Professional Cards.
0 D. HAY,
KJ. ATTORNEY AT LAW,
BELLEFONTE, PA. j
Special attention given to the collection ot claims. |
Olllce adjoining llrnckeiliolV llon.e. H ' ;
r PHOMAS J. McCULLOUGH,
JL ATTORNEY AT LAW,
pIIILIPSBUnO, PA.
Olllce In Albert Owen's building, tlie room form
oil j occupied by the BbtUpMHUV Banking Coui|>auy. j
n. u. IIASTIXUH. w - p ' asEDSB.
HASTINGS & REEDER,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
BELLBFONTE, PA.
Olllce on Alloglieny street, two doors east ol the ol
fico occupied l>y late linn of Yocom A
IS. K. PKAIC. U - A ' M KK *'
IJEALE & MCKEE,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
BL--tf Office opposite Court House, Bellefuiito, Pa. ,
8. IT. TOCUM. • HARHHEEBOBH. |
VOCUM & IIARSHBERGER,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
11KLLEFONTE, 1A.
Olllce on N. K. corner of Diamond and Allegheny-lit.,
in the room lately occupied by 1 ocuni A Hastings.
WII.LHM A. WALLACE, DAVID L. KIU'.liH,
II ARK V P. WALLACE, WILLIAM K. WALLACE.
WALLACE & KREBS,
LAW AND COLLECTION OFFICE, j
January 1,1381. CLEARFIELD. PA.
L. ORVIS,
J J ATTORNEY AT LAW. |
OFFICE opposite the Court House, on 2d iloor of ,
A.O. Furst's building. 3-stf J
C.T.ALEXANDER. C. M. DOWER, j
A LEXANDER & BOWER,
j. V ATTORNEYS AT LAW, j
Bellefonte, Pa., may he consulted in English or Oer
man. Olllce in Oarman's Building. 1-ly
T?RANK FIELDING,
A LAW AND COLLECTION OFFICE,
12-ly CLEARFIELD, PA.
JiMCS A. BEAVEB. J. WESLEY QCPIIABT.
"IJEAVER & GEPIIART,
JL> ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Office on Allegheny street, north of High. Hallo
' foute, Pa. 1 y
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• ATTORN EY-AT-LAW,
BELLEFONTE, PA.
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FI ATTORNEY AT LAW,
BELLEFONTE, PA.
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T L. SPANGLER,
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BELLEFONTE, CENTRE COUNTY, PA.
Special attention to Collections; practices in all the
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e ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Office on Allegheny Street South Bide of Lyon's
Utore, Bellefonte, Pa. '~5
TC. HIPPLE,
e ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
LOCK HAVEN, PA.
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PRACTICAL SURVEYOR,
LOCK HAVEN, PA.,
Will attend to all work in Clearfield, Centre and
Clinton counties.
Office opposite LOCK Haven NATIONAL Bank. 20- ly
WC. HEINLE,
a ATTORNEY AT LAW,
BELLEFONTE, PA.
Office in Conrad House, Allegheny street.
Special attention given to the collection of claims.
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t V ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
CLEARFIELD, PA.
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Stiocial attention given to Operative Surgery and
Chronic Diseases.
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PHYSICIAN ANf) SUROEON,
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6-tf HKLLEFONTK, PA.
DR. J. W. RHONE, Dentist, can
ha found at LIIA office and residence on Nertli
side of High street three doors East of Allegheny,
Ibdlofonte, Fa. 16-1>
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| > E LLEFONTE & SNOW HII O K
JD It. It.—Timo-Tablo In otlect on and after March
I,1882:
Lcuvos Snow Shoo 5.3G A. i.,arrive* in Ilollofonte
7.21 A. M.
heaves Bullefonto 9.12 A. M., arrives at Snow Shoe
11.25 A.M.
Leaven Snow Shoe 2.20 P.M. arrives in lkdlefoiite
4.20 p. M.
Leaves Bellofofito 4.45 P.M. .arrives at Snow Shoe
7:25 P.M. S. S. BLAIK, Ueii'l Superintendent j,
E>ALD EAGLE VALLEY HAIL-
J[3 ROAD.—Tinie-Tablo, April 29,1880:
Kxp. Mail. WESTWARD. EASTWARD. Kxp. Mail.
A. M. P. M. PK. > M
8 lo 702 Arrive at Tyrone Leave 7 22 8 48
8 3 6 65 Leave Kant Tyrone Leave... 7 29 8 66
769 651 44 Vail 44 ... 742 86#
7 65• 47 44 Bald Eagle 44 ... 74 7 902
74s G26 44 Fowler 44 ... 762 909
742 022 44 Hannah 44 ... 765 912
735 G25 44 Port Matilda 44 ... 800 919
72 7 61 7 44 Martha 44 ... 8 7 U25
718 GOS 44 Julian 44 ... 81 5 922
1 9 657 44 Uuiontille 44 ... 822 939
7 (HI 648 44 Snow Shoe In 44 ... 822 P45
ti 6G 545 44 Miletibttrg 44 ... 824 94S
G IH 525 44 Bollelonte 44 ... 843 967
030 625 ...... 4 * MilesLurg 44 ... 85410 08
G 25 515 44 Curt in 44 ... 90010 19
G lB 510 44 Mount Eagle 44 ... 91210 25
9 601 44 Howard 44 ... 9201n 27
r55 450 44 Kugleville 44 ... 93810 49
50 445 44 Beech Creek 44 ... 94010 54
134 433 44 Mill Hall 44 ... 54 11 16
t29 430 44 Flomingtou 44 ... 967 1 1 2<
TJENNSYLVANIA RAILROAI>.
I —(Philadelphia and Erie Division.)—On and
after Dc ember 12, 1877 :
WESTWARD.
ERIK MAIL leave* Philadelphia 11 65 pm
44 44 ilarriaburg 425 a m
44 Williamaport 835 a m
14 44 Lock Haven 9 40 a in
41 44 Konovo 10 55 a m
44 arrives at Erie 735 p m
NIAGARA EXPRESS leave* Philadelphia... 7 20 a in
4t 44 Ilarriaburg.... In 50am
44 41 Williamaport. 2 20pm
41 arrives at lie novo 4 40 p m
Paasengera by this train arrive in Belle
fonte at 4 35 p ni
FAST LINK leaves Philadelphia 11 45 a ni
14 44 Ilarriaburg 385 p m
44 44 Williauiftport 730 pm
44 arrive* at Lock Haven 8 40p m
EASTWARD.
PACIFIC EXPRESS leaves L<rk Haven fi 40 a m
44 44 Williniuaport... 766 am
44 arrives at Ilarriaburg 11 55 a in
44 44 Philadelphia.... 3 45 pni
DAY EXPRESS leaves lo lo K m
44 44 Lock Haven 11 20 am
44 44 Williaiiisport 12 40 am
44 arrive* at Harriahurg 4 lop n
44 44 Philadelphia. 720 p m
ERIE MAIL leave* Renovu. 8 35 p m
44 44 Lock Haven 945 p m
44 44 Williamaport. 11 05 p m
44 *i rives at Ilarriaburg 2 45 a in
41 44 Philadelphia 700 am
FAST LINK leaven Williamaport 12 26 an
44 arrive* at Ilarriaburg 368 a IT:
44 44 Philadelphia 735a rn
Erie Mail Went, Niagara Express \\ eat, Lock Haven
Accommodation West, and Day Express East, mak<
close connections at Northumberland with L. A B. K
R. trains for Wilkesharre and Scran ton.
Erie Mail West. Niagara Express West, and F.rb
Express West, and Lock Haven Accommodation West,
tnake close connection at Williaiiisport with N.C. R
W, train* north,
Erie Mall West, Niagara Express West, and Daj
Express East, make clone connection at Lock Haver
With 11. E. V. R. R. trains.
Erie Mail East and West connect at Erf 8 with train -
on L. S. A M. H. R. R., at Corry with C. C. A A. V. P.
R., at Emporium with B. N. Y. A P. R. K., an.l hi
Driftwood with A. V. It. If.
Purl or car 3 will run 1 cfwpn Philadelphia arid
Wtlliamsport on Niagara Express Want, Krle Mipm#
West, Philadelphia Express East and Pay Exprot P
East, and Sunday Express P int. HI eping < arson all
night trains. Ww. A. lUi.nwix.
Oen'l Superintendent.
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2-flm REI.LEFONTK. PA.
MOKFiY To Loftn atG per Ct.
J.U.VXAJ.J L ]iy T|IE jiUTUAI, f.IFK INSUR
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and not exceeding one-third of the present value of
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527 Court, street, Reading, Pa.,
or to DAVID Z. KLINE, Co.'s Appraiser,
J-tf H11 efon te. Pa.
For Sale.
A FARM containing Fifty Acres'
anil tiarln* thereon erected e TWO-BTOKY
FRAME BUILDING end outbuildings. Title good.
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U-B Unlo iville, Centre county. I.
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NEWS, FACTS AND BUOOEBTIONB.
THE TRUT t THE NATIONAL WELFARE IS Till INTELLI
GENCE AND PROSPERITY OP THE PARMER.
Every farmer in his annual experience
discovers something of value. Write it and
send it to the "Agricultural Editor of the
Dkmocrat, Uellefonte, J'enn'a," that other
farmers may have the benefit of it. Let
communications be timely, and be sure that
they are brief and well pointed.
Look Ahead.
One of the principal duties of a
careful husbandman is to make fre
quent forecasts. "What work, what
feed, what marketable produce have
I before me? The future is certain
ly mysterious and bidden, but on the
other hand I know there is a winter to
provide for, a succession of crops to
prepare for, and a large family of
live stock to care for. Like the bees
and the ants, we must reckon on cer
tain events that come with eacli year,
are to be met as certainly as sunset
and sunrise, or, shall we say? as our
annual bills at Christmas time.
Stewing Tomatoes.
In our early married life we stewed
tomatoes as we had always eaten tbem
at our mother's table—that was,
stewing until fairly done fcooking
about 30 minutes) and seasoning lib
erally with butter, pepper and salt.
The Major kindly interrogated us as
to whether we liked tomatoes so "wa
tery," and were they cooked enough,
etc. To all such question we answer
ed with a smiling "yes," actually
pitying a palate that preferred the
strong, burnt taste of long-cooked
tomatoes. Soon the request came
that we would please cook tomatoes
for him until the pieces were stewed
to a pulp and the juice sufficiently
evaporated to make a thick sauce—in
fact, to cook them gently for three or
four hours. We have grown now to
like them so cooked, and when sea
soned with plenty of butter and salt
with a dash of pepper, we think they
cannot be beaten.
Be Sura tho Land is in Good Con
dition.
"I don't advocate thin seeding as
the general rule," says a writer in the
Husbandman , "because I know that
not one field in ten is well fitted. Get
that condition and anything beyond
three pecks is thrown away. I want
it understood that when I recommend
thin seeding it comes after thorough
fitting. Get that fact well in mind —
attend to the fitting—and there is no
earthly use of distributing seed that
won't have room to grow. But it s
of no use to talk about it, for nine
farmers out of ten think they know
better. They will go on sowing two
bushels of wheat, or three of oats
because they can't persuade them
selves that any less will filing a lull
crop. I have seen wheat this year as
thick as I want to see it, and only
three pecks of seed were used to the
acre. But, mind you. the land was
in gooJ order.
Go to tho iuiiß?
Prom the Amiricuii Agrtcultud-I.
The term "l-air" may not always
be the most appropriate one for the
autumn Shows. J-ciimiiutn is a bet
ter word, but lar less frequently used.
Not only should the farmer go to the
Fair, but he ought to take his family
with him. The going simply, is not
enough. All members of the house
hold should make it a point to tuke
something to exhibit. One of the
boys may take a line colt, and if it is
his own, there will be uli the more
pride in obtaining a prize. Anothcr
son may have a yoke of steers that
he has trained for the exhibition. As
for the girls, there area thousand dif
ferent things that can be uiude with
the needle that will grace the walls of
the "Woman's Puvillion," or the
rooms of the Household Department.
Even so common a thing as bread
may be baked with special care, and
will attract much attention. Then
there are the garden vegetables, pota
toes—a new kind, perhaps—pump
kins, squashes, etc., and the products
of the farm and orchard. It is not
wise to leave all these things at home,
and then criticise the Exhibition be
cause you can say, "We have better
things at home." To go and take
things to the Fair is not enough.
The Exhibition should become a
school at which all exhibitors and
visitors make a study of the imple-
nents, cattle, poultry, fruit, grain,
tc., that are there. A farmer may
°'e his success in growing some
crt > to the knowledge gained at a
tow. Pair. The farmer that has a
real j n the farm v. ill take great
interes j n tj le local Fair, and will
exhibit i ie >jest products of farm
life in thehoys snd girls, who are in
terested exjbitors at the Fairs. The
day at the v a j r should be a social
one, every ot> making it a point to
meet many and others with
a pleasant woi\ it is a place for i
asking and answfcjng questions, and '
the person who go*, through the Ex
hibition without opning his mouth,
is certainly not gettiig all the good
within his reach. It's our advice j
that all go to the I'\jr—all take
something to show, and .11 find out
as much as possible about <ll the va
rious exhibits that are mad*, by oth
ers. In this way the day at t;e Fair
will be a most profitable one. ' t may
be thnt a premium will not be aken
by every one, but the prize rnonW is
only a small part of the value thatan
exhibitor may receive from a Fay,
that has been used as a means for a
better understanding of the products
of the farm, garden, and household.
A Change Necessary.
MRS. ANNIE L. JACK.
The old routine of every-day life
is very galling to a sensitive and
nervous woman. The round of break
fast, dinner and supper, with its in
evitable dish-washing, chafes and irri
tates our hearts and lives. Oh, if the
dishes would wash themselves! If
it could be so arranged that life would
go on for awhile without this weary
round. The men find food for thought
and variety of duties in their out-of
door toil; for them seldom are two
days' labor alike. Hut not so with a
woman who has household duties to
perform, and who knows that they
will not wait. To such it is a neces
sity to have a change in their lives,
and a trip to the seaside or the moun
tains is a rest, and recuperates body
and mind for renewed labor. And
what interest attaches to a trip to the
fair. I remember last year in "Every
day House'' how the children were
all busy preparing for it, each having
something to show at the City Exhi
bition, and a prize is of so much
value in eyes that are unused to the
lottery of life. The thought and care
necessary in the preparation of any
article for exhibition brighten the
eyes and fill the soul with pleasant
anticipations. To strive to excel is
good discipline for young or old, and
we are glad of even this break in the
routine of living. Let father or hus
band not forget that those who look
after his comfort and make him a
home worthy of the name, need
recreation and amusement to lighten
the cares of housekeeping and rest
the tired hands. To do this there is
nothing better than the county show
with its variety and its neighborly
kindness and interest.— Jlur<i( .Yew
Yorker.
I NOTICE 11■ tit a German has in
vented or discovered away of cold
ironing, widch, if a success, as claim
ed, will revolutionize ironing-day as
regards heat. Some ladies in Cincin
nati, I hear, have invented an iron
ing board, from which they arc mak
ing "lots of money," having it man
ufactured and put on the market, and
refusing to sell their patent. The in
vention consists in the simple con
trivance of having a place for the
flat-irons in each end of lite board.
How caß}- a thing seems when once
it has been done.
ONE of my neighbors thinks that
dried sweet corn is a poor dish in
comparison with salted corn. She
cuts her corn from the cob and packs
it in jars, a layer of salt on the bot
tom, on the top, and nil the way
through. When cooked first soak
the salt out of the corn. She also
finds tomatoes very delicious, indeed,
to fry them in slices in beef suet, pack
them in jars and fill up with hot suet.
In Winter take out and warm up—
ripe tomatoes, of course.
OUT of about 7,000 children care
fully taught kindness to animals in
one English school, not one has ever
been charged with a criminal offense
in any court.
Milking.
X. A. Willurd, in Kurni New Yorker.
The first point to be observed by
milkers is extreme kindness to dairy
stock—i.o 1 ond talking or rough
treatment of any kind should be al
lowed while milking. The animal
should become well acquainted with
its milker; should be made to feel a
perfect trust and confidence in this
person's good intention, so as to be
kept as quiet and free from excite
ment as possible. This is best effect
ed by petting the cow, handling her
gently and speaking in low, kind,
cheery tones. Cows that are fright
ened, that are kicked and beaten for
every misstep they make while being
milked, not only fall off greatly in
their yield of milk, but their milk is
rendered unwholesome and often so
much so as to cause disease and death
to persons partaking of it. The
changes which milk undergoes under
such circumstances have not been
fully explained, though as a physio
logical fact the unwholesomeness of
such milk has been long observed,
and made record of, by the medical
profession. It should be borne iti
mind, therefore, that anything which
frets, disturbs, torments, or renders
the cow uneasy, lessens the quantity
and vitiates the quality of her milk.
The quality of milk that a cow
gives depends much upon the mode,
tiriX? and regularity of milking. Cows
do best that have one regular milker,
ami the time of milking should be
carefully attended to and not be sub
jected to variations from day to day
The bag should be brushed of any
loose hairs, and in case of any dirt on
the udder it should be cleansed by
washing with a cloth and freshwater.
For if the cow has been driven
through any muddy places and thus
b3Come smeared, any dirt accidental,
ly falling in the pail will communi
cate its taint to the milk. The prac
tice of wetting the hands and teats
with milk before milking is a very
vicious practice. This should always
be avoided, both for the comfort of
the animal and the cleanliness ol the
milk. The milker should have short
fingernails, for long nails will be sure
to hurt the teat and cause irritation
to the cow. There are two methods
of milking—the one may be called
stripping, or catching the teat be
tween the finger and thumb and strip
ping down the whole length of the
teat. This plan is not to be recom
mended. The better way is to grasp
tbe teats, one in each hand, diagon
ally across the bag, and press out the
milk—the second, third and fourth
fingers doing the main work, while
the upper portion of the band and
i first finger prevent the milk from re
turning to the udder; the milk should
be drawn rapidly, and the udder
i completely emptied of its contents.
In the (lush of the season, or when
I cows are yielding the most milk, from
11 to 12 cows per hour will be about
the rate for a competent hand. A
slow, dilatory milker makes a great
loss in the yield of milk and if possi
ble ought never be allowed to milk,
except, perhaps, when cows are going
dry nt the end of the season. Afi the
; drawn milk is the richest in but
ter, great care should be taken that
all the milk in the udder be drawn,
and this is important, not only on ac
count of the value of such milk, but
because the habit of leaving a part
of the milk undrawn lias a tendency
to dry up the cow and weaken her
capacity for yielding a full flow of
milk another season.
lo be a good milker is an accom
plishment which some persons can
never attain. It inquires a muscular
hand, honesty, or conscientious in
tegrity in the discharge of duties,
good nature, or complete control of
temper, at least while milking, and a
scrupulous regnvd to cleanliness.
Unless perfectly trusty hands can
be employed in milking the dairyman
should give personal attention to the
milking, and if he docs not milk him"
self Ift; should see to it that those in
his employ perforin the work properly
in every particular; for it is upon
the manner in which this work is |K>r
formed that his profits from the dairy
will lie in n great measure regulated
—one blow on the spine with a milk
ing stool in the hands of a passionate,
ill-tempered man, or a kick on the
udder, may ruin a cow forever.
WISCONSIN is complaining of early
frosts.