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PATTON PUBLISHING CO. Proprietors.
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1904. |
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Ome copy, one year, in advance, - -
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S-No papers discontinued sam 4% | citisen and jurist, Judge Cooley, sums
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Entered at t papers as fruita of the experiment
TIME OF HOLDING COURT.
ist Monday of March st Monday of Sept. |
ist Monday of June Monday of Dee.
OFFICERS,
PRESIDENT JUDGE~~Hon. A
PRrOYHONOTARY J. (. dy
REGISTER AND RECORDER),
Team 'rEn—F. H. Barker.
SHERIFF]. M. Shunanker,
DeprTY SHERIFY--Samuel Day is.
DISTRICT AYTORXEY-~H. K,
CONMDSIONE
: wEnrs—P. JI Bitbon,
Geo, M. Wertz,
Coxemstoyenr's CLurk John C, Gates.
COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT J. Ww, Leech.
Corry Sreveyor-Henry Scanlan. ?
County AU PrroRS— Wm. J. Jones, W.
Berry, Janjes Daily.
id Onuensinves—J, J. Kidd, E
B= DY. George Martin.
Poon DIRBCIORS John Long, James Som-
erville, Raphisl H
oo OFFICERS.
shorter road to wealth ‘than that trod-
| State, under the bold but inexperienced
’. Barker. | guidance of its youthful Governor, dis-
A. MeGough. daining the lessons of history, had
determined to try for itself the experi-
Wo Lioyd, | printing press. The condition after
‘a forest after a cyclone—everything
C. was prostrate and in confusion. One
y. of its lessons was that neither real
iately convertible into money can sup-
port the credit of bank currency.’
“I am sure that the people of Mich-
Brame -W. J : "Rely, president: S. M. igan will not have to relearn the lesson
Wien, H. (. Beck, B. F. Wise, P. P. Young, of over 30 years ago.”
Bonner. : ‘
J. F
SeH00L, BoArRp—C. C, Crowell, > 65 .
H. hin secretary; Yi % lndford teas. BLACK ISTED.
Dr. J. B. Noonan, $0 {
AAT. The case against Representative
Jesricn or THY PEACE -Jense E. Dale, Jax. Breckenridge, of Kentacky, was made
" TrEASURER-W. H. Sandford.
CrErx -Harvey Patterson.
CorLecToR—Jus. Mellon.
ASEnn J. B Cornelius.
corms F. H. Kinkead, ‘H. (. Winslow,
whi L. Thompson.
Jopor or ELECTION: EA (;. Abbot.
IxspECTOR—Abrahain B -
Carey nv PoLrcr—Sam’
STRERY Cormorants Addleman, |
| primary voting could alter the verdict.
Breckenridge was tried before the
tribunal of public opinion and ocon-
: ie of the United States. Going down to
POOR MONEY THEORIES. the lessor court of his constituency
Ome of the main Populistic theories ‘could not result in setting the national
"is to make money plenty. The amount judgement aside.
in the country per capita may not be |
the greatest prosperity in a country some other man, in some respects, but,
being developed as fast as ours, but in being charged with acts of immorality,
the volume in use in other countries it Of charging that he was the tempted
is found that the United States is doing not the tempter, and therefore his ac-
about the same as others. If the cuser was the one in fault. Such a low
quantity is a litle short of the best method of seeking exculpation excited
thing the financial policy of the gov- | only a digust toward him from decent
ernment is not to be condemned and | men and women generally, and whether
the Populistic ideas substituted. Lead- he had been re-nominated or not, he is
ers of the fiat money crowd will claim unfit to sit among decent men, and this
that such utterances are in support of alone should bar him from congress.
the gold-bug doctrine, but it is not. It is to the interest of all that a meas-
true. Money represents value and no ure of respect be preserved for public
difference what the supply of money is | officials of every degree, and of none
some people would get ahead of others is this more true than of those that sit
in getting possession of the things the in the places where our laws are made.
value of which is measured by money , Whatever be the errors with which the
~and if money were plenty as leaves present congress may be charged, pub-
it could do no more by way of dividing le opinion has not yet arrived at the
or equalizing the wealth of the country. conclusion that s majority of its mem-
The amount needed is a question of bers are Col. Breckenridges, and it is
equalization of wealth, and the trouble | to be hoped it never may have cause
with issuing money for the sake of to reach such an opinion.
having a limitless amount of it is to This is viewing the Breckenridge
preserve its usefulness. No person case from a standpoint outside of party
would care much for a pocketfull of considerations. Should he have been
money to-day which would probably . | re-nominated, his case would have
be worth nothing to-morrow. If that | become a party issue of an exceedingly
money cost the possessor any ‘labor or | | interesting character.
was received in exchange for any. ... _,. 4 0f the United States
service or property he would be the
‘loser and would then be ready to com- | juny ing yee 600,000,000 passengers
demy the government for permitting transport = 800,000,000 tons of
any such state of affairs to exist. These ToiEbt.
. queer financial ideas are most rife In| AccorpING to the Engineers’ Ga-
the West and it was there Mr. Eckles, zette, the oldest mathematical bock in
comptroller of the currency, had occa- | the world, which dates some 4000 years
sion 40 6196 douad Mena to an audiences | back ard was written in Egypt, con-
the other day. It was at the annual tains a rule for squaring a circle.
meeting of the Stete Bankers’ associa | bra aaa
tion of Michigan, the state represented 10 56 caloulatud tuk Suing ton vio nine
in the United States Senate by John Weeks of the coal strike £530, -
Patton, Jr., son of Hon. John Patton, |
of Curwensyille, in honor of whom this | miners. There has also been a loss of
town was named. Comptroller Eckie's | %X and a half million tons of coal
coinage of silver, delivered by Spericer | | duced. --New York Post.
O. Fisher, Democratic candidate for. 1: 1. estimated that the agricnitaral
governor of the state, and he “Poke 2 earnings of the United States are $3,-
follows: | 490;000,000; from manufactures, $4,390, -
#0 exemplified as during the distress of ¢rangportations,
1898. The severest strain of the un-; 3, 150,000,000 Sia
wise sliver of 1900 fell the | commerce, §190,000,000; from shipping,
legrislation $160,000,000, and from ‘banking, $200, -
country, eansing depletion of de-
penis und venting reductions of Marriage Licenses.
loans discounts to meet the de-' The following marriage licenses were
_mands made upon them. These con- jsgued by ihe Clerk of the Orphans’
ditions were soon reflected in the lines Court for the week ending Thursday,
of commerce, in stagnation of business | September 13, 1994:
~ and suspension of industries, for in de- |:
priving the banks of their Portage.
the people took from them the means por Edwin Smith, Washington
heretofore available pind Lo and Margaret Francis
of our commercial world, 80 now their Mary M. Lather, St. Augustine.
of commercial activity. Our country’s
return to prosperity will, in the very
order of things, be substantial in char-
acter and long-continued, if the people,
on the one band, refrain from undue uty and Ida A. Esch, Flinton.
i Ya) che National Legis- wy; Stewart Wheeling, Spangler,
lation, on from crystalising ,..4 Marie Blanche Flower, Penn Run,
in the law the. financial vagaries of indiana county. ;
those who demand of the government James Howard Kid and Clara E.
a great volume of money without re- | Tate, Figart.
: value. The banks can in a large Sadie Stoltz, St. Boniface.
measure check the speculative tenden- Michael Gesslor and Bridget Prosser,
cies of the people and deny to them a Summerhill
- credit which their enterprises do not Silas D. Gochenour, Conemaugh,
warrant. It rests with the pecple to 4g pela M. Ashe, Wilmore.
say whether they shall suffer from
. legislative folly.
A Lesson Over Fifty Years Old. ;
“Unwise financial legislation always basement, on easy payments. Good
in the end falls upon the mass of the spring at the door. Inquire of John
people and brings upon them the great- | Colletto. Patton, Pa.-43-t4
Johnstown.
G. W. Lambert, Spangler, and Laura
J. J. Esch, Flinton.
J. D. Sample, Utahville, Clearfield
For Sale.
. s1.00 | first financial legislation in Michigan, |
halrerning rates inade known upon enacted immediately opon its admis-
app
early flowers in the spring.
made vicious by petting. A young ram
that is raised 0y hand, at the house,
den by labor and industry. The new
they will accept it readily.
| ment of manunfactaring money hy the
the experiment, might be compared to tri
| posed to rains, winds and frosts during
| estate nor anything else not immed-
' to produce seed and become dry they
' next season.
‘Weigh everything that goes into the
up. months ago, and no amount of
demned on the testimony, as gross and
| unworthy to hold a seat in the congress
It is not to say that Breckenridge is
quite up to the limit that would insure . worse than his accuser, or worse than
‘way, we hardly know how, bat in these Equipped with ‘all
000 has been lost in wages to the
‘putting it mildly. LI. Regan is and.
‘every office therein from Esquire to
| Master Workman, and h al
“Never was the importance of banks 000,000; from mines, $480,000,000; from ag as always
John Linbhart and Sophia Bruscha, |
deem itis a duty to make the above
Daniel Denovan and Mary Paddon,
<1 2024
A twelve room house with large
‘and on easy payments. For particu-
- lars a.ldress Lock box, 438, Patton, Pa.
Of Interest to the Parmées Who Take the
“Courier,”
‘After a pesr tree is badly blighted it
is useless to attempt to save it, and the
sooner the ax is need the less liability
of danger to other trees.
Sow pansy seed now and when they
are up and cold weather begins cover
them over. They will come out with
The Hastings Leading
Photogra pher,
a
ia now ready to fill all orders promptly.
Pictures
Prom a No. 1
| Sige Crayon in the hi
style of art. Satisfaction guaran
Call and see sam of work.
gallery WILL BE PEN every
Monday, Thursday
and Sem
The sheep is the only animal that is
becomes bold and soon learns to at’
tack cattle and persons.
The recent rains have started grass:
on lawns. When the lawn-mower is’
used rake up the short gras and put it
away for the use of laying hens, as
on
A. G. Diehl,
‘ Successor to Samuel E. Jones,
PRACTICAL BLACKSMITH,
Magee Avenue,
Across Chest Creek.
Well-cured corn fodder is more fully
digested than timothy hay, and is nu-
tritious and palatable. It is roasted,
however, if left in the flelds to be ex-
the winter.
Green weods when plowed under, add
something to ‘the soil, but if allowed
A specialty. Prices are moderate. An
not rob the soil bot lay the found-
TO he DY loma Call and See Me,
A. G. DIEHL,
a a
: Patton, Pa.
The fall is the time to nse the scales.
barn and also that comes out. By so
doing you will always know how much
‘has been consumed and also how much
remains on hand.
Experiments show that a grain of
wheat reproduces forty-fold. Every
pound should bring 40, It, therefore,
follows that much of our seed wheat
is wasted when we sow one and one-
fourth bushels an acre; and get from
110 to 20.
About one-third of a crop depends
upon the soil, one-third upon the seed,
one-third upon the care and cuitiva-
tion, but each one of these must be at
: ‘its best to fall advant of the
comparing the supply of money with he attempted ‘the cowardly palliation get ape
others. If either falls short more than
its own proportion of the crop is likely
to fall short.
One can become a famous chicken
man, or hog man, or cattle man, or.
horse man, as he chooses, but he must
remember that each road to fortune
requires special knowledge. Our cial men.
fathers made money in a haphazard finest hotel
Palmer Hote
Corner Magee and Fifth Aves.
in this section.
modern
days of competitive effort this cannot
be done.
Cows in milk it is claimed, will con-
sume nearly 50 per cent. more water nection.
conveniences.
first-class. Fine bar in
Livery, Etc.
con-
Rates
| than the same cows when’ not giving $2.00 per day.
milk.
The New York experiment
station at Geneva found as an average
of several breeds that each cow drank
1039 pounds of water and consurned
7 pounds more in food per month
Ore bushel of potatoss is much like
another bushel, and so it is with most
of the products we sell, but there is
vast difference between a pound J
sweet, fresh butter and the mass we
run across in the market. No danger
of confounding one with the other.
The field is wide for the one who wishes
to make a reputation.
A Comtradiction.
Frugality, Pa., September 13, 1894.
EDIToR COURIER, PATTON,
DEAR SiR: — We
would like to make a contradiction to
a report that was circulated at Patton
by one, Sandy Harvey, in regards to
Brother Thos. Regan of this Local Mr.
J. M. ROBINSON,
Proprietor.
JAS. W. HOY,
The Popular
TEWELER, OPTICIAN, ahd
Dealer in
“stock of goods.
- Harvey has charged Brother Regan
with trying to persuade the miners to
resume work at 35cts a ton previous to
the strike being declared off, this is
false and nntrue, without foundation
and to say the s of this Local,
were indignant 4 hen they heard it, is
has been a trusted member, of this L.
A. forthe pat 3 years und has Shed WATCHES, CLOCKS. SILVER.
WARE, and
_ everything kept in a first-class store
of this kind.
VIOLIN, GUITAR and BANJO
strings and all kinds of small musi-
discharged the functions of this cffice
‘faithfuly and fearlessly, always work-
ing for the best intrest of the organiza-
tion in general. Anyone who knows
Brother Regan will think this contra-
diction unnecessary, but this is for the
benefit of those whose acquaintance
with the Brother, is limited. As for
Harvey he must have been prompted
by bigoted envy as his verity is
very. questionable. As an injury
to one, is the concern of all we
Gives a first-class wall a moderate ex-
pense.
Is the best fire-resisting plaster.
correction. ; Always ready for use in any season.
By order of L. A. 1523, K. of L.
: B. A. MURRAY,
Committee, - CHAS GATS,
{ Jxo. HARVEY.
Is the par excellence for patching.
Can be papered as soon as dry.
© Is recommended by all the leading
Architects who have used it in
this country and England.
Will give you a solid wall.
Of itself will not crack,
shrink.
Will not cleave off when nsed as di-
rected, even in case of leakage.
Will give you a warm house.
Does not ruin woodwork by loading
it with moisture. = -
Admits of carpenters following plas-
terers in a few days.
Is capable of every variety of finish,
For Sale,
( undred _ gm¥ Used on the Palmer House, Good
One h and swenty.nine one Building, Hotel Beck, Hotel Patton,
acre lots for sale one-half mile from CCG L. & L Co. office. , Patton Opera,
Aout Two Minates,
Robert J. lowered the worid’s pacing
record at Terre Haute, Ind., Friday
when he went the mile in 2:01).
He went against his own time of
Gentry got the stallion record
of the world by pacing a mile in 2:08.
Alix trotted a mile in 2:04) in an at-
tempt to beat the record. Carbonate
also lowered the two-year-old pacing
record from 2:10 to 2:08 the same day.
swell or
. Patton on easy terms. For futher house, Mm. E. church, and on more than
. information apply
to J. J Hauk, one-half of the plastered houses and
: store rooms of Patton.
Also the Catholic Church St. ,
ine.
Carrolltown, Pa. 40tf
Lot For Sale.
A beautiful lot situated in the prin-’
cipal part of Patton will be sold cheap
. For priess and information, write’
ADAM ANT PLASTER (CO,
Patton, Pa., Lock Box US.
[EARNEST BRUER, |
ph 0 a Jie
and Supplies a specialty.
None have their
HORSE SHOEING. one is s the worst kind of extravagance.
work done with neatness and dispatch.
a rr nis dns pro See
“Readqtiarters For
-- HARDWARE - -
Is at the
rp A.M. Thomas, |
PATTON, PA.
You can purchase anything in the Hardware line as
tear as it can be bought any place in the county.
More
buildings full of HARDWARE,
s than ever. Two large
DOORS and SASH, PAINTS, OILS and VARNISH, a
handsome line of Table Cutlery.
MINERS TOOLS
We make a specialty of Banding
the Celebrated
Cinderella Stoves and Ranges,
reqal. A Good Stove {s~Economy. A poor
A. M. Thomas,
PATTON, P A.
Magee Avenue, P
Headquarters for commer-'
The largest and.
Every thing
HE CAMBRIA HARDWARE 0,
Magee Avenue,
PATTO N, PA,
Successor to
PATTON HARDWARE oo.
We are first putting In .. new
stock.
The new firm
to say later.
Come and see us.
will have more
Musical Instruments '
Is to the front as usual with a large
- hgures.
gal gonds will be kept sonny oni
Adamant Plaster
Does not hold gases or disease germs.
Cheap for Cash.
Your wants can best be supplied when you
have an unlimited supply to select from. The
#
Patton Supply Co
carry a stock that surpasses any retail store
in the county. They can sell to you at low
figures because tney buy at ‘the VEry lowest
Prices now days are regulated large
ly by the quantity purchased. The largest
s always get the best prices and can af-
We handle
buy Es
ford to sell at the lowest figures.
every thing kept in a
GE] [ERAL STORE.
Be sure and’ look Into our ane rrful
(RSH OFFER.
Large Oil Painting and Beautiful Silver-
ware
GIVEN AWAY.
F armers should make a special effort to
call on ys as we can sell them goods that i Is
according to their expectations
ALL GIVE us A CALL
Very Truly
PATTON SUPPLY CO.