'fHE OENTRE REPORTER _— THURSDAY, MAY 21, 1908, Democratic County Ticket, For Congress: W. HARRIBON WALKER. For Assembly : J. CALVIN MEYER. For Sheriff : FRED F, SMITH, Yor Register : GG. F. WEAVER. For Recorder: F. PIERCE MUBSER, For Treasurer : J. D, MILLER. For County Commissioners : C. A. WEVER. J. L. DUNLAP, For Auditors : J. W. BECK. JOHN L. COLE. | 8. 8. Convention Postponed, The district 8. 8. Convention to have been held at Farmers Mills last Friday was postponed on account of the rainy weather. The date for same will be announced later, Pink Label This Week. The pink label appears this week. Those who paid subscription between April 21st and May 18th will find cred- it given. The pink label appears on all papers, but the attention of those who remitted between the dates nam- ed is especially to the figures on the label with a view correcting errors, if any exist, asm———— — —————— Meehan-Bayard, Mrs Laura 8. Bayard, of New York City, well known to many Reporter readers, was married, May 4, to M. Frank Meehan, of that city. The groom is a well known and popular hotel man, and the present proprietor of the 8t. Charles hotel, in the great metropolis. The bride, nee Laura Strohm, is a sister of James B, Strohm of this place. The Reporter joins with their many friends in extending con- gratulations. Woodward. Among thos. wh attended the Bun- day school convention at Rebersburg, last Thursday, were : Mr. and Mrs M. I. Stover and son, George, Samuel Kreamer and son, Clair, D. J. Benner, E. F. Orndorf, W. C. Walter and wife, Mrs. C. D. Molz and son, Emanuel Musser and Miss Mabel Wolfe. George Smull and wife, of Smuliton, spent Sunday with C. D. Motz James Guisewite snd family enter tained a number of friends Bunday afternoon. James Vonneida and wife, accom pa- nied by Benj. Coben and Miss Busan Bruner, spent the Sabbath with Charles Wolfe, near Aaronsburg. Henry Brendell and lady friend, of Buflalo, N. Y., are spending a short time with their friend, Charles Musser. William Hingson died at the home of Andrew Moyer, Thursday morning of last week. His death was caused by Bright's disease and old age. His wife preceded him in death a number of years ago. He was a member of the Evangelical Association since child- hood. Interment was made in the Union cemetery Saturday morning, services being conducted by Rev. E, E. Haney. Nittany Mountain, From last week. James Dubbs, who had been stock. ing Robinson's stave mill ever since the mill started on the Fred Houser tract, has quit and gone to Pejersburg, Virginia. . Old Mr. Callahan, who has been keeping bachelor’s hall, is not in very good health. Tone Noll and family drove to Mill heim Bunday, to visit Mrs. Noll's brother, Joseph Swanger. W. T. Noll, of Jeannette, stayed one night last week with his brother, A. @G. Noll, on the mountain, Florence Helsley has a light attack of measles, The stork in making his rounds found tast he had missed Will Houser for a good many years, and thought he was amply able to keep more tian one child, so he left a fine baby boy for Will to raise, Mother and child are dolog nicely, and Will is as proud of his boy as he was of the last spank- ing his father gave him. Charles Pecht bought the horse, buggy snd harness of Harry Hocken- bery, who went with Jas. Dubbs to Virginia. Wm. Parker is the busiest man in this part of the country. He is farm- ing for the Bible sisters, east of Centre Hall, and ie putting out thirty-five acres of corn, oats, barley and pota- toes. Hels getting it out in good time and shape, too, but he says it Is _ taking the long hair off of his mule. Ellis Horner was on the sick list for several days last week, Amos | ampbell visited his cousin, John Garver, last week. Amos is counted s good msn on a telephone line, but he has beep all over the coun- try and finds more men than work. He is now helping his father, John Campbell, who has lots of work, but not as Lig pay as Amos is Used to. The homes of A. G, Noll and James Calshan are quarsutined. The Cala han family have culeken pox, while the Nolls are suffering from scarlet fever. All are improving. A. M. Lonbarger lost a mare and colt, Inst week. i John Garver snd lady were out “driving on Bunday. 2h ———. ATA AAAI Tue Bellefonte ‘hold its pkarTHs, MRS. ISABEL M'CORMICK. Mrs. M’Cormick, widow of James M'Cormick, died at the home of her son, William, in Tyrone, Wednesday night of last week, Bhe was aged al- most eighty-two years, Mrs. MeCormick had been in her usual health, and on the evening of the night of her death enjoyed the pleas- ures of a social gathering with a num- ber of friends who had gathered sat the home of her son. During the night illness came; a physician was sum- moned ; the pain was allayed, but lat er her heart began giving alarm, and in a brief time life was extinct, Interment was made Saturday af- ternoon, in Tyrone, services by the pastor of the Passbylerian church, Mra. M’Cormick was well known in Centre Hall and Potter township, hav- ing lived near here for many years. Her husband died on the VanValzah farm, west of Centre Hall, about twen- ty-five years ago. Seven children survive, bpamely, Mrs. Agnes Bnyder, Tyrone; Mrs. Jane Miller, Alexandria, Virginia ; J. Orris, Bpring Mills; Kate, Cora and William, Tyrone, and J. Witmer, Columbia, South Carolina. Mrs, M'Cormick maiden name was Isabel Pollock, from Hublersburg, where the McCormicks lived before coming to this valley. 0. P. CROMLEY, The following is from the Orange- ville (Illinois) Courier : Oliver P. Cromley died at his home in Cedarville, Friday morning, after an illness of several years of heart trouble and dropsy. He had been con- fined to his bed the past two weeks. Mr. Cromley was born in Centre county, and came west in 1867. In 1875, he was married to Miss Deppen. To this union were born two children, Roy and Josephine, who live at home, Besides the wife and children he ie survived by a brother in Chicago, and a sister, Mrs. H. Richart, of Cedarville He was aged sixty-three yesrs and four days. MRS. ORLANDO HARTBOCK. Mré, Orlando Hartsock died at her home in Philipsburg. Her health bad pot been the best for a number of years, but her case was not considered serious. Unlocked for complications get in, however, and her death follow- ed speedily. Her maiden name was Mise Annie Boozer, being a daughter of Jehn and Sarah Boozer, and was born st Potters Mills almost fifty years ago. In addi tion to her husband she is survived by two children, Edna and Maurice, her aged mother and one sister, Mrs. rank Glasgow, of Bellwood. Bbe was 8 woman of a kind and lovimg dis- position and ber death is widely re gretted. FREDERICK BOWER. While eating his dinper Monday of Isat week Frederick Bower, a well known citizen of Howard, choked to death on a piece of fish. He bad been suffering from an aflection of the throat and this no doubt was the cause of his unfortunate death. He was aged fifty-five years, and had spent most of his life at Howard, where, since the death of his wife, he made his home with the family of Theophilus Pletcher, He was a mem- ber of Washington camp, P. O.B. of A, JOHN W. BROWN. John W. Brown, an old Centre coun~ tian, died at his home in Mill Hall Wednesday evening of last week of paralysis. He was a son of the late Nathaniel Brown, and was about forty-six years of age. He ls survived by a wife and one son, Roy, of Hao- over; also one brother, T. Clayton Brown, of Bellefonte, and two sisters, Mrs. Jennie Miller, of Atlantic City, and Mrs. James A. Feldler, of Wil liamsport. RHODY V. MeMULLEN, Rhody V. McMullen died very sud- denly of apoplexy at State College, Monday of Isst week. He was em- ployed in superintending the work of grading the new athletic field and had been at work only a short time when he was stricken, dying a few minutes later. Deceased was about sixty years of age and was a resident of Tyrone most all bis life, being employed as track foreman on the Pennsylvania railroad, MRS, TUCKER GEARHART, For the fourth timo within eleven months death entered the home of Tucker Gearhart, near Philipsburg, and took therefrom the wife and mother, Mrs. Nora Gearhart, who dled after a two month's illness. Bhe was aged twenty-seven years, three months snd is survived by her husband and one son Harry, aged three years, pe. it - HE HEADLESS COACH A Warning Phantom That Roams the: County Cork. a QUEER IRISH SUPERSTITIONS. One Dreaded Apparition Is the Fairy Horse, Whose Mission Is One of Malice—The Lure of the Poukeen and the Song of the Fir-Darrig. , No wonder strange superstitions lin- ger In the scattered hamlets by the sea or in the lonely cabins on the rocky ls- lands round the iron coast, for on win- ter nights when the mighty surges break thundering against the towering cliffs and the storm wind walls welrd- ly through the hollow caverns and ivied ruins, where the deserted fortresses of the powerful chieftains of bygone days look down on the foaming waves and the cry of the gulls and curlew echoes over rock shores and across wide loughs and estuaries, one might well fancy that the sounds were the volce of glants or wizards doomed for thelr sins to wander forever round this const. the mournful wall of the “ban- shee” or of “the White Lady of the Cliffs” a famous Munster apparition. Wowen and children, crouching over the fire of driftwood, peat or furze branches flaming AOtfully on the open hearth. cross them@elves as a louder wall rings through the darkness or a rumbling sound Is heard that to thelr enrs scems to be the rolling of the wheels of “the headless coach” or “death coach” so called in the County Cork becnuse horses and driver are supposed to be headless. The coach- manu 1s the dulinhan—that is, a dark or sullen person, a goblin of most malignant disposition. This phantom is sald to “follow” many old Munster families, the vehl- cle lumbering heavily up the avenue and stopping at the front door when- over a death is about to occur in the house. | know numbers of persons— and not by any means merely unedu- ented who are persuaded that they have heard the rumbling of the headless coach. Needless to say, the noise of a heavy cart at night along an unfrequented road Is suffi cient to terrify superstitious people Into belleving that they have heard the death coach. They take good care not to see R! Another much dreaded apparition is the phooks, or fairy horse, a very ma- Hclous spirit that is sald to appear in the shape of a beautiful coal black steed with fire darting from his eyes and nostrils, Occasionally be adopts the form of a biask bull or goat, and sometimes he appears as an awful compound of sev- eral black animals—horse, bull, goat and ram. In his equine form he Is sald to amuse himself by enticing soll tary travelers whom he meets after dark Into mounting him, and as he in variably looks lke a “nate cut of a horse,” such as every Irishman appre clates, he is sald to succeed very fre- quently in his nefarious plan, The instant the rider is on his back the ¢ifin steed dashes off madly through stream, lake and bog hole, thicket and coppice, hedge and ditch, marsh and ravine, till the terrified martal, drench- ed, torn and bruised, shrieks for mercy or perhaps remembers fo gasp out a prayer, when with a Yurious bound the phooka flings him off, preferably into a muddy pool or a furze brake, and darts away, leaving the unhappy rider to pick himself up, Invariably finding that he is miles out of his way. Sudden falls are attributed to this malignant sprite, and many a man who has lost his way or met with an acch dent coming home from falr or funeral on a dark night is convinced for the rest of his days that he has been lad astray by the phooksg although his troubles were possibly due to a’ yet more potent spirit. Dangerous rocks and crags are often called “earrig-na- phooka™ (rock of the phooks), just as deep pools or holes In a river or bog arg “poul-un-phooka.” A beautiful wa- terfall in Wicklow bears this name. The “poukeen” as he Is sometimes called, ts also sald to adopt the form of a great black bird or a bat. The latter is greatly feared by the country folks. In the bat form be is gupposed to lure people into climbing Ivied walls and towers, from which he threws them, an idea which seems to bear some relation to the vampire stories of eastern Europe. Ie Is the pouke of Bpenggr, and from breaking the necks of the unwary to spolling the black- berries on Michaelmas eve In order to vex the archangel there are few enor mittes of which he is not gulity, ac cording to popular belief. “Puck, the household fairy,” of Eng- Irish counterpart peasants ry goblin, very similar to the Scotch rofl cap, or brownie. He is sald to be in scarlet. The attire of most House Cleaning Time is here. You can touch up your home by using Sherwin Williams paints, floor finishes stains, Add a new piece of and furniture to the parlor, dining room or kitchen, and you'll be surprised how great an imprave- ment it will make, The place to get some- thing good and at « reasonable price is at Rearick’s Furniture Store. We have Carpéts, Bissel’s Sweepers, Curtain Poles, Blinds, Etc. Rearick’s FurnitureStore Centre Hall, Pa. Loaler or Layer Whether a hen is a loaf. er or a layer depends up- on the condition of the digesidy organs which are r ansible fo growth and egg uction. Fe DR. HESS Poultry Pan-a-Ce4 and we will refund your mondy, if it fails to increase egg n sufficient to pay for itself magy times over, besides curing Pou! diseases. One extra egg per mo pays for the Pan-a-ce-a and 3 cent, profit, Just think of it it cost only a penny a day for Hay fowls. Soule in 2 let us wb you more about this prepassigemn, or better still, let us supply ou with a trial package, your money back if not satisfactory. t 1-3 Ibs. 2gc, 3 Ibs. 600. Instant Louse Killer Kills Loe For Sale by D. A. Boozer, Cents Hall Also Dealer in All Kinds of TL HOME MADE HARNESS A WE ARE PREPAREKD TO SHOW YOU OUR SPRING LINE OF... OO0OTWEAR Russets in Golden Brow. Patent Colt Colonial. Gibson Tie, Pleased to have you come and see the line before making your purchases, C. A. Krape shown by us. 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