR ANNUAL WEEKS' OUTING NOW ON Bad Weather Interferes With the Attend. ance —Few Exhibits and Many Fak irs, Shows and Museums, Crowds Very Small, The 24th annual picnic and exhibi- tion of the Patrons of Husbandry of their Park in this place. The pienic proper did not open until Monday, but days the grounds were thickly populated with campers who wanted to take advantage of the outing offered, the grounds, The grounds present a pretty ap- pearance, dotted everywhere with the several previous and moved on puty Isaac Frain, was in that gentle man’s usual fluent, common sense style, broad in thought, no narrow in his utterances, senti- ment flowing out to all mankind, ap- propriate recognition of the wise plans of our heavenly Father, and paying a high tribute to the importance of the agricultural pursuit as the foundation upon which all else rests, Mr. Frain is always listened to with pleasure by selfishness an audience because sincerity charae- terises his sentences, and he speaks right to the point and does not weary His talks are entirely or- iginal and of the impromptu order. Farmers of his ability should be ad- vanced in the grange, Col. Weaver's address was well spo- ken of by all. The Colonel's ideas are of the practical sort and go right home He is sincere and unselfish, and means all He devoted himself to to the hearts of the farming class. he says, has snow white N. GG. P. tents, while the immense show tents, and stands, draped and with bunting and flags, and holiday appearance, About two hundred and fifty tents have been put into service this year, | which is considerable less than erected years before. These are nearly all oc- | cupied. From Saturday to Wednes day wagons were constantly passing | through town loaded down with camp | equipage, while perched on top of the utensils could be seen the the county’s noted maidens youths, all expectant of a holiday week | museums gaily decorated give a | i fairest of and | of flirtation, and tasting of the tooth- | some morsels that the many shops in- | vitingly display. There is the peanut | man, the popcorn vender, the pink | lemonade booth, where a s ry slice | of lemon swims around in a ter, the candy shops, the several museums, the Welsh site ta i ab of wa- merry-go-round, the Bros. show, and Parks show vieing with the of the sheckles from the pockets of the] pockets of the sophisti sophisticated. too, all her in gathering the ated The Park is a city in| itself, and you can purchase iything SiX- al from a pair of shoe strings to a horse farm right on the grounds. Since the opening Monday evening, held daily in t This building is well | exercises have been he auditorium. adapted for the displays of and will hold about six ple. Here the patrons are supposed] enlightened upon subjects whic for their betterment, harangue and belabor all men and officials, and hundred peo-| h and o when it wanders out it samuel O' Posen, over, the audience dering “what thinking with i have troubles of my own, don't men-| tion yours.” | is all about.” All phases and conditions of life are | represented. With a little can find the bond-holder his wealth with six both his elbows may be found the man | search you | who counts | figures, while at| who hustles from five in the morning | until nine at night trying to keep his | head above the financial flood. The picnic, like the sea, is a leveler, and no respector of society or wealth. The order on the grounds so far has has been excellent, and the half-dozen policemen under charge of Col. Mul-| len, as chief, have little to do beyond making their usual round. On Sunday religious services were held on the ground ; preaching by Rev. | Illingsworth in the forenoon ; by Rev. Eisenberg in the afternoon, and by Rev. Goodling in the evening. The services met with a full attendance, al- tho a larger crowd great was outside and cared nothing for the services or Sab- | bath, but engaged in strolling around and making it an occasion for that for which the Sabbath not intended. The committee should endeavor to sup- press this as much as possible, It is the earnest hope of the better part of public that the sermons on the Sab- bath may be of such a nature as to check much of the wickedness prac- ticed during the week and every good granger will say “amen’’ to it. There was quite a large attendance on Sunday in buggies, carriages and spring wagons, and the cycle riders were there by scores. An unpleasant feature was the clouds of dust on the roads and pie-nie ground, which only a shower of rain will prevent from be- ing far worse during the week, Monday was quiet and few exhibits on the ground, and nothing of note took place, Monday afternoon rain set in, which all were praying for, that the dust may be paralysed, and the waters increased. Tuesday morning the sky indicated rain hence there was not the usual large rush of visitors. The early train brot 75, the 8:9 train had 60 and the 11 special had 80 passengers. These with what were already on the ground may have numbered near 2000 Tuesday forenoon, Excellent order prevailed, Up to Tuesday forenoon the exhibits were comparatively few in number and none of special note, being the machines common to the farm. is the great cause of agriculture for the in the back ground. The addresses of Messrs. Frain and Weaver, at the opening, were quite in- t with the teresting and dealt progress by the grange in this and other made counties in the state during the past The speakers also endeavored these annual gatherings, The first g to arrive on Saturday morning with their fami- rangers of note lies and give the ‘‘Reporter’” a friendly nod in friends of Worthy the passing, were those sincere the interests of agriculture, Master brainiest Isaac Frain, one of of farmers, and county F. Weaver, who ways has something sensible to say. with =Ome lecturer Col. Jas, ale soon followed a wagon with camp of the Wspaper to dot all the girls to whom they may be permitted to tip fixings, mixed up ne scribes about pretty their ink-stained hats, a chance they the often get. They also don’t gave Reporter’ a passing salute, This year's tents on the park are and present a neat and clean appearance, posters, printed abroad, | by product, is the verdict = any of which could have turned out a highly creditable job in adi ition to the free advertising in- wked for, but ‘protection to home E:T g 1 4 hing to talk of and not Lice, The flying jenny and fakir and pea- ntorian speech and Syren song to ckles from the pockets of ts, were present in happy Mr, John Dauberman. as superintent dent the reddit for the of grounds, deserves great in de- admimble manner which he has given care to that partment by introducing system and avoiding clashing and confusion. i department under the committeeman Gingerich, I'he livestock of ve iw in efficient hands, I'l the main sle, closed for several years, has been i¢ natural entrance to that was a blunder. Wednesday morning opened with a A pen of very fine Alderneys, from Shook’s Woodlawn stock farm, were quite an attraction. General stores on the ground were run by Harper & Kramer, and Wolf & Long, of Spring Mills. Huyett & Ra- rick had a good display or wagons and implements. MeCalmonts had a dis. play of agricultural goods. Peter Hof- fer had an exhibit of farm implements. Joozer Bros. had a display of harness, State College had a fine display of rare plants and flowers, Wednesday's attendance on account of the rain. The exhibits being so few this time is said to be owing to the high char- ges which keep them away ; if this is the trouble the committee should give it attention, so the pic-nic may grow instead of diminishing. Commendable order has prevailed on the ground up to this time. The lectures and addresses in the au- ditorium were all upon interesting top- ics and well received by the audience upon each occasion. The stereoptican exhibit in the For- estry lecture engaged the clocest atten- tion of the farmers and was a popular hit. If the weather is propitious to-day and to-morrow, the trains will bring great throngs of people, Thursday the attendance was large, people came streaming in by rail and private conveyances and as we go to press indications are there may be 7 to 9000 people on the ground this after noon. A , Square meal was furnished for 25 cents at Jas. A. Keller's board- ing tent, and you i the full worth of your money and stomach, was slim The opening address by County De- ’ There were upwards orf 1200 on the ground on Sunday. MILES TOWNSHIP HISTORY. of Early Surveys, Organization, Trials and Hardships of the 'Ploneers, —A Noted Indian Path. (Concluded.) endured many hardships, and had existence, Their occupation was far- ming principally, or rather getting ready for farming. It was a tremen- clear land, all of which them simultaneously, roads and crowded upon dy and soul together; yet, in spite of than one occasion potatoes which had been planted were dug up again, pared used for food. of the commodity, and that portion which the people did not drink them- selves was taken to market: in there were eight distilleries in the val- ley. Besides grain, of apples and peaches were hauled to the wagon-loads distilleries to be made into Produce was hauled to Philadelphia liquor. Some of a round trip. was taken to Reading, Pottsville, later Taking one their heavy four and six teams over the roads of that 1 a mere pastime, and those hardy team- sters could many a tale unfold pleasant mishaps and narrow escapes, night the mountains, how they drove down icy to Lewisburg. of horse period was ne of how overtook them in mountains at full gallop, how they fast in the mud, or, it. worse, upset into In those days people «did not travel 3 i riages in buggies and splendid cairiages, and of that sort. last coat or It rich unless he possessed a long-barrel- The wamus of home-made cloth. a year, men wore a used to be said that no man was ed shot-gun, a Brungart plow, and a ] red wamus. Clothing was neraly al in of heard every house the humming sound home-made, and there was the spinning-wheel and the incessant stroke of the loom. ered the floor: children NO Carpets Ov. when Sunday had come by the appearance knew of coffee on the table, for it was served on this one day of the week. people were strictly honest ; man’s verbal promise then was of more at Those value than a man’s note with bail present, Women used to work in the fields during harvest taking a hand at reap- ing with the sickle. Whiskey was considered indispensable in the har- vest-field, and, indeed, it was esteemed almost one of the necessaries of life. Whiskey was pure then and less inju- rious than the adulterated stuff of to- day. To Jonathan Spangler and Francis Gramly, jr., must be ascribed the hon- or of having been the first farmers in the valley to abolish the custom of giving whiskey to harvest hands, This occurred in 1834. They were bitterly opposed in the course they attempted to pursue. Their hands were persusa- ded to leave them ; other farmers en- deavored to discourage them by assert- ing that no harvest could be cut with- out whiskey ; yet their harvests were secured, as on former occasions, A mild belief in witcheraft was a form of superstition which clung to not a few of the old settlers. If a cow or a horse took sick, if the horses’ manes got tangled, if the hens refused to lay, in short, if any calamity befell either the family or the stock of the farm, it was at once ascribed to the spells or enchantments of some spite- ful witch. The proper thing to be done then was to send for some expert witch-doctor, who instituted a series of counter