rs ree, elegant f all classes Toys, Law Books Frames Leg: al me iter, aps, 1s, ng ust- Book, Dur- 1ead- sale. oar 3) L... Ty on the uring the It ur Coun- the > to make i mprising unty. is of \R OD, ) be the e cities, to make ht and JAR and Ig at the —— table OR ON IBAT IN AND SIM- tes on gn conven- und the | 0 handle, the fruit O wateh- is no ex- ails, Sap Tinware cameries 3 1 every. Hd Me ugs, ro If you iim, f Nn when Cat you IS 55352 a BW - | rg i W fe GENT | PEE 1895. ~ ° | 3 | | \ 7% ge X LN # | 1rvon | OF SOM fl PA. A / | Think | ’ i A i I pe 2 That it would be a desirable Olds ast, Bank In: Some erset. ~ § thing to place in your home a ESTABLISHED 1877. - NATIONALIZED 1890). | ———0— m Ql S OUR \ P I N O) 1 io pr THIS Is OUR 5 | A y CAPITAL, - $50,000. es °° s ~~] re 8 and IIndivid HA i T 3 i {3 § f T he first questions that pre- Surplus and Undivided Centennial Greetin 24) he first questions [ls ana nai . il “What Woke shall I get ? 97 and S : To our hundreds of patrons in Somerset county, and invite [ey here shall It get it 27 vised ASE Paid, rok | them to call on us and examine the IMMENSE, gh Jewelry, Watches, Prices and Quarry of our | MILTON J. PRITTS, Cashier. GQ. 8. Aree Asst. Cashier. DIRECTORS. HARRISON Josiam Sp Joux H. S e have had a quarter of a | century’s orm in the music bus- { iness, and may be able to help you to a | satisfactory answer. We believe we | can do so. Perhaps we can save you | some money. Stock of SNYDER. SAMUEL SNYDER. Jon ] 00K. NY JOHN STUFFKT. Jos. B. Osis oan S. MILLER. JEROME Sry, "KF WM. ENDSLEY. $ a. BH ATR { Agents for the R. M. BEST, COLBY, We are Exclusive SOHMER, MERRILL, ne i 5 U,ll Custo mers of this bank will receive the | most liberal treatment consistent with safe banking. Parties w ishing tosend mone | ? | | y east or west 5 = T unks, Sat hels, &e. K INGSBURY ean bs, accemmodaied by draft for any 2 ’ amoul Money and valuables secured by one of tN T i 1 Names that are synonymous in | Diebold’s celebrated safes, with the most © 3 Py ~ - he P 1d f ty. | @bprove d time lock. ‘ i 7 (} 7 the Piano world for superiority, Collections made in all parts of the United ) / C for reliability, for artistic ex- | States. Charges moderate, gellence. Accounts and de posits solicited. ommereial Hoel Somerset, = Pa. 3. Winters, Buys a better Piano here than 50 4 would be asked $400 for else- were. We should be glad to Ahar you call. tosis its sold on casy payments. y Jelow Ordinary Quotations. The very latest in 825 1 Away M & monthly Organs from R50 upwards. AE -Tverything in the Music Line. le | fonmaxy - - Bros, | A 6 J: Proprietor. Carr ox Us WHEN You CoME 10 THE GREAT Main Street, Johnstown, Pa. | mm > z : Thorougly remodeled and first IT i ) ) 4 OF THE class in all respects. : il i: oh hil ORGANIZATION | ow . 1 WLAN “Tee - FINE BAH « y i A : : . . : X Poy ~~ . 1 H=tablished in 180=, In Connection. NA” 2 1 = uy N'LY Htneoue os lesale Liquor | ts Sa . | House in Cambria © ounty. | #4 CY 1 vk If we can’t Sell You Goods we will come as near giving themf | \ \ i | + A r nT T 1 10. you as we.can. Profit Cuis No Figure Just Now. ‘We have an IHN Li i} Wi; Ho A NON AVE ike BJ, 5 Teen Stock. We must get rid of it. Now is your chance. J y | es 4 You may never strike it again. Don’t forget the place! H ga 4 = WHOLESALE DEALERS IN [ A / k a f / i ( il 4 Millinery Goods, . pd A 1 A | li PURE WINES AND LIGOORS. =~ oem : ~—EENOTIONS, == ~~ ' BH . Fa 2 — : 0 dE ¢ | RET DY Te Public Square, Opposite Motel Vann Sar. | All Goods Guaranteed as Represented. | - i VY LEERY ; is IC, = : ee > = ; 2 | SOMERSET, PA. i i ene : Brads. ALEX. MOSELY, Special. | Fine Old and Pure Liquors f OME RS A T Ty AN { +O TO 1 j i] I\ L H / A {'f] 1) 3 1 Ar | FOR MEDICINAL PURPOSES. go ro T < 1° KH 4 / | y BY £4 tds > MH, 2 ° U 13 LD WW U \ 6 | Wa ldo 2 Mui Howoive our Best and Somer=et, Pa., vx NUFACTURERS OF ee : | To buy Dry Goods, Clothing, y Y No. 540 WASHINGTON STREET, Hats, Caps, Shoes and : Groceries. rs Kast of B. & O. Depot, Be nl Satin If el cady J OHNSTOW N, Py | tomer of his, it will pay vou to supply your entire family with YOu are not al a cus- Cd dd 'é 4H and 46 South St SS. Office and Tannery W Co ALWAYS,IN THE Janrnr ston, N tee, I OR Pa, Wwwoee 147 Clinton, 609 Main St., Be tw cen (amir Will Bow Grocefuly V C. Weaver, Johnstown, Pa. Telephone 57 : Pittsburgh | 5, BARK AND TALLOW, fern. #500 25 \ . ¢ / re: . . HIDES, BARK sn ime STP RE. | I&~ FOR WHICH WE PAY THE on HEST MARKET PRICES. ; < a Cen 3 JOHNSTOWN, PA. ; | 7 W. 8. Cul & £0, Conte, Pi. un, LITIE | aly MINING & MANUFACTURING COMPANY, | | { ho F ISH ER & CO. Le i7ge st | Somerset, Pa. > (I Mo mn NI mel . ane ad Most | Miners and Shippers of Can celebrate her hundredth Wiholosil BITUMINOUS COAL, birthday with the greatest iene Complete LIME AND LIMESTONE, good nature and provide wy aati es all of her children with Fine Old Whiskies ] | FIRE CLAY. ; : Ch pe And Imported Liquors, e W e | id ii For Domestic and Steam purposes the : i 5 1ST COAY, | (Good Si California Wines Stor IS NOT EXCELLED. | ON THE HAPPY ANNIVERSARY endian le = SUS Yemen orn | OF HER CENTENNIAL YEAR. And - Brandies Go Ar | | \ ir TO HEE AND WISH MANY Somerset, Pa., for J) \ HAPPY RETURNS. and Philadc iphia. BLACKSMITHING, CARRIAGE AND { > tlers ¢ d Pro 1a rs ( { . - a > We have furnished thousands of her DoOttlers and Pi Prigrors 0 Tu B. H KF Fl. KY, | BrGGy REPAIRING daughters with Dry Goods, Hats OLD CAB INET, | ) FAVORITE | a 0 and Bonnets, Waists, Caps, = Prescription Druggist of Johns. | All work done in a neat and (nnlin ate, and ons or COXEY'S COMMONWEAL, Sowa | workmanlike manner. Prices pets, Mattings and Of . | Graduate of Philadelphia College of | reasonable. : Oo me PURE : RYE : WHISKIES. Pharmacy, | - floors of hun- ; Lo : ! SFAHLER : 2 : : +A LER, dreds of her T nh Motto =~ Quality and Accuracy | J H..PE R pt W. 1 IL BAKE) So [re he past, we hope to : A de a] 1 1, Mail Orders Attended to P romptly. Pre- Leading Faney G1 ocer In the future, as in the past, we hope scriptions Filled Day or Night. Com- | : X merit a continuance of her custom, Sa Plete Line of Of the County. a Imported Groceries KINDS. :— and we guarantee that nowhere else will Dress Goods. Millinery, Car- pets, Mattings, Linoleums, Oil Cloths and House Furnishing { DON’T SELL GOCDS ~~-BELOW COST, - oF ata | t Medicines, | | Chemicals, Toilet Articles, &e., at Reasons- 1 : 1 % ! | The Fanciest of Adwmerican Pooducis, as Goods be sold as cheap 8 low, if not ble Rates. } well as a full line of : Flor : as good as at in the coun- . : 0 / I (r r | Food yall. Queens d Ang ase ED a 326 BEDFORD STREET, | ot Cra 7 - ME YET NR TIC A full line of rocihcs heat JA i WOU i > on J hn ‘ Tv P 324 Center Styre yo Notions, Jo bin Pa. STRIGKT, JOHNSTOWN, PA. Underwear, tents’ Furnishings, , Gloves, &e., CLINTON | FINE CLOTHING | AMNMarg nM ] MAD! esi Pome dorm al School. and ‘Fancy , and the S, FF. SHARRBAR Ii, 1 hoa 9 : § In town mar em The Soimnerse ths mn ig will elose about : Tighe St prices paid for £00 Fils rh Fo th ws afford 7 f Somerset Bor., UL} TRY PRODI( t for m : : . 3 5 J i y 12 n oppor unity is th orde or ha zon Flou Wha for I'he latest styles HOW ready. or late students or those ishing to bright- iY > Flour. W | / F AN 'Y i OU nY. In town give mea ct ul. | Call and exaini ne Tae or | en up amination. va Ls. GAs EIGICR <PHOTOGRAPHER, PRITTS, SAYLOKR. Address me ROC 'K WwW OO 1 J), PA > | |. end a postal card and they will | in this line. Fr rs : > | | | show 11 you. Game at somerset, For Delive ry Poultry a Specialty. Pa, for anything BARGAINS IN and Double Single Houses, Hotels and 8 ; & Ba Business Houses, Lots in all parts POW n,| of the city, farms in this and | Oak Hall. Pj Lindeinisia, | Somerset, Pa. adjoining counties for sale. Ko. o2 Mare Spagng . — r aN FLL | £ 2 y or 2) gi a: she si om or ir ade on city Droperyy W. I'. BOYD Y.M. C. a, | While attending the © ntennial call and Guano, Houses to rent and rents collected. | Manage Jou: N's - I see the fin ictures I can make. Priecs Landing tntistacti t 1 = — | very reasonable. thing satisfaction guaran ecq, 7 : : us I . io CE ) S. ! Money loaned on Firt Mortgage Secur- OLD IF 21 I N I ) f j H M i II. FK BY ) iv asSy terms | As before, can accommodated at | fe AR. IVAI1BIRIE ING, on IAMPHIRE n easy terms. AS ; at | ANTHONY CAMPHIRI ity, on easy te t Trt ! MIO Q RIT QT > ID | $A SEs Ta PANTER A¥D 141% DREstE. PD. Db. BLAUGIH. I'ICE’S DRUG STORE, | - DEALER IN NOMERSET, PA. REAL ESTATE AGENT, Corner Clinton and Railraod streets, | Il vare, Buggies, Pa 8, Oils, Ite Whiskers removed without pain Ellis Building, Main St., Joh n, Pa. Johnstown, Pa. Oldest Established Fin Somers : § x ; MEYE RSD. \LE, PA. | | | | | | forbidden concealed Things partially FENCE 1s ovr always the sweeter or are and more coveted. Tais may be the reason why the fence that divides one back yard from another in a country village is such a constant source of resort and revelation to the village housewife. Tt not only affords a delightful resting place for her elbows, but furnishes a tantalizing sort of Kalf-view of her neighbors goings-on that gives zest to the back yard dialogue. Did you ever wateh two honest house- wives, one fresh from the washtub and the other leaving the bread in her oven just long enough to exchange the gos- sip that each may have accumulated in the twenty-four hours preceeding? Many unobservant people labor un- der the impression that the backyard fence was built only as a vantage- ground for the nightly serenade of the domestic cat, but such were not reared in country villages. More gossip, more slander, more family secrets pass over the backyard fence than through the divorce courts. But as I said, the tantali izing half-view had of her neighbors’ curiosity, and when the good village matron is hanging her clothes t dry and calls her neighbor to the fence, you can rely on it she has some worth the telling, and her friend : the line exch: tnges, not at the ratio of 16 to 1, but doliar for dollar in the Lest coin of the realm. You people who live in cities hav backyard fences, but you place spikes and broken bottles on top. Such de- vices chill the symps thy that ought to exist between neighbors, and Woman loses one of the most delightful diversions of a woman’s life. But the village is threatened by the iconoelat, and where the sweet-sme lling pig and the predatory cow erstwhile wandered at their sweet wills, the one has been relegated to his pen, the other to her pasture. The backyard fence has lost its original uses, and the sesapi tion of the backyard gossip is rapidly going. OVER THE —SOMETIMES. the affairs stimulates out ) thing Cross the city and ob- An intelligent AN servant gentleman called Ord Svrer- my attention a few days STITION. ago to an old supersti- tion I had either never heard of or entirely “forgotten. The object of it is to discover, by placing a bible, a hammer, a bottle a coin and a deck of cards before a newly-horn youngster, and by noting the order in which he selects or rejects the articles, predicate what his tendencies in after life will be. A test of it was made by pair of fond | young parents in Somerset, IL am told. a few days The precocious new- comer glanced at the article him, picked up the bible, tl for the hammer and smash 1ed the bot- tle. He ignored the ecards coin altogether. 1is future, is that he will be very pious —probably a minister—a prohibitionist, and of abhor gambling. ago. hen reached and relatives, course he will bottle (of loubts | 118 | | n ance question. | i | | i | | | milk,) there to his future on the may temper- hi C 5 as When I was a boy I TALKING remember attending a AROUND THE camp, or “bush meet- Svprecr. ing,” and as, with my | father we drove into the grove where it was held, the hymn, if it may be so called, that greeted our | 2ars, was: “Well whip the devil around the stump, And hit him a cut at eve Ty jump”? In ordinary conversation people have | {a way of “whipping the fev around [ the stump” that is amusin 1s useful in making their mes | as the singing of the hymn, the t [ of which I quoted, would be to salva- | tion, It is remarkable how around a L 10 say nothing subject without bout the * the “says-he’s,” did you ever | one when telling of something he did, | will interject the story with: *Anc then 1 went to work,” and did so6-and- | 80; or he “went to work,” e | Of course all this is superfluous, but many intelligent people har al interjectin | style. I am reminded g their conversa of t he 1 expression by an incident ot Vwvent- A fellow who lazy was telling to’ a lot o i loungers how’ he had vd bear. He said; “I cab- in in the Blue Mount: { several pigs stolen one night. I kne they had been {aken by a bear I “went to work”land built 1 tra rie - J | it; o | | modern | | 2 | | | Ti is | | | | as read by his | | ica and other | | to mention. Still from the way in which he goes for | be | | pers to adhere and | » how | | rupted him, by saying : | John, you neve { your life. If the c catching of that bear { depended on your going to work, bruin would still be roaming in the wilds of the Blue Mountains.” Here the story ended. John was one of the kind of | people that are always “going to work” in a conversational way, but evade it in the practical affairs of life. “That settles r ‘went to work’ in | | Have you not no- Waster ro Keer ticed when a young Ur Your man has been out COURAGE. late at night that he always commences to whistle as he approaches his home ? Why does he do it ? Is it because he thinks his mother or sister may be on the wateh, and this assumed careless— ness of demeanor may convince them that not “full,” or what reason can he or any one give for this pecul- iarity ? It is said to be when passing graveyard, to ho ic ne 1s a habit in Scotland, through or around ‘a whistle to keep ones courage up and keep the ghosts away at the time; but surely this is not necessary on a public street in a country village. Young man, stand up and tel! us why you do it. same I noticed that a Phila- delphia young lady swal- lowed a set of artificial teeth a few days ago. A young mandid the same Berlin years ago, and a4 case oceurring in own a short time ago. thing in some this reminds me of a Pennsylvania t A man swallowed his artifieial teeth, and frightened badly, went to a quack doctor for relief. The vietim stated his case. The doctor said: “Well, 1 can’t pull your teeth. Let them alone and hey themselves out.” Another witness will have to be | call ed to prove whether they “chawed themselves out” or not. | The tendeney of lin- Ir i guistic teaching in all Too tongues just now is in LoNa. favor of abbreviation. The position of the man who manipulates the telegraph key is by no means to be despised. His work the railroad seems to me that his ation is too long and too magnilo- it—telegraph operator. W hy not telegraphist, or telegramist? as his calling is essential as that of dent. 1 call him Useful long as his title is as message. an ordinary —t—fn oo. The editor of this , while betng sti n Somerset feels in duty bound to say to the peo. ple of ( them up to this tinie has be en of a most | pleasant nature, The people of Somer- set very pleasant and and anyone who cannot feel home in this handsome and enter- paper a cemparative anger i this that his stay among are certainly | courteous, | at prising to town must indeed be very hard The editor has been taking some observations during his sojourn her the fol- The town has the best stores r visit- thorougly alive to The county on every tongue and the busy arranging great event. Surely there are for ali who will mammoth eelebration, and please. , and among them notes lowing: of any town of its size he has eve ed. The people are improvements. people are as as bees the great th for ings in store attend this the way matters look now, it is safe to say that there will be many thousands of people here on July 3d, 4th and 5th. The town than a more handsome women ze in Amer- attractions too numerous any other town of i = As it is customary for most newspa- to sone party or creed, i the CusTENNIAL VEDETTE Will not be an exception to the rule. This paper adheres to the Pa rty of Humanity, “Frosty Sons of Thunder” faction, Som- | erset county, U. 8. A. We advocate a high protective tariff for those who | want it and free trade for those who do [not favor tariff. We also favor the county centennial and hold that the | 4th of July is one and inseparable. We | favor the American eagle in prefer- | ence to the British lion, the Russian | bear, Chinese dragon or any other bird, and hold that our national bird has wise r fc making Somerset his I the glorious 4th. Our C1 of the Golden Rule, Ten Cl and Constitution of If you don’t see in latform and ereed what you 2d States. Por it. We have it in our of- i serator, and can supply it, dished up to the queen’s taste - iful garments, thou of Somerset. Let thy lovely n 1s and comely dames attire them- Ives in gorgeous array. Let thy stal- sons pull off their loins and boom the for all there is in is nigh when the Il scream. Work to make the cen- sas our friends
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