A CORRESPONDENTS’ DEPARTMENT Happenings of a Week Over Cen- tre County. THE PEOPLE'S POPULAR PAGE What has Transpired in the Various Localities—Compiled by a Corps of Alert and Able Writers—Is Your Section Represented ? Nittany. Miss Sadie Zimmerman, of Milesburg, was visiting at the home of Mr, and Mrs, | Peck, several days last week. Miss May Tate and sister, daughters | of Ed. Tate, of Tyone, are the guests of their grandma, Mrs. Tate, and aunt, Mrs, Border, Miss Mable Kreamer and Oscar have returned to their home in Milesburg after spending about ten days very pleasantly among their many friends at this place. Grandma Minick has returned to the home of J. A. Minick at this place, after spending part of the summer with friends | in Pennsvalley. Most everybody that had a way to go, | from around here, was to Boouville camp meeting, on Sunday. The Nittany band has reorganized and | they intend holding a festival on next | Saturnay evening, 30; they will have all the delicacies of the season ; everybody is cordially invited to come and help the boys along. J. Minick was visiting some of his many ¥ friends in Penns valley, over last Sunday. y Mrs. Anderson, of Union county, is the guest of her sister, Mrs. Newton Shaffer. Horace Winkleman bas put up a cider press at this place and has it ready now for use ; bring your apples on and get | your cider made ; apples are quite plenty through here. On next Sunday evening the K. G. E. will have consecration meeting; members please remember and be present, John Bartley and family spent Sunday in Hublersburg visiting friends. H. C. Rossman, was to Bellefonte on Monday, on business. Charley McClintic is attending court this week as jury man. On last Saturday afternoon the smaller children of this place had a good jolly | time at the home of D. O. Dorman’s, celebrating the fourth birthday of Miss Florence Dorman ; they were treated to ice cream and cake and had lots of fun ; Miss Florence received some very nice presents, Houserville. The presiding elder of the U. B church preached an interesting and in. structive sermon to a small andience on Monday evening. James Raymond is spending the week in Bellefonte attending court as juror. fH. I. Ailman met with a misfortune last Thursday; while assisting in removing the threshers wreck at the Ames bridge, his finger was caught between several ropes which tore a nail off and crushed the finger. Squire Murray, of Boalsburg, visited | his sister Mrs. Jacob Houser, of this place. Our town was well represented at the business men's picnic last week. Geo. Scholl and wife spent Sunday afternoon at the home of Wm. Tibbens; they remained for tea and enjoyed the home drive by twilight. Walker. Harry Hoy has gone to Renovo where has secured employment in the car James Beck is able to be out again. Isaac Gates, of Coalport, visited G. D. Glossuer and family. Mrs. N. H. Yearick and som, Nevin, are visiting her son Harry, at Niagara, XY. visiting friends at Bellefonte and Miles. burg. Robt. Strunk and wife, of Bellefonte, visited their son Fravk, who has been on the sick list for several weeks. Mrs. Jennie Hoy and son Theo B. Hoy will move this week to Montandon. There will be preaching services in the United Evangelical church on Sun. day evening, jist. Hannah. ——— | Mrs. Minnie Rankin spent a pleasant day at the home of A. I. Sharer, at Sandy Ridge, ou Wednesday. Martha McMonigal called to see her aunt, Mrs. Jerry Sharer, on Sunday. G. M. Marks took in the picnic at noah, Frank Clewell spent Sunday at his | home near Hannah, he works at Sandy Ridge. William Koepp and wife visited their sister, Mrs, Jerry Sharer, on Sunday. Mrs. Jane Cowher is visiting her grand. daoghter, Mrs. Turner, Robert Orwig Is cutting paper wood and ties at present, The crops look fine, apples are plenty and the corn and potatoes are a good crop. A HAPPY ENDING, Head ached Always, Eyesight Poor, Nerves U Generally Miserable, Years of Trou. Happily Baded, Mrs. William L. Smith, of No, 120 Erie Ave. LF §F iif their | brother | Mrs. Resa Heverly and son Paul are | Port Matilda, Miss Cora Marks, who has for some time been employed in Clearfield, visited | ber father J. C. Marks residing near | this place, a few days since. | The Reese Hollow Social Club held a | banquet, Auvust 20, on the farm of the late Levi Reese under the boughs of a giant chestnut tree which bears marks of a century. An enjoyable time was had; during the evening topics of inter- est relating to farming and the drainage of land were freely discussed; the oo casion was enlivened by select vocal music, Your correspondent returns | thanks to Miss Sallie Hoover for the | goodly supply of cake and chicken serv. ed him at the Hannah M. E. picnic. yg Alex Hoover, from Fillmore, attended the M. E. picnic. A quartette of lady members of the M, E. church, at Port Matilda, rendered some fine vocal music at the Hannah picnic. A. S. Price, who has been suffering for some time past with a complication of | | diseases is at this writing able to be out | of the house and move around with the | aid of a staff, The Hannah Furnace M. E. picnic, which came off on Saturday, August 23, | not so | much for the attendance which was nota | was an interesting gathering, | throng of disinteresed enjoyment seekers personal enjoyment alone, bat the ob | ject for which it was convened to try to | secure the means to liquidate the debt ! on the neat little M. E. chapel near com. | It was a | Godly as well as noble undertaking of | the few to plant a place of worship where with a | The picnic was | conducted in accordance, and every ef- | pletion at the above place. {the membership was so small pure motive in view, fort to make it a success was carried out, In absence of the invited speaker Miss Rose Hoover, daughter of Alex Hoover, of Fillmore, delivered a very touching | as well as instructive address, The corner stone of the Black Oak U. B. church will be laid next Sabbath, Aug. 31, at 10a. m, There will be a picnic held in Kelley grove in Reese Hollow, Aug. 30, under the auspices of ladies aid society, of Black Oak. High Valley. The East end farmer took load of oats on Saturday. Daniel Eisenhath visited this place on Saturday. in the last few days visiting her parents. The High valley scribe used all hon. orable means to start the Georgetown scribe, but failed ; will try again and if be is in the dark and has no way to get | a light, I will take my whipperwill snitz | to market and buy him a large coal oil | { lamp, and will vail it to the nearest | spruce tree with face right toward his office. I believe that will let the bull to pasture, The chestnut crop will be a full one the way it looks but Jess will not have any on account of him cutting the limbs off his tree last year, I bave not seen Jack Elmer since be read the Centre Democrat so cannot give any news from Rankletown Another rattlesnake was killed in what is called Wolf Hollow, 3 ft. gin. in length and had g rattles. I. T. RBisenhuth, of Stone valley, is in the valley digging his potatoes, which are a full crop; he says they bave all the orders they are able to fill Mrs. Mary Stover, of Frogtown, was visiting here taking a look at her old home, Andrew Vonada claimed if the cab. bage raised in High valley will not be able to supply the Owl Hollow market, that he could supply Ow! Hollow and | will have enough to feed High valley for six months. The way the east end farmers are raising crops there is no doubt that there | will be an increase in a few years in millionaires in High valley. If the strike don’t soon close High val. | ley lumbermen will have to depend on | rabbit meat; that will be game for oar | modoc rabbit hunters, Chas. Bisenhuth and Chas. Snyder, of Somerset, arrived home on Friday; they | say business is dull on account of the coal strike, Sugar Valley. Blackberries are plentiful, as low as 4 cents a quart, They sell Levi Conser, who had been ill last | week, is mach improved. J. F. Bixel will erect a new dwelling | house on the Herald farm. The Oak Grove land association has | begun the erection of 25 new houses Potatoes have commenced to rot in the | ground, owing to much wet weather, Sugar valley farmers are anticipating Ia big crop of corn as a result of the | abundant rains, | The Rote base ball team was defeated | here on Saturday by the Loganton team. | Score 11 to 6. ! Daniel Engle has retired from the lum. | bering business, having sold his saw mill | to Mr, Shaffer recently. : : Mt. Pleasant, Mrs. Annie Sankey was a welcome visitor among her brothers and sisters, at this place, for the past week, Miss Lydia Weaver has returned from visiting friends at Pitcairn, Mrs. E. Catherman, widow of the late J. P. Catherman, was granted a pension of eight dollars per month. Mrs. Alpha Newman and Mrs, Maggie Moore have returned to their home in Carroltown, after a pleasant visit among friends and relatives at this place. Ed Sharer and wife, of Olivia, visited at the home of C, Sharer’s, on Sunday. warm | who often congregate at such places for | { cided to hold a picnic | Saturday, Gerty Eisenhuth was in the valley a | sale, body wishing to buy had better call on | how so huffa, Vi AN ENERGETIC WAVE INTERFERES Wirrrs THEI a RIX VESTICATIONS THE CENTRE DEMOCRAT, BELLEFONTE, PA., AUGUST 25, 1902, Spring Mills. Miss Florence, daughter of Geo, W Dunkle, of our village, having been on a | visit to her parents for the last few weeks, left a day or two since for Eimira, N. VY ,, | to take a course of typewriting and sten- | ography in Warners Business College of | that city, ! There seems to be no end to berries, OF. Corman contizzes to handle large | repairing and — Ti LAG) FIND Zion. Ed. Gillen and wife, of Philipsburg, are visiting at the home of Thomas Homan at this place. Prof. I. W. Musser, of State College, spent Sunday at this place. The Union 8S. 8. of this place; has de at Hecla Park, September 13th. An effort will be made to secure the band to fur. nish music for the occasion; it 1s thought that there will be a game of base ball School at this place will open Septem- | ber Sth. Threshing has begun; the wheat isa fair crop; the oats are also turning out well, The oatsare all in the barn and some of our farmers are ready to sow, Last Wednesday Newton Hockman shipped a car load of apples; he expects to ship two more car loads this week, Quite a number of our young folks at tended the festival at Hecla Park on Saturday evening; they report a fise time. Cyrus Hoy has moved his sawmill to the McMullen tract at Hecla, Last Wednesday, while working at Taylor mine bank, a horse hitched to a car load of oar commenced to back: the car struck Ed. Dugan breaking his leg; he is improving nicely. Miss Verna Allison, of Nittany Hall, spent a few days at the home of John Rockey. The free rural mail delivery which commenced Aug. 1st, is working like a charm. Penn Cave. The oats is about all cut and put § the barn, and is a good crop The farmers are busy plowing for the fall seeding The Duck & Wert Thrasher Co. have a new Russel machine and farmers will do well to give them a trial, for the boys understand their business Miss Annie Grove was selected teach. er of the Murray's school, which Miss Flora O. Duck resigned W. H. Weaver, our young farmer, has two as fine steers for sale as can be found in the valley. Quite a number of our young folks at. tended Sagar valley camp meeting, on Sandav. Miss Della Ocker, an expert seam. stress of Madisonburg, is at present work. ing at H. B. Hough's, Miss Cora Weaver is at present on the | sick list. We wish ber a speedy recov. ery Boyd Miller has a fine young cow for Will be fresh in the fall. Any. him. A young child of FP. P buried last Wednesday. Vonada was Death was due | to cholerainfantum. Der Henney un dar Sam worra on de camp meeting em Sundog un ich denk se hen en grosse zeit gahat; mur doona eny | Wo woars Viola, Julian. daughter NEPTUNE, Coburn. Vonada's cider press runs every Tues. day. Some of our farmers are sowing wheat this week. Verna Musser, of Centre Hall, visited here this week. Jerry R. Corman, of Slate Run, is home on a short visit, T. W. Hosterman, Lalu, wife and grand. visited in Mifflinburg Friday Landlord 8. R. King and daughter Jessie spent a few days at Shickshinny Cora Scholl, of Bellefonte, is visiting at Pine Creek Mills C. H. Meyer & Co. moved their saw mill from Penn Hall to Kerstetter's farm north of town. Christopher Alexander returned home from the West Saturday after an extend- ed visit, W. J. Rote who had been employed at South Bethlehem came home Monday. When his bouse is finished he will have his belpmate here. Lottie Kerstetter returned from a visit to McElhatten, Sallie Bowersox, of Aaronsbuig, Is visiting John Bowersox and wife. Mr. Wagner, of Tasseyville, speut a few days with his son J. B., at Poe Mills. C. F. Corman and lady friend spent Sunday at Booneville, The schools of Penn township will open Monday, Sept. Sth G. R. Swver, Jr., in Miffinburg, J. E. Harter and wife and T ell expect to start for Thursday John Stonebraker made a trip to Mil. ton Monday . is spending the week B. Ever. Atlantic City on Pleasant Gap. Pleasant Gap against the world Harry Griffith and mother took a couple week's tour to Philadelphia and Atlantic City, returning home last Satur- dar Herbert Showers is getting along nice- ly, after a severe attack of blood poison, Ammon Kerstetter accompanied by brother William and Samuel Myers is spending a few days outing at Coburn Band No. 2, or the Zobo band of this place, is getting quite popular, “Beauty D."” being the main guy The business men’s picnic at Park was well Hecla represented from this | place last Tharsday The public schools of this place will soon open for the winter term. Whooping cough is getting very popu. | lar at this place The young folks of this place expect to attend the festival at Axemann on Saturday evening, Mrs. J. T. Zeigler returned from the hospital at Lock Haven, where she has been treated the past month, Quite a sensation has been raised in our town conterning the postoffice of this place. Now as this subject is dis | cussed very frequently, take a word of | advice and do not try to convict some | people of a crime for which good proof Albert Fleck, who has been away for over three years in the Caban war, has returned bome. We are glad to see him i arrive safe and sound, Dr. 8. G. Mattern, of Philadelphia, is spending his vacation in our town. Mr. Burns and family, of Philipsburg, are visiting their friends at this place. You will not forget the festival on to. morrow night, also Saturday afternoon and night. This will likely be the last festival of the season. The Club expects to have ball games all day on Friday and also a game on Satur ay by visiting clubs. Come out and enjoy yourselves. Admission free on the grounds. For a window cleaner or parlor dust. er call on John Murphy, who has the agency for one of the best of the kind we have ever seen, Ira Davis met pith a very painful ne. cident on last Saturday at the ball me, by having one of his fingers 5 - can be obtained, and also at the same time, you may be getting your own foot inatrap. Potters Mills. The festival was a success and a large | completed; they expect to occupy it in a crowd was in attendance, James Michael and wife, from Dry val. | ley, Mifflin Co., visited his brother Geo., over Sunday. A big crowd from this place went to | the Business Men's picnic at Hecla Park, last Thursday. McCoy was to Reedsville on Saturday, on business, George Michel's mother has come to make her home with him, Plowing for wheat is the order of the day now, Dan Deckard is in a critical condition at present, also Clide Coldren is not ex. pected to live, Wm. Motter is over in Sugar valley at. tending camp meeting. a Eps quantities of them, from this station, Major Huss, the well known boot and shoe maker of our village, has added a saddling department to his business for the redemption of old barness. The Major is very reliable, and when he states that any work will be done on Tuesday, he does not mean the following Friday a week. John Smith & Bro. have just received a line of very beautiful quarter oak furni. ture, polished like a mirror and elegant, if not regal in design and style, A dav or since I strolled into the peach orchard of Henry Mark, located about a mile and a half east of Penn Hall, and soon discovered that I was surrounded by over five hundred trees fairly loaded with luscious white peaches, and there were trees containing bushels of the large vellow variety, The orchard is in a splendid condition. Not a twig nor scarcely a lea! could be discovered any- where. Mr. Mark informed me that all the fruit were free stones, and that his crop would prove a large one, and would be marketable by September 1st, and ships heavily What has become of bicycle riding is it in the wane? Formerly a dozed could be see most any pleasant afternoon, now is only one or two, By what right do steam thrashers stop in the middie of a road bridge to ll the water tank thereby obstructing travel, why are they not obliged to stop at one side to allow travelers to pass? Blocking the highway for an hour or simply a nuisance, if not worse, should not be tolerated under cumstances more, is and any cir- The weather continues unusually cool and fall like, overcoats are * Com fortable during the evening. Roland Gentzel and family, of Altoona, formerly of this place, are here visiting relati and friends, guests of Mrs. Gentzel's parents, Mr. and Mrs Andrew Corman. Miss Anna Corman who had 3 visiting her sister for several weeks returned with them VES Yarnell. Miss Nellie Strickland. from county, and Miss Virginia Confer, of Moshannon, is at present visiting at J A. Confer's Mrs. Alfred Poorman asd two daugh- ters, Ada and Emma, returned bome from Suow Shoe where they attended the funeral of Mrs. Poorman’s sister-in- law Mrs. Ed. Beighto!, Mrs. Racbel Butler returned bome from DuBoise and Jeflerson county, Jefferson The school board on Saturday elected Broce Harrison, as teacher for this place They also erected a pew slate black board which will make a great improve. ment On last Thursday Misses Orpha Butler Virginia Confer, Prances Confer and May Walker walked across the Divide to Hoits Hollow and spent the afternoon very picasantly with Mrs, Edward Burd after which they were invited to partake of a superior supper after which they de parted for their home. While there they where told that Mr. Barret who is about gt years old was in il] health Mrs. Hezekiah Walker departed this life for a better world 13th. She was aged 36 years, 4 months and 19 davs; is survived by a busband and two ch liren namely Mrs. Thomas Miller and Thomas who remains at home. Mr. and Mrs. Michael at Charles Heaton Sanday We would just say to the Prosserville scribe to beware of the newsbag that travels between that place and Yarnell As | passed Prosserville recently I tried to see where the scribe of that place lived but could'nt see anything but a big black cow; after I inquired I found him pulling onions and he told me that he bad onions that would'nt go in a bu basket. This is vo joke and if you think it is inquire of the I'rosserville scribe and you will be sure to find him sitting under the trees smoking, and his wife fanning him so be will be able to pull onions in the cool of the evening, Oak Grove. Quite a few visitors were seen in our town the past week; some of them were Allen Bitner and wife, and Mrs. Win. slow and daughter Nellie, of Blanchard, and B. 8. Welch, of Romola. We bave a couple of cases of typhoid fever, they are getting along nicely. R. C. Daley's new house looks fine with its new coat of paint, Wm. R. Welch is erecting a large on Heaton visited | blacksmith shop. Taylor Walker's new house is about short time, J. D. Brickley transacted business at Beech Creek on Thursday. Beech Creek. David Lucas, an engineer on the Beech | Creek division, is moving his family to Gillentown this week, ‘Squire John 14 t is laying the foun. dation for a dwelling house on his “tri. angle.” rs. Frank Mevers, of Alexandria, La, Is visiting her brothers, W. BE. and | Ww. I. Clark. TT if : i Gray H air SL se gg *“1 have used Ayer’'s Hair Vigor § for over thirty years. It bas kept my scalp free from dandruff and has prevented my hair from turn ing gray.'’-- Mrs. F. A. Soule, Billings, Mont, There is this peculiar thing about Ayer's Hair | Vigor — it is a hair food, not a dye. Your hair does not suddenly turn black, look dead and lifeless. Butgradually the old color comes back,—all the rich, dark color it used to have. The hair stops falling, too. $1.00 & bottle. All druggists L supply you, will CX Tess rive the name Address, Mass Oats harvest 1s all over and our ers have commenced plowing The steam thrasher has neighborhood this season farm. been in our Quite a number of our people are at court this week Mrs ing Billie Crossmire is very ill at this writ. look out the ght catch you going through , you had better wild cats mi the narrows or Invitations out f Miss May ( ) ann the Bryan uncing wedding to / Shrover f Axemann Mrs. Henry Henry oO ter Catherine, are at Atlantic City i Oak Hall Mr. Lowder, of Pittsburg, accompani- by his niece, Miss Cora Lowder, of recent visitors al the Lowder ed Barre For ge, were home of Danie Mess i Mis timer Towder and Wm. Fry a and Cathryn Dale at. home of Calvin Tuesday evening. citi. an the Branch Isaac Tr er, one of our oldest ens Mis panied by her Keith Mr 8 serious. y s Edit} Lemont guests Misses Casser town Saturdays 1 Dale yf were it Kusteuborder, of Was in town jast presented his grand handsome watch Thursday morning Miss Little ed to her home at Port Matilda The Misses McGowan, of Bellefonte. visited Harry Wagner last week Slate ( an son James, Jege, d while bere with a week, return Irvin Johnsot v ill at the home of G. Irvin Alabama, is serious. his grand-father, J J oO! Calm Kaup, of Altoona, was an arrival in town on Monday. Quite a number of our people attended the Business Men's picnic at Hecla last week Woodward. John Eby, of Dunlo, spent a short va. cation with his parents at this place. Part of his time was spent at Fiedler, also Mrs. Weaver and family, of Philadel. phia, who were visiting Mrs. Motz, re- turned home, The corn fields in this section are do- ing exceptionally well, If the frosts do not interfere there will be plenty for all, Miss Mary Eby returned from a visit to Lewistown, Joseph Miller, of Lock Haven, is visit ing Abe Treaster's Miss Ada Hosterman returned home from Bellefonte, Potatoes are a very large yield and still continue to rot, This town was very quiet over Sunday. Neatly everybody was to camp meeting in Sugar valley, Chas. Hosterman, Jr, left for Buffalo, where he has been employed in a bakery for some time. CS ———— ——————— —— —————
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