demoed, Word The Crentee Thursday Morning, January 28.1886, { Loom Editor and BL = A “+ Business Manager GRO. P, BI Hwportant No communications ¢ real name of the NOEN OQ ranase ntaining od from any part of the county mmerted unless accompania Hy | writer Local Department. ~The ice houses are pretty well fill ad. —The Tyrone planning mills are run ming on full time, —Accidents in the Altoona yards are of daily occurrence, —1f you want fine fresh groceries, give Erbard & Shuey a trial. —A colored man in Clearfield is said to be over a hundred years old. —The Nashville Students put up at the Drockerhoff House on Tuesday, ~The United Brethean are holding a protracted meeting at Houserville, —The farmers are getting their grain to market while there is good sledding, ~The correspondents of the Daily News edited that paper several days last week. his —The corner loafer has resigned position in favor of the poor unfortu- nate tramp. —The story of Cessna’s tobacco chewing horsa is going the rounds of | gi p44 of splendid declamtion for the the exchanges, | gecond week of Court is now —Th ins Judges Furst and Siminton ssion. rushed business through lively last week, Theo only be Peart Frot nn new groce.y Harris’ block High street, at present the Farmer's inst sk Haven on last Thursda able address, ~-Ouar Bo K don’t forge: A few |} this offic on all bring them out noti'ying mous decision road cas in our cou —Mr. Jan that clas of printers « WA his paper in advance —A Bu sossor of a The animal is ina thi ; both mouths, 1y kind it a sledload of litt od enjoyed themselves hugely, and eats with —On Satord some farmer broug! r fo town for a g time. The — It is said that county dent Cessne of wd Co. that chews tobacco and Super has a gota gets very ruley, when it is not given to him —The last spike on the Cresson and €Coalport Railroad was driven last Sat, wrday, at a point in Cambria e Dawson's mill between Wildwood and Centre Hall is have an f Hall in the borough is coming along in the line of to pera near future luis thriving progress more 1 than the County. — (TTR tion of con eourts last one court jotting it down Farmers | sgents. Buy y dealers at hom oar to and then An ex tle aleoh will no! how stone on worked i at noon, when th took a Fren leave when the overseer was absent —There is a vacancy in the Bellefonte elerkships now, and some young fellow, can get the position ean find the correspondent “clark the Daily Nez, pred, Is Monday a young man name of John Bechtol He evidently has gx by ewployed the ns firoman Was run over track, and killed, Ho wa on the mine wbout 30 years old, and leayes a » ~The know anything of Centr Hall the Nashville Stu dents appearis ore until Tuesday af ternoon, or | onld have been at beast fif dence. These p ” t did not give wera ad any date 3 jarted ire r pews solicit | erty, and { manner, and look, of Edwin ot Erhard & Shuey's | | many features that are a valuable deserving | if | of | | nm a mine engine at now Shoe people did not —M=r. Stack’s Lecrung,—Tun Pron- Rev, Chas, T. Steck's | feelings engendered by political con- audience last Thursday night was one | tests in the early days of our county | was a very successful gathering. Many critical, | ean be gathered by reading the county LEM OF SUCokss."” of the most and fy | Bellefonte can “The is a twin brother of “The intelligent boast, | of Success," | Hero recognized and unrecognized” the only lecture, which, all things consid- ered, we have heard anywhere that de serves to stand by its side. They both have the impress of Mr, Steck's mark- ed individuality in thought and man- They are both stamped with his characteristic elegance and force of diction, boldness, and originality of thought, intensity of feeling and moral inspiration, the words of prominent Ohio journalist, “They are incomparably above the average popu. lar lecture; and should Mr, Steck make lecturing his business, he would soon stand at the very top of the profession in reputation, as he now does in real ner. To use 0 literary and oratorical merit.” As the Hero recognized and unrecognized is a refutation of the mistakes of popular hero worship, and holds up the ideal of true heroism, so the ‘Problem of Success’ exposes the popular falicies on the question of success, and holds up | the true aim of life. The lecture {spicad here and there with flashes of is wit and touches of sarcasm of inimita. ble polish and intensity. It has strong and original reasoning, for the thought. ful, humor for the lover of laughter, and imaginative, At times Mr, Steck’s de- [livery reminds us in its smooth deliber- | ateness of Wendall Philips; then again in & certain statliness, of Dani el Dough ia intensity and flexibility of Booth to whom he has a striking resemblance,in face and voice study to thestudent of elocution and oratory. I'he climax is evidently a favorite ef vith him. An extended climax is { the most hazardous of ratorical ithurst at th to a student of elo rexirem and Xquisite pieasure, hose who heard him were very muck delighted with his talk. The Law and Order League were ard that in session In ae Aoining room, had 0 much business to transact, ugh the lecturer + the served the front seats ogin, and | to beg ate and the audience tired w much id} it attend when was necessarily cut on t otherwise wou IAYVO League d they adjourn. sithful to re; 8 from this } man m he d good as our word promise the young res unless ainte han he des we will be as | Judge Furst appointed Hon. John A. the | Jury this week. All will agree that the selection was a wise ona Mr. Wood ward is a clear level-headed conscien Woodward Foreman of Grand | cious man, who does his duty without to | prominent and publie spirited men like Mr. Woodward take on them the dutios No man to flinching. Jt is a good omen woe | of urors, $s ton elevated erve his fellow citizens in a minor ea | pacity, John Adams was Congressman after hoe was President, and it is said his i he in the same oa yey was Justices of the Peace aller 2 ¥ : vd served his country pacity, rly meet will b Tali) th nad Problem | | James M. Petrikin, Thomas J, | an i | m atter, Mr.Steck’s delivery has | | prominent | county, | Hxmilt | as to the difficulty between Dr. Lon the minds o ~ A faint idea of the intensely bitter 1523 Hon An‘ | | drew Gregg who was prominent in the papers of that day. In political and social life of Pennsylvania the cratic party, was nominated for Uover- and who had trained with Demo- nor by a convention held at Lewistown. John Andrew Shultz bad been nomi. nated by a convention of the Demo- cratic party at Harrisburg. The Lewis- town convention was Federalistic in its opinions although it styled itself a “ Democratic convention.” The contest between the friends of Shultz and Gregg waxed hot, Heary Petrikin was editing the Bellefonte Patriot and took strong grounds, both political and persona) against the election of Gregg. The Petriking, and Greggs with their family connections, the Curtins, locked horns and from the Patriot of June 25, 1823, we get the following account of a little “onpleasantness’’ The editor of the Patriot “was struck with a stone.’ of the was such as to instantly postrate him which occured. ’ “The violence stroke and cause a momentary deprivation of life.” Thomas J, Pet- rikin engaged in a personal combat in Dr. Curtin and front of Miles’ Tavern (then occupying the ground on which the First National Jank built. Wm. C. Welch it seems had a little set-to with James M, Petrikin, into the newspapers of the day, Patriot of July 16, 1823, in Che bitterness was carried In the are siatements Curtin Welch and James and Henry Petrikin Petrikin John Rankin, each explaining the In the addresses of the day to the voters we find the mame the affairs of Harris, Wm, John Holt of many the Patton. | nd many M. men in James n Hame othe leaders. lames rs gure R= friends robed farmers o and this shou grave Mr Jacob Herman bas opened a the has a first class livery and feed stable in thriving town He good stock of horses, sleighs and bug of Lemont, gies so that the traveling public ean be well accommodated in this line. Parties desiring to go to State College, Pine Girove, Boalsburg, or any of the sur rounding towns can take the train to with the above Lemont and be accommodated of Lemont needs a livery and Mr, " good rig to reach any pinces Herman has it, The Tyrone Times is responsible for he follow A ten Was ng her in one of our yhbath schools trying to impress i f her class the sin and | 1osdnezeer for nt of Nel th seven | | | | interesting | ded very i the meeting, | uine negro pl ~The Farmer's Institute held in the wirt House in Lock Haven last week topics were discussed able men, and the practical experience vs of of many of Clinton county farmers materially to the Patt ent and made a speech, Interest (ioy. wins Dr. Calder, of Harrisburg, at one time pres- on James ident of the State College, was there and addressed the meeting taking the subject “Farmer's Rights and Duties,” Hon, John A. Wooward read an inter- esting essay on the subject of “What does the farmer Prof. Wm, College read an essay on “ The Adapta- bilities of the Sugar Beet and Sorgum Respectively to Pennsylvania.” C, 8, McCormick, Esq., W. P, Hazzard, E«q., Thos of Agriculture at J. Elder, gave very valuable not want to kaow." Frear, Ph. D. of the State J. Edger, Sect. of the State Board Harrisburg, Hon, G, President Herr and others talks upon subjects relating to the improvement of the ete. 01) These itstitutes or conventions should be held agricultural, stock raising, in every county, and Centreshould now get up one. Letil be a Farmer's Insti- but meeting for all the farmers, whether a tute not a Grangers Meeting, a Granger or not. ~The famous Nashville Students sang to an hundred and fifty dollar house on Tuesday evening, in Humes Hall, and to a large and It the appreciative audience. Was best attraction the Post has furm The Company is first class antatio meeting You can en to hear them. Again th Perec \ s week, of Millheim ti th 1.. Zerl y, on Tuesaday on business W.H the early part of the week, WAR ID Fry, of Pine Grove, was in town Mr. John G. Uzzle, of Snow Shoe en oyed the concert on Tuesday evening. Prothonotary R. G. Brett is still con fined to his house on sccount of ill health. J. 1 of the law firm of Spangler & Hewes, isin Williamsport to-day on legal business, Mr. Whitmer Wolf, of Centre Hall, got the full benefit of the entertainment Spangler Ee«q,, on Tuesday evening. Mr. T. F of the Moday upon business fthe l ANd he cap Moyer the genial landlord Rebershurg hotel was in town on Mr: Moyer has n that part of the tal landlord one wt 1 of niy. by | pres | Court Procerpinos,—In the case of Merryman etal, vs lush, Hevnolds otal, the court directs a verdict for the defendant A icorge W, Lyon, ver f $56 62 C. and M. Houser vs, Harvey | wenner, Plaiutiff suffers a non suit, F. X Lebman ve, and | Verdict for plaintiff in the sum $1171. 49. J LEAD etal. Verdiet for the plaintiff for the lands described in the writ. John McCloskey ve, Curtin township schooi d sirict, $500.73 RS Ross vs. George Krape. for defendant, tI D Landis va. R G for plaiot ff for $106.50, rett, Verdict In the regular term of Court which began Mond.y morning, July 25th, the following business was dispatched, John Rishel vs, Plaintiff suffers non suit, Britton Abe Baum, Joel Rover vs. tiff suffers non In lowing bills were disposed of Prior ve, Aaron Baum and Plaintiff suffers non suit, David Horten. suit, of the Court Quarter sess f Commonwealth vs. Thompson Reese, assault and battery, H J Walker pros | 1) | ecuter, fendent pleads need Lo pay dollar f prosecu ten Lion | dent stating th ‘ ! whereupon Hon. Mortimer Whitehead | Nati | duced who in pointed bristling mal Grange Lecturer was intro words ® half. His theme might be sumed up in the elevation of the the farmer in a social financial, and intellectual part of view, Mr. Whitehead has been deliv- he held the audience well in hand un- was called out, who spoke of a more thorough organization, and refered | the heavy work done by Mr. White- " { head, The Doxology was then sung by the the choir, congregation joining when all went away feeling wel for coming to hear the lecture Roark, | John McCloskey etal. vs. D. B, Kunes | Verdict for plaintiff for | Verdict | Vandyke and Wilson | Plain: | ons the | talked to the audience for an hour and | ering two lectures per day for some | time, hence was somewhat fatigued but | til the close, when State Master Rhone | 10. James Blair, John Carmeny, Mrs Sage Duriall, Miss Emma M Gates, Mrs, Kate | Henderson, Geo. P | repaid | | Kain, Silent Griefs, | There are sighs unhisnved, there are tears tnwept i 4 | Thre are luton sustenng, thers are harps nnewept Wh, there are th gg hts untold Wa whon they soem ver anlowt the soul feels mont when ju silence deep It lives uubenrd as the winds in their ploep There wre sorrows very dark that o'ercloud our way | And that shade the beset in our life's glad lay : There are joyw usfelt, thers are hopes unfed : | There are pledges hushed , there ase words ugeaid RIBOBK Lhe spring (saves There are trosstires lost sin ng the Thete are flowers dead gviden ehonves, { There are memor io Bwest, and we love them well as thelr currents swe rn, like the dews of morn There are smiles now turned 0 the coldest S00rD There are drosms we loved in the dave gone by When the sun was wars, and oo bright our sky “ | That are passed tke spray on the coean's breast, When the storm has cessed and Ler waters rest | And the heart grows sad that its loves have fed That {ts hopes are gous and its gnrisnds dead There are scones we knew that sre fa ied now | There are gathered wresthes, and a shaded brow | There wre songs unsung that we loved to bony | When tt The Beart was fresh, and its plessures near | re are footsteps | i the sands of 4 me, There sre vol But That oe wl bod to this earthly el ™ the schom oume n the i from the boundless sho re os Levond ® Yar! evermore There ure prayers we | wi reathe for the ones we Jove wha ur griefs will ¢ #t we linger here fr ur hotses ” | Yor we smile to think thet rane | And our hearts reece Lu su endiess peace Far away sbove ether ial blue Where each sou i i» glad and | We will} och bewrt is troe Ye in love, and her redisut beam ba bheavenly dress AW. B be n Fridsy evening next Mr, Sanat- } } ' brah « native turer, will de- * College chapel at I'he Chautan JUS Assen - speak ve of his leo. and the press, pra: of the lecture he ne hundred 1 i lens hook ding attended. Far. is resulting Penna, nquirers. y church ymmunion h, preparatory ng Van Eman, st 11 f Osceola. and the ‘3 the Nn {rates vod most elegant bird ed Era the Quite a pleasant Lime was spent | in conversation in whieh the old ¢ wple After the reminis had been gone through with the company were invit- {ed to examine the many valuable and {useful presents. We wish this aged {couple a happy journey through the | remainder of life, and that they may live to celebrate their wedding. took an active psrt {ences and anecdotes List of unclaimed letters remaining in the Post office at Bellefonte, Centre county, Pa., Jan, 25th, 1880, Frank J Black, Herman W Baird. Goodman, Wm I. Hoover 2. John 8S. Hodson, M rs Salina ohn C Kunes, laker, Wm Mears, Oker, Wim Turner John Leaky,
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