N ceremony,
CHAS. 3« KURTZ Proprietor.
OUR HISTORICAL
REVIEW
Another Chapter On Peculiar In
dian Beliefs
CHRISTIANITY WAS REJECTED
A Strange Ceremony to Ward off Dis
case— They Paid Little Attention
to the Efforts of Christian Mission
aries
')
ey gathered
) aAwS, Of
powaw
Ken severa
at length broke up, I apprehend
WA out receiving any answer at a
“After they had done 1 ing. I at.
discourse | }
Christianity ; but the
and gave me no opportunity
of that nature. Av
while I was entirely
th
wae
ness, destitute of
who so much as “named the name of
Christ,'’ greatly
gave me the
imaginable, almost stripped
resolution and hope
attempts for propagating
:
converting the pagans, and
and
sunk my spirits
most g! of mind
me of all
especting further
the gospel and
rendered this
the most burdensome and
Sabbath which I ever saw. Bat nqthing,
I can truly say, sunk and distressed me
like the loss of my hope respe
conversion,
“The Indians of this island can, many
of them, understand the English lan.
guage considerably wel
merly lived in some part of Maryland,
Among or near people ; but
are very Crunken, vicious and i rofane,
although not so savage as those who
have less acqugintance with the
sagreeable
ting their
having for.
the white
English
Their customs, in various respects, differ
from those of the other
this river. They d
in a common
Indians upon
not bury their dead
their flesh
consume above the ground, in close cot
form, but let
ibs
At the end of a
of
when the flesh
made for the purpose
year, or sometimes a lounger
time, they take the boue
is consumed, and wash and scrape them,
and afterwards
spac
bury them with some
Their method of charming
or conjuring rer the sick,
what different from that of
Indians, though in substance the same.
The whole of it among these and others,
perhaps, is an imitation of what seems
by Naaman's expression, (2 Khbg, v. 11)
to have been the custom of the ancient
heathen. It seems chiefly ¥ consist in
their “striking their hands over the dis.
eased,” and repeatedly stoking them,
“and calling upon their god ;” except
the spurting of water lite a mist, and
Seems Some.
the other
some other frantic ceremonies common
to
already mentioned.
“When
last, I had
many
the other covjurations which I have
May
learning
this
opportunity
was in region in
an of
f the notions 1d customs of the
as observing many of
more
I then travelled
es upon the river, above the
time he (
by all he « eave them,
sd o h I's
ard go cryi ! : It
that
ou
he would
Was
manifest iRious
ad t of re
1 examined for him.
be hac
taken f
notions whi
self, and not granted upon
bare tradition ; and he relished or dis
relished whatever was spoken of a re.
ligious nature, as it either agreed or dis
agreed with his standard While | was
sometimes discoursing, he would some
times say, “Now that I like 1 has
taught me,” &ec. ; and some of his senti
ments seemed very just Yet he utterly
denied the existence of a devil, and de.
clared there was no such creature known
among the Indians of old times, whose
religion he supposed he was attempting
to revive. He likewise told me that de
parted souls went southward, and that
the difference between the good and bad
was this : that the former were admitted
into a beautiful town with spiritual walls
and that the latter would for ever ho
Vain attempts to
80 0
er
these walls in
get in, He seened to be sincere, honest
and couscientious in his own way, and
according to his own religious notions
which was wore than | ever saw in any
her pagan 13 that be was
oked upon aud derided among most of
the Indians as a precise zeal {, who
made a needless noise about religious
matters; but I must say that there was
something in his temper and d sposition,
which looked more like true re gion
than any thing I ever observed Among
other heathen. But, alas! how deplor.
able is the state of the Indians upon this
river! The brief representation which 1
have here given of their notions and
manners is sufficient to show that they
| are led captive by Satan at his will, in
the most eminent manner ; and methinks
{ might likewise be sufficient to excite the
| compassion and engage the prayers of
God's children for these their fellow.men,
who “sit ln the region of the shadow of
death.”
around
erceived
IMPORTANT
AMENDMENTS
Measures that Should Be
Fully Understood
MAY SECURE SECRET BALLOT
'wo
Per
Required
In
ne
By Machines
the Use of Voting
sonal Registration to Be
0 Prevent Paddir
Two Amendmer
pt says, howes
Commissioners returned
ver the machines, Many
ersons who were fully cons
Accomp
named
board,
unanimity in favor of them
The machines find favor, for the reason
that they are accurate in recording votes
and report the result of the poll correctly,
| in a wonderful short time, compared with
| old methods of canvassing and « unting
| "As to the other amendment to be
voted on, looking to personal registra
tion, “The Post’’ has on many occasions
Spoken in its favor and demonstrated its
necessity, if we are to have honest elec.
tions in Pennsylvania It is the basis of
ballot reform in the way of an honest
vole and a true return The simple
proposition it embodies is that in the
cities of the Commonwealth every citizen
ciaiming the right of suffrage shall make
personal application for the registration
of his name as a legal voter, He cannot
do it by deputy. The registering officials
are not permitted to accept and enroll
Any name uniess the voter applies in
person. Personal registration is incum.
bent on a high and low, rich and poor
This amendment is so meritorious and
ust, and such an important pre requisite
to honest elec tions, that we expect to see
the amendment pros iding for it adopted
by an overwhelming majority.’
wit
ersant
by the
were exam
and great
$ reported
ished
Boston
Personal registration is required in
New York and we believe it has proven
and especially in the large
cities where there is more need of pre.
The
use
satisfactory,
caution to insure honest elections
Meyers voting machine
some sections of New York state but
was abandoned as impractical. of
course there are other devices, as men.
tioned in Massachusetts.
This question is a new one to us as
well as most readers, but it will be our
Aim to keep on the lookout for further
comment and by election time our read.
was in in
| ers will have had sufficient opportunity to |
| study these amendments and vote intel.
| ligently upon them.
BELLEFONTE, PA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER +
1901,
AUGUST COURT NOTES
( nvened on Friday
nine « ock, when a large nu
1d motions were hea:
the
and sheriff's
Court return
DroneErtisg
pop :
assault battery
Bi
prosecutor to pay the costs
bert Moore
Thomas
and
lliam Benner
ss
Com
rged w
betraya prosecutrix Askey
Continued
charg
trude E
McCloskey
prosecutrix Ger
:
Com. v8, Samue! |
with betrayal
Cox. Continued
Com. vs, William Benner and
Benner, charged with assault
prosecutor
incan
tery Garfink
Isaac
igvored and the prosecutor
Costs
H E
prosecutrix
vs Harper, charged with
Mitchell
Com
betrayal ; Lizzie
Settled
William
prosecutrix
charged
Laura
Com. vs Nail,
betrayal
Settled
a
Com John Baylets, charged with
malicious mischief; prosecutor J. I. Ke
Continued
William
with false pretense :
Settled.
Oscar
ley
Com. vs, Houser,
charged
prosecutor Amos
Garbrick.
Com. vi
betrayal
tinued,
Com, vs, Joseph Mekin, charged with
aggravated assault and battery ; prose.
cutor Frank Bokson Bill and
Aikey, charged with
prosecutrix Kate Fravel. Con
ignored
| the prosecutor to pay the costs
Com. vs. Taylor Snyder, Archibald
[Snyder and Charles Casher, charged
with assault and battery ; prosecutor R,
R. McMonigal. Settled,
Com, vs. William Benner, charged
(Continued on page 4 column 4.)
VARIETY OF
COUNTY NEWS
From
Interest zathered
All Secti
[tems of
ons,
SHORT AND TO THE POINT
hattan
be he
x
Mi
Tanuary ar
the Methodist
“th
8
ipie church on
at Mcl
h on January 6th
hattan in
and H
Bg Men's Christian
Association WAS permanently or ranized
¥ ®
The Eagleville You
Officers were elected as follows: Rev
George Stanley West, general secretary
Wilson
directors Lap
Clarence Johnson, librarian
Kunes, assistant librarian
tain James A. Quigley, C
Mr. Harter
Spangler
W. Page, Sam
nel Kunes, WwW. 1 owler
and Sauwine
The Rev
ate J. R
Walter Lowrie. son o
‘eo
Lowrie, Esq., of Warriorsmar
was drowned Thursday 20. while
athing at Newpoit, Rhode Is and. =
ith
Richard Greene, whom he was
2. It is believed that Mr
was seized with cramps and got caught
Walter
and unmarried
Lowrie
in eel grass. Rev Lowrie was
about years old
Mrs. William ber daughter,
Mrs. Clara Wilkinson, and her grandson,
of Berrien Springs, Michigan, have Jeen
visiting relatives in Centre ounty for
some time, This is the first time that
Mrs. Riber has been here since she and
the Doctor went west over thirty years
ago, having resided at Pine Grove. He
died in Berrien Springs several years
ago.
Charles Smith, of Beech Creek town.
ship, Clinton county, has received word
Riber,
Continued on pags 4,
Brig
Ha
ir
Opera House Attractions
’
Next
attract
week there w be a series o
ns in the opera house and w
for here
the County to
give an opportunity visitors in
Fair
evening
attendance
I good
’
ar B(
al see
the
Tuesday
¢ Tom's
yy the Stetson Company,
somethin
ever popu Cabin" w
L %
be presented
3
* of the best on the road
ster parade wi give some
show
Wednesday even ug
On," a piay that bas had a Jong run
i will be here
Thursday and Friday evenings
ciscus’’ the famous
magician
one of his novel entertainments
will gi
He Is
a very ¢ his line and has a
ever man In
ne cquipment
of the above attractions are good
— -
Veteran Club Picnic
The Centre County Veteran Club pic.
be held at Pine Grove Mills, on
Saturday of this week Special rates for
same will be given over the Bellefonte
Central : round trip, from Bellefonte s0
cents, from Waddles 25 cents; no tickets
| issued for less. Trains leave Bellefonte
i 6:30, 9:30, and 10:30 a.m; 1:05 and
|
BIC will
415 pm. Returning trains leave Pine
Grove Mills: 10:30 a.m.; 1:00, 2:30, §:30
and 6:30 p.m.