THE CENTRE REPORTER, CENTRE HALL, PA. ——— ——— rr eer | eet A | Seton teres cam————— mtm—————— ——— —— ——— . «a. 8 9 . $l A SHOEMAKER STORY WITH Perhaps Mre. Blanche Stover Smull, 23RD 18 ARBOR DAY ITS SETTING IN QUAINT gifteq local historian of Hebersburg ® . ITEMS OF . TOWN OF BEBERSBURG 4nd for several years gandhy for Dr. Laughing Around the World ® Myr, Sunshine * LOCAL INTEREST . Colonel Henry W. Shoemaker, wha of the department of public Instruc- » e ® ® » ® ethirty years ago printed in the col-|tion at Harrisburg during the Earle umnsg of The Reportep many Penn-| administration, may have some chap sylvania legendary tales, hag written {ters of Lews' doings In Rebersburg { another, titleg "Old Horseblock at lamong her vast fund of valuable in- for George Stover. . Rebersburg,” in which a husband kills formation, opr Mr. Smull In whose Wh D > k P . ¥"%.. Bartholomew of Altoona spent) him 8 en Davis Takes Pen in Hand ; wife for failure to return his antique shop, near the hotel, Is a ver- Saturday in Centre Hall, ‘home, The story appeared in a re-litable Brungar > - . . a i " i? s y ! i f i » B gart Plow, the last exam Russell Bohn and Ernest Wagner | cent issue of the Altoona Tribune, ple of a vanished Brush Valley indus- By IRVIN 8. COBB are each taking a course in Education | and is reprinted herwith: try, It wag related by the late ‘Squire ¢«pBOB” DAVIS, editor of Munsey’s magazine, is one of the best letter at the Pennsylvania State College. | “OLD HORSEBLOCK AT REBERS.|Henry Meyer to be rated as B Prac writers in the world, as those who have had personal or pro- | BURG,” class Brush Valleyite, one must own fessional correspondence with him can testify. He packs as much of Guests of Mrs, Edng Noll on a mo ; Srita gre slow. i . rer flint- In front of mine host Bierly's Inn|® Prungart plow, a Henninger fin wisdom into three lines on a sheet of office notepaper as some people tor trip to Sunbury, Saturday, were | lock 1 a. a PEAT en : and a red wamus, vs Ruth Smith, Elizabeth and Jean Bar- at pleturesque old Rebersburg, Centre ey od ; ‘2a could put’intc a whole book. There wag old Trout, the postrider, tholomew. county, stands a well-worn block of | limsetone, the ancient horse-block of the hostelry. Ths mounting block, if It could talk, could tell many tales, Once, old people say, Davig Lewis, the robber, was sipping his shrub at The Garden Club will meet at the the bar of the anclent log inn, now home of Mrs. Harry Harper tomorrow of course rebuilt gng weatherboarded, night (Friday) at 7:30. Planning gar- when a Dutch stable boy rushed in dens will be the topic for discussion, (by the back door and spluttered out Christ D. Keller, why lived at the that he saw a posses of mounted ' ; . isheriffs coming down the mountain Samuel Gingerich home for some time, from Sugar Valley. Like a flash. Lew- is now making his headquarterg at . *ET TT led for days until the owner chanced . is threw is ackoning to t bar- : : 2 the Mrs. Margaret Godshall home, he h 3 » he i to arrive ang claimed them by paying maid an] dashed put. In 4 moment the postage. Eugene P. Bertin, the With IRVIN S. COBB tobhert Walker is now driving truck who was sald to occupy himself as he slowly foggeq along by knitting mittens and stockings, Sometimes his “portmantles’ as the mall bags were called, were carelessly locked at the inns, and many letters Were lost along the roads. On arriving at Reb- ershburg, “Old Trout,” as he was al- ways called, left his letters on the backgammon table in tha sitting room in front of the par room, or gn the bar counter where they often remain- Mrs. O. A. Jamison with her sons, Rufus and Grey .spent Sunday at the home of her son, Roy Jamison, and] family. I remember once that a friend of mine sent Davis a very bad short story. Davis returned the manuscript with these words: “Dear Bill: This yarn smells to Heaven. Control yourself, my dear boy,~control yourself!” t » put 1 Shin Je rose = Me most jnavired heights here fue the Jeet er, longer laning, other day when receiv rom an unknown author a jingle, The ind to the skin, Treet The sons and daughters of R. M./h® Wag on the horseblock, and next his| \ "Go 0" 0 when sender, in a letter accompanying the verses, declared them to be his Single-edge Blades are Smith, and their families, spent Sun- long legs were across his favorite Kuhnia LeNoir (one will ind her name very own. But somehow or other, as Davis read them over, he was uniformly good! 4 10¢ day at a hunting camp im High Val- | mare, Fraxinella, and ha was off iy, - . . Governo Earle's family struck by a haunting note of familiarity. He pondered a bit and then superb blades for 10¢, ley, near Coburn. This family outingitowards his hideaway in the wildg ofl, 0 ©" Lion of the famous General he had the answer. Line for line, and almost word for word, the poem Minnick'y Gap. lenner). rode horseback from Clester was copied from a lyric which had been sung years before in “The The Young People's Missionary Cir- Lav OL as le _ dia oF he unty to hep uncle's iron furance be- Yankee Prince.” ; a oung pl Missionar marry a pretty young widow in Re-|_ talefont bout 1785. Trout wa Bo Davis fired the offering back to the plagiarist with this letter: has come to be an annual affair. + . . . 1 3 ie Lard cle of the Evangelical churdp was bersburg, was in comfortable Clr-1. o.une man and spirited vouth at “My Dear Sir: I do not believe I care to use this work of yours. entertained at a H illowe’sn party at cumstances. The marriage kK placei nt time. and became her companion It may be original, as you claim. Far be it from me to take issue with the home of Mrs. Reuben Rickert, in New Berlin where the bride went from Fretown. Row d Lewis you on that point. But | will say this: £2 L A D E 5 4 uesday night, to meet him at the home of rela- unre, to her destinaton. She was pr ~“It is entirely too much of a George M. Cohancidence!” (American News Features, Ine) / FIT GEM AND EVER-READY RAZORS a ep > GENE VR TERI NER LR ETI ERE ARE ei er ae LTTE Vv] Check the WY. &7C0K &itG ay tha F020 £7). 8% 7 J wr & a & ? rey Britcher’s Auction SALE! WEDNESDAY, OCT. f lasek nromotly IERCHERON some hroken Horses—heat enol best quality] “Brad” will sell them i 100 High Class Central Pa. Dairy Cows FANCY DAIRY HEIFERS and Stock na 1.1.8 # ELECTRIC by Mrs. Frank rd 1, tender ta . w vy i vont thr hh the erow Yet YY pi no : ” F. BEradfor Mrs Milford lL.ause, M % 2 Awe Ww th Pp ay rous | ¥ y . Mary Neff, Mrs Thomas Delaney, ee tommander : held by uc 0. HORSES F M. Fisher teted k chauffeur. a ney one person present was 1 as to all hi attenio to the ovoy- call his attenion the ove PIGS and SHOATS Mrs. W. W. Kerlin escaped seri- [sight. What his feelnge were after wards, Grandma Slaterbeck sally no a. I My I mean to sell horses promptly at] Se Surv when she fell dot a gh 5: 30 y J ; ous injury when she fell gown a fight 10:30 o'clock. Be here. Come early! of stairs to the basement of the home, "pena to ate. David Lewis |Go home arly! N M t h N Fl ¥ X = David 1 o Matches, No Flames—Just Safe, Saturday morning, striking the con-lyad an estranged and personable wife F. A. BRITCHER crete with much force. Besideg a a few doors up the street, he had the Meals served at auction place “edge” to return to Rebersburg, and epen e t # general shaking up, no further injury even carry oh ga flirtation with the}. —l resulted, attractive barmaid at the ancient inn Ties - or Ci —— or § 1] World's Most-Nearly Accurate Oven— evrolets Make Their Bow Your Choice of Oven and Platform Heats mame || INSURANCE | SEE And - THE LOWEST PRICES you ARE . . : puta pe] [e) in Electric Range History! Helen Bartholomew, Mgr. 3 tnt rT Range 7 rire 1M. HAS CENTRE HALL, PA. / " “3 EE LTT RT TO WEST PENN CUSTOMERS ONLY Check up on those empty sockets and bumtout bulbs tonight—then take Drie of this Special Money-Saving Offer! 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