VOL. LXXIII.
What United States Senator Penrose calls
‘a dd fake'
HORE
the Senate. Opponents of the bill
in the House dodged the main
Their arguments and
It merely re-
profit of the swindling dealers.
it iinposes no
ganizations upon members,
as it should be.
dishonest competition. If they
persuasion that ¢ omes from
at the
f Or
farmers’
from
of
lid
menace of a sol
give them protection
using the power
and the
ple in that body.
ace to a legislator who is not elected
the
peo-
be because
than the
by the people, while the friend.
It
is not to
interests hostile to the
will he vote!
of his
compe tition.
last summer.
and powerful, but how
he farmers
ct themselves against swindling
3d
the
fake"
been heard from on subject,
be less agreeable to the Oleo Trust.
But what Mr. Pe
two different matters.
hence.
He
wil 1 be
are
vey to >
bill he will be doing only
which he represents.
from farmers
J FRONMISSOURL \
E. S. GARVER EULOGIZES
AN OLD FRIEND.
The Promioence of a Former Potter Town.
ship Young Man,
Eprror RerorTER: I notice in
your issus of November 29th an sac-
count of the death of Mr. John Young,
which occurred in your community re
cently. Reading the notice called my
mind back to the memories of long ago
when I was a small boy. John Young
was the first school teacher to in-
struct me, and that was some forty odd
years ago in the old stone school house
that used to stand just across the road
from where the Pine Stump school
house now stands. He taught a term
of what was then called a subscription
school. I was then not more than six
years of age, but the incident of my
going toschool the first day is as fresh in
my mind today as it was the morning
I started. Father accompanied me to
show the road and also to introduce
me to the teacher. We passed down
through the Gregg farm to the public
road. I remember distinctly that the
fence was so high I could not elimb
over it. Father soon found a conven
fent crack iu the fence and it afforded
me a passage way during the term.
When we arrived at the school house
we were met by Mr. Young, who io-
vited us in. As nearly as I can recall
it now, father introduced me in about
these words: ‘‘John, thisis my boy
Elias, aod I want you to learn (old
form) him all you can, and if he doesa’t
behave, lick him like a young hound.”
This kindly admonition, though given
in Pennsylvania Dutch, impressed me
with an awe that would do credit to
the order of a king to one of his tremb-
ling subjects. Mr. Young had a stiff
knee joint sud it made his walk some-
what awkward. I remember how his
physical ailment filled my boyish heart
with sympathy to such an extent that
I inquired how he had met with such
a misfortune. He told me it was due
to white swelling. Ever since that
ne I have had a fear of disease .
first day at school Is v
ed cn memory’s tablet. There were
| probably two dozen pupils present,
among whom I can recall the Harkins
and Dubbs boys, some of the Ginger.
Who can tell what
They are scattered hither and yon, and
no doubt many of them have joined
the silent majority in that city not
made with hands. The recollection of
their association is a sacred memory to
me aod my mind often wanders back
to the scenes of my childhood and boy-
hood days and they bring t>» me remi-
niscenses that are rich in thought and
laden with hope that somehow and
somewhere we may see and know each
other again. Many incidents occurred
during Mr, Young's term of school in
the old and dingy stone building, with-
in whose walls I obtained the rudi-
mentary principles of a fairly good ed-
ucation. The house of itself looked
like a fortress in the early history of
sur country. I cannot give the dimen-
sions, but the walls were thick, the
ceiling low, with a door in the east end
and two windows each on the north
and south sides. In those days acous
tics and ventilation were unknown.
When the small room with its big Cen-
tre Furnace stove grew so hot that the
heads of the nails in the walls reached
the melting stage the teacher threw
the door wide open, and when icicles
began to form on the “schoolmaster’s’’
nose that dignitary thought it about
time to close the door. Under these
conditions it was no wonder that the
boys and girls had bad colds through
the winter term of school,
Here isan incident that occurred
during Mr, Young's term. Some of
the larger boys amused themselves by
throwing stones straight up into space
and then running away quickly so
that the descending missile should not
strike them. One of the boys failed to
get out of the way and the stone struck
him squarely on the head and felled
him to the ground like an ox. We all
abn the boy killed and the wail
went up was never equalled by a
caw pmeeting io Paper
Young came out and pickea the boy
up and carried him into the school
house. After dashing some water into
his fuce he revived, The teacher diag-
nosed the dise and assured the boy he
wasn’t hurt, Coming from the teach-
er, whom we thought the incarnation
of all wisdom, we felt assured the boy
wasu’t hurt and were all willing to
swear to it. But that didn’t prevent a
knot raising on the boy's head about
the size of the peaches we used to steal
out of uncle George Durst's back yard
while attending normal school in Cen-
tre Hall in 1872 and 1873. A. C. Rip-
ka, J. C. Harper and a lot of other
equally pice fellows may laugh at this,
but they helped steal the peaches.
I started out to say something about
my first teacher, John Young, but have
digressed some. I have attained sone
little prominence in life and I date the
starting poiat to the day when I first
entered Pine Stump school house
take instructions rom John Young.
He was amply equipped to teach in
those days. He was kind to the child-
ren and endeared himself to me in a
way that his pame will always be re
mwembered and recalled with lasting
pleasure. E. 8B. GARVER,
Grant City, Mo.,
Dec. 4, 1900,
{Like many other young men, the
writer of the above went west, Lwenty-
seven years ago, when Greely’s advice
to young men was more vivid in their
winds than it is today. He in
prominence. Having some knowledge
of the art preservative gained at the
Reporter's type cases, when reaching
Grant City he secured employment on
the Worth County Times, and after
wards became its owner, and today ed-
its that journal in a very able manner,
Mr, Garver is an ardent supporter of
the Democratic party and its princi
ples, and for this he was rewarded by
being four times elected to the legisia-
ture of Missouri. The fourth time,
however, Mr, Garver resigned to accept
the postmastership of Grant City dur-
ing Cleveland's second administration,
He also held an appointment under
the State administration. His son,
Henry, holds a position in the Nation
al Library at Washington at present.-
Ed.]
to
rose
5,000 FIRE AT POE MILLS
Ashland Company's Saw Mill, 250.000 Feet
of Lamber and Three Houses Harned
The Arhland Lumber Company's
saw mill at Poe Mills was destroyed by
fire Sunday morning about four o'clock.
250,000 feet of lumber was next consum-
ed, as were also three dwellings be
longing to the same firm.
The dwellings were occupied by
Messrs. Bamuel De Long, R. B. Ma
ben and Joho Rankin, all of whom
effects to places of safety. The
is estimated at 5.000. There was no
insurance so far as is known by F. W,
Confer, to whom the Reporter is in-
debted for the details of this para
graph.
I
mais mniu
A” Light” Sahjset bat an Important One,
J. F. Rearick, of Spring Mills, agent
for the Sober & Porter acetylene gas
generator, was in town Friday evening
of last week with one of their model
machines and gave a demonstration to
store. The points claimed for this sys-
tem are safety, cleanliness, su-
periority and all at a cost for maintain-
ing below kerosene. The light stands
distinctly in a class of its own, being
bright as an electric are light with
none of the glare aud unsteadiness so
noticable in electricity, which feature
alone commends it strongly to the
vast army of light users,
———————— I ins —
Teachers’ lostitute,
Teachers’ institute opens Monday,
9:30 a. m. The corps of instructors are
of an unusually high class. The even-
ing entertainments should be attend-
ed by all who possibly ean do so,
Tuesday evening : Dr. H, R. Pat-
tengill, Lancing, Mich.,"" Nancy Hanks
and the Nineteenth Century.”
Wednesday evening : Hon. Champ
Clark, M. C., Missouri, ‘Picturesque
Pablie Men.”
Thursday evening : Mozart Sym-
phony Club, New York.
Robinson Non-Suited,
Thomas Robinson was non-suited in
the case brought by him against John
Wanamaker for libel. Ex-State priot-
er Robinson found objections to Mr.
Wanamaker’s criticism of that officer's
action relative to charges made for
printing the famous bird book.
A LA BL MIAN
Holiday Photos.
Smith makes them in all the latest
up to date styles. The Passe-Tartout
mounted photos make an elegant
Christmas present. At Centre Hall
every Friday. W. W. Bmirn.,
DECEMBEI
2,158 DAIRY COWS
IN CENTRE COUNTY NOT
ON FARMS.
Bmith Says a Good
Mail Delivery,
Postmaster General
Word for Raral
From the census report of Penusyl-
vania the following facts are gathered
from the various census takers of Cen-
tre county. These
and inclosures, other than those found
on furms and ranges. Ino this class are
included all domestic animals kept in
towns and villages,
manufacturing, lumbering and mining |
industries, and kindred enterprises. |
Centre Co.
Number of enclosures reporting
domestic Cattle... ori
All neat cattle...
Calves under one year
Steers one and under 2 years
Bleers 2 years and under 3 years
Blewrs 3 years and over... .
Balls one year and over.........
2 9h
3.040
a3
164
60
G
19
3
4d
95.510
9 481
1,75
Helfers one and uuder 2 years
Dalry cows two years and over
Other cows, 2 yeamn and over
All BOSS. ...cooonnvrsvinns EP ‘
Colts under one year
Colts one
2,158 78
— why
and under 2 years
Colts 2 years and over.
All mules... . Sean
Male colts under 13 year
Mule colts one and under 2 yours
Mules two yeurs and over...
ASBEE corinne cvirees
All sheep ., bi Se
Lambe ander r ONE yout
Ewes one year aud over
Rams and wether...
Bwine
Gomis o“ ..
C omparative number or neat cattle
and horses not on farms, in Pennsyl-
vania, and United States :
Cattle.
$55
101 348
1.466 979
4.294978
15039 |
Horses
Pennsylvania, 1900 ........
" 1550...
United States,
. 30..ccninie
10D... .coonns
The report of domestic animals kept
on farms is not yet completed,
mimo —
FOSTMASTER'S GENERAL'S REFORT,
by the Head of the Department.
The avnoual report of Postmaster
General Charles Emory Smith under
the date of November 30 was made
public Monday.
The financial operations of the de
partment for the last fiscal year are
ment.
Ordinary
Heceipts
poslal revenue
from order bus.
Leona SOI EES SEY
money
all
10235417)
Total receipis
POUTOEE cnn
Total expenditures for the 3 Joar
from
——
Excess ot
expenditures
Over rece ipis »
From this siatement it will be ob
served that the revenues have now
passed the hundred million mark; also,
six millions greater than for the pre
vious fiscal year, the defleit for the
year 18560.1900 was but $5,385,688, being
$1,225,088 less than that of the previous
year.
ESTIMATES FOR THE YEAR.
Following is an estimate of the re.
venues and expenditures of the postal
service. which has been transmitted
to the Secretary of the Treasury, for
the fiscal year ending June 30, 1802
Estimated revenue for 1901... $110,081,192.00
- “ “ 190... 116.633 042.00
Est mated expenditure for 1902
Deficiency for 1902,
oo FR eso
RURAL FREE DELIVERY,
Rural free delivery has now
sufficiently tried to measure its effects,
The immediate and direct results are
clearly apparent. It stimulates social |
and business correspondence and
swells the postal receipts. Its intro.
duction is invariably followed by a
large increase in the circulation of the |
press and of periodical literature.
With all the results clearly indionted
by the experiment as thus far tried,
rural free delivery is plainly here to
slay.
By the eud of the current fiscal year
we shall reach one-sixth of the 21,000,
000 to be served. What has already
been substantially accomplished is
certainly capable of sixfold expansion,
COST OF THE SERVICE.
The net result of the extension of ru-
ral free delivery to 1,000,000 square
miles, or all the eligible portion of the
country, stands thus,
Estimated gross cost...
Deduct estimated savings
from dwcontinnance on
fourth-cinss offices of ..... $2,750,400
D duet estimated savings
from discontinuance of
PURE FOUNDER. ovaries vunnear 2,000,000
Dedact increased receipts 1.513.976
timai
seiruemeieonses B00,505,000
this purpose is $1,750,000, an additional
2 13, 1900.
DEATHS THROUGHOUT CENTRE,
Brief Sketches of Departed Friends, Who
They Were and Wheres They Died.
JOHN McNITT.
John MeNitt, one mile west of Reeds
ville, died Bunday and was buried in
the Presbyterian cemetery Wednesday.
Deceased was the last surviving son of
Alexander MceNitt, a farmer by occu-
pation, He leaves a wife and three
sisters, widows, namely, Margaret,
Dry Valley;
| Martha, wife of John Mitchell, Dry
| Valley; Catharine, wife of Robert Cum-
| mins, Reedsville,
Ten children survive, namely: Will-
| iam, Homer and Arthur, living near
Reedsville; Mrs, H. Foster Taylor, Mrs,
| Rush Gibony, Reedsville; Mrs. Janette
Maxfield, Logansport, Ind.; Mrs. Dr.
| Wilson, Petersburg, Pa.; Misses Ag-
| es, Sarah and Margaret, at home.
GRACE WEAVER.
Weaver,
MRS,
Mrs, Grace after suffering
stomach for severa'
| husband in Aarousburg last Thuredsy
| night at about twelve o'clock, aged 78
| years, 8 months and 21 days. A re
| markable fact about this lady is that
| | she raised three generations of child
| ren, all of whom are living. Funeral
held in the Lutheran
church, of which the deceased was a
on Monday morn.
ing at ten o'clock, and were conducted
| by ber pastor, Rev.
Rev. Brown,
assisted
leformed
interment was
{| made in the Lutheran cemetery.
Gearhart,
of the
ss — A] ——————————
Deaths in Nearby Counties
In Yeagertown, Jacob T.
aged sixty years,
In Lock Haven, Frank Hahn,
sixty-eight years,
Clinton—In Mackeyville, Mrs. Perry
Krape, aged forty-six years,
Mifflin—In Altoona, Miss Mary
Riden, formerly of Lewistown,
seventy-four years.
Smith,
aged
A.
aged
| At the residence of W, H. Ebaugh,
| in Philadelphia, Wm. 8. Stevens, aged
sevenly-seven years,
Union—At lewisburg, Pascal lL.
Clingan, aged seventy-one years. He
was a justice of the peace for ten years
Joseph Owens, of Lawrence town-
the county. He held many
the township.
Clearfield —James A. Campbell at |
| McGee's Mills, Dec. 20d, aged eighty.
| teachers of that county. For twenty-
peace.
as A SAAS
HORSES WANTED
An Opportunity for Peans Valley Farmers
to Sell thelr Sarplus Horse Stock.
M. Fox & Bons, of Baltimore,
place an advertisement in this issue
of the Reporter asking those who have
horses for sale to bring them to
Centre Hall hotel, Wednesday
Thursday, December 19 and 20. Tois
is an opportunity for farmers and oth-
ers to sell their surplus horse stock at
a time when horses are little needed,
and a winter's feed can be saved.
Bringing this stock to a central point |
may seem, and really is, a departure
{from an old ecostom that
“buyer must come to my stable if he
{ wants to buy,’ but this custom
i new in other localities, and is likely to
{ bee we a fixed custom here. Mr. Fox |
| already purchased several car loads of |
{ tention to come bere regularly if horse |
owners and horse breeders are willing |
to bring the stock to a central point |
(Centre Hall) for inspection.
wisn AA Ss —
Boalsburg
Wm. Baumgardoer has shipped his!
third car load of staves from his mill a |
short distance west of town.
Wm. Brouse has commenced digging |
the foundation for his new house op- |
posite the old hotel at the west end of
town,
Bupervisor Hettinger began work |
on the new road a short distance west |
of town around the old Bal barn,
north of the old road,
Mrs. Wm, Fortney arrived from the
west on a visit to her mother, Mrs,
Coxey, and other relatives and friends.
George Hosterman is having an en-
tertainment in the Shingletown school
house Friday evening; proceeds to buy
a new dictionary.
Rev. J. M. Warden, who is now
holding evangelistic services at Pine
Grove Mills, will conduct similar ser-
vices in the Presbyterian church at
this place next week,
The public schools will close Friday
and reopen on the 26th of Dec,
Mr. and Mrs. Goheen, Mrs. Wm. A.
Woods and daughter Miss Rose, at-
tended Rev. Warden's services at Pine
Grove Mills Saturday evening.
Be Wits Lite
ripe.
TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS.
HAPPENINGS OF LOCAL INTEREST
FROM ALL PARTS.
There is a famine of pennies through-
out the land.
Butter, eggs and lard are up in price.
Consult the market reports,
of Ed.
Foreman reiative to slate roofing,
Read the advertisement F.
Pensions granted :
of Loveville, $5.00 ;
Millheim, §6.00,
The public schools will
next week, the teachers
tendance at Institute,
Abednego Bi ine,
Willinm: Alter,
be
being
closed
in at
During the rise of the Jur
over one hundred muskrats were
ints river
kill
ed in one day at McVeytown.
Joseph Joy, infsnt
Mrs. W. 8. Blic
is serious
trouble,
and
k, of near Bpring Mill
y ill with gastric and %idne y
Mr.
Fon of
A “Missionary rally” will be held in
the Bprucetown Methodist church
Sunday at 10 a, for which ap inter-
esting program has been prepared.
Im. ,
A steam chime whistle bh been
placed in position at Lock Haven
paper mill which it is claimed can be
heard for a distance of fifieen miles.
Mrs. Nancy Clark, widow
Henry Clark, and sister of the
zov. A. G. Curtin,
killed by a train at Torresdale
Heavy weight
Millbheim: Wm.
pounds; these hogs
months old.
E. Duck,
Tyrone isunable to accept the
as
the
of Dr.
Ex-
instantly
Tuesday.
reported
Kreamer, 585
were
inate
Was
from
539
hogs
and
‘
only fourteen
George Sechrist 525 lbs,
502 ths,
$50
library,
being
000
L000
for a public
on account of the borough not
able to support it annually with
for its maintenance.
offer of Carnegie
&
er
On Thanksgiving morning, Harvey
Fulger, a young bunter aged thirteen,
{ kil
of led a wild
on top of Nittany
Mountain,
ing eighteen pounds,
Zion shot and
turkey
weigh-
Miss Lizzie Keller,
Kel
F.
for
affection
daughter of P.
ler, of this place, has ill
some time, Pleurisy
of the lungs are
Deen
and an
what have
| nosed as her ailments.
been diag-
{ A large number of people
parts of Penns Valley, Bellefc
other sections of the
from all
and
at-
Arcadia
given by the
Masonic Lodge.
Hite
county, will
in
Dec,
members of Old Fort
| tend the banquet Grange
3
iy
{| Friday evening, 2
The annual report of Dr
| Superintendent of Public
shows that over 1,
in attendance at the
| State. The total receipts
and building purposes
| 668 60, and the expenditures were $21,-
| 476,904.90,
sSchaefler,
Instruct on,
pupils were
of the
school
HOO. 000
schools
for
$24,916, -
were $<
A wagon load of hay standing in
front of Hugg's New Swan hotel in
Philipsburg was set on fire other
night after twelve o'clock and created
quite an excitement, The hay was en-
tirely consumed, and the wagon badly
damaged.
fhe
ihe
Edward C, Nearhood Monday mov-
od to Bellefonte. He a good all
{ ‘round fellow, having come here from
Rebersburg and for several years clerk-
led for the firm of Messrs. Wolf &
| Crawford, general merchants. He is
| at present with the hardware firm of
Potter & Hoy.
The Pennsylvania Stale College is
| connected with the world of late, a
| commercial ‘phone having been plac
ed in its office. Ten other "phones
| were put in different parts of the bor-
tough of State College, at the same
{ time, which makes a large number in
| use at that place.
is
The Millheim Journal gives a de-
| scription of a seven ton safe purchased
{and placed in the Milibeim bank. It
is a Mosler-Corliss, constructed of sol-
id metal, without jrints or rivets. In
| order to put the safe into the building
| it was necessary to cut a large part of
[the building away. This will be re.
| placed with French plate glass, and
| other improvements made.
Geo. W, Peck sent out cards to ask
the newspapers whether they think
“Peck’s Bad Boy Grown Up” would
take with the people. Peck was Re-
publican Governor of Wisconsin dur-
ing 1801-234, nod if he didn’t learn
enough devilment there to furnish top-
ics for the rest of his life, he is slower
than any one would take the real
Peck’s Bad Boy to be. Besides, he
wouldn't need to draw on his imagina-
tion,
Lewistown, Williamsport and Altoo-
na are the places that will receive
most consideration in connection with
ths removal of the Central Pennsylva-
nia College from New Berlin. The
chances are probably in favor of Al
toon as a special effort will be made
there to secure it... ‘The matter of mov-