ART 2
VOL. LXXYV.
CENTRE COUNTY
IN THE CIVIL WAR.
Volunteers.
GENERAL REVIEW OF MAJOR AND MI.
NOR EVENTS,
Experiences of the Rank and Fille—-Anec-
dotes and Observations.
By T. P. Meyer, Sergeant Co. A., 148th
Regiment, P. V.
T. P. Meyer, Sergeant Company A,
148th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volun- |
teers, has kindly consented to give-the
Reprrter readers a series of historical
events concerning that regiment, Mr.
Meyer, now of Lock Haven, at that
time was a resident of Miles township,
and will treat largely of events that
will connect Brush and Penns Valley
veterans with his narratives. These
notes are being prepared to become a
part of a complete history of the 148th
Regiment, which is now being written
by various members of that regiment.
War had been the main business of
the country for a year, and during all
that time the one great subject of con.
versation and discussion was war; its
possibilities, its probabilities, The
country postoflices and village stores
were great resorts, and not an evening
passed without the usual crowd of anx-
fous inquirer, gathered there to get
the latest news from the seat of war,
and not an evening passed without
news of skirmish, battle, or prospect-
ive movement; not a mail bag was
opened anywhere during the year that
did not bring letters from the boys at
the front. These letters were opened
and the war news read to the crowd
and carried to every home, to waiting
watchers for the latest news from fa-
thers, sons or brothers.
Very few battles of any great size
had yet been fought; but hundreds of
thousands of men were being enlisted
aud swept onward to swell the army,
und the idea of a short struggle had
been abandoned by everybody. The
war was assuming proportions that
had not been dreamed of, nor seen in
ancient or modern times. Soldiers
were now mustered for three years, br
during the war. Revolutions in naval
warfare and io ships of war, were rap-
idly being promulgated.
The three month’s men had long
since finished out their time, and had
returped home “battle scarred’ and
honored. They were heroes among
rural people, and all of them seemed
Just to know, and would tell how the
great battles of Bull Run, Tborough-
fare Gap, Big Bethel, and Falling Wa-
ters, had been fought and lost or won,
as they explaivped them. And they
would discourse to attentive listeners
for hours over hardships endured and
daogers passed. They were welcome
visitors everywhere, because they knew
and told so much about the war, the
south, ete, I recall two of these three
month's heroes, home on furlough vis-
iting my boyhood home. We oould
not do enough for thew; our solicitude
in their behalf knew no bounds; they
had endured so much, and were de-
serving of everything that eould be de-
vised that would add to their comfort
and pleasure. They remained for the
night; in the morning it was discover-
ed that the bed in their room had not
been disturbed. How was this?
Where and how did they sleep? On
inquiry, they explained that having
lain out doors and slept on the hard
ground so long they could not sleep in
a bed any more; that in order to get
rest and sleep they must lie on the
floor or on the ground out doors, and
jn view of this fact, they had slept on
the floor, (Selah!)
About the end of the first month of
this ninety-day service a young soldier
of our neighboring village died in camp
in Virginia. Then two soldiers of his
company were given furloughs, to
bring his body home for interment.
In those days ample time was found
to bring home the dead. The soldier
was buried with military honors, and
the warriors who brought him home
were feasted and honored as great and
brave men. These minor events,
somewhat anomalous in war, served,
however, to cultivate military enthu-
siaem and weaken opposition to the
war. A martial spirit cultivated and
encouraged swept over the land.
Drum corps were organized in every
village, and their din and racket was
heard in some direction or other all
day, and in all directions every night;
enlistments were numerous and secur-
ed without much effort.» More than
eight hundred thousand volunteers
were already in the Union army, and
thousands had already been killed and
more than two hundred thousand sick
and wonnded in hospitals, yet no real
progress for the restoration of the Un-
fon had yet been made and the final
outcome seemed te be in great doubt,
Centre county, Pa., up to this time
had furnished more than her full quo-
ta of men for the Union army, but, as
the spring months had passed by, and
during which the Seven Days’ Battles
on the Peninsula had fought,
many men had been lost; enlistments
had been stopped. But now a eall for
three hundred thousand more men
| was quick re-
spouse all over the north. Centre
connty was not behind; when the un-
satisfied God of War cried out for more
victims, to take the places of those
who had already been killed or died of
wounds or disease; when the end was
pot in sight and even the final issue
was in doubt, a spirit of patriotism
swept over the country. Meetings
were held in all parts of the county,
and the young and stalwart sous of the
eastern end came forward with such
alacrity that in three days a company
of pear one hundred men was raised
in Miles township, with 8 contingent
of twenty-five men from Millheim,
Penn township, and afterwards known
as Co. A, of the 148th Pennsylvania
Volutteers, Other parts of the coun-
ty were equally active aud in a short
time seven pew companies were raised
in the county, which with three com-
panies fron outside copstituted the
full number in regiment, some-
times known as the Centre County
Regiment; officially, the 148th
Pennsylvania Volunteers,
This company, which the writer
helped to recruit, and joined himself,
was mustered, and sworn into the serv.
ice of the U. 8., in the village street of
Rebersburg, by Lieut. Fetterman, of
the regular army, and who, by the
way, was badly in liquor at the time,
This company of one hundred young
and average age of
whom twenty-two years, now
stood in a siogle line, in front of the
village hotel, which was headquarters;
a deep ellence settled over the vast
over the enlisted
boys, who were in a few minutes more
been
the
as
men boys, the
Was
crowd, as well as
to pass from the state of personal 1iber-
ty to bondage ; bound by oath, to the
service of their country, * against all
enemies, within or without,"
weal or woe, life or death.
Come
There, in a long line, stretching way
down the hundred,
peculiarly brought together, all old
time friends, acquaintances nod school-
mates from childhood, nearly all rela.
tives, and not a stranger in all that
hundred, bared heads, and up-
raised right hands, listened to the oath
the stree!, stood
with
promulgated by the mustering in of.
ficer, and which ended with the words,
“ for three years, or during the war.”
He then passed along the front, and
received from every man a nod of as.
sent ; then stepping to the front and
center of the line, he shouted ; You
are now soldiers of the United States
Government, and you will, every ope
of you, report at Lewistown ou Thurs
day morning, or you will be regarded
as deserters, and I will come and get
you with a gusrd, so belp me God !!
This the and the
brave Lieutenant retreated in moder
ately good order to the bar of the vil-
Isge hotel, where he further stimulated
his loud mouthed patriotism and war
spirit.
This performance gave us a slight
foretaste of the bullying arrogance we
would be required to endure, from of-
ficers in authority, and often in liquor,
for ** three years, or during the war.”
———
LOCALS,
MN. 8, Stump, Morris Breon, Samuel
Kochi, Will Keller, of near town, in a
few hours hunt Saturday killed ten
rabbits and two quail,
ended ceremony,
It is reported that George Washing-
ton Reese, of Bellefonte, has secured
the Deputy Revenue Collectorship, a
position held by Dr. Harter until his
death,
Ex-Beoator W, U, Heinle is men-
tioned as likely to receive the Demo-
cratic enucus endorsement for United
States Seuator when the Legislature
meets,
Mrs. W. W. Rishel, of Montgomery,
is visiting her mother, Mrs. David
Ruhl; when she returns to her home
her mother will accompany her, where
she will remain for the winter,
There was no earthquake shook felt
in this valley. Penns Valley Is above
the shaken-up surroundiogs. Where
the moral and political atmosphere is
clean there is no need of being
shaken-up.
W. W. Boob, formerly of this place,
is secretary and manager of the Queen
City Wheel Company, Cincinnati,
Ohio, a company recently formed of
which G. H. Williamson is president
and A. T. Carnabano is treasurer. The
company is erecting a new building,
part of which will be occupied by Mr.
Boob in conducting his business as
heretofore notwithstanding his con-
nection with the company named, Mr,
Boob is a business man of signal ability
as was demonstrated when a res t
of this place,
Walter M. Kerlin, also a former
young man of this place, but lately of
Philadelphia, has been given a po.
sition in the office of the Queen City
Thursday left Philadelphia for Cincin-
nati to begin his work,
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KEEPING COWS,
John aud BHI Discuss the Matter
log Pays
Bill:
Haven't seen you for a week,
John :
barn.
just before real winter sets in.
Bill : Winter is just about on, isn’t
it? Friday was a real winter day,
several inches of snow, and pretty
cold. What are you going to farm in
the winter time, John ?
John : I expect to barvest a crop at
the end of each month.
Bill : What! You'r not getting a
civil service appointment, or a job at
Harrisburg, are you ?
John: No! Hang politics. I'm
going to stick to the farm. There is
more certainty of reaping a monthly
office itech.
Bill: Good sense. But, say, how
about 8 monthly erop ; have you been
reading western literature; planted in
your mind and expect to reap in your
dreams ?
John: Not at all. I'm just going
to do what I did last winter, only bet-
ter—look well after my cows,
Bill : There ought to be profit in
turning old, dry corn stalks, second
crop clover, straw, corn, oats and bar-
ley, oll meal, cotton seed meal, salt
and water into butter at twenty-five
ceuts per pound.
John: You have the inspiration,
that's what I'm goiog to do. 1 have
seven butter machines that are work-
ing day and night for me, and
when the snow fell last week they
Just kicked up their heels at, I suppose,
the probable rise in the price of butter.
Bill : Maybe they were tickled at
the barn being chock-full of provender,
John: Well, they won't need to la-
ment for food. I saved every particle
of feed on the farm,
Bill: The old, dry corn stalks, too?
John: Well, I guess. Corn fodder
is ope of the most valuable products
on the farm. You have the crop for
the taking care of it ; there is no extra
expense for growing it, There are a
lot of farmers who ought to be thump-
ed in the ribs by the cows they own
for not taking care of the corn fodder
that is going to waste. Next winter
their cows will be standing in front of
their barn with empty stomachs,
shivering and cold, willing to eat any
old corn stalk on the place—if they
ouly could get it,
Bill; That's telling the truth, but
it's telling what your neighbor is not
doing. Now, what are you going to
do? Get rich in a week.
John: Give my cows better atten-
tion than ever. Take the milk to the
creamery, bring back the skimmed
milk, feed it to pigs, calves and chick-
ens-—four orops to market—butter,
pigs, calves and eggs.
Bill : A fairy tale.
John: IVs all in the operation,
Bill. That is a * fairy tale”
crops; it is a fairy tale to those who
nearly freeze their cattle to death, be-
time to close up the rents and windows
about the barn; it iss “fairy tale”
the farmer who stintingly feeds in the
morning, turns his cattle into the
barn yard until night so he need not
clean the stable; it is a “fairy tale’ to
the farmer who makes his wife feed
the cows because she gets Lhe money
to buy the groceries; it is a “fairy tale”
to the farmer who does not know what
a balanced ration is, and ——
Bill: That is evidence enough. |
perceive you have given the matter
some study. You mean by manufac
turing your raw material into the fin-
ished product you propose to hand-
somely increase the receipts of your
summer's work. Compounding a bal-
anced ration is a new idea, I venture,
to many farmers.
John ; Bome people are
sciously balancing their rations, but
many never give the feeding of a good,
honest cow a thought-—more than just
to feed
Bill : Which of your coarse feeds
will you feed first, and what kind of
grain will you feed with it?
John : Corn fodder first, because it
loses its feeding value as time goes on.
Bran, oil meal, cotton seed meal, oats,
and some corn should be fed with corn
fodder. Corn and corn fodder make a
poor and expensive combination. You
way look for good results if you feed
liberally bran, oil meal, cotton seed
meal, or oats with corn fodder, in con-
nection with a little corn. Feed your
corn when you feed clover hay.
Bill : Your ideas are correct. If
Jou want a good, practical lesson in
eeding mileh cows take a trip to
Pennsylvania State College; go to the
cow barn at milking and feeding time.
You will be astonished at the record of
some of the well groomed cows, The
average farmer reserves the grooming
mostly for his horses, doesn’t he ?
Joho : Yes, and then concludes that
it does not y to groom horses much
a becoming a lost art
among the average farmers.
Bill : But the cow ?
John: A cow is a machine, of
delicate structure, and will respond to
sensible usage. She needs atten-
tion, kind treatment and Plenty of
feed. In the summer time, if given a
chance, she, like the Israelites, will
gather her own straw and stubble out
of which to make bricks, but when
tied in a barn the raw material must
be furnished. Of course, nearly all
cows at certain periods will give sone
milk, but it is the profit—milk and
butter beyond the cost of her support
«that is sought.
. John : There's going to be some do-
ings along Sinking creek about the
beginning of the year,
Bill; Taking out ice ?
John: No. Bhippiong “wel” stones
the bottom of the creek to sharpen
up the legislators at Harrisburg,
~ Bill: Not a dry joke.
| THOMAS B, REED DEAD,
—
Expired nt Cupital, Where He Formerly
Relgned in Congress nnd Society
Thomas Brackett Reed died at the
{ Arlington hotel, Washington, Sunday
a few minutes after twelve
o'clock. The statesman had been ill
since the Monday previous from
Bright's disease.
Mrs. Reed and daughter Kitty were
at the bedside of the husband and fa-
ther at the time of his death
Owing to the wishes of Mrs. Reed
and her daughter, no display whatev-
er was made in Washington where he
| onee was
»
master and reigned in con-
gress and society, The remains of the
{ dead statesman were carried from his
room by the undertuker’s assistants
| and hotel employes to the hearse, and
placed on a private car.
Tuesday the funeral services were
conducted at the old First Parish Uni-
tarian church, Portland, Maine, of
which Mr. Reed and his family were
members,
Mr. Reed born Portland,
Maine, October 18, 1839. He graduat-
ed from Bowdoin College in 1860, and
later was admitted to the In
1868 he was elected as a lepublican to
4
Wus in
bar,
the Legislature; the next year he was
re-elected and in 1870 the
State He attoruey
general of Maive in the same year
He retired from that office in 1873,
and for four years was city solicitor of
Portland
elected to
was sent to
Senate, became
In September, 1876, he was
the Forty-sixth
He was re-elected at each
Congress,
biennial
retired.
Fifty-second
elected
it~
In
Cone
speaker the
House. A Democratic interregnum fol-
lowed, but in 1865
terval until 1580 when he
the Fifty-first and
gress he was of
and 1587 he
Io 1500 he
from Congress and allied himself wi
alaw firm in New York, In 15802 and
1866 he the
ais
retired
ti
Wii
again the speaker,
was a candidate for presi.
dency.
Wp —
Grim Farm Sold for 84,750
A. A. Frank purchased at sherifl’s
sale the Reuben Grim farm, in Miles
township, containing one hundred
r $4,750
ES.
and thirty-one scres, |
&
Ti or damages by R. J. Bchad
& Bro, against the borough of Miles-
82.700 Damages.
ve suit f
i
i burg resulted io a verdict of $2700 in
02.
CAMPALUGN CIRCULARS
Lycoming ¢
Ing
sunty Judge Says Acts Gover -
the Same are Unconstitional.
Judge Hart at Williamsport gave an
important decision in a case growing
out of a recent campaign in that coun-
ty, when Valentine W. Quigel, candi-
date for the Democratic nomination
for county treasurer, was defeated,
largely it was claimed, through a
cular containing aileged libelous asser-
tions. As a result Carl Tewell, Philip
Fahrenback, George Fry and Walter
Brown
cir-
were aftrested charged with
crimiuval libel and posting and distrib.
uting libelous articles. The grand
jury ignored the bills against Fahren
back, Fry and Brown, but found a tru
bill against Tewell,
counsel,
to
Judge Hart, after hearing
his
Reilly, moved
ment.
recently, J
lict-
yr
Charles
quash the ins
der which the indictment was
granted the ‘motion.
tended that the set of
bly of June 26, 1885
that “The sending forth
matter regardivg sa
i
general
of ecireul
candidate for
lie office, the same not havi
on the name or names of
BONS a8 responsible ther
deemed to be a misdemenno
without
regard tH the questi
nit
truth or falsity of the
ith
Wi
Hit
fr}
Wy ii
of
AMONg
is in cor Ww hie
P 2 fava
ennsyivania,
other things, that, i
to the press, “every citiz
aril 13L O31% 3
ROG pinion sug
speak, write
being responsible for the
liberty,” and “no econvi
had io any prosecution
cation of papers rela
conduct of officers or men
pacity, or lo any other
for public investigation
the fact
tion where
tion was not malicioy
ly made."
: - -» -
Epia
mie Closes Post Office
‘he pos fice at Carlo,
has been wed by order of the
Board of Health on
Bote
account
pox ave prog
ease Cuban measie Other
to be unmistakably small;
A
mith Will Not Rot
ire
favor of the piaintifl, The borough of |
i Milesburg erected a reservoir on a tract |
| of land owned by the Schads without a |
| contract, and suit was brought to re-
i cover damages
straighfeoncd Club Feet
at
i his methods given in Washiogton Fri- |
| day of last
i Dr. Lorenz a demoustration of
week, straightened the club |
| feet of a boy, aged ten years, within |
oue hour, by manipulating the
powerful and
The lad’s feet were then placed |
ten- |
dons with his supple |
hands
| iu plaster paris casts, and within two |
{ months he will be able to use his limbs
| with straightened feet,
a. —_
The Hair Its Dressing and Care
A beautiful head of hair is so impor-
tant an element of woman's beauty
that suggestions as to arrange- |
ments and care interest most women.
In The Delineator, for January there
| is an exoellent article on this subject.
| The woman with thin hair is often at
a loss to kuow how to arravge it be
comingly, and how mauy women with
abundant, beautiful hair fail to achieve
the best effects from a lack of knowl
edge or training,
i ———— A ———————
vz Had to Pay for Docking Trees,
Andrew M. Garber was awarded $1,-
030 at Lancaster in his suit against the
Columbia Telephone company to re-
cover damages for mutilating shade
trees on his property. The company’s
linemen, it was shown had topped 130
locust trees in order to build the tele.
phone line. Garber alleged that the
value of the trees was thereby destroy-
ed. This is the first suit tried in Penn-
sylvania under the law passed a few
years ago holding telegraph companies
responsible for- damages to trees in
om ———
stringing wires. J
Keith's Bijou,
The work of the Keith company in
the plays of the past month gives am-
pis assurance that the interpretation
of “A Texas Steer” will ve thorough-
ly adequate. Its roles will aflord fine
opportunities for the versatile players
of the company. Those who have wit-
nessed the rehearsals declare that the
production is likely to prove the hit of
the stock season at this house, All
who have observed the experiences of
Maverick Brander, the millionaire
Texas cattle riser, sent to Congress
against his will, and his daughter
Bossy, will doubtless be anxious to
witness them again. Brander's life in
Washington, besieged by the Texas
type of constituent, including some
negroes; the deughter’s plunge into so-
clety, and the other incidents of the
farce comedy will doubtless be as af-
fective as ever,
Judge P. P.
fo accepl the provisions «
Mimi has derided
f
of
passed by the legislature
, permit
tated, lo retire on half salary.
commission appoints d by Gov. Stone,
in
iol able apprehend the
judge, reported him ineapacitat
The judge bas
to for
forced to retire
cHgesged an
fight him against being
should such a fight be
made necessary.
LOCALS.
Messrs, F. E. Arney and Olie Stove
took a contract to cut
five cords of fire wood at
of Old Fort.
r
:
about twenty-
$
enners, east |
Miss Bessie Taylor, daughter of
J. Taylor, has returned 1. B.
Lingle's, at Earlystown, for the win-|
ter, after having spent a few
to
points,
Mrs. Finkle, wife of Merchant
iy ill for several days, but is improv-|
ing.
Miss 8. Elizabeth Gettig, formerly
of Linden Hall, but now of Braddock,
Pa., has secured a position with one of
the leading physicians as special nurse
for his patients. Her duties will cover
office work when noi engaged in tak-
ing care of patients,
A young man named William
Stroul, seventeen years of age, whose
home is at Mingoville, had the misfor-
tune Monday afterngon to have his
right hand partly cut off while at work
in the stave mill at Hecla Park. He
was treated by Dr. Fisher, of Zion
Mrs. Charles Evans, of White, Bouth
Dakota, is expected to arrive in this
place this week. She and her little
daughter Busan will spend the winter
with the former's parents, Mr. and
Mrs. George L. Goodhart, of near Cen-
tre Hill. Mr. Evans, who Is a carpen-
ter and builder, is at present employ-
ed in Bt, Louis, Mo.
Butchering day among the farmers
is made a day of sport as well as work.
This was especially true when the hog
killing was done for D. W. Bradford,
south of town, even the hogs joining
in to make the day lively. The dim-
culty experienced by Messrs. James
Stahl, Bamuel! Durst, L. C. Lingle and
Christ Durst, who assisted in the
slaughtering, was to down the hogs,
Discouraged by the poor marksman
ship slisplayed, Mr. Lingle suggested
lassoing but this feat was also aban.
doned. In order to get a true story of
how the porkers were actually killed,
it will be necessary to ask the par
TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS.
HAPPENINGS OF LOCAL INTEREST
FROM ALL PARTS.
Mon-
516
pen
been report.
CAULION Noe
ae
is all
Lire
coal
ti
he Ce
it the state
vacation on
ticipants,
GE Wed-
holiday
Jan ary
entre Hill,
i HEAr spring
viarch 15 and
Hall,
heifer
about
fomt
URL
pending
y Odenkirk
wil
Hall,
Nerant
mn
Lhiese
re-
£ them to-
ave a com-
nditions.
gle, who
weeupied
Mon.
wll
FE
sold
to leaving
brother of
own,
this place,
of Maf-
irder
Lreamer, of this
upg men who
r A, 145th Regi-
rg to Harrisburg,
n Meyer in his arti-
ntre County in the Civil War.”
It was suggested by some wag that
felt in the western
and northern parts of the county was
{ Republican county of-
Of
leet following
$4
. i
Lie
ehaking-up ”’
: s1
the result
Hoers the directions on
nmiedicines of “shaking before
«and parents who are look-
me entertainment to interest
dren at boliday-time will wel-
December Woman's Home
Companion with Haryot Holt Dey’s
Christmas cantata, “The Four Santa
Clagees.”
come hic
Witmer E. Lee returned from Pitts
burg Monday where he had steady
employment in euiling and fitting
brass fittings. The material constant.
iy handied by the young man affected
his stomach to such an extent that he
wax obliged to permanently give up
the work,
The Daily News suggests that in
stead of erecting a shaft, or statue in
memory of Ex-Governor Audrew (3,
Curtin, the money appropriated for
that purpose be applied to the building
of a hospital. That would ben sensi-
ble move, and one that should be en-
couraged. What do the soldiers say ?
Mr. aud Mra. D. J. Meyer will go
south Thursday of next] week to re
main several weeks, The longest stop
will be made at Columbia, South Car
olina, where their daughter, Mrs. J,
W. MoCormick lives. J. H Meyer,
at Bowling Green, Caroline county,
Virginia, formerly of this place, will
also be visited by Mr. and Mrs. Meyer,