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THE OENTRE REPORTER.
B.W. SMITH, . . . Editor and Proprietor.
" Entered at the Post Office in Centre Hall as
Second Class mail matter,
CentrRE HALL, . . . PENNA.
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1809,
TERMS. ~The terms of subscription to the Re-
porter are one dollar per year in advance.
ADVERTISEMENTS.—20 cent per lines for
three insertions, and 5 cents per line for each sub-
Requent insertion. Other rates made known on
application. )
CHURCH APPOINTMENTS.
Reformed—-Tusseyville, morning ; Centre Hall,
afternoon.
Presb sterian—Centre Hall, morning.
Evangelical—Egg Hill, morning ; Tusseyville,
afternoon ; Centre Hull, evening,
Hall, morning ;
Spring Mills, evening.
Maothodist—Cantre
town, afternoon ;
Bpruce-
Burnham Works to be Doabled,
Contracts have been let for the con-
struction of a steel foundry, at Burn-
bam, 154x70 feet. With this addition
the present output of steel wheels will
be doubled.
————— I PS ———
Plano: and Organs.
The Lester pianos are used and en-
dorsed by all the leading musical con-
servatories and colleges in the U. 8B,
The Stevens piano organs are the
latest achievement in modern organ
construction.
Pianos and organs sold on easy psay-
ment plan. Write for catalog.
tr C. E. ZEIGLER,
Bpring Mills, Pa,
LOOALS
Bleighs end bob sleds—Weber Bros.
Child's Jersey 50c at
Yeager's.
Candies, toys, and a variety of
goods for the children.—Kreamer &
Bon.
Elmer Limbert, of Penn township,
killed a hog that weighed 503 pounds
dressed.
D. Beott Currin, the former publish-
er of the Bugar Valley Journal, has re-
sumed charge of that publication, the
lease of 8, Baird Taylor having ex-
pired.
Mercury was doing all kinds of
stunts last week, and for the greater
part of the time was playing too near
the zero point for the comfort of
humanity.
leggius,
George W. Bradford shipped a mix.
ed load of cows and hogs to the eastern
market, the latter part of last week.
Drover Mitterling has also been ship-
ping cows and sheep almost every
week,
L. G. Rearick, the furniture man,
went to Williamsport Wednesday
morning to remain for a few days. It
is said be went on important business,
the nature of which was not made
known by bim.
A fine line of linens can be seen at
our store. Handkerchiefs in great
profusion. Gloves for children, for
misses, for women, for men and for
boys, from the ten cent kind up to the
best kids. —Kreamer & Son.
Amonpg the changes of tenants next
spring will be these: B. F. Rickert
from the Apdrew Korman farm, near
Bpring Mills, to the Btoner farm, near
Tasseyville, now occupied by Henry
Lingle. Mr. Lingle will move to the
Brockerhofl farm, east of Old Fort.
The state department, either by law
or ruliog have directed the hospitals
for the insane to increase the rate for
the crimnal insane from $1.75 to $84 25
per week, All other patients, except
the criminal insane, remain at the old
price, $1 75 per week,
Earl Lotz moved from the top of
Nitteny Mountain to Centre Hall, last
week. He occupies the new house
erected this fall by Charles D. Bar-
tholomew, and will be engaged by
that gentleman to conduct a second
henvery and do general farming.
Threshers in the upper part of
Penos Valley had a good season, and
report for the season ss follows : QO. H.
Meyers, 45000 bushels: W. H.
Weaver, 44,000 bushels ; J. A,
Kreamer, 35000. There are otheis
who engaged in the same business
who did not report,
Jury Commissioners Adam Hezel
and Clement Gramley sre filling the
jury wheel for the coming year.
Bomething like seven hundred names
will be selected, and an effort is being
made to raise the standard of the
jurors, The clerk fs W, Miles Walker,
former sherifl of Centre county.
‘The numerous wells drilled on
farms in the vicinity of Centre Hall,
‘during the past year, are continuing
to supply the farms on which they
are located with an abundance of
water. But for these wells, many
farmers would be oblidged to haul
water for un distance of some miles,
which would simply be a recurrence
of conditions present every winter
during the coldest weather
Rev. Dr. L Kryder Evans Sunday
celebrated the completion of the thirty.
_elghtt year of his pastorate of Trinity
Reformed Church st Pottstown. Dr,
Evans is a native of Gregg township,
and is well known by the chureh
people on the south side of Centre
county. Within the past few years he
has made several valuable contribu.
# to the Centre Reporter, notably
g which was a history of the
Pennsylvania German,
Centre County Fruit Growers’ Association,
The second meeting of the Centre
County Fruit Growers Association
will be held in the school house, at
Bpring Mills, the fourth Saturday in
January. There will be two seasione—
forenoon and afternoon, The speaker
will be Prof. R. L. Watts, of Penn.
sylvania State College, one of the best
speakers in that institution. Further
announcement will be made by the
president, ex-Sherifl Brungart,
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A Turkey Every Minute,
That is the rate Manager Mingle, of
Howard Creamery Corporation, was
buying them Tuesday evening of this
week, having actually bought over a
hundred to the hour by the use uf
the telephone alone, As usual the firm
he represents is paying the highest
market prices, and anyone having
turkeys or chickens for the market at
this time, would do well to consult
him before selling.
Bp cons
Marringe Licenses,
Robert G. Bailey, Boalsburg
Eleanor Houts, Btate College.
Boyd M. Stover, Madisonburg
Emma E. Haney, Madisonburg
Dennis M. White, State College
Mary E. Weaver, Lemont
Raymond Williams, Moshannon
isabel Deates, Pine Glen
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The Court, .
A large number of Commonwealth
cases were heard at Court last week.
In most instances the trial of the
cases was postponed until the Feb
ruary termi. Nothing of special interest
to the southside taxpayers transpired,
Most of the cases were of a trival
nature,
A A —
The Sapplement ,
The Centre Reporter of this issue
contains as supplement devoted to
advertising. This paper is acknow-
ledged a first class advertising
mediom. It goes into the best homes
on the south side of the county, and is
carefully read by its many subscribers.
Advertisements in the Reporter are
eet up in first class workmanship
manner, and consequently sre attrac
tive.
tps
Harris Township,
Alexander Miller and sister, Miss
Malinda, of Pine Grove Mills, were
visitors at the home of Ira Rishel, on
Bunday.
John A. Fortney and Walker Shutt
attended court, last week, as jurors.
W. R. Young was in Bellefonte sev.
eral weeks during which time he en-
school house,
C. D. Moore attended the funeral of
his uncle, Henry Bloom, at Pine
Hall, last Thursday.
On Baturday something occurred in
Boalsburg that never happened be«
fore in all the history of the town.
On account of the scarcity of water a
bucket brigade bad been formed some
time ago, those who would not act se
volunteers were drafted into service,
but they found this rather slow work,
#0 on Baturday walter was hauled
from McFarlane’s dam and sold to the
people in town at ten cents a tubfull.
Monday we had a stormy day with
rain and sleet making water a little
more plentifal,
Ibe members of the Lutheran and
Reformed Sunday schools are getting
ready for Christmas entertainments
which will be held in the Lutheran
church on Christmas eve, and in the
Reformed church on Christmas eve
ning.
The biggest excitement that we
bad in Bosisburg during the past
week was people from far and pear
visiting 8. M. Bell's cash bargain
store,
Mise Frances Patterson returned to
State College on Monday after ‘a stay
of three weeks at her home in Boals.
burg.
Miss Esther Brown spent a week at
Willow Bprings.
Mm, George Fisher with her little
boys Harold and Nevin, is visiting
ber parents at Bellefonte this week.
Mrs. Henry Dale and daughter
Anos, Mrs. Emma A. Fisher and
Mra. Leura Bricker attended the
funeral of John Musser at Pine Grove
on Tuepaday.
In this year, 1909, it wes one hun.
dred years since the first buildings
in Boaleburg were built, It was in-
tended that a fitting celebration of
this should be held some time during
the summer, but §n account of the un-
avoidable absence of Tueodore Eoa',
and for other good ressons, it wes
postponed. i
John Hook and A. B, Hoover have
been at Rock Springs for several
weeks where they are plastering a new
house for J. B. Goheen,
At the festival recently held in the
town hail about $4500 was cleared,
which wae sdded to the Reformed
parsonage fund.
Our merchants, grocers and gonfee.
tiovers have their stores rooms all are
raged in holiday attire. Santa Claus
occupies his usual place in 8. M. Bell's
window,
Amessor D. W, Myers occupied a
position at the voting place the iSth
and 14th, regieteriog all voters who
bad noi been reglatered.
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Portiand sleighs and bob slede—
Weber Brothers, Centre Hall,
.
Spring Mills.
Ex-Comissioner C. A. Weaver, of
Coburn, who represents a grocery
house, bricfly interviewed the mer-
chants in Bpring Mills, on Raturday.
He reports business as improving.
The fourth quarterly conférence of
the Penns Valley charge of the Meth-
odist church, was held at the parson-
age on Baturday afternoon, Rev, B. C.
Conner, P. E , of Altoona, officiating.
Among the representatives from o*her
appointments were Cha. D. Bartholo-
mew and Joseph Lutz, of Centre Hail;
J. A. Kline and John Btyers, of Bmull-
ton ; and Robert M, Bmith, of Potters
Mills,
E. B. Ripka, of Centre Hall, was a
Bpring Mills visitor on Friday evening,
and while here attended a regular ses- |
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sion of Bpring Mills Lodge, 1.0. O F., |
No. 697.
The Spring Mills Lodge, I. 0. O, F.,
No. 507, last week, had new window
shades placed in their lodge room.
The shades are decorated with the Jet- |
ters and emblems of the three differ. |
ent branches of the order. The design |
{
is the product of T. M. Gramley, who
deserves much credit, as the work is
certainly artistic, and adds greatly to!
the beauty of the room. i
Kline A. Miller und family, of Clear- |
field county, were guests at the home|
of George N. Wolf, over Bunday.
Miss Ida Long, on Monday, left for |
Uniontown, where she will spend the |
Christmas season with her brother, |
Philip Long.
A Christmas service will be render-|
ed in the Cross church, in Georges]
Valley, Thureday evening, 23rd inst,
C. E. Zeigler, on Tuesday, delivered |
a fine Kohler & Campbell piano to the
home of A.C. Dunlap. |
Bright Bitner and W. H., Meyer, |
last week, delivered a load of pork to
Jurnham
Mra. William M
day at Milroy.
Station Agent W, L. Campbell, on
Monday, made a business trip to Mif-
flinburg.
The annual
the Methodist Bunday-ichool was held
Sunday morning, st which time the |
following officers were elecled for the
ensuing year: |
Girove spent Bun-
election for officers io
“uperintendent. M
Assistant Superintends
sorelary, W
Mis Ma H npiog t
Iteasurer,
Urganists fis Renna Shin atid § Zeiger
At the same time an election of off
cers for the Epworth League was held
and the following officers were elected
for the ensuing year :
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Linden Hall.
Arthur Fortney and
daughter returned home on Saturday
Mra, Hitle |
tives in Bellefonte, . 3
Arber Commings who has been |
drilling a well for Mr. Krape, below |
Asronsburg, is off daly for 5 week,
The rain came jast in time, av most
of the wells in town were dry.
Abner Rossman, formerly clerk ip
the Railroad office here, is now local
ed at Elizabethville.
Tuesday morning, Earl the young
est sot of Charles Frezier, fell and
broke his arm above the wrist,
The Pennsylvania Railroad com-
psoy has shipped four cars of cinder to
this place, which is being used to fill
up the ground about the station, and
when done will greatly improve the
appearance of the place,
Mre, Julia Dioges is seriously ill at
the home of her neplew, in New
York.
TI TOA
Potters Mills
Miss Nell Wilkinson ls spending a
few weeks with her sister, Mre, Bubb,
of Reedaville.
David Bweetwood, of Illinois, is
spending part of the winter with his
daughter Mrs, Charles Lucas,
There were a number of our young
folks attended the surprise party at
the home of Mr. Lingle,
Marcellus Bankey and family were
entertained at the home of mother
Armstrong, Baturday evenivg.
— A — A Ss
Underwear snd Blankets,
We want to esl] your sttention fo]
our line of underwear. Ladies’ union
suits, only $1.00 ; misses’ and ebil
dren's uplon suit: men’s woo en
underwear, men’s fleecelined under-
wear, 50 cents, Woolen blankets, and
cotton blankets, best quality, st lowest |
tices,
p F.E WIBLAND,
Centre Halli, Pa.
LOUALS,
Ladies’ cloth rubbers, at Yeagers,
$1 00
The most Inw-abidiog people in the
world are io Jail. They have to be. |
Two and one-fourth inches of rain
fell within the past week,
Christmas Post Cards at the Ke
porter office, Three for five cents, «1
twelve for fifteen cents.
Lost week pork reached the top
noteh price in Kaneas Clty, where it
sold «t the rate of $540 per bundred
pounds. At the same time dealers in
and about Centre Hall were offering
DEATHS,
ANDREW J.BWARTZ.
Andrew J. Bwartz died at his home
in Viespant Gap, on Friday afternoon,
December 10, at the age of seventy
YEOAra, eleven Mr,
and months,
ship, where Le stent
occupying but (wo dwellings during
sll these years. He was born and
reared on the old homestead two and
one-half miles cust of Pleasant Gap.
On February 24 15586, he wes married
to Mise Phoebe K, Btruble, Together
they lived happily for more than
thirty years on the farm from which
they retired some time since to thelr
cozy little home in town where
pasted away sfter a happy wedded life
of more than fifty years,
To their union were born five chil.
dren, the oldest, Edward J., died in
infancy.
his whole life,
he
their loss :
Bpring township, Mrs E E
Mra. C. M. Musser, of Altoona,
Mme. E R. Kline, of Bellefonte.
and mourn Elmer E, of
and
of the Lutbersn church for fifty veurs
y)
During forty years of this time
This work was his delight. He
Was
ago when heart disease
him in a large measure to cease from
exertion,
{n politics te wes always a Repub-
He
asarasor for nine
lean. served his township
and held
time of his death,
Years
i
A Mogqui Repartes.
A certain commissioner was given to
treating the Indians with a scorn they
not d One day as he sat
with a great chief In his tepee, smok-
ing the pipe of peace, the chief enter
tained him with many quaint legends,
One of these denlt with a plague of
locusts, and the grim orator described
in flowery how they had
land, eating every
green leaf and blotting out
the light of day for very number, Then
he concluded by remarking that it was
not until man made an
of a sliver locust to the Great
that the creatures disappeared
and this they did swiftly and sudden
did serve,
inng ge
swarmed over the
herb and
the medicine
offering
Epirit
iy
Loudly the commissioner laughed
the superstitious Indian to scorn,
“Do you're such
fools rubbish?’ he
asked,
“Not much,” replied the chief grave
ly, "or we would have offered the
Great Bpirit a sliver paleface long
ago!”~Philadelphia Telegraph.
You mean to say
that
ns to believe
Heroic Husbands.
Some women were discussing over
their afternoon tea the statement that
man Is no more a hero to his wife
than to his valet, There seemed to be
gition to the a man's
did not appre but all
ntained that thelr husbands
another
Ho Opi idea that
servant jate him,
friends who held him ino bigh esteem,
from
Monday morn-
The Whos
Lutheran by
by
Methodist
The faneral was held hia
home in Pleasant Gap
ing, December 15: germon
preached in the church
Rev, J. 1. Blonecypher, assisted
Bower, of the
church.
Interment was made in the Lather
al csmelery.
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LOCAL»
Peler A. Bhires has opened a restau
rant io Millbeim,
Ladies’ fur rimmed slippers, $135
The
Poller township ls one half ¢
FEVeD
term it
impleted,
months school
Typewriters’ sometimes
boxes of
a plies
mean Lured f violets and
bout
te
resent you are
it
recialed
Kresm-
, We have It is the
tsefu: present thal is 8 i hie
matter how small the ral
er & Bon, Centre Hall,
Mra Ems
¢
Fye, who
iter,
al
Mme. CC. F
Rite ig
dsog!
i Her #Oon,
Fye, und Rav, B. F. Bisber,
A Viait coday.
* all the schools
for a week,
time the fteschers' it
in the o unty
tute will bx
of the
during the
jut
held in Bellefonte, HEome
schools will aleo be cloced
tari mem
Ladies’ Jersey legrine,
Yeager's,
a. Mp
Christmas Vast Cards
There are now on sale a large and
exceptionally flue assortment of
Christmas Post Cards at the Reporter
office. They are selling at three for
five cents, or fifteen cents per dozen.
They are the same cards that regular.
ly tell two for five cents, and would be
cheap at that, Every card is pew in
design, and the designe are besutiful,
The price named will prevail ss long
as the stock Isats. Come early,
cl fs
soled
-
Men's fait slippers, 75
Yeager 's.
3: of
Christmas Post Cards at the Reo
porter office. Three for five cents, cr
twelve for fifteen cents,
big game rifles is
to work under all conditions, Jardin
rifles are built with this idea foremost,
The mechaniem Is simple, strong
fectly adjusted, quick and easy in opera
The
keep o
your hea
Border and gases blowing
shells o from you and allow
rr repeat ae b
Madein Me ia 0
5, calibers 43 to
and fal’ desert
and {ha {with
» medal for hero
inion
When Boys Were Taught to Smoke.
hab of Juvenile iz
smoking
eenth centurs
wevent
Jorevin
Delijeving i 1
for a man's health.’
ie Currents.
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It
y, 10 use 2
with
small use
are of en
If a small
the tw
1
tirely differy
nt construction
Weld near a 1}
ment,
magnet bx
if a contin
through It
descent lamp the fil:
current passing
bend slightly the mag-
it If, on the contrary, the
is alternating the filament will
becin to which will make |}
look as If It were continually changing
in The may
be a small one, easily carried about In
the pocket. Chicago Record-Herald,
uous is
will simply as
net nears
current
vibrate,
used
thickness magnet
Doing Their Duty.
The Teacher-—Children, we make he
roes Of ourselves by doing our duly.
Perry's duty was to whip the British
and be did it. The light brigade's duty
was to attack the Russians without
question, and they did it. All great
heroes won thelr victories by doing
their duty. Children, we have our do
ties. What “heuld we do for the weak
the suffering, the oppressed ¥
Chorus of Pupils—8afl in
‘em —Clevel ind Leader,
an’ lick
The Talkative One.
Nearsightrd Guest (at banquet) —
I presume the next thing wll be »
long and tiresome specch from some
talkative gvy. Man Sliting Nest—-Oh
I suppose #0. I'm the talkative guy
that has to make the speech.—Chicago
Tribune,
Her Claim,
Mrs, Gillet-—-80 there is a tablet In
your transept ! ger memory. Did she
do anything to bring people into the
church? Mrs. Perry—-Well, [| guess!
fhe wore a new hat every Sunday for
three years.—Harper's Bazar,
Then He Was Fired.
Bditor » aspiring writer)—You
should write so that the most ignorant
can understand what you oiean, As
pirant-Well, what part of my para:
graph don't you understand?
Very Wise,
Photographer Look pleasant, please,
Vietim-1 should say not. I want
to send this picture to my wife, wie
is visiting ber parents, If I look tog
happy she'll return home.
Learn to see In another's calamity
the fils which you should avold.—Pub
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