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REYNOLDSVILLE, PENN'A., SATURDAY, AUGUST 28, 1907.:
VOLUME 16.
M'Mkm' 16
Neighbors' Day Drew a
Large Crowd to Town.
DuBois, Punxsutawney and
Brookville People Attend
by Thousands.
TWENTY THOUSAND HERE
Y AT THE LOWEST ESTIMA1 1
Main Street Presented a Scene of
Extraordinary Brilliance and
Gayety in the Evening.
One of the mnrriest, maddest crowds
that ever iostled together on the streets
of Beynoldsvllle surged back and forth
Thursday and In the evonlng it is esti
mated that fully twenty thou -and peo-
pie were in the town and most of them
promenading the great court of amuse
ment which in quieter days is known as
f"MaIn street. It was Neighbor's day
I and our neighbors came to see us in
) numbers and in spirit which left no
' question of their good will towards us.
Brookville, Punxsutawney, Big tun
and the hOBt of other county towns con
tributed their full quota and DuBois
turned out as It has not done for a doz
en years or more. Probably four thous
and citizens of the latter place alone
were here. Indiana was represented
by a jolly crowd of roysters and New
Bethlehem and Clarionltes were here in
nnlnhln numbers. Every street car
1 that came here from the Sykesville and
irunxsutawney lerimua.o oa
down with its load of human freight
j and the Pennsylvania railroad coaches
were packed to their full capacity.
Everyone was bent on having an out
ing and the Keynoldsvllle people for
the day laid aside all serious business
and joined them. Many of the mills
and industries were olosed.
An unusually large crowd witnessed
the ball game in the morning between
Reynoldsville and Falls Creek and at
the afternoon game, when the home
team met a bunch of old Romans who
used to do battle some centuries since,
the "grandstand" on four sides of the
field was filled with a mob of howling
fans. On Main street races were held
and the thousands of promenaders
had no lack of entertainment from the
time that Freddie Cunningham gave
bis startling exhibition on the tight
rope to the moment of excruciating ex
pectancy when Harry Breton cut the
rope, glided down his awful incline and
took flight through the atmosphere.
It was worth a year of life to have
seen and to have been one of the great
pleasure-seeking crowd which thronged
Main street during the evening. Young
people and old men, women and chil
dren jostled together in the best of good
humor and in the whole crowd there
was but one case of disorderly conduct.
The air was filled with confetti and
every device known to tickle the risi
bilities of humanity war in evidence.
, A dozen, great honking J,08 were rao'
V ing up and dowa the street, fantastic
band under J. A. Blayuon made gay
ety all along the line, while the Key--stone
and Volunteer bands were sur
rounded by appreciative crowds
througout the evening. The latter- or
ganization came down with the big Du
Bois delegation aod beaded the process
Ion as they marched up town. About
eight in the evening, when the fun was
at Its height, another Pennsylvania
railroad passenger train pulled in and
another thousand of our "neighbors"
dropped off to help the celebration
along.
I Main street, Mazing with its myriad
electrio bulbs, lit up with the glare of
red fire, with its mass of continually
moving humanity and Wise of bands,
of autos, of passing cart and carriages,
of street barkers, of shouting and laugh
ter, was transformed Into a great thor
oughfare in Vanity Fair and Its prom--enaders
delirious with the mere exuber
1 a nee of joy.
, When the hour for Breton's wonder
ful leap arrived, Main street was
blockaded with an immovable massed
body of people. It was the greatest
crowd that has ever gathered to witness
such an event in the )wn.v Ropes had
been stretched to prevent the near ap
proach of persons to the big incline but
they were useless. The rush from the
rear was so great that those in front
were forced to push ahead to the very
verge of actual danger and when the
thrilling leap was made, Breton shot
right through a crowd so eager to see
Be feat that they forgot the danger
and crossed the very path of the auto's
deadly course. As in the afternoon the
feat was accomplished successfully and
Breton was wildly cheered as he landed
safe and sound after a forty foot n ght
in the air. The visitors who witnessed
it were unanimous in their opinion that
he stands pre -eminent among periorm
ers in bis lino now before the public.
Immediately aftor 'ho exhibition a
beautiful dUplay uf fireworks wa (riven
on iin adjoining lot, un aocount of which
appears elsewhere.
While these events were transpiring
on Main street, a dance was In progress
in Frank's park which was one of the
largest and most onjoyable evonts of the
kind eiven in Reynoldsville for many
years. Young peoplo from all Over the
section congregated there and waltzed
away the time until the eastern sky be
gan to glow with the tints of a new day.
It was the greatost day of a great
week and alone sufllced to provo that
the Old Home Week was the "most nota
ble, social and industrial event in the
history of the town." well worth every
cent contributed by the citizens, and all
the ceaseless labor of the committee
men. It brought forth from every
neighboring town expressions of good
will that will go far to cement bonds of
social friendships for the future.
HISTORICAL DATA.
Early Happenings in Reynoldsville and
Some Facts of Interest to All.
What is now Reynoldsville was laid
out in 1830 by Charles C. Gasklll and
called Olney. Only one lot was sold.
Gaskill was agent for the land and
erected the first building, a two roomed
log house on the east side of Sandy
Lick, and on the south side of the turn
pike. This building was a tavern for
the new town and was opened by a man
named Caldwell and was kept by Joseph
Potter until 1838. In 1832 the land on
which Reynoldsville dot stands was a
hemlock swamp and the present Main
street was a long corduroy bridge.
Reynoldsville was originally an Indian
village and was such when Andrew
Barnett located In this wilderness. The
last Indians to tarry here was the
John's family, in 1824. The present
town was laid out in September 1873 on
Warrant 3826. The plotting off and
the lots were sold by David and Albert
Reynolds. The first burgess was M. M.
Miner who was appointed and served
only a few months. The first elected
burgess was Dr. J. W. Faust in March,
1874. When the town was Incorporated
it had about two hundred people. The
first coal shipped from Jefferson county
was from the Diamond Coal Mine at
Reynoldsville. The first bridge built
across the creek was in 1822. The first
timber raft was run out on the Sandy
Lick to Pittsburg in 1843. The first
circus exhibited in Reynoldsville was
In 1845. The first store in what Is now
Reynoldsville was opened by Thomas
Reynolds in 1844. In 1844 he erected
the first tannery. Woodward Reyn
olds was the first man to mine coal for
sale. In what is now Reynoldsville,
about 1838. The first school in this
place was taught In a little log houie on
the east side of Coolspring Hollow.
Patrick Feeley was teacher in 1847.
Between 1851 and 1860 the greatest
amount of rafting was done on Sandy
Lick ereek. The early merchants in
Reynoldsville were Daniel Dunham,
Frederick Farmer, Washington Rhodes,
Henry H. Gordon and Charles
H Gordon. 'The early religious
services were held In a bouse that stood
near the .present site of Burns hotel,
and which was occupied by Milton
Coleman. During a service in 1852 the
second story floor of this bouse gave
way. The stove was upset and the con
gregation was precipitated to the base
ment. Five persons were so Injured
that they died. The first white person
born within the present limits of Reyn
oldsville was David Reynolds. He Is
still living in the town. In 1857, when
Dr. W. J. McKnight, of Brookville
practiced medicine in Winslow town
ship and in the town of Reynoldsville,
be came from Brookville on horseback.
He doctored in the families of nearly all
the old pioneers. He is the only doctor
In Jefferson county living that prac
ticed medicine in that year. The first
newspaper for Reynoldsville was print
ed in 1871 and was named the "Advo
cate." The pioneer burying ground
was located near the school bouse which
stood in Coolspring Hollow. In 1857
when Dr. McKnight practiced In this
place there were only about a dozen
families living there. He performed
the first surgical operation In Reynolds
ville on the nlgbt of November 10th,,
1873. Amputated the arm of John
McHugh in Frank's Tavern, then the
Reynolds bouse.
AN EX-SHERIFF OF
THE COUNTY HELPS
TO LYNCH A MAN.
Posse Madly Gallops Through
the Town in Search an Al
leged Horse Thief.
One of the greatest raroes ever at
tempted in Reynoldsville was pulled off
Thursday afternoon when a posse of
eight men, mounted and armed, pursued
an alleged horse tblef through the
streets of town, going at a gallop through
the crowded thoroughfares, firing blank
cartridges, shouting like Comanches on
the war path and finally rounding up
their victim on the ball ground, A
pitch battle was fought between pur
suers and pursued but the villian was
out matched. A good stout rope was
produced and the culprit was promptly
strung up to a nearby tree.
This little extravaganza, reminiscent
of Wild West days, was the suggestion
of W. C Elliott and those figuring in
mad race were George Hartman, the
eulprit.'Postmaster Burns, D. H. Break
ey, John Fuller, Loroy Yohe, Sheldon
Evana.Pete Yenewlne, Frank Guns and
John Pomroy.
The "lynohing bee" was not on the
program and when the people heard the
continuous firing, and saw the wldly
galloping horsemen careering through
the streets, the excitement was intense.
Everywhere the posse put the question,
"Where did he go?" "Did you see the
fellow who stole the horse?" and many
more of the kin! and in a few moments
a quarter of the town's population came
pouring into the Main street or went
racing after the posse. It was danger
ously thrilling, and a score of accidents
were narrowly averted when the horse
man cut through the packed crowd. Not
only Main street but side streets were
traversed in the search.
The farce was well executed and
made lots of fun for the big crowd on
the streets.
Pretty Display
Of Fireworks
Great Crowd Witnessed the
Exhibition Thursday
Night.
One of the prettiest displays of fire
works ever seen in the county was
given about 9.30 p. m. Thursday on the
vacant lot opposite Breton's auto in
cline. It was in charge of the amuse
ment committee. The big crowd of
pleasure-seekers were just turning
away after seeing Breton leap the gap
when a half dozen sky rockets shooting
over their heads was the signal for a
burst of beauty thai held them bdoII
bound for half an hour or more. Some
of the pieces were very elaborate and
costly and caught the fancy of the
people, who expressed their approval
in repeated cheers. Perhaps the
crowning feature was the representa
tion of a house, of beautiful architect
ural design, aglow with light at win
dows and doors. As the piece proceed
ed a fire seemed to break out, flames
shot on high, spark rained down and
presently the structure commenced to
fall, disappearing ut last in darkness:
There were many nMier varied designs
and it was a fitting close to the most
successful day of th.- Old Home Week
celebratlnu.'
PHYSICIANS HOLD
ANNUAL PICNIC.
The annual picnic of the members of
the Jefferson County Medical Society
held in Reynolds Park Thursday was
well attended and was a very enjoyable
picnic As usual the doctors bad their
appetites along, and any person that
ever saw a doctor get "sot" down be
fore a square meal knows that they are,
generally speaking, all good feeders.
If you have never seen one of them
store away victuals it would surprise
you what capacity each one carries with
him. Get up a big meal some time and
invite "any old doctor" in and see him
enjoy himself.
"Regular as the Sun"
Is an expression as old as the race. No
doubt the rising and setting of the sun
is the most regular performance in the
universe, unless it la the aotion of the
liver and bowels when regulated with
Dr. King's New Life Pills. Guaranteed
by Stoke A Feicht Drug Co. druggists.
25c. Reynoldsville and Sykesville.
IRA C FULLER WAS
BORN NEAR HERE
EIGHTY YEARS AGO.
A Son of John Fuller, Pioneer
Settler in this Section of
the Country,
IraC. Fuller, ,;f Brookville, who was
born on the Fuller farm at the junction
above Preseottvlllo, eighty years ago,
was one of the visitors in Roynoldsvillo
Thursday. Mr. Fuller in, perhaps, the
oldest man living who was born in this
immediate vicinity. This section wus
then a vast wilderness In the true sense
of the word. Bear, deer, wildcats and
other kinds of wild animals roamed this
section at will In Mr. Fuller's boyhood
days. The only house In this place at
that time was a little log cabin, then a
palatial mansion, where Dr. S. Rey
nolds now resides on Main street.
At one time since Reynoldsville was
Incorporated Mr. Fuller was a banker
and leading merchant In this place.
Mr. Fuller's sight and heariu? are as
good as they were In early life and he Is
very active for a man of four score
years, in fact people who do not know
his age would not guess him to be a
man over seventy years old. Mr.
Fuller was looking for some old citizens
to talk over by gone days, and we did
not see blm later to learn whether he
found any one to swap ancient rem
lnisoents with or not. He expected to
flm. "Uncle" John S. Smith and wife
and spend an hour In the long ago
with them.
FOUND DEAD IN BED.
William Carroll Died Early
This Morning.
William Carroll, who played the bass
drum In the Keystone band, was found
dead la bed this morning. He retired
last night In bis usual good health.
About five o'clock this morning he was
found dead. A doctor was called
and when he arrived at the home
the body was not entirely cold yet,
showing that Mr. Carroll died shortly
before he was called to get up. Wm
Carroll was about 50 years old. He
lived with his widowed mother on
Worth street. Was a member of the
Eagle Lodge in this place. No ar
rangements have been made yet for
funeral.
Punxs'y Spirit's Special.
The Punxsutawney Spirit issued a
special edition Thursday devoted to
Reynoldsville Old Home Week, "the
most notable, social and industrial
event in the history of the town." Be
sides a number uf illustrations of men
prominent in the movement, of old set
tlers, old landmarks and a few of the
modern buildings, the edition contain
ed historical matter relative to Royn
oldsvillo of rare Interest and worthy of
preservation by every family in town.
Not the least Important of the features
were the poems reminiscent of Reyn
oldsville In the days of "auld lang syne''
when the now distinguished editor of
the Spirit was a boy and dwelt in our
midst. The Spirit has done credit to
Itself and benefitted the town and a vote
of thanks Is due them.
' Relics at C. C. Gibson's.
A number of new relics have been
placed In C. C. Gibson's collection
Among them are; Spice box 157 years
old, loaned by A. B. Moore, fish gig by
Mr. Moore. Archie Campbell's old
"gears," or harness. Plate 117 years
old, made in Melbourne, Australia,
loaned by A. C. Fish. A number of old
newspapers. A baptismal record made
In 1801, .written in German, loaned by
C. E. Kroh. A skein of linen and
hackle for working flax, 60 years old,
loaned by Mrs. Haymaker. Canteen
carried by 'Squire E. Neff in the Civil
war, and a number of other war relics.
Secured Bail.
Fred C. Miller, the State Constable
who was arrested yesterday on a charge
of assault and aggravated assault,
secured ball shortly after noon yester
day and was released. The cases will
come up at the next term of court.
Excursion to the Orest Toronto Fair
Via B. R. & P. Ry., Tuesday, Sept.
3rd. Special 'train leaves Falls Creek
6.10 a. m. Round trip tickets, good
five days, also for stop over at Niagara
Falls, ohly $4.00.
Samuel Williams and Albert Burges
on were out picking berries near here
yesterday and they killed a blacksnake
five feet and two Inches.
Old Mountain Leaguers
Still Know How to Play
THE OLD CURIOSITY SHOP.
No visitor to Rrsynoldiiville's Old
Home Week should have missed seeiuu
the collection of relics in the Old Curi
osity, shop on Fifth street. The col
lection contains many articles of gen
uine educatioual value as well as his
torical interest. Among many others
are the following:
W. C. Elliott, a hall clock made In
England In 1710, brought to America
in 1810, sayed from the DuBois fire in
1888; vegetable remains of the carboni
ferous era; fossil remains of ancient
vegetation; several hundred Insects
from China; Indian relies and a number
of sea curios.
H. E. Phillips, petrified sea grass
from the Arctic ocean; tooth wood club
from Texas.
Grant Rhoads, tomahawk 100 years
old.
Charles Strouse, ancient candle lan
tern; bed spread made U0 years ago by
band.
H. S. Belnap. hand made quilt; very
old.
Mrs. Marie Roller, bed spread made
In England In 1770.
Lyman W. Suott, a remarkable col
lection of canes, made in Mexico, Cali
fornia and many other points in the
United States; also two books of great
age and value, Pollard's History of the
Lost Cause, a story of the rebellion,
and a book of biographies of the sign
ers of the Declaration of Indepen
dence, containing an engraved repro
duction of the original document.
Charles A. Herpel, a German bible,
very old.
W. T. Cox, a revolutionary flintlock
nearly a century old.
M.J. Dalley, the musket carried by
bis father In the Civil War.
G. W. Fuller, a gun brought to this
oountry by John Fuller, second pioneer
settler in Winslow township.
There was also on exhibition a chair
and lamp once owned by F. K. Arnold
long used; a chair by Nln'an Cooper, a
Venezuelan, blunderbluss; military
weapons, by C. F. Hoffman; the Stars
and Bars of the .Confederate army; a
sailors knife that went through the
Boer war, a valuable gold. watch, lOi
years old, with two seals and a sitae,
belonging to W. H. Cumins.
HE OVERDID IT.
A Last Wager That Might Psrhsvt
Have Been Won.
When It got as far as the cigars at
nn informal supper the other night, at
which the manager of one of the most
talked of New York hotels was the
host, the talk turned on the perfection
nf modern hotel inmiSKCiiient. The
malinger boasted of the fact that In
his housr- at least the clerks were para
irons of memory and cleverness.
"Yet I will bet the cigars," said one
of the guests, "thnt exnetly at mid
night when the clerks change I, baring
un room here, can walk to the desk,
nsk for the key of a certain room, giv
ing the number, and get It"
"Done," said the manager.
Exactly at 12 the man making the
bet entered the lobby as If he had Just
come from the street This dialogue
followed at the desk:
"My key, please No. 76."
"Yes, sir; wbnt name?"
"Mr. Johnson."
"Yes, Mr. Johnson."
The clerk turned back to the desk
us if to reach the key from the rnck.
For a moment be was out 'of sight of
"Mr. Johnson."
Then to "Mr. Johnson's" dismay be
was quietly seized by two men, who
seemed to come up from the floor on
either side of him and who asked him
very politely, but with firmness, to
leave the hotel at once.
It was then that the manager ap
peared from behind a pillar and ex
plained. A few moments later, when they
were smoking the cigars, the chagrined
loser said:
"Well, that's a wonderful thing.
How the deuce do they remember
everybody they see?"
"Easy enough," said the manager,
"and then In this particular case there
Isn't a room In the honse numbered
below 100."
The loser bought more cigars with
out being asked. New York Times.
Nothing Unusual.
Lord Cromer when ruler of Egypt
made himself hateful to all sorts of
rascals In that country, but he worked
wonders ot reform there and left it In
more contented frame of mind than it
bad ever known previous to bis ar
rival. While Lord Salisbury was Brit
ish premier n member uf I lie ministry
complained that Lord Cromer bad told
him to go to the devil. "Dear me,"
said Salisbury, "be tells me that every
time he comes to London." Cleveland
Leader..
Play all Around the Young
sters and Win Out by a
Good Margin.
GILLESPIE. BELL, KANE AND
MALONEY PLAY BRILLIANTLY
Plenty of Fun and Some Science
and the Veterans all Survived to
tell the Tale Next Day.
One of the crack features of the Old
Home Week celobratlon was the eama
of bane ball Thursday between the old
Mountain Leaguers, who cavorted
around the bases some quarter of a cen
tury ago, and a bunch of youngsters
who thought they were going to have
some fun with the hoary headed old
veterans. They were all there the
heroes o. the diamond In the days when
lumbermen, ragmen, mlneisand other
pioneers, formed the mob fans. Jim
Gillespie, the Inventor of the curved
ball, whose wont it was In I e longago to
station a catcher around a corner and
twist the sphere right into his mlt. was
In the box feeling the hero he was In
trie flays before he degenerated into a
mere business man, while Jack Kane
with 300 pounds avolrdunols. nlavfullv
gamboled around the bases and threw a
few just to show that "handing them
out" has ' ept bis arm in excellent
trim. Maloney who once despised the
new fangled padded glove and caught
with bare handa anything short of a
cannon ball, condescended to use a mlt
and lined them out to second in a way
that struck terror to the hearts of the
youngsters who were running. Butler
In right and Whltehill In left field, had
troubles of their own and the little res
taurateur nearly got lost in the orowd
when a Reynoldsvtlle batter connected
with one of Gillespie's slow ones for a
skyu Will Bell was right at
home at short and as limber as he was
In a famous game of long ago when be
"rlz" six feet in the air, pulled down a
ball so hot It gave him a double somer
sault and let it fly for home on the seo
otid turn Iq tbe air, putting out the run
ner and laving tbe game. Incidentally
Bell trolled" across uwroa fllula tht'gg
times himself in Thursday's gSuJe.
Hunter and Chestnutt each lauded ofl
Sutter's curves for a hit. Taylor, on
second, would have played a star game
if be bad only bad a chance.
When" !t was all over the notches In
tbe stick were Counted and lol the old
men had a lead of iwd'. Score, Moun
tain Leaguers 7: Reynoldsville 5;
League.
R H
E
Williams c
Sutter p
Ni.lan s. . , .
R. Williams 1st..
Barkley 2
McEntire 3
Foust I ,
Strous m ,
Flynn p
Scbults 1st
Williams p
2 1
1 0
0 1
1 1
1 1
Totals
5 7 15 9 4
Reynoldsville.
R H P A E
Maloney 0 0 0 7 0 0
Gillespie p 2 0 0 2 1
Bell s 3 1 0 0 1
Hunter 1st 2 16 0 0
Taylor 2 0 0 1 2 2
Kane 3 0 0 1 2 1
Butler 1 0 0 0 0 0
Chestnut m. 1 1 0 0 0
Whiteblll r 0 0 0 '1 0
Totals 7 3 16 7 5
Struck out by Gillespie 6 by Sutter 3;
two base bits Hunter. Time ;1 hour.
Umpire, Reese. Scorer, Hoffman.
Big Four Fair.
The Big 4 Fair at Brookvil'e Sep
tember 3 to 6, inclusive, under tbe man
agement of the Jefferson County Agri
cultural Society, promises to be one of
the most attractive fairs held at Brook
ville for some year. One of tbe attrac
tions will be Prof. Apdale and hla
troupe of performing animals. The
association will give 112,000 In pre
miums; good races and good attractions
are promised.
Fingers Caught.
Harold Parsons, son of Dr. J. A. Par
sons, bad two fingers and tbe thumb ot
his left band badly lacerated Thursday
by getting them caught In tbe cogs of
an ice cream freezer at Christie's fac
tory on Fifth street, while brushing
away salt. Tbe nail was torn from the
second finger.
If you wish to save money attend
I. HorwiU clearance sale.
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