CENTRE BELLEFONTE, PA. Tuesday, September 28, 1875. EXCURSION RATES FOR THE FAIR. The courtesy and liberality of the man- agement of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, as shown in former years, have heen repeated. During the continuance of the Fair, that is to say—on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, October 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th—*“excursion tickets to Belle- fonte and return, good until Saturday, October 9th, will be sold on the Tyrone and Clearfield, and the Bald Eagle Val- ley Branches, and on the main line of the Pennsylvania Railroad at Lewistown, Altoona, and all intermediate stations.” Let all interested avail themselves of the low rates of fare. . iq RULES AND REGULATIONS. Do not fail to read carefully the rules on pages 4 and 5 of our Premium List. Numbers one and two read as follows: Entries may be made at any time before the Fair, by addressing the Secretary; and it is earnestly requested that all who can do so will make their entries the week before the Fair. Entries must be made before Wednesday noon. At 12 M. the books will be closed and no more entries will be made. Those who intend to exhibit will con- ter a great favor upon Col. KELLER, the Secretary, if they will bear this in mind, and call at his office, on the Diamond, next door to the Centre County Bank, at any time after reading this notice, and give him a list of the articles they pur- pose to have on hand. This will save the rush and crowd on the opening day of the fair, and enable him to arrange the entries with much more ease to him- self and greater satisfaction to exhibi- tors. See to this the first time you are in town. Wey NEW STYLE OF EXHIBITION CARDS. In former years difficulty was frequent- ly experienced in identifying property which had been upon exhibition, from the fact that the name of the owner does not appear upon the card attached to the article. Especially was this the case when the owner did not personally attend to the removal of his property, but entrusted it to some friend or neigh- bor, who was unacquainted with the numbers of his principal's entries. - To the frequency of the course last mentioned must be charged nearly, if not quite all, the misappropriations of property which have been such a source of annoyance to both exhibitors and the management. The police were not to blame, as they had no means of distin: guishing between the true and false claimants. The card used this year is calculated to do away with all the difficulties above veferred to. The upper half serves all the purposes of last year’s card. The lower part is a duplicate of the upper, and is to be detached, and retained by the exhibitor until he wishes to remove his property, when it must be surrender- ed to the police in charge of the same. If, as in former years, an exhibitor de- putes a friend or neighbor to remove his entries, all he has to do is to deliver the checks, detached, as previously mention- ed, and, upon presentation of the same, the articles or animals will be surrender- ed to the party presenting the same. Exhibitors should be careful to detach their checks and to retain them until they wish to remove their property. Checks should not be lost, mislaid, or left at home. A careful observance of these cautions will save trouble, as well to the exhibitors as to the officers of the creme FARMER. Society. FLOWERS AND DESIGNS. | All lovers of flowers will be glad to, notice that our * Home Department’ is | giving an increased degree o! attention to their pets. Our premiums in this class are quite liberal as compared with | those offered by other counties. For | “ miscellaneous” or “cut” flowers we offer first premium of $5, and second of $3, for the best and second best display, and in addition to this James Vick, the great florist and seedsman of Rochester, authorizes us to offer one of his “FLorAL | Curomos for the best exhibition of cut | flowers.” We give above an illustration | of the one we have selected, entitled | “ Winter In-doors and Out.” This is one of Mr. Vick's largest and best Chro- | mos, and will prove a decided ornament to the parlor of the fortunate winner. etl) ~E— MISCELLANEOUS PREMIUMS. Although our premium list has been | prepared with considerable care, it is very possible that there are numbers of | persons possessing articles or animals of merit and interest, which are not enu-! merated in any of our classes, and for | which no premium is offered. We earn- estly request such persons to send these articles for exhibition, and if an spin priate place for them cannot be found in | any of our classes, they will be placed in | a Miscellaneous Class, and a special com- mittee appointed to examine them, and award premiums. — ee # OUR BOOK PREMIUM. We take pleasure in referring to all | our SprciaL Premiums, as found on pages 22 and 23 of our published list, and de- | sire to call particular attention to the first one under this head, which we quote entire: The Society offers as a special premium to the farmer who wins the greatest number of remiums in the greatest number of classes, pe choice between a cash premium of $25.00 30.00 or a silver cup valued at ‘ or forty dollars worth of books, to be selected by the winner, from the list of the Orange Judd Company, . 40.00 The winner of this premium at the last Fair cannot compete. 1f the successful com-* hetitor shall elect to take the books, he will Pe expected to pay the freight on them from New York. The President, Secretary and Chairman of the Executive Committee will act as judges for this premium. It will be observed that this is quite an inducement for our farmers to make an extra effort to bring out a large col- lection of good articles, as this very fine premium is to be awarded to the one who has already won the greatest number of smaller ones, and is an addition to the small ones.. By a resolution of the Ex- ecutive Committee the person who won this premium last year is excluded from competition this fall, so that others may have a chance for it. It is well worth trying for. Who will be the successful | competitor ? THE July returns to the Department of | Agriculture show that the acreage in corn | is about 8 per cent. greater than last year. The condition of the crop is below the aver- age in the New England, Middle and South Atlantic States. — WINTER IN-DOORS AND OUT. Tn di at J! » I re RULE FIVE, Articles or animals entered for exhibition must not be removed before noon of Friday. A violation of this rule will forfeit any pre- mium which may have been awarded the article or animal prematurely removed. The strict observance of this rule will be rigidly enforced at our coming fair, and it is intended to specially refer to animals which are entered for exhibition and placed in the Society’s stalls. Per- sons who bring horses for their own con- venience in coming to and going from the fair, and enter them for competition without any expectation of winning pre- miums, but merely that they may be housed and fed at the Society's expense, will please take notice. Any horses re- moved after having been entered and placed in the Society's stalls, will be de- barred from competition and excluded from the grounds during the remainder of the fair. eel QQ A—e To the Pub. Com. of Centre Farmer: GENTLEMEN—It seems that the question of fence or no fence is agitating the minds of certain individuals at present, and we must admit that it is a question of great financial importance; but sweeping assertions will not sweep the fences away. The way to do it is for every farmer who wishes to dispence with his fences to first take out the middle ones, or those he keeps for his own accom- modation, the material of which will keep his line and outside fences in repair for ten or twelve years. By that time the farmer that joins will, perhaps, do the same thing ; | if so there will be no need of a line fence. If he does not and is stubborn, leave your part of the line fence go down, and if his stock comes upon your land capture it, and put it in limbo, under lock and key. This will require him to take out a writ of replev- in, which will cost him some fifteen dollars to get possession of his own stock. A few lesson of this kind will teach him; he will learn in this school if in no other. I hold that any law in regard to line fences cannot be enforced except the benefits be mutual. ‘Well, now we are done with all but the out- side, or fences along public roads. If you don’t wish to keep fences where roads pass through your land let them go down, and if other people’s stock will not keep the road, but get on to your land, capture it same as above, and if the law comes in conflict have it repealed. It is certainly not the spirit of the law to give every one a graz- ing privilege on people’s land where public roads pass through. The fence is a very old right or wrong institution, which will probably require some twenty years to get rid of, from the time that actual hostilities are commenced, for the accomplishment of which we would not wish an army to invade our country. Progress Jun. Houserville, Pa., Aug. 18, 1875. SToNE DRAINS. —It is estimated that a mass of broken stone, the fragments ranging in size from one to eight inches in diameter, will, unless packed more than naturally close, contain in its inter- stices not less than 48 per cent. of its gross bulk of water. This estimate will be of value to those who are in the habit of laying stone drains, enabling them to calculate the capacity of the drain for discharging water. BUSINESS CARDS. FIRST NATIONAL BANK, BELLEFONTE, PA. J. P. Harris, Cashier. BELLEFONTE, PA. J. D. SavGERT, Cashier. JOHN I. THOMPSON & CO., BANKERS TT LKMONT, PENNA. D. 8. KELLER, ATTORNEY AT LAW, BELLEFONTE, PA. : J. L. SPANGLER, ATTORNEY AT LAW, BELLEFONTE, PA. McALLISTER & BEAVER, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, BELLEFONTE, PA. D. F. FORTNEY, ATTORNEY AT LAW, BELLEFONTE PA. E. & E. BLANCHARD, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, BELLEFONTE, PA. JOHN G. LOVE, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Ly BELLEFONTE, PA. ALEXANDER & BOWER, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, BELLEFONTE, PA. BUSH, YOCUM & HASTINGS, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, BELLEFONTE, PA. Ly ADAM HOY, ATTORNEY AT LAW, CT ELLPROSTE. PA. BROCKERHOFF HOUSE, BELLEFONTE, PA. BK PERKS & SON, = - - - - - -_ Proprietors. _ DR. J. W. RHONE, SURGEON DENTIST, BELLEFONTE, PA. DR. T. R. HAYES, PHYSICIAN AND SITRGEON, y BELLEFONTE, PA, JOS. A. RANKIN & SON, FIRE AND LIFE INSURANCE, BELLEFONTE, PA. J. Q. A. KENNEDY, WATCHMAKER AND JEWELER, es Guay. Ln EGMONT, Pa. A LOT OF YOUNG CANARIES JUST RECEIVED AT Zeller’s Drug Store. ONLY $4.00. WARRANTED TO SING OR MONEY REFUNDED, [See other advertisement in this paper.) One of the leading establishments and ranking as the very first dealers in GROCERIES, BOOTS & SHOES, ~—AND— TOBACCOS, —AND— A THOUSAND OTHER ARTICLES, Are the enterprising firm of BURNSIDE & THOMAS. They offer you all the advantages of a first-class arti- cle at a small advance on manufacturers’ prices. They will always pay you the highest price for BUTTER AND EGGS, —AND— COUNTRY PRODUCE. You can always purchase from them the most durable Water-Proof Boots, WHICH WILL NEITHER LEAK NOR CRA WARRANTED WATER-PROOF. CR. 4% They always furnish FIRST-CLASS GOODS, which have won their way to popular favor, BURNSIDE & THOMAS Make it the most desirable place for you to make your purchases and sell your marketing. Go to BURNSIDE & THOMAS’ to do your trading. E. C. Humes, President. CENTRE COUNTY BANKING CO. HENRY BROCKERHOYF, Pree’t.
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