C0wnf VOLUME 4. McCONNI-LLSHUUG, PA.. DECEMHEU 11, 1902. NUMBER 13 FARMERS' INSTITUTE. At iMcConnellsburR lust Wednes day Evening and Thursday. As waa previously announced, four farmers' institutes were hold in the County last week, the concluding one being held in the Court House at this place Wednesday evening and Thurs day. The following is a synopsis of the proceedings taken from the minutes of the secretary. The meeting was called to or der at 7 o'clock by J. F. Johns ton, and llarry E. Seville of this place was introduced who deliv ered a carefully prepared oration in a very creditable manner. V. H. Stout, a Schuylkill coun ty farmer, was next introduced, and while, as he said, the audi ence lost some of the best things in his speech from the fact that ho had come away from home and had forgotten his manu script, he entertained the audi ence in his droll way for forty minutes, and gave a good deal of practical information. The next speaker was Super intendent Charlie Barton who made the address of the evening. His subject was Nature Study in the Public Schools, and among the many gobd things he said, he emphasized the fact that too much attention by the teacher and parent cannot' bo expended in directing the child's mind to an investigation and acquaint ance with the natural objects with which he comes in contact in his daily life, and of which there is such a lamentable ignorance on the part of so many. Concluding he said a study of nature should 1)0 encouraged (1) because it is fascinating, (2) because it is prof itable, and (3) because it leads to a clearer recognition of nature's Cod. THURSDAY MOKNING. The devotional exercises this morning were conducted by Rev. A. G. Wolf of the Lutheran church, after which Mr. Stout spoke for some time on "Theory vs. Practice." Mr. Stout thinks it better to raise and sell fruit, vegetables, butter and milk which are largely water, than to pro duce and sell hay and-grain. He also talked very convincingly on the use of commercial fertilizers, which he thinks might profitably be applied as heavily as from 400 to 1000 lbs. per acre, according to the kind of phosphate and the variety of the crop raised, Mr. C. J. Brewer occupied the noxt period with a paper entitled "Preparation for the Future." This paper called attention to the difficulties confronting the farm er, and urged the necessity of caro in the breeding of farm ani mals and the care of them during their growth. The Question Box occupied the next period profitably. Mr. R. S. Seeds in an informal way occupied the next period, He recognizes that many farmers have failed to be successful, and that it is absolutely necessary that we be masters of our busi ness. A vivid picture was drawn as to the fertility of the native soil, and the results successively of land plaster, lime, commercial fertilizers and manure. THUUSDAY AFTISHNOON,. The first period of the session was occupied by Prof. G. O. Butz in a lecture on "The Modern Treatment of Apple Orchards." Prof. Butz has the care of the orchards of the State Experiment Purm and is competent to talk with authority, on this subject, Ho thinks that a second grade ap ple tree will be more likely to grow than a larger tree.. The treatment for San Jose Scale was iuuy explained. With regard to f ultivatiou, the Professor thinks ih ut the cultivation of the orchard mould continue through the life "ftlio orchard, unless the trees hmld make growth without fruit wiion it mi sr lit be butter to throw the hmd luto grass. With regard to fpiHymg, the speaker said I'uuUuueJ uiUlflli iiiy, DAYID LEWIS. The Noted Highwayman and . Counterfeiter. (Continued (rum luxt week.) After my expedition on the lines, I became disgusted with military life, and gave up every view of enlisting again; the dis appointment, vexation and terror I experienced in my associations with the counterfeiting gang who had fixed their establishment near Stoystown, and the risk I ran in being apprehended by the officers of the Carlisle bank for my attempt to pass the counter feit money with Martin, increas ed my anxiety to visit my mother and brothers. After leaving Cur lisle I acted with caution, and re frained from committing any dep redation on the road to my moth er's. My relatives received me with a better welcome than I had any reason to expect ; and while they expressed their satisfaction at seeing me, they renewed all their argument in the most friendly and persuasive style to impress my mind with the wick edness and dangers of the course of life I was following. They al most persuaded me to settle and become industrious and sober, but the bad habits I had con tracted in the army, together with my natural disposition for rambling, predominated over their good advice, and renewing my acquaintance with some of my late companions in arms, who had been to Canada, I readily en tered into their services, and hav ing procured the necessary ma terials for counterfeiting, I be came a partner in this tempting species of fraud. The period was extremely propitious lor the suc cess of the project. The Legisla ture of Pennsylvania had recent ly established by law a great number of new banks in every part of the State which we and many others considered little better than a legalized system of fraud, robbing and swindling. Determined upon seizing the golden opportunity of making our fortune, we returned to Cum berland and erected a small hut in the South Mountain, near Mr Brewster's tavern, and boarding at a gentleman's house in the vi cinity, we proceeded to manufac ture all sorts and sizes of coun terfeit bank bills, but principally notes on the Philadelphia bank, of the denomination of one huu- dred dollars. Having struck oil what we supposed to be a sufli- cient number, we separated for the purpose of passing them o:T. I proceeded to Landisburg where I passed off a $100 note to Mr. Anderson, a merchant in that place : from thence I went to Newville, where I succeeded in putting off another note of the same description on a Mr. Geese, a storekeeper in that town. was extremely fortunate in both cases, Dot only in procuring chanee in srood money, but in walking off with the booty with out detection or even suspicion At that time city money was scarce and in great demand, and the country merchants being anxious to make their remittance in city notes, seized with avidity the opportunity of making the fa vorable exchauge, and never took time to examine whether the notos were trenuine or not. Pass ing through Roxbury, Strasburg, and Fannettsburg I exchanged about 1000 dollars in notes of va rious denominations, purchased a horse at the Burnt Cablus, traded him off for n better one paying the difference in counter feit notes, and in this manner proceeded to Bedford, where aft er several lucky trades and pass ing off a number of spurious bills I found myself in possession of a haudsomesum of money, fifteen hundred dolhirs of which I de posited in the Bedford bank and sported lor some time on the residue, when wishing to make a bold push and get rid of all my counterfeit stock, my im prudent anxiety occasioned sus picion, and I was arrested and (Continued on fourth paice) DEATH RECORD. Those Who Have Iteeil Summoned to the Other World. KENDALL. James G. Kendall died at his residence in Ayr township Fri day, December 5, 1902, aged 00 years, 2 months, and 23 days. In terment at Union Cemetery Mon day 8th. Mr. Kendall was a member of one of the oldest and most prom inent families in the County, his great-great grandmother, Marga ret Kendall, having come from Maryland to this county with her two sons, Robert and John, about 168 years ago, and settled ou the Judge Lognn farm, nowtheprop- JAMES G. KENDALL. erty of James Sipes. The moth er died and was buried on this farm in 1750. In the same year, 1750, her son Robert was one of the white set tlers evicted by the sheriff of Cumberland county as an intru der on Indian lands ; and, with others, was placed under bond to the proprietaries not to trespass farther ou the Indians' domaiu. John, with others,-no doubt elu ded the sheriff and remained. Subsequently Robert sold his landed interests to John and went west, becoming the progen itor of a numerous line of de scendants. John remained in the Cove, and his son Francis was the father of James Kendall of whose family the deceased James G. Kendall was a member. James G. Kendall was born on the farm on which he resided at the time of his death, and there grew to manhood. Dnring the Civil War he, twice enlisted in the service of his country the first time on the 20th of July 1803, and was a Sergeant in Company M, 20th Regiment Pennsylvania Cav alry, and was mustered out with his regiment October 8, 1803. He re-enlisted September 1, 18G4, and was a member of Company G, 205th Regiment P. V., was de tailed as regimental clerk, and was mustered out Juno 2, 1805, after the close of the war. December 21, 1800, he was united in marriage with Miss Margaret Morrow, of Allegheny county, a sister of Mrs. J. Walker Johnston, purchased the farm at the stone house just Dorth of the Associate Presbyterian church in the Cove and went to housekeep ing there. After the death of his father.he purchased theold home stead two miles south of McOoti nellsburg and moved onto it in 1882. Ho was one of the most pro gressive and successful farmers in the Cove, and thoroughly be lieved that success in farming, as iu any other business, depended more on the farmer than the farm. . Ha is survived by his wife and the following children, namely, Morrow M. ; Emma, wife of J. R. Henderson, Richmond, Kansas; Miss Mary ; Laura, wife of W. B. McDowell, Lemaster, Pa. ; Miss Annie, Jumonvillo, Pa. ; James H. and Miss Ruth. Those whoso ltd-. dress is not otherwise given are' at home. . Mr, Kendall was a consistent member of the Associate Presby terian church. It. ; ,v TURNPIKE BRIDGE BURNED. The Narrows" iridic Near Bed ford Destroyed Last Thursday Morning. The Bedford and Chambers burg Turnpike bridge spanning the Juni:;ta at the "Narrows," a mile east of Bedford, was totnlly destroyed by tire last Thursday morning, and it is supposed was the work of an incendiary. A letter addressed toF. M. Gif fin who keeps the toll-gate at the south end of the bridge was found by him on Thursday morn ing, having been placed on his porch with a small stone lying ou it to prevent the wind from carry ing it away. The letter contain ed threats, saying that ho held in respect the families of Mr. Giftiu, and Mr. Stifller, the keeper just east of Bedford, but that the writer intended to blow up the residences of Stifller and Giflin, both owned by the Turnpike Company, and that tho collection of the tolls must be ceased. Tho letter was signed "Citizen." "Bedford county people have been making a stroug effort for several years to have tho turn pike abandoned, and have suc ceeded in having it coudemned and the Company awarded $5087. 50 damages; but the Company ap pealed to the court on thequestion of damages, and tho matter has hung so long without a decision, that it is supposed that some oue has become so exasperated over the delay that the destruction of the Company's property has been begun. Tho bridge was a substantial wooden structure, 180 feet in length, and was built in 182 at a cost of between $( ".000 and $7000, In addition to the loss of the bridge to the Company they will lose not less than $500 in toll, dur ing the six months time neces sary to rebuild it. Needmore. E. N. Palmer of Everett, spent last Sabbath with his brother, Thomas R. The farmers' institute here last week was well attended, consid ering the unfavorable weather and bad condition of the roads. Mr. Seeds' lecture on Wednesday evening was highly appreciated, and his jokes are ofteu quoted by the store loafers. Elder Funk is ou an extended preaching tour in Maryland and Virgnia. Silas Morgret has returned from his trip to Johnstown where he had beeu visiting his sons Ed and George. He saw, also, our old neighbor Peter Culler, who, ho says is getting along very nice ly. John Carnell moved from tho "Mill Property" last week to a tenant house belonging to Mr. Jim Sharp. Wesley McKee is improving his property on East Liberty street, by the erecting of a commodious smoke house. The epidemic of colds that has been going the rounds among the children, has almost 'brokou up some of the schools. Clarence Palmer is employed as clerk for Linn Patterson at Webster Mills. Couuty Superintendent Barton was in our township a few days last week, and spent part of Wednesday giving the farmers institute a lift. Job P. Garland was mado haj py recently by the arrival at his house of a brand new boy. Tommy Downos who had beeu iu Clearfield county, duriug the summer is back at his old home and is now going to school. He says he is goiug to try to prepare himself . for teaching. We hope he may succeed. Tho Presbyterian congregation of this place, in conformity with an established custom, will have cottage prayormoctings ou Wed nesday evenings during the win tor instead of the prayermeeting in the church. The first one of the season will be held this week at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas F. Sioan. SUCCESS. An Oration Delivered hy llarry '.. Seville at the Farmers In stitute. If wo wish to meet with suc cess as we sail on life's stormy ocean, wo must have an iron will. If wo fail, wo do not lack strength; we lack will. If there be auy one that difficul ties will dishearten and cause to lose 1 hiit power which is a lever to success, ho will do little to main tain a higher standing in life. Is there one who will conquer ? That kind of a man never fails. Ho uses ever difficulty as a stcp pingstone to success. These are the kinds of people that tho White House calls fo The Legislature welcomes them to their vacant chairs, and the farm beckons them to come; in fact, they are welcome in every business de partment throughout the land. Nothing is impossible to the man who can will. He says to himself, "Is that necessary? then that shall be." This is the only law of success. There are three kinds of peo ple in tho world the wills, the wou'ts, and the can'ts. The first accomplish everything; the sec ond oppose everything ; and the third fail in everything. Tho shores of fortune are cov ered with the stranded wrecks of men of brilliant ability, of men who have wanted courage, faith, and decision, and have, therefore, perished in sight of the more res olute but less capable advent urers who succeeded in makiog port. Hundreds of men go to their craves in obscurity, who have been obscure only because they lacked tho pluck to make tho first effort. If they could on-, ly have resolved to begin, they would have astonished the world by their achievements. The great difference between those who succeed and those who fail, does not consist in the amount of work done by each, but in the amount of intelligent work. Many of those who fail, labor in a haphazard way. They build up with oue hand and tear down with the other. They have no faculty of turning honest de feats into telling victories. They are forever throwing back aud forth tho empty shuttle, and the real web of life is never woven. Now, if we expect to make any thing out of life, we must grasp at every golden opportunity as it presents itself, and use our spare moments so as to bring in great results. As. we travel along the road of time we read this notice : Lost somewhere between sun rise and sunset, two golden hours each set with sixty diamond min utes. No reward is offered, for they are gone forever. Sad to think that lost time is never fouud Our idle moments can never be regained. Au ancient poet tells us : "Eternity, itself ciiunot re store tho loss struck from tho minute." Wealthy men have been misers of dollars, but great men are misers of minutes. If a man ex pects to succeed in life, he must not brood over the past or dream of tho future, but seize the instaut and get his lesson from the hour. Lincoln, oue of the greatest lawyers that ever stood in the halls of justice, studied law dur ing his spare" moments while his comrades were idling away their golden hours. Beautifully has the poet put it: "Of memory muuy it poet niiikh. And hope hull! oft luspircd the rhyme; Hut who the ehurm of iuukIo uriuifK. To oelobrulo the pruueut time. I.M the punt uulde. the future eheer, While youth untl heullh ure In their prime, Hut Oh ! be still, thy Kreutext uuie That awful polut the preHeut time." How .many pooplo think thoy are not noticed because they can not count their millions ! We can be rich without money. There is something greater than wealth. There are treasures laid up in the heart treasures of charity, piety, temperance, and sober ness ; these treasures & man takes with him beyond (loath. If wo have a sound body and mind, ; no money can take its place. ! What does your money say to j you ? What message does it bring I to you ? Does it say, Eat drink and be merry, for to-morrow ye j clier Does it bring a message of comfort, of education, of cul ture, of an opportunity to help your fellowman? or, is the mes sage more land, more thousands and millions? Dot- it speak to you of character? Does it mean a broader mauhood? A larger aim a nobler ambition ? or does it cry: "More aud more." Ifitdoes we should stop at once and ask ourselves what good or what harm we are doing to ourselves. Are we laying up treasures for our heirs to tight over ? But there is one thing that we should strive for. It is character. What is a man worth if he has great sums of money invested in land and houses, and has no char acter ? A man with a character that is blameless and spotless in the sight of God and man, is the man that men can honor and trust and that ranks high in the world. "Honor uud hhume from no condition rise. Act well your part there utlthe honor lies." My young friends, we are lay ing a great foundation now, and each habit we form, whether it be good or bad, is a building stone that goes right down into that foundation. Are we laying a foundation like that of Washing ton, Lincoln, or McKinley? or are we laying one like that of Guitau, the Biddle br6thers, Czolgosz or others that got the wrong conception of a real true and happy life ? Let us be care ful of our actions in the days of our youth; for whatever we sow now we shall reap in after life. Whittier tells us "The tissue of this life to be, We weave with colon ull our own ; And In the Held of destiny, We reup a we have nown" Now, if we wish to meet with success, we must start out in life with' oue unwavering aim. We may meet many discouragements on life's stormy sea, and may be beaten back time after time ; but if we have our eye fixed, and keep pushing on toward the goal, the victory is ours and we shall be crowned with success. LAIDIG. Sarah Ann Laidig was born in Licking Creek township, May 15, 1828, and died in Taylor township Nov. 27, 1902. She is survived by two sons end one daughter, John W., David A., and Mary E., wife of Joseph Edwards, all of Taylor township. At the time of her death, she was visiting her daughter, Mrs. Edwards. Her death was very sudden. Arising in the morning feeling as well as usual and eat ing a hearty breakfast, she took up some knitting with which to occupy her time. At about 11 o'clock, on attempting to arise from her chair, she fell to the floor pillowing her head on the lap of her little grand-daughter, who was sitting on the floor. Mrs. Edwards, with others, raised her up and carried her to the lounge, but in a few minutes life was ex tinct, she passing away without a struggle. She was a, member of the Fairview M. E. church for more than 50 years. She was u kind and good mother and loved by all who knew her. . The funeral services, which were largely at tended were held in the Huston town M. E. church conducted by Rov. J. Melroy, basing his re marks upon Job 30 : 18f;.Matt 21: 44, "Beware lest he take thee away with His stroke." .. "There fore bo ye also ready, for in such an hour .as ye think not the son of man comoth." Her body was placed beside that of her husband In the Hustoutown cometery. M. M. Bender still keeps up his record for big hogs., He butchered three last week that weighed respectively 844i, 871, and412i. Subscribe for the News, only one dollar a year in advance. LOCAL AND PERSONAL. ' llrief Mention of Persons and Places You Know. J. N. Hixon is reported on the sick list. Mr. George W. Sipes and son Emanuel H. Sipes, were callers at the News office one day lust week. S. E. Walters and Lewis Har ris attended the debate at Lo cust Grove last Thursday even ing. Grant Anderson is home from Pittsburg visiting his mother and sister. Prothonotary-Elect George A. Harris purchased the Miss Roa Fore house and lot in this place last Saturday for $1210. Grant Brakeall, who had been hero helping to plaster Grant Mentzer's new house, returned to his home in Thompson Mon day. Mr. A. F. Baker, one of Wells township's substantial farmers, attended the institute at this place last week. Mr. Thomas B. Litton of Thompson township, called at the News office last Thursday and advanced his subscription another year. Mr. and Mrs. William Wilsou of New Wilmington, Pa., spent last Thursday night with their cousins, Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Johnston of this place. Ex-County Superintendent of Franklin county, W. F. Zumbro entered upon his duties as teach er of the First Grammer school at Greencastle on Tuesday. Clarence Shimer and Charlio Kelley, of this place left Monday for Clearfield where they have the promise of profitable employ ment. Mr. Abraham Wagner and daughter, Miss Elsie of Knobs ville, spent part of last week in Chimbersburg where Miss Elsie had gone for treatment for her eyes. Hon. John T. Richards of Union township has been spending sev eral weeks visiting his sons in eastern Pennsylvania, and in New York. J. Clayton Hixson of Buck Val ley spent last Wednesday night in the home of Ex-Sheriff Frank Mason of this place. Mrs. S. M. Cook returned to her home in this place last week after having had a pleasant visit among friends in Franklin coun ty. A debate will be held at Akers ville Dec. 19. Question for de bate "Resolved, That the Natu ral Curiosities of the Old World Exceed Those of the New." Af firmative : S. E. Walters, Lewis Harris, C. li. Akers, C. W. Akers and O. A. Barton. Negative : W. C. Hanks, M. P. Barton, C. A. Barton, W. H. Williams and John McKibbin. Russel S. Garland, son of G. N. . Garland, formerly of Thompson township, has been selected as trumpeter on the President's boat, The Mayflower, on which Admiral Dewey left on Monday last for a cruise on the Atlantic coast to Havana, Guautanamo, Porto Rico, &c. After this trip the Mayflower will be used as a flag ship in viewing the 'maneu vers of the Navy In the Mediter ranean Sea, and will return in April or May. 'Shooting Accident.1 A shooting accident which might have resulted seriously oc curred near town on Tuesday morning. R. W. Cyphers of Wil klnsburg, Pa., and H. L. DeWitt of Pittsburg, who are here ou a hunting trip, started out in tho morning for quail. The latter, in attempting to manipulate his gun, accidentally dfscharged it before he was ready A portion of the load struck Mr. Cyphers in the left band and arm, inflict ing painful but not serious in juries. A physician picked, out the shot, ,
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