OL. LXXVI1].
MEYER.
§, 145 J
May 24, grand in Washing-
ton, D. C,, of the Army of
comprising the 15th and
and the Army of Georgia, comprising
the 14th and 20th Corps
review
Tennessee,
17th Corps ;
and
May 30th, last review of the
Army Corps at Bailey's Cross
A great crowd of people in attendance.
the last
June 3rd, broke camp for
ed to Washington, D. C., { five miles
where we boarded a freight train,
seals as us
Harrisburg, Pa.
June 4, in the freight train all night;
reached Harrisburg at?
bundred
hours.
8 In
fifty
Marched
tance, one and miles ;
time, fourteen
Camp Curtin, two miles,
iment disbanded ;
June 7,
men
reg
paid off and discharged
started home ag free citi
Ow?
June J%
War
Qise
way.
by gen
Department, th
inued as
I} years of
¢ charge of
these children
rate they
the
for
the
Matters drag- |
had pot =o
sit
the
hired help.
ged
my
da
livin
experienc
i Was atl times easant
snd
He
«lowly along tot
jai unpi
likely al ¢
children, likely also for
SAYS
he great worry of |
when
ours { Griffin Rote,
g Lear Pa.,) paid us a
vigit and seemed to take a great inter
est in matters at the old home, es.
pecially in me ; he gave me coin aud
asked me if I would like to go home |
with him. It did not take me long to |
decide and I said: yes, I will go. 1
was wild with delight, for I would
then be out of the reach of the cudgel
of the bired help. But, let us remark
in passing that the cudgel of the hired
help was hardly misapplied and pos
sibly was a muuch needed appliance at
the time. None of us ever harbored
any ill-will toward any of the hired
help, poor girls ; all of thew: hiave long
since passed away, and all had many
troubles of their own,
father, for some time ole |
f
£5
uncle
Halona,
Hil
I was seven years old and three
miles was the greatest distance I had
ever been away from bome and had
never slept in the house of a stranger,
I was all anticipation when uncle told
me hie would send me to school where
the pupils spoke English only. I
went, and after passing through a
siege of home-sickness, I was happy
in the family of Uncle Rote and a nu-
merous bevy of young cousins, older
and younger than myself,
From thence forward I was with
strangers much of the time. Years
passed rapidly ; I was regularly at
school. At ten years of age I made
the fires and swept the school-house
every day, for which the teacher gave
me flity cents a month,
At sixteen I was assistant teacher in
a large village school, and received for
my services board, tuition and practice
in teaching. At the close of this
school I opened a '' pay school, '’ and
received sixty two and a half cents
per scholar per month and boarded
round ; that is, I bad [ree board with
my patrons and went to a different
place every day ; wo on, “round and
round the circle’ At seventeen I
taught my first term of public or ** free
school, '* near Milltheim
pupils en i, ranging
twenty-five years
»
LOW-RATE TOUR TO DENVER,
{| Vis Pennsylvania Hallrond, Account Inter
nations! Covention Epworth League,
League
held
On aceount of the Epworth
and was paid twenty dollars a mont!
A special
Pullman equip-
teaching eountry schools
prior to this
ferry
could be hire
i
contract,
wenty dollar mark.
our months was considered
ng term for country schools
Very
fh
I followed
I was successful and was
lighted wit my chosen profession,
which for several vears,
war between
I
age and the war had been
wien the loog-brewiug **
the Slates'’ broke out, was nine
fen YeRTs of
iN progress lor one year, It was now
my desire to go to
war, One day
while on a business trip to Millheim,
I met
un fellow student of
Andrew Musser, who had been
at the
Aaronsburg, and a very
We the war,
all-nbsorbing subject at the
told me
mine old
Academy at
warm friend, spoke of
the great,
time. He
company fi
be was raising a
inquired
thought any recruits could
in
I am
full of
the war and
whether 1
secured
Brush Valley snd
out Rebersburg., 1 said : go
Youug
EOolnDg
second Lieu
and our Is
valley
Bi iIniking
about
He said he had s
to
War
tenant
mmission for me if I would
and he i
in ip fili up his company,
this ofler. Hi
I filled them
gat Reb
atid put t
at once scoepted
me =ome Gls to i tit up ;
war
PW
niestie
fin
Ng week hem
Monday, July 3, arriving at
on Wednesday,
Tickets covering round-trip
Pullman aceomoda-
tions { one berth ) going, and all meals
{in dining car when traveling on spe-
cinl train, will be sold at the following
New York, $6350;
Philadelphia, $61.75 ; Baltimore, $60 00
Washiogton, $60.00
very low rates ;
Harrisburg,
5; Williamsport, $50.75 ; Altoona,
al porportiooate
ron other stations,
These tickets will
to either Colorado
Springs, or Pueblo, and will be good
ih
i
i
W750: and
rates
%
$
£5
§
fr
be good for pas-
Hage Denver,
for return passage on regular trains Lo
either of above-mentioned
points not later than July 14. Deposit
of tickets with Joint Agent at either
Denver, Colorado Springs, or Pueblo
leave the
not later than July 14 and payment of
fee of fifty cenls secures an exteusion
of the
above points not later than August 5,
of return limit to leave either
These liberal return limits will en-
the
resoris
Yel-
Canyon
and Clark
, for which
peed-rate tickets will be
able tourists to take advantage of
to
Lie
many delightful side trips
J o)
in the Colorado Mountains,
{ lowstone Park, the Grand of
| Arizona, and the Lewis
i -
| Exposition at Portland
i $
| BPECIRE TRG
{sale at Denver, Colorado Bprings,
|
for
in war, and I was
dis
hied myself to |
andl
greatly
I'he refore,
WOOLY Wes!
of cow boys, viders We
engaged irive i Cattle [1
y
Fexas and Mexico
north-west, graze them there,
bring them by rail to
In this busiuess we had all sorts of
adventures with poisonous insects and
Indians to our
We never got into a
times we did not seen
house for weeks, nor a tree for days.
heart's content,
house and at
We hauled our orovisions and water,
and dry munnure ( Buffalo chips ) with
us, for fuel for baking and cooking, in
a wagon drawn by six oxen. We
rode, camped and slept in the grass;
many a time at night-fall when the
“off men’ would look for a smooth,
grassy plot whereon to sieep, we would
with our quirts or great * Spanish
cattle whips, ”’ with a stock one foot
long and a very heavy plaited lash
twelve feet long, whip two or three
prairie rattlesnakes out of the grass
where we proposed to nestle,
During storms, rains and high
winds every man was required to be in
the saddle day and night continuous.
ly, often twenty-four to forty-eight
hours,
Indians, wolves and reptiles were
not our only deadly foes, but every
cow and steer in our herd of two thou-
sand head were our enemies. The
were long-horned, savage brutes and,
having always been attended by
mounted men, they would not tolerate
a footman in their presence, As soon
as they got sight of a man on foot the
most viscious of them would bellow
rush at him with heads down and
tails io the air, and a * quick mount
was then in order ; once in the saddle,
the bulls were satisfled,
This kind of life in some respects
was worse than war, and two years of
it was enough to make me strike for
my Pennsylvania home.
I returned east and resumed the pro-
fession of teaching ; was elected prin-
cipal of the 3rd ward schools in the
city of Lock Haven, and held sald po-
sitien for thirteen consecutive years
during which time I also practiced
dentistry, in which profession I held
two diplomas,
In 1888 I left the teacher's profes
sion and took a Post Graduate course
of two years at the University of Mey.
land, a famous medical college in the
¢ity of Baltimore, where I again grado:
sted in dentistry, includiog all the
edical branches except obstetrics, in
| 1860, since which time I follow.
Hmap ony, in tame (To)
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i Coueerni
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mid
Ret spentls
be mailed
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CONFREHENCUE REVORTY CONULLUDED
Ad
vasion to he Meld
Croce joarned Wednesday Nest
rersburg
i
jedd
Ai Ieee session
Hasskarl,
HR £2
*, rials
brought
Ihe
matured
rium phn
Sed] sOWH Las
i
ia
wen
#1 al ine harvest,
|
ar-
preacuer s |
was consider- |
“In the]
Rev, W,
M. Hearick ; ‘In the delivery of the
Rev. J. 1. Btonecypher;
* How secure the Holy Spirit's aid,”
L. McConnell. The general
discussion was participated in by Dr.
Boal, Dr. SBchuyler, Dr. Hasskarl, Rev.
MeConnell, Rev. J. M. Rearick and
ev, Bheeder. The discussions on
these subjects were clear, and magni-
fled the office and work of the Spirit,
masking the preacher helpless without
His guidance.
Wednesday afternoon a short time
occupied in the transaction of
business, receiving reports of officers
and committees, After this an exe.
gesis was given by Dr. Hasskarl on
Galations 3:19,
The children’s hour was introduced
by music by the children and prayer
by Rev. Bheeder. The children were
interestingly entertained and instruct.
ed by Rev. Bixler and Rev. W. M.
Rearick.
The sermon Wednesday evening was
delivered by Rev. Bheeder, from 1
John 8:14. Dr, Hasskarl and Rev. W.
M. Rearick conducted the altar service.
Rev, Schoeh, president of conference,
thanked the people of Centre Hall for
their kind hospitality, Remarks were
made by Rev, McConnell and Rev, J.
M. Rearick, and conference adjourned
to meet in Rebersburg in the fall,
——— A A
Not ss Butler Spoon,
General John P, Taylor, of Reeds.
ville, is in possession of a highly
prized relic in the shape of a spoon
which no doubt was a part of the pur-
chase price paid by William Penn for
the territory now comprising the great
state of Pennsylvania. The spoon
was found in 1870, while the Genersl
was having excavating done near his
dwelling, the foundation for which
was laid not less than one hundred
years ago. The relic was discovered
at a depth of about four feet, is solid
sliver, and has * Willlam Penn”
handsomely engraved upon it. The
fact that General Taylor's find was un-
earthed within oie mile of the camp
of the celebrated chief Logan, it may
reasonably be presumed that the spoon
was at one time the property of the
noted chief, and a part of the consider.
ation paid the red men for the terri.
ihe ur for discussion
ed, The
need of the Holy Spirit,”
three
reparation of the sermon,
i
having
“8
iy the subject
i under divisions
i
Was
tory the wealth in mineral of which is
caloulation,
HURSDAY, JUNE 1
| DRILLING
i
Drilling in
was set to work at
in The drill
twelve o'clock mid-
night, the dividing point of
Friday and Saturday. Except for the
intermission of twenty-four
{ Bunday ) the drill
cessantly penetrating the earth,
At
the drilling has reached a depth of 50
feet, passing
of rock.
Mr. Brown, who has spent his entire
life for al
various depths in mother earth, is very
progress
unlucky
hours
has since been in-
this writing, Wednesday uoon,
through
Various strats
in search treasures hidden
sanguine that the drill he is now driv-
ing will bring profitable returns to
company for whom he
It is generally presumed that the state.
the
in operating.
ly derrick was located at random some
six months ago, but the
case, and when, for reasons not under
the
such is not
control of the corporation, it was
« 1905,
FOR OIL,
el
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that
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sink the ah
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inVesLIgaLion
sinclies were Overs
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drilling bas proven the
licti
ni; every stratum
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thus far is
i
i
an augury of
evelopment of coal, gas or
It will be of interest to the average
reader of the Centre Reporter to know
somethiog of the corporation that fs
Hall,
the corporation name even being prac-
tically unknown to the msjority.
back of the prospecting at Centr
The Penns Valley Oil and Manufac-
turing Company, the official title of
the corporation, incorporated
under the laws of Delaware, in the
spring of 1903. The capital stock
$100,000, and headquariers at
hurst. The officers of the
tion are : "
President : C. A. VanGordor, Hazlehurst
Secretary . B. F. Siarskey, Buffalo, N. ¥.
Tressurer ©: Dr. 8 8B Mackenzie, Bolivar, N
Promoter : W. B, Mingle, Esq , Contre Hall
Contractor : W, H. Brown, Mt. Jewell
Was
is
Hszle-
Corpora-
X.
Mr. Mingle, who has been the or-
iginator and promoter of the scheme,
is to be congratulated upon his success
of having brought the project toa
point where human powers are no
longer of consequence to success or
failure. It required floanciering, di
plomacy and sticktuitiveness to bring
the matter to this point, the ultimate
success depends on what nature has
stored within several thousand feet of
the earth's surface. There isa limit |
to the ingenuity of mankind in devel.
oping the earth’s treasures—that limit
has been reached in this case-it re-
mains now only to be seen whether or
not there are treasures within the |
drill’s reach. |
The corporation, through its pro
moter, has leased fully ten thousand
acres of land in Penns Valley. In
this neighborhood the leases cover |
nearly the whole of the mountain and
valley tracts. Mr. Brown, the cons
tractor, is bound to sink a shaft at
least three thousand feet, providing
nothing is discovered at a less depth.
This depth will be a fair test. The
price agreed upon is $1.50 a foot. i
Among the stockholders in the com- |
pany is one of the largest operators in
the oil region which insures the co-
operation of a man of the widest ex-
perience in oil field development.
While some of the directors of the
company are local men of means, the
msjority of them are from other local.
ities and are well acquainted with and
interested in oll and gas fields in other
sections. The company is not want.
ing in funds to make » thorough
that i
i thst day
ti
ve lo nish it i Wa to
possil iy
not 1 to give
Brown
11
that
xl passed away.
Perhaps the reader issmiling, but how
the men their that Mr
consented thst should n«
be put in motion until the
evi
Friday might bring?
many of you do unacknowledged ser-
vices to the mysterious and unknown,
fucation
entiraly
whose training aod have
not
the
succeeded in destroying
effect of and
learned and believed in youth.
potencies charms
———
FROM A GEOLOGIVAS
sTANDYOINTY
The Tes: Weil In Heilng Sank at
Favorable Point,
{BY PROF. C. BR Ni
a Most
Fi
It is almost universally agreed by
scientists that miveral oil is the result
of the decomposition of either animal
or vegetable matter. The oil itself is a
bydrocarbon, and carbon, the principal
element, is the main constituent of all
plant life, as well ss aimost the entire
substance of animal fats and oils,
Natural gas is also a hydrocarbon and
chemically is closely related to mineral
oil. The two are geterally found as
same origin,
Oil does not, like coal, require for its
formation the accumulation of great
masses of vegetable matter in one con
tinuous body, but may be evolved
chemically from rocks containing scat-
tered remains of animal or vegetable
matter. Originally it was supposed to
be a product of coal ( from which fact
it received the name ‘coal oil” ) but
it has since been found in Jooalities
widely separated from the coal mens.
ures. Indeed, in the Pennsylvania
and West Virginia oil regions, though
petroleum and natural gas are found
geographically in the same regions,
yet geologically they do not belong to
the same formation.
There are found in many parts of the
earth black shales, which when heated
yield mineral oil. The supposition is
that mineral oil formeriy existed in this
form, or in minute detached portions,
but due to the action of heat or other
chemical agents in nature's laboratory,
became detached from the rock and
socumulated in massive deposits,
The black Utica shaies, for instance,
though containing no coal, (at least
TOWN AND COUNTY
HAPPENINGS OF LOCAL
FROM ALI
The Busquehanns
mencement
ith.
Th
\
the
NTEREST
PARTS.
ot
June
open to
pi Ver turday evening
from 7 to 8 of
The
Yeari
August
Mrs
wae i
in this
mother,
Rearick, in this place She
it
will remain Mr,
the
EVO.
Mover is one of {
Evangelical publishing h
and, with wihicl
he has
Deen coun
Nan
’ i ¢
tried for Lis
ecied [or a number of vears.,
Rand MOL thrice
oung,
aud who
Tombs prison,
York, a few weeks ago. her
recognizance, alter the third mis-
will
pt 1
nurdey of aesar Y
race track
was released from the
New
Own
a noted icliower,
on
carriage, be seen in Altoona June
ina big musical show
- at the Elev.
enlb street operas house,
N. formerly of
Spring Mille, was iu town Saturday to
shake bands with comrades and
friends, he having just returned from
Portland Mills, where he makes his
bome with his son, Dr, P. W. Leitzell,
Mr. Leitzell will make a trip to Illi-
nois, in a week or more, where he will
spend several months with his
brothers,
James Leitzell,
old
An old-fashioned barn raising was
indulged in Saturday on the farm
owned by W. F. SBmith, east of Mill
beim, and occupied by John Zerby,
according to the Journal. A large ad-
dition was added to the barn which
required » number of men to assist in
handling the heavy timbers. During
the raising a log rolled on Ezre Keen's
foot, necessitating the use of crutches
ever since.
Among the callers Monday was J.
B. Royer, of Bellefonte, who with
Mrs. Royer returned from Lewistown
where they visited the families of F.
A. sod Hiram Lee. Mr. Royer re.
ports the Burnham works in full blast
and everything generally prospering
in and about Lewistown. Mrs. Royer
had her first experience in crossing the
Beven Mountains, the rough roads
over which fatigued her to such an ex
tent that a stop at the Centre Hall ho
tel was necessary,
The breezes of outdoor America stir
through the handsome pages of the
Country Calendar's June number.
From Btewart Edward White's glow
ing account of how to reach and enjoy
the snowy Blerras, his favorite camp
ing ground, to John Burrough's prose
poem of his peaceful woods and fields
and flowers, there is throughout the
freshness of the true outdoor spirit. It
is also breathed by the beautiful greens
(of the “Mountain Torrent’ on the
cover, and the sumpiuousness of the
many large half luatrations, .