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MILFORD, PIKE COUNTY, PA., FRIDAY- DECEMBER 10, 15)09.
VOL. XV.
NOG
BRIEF MENTION
Robert D Muir a former cashier
of the National bank of Port Jervia
and since treasurer of a (rust com
pany in Connecticut is an alleged de
faulter for some 23 thousand dollars
His method when in Port Jervls
were somewhat devious and he was
forced to resign his position aa cash
ier, tie has xinoe been arresttd and
scut to jxil.
BheiiiT Giegory who has been
quite ill tor several days is improv
ing. It is estimated that about thirty
deer are known to have been killed
lu this county during the past rea
son It the 8 Hte about 500 deer
ul 700 bears have been killed
Tub Port Jervia Gazette says
large steel safe, weigh lug gome six
tons, is now at tbe freight depot
there awaiting transpoitation to Mil
ford for use in the treasurers office.
It is presumed to be tbe ouo over
which there is a contention as to
whether the contract for its purohase
is regular, and miles a compromise
is effected tbe matter may be settled
by the court.
Charles Conk) in died at tbe home
of bis daughter Mrs. Isaao Dingman
in Delaware last week. The funeral
was held last Sunday from the
home of another daughter, Mrs.
Btaaton Bupplee, in MilforJ.
The government says your share
of funds is (34 98. Have you got it
or must you be content with $.98?
Ex-reprrsentative of Monroe conn
ty R E. SchwHrs was stricken with
beart disease last week while attend
ing a farmers institute at Pleasant
Mount. Wayne county and died soon
after. For several years he has
been an institute instructor and t. r-
morly visited here on Mint capacity
A oelebrated specialist announces
that be has discovered that rattle
snake poison, administered bypoder
micaily, is a -curs for tuberculosis
Be may win tbe $100,000 prize of
feral for a discovery of a remedy for
the disease.
Former Seoretary of Treasury Leg
Its M. fcbw recently stated that
'men long in the service learn that
it is not wise to discover a fraud. It
Is discovered however by many that
when be says, since his recent mar
riage, that a man never truly loves
until he grows old, and more of the
some kind of soft talk, that he him
salf has discovered something very
liko an old fool.
The drilling machinery which was
osed nn the Rose farm near Mats
moias, where a well was sunk to an
unknown depth in search of oil,
has been sold to Patersou parties
and removed. Pike has lost her
cbanoe to bust np tbe Standard Oil
trust.
It is said tha; the giaut trees ct
Calaveras in California were proba
bly of considerable size when the
pyramids were built. One tree oon
tains more lumber tban twenty
acres of well timbered land.
He "So your husband has given
np smoking ; It requires a pretty
strong will to accomplish that."
Site 'Well, I'd have you under
stand that I have a strong will."
Free Lance.
First Autoist "Is that the same
automobile you bought this spring?"
Seoond Autoist "AH except the
body and three wheels.
A young lady said the first thing
to know about keeping bouse was to
get a man to keep boose for.
The Washington Herald discusses
"The Ideal Wife.'1 Nearly every
body has a different ideal in that re
gard, tl-te there would be many mat
rimonial classes.
Tbe Cberry mine horror is tbe
gr. a est disaster to Illinois, bat Joe
Caunon is the greatest disaster to
tbe United States.
Very probable tbe "man higher
np" is Ruiliuel in the suar weigh
iug swindle. But very probable he
roosts too high to be reached.
Nicaragua will soon be added to
thn white man, a burtlun.
Just at present the man with
furnace on his bauds is interested iu
cm I lands nearer home (ban Alaska.
Justice Brewer has taken hi
stand for woman vuffrage. We can
iiuagiue a feiuiniue chorus, "How
lovely ot him!"
Hunters should be brought to
understand tbat 11 U Letter to lose a
possible dfr tban to kill an soiu.l
man.
tenator A Id rich might have told
na who are to be the itockh dders in
(he big central bank which ha has
li Ujiud.
C. O. Billings of Lord's Valley was
in town Tuesday.'
Tax collectors of the several town-
ships were here this week getting np
their duplicates. The county needs
the money.
Ryman and son have a fine dis
play of holiday and Christmas goods.
Shop early and avoid the rush. See
ad which appears in this edition.
Farmers institute wiil be he)d at
Paupaok Dec 15;h and 18th, and at
Ureentowa Deo. 17th snd 18th.
Good programs will be presented at
each session and addresses by emi
nent agriculturists
The new store in New York being
built by Glmbel Brothers will cost
seventeen million dollars. The steel
'mum weighs twilve thousand tons-
Some large flag stones are being
quarried near Flagstone for New
York parties, one a stone 22 ft. long
12 ft wide and ten inches thick.
B. C. Tutten of Matamoraa antici
pates spending part of the winter in
Florida.
Burnett Brennan who has been
employed iu a garage la Boston for
the past two months has relin
quished bis position and returned
home this wpek.
Pierre M. Nilisjr. of Strondabnrg
spent part of this week with friends
in town.
A marriage license has b"en grant
ed Max E. Fieg of Milford township
and Nettie Mabde Nowtnan of this
Borongb.
Lewis Smith of Delaware has
moved to tho Isaao Stoll farm in
Sandysion, N. J. where he will care
for the yoncg callle.
Levi Howell of Branohville, a for
mer resident of Delaware is doing a
thriving business tanning hides and
making gloves.
Mrs. T. R. J. Klein was taken to
tbe Port Jervia Hospital this week
for an operation, wbioh was success
fully performed snd her condition is
improving.
Alios Brink died at her home in
this Borongh Tuesday of pneumonia
aged 38 years.
Cranlierries are oheap, turkeys are
high. Tbe vegetarians are again
ahead.
The Sugar Trust could bave given
sugar away and still have made
money by tbe methods it was pursuing.
It's a good thing to be born poor''
says Sir Thomas Lipton. Be can
bave our share of it.
In football the qnestlon arises,
Shall we kill off the players or the
game?''
Althongb tbe materials are differ
ent, tbe methods of tbe predatory
trosts are muoh the same whether
they deal in oil, sugar, meat or ioe
DIRECTOR'S
CONVENTION.
The Seventh Annual Convention
ptpils reside more than 1, miles, NEWS FROM
from the nearest school bouse in tl e
district, and are transported to tbe
school In a proper conveyance, such
of Pike County School Directors met 'school district transporting the pu
Supt Schaeffer's Report
Some figures fiom the annual re
port of State Superintendent Sohae
ffer of schools out side of Philadel
phia are: number of districts 2,683.
cumber of schools 89,337, number of
pupils, 1,088,898. average daily at.
tendance 841,837, per cent 67, aver
age length of school term tn months
8 22. number of male teachers 7,537
female 22,712, average salary males
per month (59.CS, females $43 60.
Total expenditure for schools $31-
320,890 8.
in tbe Court House last Monday and
was called to order by President
K. 8. Wolfe. Other officers present
were First V. P., & B. La bar, sec
ond G. A. Kneailog, Seoretary W.
Vetterlein and County Superinten
L. Westbrook,
Prayer was offered by Rev. W. II
Kindt of Matamoraa. After a brief
address by J. H. Van Etten on some
of the duties of a school director.
Rev W H Kindt in a very interesting
talk urged the cultivation of music in
public schools. It creates enthusi
asm, brings air in the lungs, is edn.
ontional and cultivates patriotism-
Prof. R. M. McNeal of the Depart
ment of Education spoke on the
duties of directors in attending to tbe
bus ess part of their offices. To
make appropriations for main
tainrnce and accordingly as they
desire better schools will they be
more liberal In spending money.
Elis talk in the evening was to show
that education paid. Taking a man
without any school education and
showing what was his earning capac
ity and comparing it with the wage
earning power ot men who bad ad
vanced thru the public school, then
the high school add then thru col
leges, or the schools for special train
ing, he proved that a boys time in
sc'iool in money return might be
estimated safely at ten dollars a day,
thus demonstrating that an educa
tion paid, and thatboy8 who shirked
schools or were permitted to leave
them were making a financial mis
take to say nothing of bis sacrifice
of the after satis faction and advan
tage in having secured one.
At the session Tuesday morning
Prof. McNeal gave many valuable
suggestions as to what qualifications
directors should require in teachers,
among them that they should bave
the faculty of Imparting knowledge
that it is not sufficient that a teacher
be a scholar but that he or she
should have the power to make pu
pils comprehend the thing tsught.
also that a teacher should be a goed
disciplinarian. That many children
do not bave proper control at home
nor correct moral training and it de
volves on the teacher to sopplemen
their deficiencies and to guide the
child to a higher plane of mental
and moral development. His talk
was practical and based on long ex
perience ss a teacher and Instructor,
combined with close observation as
to the best educational methods.
The following were elected officers
for next year, President C W. Ball
1st Vice Pres. Geo. A. Kneeling, Snd
Vice Pres. W J. Keesler, Secretary
W. 'Vetterlein. Treasurer, Jas. P.
Van Etten.
J. H Van Etten was elected a del
egate to the Slate Convention of Di
rectors which meets at Harrisburg.
On motion it was resolved to' hold
the next Convention at the olose of
teachers' institute week. It
thought this would give directors an
opportunity to attend tbe institute
and also that teachers might attend
the Convention If they so desired,
Report of Committees.
We, the school director? of Pike
County assembled in convention do
hereby adopt the following resolu
tions;
Whereas directors In general have
been delinquent in complying with
the law in the matter of visiting
Alons la Saw Mill At Midnight
unmindful of dampness, drafts,
atoms, or cold, VV. J Atkins worked schools, and also in keeping school
Night Watchman, at Banner buildings In sanitary snd comfortable
.Springs, Tenn. 8uch exposure gave oindition, therefore be it resolved
him a severe cotd that settled on his 'that we nrge upon the various aohool
lungs. He tried many remedies but ' boards of Pike County, tte necessity
all failed till he used D King's New of complying with these Important
Discovery. "After usingone bottle" provisions of the school lsw.
he writes, "I went back to work as Resolved, that as we believe vocal
well ae ever " Severe Colds, stub-, music would elevate the moral tone
horn Coughs, inflamed throats and of our schools we hereby request our
sore lungs, Heminorrhnges, Cn up, ' teachers to give it a place on their
program.
Resolved, that appreciating the
necessity of centralizing tbe rural
schools and realizing that under the
preeiil laws of the State, a school
district closing a school, also the
amount received under the mini-
WASHINGTON
pits as aforesaid shall receive an ap
propriation from the State of at lea t
$19,06 per month to aid in dofraying
the expense of such transportation,
provided this appropriation shall not
apply to high schools or high tchool
pupils.
Resolved, that we thank the In
structors fr instructions given and
also the Commissioners fir the use of
the Court House.
Lucian Westbrook . . .,
Waller J. Keaster J Com.
Daring tbe past year death 'has
invaded the number of directors
and called away
Walter Bradley of Delaware
Frank G. Hatnes of Green
Wilmer H. Clark of Palmyra -
and John A. Hoffman of Diugrnan -
We memorilize their names as
members of this body and now ibat
they have appeared before the high,
est tribunal to render an account of
the works done in the flesh we
record their names on onr minutes
that the efforts they made to ad
vsooe the cause of Education may
be recalled and their worth properly
rooognized.
J. H. Van Etten
C. W. Bull
Committee on necrology.
Deo. 7, 1909.
The Directors present were :
Delaware W. . B Hornbecfc, E.
, Emery, L. Chatlllon.
Dingman Ira D. Hoffman, John
M. Hoffman, Frank W. Qulnn, E.
H. Or ben, J. Gavollle, J. W. Green
ing.
Green P. W. Felton, Emil Vuiile,
Edgar Wilson, Alex Gilpin, Geo. J.
Sommer.
Ltokawaxen M. J. Hansen,
Jason Cottright, Louis Boeckelman.
Lehman Wm. Cor t right, Harry
Hornbeck, Alpheus Bensley.
Milford Ind E. B. Wolfe, J. IL
Van Etten. Jas. P. Van Etten, Ed
ward Qninn, C. XV. Bull, Chas. La Hi
more.
Matarooras E. B. Labar, Fred
Keating, Nathan Young.
Palmyra George Aneley, Walter
Vetterlein, J. G. Killam, W. J.
Keeeler, Alva Quick.
Bbohola Geo. A. Knealtng, P. G.
Hess.
Westfall R. J. Westbrook, M. J.
Shay, G, E. Swartwood, Ellsworth
Clark.
The few days preceding the meet
ing of Congress in Washington are
not without interest. The President
is immersed in his memnge which, it
is said, will not be ss long as Presi
dent Roosevelt's last message, inas
much, as it will contain not more
than fifteen thousand words'. This,
however, will be of sufficient length
and most readers will prefer to con.
fine themselves to snch epitomes as
the press always furnishes. The
Cabinet members are busy with
their several report 1 and some cf
them bave been completed. They
are 'generally asking smaller ap
propriations tban W3re demanded
last yoar. Economy is the watch
word of the present administration
bat it is" not at all improbable that
before tbe budget is made np it will
exceed more thin the billion dollar
mark as did the last appropriation
It is difficult with the ambitious
schemes of publio improvement and
betterment in almost every direction
to see bow appropriations can he
keptilownV '
Presidents Taft's Message.
He approves payment of the Se
oretary three million dollar deficit by
sale ot Panama bonds.
He urges catting of estimate to
obtain a ear plus.
He approves the policy of paying
tbe oost of isthmian oanal three bun
drcd and seventy-five million dollars
by bond Issues, and not out of cur
rent revenue..
Congressional .investigation of
Sugar Trust frauds opposed, lest it
give immunity to guilty parties.
A tariff board to investigate tbat
subject. ,
Higher rates of postage for period
icals and magazines.
A ship subsidy bill recommended.
- There are many public plans and
enterprises for lmprnvment of tbe
publio service tut none of them are
startlingly new "ultbouKh they arenll
increasingly urgent. Tbe Hcrelary
of the Navy has ifsned orders for
the reorganization of thn Navy De
parturient and are looked upon bj
those whom it will affect as nothing
short of revolutionary. Jf he is sun
cessful in carrying out 'bis plans
muoh good will be accomplished
The keynote to the changes in the
Naval establishment has been ex
pressed in the not novel truism tbat
the ebject of the. Navy is to main
tain an effective war fleet on the
seas. There is probably, not a
school boy that knows tbat this is a
salf-evident proposition and not a
Senator who would maintain that
there could be any other legitimate
objoot for the Navy and, yet, there
are Senators and. members', admirals
commodores, captains and lieuten-
auts of the Navy with their wives,
mothers-in-law, sisters, cousins and
aunts who bave for seventy-five or
a hundred years lived, moved and
had their being on the hypothesis
that the object of the Navy was to
maintain, first, a splendid Navy Do
partment at Washington with dis
tinguished officers at the' beads. of
varions bureas ahd otWer Naval offi
cers at a dozen-naval-stations and
Navy Yards that ere nolonger used
but are kept np at-an-immense ex
ponas and that cannot be used for
any legitimate .Naval purpose ' bet
cause the entrance. to these Navy
Yards is too shallow for tbe admis
sion of modern .' warships. -Their
idea of the' Navy is' that-: it was
oreated and is maintained, mot -for
National defense bat forjthe benefit
of a brilliant corps of Naval .officers
and their families and friends. These
Naval officers have intermarried jn
to the families of. senators and cabi
net ministers, until they form, .the
highest social aristocracy ,-iu this
country. They are sore (hit, by this
order of Seoretary Meyer. , ... .. ..
and Whooping Cough get quick re
lief and prompt cure from this glori
ous nitd.cine. Trial bottle free. !
Guaranteed bv All Druirifiats. !
Rich Han's Gifts Ars Poor
b side this: '! want to so on reo
orJ as faying that I regard K'ectric mum salary lsw, amounting to about
Bitters as one of the greatest gifts ' t3.00 a month In cases where 150
tbat God has made to women, writes teachers are employed.
Mrs O. Rhinevault, of Vestal Center, Therefore, be It resolved by the
N. Y. "I can never forget what it pike County Directors Association,
lias done for uie ' This glorious ; that we ask the Pennsylvania Di.
medicine gives a woman buoyant rectors Asscoclstinn snd the Superin
spirita, vigor of body, aud Jubilant tendents department of the State
health. It quickly cures Nervous- Educational Association to reco-
nesa, Sleeplessness, Meloncuoly, Head nunend the following leg tolatioa.
ache. Backache. Falntioi and Diizv That In all rases where a school is
Spells; aooD builds up the week all-' closed, and the pupils tMusportsd to.Uts.
lug and Sickly 60c at All Diuu- ' a central school In proper eoovcy-1 '
glota ' voce, and In nsei vbtrs t or MOl SibterU)
Real Estate Transfers
E T. Peters to Katberioe G
Britton, lot to Bushkill, Lehman.
Florence Roloson to Peter W.
Hobday, interest in 748 acres, Bloom
ing Grove. '
Christopher Werner to Jacob
Werner, lot in Lackawaxen.
James M. Bensley to David Sny
der, 131 acres, lhman, $276.
Frederick H. Worael to Geo
Eokhart, 45 acres, Bbohola, $1800.
George C. Palmer to George B.
Spise, land in Sbobola.
Elizabeth Felton to Poter W. Fel
ton, 100 acres Green, 1300.
James C Rose to Pine Grove
Cemetery, land in Westfall.
Frederick Messerll to W. B
Schoonover, 30 acres Lehman. .v
E. A. V. Schoonover to Romalne
Whitaker, 1 aore Porter.
' " Looking Oas'a Beit.
I''s a woman's delight to look her
best but pimples, skiu eruptions, sores
snd boils rob life of joy, Listen
Bucklen's Arnica Salve oures them
makes the skin soft aud velvety. It
glorifies the faoe. Cures Pimples,
Sore Eyes. Cold Sores, Cracked Lips,
Chapped Hand. Try IU 25c at All
THE FOOLISH FISH.
Two speckled fi lies
Played round a hook,
Twas well baited ;
One went to look.
At tbe fat little worm
And as ho taw it fqjirrr,
Said, I'll take a bito
'Twill be no hunn '.
Tbe other fish sai l: -Don't
People living up in air
Are very wily crest ores
And they little care
In what way they take us
They catch ns and they make ui
Their food, to boil or bake us
So don't go over there.
My mother once was caught
Just In (hat same way -
But, somehow she escaped ..
How, I cannot say;
She gave me this advice: ,
'Never round a hook to play
I shall never forget it
Till my dying dny.' ,
Then the little wise fish
He swam round about,
But the little foolish fish
Had in his mind, a doubt
So he thought he'd take a taste
Of tbe squirming little thing
Poor little fellow,
He went upou the string!
Cecilia A. Cui.i.kh.
.- RIMES OUT OF REASON
When the English tongue we speak
Why is "break" not rhymed with "freak"?
Will you tell me why it's true
We say "sew," but likowlse "few'Y ' : '
And the maker of versa
Can not cap his "hor9e" with "worse"? - .. '.- -4-'Board"
sounds not the same as "heard" ;
"Cord" is difTeri nt from"word" ;
Cow" is cow, but "low" Is low" ;
"Shoe" is never rimed with "foe." "
Think of "hose" and "dose" and "lose" ;
And of "goose" aud of "choose." -
Think of "comb" and "tomb" and "bomb" ;
"Doll" and "mli" and "home" and "some. '.'
And since "pay'! is i loud with "say,"
Why not "paid" with "said," I pray? '
We have blood" an 1 "food" and "good" ;
'Mouid is not pronounced like "oonlfi.'' '
Wherefore "done," but "gone' and "lone"?
Is there any reason known? ,
And, in short, it seems to me
Sounds and lettt rs disagree. "
The Church Review.
NOTES FROM
SANDYSTON
The Postmaster-General is con-
templating improvements in the
Postal establishment, nothing new
but several things argent tbat have
been long advocated and that would
have been carried into . effect in a
more eflectlve and less .unwieldy
Government than our own. All re .
forms and governmental betterments'
here have to wait on lepirTstfon ; leg
islatiou has to waitou 'a't'ongress
tbat has baen .. elected . thirteen
months before It meet-, -Core-ret
that knows more about District
county or parochial affairs tban'
about National afialrs," 'Congress
composed of hundreds' of men who;
by tbe time they learn their bui-f
news as National lcgldbif ofs ha Inst
their places t r Fithar-.kava tbeir
places filled by .iien...aii grejnand
untried as trwy-tliimuivps were'
when first sent r Washington. '.:'ln
other words, -the ItpMrtrive rtwrmvge.'
ment.of til Ultvd &taJ.i.ivuot in
the bands of seniors but jfr freshmen'
who are responsibtHt so -ranch to
tbe Nation as. to. the provincial
homes from which tbey tome'.
for the Pjatt
' 'Btar.gS'cr'13 Vea'rs ! " -by
' Indrgestron's ' paigs-2-try rbg
many doctors aud t200 t Ortli 'ot med
icine in vain, B F. 'Ayfccue, of Ingle-
side, N. C, at lust u-ed Dr: 'King's
New Life Pills, mid "WTites'"tney
wholly cured bim. They cure Con
stipation, Biliousness, Sick 'Headache
Stomach, Liver, Kl-V.ey and Bowel
troubles. SSc at All Diugglats,
The Layton grangers are getting
their building in good shape. The
basement of their ball has had ad
ditional windows put in, the floor is
oonorete and walls nicely kalso
mined. The oomin odious shed is
neatly painted and lighted, and
taken all in all the P. of H. should
be proud of their buildings.
Tba Layton report of the we ither
for the month of November is record
ed aa follows,
"Average Max. 61.2. Average Mlo.
31 06--Max Set 45 4. Greatest daily
range 4-1 degrees on 18 th. Rainfall
t.05 inohes. Hail and snow 4 Inches
Clear days 19, partly 1, cloudy 10.
. Lewis Smith moved from the
Cimptou farm near Tuttles Corner
on Tuesday, to tbe tenant house of
Isaao Stoll.
Tbe selling of milk has lessened
the raising of pork in this town, but
James Shot well killed two tbe past
week one weighing 550 pounds and
the other's little over 400.
' A 'goodly number of the patrons of
the Bevans creamery after deliver
ing their milk. fill tbeir cans with
water from the spring st tbe cream
ory whiob. goes to show tbe scarcity
of w.iter. -
Mrs.' Clementina Bell of uppr
Sandya-nn is critically ill of piibu
mqnia but at latest repo.ts was
4ightly better. .;.
Wbeu tbe figure in the shape of a
man deserts a wife and two small
children and openly lives with an.
Lofber mans wifa, ss is tbe case bore,
it Is time for a white capping opera
tloli, and tint will operate very
soon.
Warren Raser ia getting the Keen
mill in shape and aa soon as the
dam is put tn repair will be ready
for custom work.
Tbe repairs that were to have
been made on the Sandyston Mac
sdetn road will not be made before
spring on account of tbe freezing
weatbar.
Maoadem roads are ooatly and
aany ara la ta?or of dirt roads, .
When a farmer can take 23 cans
f milk to the creamery dally he
will get a check at the end ' off tbe
montn that ia a pleasure to handle,
md that ia done in aSndyston..
The neat dwelling house oooupled
by Lydia Decker deo'd aituated in
Layton will be offered at pnblto sat
in Thursday Deo. 23. Sale at Hon.
rots hotel. -
Dangers Of Football. t
That football is more dangerous tn
lives and limbs of players than is
war to soldiers is shown by fetalis
ics of this years games. Thirty
deaths, 218 players injured, 13
broken collar bones, 8 broken
noses, 12 broken legs, It broken
ribs, 9 broken arm y 19 broken
ankles, 13 broken f 'Iders, 8
broken wrists, 8 bror nds and
3 broken jsws. ( V VV "'
At tbe battle of Mabiia Bay Ad.
uiral Dewey's fleet was under fire
for seven hours, and only six men
were wonnded snd none killed. At
Suntingo, when the Spanish navy
was destroyed the American loss was
one man killed and about a dozen
wounded.
The death of Cadet Byrne in tb
gaum between West Point and Har
vard has called forth an nnusnat
corn mi nt of uewpaper critioism on
the t-'iin e as now played and tbe con
i-ee.-us of opinion appears to be that
uol'iu something can be done-to
umke tbe game less u menaoeto tho
lives and limbs of players, tbe game
iisolf v. ill have to be killed.. j
The above record, not a list of cas
ualties' in battles but the score of
an atlieietic game "which uTsapposetl
to be a 'stimulus to 'manhood,' a de
veloper of youthful brawn, and 4s
builder of character" ahowa its fa,
til results and proves tbat though,
degree of danger ui ty be the real
soul of every sport which require
tbe display of pbysicial strength, yet
a game which is played with fear
ful coot to hfe aud limb oan hardly
be said to be worth its results, la
Coat iu human destruction. .
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