THE CENTRE Deyge Correspondence (Continued) HOWARD. Genius is 10 per cent. inspiration and 90 per cent, perspiration.—Rob- ert W. Chambers. In Our Churches Next Sabbath. Reformed—Pastor K. F preach at Mt. Bethel at and at Salona at half past Methodist Episconal—Pastor Edwin Dunning will preach a sermon to the 1, O, O. F,, in Howard at half past ten: will preach at Kennedy at half past two; and at half past seven in the evening will conduct the Chil- dren's Day service at. Curtin Evangelical-—Pastor M., J. Snyder will preach at Fairview at half past ten, and in Howard at half past seven, Faust will ten o'clock seven, Pastor Resigned. ' At a largely attended meeting of the joint consistory .of the Nittany Valley charge of the Reformed church on Saturday morning last, Pastor E F. Faust presented hi§ resignation, to take effect the first of August, Be- cause he believed that ‘the best inter- ests of at least a portian of the charge” required this action, apd be- cause he felt himself bound to take into consideration the personal com- forts and advantages of himself and his family, the pastor strongly urged and requested that the resignation be promptly and unanimously accept- ed. Without discussion the question was moved, seconded and ‘carried by a unanimous vote. In Mr. Faust's pas- torate of more than two years, his gentlemanly conduct and faithful la- bors in the cause of the master, added to a genial, kindly disposition have endeared him to many of our citizens outside his congregation, and his de- parture from among us will cause a very general feeling of deep regret St. Clair, Schuylkill eounty, to whicl place Mr. Faust has been called has a population of about ten times as large as Howard and his labors will be con- fined to the borough, excepting one small mission a short distance out. Because of this he will not be obliged to keep a horse, and the superior school advantages will be a valuable consideration. We heartily wish the best the Master may provide for the faithful minister and his delightful helpmate. Another Tie Broken. The Howard letter wreathe upon the grave of the Hon. Fred. Kurtz. His passing breaks a bond of friendship which has endur- ed the stress of more than forty years of the social, business and po- litical activities which greatly try all friendships, without the snapping of a single one of the many threads of begs to lay Its PALANAN NINN | James | ida Wagner, Walter Holter, Rebec- ivy) Lucas, @lair leathers, Dorothy Weber, Nevin: Yearick, Myrtle Pletch- er, Russell Wagner, Pearl Pletcher, | Homer Yemrick, and Paul Wagner UNIONVILLE. Jumes BB. Stere and two pretty Hitle lady girls are visiting friends In (dock Haven Miss Eloise | Stinte Normal | highly prized. [tials C. 8. N {it to her, she indeed Charley Holt, a former {teacher of this county, but now em { ployed to do clerical work in a min | ing office at Arcadia, Indiana, with his wife and pretty little girl baby was lan arrival In town on Tuesday even ling, Charley is "making good Mrs. Dora Fisher has commenced making hay. She cut her first crop of alfalfa The Rev. H. K. Ash good preacher but he has also that he is a brave soldier as when it comes to testing his courage. Listen! On last Sunday night he lodged at the hospitable home of Daniel Hall, Some time, deep In night, Mrs.’ Bert Lucas, who next to the Hall residence, the window and screamed The Rev. opened his window quired what wus wrong; told bim there were burglars In the house, he quickly dressed and asked Mr. Hall for a revolver but was told the gun has been loaded for twenty years and didn't think it would “go off.” So he went over without and after being admitted made thorough gearch In every room of the house but failed to find any trace of the burglars. Oh, you bad burglar! had his Reverence caught you tresspass- ing in a private residence in the dead hours of the night, you would have been utterly annihilated. Whoever reported the published in last which should have occurred Al- toona last Wednesday, must have een Inclined to exaggerate “some.” I'he facts are as follows Mra. Sue Underwood Fox, of this place, her two and a half year old son, Owen Reed Fox, went to Altoona to visit a friend on Tuesday. On Wednesday morning Mrs. Arney, with whom she was visiting, went to her next bor to telephone and the little fellow went along. They had been in the neighbor's house but a short time, when little Reed said he wanted to go back to his mother, saying that he knew the way, but when he got on the street he started in the opposite rection, and of course it wasn't long till the lad was missed and a search instituted and after a strenuous “Fox hunt” for two hours he was found over at Millville, a mile from home. “All is well that ends well’ The joy of Mrs. Fox at recovering her prec- jous boy can better be Imagined than described We congratulate each ing students of Prof Mrs her Central pin, which she contained the inl the finder will return will be very grateful, Buck class It If lost school is not only lives opened for help. and In- when she “Fox in of the follow - J. 8. Fox for which it was built up. Since he has entered the kingdom there is one) more tie there, and one less of the too | few which remain here [ Miss Carrie Strunk spent last week | at home. Alva BE. Weirick, of Altoona, paid a) Sunday visit to his parents, here Mrs. Emma C. Decker spent last | week with friends at Hublersburg. Mrs. J. I. Holter was a Bellefonte | visitor by the Sunday evening train Miss Nason, of Lock Haven iting her aunt, Mrs Moore Michael . Zeigler, of Altoona, wa Sunday visitor with his hrother, the hill . Mrs. Lincoln Yigitor at | Thursda CV. Wood rel, of spending a short CA and t is vis- | Claude | with (‘rock Clinton shopping sent WAS A county nm Phila mn Yo Euests Miss Gray end wit} ily Mrs in charge self to the Sylvania State of nieasure Mr erville anda Pa handsome with his grandm to Lock + mother pleasant hi aug K hier Harry Ing farmer irtied last Thursda He 3 McDowell McDowell he | went al meral has wn put ir A Dew construction to cream [Feezers day, and their in wd condition, and it's a “dandy. With the severhl coverings of wood and corkboard, and concrete MHning, it should surely keep the cream in first class order | George LL. Williams, now engaged in | business which requires him to have his headquarters in New Ydark, reach- ed home Saturday, and is spending a vacation week with the family. Dr, and Mrs. J. J. Kilpatrick of Bellefonte, who are warm friends of the Wil Hams, ran down In their aute Lo take Sunday dinner with them, In the afternoon of Friday, June 7, Mr. and Mra. J. M. Loder nade an elaborate surprise birt party for their little son Charles, who arrived at school age upon that day--the first didnity which usually comes to a boy, and to which we hope A great many may be added. The large party of Ittie people who Joined in honoring their boy comrade were Charles Loder, Thos, Schenck, Pearl Schenck, Margaret Neff, Cella Lucas, Mary Catherine Henderson, Edella Hender- son, Carrie Holter, Vivian Knarr, Fay Knarr, Stella Buckley, Harry Tice. Walter Shay, Charlie Shay, Grace Dunham, Edna Williams, Rich ard Willams Blair Pletcher, son of Nathaniel and Mrs. Pletcher reached hin birthday on Thursday of last and a few of Is young friends cele- brated it for him in good form. They made thelr preparations In great se- erecy and invaded his home without either his knowledge or consent, bear ing with them gifts of the culinary gods of thelr party In profusion and axcellence, and had a merry evening of it, chapeéroned by Miss Woodward, Ines cantents Kt weok | wit | ladies { Julian | Unlonville { the eighteenth | having so creditably amination, recently, for admission into the Bellefonte High school, to Miss Helen Moran, Miss Mary Miss Jennie Parsons Miss Holt, Miss Margaret Brugger, Miss Ruth Summers and Herman Fisher, We also congratulate the Prof. as it is certainly an indication that your labors were not in vain Mrs. Sue McEwen entertained at dinner, on last Friday, the following Mrs. Joseph Kline, of Davis, ind her sister, Clara Mey Mrs. James Hand, both of Mrs. Julian Parsons, of Mrs. Julia Parsons, of As there were none of sterner sex present, the giris had to do all the Heesldes know tn th ™ passed the ex- smoke, Flora West Va ers, and Julian, and and REBERSBURG fCfummings of Cent nda Viti Ir town Frank ia Kreides ere spent a oY avs at |} Hannah Fulimer is or sick Her inddatighter, Ive Kitter, spent the winter Nebraska, take care of het of foek Haven Mrs, John Breor wounced from his that Mrs will Hall spent sin Lon State me thn list who has gr come here to in pulpit Julia sneak the thern Ire or L mn he Migslona } wisition held lant ening Sunda Warld mn (fir Mam} inits ttended enti Are glad to i Are invited t He also annound "hristian Endeavor Sunday even theran churc! Aneada Secrist Reformed Children's Day last Bunday evening was ittended and enjoyed by all Saturday evening, June 15, at § a'clowk. the O44 Fellows annual aration will take place in this after which the Lutheran church Mrs ecininger freq : We AVE ttend ed the meeting will be held on June 16th, in t} i od by Mr» Kpead 0 the ser next 1'r ser. on or well im of their church, Ice will be. served, The Millhelim band will furnish the music for both oc- caslons. Come one, come all Mra, Jared Kreamer is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Samuel! Frank, at Harrisburg. Mra. Mary Frank winter, Mrs. Brungad, is visiting her at Selinsgove, Mra is vieiting her grandmother, “hentie Stover COBURN. Among other visitors here during the week were Kathryn Kaler, of Herndon, J. C. Hosterman and family, of Millheim, Mra. HH. 8, Snyder and two daughters, of MiMinburg, Maud Weaver, of Woodward, and Stella Hosterman, of Centre HI On Monday a bouncing baby boy was born to Mr. and Mra, Clyde Bressler at Green Brier, The base ball team has decided to hold their festival on Saturday even- ing, June 22nd. On Saturday occurred the death of Meta, the T-year-old daughter of Mr, and Mrs, C. N. Meyer, The childrens’ service Bunday eve. ening given by the United Evangell- eal Bunday school was a grand sues conn, The children sang and recited in an able manner and in a pleas ant way, Hpecial mention Is due Bophrona Fye who sang and recited mont beautifully, Another thing worthy of mention was the excellent order by the vast audience during the The names of the happy party were entire service, al proved | well, | the | hunt" | week's Watchman, | with | neigh- | dai- | dec. | town, | will | { hold a box social on the lawn in front cream and cake | Rebecca Moyer, of Pine Grove Mills, | ~ EE — RAT, BELLEFONTE, PA Thursday, June 13th, 1912, | | 000000000000 0EINNNNY,y Private Bancroft's Foray A STORY FOR MEMORI,|, DAY By Captain F. A. MITCHf 000000000000000000004,,, 'S EAA EE RRR RRR RR RRR 22 22 J eters IGOOSCROORIORTRRRRNS One morning in 1863 Jim Bancroft, private in the —th New volun teer Infantry, was one of a long |ine | of pickets In Virginia. It way (pe month of April, but In that climate he spring was well advanced. The pe | ets stood 100 yards apart, the ground sloping before them, the sun ghiying on fields of grain of variegated groan, just starting from the soll. Here 4nd there was a farmhouse, smoke curing from the chimney. Through the jana scape a white turnpike ran southwgpd, but there was no travel on It except bere and there a darky driving 4 mule cart. No enemy was In sight, [ but beyond the slope on a ridge edged | with timber doubtless men in gray, | which, being realistically interpreted. | means butternut, were looking to the northward. Nevertheless the balmy alr, the birds twittering In the trees, the patches of | rising grain and the warm sunshine | gave a peaceful hue to the landscape and seemed to Invite the picket for a stroll Moreover, Jim, having nothing to eat for some time except salt pork and hardtack, an occasional crow or cackles from a barnyard low suggested fried chicken and fresh eges “Hi, you man on my right’ Jim, “if you'll cover some of the dis tance between you and the mar my left so that I won't be missed I'll make a rald on that barpyard down | there and divide the plunder with you and him." “All right,” replied the man address ed, or rather the boy, for most of those who went out In 1861 were boys “I'm with you, but If you're caught off | post you'll get shot for desertion” { Jim besitated at this, but he was | young, and the young are reckless | Besides, a cackle of a hen that had {Just lald an egg decided him In favor {of fresh food against a shooting for | desertion He made the proposition {to the man on his left. His two flank ing pickets moved nearer together and Jim, putting his rifle In the hollow of his arm, started through the long grass and stubble down the declivity The house seemed to be very quiet But for the smoke emerging from the chimney Jim might have considered that its occupants had left it. He was laying out a course whereby he might circle around under cover and make & York had bys called on | | human being appeared on the scess A girl about seventeen years old ease out of a back door and threw the rf use of the morning's meal to the ehis ens She was not dark « exiond, like most fair, with a rose in each cl Her hair ent square just about her shoulder and her dress extended no farther th the tops of her boots There was one thing during wartime that had a more powerful effect | soldier boy than food delicacies Aft er he marched away from home in sight of fluttering bandkerchiefs struck a very different scene ceremonies of military life remained but there was none to admire. He uw men, wep, nothing but men, and they were all soldiers, If there were wom, en in the country through which he campaigned they were hostile to kim and kept out of his way. As to kok ing on at his dress parades and guard mountings, they scorned to do sa Therefore the most welcome sight to a soldier boy of the civil war was a pret ty girl Jim had no eccasion to be afraid of any one about the place, for there were Hkely to be only citizens there, and be was armed At any rate, throwing caution to the winds, he suddenly ap peared to the girl with one leg o top rail of a fence inclosing the yard She saw him and started “Morning.” sald Jim In as voice us he could command The girl bit her lip and put her hand to her hreast, signs that she was ¢ deavoring to control her fright. “May | come down? I'd lke to buy a chicken and some eges,’” Jim added The request, though it came from a terrible Yankee with a rifle, was reas suring. She plucked up contrage “lI don't mind.” was her shrinking reply. Jim swung the other leg over the fence and went down Into the bam yard. The girl tried hard to keep her eyes Lit him and to keep them on him the first because she didn't wish ts |show an interest In him, the second because she had not entirely recovered from her fear of him. Jim never for {a moment took his eyes away from | her, and they were brimful of adm (mation. By the time he stood before Ving southern giris, but ON ao ver the ft a her and dropped the butt of his rigs | | stones bearing their names and the | on the ground she realized that it wae {she and not the young soldier was all powerful And what was the predominant {thought that occupled Jim's bras Not that he might be taken in hy | federates, not that If canght on wi [post he might Le shot hy | comrades. Neither of these considorg [tions was a feather's welght seat, | what possessed him fle looked on that Innocent feminine face, those da fentely curved Hips, and craved i bie | There was no more Impurity in pb |@esire than In the toneh of Cupid | Vps to those of Payche | who his ow It wae ae | fes¢ patural as the mating of the birds in the trees above them. the girl was nothing conven- A poor white farmer's daugh- hand never been taught the proper steps of courtship. For her there were no such steps, man, he had no need for them, A look was all that was required by elther Jim, holding his rifle In one hand, with the other clasped her hand, Then man. woman and rifle were folded in an embrace, and Jim kissed her, From the south clatter of horses’ hoofs. Jim cast a quick glance toward his plcket line, measuring the distance with his eye and wondering tf he could reach it in time to escape the coming horseman The girl took in the situation and, seizing him by the hand, ran with him into the house There they were alone, for the others of the family had gone out to drive In some stray stock that it might not fall {nto the hands of the soldiers. Lifting a trapdoor that led to the cellar, the gir! pointed down the stairs, and Jim descended. The troopers were coming rapidly and reached the house but a few moments before he got Into hid- tng. They pulled up at the gate and called for some one to come out. The girl answered the summons. There were four men and a sergeant. The sergeant was spokesman, “There's a Yank about here” sald. “Where Is he?” “There's no Yank here,’ ply “You little liar! One of our sharp shooters saw him from a treetop. He to shoot when the Yank passed out of sight to get him." “There was a man here a spell ago, but went away.” Jim in the cellar heard all this and wondered how could those lips utter such falsehoods, Meanwhile he was looking about him for a better place of concealment There was an old brick in cellar, its top extending to within a foot of the rafters of the floor above He climbed up on It and, pulling away some loose bricks, found an entrance to a chimney big enough for him to erawl Into. Once in it, being young singing A bout tional, r., she came a he was the re was going innocent oven and strong, he worked his way up to | Meanwhile the troopers had | the top searched the house and, not finding him, had ridden about for awhile, not getting too close to the Union line: then had ridden back southward As soon as Jim heard thelr retreating footsteps he lifted his head above the ehimney top for a reconnoissance, but | be quickly withdrew it, for a bullet sung within an inch of his ear. This admonished him that some sharpshoot er was watching the house, and scuttied down the chimney to make an exit by the way he had come up. At the cellar door stood the girl who had hidden him. He took her in his arms and her head sank down upon his breast, he If there had been any of that seuse | assault on the chicken house when J of self preservation in the boy-—or the | girl, for that matter—such as with age, hunted by cavalry, watched by by an officer off his have got out of the scrape as quickly » «ible. But the fear of death disgrace. Jim stood supporting her heart fluttering against his own, and it was the happiest moment his life A distant sound of the long roll com fng down the from the Federa lines was needed to awaken the young er from his trance. Then 8 gun boomed, Suatching a last kiss, the sol dier ran back to the cellar, took up his rifle froma. a dark corner where be had thrown it and sped out into the yard A skirmish line was coming down the declivity. Jim ducked under some bushes and, when the men pass ed him, fell in, and, though he was not his own company, DO one except the pickets he had left a couple of hours before was ever aware of his foray between the lines One of those scrimmages that so of between armies in touch h other, but neither of which for battle, was fought, resuit ing in the advance of the Union line to the ridge on the south. That even ing long after the fight was over the gir! Jim had won during so brief courtship saw from a window a Unio soldier crawling between the ralls of the fence. Running down and out, she saw Jim, wounded Lying on the field, he had longed, in COmes sharpshooters, liable to be caught post, Jim won young love is strong Stronger eve of slope sod with tenn occur with ea 1 is ready a stead of being taken to a hospital, to | be nursed by his new found love When a party with stretchers came along he feigned to be dead. When they had passed be drew himself slow ly toward the house of his adventure. In that house he remained for sev eral weeks. When he left it he had promised to come back when the war would be over. Our ideas today of the men who par | tielpated in that frightful struggle are derived from the graybeards In our midst who wore the blue and the gray We do not see them as they were then por remember that they are a mere remnant of those who marched away in the flush of youth In 1861 to 1865 We are prone to forget the trenches filled with their comrades, the head | word “Unknown” earved on many # marble. Now and again when we pass a | cemetery and notice a little flag placed | there on Memorial day, its colors min | gled by many a rain, we are taken | body of Jim Bancroft | took him Land today back to those dark and bloody days. In a corner of a farm in Virginia Is underneath which rests the Again wound od In a battle, he eranwled back to his love and was nursed by her till death fle was laid In that corner an old woman with whit hate annually strews flowers oo Lik grave, a mound As to the | We've come out | the | Two Recipes. For a Wedding To one | night add two young persons, a beach {and a little propinquity. Mix In one lock of wavy halr, an atom of delicate { perfume, and stir with a slight breeze | Bprinkle the whole with moonlight {and let alone for the evening For Happy Wedded Life To woman add numerous kinmes, supplemented with “Yes, dear, tha or Mix thoroug leased expressions A ind hats, remarks Sprinkle ind bonbons Do ne ane You mare ly with sight of Cason "youthful WARTATICH erally with checks (courtship brand) n e long p new vith LI apy man stir up THE BAZAAR J.S. 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