SRR a "VOL. LEXXXIT. THE PENNSYLVANIA GERMAN As Plotared by a Potter Township Colonel Before the Peunsylvania Noclety of Nt, Louls. [By Cul. 8. I Stiver, Bunker Hill, Ii) PART IV. Simon Snyder, of Lancaster county, was the first German governor. He ran three times before he was elected and then was elected three times in succession, He was also speaker of the state legislature and state senator. Then came Joseph Heister, of Berks county, Revolutionary soldier, who was also in Congress from his state, John SBhulze, of Tulpehocken, Berks county, followed him, He was educa ted as a clergyman and was president of the electoral college during one national election. George Wolf of Easton, Nort hamp- fon county, was next. Besides being the father of the first common school law of the state, he was comptroller of the United Btates treasury, and col- lector of the port at Philadelphia, George Ritner, of Berks county, was the last of this line. He was a noble man, the opponent of slavery and in. temperance, legislative ** Father of the Common Schools,” snd one of the foreign ministers of the Unit d States Under the revised constitution of 1838, the first German governor was Francis Shunk, of Berks county, also | clerk of the national house of repre. sentatives, state senator, speaker of the house, and secretary of state. He was followed by William Bigler, brother of * Honest John Bigler,” governor of California. William. Big- ler was an editor, speaker of the hou», and U. B. senator. He was a gifted and distinguished man. John F. Hartranft, general during ‘* Poor Pete, he has mushtered him- self out at last.” William Moser, of Lancaster county, was a rich farmer who had bscome somewhat worldly-minded and had cased to come to church. His new pastor was solicitous and started to drive out to see Mr. Moser and gently suggest to him the importance of spiritual things. He met Mr. Moder on the way to town with a load of produce and the following converss- tion is said to have ensaed, much to the immediate discomfiture of the mipister : ** Good morning, Mr. Moser ; Iam informed you live down this way and I was on my way to eall upon you.” “Yas, I live down on this road about a mile." ‘** I hope, Mr. Moser, that you have been prosperous during these years, and that you are doing well.” “ Yas, I been doing middling good ; I got a farm and a house and a barn down by this road about a mile.” * Well, Mr. Moser, I am glad to hear it, but I hope you do not allow your thoughts ta be concentrated wholly on the worldly possessions?’ ‘* Na, I got two other farms over by Kutztown and I must take some trou- ble mit them too.” 4 Well, Mr. Moser, I trust you let your thoughts rest on some things Y Well, yas, I got $5000 in. Baus- man’s Farmer's bank, in Lancaster, and Jake Bausman tells me { can have gold for it if I want it.” ** That is very nice, Mr. Moser, but I hope you remember that our prayer book says that we brought nothing into this world and we can CArry nothing out.” the Civil War under Sherman and | Grant, and a valiant soldier who bore | many wounds of battle, was also a | German. Samuel oPennypacker was | born in a Pennsylvania German eom- | munity in his state and is likely of German extraction General and! Governor Beaver is likely of the sam. | extraction, but of these last two the writer is not sure It is one of the jests outside of Pennp- sylvania that a Pennsylvanian is so good that he invariably goes to heaven either direct: or by way of the peni- tentiary ; that he is so honest that he never suspects any one else of dishon- esty until it is too iate ; and that to! emphasize the transparency of a fraud | It is only necessary to say that it would have been detected even in Pennasyl- vania. If such be the qualities of Penn- sylvania Germans, it would be quite easy to believe that one of these recent governors was of German extraction for he allowed many millions of pen- nies to be * packed off’ right from under his official nose without detec tion in the State Capitol graft. It ie said that especially in the * City of Brotherly Love” where he lives, his averment that he did not suspect this graft, and could not have been ex pected to know anything about it, fe fully credited and adds to the esteem in which he is held. All of which goes to show that it is pretty hard to down a Pennsylvanian, especially if he is suspected of being of German origin. Time will not suffice to name all the | distinguished Pennsylvania Germans | who have attained to distinction with out being governors, such as the Cly. mers, the Grows and the Wanasmakers. nor to touch much on Pennsylvania humor, but a little of the latter must not be overlooked, Not only the men but the distin guished women of the state from Ger man stock have heroically borne their. part ia the duties of public offles Ia the days when daily newspapers were unknown it sometimes happened that a German ran for the office of governor more than once without some of the members of the family knowing of it After Bimon Boyder had been defeated twice and then elected, some of his children came to their mamas sod asked whether their paps had really been running for that office and had been elected. When informed in the affirmative and it was further asked whether all the family were now gov ernors, Mra. Buyder answered in ‘ig nantly, ** No, only me and your pa’ In the days when school directors exsmined teachers for certificates, a German director propounded this Question : “A is a wowel ; why is dat?” When the Germans from Penn. sylvania lay in the trenches at the slege of Vicksburg during the Civil War, one Peter Schneider contracted some disturbance of the digestive ap. paratus, and, remembering that mus tard has a refreshing effect pon sausage, which has some pointe of resemblance to the internal anatomy of a human being, he concluded to drink coplously of mustard water daily which, in due course of time, brought him to the hospital and to the grave, When his demise was announced to his comrades, all were grieved and silent until one of his intimate ac i ** Yas, I comes not much into the church and when I hear such readings it makes me 80 ver damned mad.” “Iam sorry to hear you say that, Mr. Moser, but I still hope that when Gabriel blows his trumpet you will be ready.” “ Yas, I be ready ; Bill Gabriel ver loaned $500 from me aod he blows me round, hie can pay me if I must have my money. I go now to Bausman's Bank, and when Bill Gabriel comes, he finds me ready.” Over against one such sordid Ger. man can be placed huondreds of the most spiritually-minded Germans, such as Dr. Muhlenburg, the sacred poet, and Dr. Nivin, the theologian, will be as well prepared ss any of other nstion- alities to enter Paradise when Gabriel blows his trumpet over Pennsylvania. [ THE EXD.] On Way tg Jerusalem. The Reedaville correspondent to the Lewistown Democrat and Sentinel makes this reference to General John B. Taylor: General Taylor gave n farewell din. ner to some of his friends at his coun. try mansion on Thursday Among those present were Rev. Dr. Spangler, Yeagertown ; D. W. Reynolds, of Reedaville; J. E. VanNatta, of Lewistown, and a lawyer from South Dakota, who waa a proxy for W. H. Felix. The General lefi the other evening on his long trip to Jerusalem and for a day or two he will be at Dooner's Hotel, Philadelphia. By this time next week he will be far out on the high seas. The General has sa small bag full of gold coin with him which he says has a premiom on in the Holy Land. He also has a small bag full of dimes which he says are for the beggars, Many people think that the trip the General is making is some- what hazardous, owing to the change of water, air and food, and more especially at his advanced age beyond eighty years. However, the old pil grim says one might as well die at one place as another and where better than in the land that has been made holy? Oa the other trip thle General took ill in the Holy Land, which had & serious outlook, but when he got to the lund of the Pharohs he got better, Et — : FProstdent Sparks Honored. President Sparks has been paid a marked compliment by Lehigh Uni. versity. That institution has confer. red the degree of doctor of laws upon him. The ceremony will take place on Washington's birthday At that time President Sparks will deliver an address at Lehigh on Washington as an Advocate of High Education. This is the first time in the history of Lehigh that this degree has been con- ferred and is the third honorary degree given by the college in the forty-t hree years of its existence. I PA Black Snow, Residents of the western part of Venango cvunty are much mystified over a fall of black snow, which occur. red in that section the latter part of last week. It covered the ground to a depth of a quarter of an inch, within a radius of twenty-five miles. Various causes are ass'gned to account for the uaintances of German extraction, TALK TO FARMERS, Able Speakers Tell Howard Creamery Cor. poration Guests How to CUsre for Milk, The lectures on the “Dairy and Dal- rying,” given in Grange Arcadia, Fri- day evening, was a grand success, and were both highly instructive and en- tertaining. Miss Maude Bechrist enters tained the audience by rendreing a number of selections on the piano, pri. or to seven-thirty o'clock, at which hour W. Gross Mingle, manager of the Howard Creamery Corporation, whose guests the audience was, introduced Prof. H. E Van Norman, head of the Dairy Husbandry department in Penn. sylvania Btate College. To those who have heard Mr. Van Norman, it is not necessary to say more than that he spoke in his usual forcible and enter. taining manner, Throughout the lesture the speaker dwelt upon the proper care of milk and cream, or in other words his text was “‘cleanliness.”” He endeavored to impress upon the audience the import. ance of « xercising the utmost care and cleanliness in handling milk, showing STATE'S PROGRESSIVE MOVES, Looking Toward Afiiliation with Medico- Chi and the Establishment of Engiueer- ing Experimental Station — Summer Foehool for Farmers At the annual meeting of the board of trustees of the Pennsylvania State College one year ago » proposition was submitted for the affiliation of the College and the Medico-Chirurgical College, of Philadelphia, making the latter institution the medical depart. ment of Pennsylvania State College. At the annual meeting of the trustees held in Harrisburg on account of a pressure of business, the matter was referred back to the special committee, It was decided that the plan would be considered at the next meeting of the trustees, which will likely be held in June. The committee is com posed of Jamés L. Hamill, of Columbus, Ohio ; Colonel John A. Woodward, of Howard ; Milton W. Lowry, of Beran- ton ; Thomas W, Barlow, of Philadel- phia, and Dr ddwin E. Sparks, presi. dent of the Pennsylvania State College. the evil and ofttimes fatal results of | carelessness. He used many illustra tions that made many in the audience | hold up their hands in holy horror, | Disgust or amusement, according to | the temperament of the individual, Was | shown when the speaker passed two | samples of cream through the sudience | for inspection, or to be tasted, the op- | tion to be governed by desire. 1 hese | samples of cream had been delivered to | i the creamery at Centre Hal that day, | and demonstrated the difference be. tween cream that had had proper and | improper care. By illustration he | showed the farmer could not expect to | receive from the creamery the top price | for cream when delivered in bad con- | dition for the reason that butter churn- ed from such cream could not be sold | at a Lop price. He advised the patron of the crean. i ery to hold their cream in a heavier! state. Cream should show about thir. ! ty-five per cent. butter fat. By setting | the band separat ir so that seven quarts | of milk would run one quart of cream | was the advice given and heeded by | the patrons of the College creamery, | and the results had proven very satis | factory. The advantages of a heavy | Cream are many, among the more im- | portant being the likelihood of contain. | ing & smaller number of microbes or! germs which would retard the process | of souring, and reduce the weight for | carrying. A few don'ts given to improve the cream were these: Don’t keep a dirty stable. Don’t keep your cow in a dirty, fil. thy condition, : Don't stir up the straw in the stables Just before milking. Don’t forget to cleanse the cow’s ud. der before milking. Don’t forget to keep your milk pails and cans pure and sweet, Don’t forget to cool your cream im- mediately after separating. To do this properly immerse can in eold water, Don’t mix your warm and cold cre sm. Don’t keep the cream ean covered tightly, rather cover with a cloth. In bringing his talk to a close Prof, Van Norman said there were just two things to remember, —cleanliness and cold. The next speaker introduced by Mr, Mingle was Helmer Rabild, an expert in dairying, connected with the Dairy Division, Bareau of Animal [ndustry, National Department of Agriculture Prof. Rabild is a native of Denmark in which country dairying made most wonderfal advances during the past twenty-five years. His whole life has been devoted to dairying, and at the age of nineteen, prior to coming to the States twenty-three years ago, he was made manager of a stable of eight hun- dred cows. He ls at present the owner of two large creameries in one of the western states, Prof. Rabild is organizing Cow Test- ing Associations, The plan is this: Thirty farmers each having a herd of ten or more cows can form an associa. tion, They pay $1.00 per cow per year, the minimum being $10.00 for each member. The United States Dairy Department will furnish a man skilled In dairying who will spend one day each month at the barn of each mem- ber of the association. He will weigh the feed for each cow and caleulate the cost of the feed ; he will also weigh and test the milk and cream, and oal- culate its value. These caloulstions at the close of the year will show the cost of the feed consumed, the value of the milk and cream produced, and the net returns, . This is the only method by which the farmer can ascertaln which cow makes a profit. In his past experience Prof. Rabild sald, he found that in the mejority of herds thus tested there Were one or more cows that were not paying for thelr feed, and in many cae Within a very short time it was de- cided an engineering experimental will be established at State Its work will be to educate the mill aud factory workers of Penn- be published periodieally telling the results of experiments performed. One of the first tests will be made to learn the uses of cement, and the results will be sent out in bulletin form. Dr. Jolin Price Jackson, dean of the en. gineering school, will supervise this added feature, Another progressive step that will be valuable to the agricultural interests Was taken when it was decided to start & summer school at the College to equip leschers to be competent in. economy. . Officers were elected as follows : General James A. Beaver, Bellefonte, president ; H. W. Mitchell, Pittsburg, vice president ; Dr. Edwin E. Sparks, Hiate College, secretary ; John Hamil- ton, Washington, D. C., treasurer ; General Beaver, H. W. Mitchell, Ellis L. Orvis, Bellefonte ; Gabriel Heister, Harrisburg, and Milton W. Lowry, Seranton, members of executive ¢ m- mites A A A ABA Petitioniaog 8 Hoad Question, The commissioners of Centre county will send petitions to all voting pre- cinets in the county asking the voters law putting the costs of maintaining is required by the existing law, These roads have been almost entire- ly neglected since the day they were condemuoed, and most of them are now in a very bad condition. It will re. quire the expenditure of a considerable sum of money to keep these roads in passable condition and a much larger sum to put them in the condition in which they ought to be. And every day of neglect is adding expense and danger of suits for damages, { Continued from previous column.) ers at State College, and the opportu. nity is now «pen to farmers about Cen- tre Hall to join the association. Further information may be had on the bene fits of the association, the method of conducting the same, the cost, ete, by applying personally to Mr. Mingle. Prof. Rabild traveled over much of the Uaited States, and has had large experience in his line of work. He ob. serves the funny ss well as the seri. ous side of life, and related numerous amusing incidents to emphasize the point he was about to make, At the close of his talk Mr. Mingle requested all to remain and meet the speakers who #0 ably instructed and entertained them, and at the same time refresh the inner man, While the refreshments were being served many questions were ask Mr. Van Norman, who was kept on his feet almost an hour. One of the more important questions was, can you materially in. crease the test of a cow by feeding patent or prepared feeds? The reply was no, but you can increase the flow of milk, which will increase the amount of butter-fat. He stated that if it were possibile to increase the test by feeding it would be likely that all owners of Holstein cows would feed that the herd might cream like Jerseys, fo which case there would be little or no use for the Jersey. On the whole a very pleasant, profit. able and instructive evening + was spent, and much praise is die the Howard their efforts and success in such able speakers. That the effort was much appreciated was evidenced by the fact that Mr. Mingle wes kept busy aft r the meeting receiving ocon- gratulations and thanks, It is under ingle was so well pleased with the interest tsken by all that he 5 N( ).' 6, PERSUNAL PROPERTY TAX. Ex.Speaker McUlsin Favors a Move to Fulfill Party Promises to Return this Tax to Counties, In their platform of 1906, when the Republican machine faced defeat, was found this promise : “The time is now come when the laws regulating the collection of per- sonal property tax and license fees should be so amended that a larger proportion, if not all, of these moneys shell be entirely diverted from fhe Btate treasury for the benefit of the counties in which the same shall have been collected.” Ex-Bpeaker Frank B. McClain be- lieves this pledge should be redeemed and the two bills presented by him are for this object. One bill provides that ninety-five per cent. of the personal property tax collected by the Btate shall be returned to the several coun- ties and the second measure provides that the additional license tax imposed by ithe Btate in 1897 upon retail liquor dealers shall be sent back to the coun- ties from which it is collected, These bills are in accordance with a measure advocated by the Grange ele ment in the State, WOULD RELIEVE LOCAL TAXATION. Under the present laws only seven- ty-five per cent. of the personal proper- ty tax is returnable to the counties, while the Btate retains the entire amount of liquor license tax, Mr, McClain gives figures to shew that about $1,500,000 will be distriba- ted next year to the counties for the relief of local taxation if his bills are passed. In 1908 the license tax collected by the State amounted to $642,409, while the State's share of the personal property tax amounted to $4,209,000, Of this latter amount the counties would secure, under the McClain bills, twenty per cent., or about $300,000, Mr. McClain would like to have all the personal property tax returned, but must permit five per cent. to re main with the State to keep the law constitutional. Mr. MeClain had the same measures introduced in the Legislature of 1907. They went through the House, but were smothered to death in the finance committee of the Benate under orders from the bosses. He is ready to put up a hard fight for his measures this year and proposes to put the Repub lican organization on record again on the proporition. A A A ——— Safeguards of New School Code, A feature in the proposed school code that should commend itself to tax payers is that which throws safe- guards around the selection of text books by the school directors. At pres. ent the school boards are influenced in many distriots by book agents who have only profit to themselves in mind. Under the code as presented to the Legislature, book publishers must first present their books and prices to the State Board of Education, which board will name three books of each kind that may be used in public schools. The code also provides that books can be changed not oftener than once in five years. This feature is especially distasteful to book concerns, who loathe to part with the present arrangement, under which books may be cast aside as ofien as their agents may be successful in inducing boards to do so. a —— A ————— Transfer of Koa! Estate. Wm. E. Goheen et al to F. L. Bul lock, Jan. 27, 1909 ; piece of ground in Bellefonte, $200, W. E. Lee ot ux to Wm. Strong, December, 1908 ; piece of ground in Potter township, Peter Robb et ux to Chas, Baker, Dec. 2, 1907; tract of land in Curtin township. $1400, Harvey Mussor et al to Lucretia J. Condo, Jan. 25, 1908; two town lots. $300. Dr. C, 8. Musser to Lucretia J. Con- do, Jan. 25, 1908; four town lots in Aaronsburg. $200, H. A. Bmith et ux to Mrs. Gerace 8. Lilledahl, house and lot in Belle fonte. $2000. William Eckley et al to Marcella Lingle, Jan. 19, 1909; piece of ground in Boggs towoship. $600, From Kansas, TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS, HAPPENINGS OF LOCAL INTEREST FROM ALL PARTS, Bt. Valentine’s Day falls on Su nday this year. It is just a little ways off. Put out the flags to-morrow {Friday} the one hundredth anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln, Company B, of Bellefonte, will be one of the two companies in the Fifth Regiment to attend the inauguration of Taft on March 4th. A number of the members of the local order of Rebekahs attended the funeral of Mre, A. G. Nil, interment being at Pleasant Gap, Dr. H. B. Alexander, of Potters Mills, was in Centre Hall Friday and reports everything in his locality as moving along smoothly. About fifteen hundred post cards- all kinds and prices—were added to the already large stock on hand at the Reporter office. Bome very elegant cards at three for five cents. B. Frank Relsh will move from Centre Hall to the farm of his father- in-law, Prof. W. A. Krise, located north of Bpring Mills. The he will vacate has been leased by Johu H. Pufl, Mrs. A. C. Mingle, of Bellefonte, last week, relurned from Philadelphia where she visited her brother, I. O. Hofler, a prominent Chestnut street merchant tailor. Bhe also visited her sister in that city. Rev. Frederick Stamm, a student in the Lancaster Reformed theological seminary, filled the Reformed pulpit in Millheim Bunday evening. He isa son of Dr. J. W. Btamm, whose death occurred recently, and whose body wae interred in Millheim. house Landis Gerberich, a native of Centre county and a brother of C. T. Gerbe- rich, of Bellefonte, says the Watch- man, died at his home in Lebanon of the grip. He had only been ill for a short time as it is less than a month since he was in Bellefonts visiting his brother. The olher night the smoke house and an adjoining out-building belong- ing to William Burd in the east end of Haines township, were destroyed oy fire. The buildings caught from a fire in the smoke house put there to smoke meat. All the meat in the house was burned. Talk about the state removing all the toll gates ! Who would furnish a better road between Centre Hall and Bellefonte than the present owners of that road? Not the state nor the county, and should this road fall to : » would soon cease being a pleasure, Landlord Bhawver and daughter, of Millheim, were in Centre Hall the latter part of last week. The National hotel has been having its hands full to accommodate the traveling publie since the Musser house is in ruins, but by adding equipments Mr. Bhawver ia beginuing to be better able to handle the increased trade, J. B. Rowe move | his plambing es- tablishment from the old Reporter office to the shop formerly occupied by John T. Lee, opposite the hotel stable, as a conch shop The old Re- porter office will b* torn down this spring by Prof. H. F. Ritner, the present owner, who will also remodel the dwelling house on the same lot. An electric motor saw mill has been installed in the timber tract adjacent to the plant of the Standard Steel Company, at Burnham, Mifflin coun ty, and the timber is being turned in. to lumber as rapidly as possible. Large excavations have already been made on the cleared portion, and the gener- al opinion prevails that it will be a new stock yard. R. Dean Rynder, youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. Theodore P. Rynder, formerly of Milesburg, was recently admitted to practice at the bar of the District of Columbia, in Washiogton. He has been located in Washington the past year or so as private secretary to Chir Knopp, of the Interstate Commerce Commission and devoted his leisure time to the study of law. The proverbial strong and patient ox is not entirely extinct in Pennsyle vania. J. D. and Edward Nicholas, of Watsontown, are owners of an ime mense yoke of oxen. The smaller one, a Durham, weighs about 1600 pounds, and the large one, a Holstein and Jersey, the very personification of strength, weighs over 1800 pounds, They are four years old, and, of course, not done growing yet.
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