13, 1908. | | | quarters of committee of correspond | Between the two evils | ence of fifty-one, 1774; this room the | knocker THE CENTRE DEMOCRAT, BELLFFONTE, PA, FEBRUARY | | dS ington dn | scene of the farewell of General Wash. | i ington to his officers, Dec. 4, 1783; | MINISTRATOR ' RAILROAD SCHEDULE 3 ’ Sons of the Revolution reorgnnized Arm RAY iho NOTIOH | 4 f ’ . FaUnces avern here Dec. 4, 1883; thg property pur atte of Harriet Musser ate of Harris Ts CENTRAL RAILROAD OF PENNA ~Con- chased by the Sons of” the Revolution Letters of administration in ti estate densed time table effective June 17, 1907, Monument Marks the Site of the : in the state of New York, 1004; formal | having been granted to the undersigned. wll per- p . occupation taken by the Bons of the Jp Jade bled to ihe ama re TALS House, Which Was Burned Historic Inn Where the General Bade! revolution, Dec. 4, 1007.” wnt Ube same without deley. to | oe N Moore, A y. } Long Ago. Farewell to His Officers In Bs New York Restored. awfully | : ul : a kicker and a! Preachers’ iives would be there's no choice, | tame if it wasn't for weddings, i JN Historic Wakefield Plantation, the Early Home of Washington Ww Virginia. MEAD DOWN HBaAD UP NO 1X0! No “ : STATIC 6 NOA NO2 After the dedication of the tablets | ; mA a.m.|p m. p.m | Ly Al letters from President Roosevelt and —— tobi Ji PEL Er ONT Governgr Hughes of New York were MIN TTR ATO "i 7 m 11! 2 3 Zion read ; ; — Zi 718 2450 Hecla Fark . Dunkies } Tradition had It that mine host Hubiersburg (19 farewell 10) praunces was a genial wan who at DRY dot re ¢ officers on Dec. 4, 1703, | yppoted to his tavern the important Huron { Augustine was one of the scenes social affairs of the New York of his BW oargrosior A Bn | latter left it to American history that are period, ‘The merchants met here to Krider's $1’ 8 7 Washington, | surrounded with romantic Interest confer regarding the odious gta Mackeyville [18 45 in the year 1813 It pass The ceremony took place in the “long The “lobe room” : vedas Springs f* ton’s bh Wakefield plantation. | ed through the hands of various own: hg fn Westmoreland county, on the Po ars previous to its purchase in tomace river. At Mount Vernon one can see the actual house which was | ent owner g80 long the home of Washington and It difficult task to picture how | propriate the Washington home looked on that; peing the formal turning over of the eventful 22d of February, 1782, which building n which it occurred to its marked the arrival of little George. pre wners, the New York Perhaps the best description of it that! py ach 1e Society of the Sons of | ti104 up to repe ¢ thi den \ can be obtained is that given by Wash | {he Revolution his '» adhe Be qi ' aa Ati FLLONTEOENTHAL RAILEKOAD ington Irving, who wrote more than This historic tavern stands at the Heal hie Peon a] ida . $ MMA 1. Bak ) To take effect Jan. 6, 1908 half a century after the house in which he sp ! the great patriot was born had been | has been damaged by fire several times destroyed. He sald: “This house com- | gince Washington 'g day and in the | manded a view over many miles of the | sourse of the changes made {n rep ’ VALET Tnot only as a place of refreshmer ut Potomac and the opposite shores of hi quite a different | . . fae . i : as a his When the Maryland. It had probably been pur! appearance from the tavern of 124 |... EE pa ts chased with the property and was one Sons of the Revolution word of 1 oration ‘was hegun It ‘wi of the primitive farmhouses of Vir | aequls be property three Years ago, | nme Rury ginia. The roof was and sloped | and the soclety ha 8] ) Puy Se down in low, projecting eaves. It had b ing the structure vi thir ” four rooms on the ground floor and ag pearly as possible lil (OF Sw others In the attic an an lmmense | chimney at each end. Not a it remains. Two or three decayed fig trees, wi shrubs an nes, linger about e place, and here and there a wild where a garden has Over pot where It the h which Wash born stood the nati has now placed a statel George Washington Parke MONUMENT ON SITE OF WASHINGTON'S ed a arker on the BIRTHPLACE. house in 1813. but a diy of YY ACCOU his rever: ife, nd withir And and for a time there wa : th 5s Ww ‘ he ier Wr an wi uavell "of he ection oO will rove, 1 about the ground f the estate are | Indicate the historic characte wlth ecent niversary of "as g- | hope, 1 ent contribution that many RE int mately associate pla © An gitation against such neg ‘B® vive ng of his m ra Al you are o longer laboring under the with the customs an lally pursuit lect led congress to take the matter up| svar tablet was unveiled in the “long | same mis of its for ; ontrary, | And provide for marking nothing pains of the house in which | suitable manner. The Society of Colo- raunee tavern, I ( 19: | Worth Seeing Washington was born, as it was burn. ueen \ vern. 12: cha op Mrs. W ed to the i 104 rf entury ag : : . vy com ' { nded here. 1768: head make her At the ne time ! nti . 2 had miss mental interest attaching t ip : 2 % o : a. al of » pron rendered historic by th rren oo a Al : LF there of so important an event i Cn Ta Ly & “Mi ‘anny,’ e¢ sald you sholy Washington's birth, and , 4 - : val seen priate that the associat AF g Vp p i 1 town, place should be preserved “ ry A nr A ontcher know dey hed all ker Wakefield plantation was known bi X i E ge ; Washington's time simply as 1e Lar \ i . AE all de private Pope's creek farm, or the Pope's creck. Sometimes it was call ed the home on Bridge's creek, The farm has been the home of six gen He Only Laughed. erations of Washingtons, but early in f y “What Is the matter, darling?” asked the last century passed out of control - | 2 a mamma when her small sop came to of this famous family Its A | ala i x : | owner, John E. Wilson, has lived on the plantation for over sixty father having bought it in ously enough, Mr. W member of the Was! Miss Be Washing ter of W aim Augustine and thus ; oy » on E23 HOU SRDS of persons make @Augustine who Inherited the part of pligrimag every year to the estate including the family home ASIHHINGTON'S Mount Yeruon, and every Augustine left the Wakefield planta hh schoolboy knows that it was tion his son, Willlam the home of George Washington But ashington, and the for some reason comparatively little] his attention bas been pald to Washing: | who George Corbh COTE I 1 nn act EE # “ * ” " H i" headquar xT : . ters not only of the chamber of com ‘ np. 235) Mii NAD : Pa a.m. merce, but of the St. Andrew's soclety, / the governors of the province, the New Rf observed by ap- York soclety and the For Pro- | ™ € 1s hereby piven et tamer 12 $0 Ari 8, chief among them | potine Arts and Agriculture. The Fy eauson Twp. Centr eased, | 1122 11 3 Ly) wine cellar was on . 1 have iM SHOAC 10 Lhe UH Cay es o ‘sap 38 Bead where unfortunate malefactor he | estate ry Toauesed. 1 } ’ medint 1 i | Hg NEW YORK days of King thplace, room" of the old Fraunces' tavern In 1846 | New York city, and the one hundred Wilson, father of the pres-| and twenty-fourth annlversary-of the event wa cently corner « sireets It WESTWARD EASTWARD loo " off their b ns used to confine prisoners na the wal hones wnt $60.000 in re ind making it » It was in the vestige of been” A Nice Distinction. “1 fear,” sald a country curate to his : “when | expialned to you in my anthropy yu must ‘¢ pata, stables, 'mos’ venlences, an’ dat de nawth was dere inge"—Lippincott's home ot { Commercial, No { Central, No. 1321 new fambly fron Triernoxe CaLLs in a two horse sy1 [0T WATER BOTTLE ? * nresent her In tears years, his 15 ACRES OF LAND, ve the hist state of Good House, Orchard and Well. Bellefonte. W. H. MUSSER, General Insurance Agent SHINGTON AND FRAUNCER" TAY WH ME BIDHIRO ICERS FARY x OY EN >, Marriage Notary Public and Pension Attorney BELLEFONTE. PA HARRY FENLON { Frederick K. Foster | Wm. Burr.side FIRE, LIFE ACCIDENT AND TORNADO INSURANCE, BONDS of every description ake the most money for you be i cause It skis ser than: an What Ails You? cause it skims cleaner than any D t) rat il ve yo Do you feel despondent, her separator. It will save you ve frequent headaches, coated tongu A 8 gue, Hor 3 wr i bitter or bad taste in morning, "heart. needs less time, labor and repairs weak, tired, nStrast) . i ack more than any other because it Tn STR HOCRPORD, Tk. Successor to tress related to the man whose . OLD CABINS ON WAKEFIELD PLANTATION there made it famous al D es of America in the The Wakefield plantation ret r ed In the f the home of John tor scended to his son Washington, ar son, Augus ’ President Green's Pharmacy Co. tine ngton, who died Aj 12. | to e I ! I'HE RI AT 1 « o 3 1743, left quite ge estate |W TY Washing? d tv wl of i fereqt portions of it were given t rs of the famil ave to te S| 8 Nl SEEDS Bush House Blk. childres lo Ge the farm on the Rap; f Ate : : : ] - ; i 13 BUCKBEE'S SIIDS SUCCIED! A) : — y Mm ’ SPECIAL OFFER: ANOTHER AMERICAN DUCHESS CLARENCE HALL CREA aiid New Business. A trial wit - : « SEPARATOR et OM - a * . 15 blade Erk 1 he of Daughter of T. P. Shonts Government Expert on Explosives ar u R ob cows vou Guest; Turnip, 1 splendid; Outen, § but varietion; 10 to Duc de Chaulnes Life Saving Methods In Mines U. 8 Separat r to mn he Seri lat ANTEED TO PLEASE. Pin secon in interest he : The K number disasters In ¢ yield the biggest profit It will Wee fo.-da Maontion this Paper. cheny!l-Vanderbil pt 4 yr 1 conl un ( n this country 1 the i. ternation matcl ot Wee he ie | few weel is called especial atten de Chaulnes et Plequiny and Is tion to recommendat Presi Theodora Shents, The couple ose | dent Roosevelt's annu message to congress respecting the establishment (& & : of a bureau of mines and t« » report ! look a U.S { >. le f k, ’ 1 0 Hes | 4 burn,” belching of gas, acid risings In » run it DOK A S. over for - \ of the geological survey idents | op coat after eating, stomach goaw or | yourself. For sale by 3 con. ines prepasel. 1 Arence | purn, foul breath, dizzy spells, poor or W. S. White,! Bellefonte,” R.'F.D. 2 Hall, assisted by Walter O. Snelling. | yurisble appetite, nausea at times and Mr. Hall is an expert on methods of | progred symptoms? preventing accidents and of saving ve any considerable number of life when disasters occur. At the time ms you are suffering of the explosion and fire at the Darr mine In Pennsylvania he went into the | ZB RBBV/V/RV]V/V/V/V RVR R/IYR/VV/EZES ANNUAL CLEARANCE SALE : Insurance _ ERE are pre All one and two room lots wil of Wall Paper must be sold regardless of cost. Sale com- mences Saturday, Feb. 15, lasting 15 days only. Texrie COURT, BELLEFOIITTE, aa ly Jno. F. Gray & Son Successors 10 GRANT HOOVER Pa. pbc pallial ask abiornal condlia , | bowel regulator and nerve strengthaper, The "Golden Medical Discovery * is not atent medicine or secret nostrum, 8 full list of its Ingredients being printed | on 11a bottlewrapper and attested under oath. A glance at its formula will show that It contains no aleohol, or harmful habit-forming drugs. Its a fuld extract made with pure, triple-refined glycerine, | of proper strength, from the roots of the following native American forest plants, vis, Golden Seal root, Stone root, Black Cherrybark, Queen's root, IHloodroot, and Mandrake root. The following leading medical author! reo for dost of others, extol RE cure of just Tt it yy A Vor: te Sullage. hot Univ, of Pa. eee BRIDE OF THE DUO DR CHAULNES. Feb. 150 as the date of thelr wedding, which comes pretty near being St Valentine's day, Theodore I’. Bhonts, who came into the llmelight when he was chairman of the Manama canal commission, did hot take to the idea of his daughter marrying a foreigner, but he yielded after the French noble man had waged an urgent sult for the fair Theodora's hand The bride In known as “Tousy” in the family elr and Surety Bonds. Oall on or address us at Crider's Stone Bldg, Bellefonte, Beezer's Meat Market ALLEGHENY ST, BALLEFONTE. We keep BoDe but the best quality of BEEF, PORK, MUTTON, SLIUED HAM, ele. Bhe is elghteen, and he is thir ty, and the courting covered a pe riod of about two years, during which many premature rulnors of an engage ment were circulated, much to the ap. noyance of ex-Chalrman Shonts, who is reported to have sald to inquirers on one occasion: “Oh, bother the duke| I haven't any time for dukes.” tunnels where victims Jay equipped with an apparatus excluding fire damp. | Plans have been prepared for the es | tablishment of a station for testing | explosives and safety lamps and life saving apparatus under the ausplees of the government. If Is expected that Mr. Hall will be at tts head. ———— Cn —— ale rd to pen n ‘ SE « And receive free Booklet a from writings of all the above . thors and many others en Beng. In a Ed Ee ER ving wad wognrooared 'ECKENROTH BROTHERS, BUSH ARCADE, BELLEFONTE, PA. *» * * * *r * \S » \ » A . Ed 20 tote el Se eel (yd Yo od Jd Dd Yo Opal Yok ei pod Opn yp Ral . Pl Sl Sel Se Sel el See eed el Sel ee All Kinds of Smoked Meat, Pork Bg 4 te, If you want a nice Juley Steak _ reine BEELER, Centre Coualy Banking Co., Corner High and Spring M-, Recxtve Darostrs; Discousr Nores. Joux M. Suvosnr, Cashier,
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