a _VOL. LXXXII. Before the St, Louis. [ By Qul. 8. I Stiver, Bunker Hill, PART 111. Pennsylvania 1) The exigencies of the Revolutionary War were such that the armies for de- fenae in any engagement or state were drawn from local sources largely and there was never much of a general eon. tinental army drawn from the colonies as 1» whole, The Germans of Pennsyl vania did their share in recruiting the continental army and in protecting their own borders from invaders ano from Indiave. No other colony did more in those days. Ihe Pennsylva- nia militia were notably well organized and active in the revolutionary period And supplies from Germans saved the army of Washington from eold and famine at Valley Forge. In the War of 1812 the Germans of Penpsylvania ws re as setive as others under similar circumwsiances, and yet there was not much for any siate to do go far removed from the seat of war, and especially on the high seas where most of the military operations were carried on by the seafaring portion of the people of the country. For the Mexican War the most of the recruits for the army were from the Bouth where the war was « popular event on account of the prospect of ens larging the area for siuvery In the Civil War from the Germaos of Penneylvanis case about 80 000 of 360,000, whole nearly one-fourth of the On the whole the Germais of Pennsylvanis bave pever cared much publie of fice or for political or sectional strife, and they bave generally been more inclined to do the home +org and supply the sinews of war than go into the field and do the fighting Yet they have done their share as it came to them, and have done it well In the civil history of the state, the Germans have had « large and honer- able share In the early history of the transportation sgencies of the state they were superior. They owred and operated over 10,000 large freight wagons in Pennsylvania before the Revolutionary War John Fiteh had steambosts running on the De'aware! conveying freight and passengers, before Fulton success. fully laanched the Clermont oa the Hudson The Germans established the first paper mill in this country at German: town. They owned and onerated nearly all the flouring and sa v mille fn Pennsylvania before the Revoiuo- tionary War, and a mejority of them since. They were the best farmers, millers, mechanics, merchants, tan ners, lumbermen, teamsteras, printers and pablishers before the Revolation- ary War ino their own state. They owned snd published ten of the eigh- teen newspapers in the state before that war, and many since. They first published the Bible in German in this country, long before it was printed in Eoglish here, They had schools side by side with their churches from the very firs? i Pennsylvania They had scho'ars who co 1ld teach not only German tut Latin and other learned langusges before they were taught in New Eog- land. They kept records of births, of baptisms, of confirmations, of mer. riages and of deaths in a systematic way from the first, such ss most of the states have since provided for tardily. by law. They founded su'h colleges as Franklin, Marshall, Pennsylvania and others, at an early period in the state They bad an educated ministry from the first and prided themselves in sap- porting their churches with liberal and generous provisions, They persecuted no one snd, though they were the first proteatauts, they never took down the cross from their steeples and substituted a rooster, they never burned witches, exiled Quakers, or ceased to observe Christmas as was done in New Eogland., They pro. duced no religious fanatics or schise matics or heretics or criminals. They pent the first missionaries to the In- diane in Pennsylvania. They treated the aborigines with justice and civility and had no Indian wars of ieir mak- ing. They were quiet and peaceable in all things and loved home, hospi tality, generosity, justice, simplicity, honesty and honor. They were frugal and indastrious but very charitable and kind to strangers of all kinds, They practiced the simple life and loved God and man, homely as they were {n their manners and customs in many respects, in their earlier history in the state. Now no more urbane and refined and polished gentleman can be found anywhere than the edu: cated and enlightened Pennsylvania German. In the possession of school property of all kinds and in education. al affairs of the state they are now leaders and preeminent. But no account of the Pennsylvania | ( Continued ou next columu.) 0nr for HALL, PA. | Itisbut just to the County Grange that an annual review should be made of the growth and achievements of the County Grange, so that the members of the order generally may comprehend the scope of work the Grange is doing and join it in celebrating its achieve ments, We, as members of the order, should intelligently understand the work the County Grange is doing for the benefit of the members of the order. It wasa great achievement of the Grange when it succeeded in bringing the farmers together and uniting them into local Granges, so as to enable them to act together for their common good. Then again to bring these local organizations together into the County Grange as one organization, through which the several local Granges are enabled to act together in a larger capacity to promote the best interests of the agricultural class of the entire county. Through the instrumentality of the Grange many farmers have been brought forward and educated to fill useful po- sitions in life, so that the County Grange has qualified men and women to intel- ligently fill any position to which they may be called in the Grange or before the public. It must be said to the credit of the Grange that in pursuit of its work it has never been compelled to go outside of its membership for qualified persons to prepare the plans of the many business enterprises organized to promote the welfare of the farmers and the business interests of its membership. Indeed many of its members have become good writers, speakers and readers before the public. No school ever established in a rural community has done so much to intelligently educate the farmer and his family for the daily duties of life. Itis to be regretted that there are still some farmers who deprive them- selves and their families of the educa~ tional advantages that the Grange affords to its members, The County Pomona Grange was organized in Sept. 1875, and has con- tinued in successful operation for nearly thirty-four years, and has established numerous business enterprises in the in- terest of the farmer. The Grange Fire Ins. Company was organized in the spring of 1876, with an insurance of $206,000, and was incorporated by the state under the laws governing insurance companies. The plans for its government were drawn by its own membership, so that there is not a rule or law that has not been de- vised and perfected by the County Grange. Its sole purpose is to insure the most humble as well as the most affluent member that has a home that the order has pledged itself to protect. The com- pany has now been in active operation for thirty-three years and carries an in- surance of $6,270,94200, at an average cost of 21 cents per hundred dollars of actual insurance for thirty-three years, which is twelve cents less per hundred dollars than the average cost in all mu- tual companies doing business in Penne sylvania for the same period, and from two to seven cents less per hundred than Transfer of Heal Estate, W._ OC. Meyer to Marion Meyer, Dec. Rose I. Bickle et al, to T. E. Greist, Oct. 9, 1908; lot in Unionville. $250 State Deposit & Trust Co, of Pail- ipsburg, to George W. Beamer, Aug 12, 1902 81 wcres, 35 perchés in Taylor twp. $162 44 ‘hrist Decker et Rockey, May 28, 1008; twp. $100. George Rockey et ux, to Christ Decker, May 28, 1908; lot in Walker township. $100 Continued from Previous Column, ] Germans would bs complete without reference to thelr services and emi nence in the political affairs of the state, Delaware was the first state to ratify the Constitution of the United States A few dayes after came Pennsylvania, Of the sixty-two members of that Con vention, thirteen were Germans. All these Germans voted for the adoption of the Constitution while nineteen of other nationalities voted against adoption, After the adoption of the first state constitution in 1790, down to 1808, Thomas Mifflin and Thomas MoKean, each serving three terms of three years each as governors, bring the service of the English and Scotoh-Irish in that office through the first eighteen years. Then, with the exception of thiee years and that due to the death of one of the governors, there was a succes sion of German governors for thirty ux, to George lot in Walker tion was adopted. —————————— The worst about the long_green in the average cost in all other companies doing business in Centre county for the same length of time. The average cost in all mutual companies doing business in Pennsylvania for the last year was forty-nine cents per hundred dollars of insurance. Our company has paid to distressed patrons who lost their homes by fire since its organization, in 1876, $159,- 445.23. It is doubtful whether any other fraternal organization has con- tributed a larger amount for relief of its distressed membership during the same period of time. Then again, the County Grange has organized its own Encampment and Fair Association, which was started as a one day picnic in 1874, and enlarged in- to a three day encampment in 1887, and was still further enlarged, in 1891, into not only an encampment, but into -the Grange fair, the County Grange purchas- ing twenty-eight acres of land at Centre Hall which has been converted into a park. In starting this enterprise the County Grange had but $250 to back it up but by economic management and the united effort and loyal support of the membership throughout the county, the County Grange has been enabled to build up one of the finest fair grounds in the central part of Pennsylvania, with convenient and attractive build- ings, equipped with a complete outfit of over one hundred tents, without a single dollar of debt resting upon its property, and for the last two years » 1s paid cash premiums for every meritorious article placed on exhibition. The County Grange has also helped to organize and capitalize other business enterprises in the interest of the order, besides hold- ing stock in National Banks that are worth in the market $140 per share, and ten shares in Building and Loan Asso- ciations that are now worth $77 per share ; it also holds shares of stock in fourteen branch telephone companies, The County Grange organized the Patrons’ Rural Telephone Compusy | in the fall of 1905, which has now under its management fourteen branch companies, with an estimated paid up capital of $6,000, under an incorporated company with an authorized capital of $10,000, and has upwards of 250 pho in on its lines, giving service to its members at from $5 to $7 lees per instrument than that given by id line eompa- nies, all brought about in the short period of three years by the united and loyal support of the membership of the order. Besides the business enterprises enu- merated, there has been under consider- ation by the Grange the feasibility of organizing a co-operative Grange Bank, with other needed organizations, to helg the farmer market his crops in a mo re economic and profitable way through associated effort and capitalization. The foregoing are only of the successful achievements of the County Grange which, with all their prosperity and success, are not to be compared with the great fraternity it has built up among the farmers of Centre county establishing confidence and good fellow- ship among the people of the rural com- munities, nes use the « a few Agricultare In Fablle schools. In Illinois agriculture is taught in the public schools, in all grades. Prof. Cyrus Grove, superintendent of the Stephenson county public schools, forwarded the Reporter a copy of the semi-annual examination questions on all topics. Those referring to agri culture are especially interesting, and one can infer that the pupils uoder Prof. Grove’s jurisdiction are acquaint. ed with topics in agriculture with which many farmers are strangers, but ought to have an intimate ac- quaintance. There is much to learn in agriculture, there are secrets beyond the comprehension of Lhe average farmer and pupil in the public school, but there is also much that can be learned by the boy or girl who studies agriculture from the first to the last years of school life. Much of the knowledge that may be acquired by children prior to sixteen years of age, made five or six hundred farmers from all parte of Peonsylvania assembled at Pennsylvania State Col. lege, just a short time ago, gape in wonslerment that such knowledge ex- fisted, Many bits of the most valuable faformation concerning sgriculture could be learned by the pupil in the publie schools more easily than to ac- quire them after attaining an sage when everything new-—( to them )--is re garded with suspicion, Pennsylvania should teach agriculture in the public schools as well as Illinols, snd Prof, Grove’s pamphlet is proof that the subject oan be taught and the pupils comprehend it in the first year of school as well as io ihe last. Talk is cheap until you go to buy ® box at the opera. ¥ to fiy back and sting you. NEW 'CHOUL LAW, Muoch of the Legislation in Existing Laws Will bs Re-Enncted, The bill drafted by the State Educa- tional Commission to take the place of the existing school laws was presented by Benator Miller, of Bedford, and Representative Lydick, of Allegheny. The bill repeals all of the 2000 odd existing school laws, and re-enacts many of them. The bill is divided in- to 29 articles. In addition to masking radical changes in the laws it groups all school statutes under the one head. ne chinirman of the commission is <uperintendent of Public Instruction Schaefer, I'he bill provides for a Stats board of education advisory to the Superin- tendent of Public lostraection, and changes the educational system generally. It miso provides that the Btlate fores! ry reservations shall be consider ed the basis of a State school fund, all income from them to be applied to asdueational purposes in order to safe gusrd the schools of the future, The bill creates threes classes of gchool districts, First, eities of over 400,000 which includes only Philadelphia and Pittsburg ; second, all cities, boroughs and townships of over 5000 ; third, all having less, The eommission recommends that the school directors be elected as non- partisan, advocating a change of the slsotion laws so that election of direc tore is taken out of polities, sss ————— people, Grove Family Organizes A pumber of Groves, the branches of the representing various Grove families in Centre county, met at the Hoose, Baturday afternoon and perfected a county organization. D CO. Grove, of Zion, was elected pres ident, and William M. Grove, of Spring Mills, secretary. Among other business transacted was to decide to hold & reapion on Grange Park, Cen- tre Hall, June 10th, fitment. Keolth's Theatre, Arturo Berpardi, the wonderful pro- tean plas er, is makiog his first appear. ance in Philadelphia at Keith's Thes- tre, this week. He is presenting a one-man drama io which he plays nine distinetl parts. Clsude Gillingwater & Company are playiog a welcome re- turn sn “* A BStrenuous Rehearsal.” Ls Petite Revue is 8 povel presents tion of imperscnations of stage celeb- Howard's musical ponies and comedy dogs are a special delight to the children. Franco Piper, the banjo king, i= on the bill, as is Sadie Jansell imitator of stage celebrities, Carroll Johnson, * The Besu Brummell of ¢ llinatelag appears with new songs, stories and parodies, Garman rities, —— A MAAS. Milibhetm Noes Its Error, The following item taken from the Jourosl indicates that Millhelm i= beginning to see ils error in per mittiog a private company to erect a water plant and cede to it privileges that should have been retained. The Journal says : “An «flort is being made by promi- nent citizens of the borough to raise a company to put in another water plant in Millbelm., The poor facilities the borough has in the present water plant for fire protection is the reason for the move. The borough granted the fran. chise to the Millheim Water company in good faith with the anderstanding that the company would furnish a good and sufficient supply of water for fire protection, and as everybody knows, it has not done so. As a sul ficient supply of water is necessary in case of fire, as shown at the recent fire, this move is projected for the safety of our homes.” J. D, Marray Successful, After a great deal of effort and corre- spondence J. D. Murray, the- popular druggist, has succeeded in getting the Dr. Howard Company in making a special half price introductory offer on the regular fifty-cent size of their cele brated specific for the cure of consti- pation sod dyspepsia. Dr. Howard's specific has been so remarkably wecessful in curing con- stipation, dyspepsia and all liver troubles, that Mr. Murray is willing to return the price paid in every osse where it does not give relief. Headaches, coated tongue, dizziness, gas on stomach, specks before Lhe eyes, constipation, and all forms of liver and stomach trouble are soon cured by this scientific medicine. Ho great isthe demand for this specific that Mr. Murray has been able to secure only a limited supply, sod everyone who is troubled with dyspep- sia, oonstipstion or liver trouble should oall upon him st once, or send 25 cents, and get sixty doses of the best medicine ever made, on this special half price offer with his person- al guarantee to refund Sho wvstey #10 FARMERS UPLIFT, “he Commission Finds the Farmer of To- day Unilke the Farmer of a veosde Ago, The farmers’ uplift commission, now at work in Washington, already finds that the real farmers—those who grow the cattle and raise the crops which city people must have to live—have undoubtedly been, on the whole, the most prosperous element in the coun- try during the past year, Their staples have brought almost uniformly good prices. The mortgages which burden- ed so many farms have generally been paid off. This i= notably the case in the Middle West, where the possession of fast horses, pianos, and even sutomo- biles is common among men who were ready to listen to Populistic preach- ments a dozen years ago. As for the isolation of farm life, this also bas been signally modified, More than forty thousand rural free delivery routes now serve nearly twenty millions of people. Thanks to Hon. Leonard Rhone, who was the first to plead with Postmaster General Wanamaker for an appropriation for experimental rural mail service. Over fifteen thousand miles of trolley lines run through country districts where they were unknown a geners- tion back, connecting villages and neighborhoods, and affording means for quick and cheap transit from one place to another, The country telephone—often owned sud operated by mutual associations of farmers for their own local use as is the case with the Patrons Rural Tele phone Company in Centre county— link literally hundreds of thousands of homesteads into chains over which in- stantaneous communication is possible at all seasons, day or night. MA Lecture for Farmers. The Howard Creamery Corporation, of which W. Gross Mingle is general manager, has issued two hundred or more invitations to farmers in Penns Valley to attend a lecture to be given in Grange Arcadia, Friday evening of this week, by Prof. H. E. Van Nor. man, professor of Dairy Husbandry at Pennsylvania State College, dtock feeding and milk production will be two of the subjects which will be dis cussed. Prof. Van Norman is a pleas ing speaker and is well scquainted with the subjects on which he will talk. The farmer who receives a card may consider bimeell fortunate to be able to hear such an able discussion at the expense of the Howard Creamery Corporation. After the lecture is over a light lunch will be served to the invited guests, Fire at Valley View, Early Thursday morning of last week fire broke out in the building occupied by A. I. Garbrick st Valley View, in Buffalo Run Valley, as a store and not having any fire proteo- tion the building and entire contents, together with an adjoining stable were entirely destroyed. The second story of the store building was occupied by the families of Edward Im» and Ed- ward Walker and ail their household goods were burned. The loss to Mr. Garbrick was quite heavy, although he had hig stock and buildings partial ly insured. Mr. Walker had a little insurance on his furniture but Mr. Imel had none. sm ———— oss Auditor General Suggests, State Auditor General Robert K, Young, in his annual report, suggested legislation along the lines contended for by the State Grange and the local Granges throughout the state. He thinks real estate is bearing a too large proportion of the taxes, and suggests that a larger share be placed on per- sonal property, and that deposits with trust companies and in banks be taxed. He also favors the returning to the counties the whole of the county taxes collected on personal property, instead of three-fourths of them, as is the case now. As a whole the Auditor Gen- eral’s recommendations are com- mendable, Slight Fire. A fire occurred at the residencs of Mrs, Elizabeth Glenn, mother of Dr, W. 8. Glenn, in State College, and but for ite timely discovery might have proven a serious conflagration. Mrs. Glenn sttempted to blow out Lhe flame in a Rochester lamp when it exploded and the burning flaid splashed TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS, HAPPENINGS OF LO LOCAL INTEREST FROM ALL PARTS, " A Farmer's Iostitute will be Held at Pine Grove Mills on 24th and 25th inst. Mrs. Ezra Harter, of near Bpring’ Mills, is seriously ill from an attack of pneumonia, The liquor license of the Centre Hall hotel was held up until Wednesday of last week when it was granted. Bamuel D. Gettig, E+q., and J. Ken- nedy Johnston, Eeq., of Bellefonte, have returned from a business trip to New Mexico. William Randolph purchased the Bubb farm adjoining Pine Grove Mills, and expects to make it his home in the future. John Grove, of near Rockview, was taken to a Philadelphia bospital by Dr. P. B. Fisher with a view of having a growth on his neck removed. R. D. Killian, who is now located sat Lewisburg, but formerly a resident of Centre Hall, is most of the time at Strawberry Ridge, Montour county, where be has lumber interests, The Methodist church, at Pleasant Gap, has been remodeled, and will be re-opened Bunday next. Rev. Thomas A. Elliot and Rev. James B, will mselet the pastor in conducting the services. Tuesday, February 9, st 10a. m., is the hour set for a continued hearing before the auditor, 8. D. Gettig, Eeq., at his office in Bellefonte, in the of Lydia Ann Faust, late of township, deceased. The number of horses in the Siates is given sat 20 640 000, crease over last year of 643 000 value has been placed at $1.9 What was that prophecy regarding the ** passing of the horse 77’ Several familes living in Centre Hall who desire to remain here will be obliged to move elsewhere after April Ist unless some unforseen conditions arise between now and that time. Too bad that such conditions exist, Editor Wagounseller, of the Middie- burg Post, who has labored to pols ott the uselessness of associate judg: will use his influence to have a bill | troduced in the Pennsylvania legis ture doing away with that office. Alvin McCool, who last year farmed for James H. McCool, near Tussey- ville, moved to Spring Mills and will be employed by Elmer Ripka on a lumber job, He moved into the house recently purchased by W, from Daniel Kennelly. Samuel Everbart had a run awsy on the way to Colyer. Going down a steep hill the neck yoke broke and the team got the better of the driver. Fortunately he jomped in time snd landed on top of a load of pork. After a half mile run matters were righted and the journey continued, Miss Edith Bummy, of Philadelphia, has accepted a position ss clerk under Prof, Van Norman, in the Agricaltural Department st Peonuvsylvania State College. Her parents, Mr. and Mre, D. C. SBummy, expect to move from Philadelphia to State College some- time during the present year, At the annual meeting of the White rock Quarries, at Pleasant Gap, it was decided to incresse the board of directors from nine to eleven and the following were elected: Noah H. Swayne II, Thomas A. Shoemaker, T. Larry Eyre, Dr. George F. Harris, Col. W. F, Reynolds, John M. Shagert, George R. Meek, William H. Noll, E, H. Richard and Henry C. Quigley. W. M. Grove went to Harrisburg Monday with the view of looking up data to ald him in makiog extensive surveys in Clinton county for several prominent lumber firms. Mr. Grove has had considerable experience in tracing old markings in wooded couptry, and his knowledge of survey. ing coupled with this developed trait has furnished him profitable employ- ment in more than one instant. Messrs. John 8. and Willard Dale, of State College, Wallace White, of Pleasant Gap, and the writer, met at the home of Hon. Leonard Rhone, in Centre Hall, as a committee of the Patrons Rural Telephone Company to transact & bit of business looking toward the interests of the branch tele phone companies comprising the corporation just named, . W. Ulrich, who lives in Penn near Greenbriar, has in his posession a meat vessel that is one hundred years old, according to an ftem in the Millheim Journal. The vessel was made By Xistias Bressler, of Clayton the great-grandfather Brossler. Mr. Ulrioh’s grandfather, Mr. Yakely, moved to Milthelm from Dauphin county in 1808, and that year the vessel was made. Ii is still in Htein case Potter United a ine Their 74.000 000, M. Grove
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