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VOL XVI.
MILFORD, PIKE COUNTY. PA., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER, 25. 1910.
NO 4
Press,
BRIEF MENTION
A oow recently presented to Pres
ident Taft weighs 1500 pounds and
blves twnlva sllnnR of milk a. rinv.
She 1s a Holateln.
Albert Rudolph Is building a Urge
ice house, on hi lots on George
Street. It will hold sufficient ioe to
supply the town.
Frank Belli Is suffering with su
mac poisoning.
Leo Werthelmer, of New York,
M ux so unfortunate as to fall into (hp
hands of the State police. He was
ohliged to pay a fine of $25 and costs,
and secure a hunting license besides.
Hotel Faiiohere has bad a new fur
nace placed la it.
F. F. White and wife who have
been absent from town for the past
throe weeks have returned home.
It. D. Kavre and wife are spending
several days with relatives in Wayne
dimly.
We were pleased this week t
have Elkanah, "Deacon,'' Custard
us ho used to be known, when he
lived in this county many years ago,
drop in. Be and his wife are visit
tug friends In this vicinity for a few
days.
Unless everyone digging in tbe
streets for putting down pipe oi
mating repairs, or any other pur
pose, is careful to replace the dirt
and see that it is kept at a level it If
Impossible to keep the streets in
good repair.
The borongh ordinance require?
permission to dig and thla is giver
on conditions which should
be-tffl
served by the applicant .'The re h
danger to vehioles whereftthera art
obstructions of any kind tail in can
of accident tome on mustftie respon
sible. Peaob tree borers feed dnftehftalli
nntil freezing weather, then they lb.
come dormant nntil spring wbfetr
they begin again and do the most
damage. Tbey should be removed
with a wire. Bpraylng with lime
sulfur wash next Juna around the
base of the tree will prevent tb
moth, from which they oome, laying
ber egg. Witbosrt much labt-r aad
care It is Iroyeeeibte in these days to
keep frnlt trees in good healthy con
dition and free from the peett wbioh
besiege them, -and without that
good -marketable fruit cannot b
raised. It doe -sot pay to keep
trees nulesi tbey have proper oarr
and that means work. But it does
pay to gUra tbam the necessary
attention. , .
This week the Pennsylvania will
onmmence running trains 'through
its tunnel and passengers will be oar
tied from all Western points direct
to New York. At the Grand Can
tral station a stupendous work la in
progress and when completed there
will be five railroads superimposed,
the Manhattan Elevated, the Surface
Road, the Rapid Transit, McAddo
tunnels and N. Y. and "Long Island
This will be the largest railroad ter
minal station in the world,
.'.is. James W. Piuchot has gener.
ous!y donated 150 to the V. I. A.
Divorces bave rapidly inoreased in
this oountry. There are now 73 di
vorces to every hundred thousand of
population.
Automobile ioe sleds are the next
steps in locomotion. They are on
runners and drawn by a wheel hav
ing short spikes in tbe surface.
Henry M. Hoyt, Counsellor for
the Department of State died in
Washington last SundBy morning.
He waa a aon of the late Governor
Hoyt
Hon. Geo. R. Quick shot a bear
this week near the ramp in Bloom
lug Grove and the party has been
successful in killing three deer.
Next year will see a very impor
tant election. Under the new Con
slitotlon, all county and township
efnoera will be elected at November
election and tha June primary' will
witness a lively time for nomina
tions. ., .
Down In Berks County the farmsrt
1 organised all right,- contrary to -the
general idea that It ia their habit to
pull different way. They combined
into a turkey troai and pot tbaoprio
at 40 to 46 cent a pound for dressed
birds and from 28 to 80 Boat 'live
weight'
To avoid pneumonia open the'wtn-
dows especially at night in your bad-'
room. Fresh air Is a preventive ol
the disease. It is an aoute and Infec
tious disease and especially liable to
attack those with low' resistive pow
ers particularly those addicted to tbe
According to an old war time pbo
tograph mortars precisely like tbosa
on Canter Square were used at the
siege of Petersburg, whioh commenc
ed In Jane 180.
Last week one shipment from
Kansas of ten tons of bad eggs were
sataed in Brooklyn N. Y. Over two
million bacteria were found in eaob
gram of the eggs.
The Philadelphia Press says the
mala gobler strutted his laat this
week, but how long will the female
nobbier keep it up.
W A NTHD: Everyone in Milford
Slid vicinity to read ' the opening
chapters of the new serial by Robert
W. Chambers In the November
number of COSMOPOLITAN MAG
AZINE It is the greatest number
or the year and is illustrated by
Charles Dana Gibson.
Tenors official plurality over Ber
ry is 83,484. The total vote in thi
State was Toner 415,611, Grim. 129,
.195, Berry 382,127, Larkin 17,115,
Slayton 60,053, Austin 802.
A Church Advertises!
'A chnreh in Atlanta advertises,
carries a regular pnid space just, as e
store hnsliifsa would which leads tin
Atlanta Constitution to, ask : Win
shouldn't a chuich advertise th
same as any other institution, and it
concludes that there is no reason ii
morals or logic why churches should
n't advertise in newspapers or thru
other mediums of publicity.
It wonld be possible if essential, b
placate the supersensitive, to glvi
Biblical warrant for an innovation a1
ready praotlced In other America)
cities. "Go ye forth into the high
'rwHJtjaexl byways'.is sapableof libers
interpretRttoa, and The Constitute
know of no route more certain b
reach 'the highway or tbe byway
thffh'ihat'round m the columns of a
representative paper.
On the common sense side of it.
the object animating the majority of
the churches' is to keep intact their
respective folds, and to make re
cruits. - .
Fervent preaching and attraotiv.
services will do the one. ' But unless
Grangers are' told about them, neith
M will be effectual in attracting
"they that are not of this fold." -
Why, then, should not the' church
meet the world on its own battle
ground, -using tbe world's own
weapons so 'far as they may legiti
mately' be nsedf .
PUBLIC ORCHARD
MEETINGS.
Lectures and Demonstrations by
Specialists of tbe-Oi vision of Zoology
on- PeWWaffirre-and Horticultural
Practical to- he bold In this county.
The fall schedule ef Publio Meet
ings in the State- Model Orchards,
conducted by the Horticultural In.
spectors under tbe direction of Prof.
H. A. Surface, Economio Zoologist,
has been complied, and inoiude the
following appointments In this Coun
ty: "Monday and Tuesday, Nov. 28th
and 29th; at the orchard of E. A
Schweitzer near Delaware, Pa.
These meetings are held for the
purpose of extending the educational
work of the Department, both by
lectures and demonstrations, tbe ex
perts performing and directing the
work as it should be done. In each
of these orchards about an acre of
trees is set aside aud conduoted as a
model, or example of what can be
lone in fruit growing and pest con-
trol. The State's representative will
be present rain or shiue.
It is understood that sieeimens of
infested twigs or plants will be ex-
mined and Identified, and all per
sons interested are cordially invited
to attend, and avail themselves of
this free service otf-nvd by the State.
Scholars Beat It!
From some examination papers i
t Massachusetts lo.sn murk that the
following answers are culled.
iupinaniy ia wnsn nil in. rises np
round -thw edge of the bottle ai d
shows (rood measure.'
The -settlers gave a Thanksgiving
dinner to the Indians for their kind
nese and to tbe Lord for fair weather
They 'kept up tbeir festivities for
three -days, eating all tbe -time. A
party of sixty Indian warriors came,
rolling their war whoops down tba
bill.
Henry VIII by hia own efforts, in-
res sed the population of England
40,000-.
Esau wrote fables and sold them
for potash.
Tbe Lupercal was the wolf who
suckeled Itomeo and Juliet at Rome,
Lincoln bad i high forehead
which is it sign of many brains.
4 Every bodys.
HYMENEAL
DURHAM-SAWYBR
Never perhaps has Milford wit
nessed a more brilliant social event
than' that which took place In the
Presbyterian Church here Thursday
evening when Andrew E. Durham
Esq. and "Miss Aura May Sawyer
were married in the presenoe of an
audience which filled the large rcom
to overflowing. Prior to the cere
mony Miss Elsie Hemphill Of Phila
delphia, whose wonderful voice
charmed ber bearers, entertained tbe
company with several solos. She
waa accompanied by Misa Maude
Klein on tbe organ who also render
ed tbe wedding march With excel
lent taste and skill. To Its beautiful
strains the bridal procession headed
by MUs Maud W. Bawyer of Oberlin
Ohio, maid of honor, a sister of the
bride and Mrs. J. Hurling of White
Plains. N. Y., Miss Marguerite
Jaillet of Milford, Pennsylvania,
Mit-g Anna Wells of Port Jervis and
Miss Beatrice Varney of Philadelphia
bridesmaids, and Mr. L, Pinks ot N
Y. groomsman, Andrew Astbalter
and James Reuliug ot Muscatine,
Iowa. J. Burling of White Plaint
and Henry P. Bawyer of Philadel
phia, ushers, slowly wended theii
way aud took their allot ed places
Tbey were followed by Miss Bett
Crane of Addison New York win
strewed flowers in the pathway o!
the bride who came leaning on the
inn ot herfatber ai.d was met at tbe
altar by tbe bridegroom. The cere
mony was performed by Dr. C. 8
Ryuian an nnole of the bride assist
ed by Rev. C. A. White.
It was a rainbow wedding and tbe
colors were exquisitely blended Ii
the gowns of her attendants, tbi
Sowers they carried and the decora
tions. The bride was attired in a
gown of white satin and chiffon cov
ered with point lace and -wore, a
bridal veil, fastened with orange
blossoms, tibe presented a eharro
ing picture- of youth and lovllneee
but to those that know ber tbe out
ward adornments only graced -hei
beauty of character and womanly
accomplishments. j
She bridegroom, . Mr. Durham ot
Greencastle, Jnd. is a lawyer and it
to be congratulated on having -won
one Of Milfords most attractive daugh
tera aud who traces her bonorablt
ancestry mere lb.ni a hundred 'yart
baok to the first settlemeut of thi
town.
After the ceremony' the Invited
guests were conveyed to the SawkU)
House where the reception area held
and I the wedding feast waS spread;
which fully satisfied and left a long
ing that such events might be mort
frequent
The tokens received by the bride
from loving friends attested, theii
number and the warmth of their af
fection for her.
Beside the immediate bridal party
thi.se who partook of their hospital
ity were Mr. and Mrs. F. P. Bawyer.
the brides parents, Mr. and Mrs. P.
N. Bournique and son Wells, Dr
and Mrs. C. 8. Ryman, Mrs. J. W.
Shearer, Mrs. P. E. Varney and Mrs.
W. J. Milligan of Philadelphia, Mrs
Meta Ludey of Bumit N. J., Mrs
Nellie Bawyer, Mrs. J. C, Bridges,
of Greencastle Ind. a sister of tbe
bridegroom, Rev. C. A. White and
daughter Charlotte, Rev. McMickle
and his mother. E. A. Wells, an
uncle of the bride and Mrs. Wells,
Gus Wells and wife, Mrs, John
Crane of Addison, N. Y., Mr. Cros
by, the Misses Dorothy aud Alice Bsk
ef Mr. and Mrs. W. 8. Ryiuan, A. D
Brown and daughters, Mrs. West
fall and Miss Lydia, Barton Hill
lard, Frank Crlssman and eistei
Millicent, Mrs. Arthur N. Roe of
Branchville, N. J. and Mr. and
Mrs. J. H. Van Etten.
After the bridal tour the couple
will reside ut Greencastle, Ind.
where a home la ready for their oc
cupancy. They begin tbeir reai
lives with showers of blessings and
wishes of many friends for their
happiness and prosperity.
There's a bliss beyond all tbs muutrel
has told
Whan two tbjbt are linked In ona beav
euiy ut
With hart never changing and trow
aevfer oold.
Live on tarouab alt Ills and love oa
till thej die.
LesfWe Forget
"'Twas tbe night before Christmas,
And all through the house
Not a creature-was tlrrhgJM - -They
were all downtown scrapping
and fighting, and swearing, trying
to purchase tbe Christmas presents
they oabti t .kt buying
right bow;
OBITUARY
JOSEPH CANNE
Those here who saw and conversed
with Mr. Canne Tuesday little thot
that they were looking npon him
alive for the last time. He seemed
in bis canal good health and cheerful
spirits and gave no token that he
was in the slightest decree troubled
OT bo desperate that within a few
hours he would put an end tn his ex
istence. As we gather the facts are
that some persons saw a liu'lit at his
premises in Delaware t in nshlp about
four miles back of Dingtnaes Ferry
early Tuesday morning. Going to
his home they found it nearly burned
down. A paper was discovered fss
tened to the burn near by on wsikh
was some blood and o.i which was
written in bis own hand wiiiirit
that his body would be found in a
small creek nearby. B:o,d whs seen
leading from the housu to the Im r a
and on to the stream where lie was
fonnd in the morning From ap
peiira'noe8 he had inflletHd several
scalp wounds on the top of ,1ns head
witli a penkiilte and perhaps think
ing they would not prove fatal he
made sure of his purpose by throw
ing himself into the water and drown
ing.
For some time past be he been en
gaged in vending a patent medicine
md appeared to be doinir a fair bust
ness. He was generally optimistic
and thought he was engaged in a
pursuit which benefitted mankind
and he enjoyed recounting hlssucoeas
in talking people out of their despon
dent moods.
He was born in Belgium about 63
years ago but passed most of his life
in. this oountry, years ago he worked
at watch-making and' was a good me
chanio.
Blnoe then he has engaged in va
rious pursuits chief among them
farming. His wife and one son and
a brother H(Wy of Dingmun town
ship survive him.
Tbe funeral was hold Friday and
Interment in Delaware cemetery.
JOSEPH 8. PUKCELL
Mr. Purcell, who has lived in Mi'
ford for several years, died at the
home of Mrs. Olivia B. Armstrong
Monday night aged seventy years
He had been in ill health for some
time but had not seemed until latelj
to grow much worse. He wss born
In New York where was" his heme
during most of his life, He was a
printer by trade and for many years
was employed on the Herald and
knew the elder Bennett well. Some
years ago be married Mrs. Barah J
Van Gorden now deceased who was,
prior to her first marriage Miss Arm
stong. He was a good reader, well
versed in the politics of New York
and an intelligent conversationalist
The funeral was held Thursday and
Interment in Milford Ceuietery.
Joseph 8.. Purcell who died Nov.
21st 1910 at bis home en Catherine
Street was a Civil War Veloran, a
sergeant of the 17th regiment, New
York volunteers, reoeivinir wounds
from which he suffered patiently up
to the time of his death in his seven
tieth year depression over the loss of
bis devoted wlfa thrie yeurs ago
wrecked his life and hastened his
death.
The son of a once wealthy fatherand
a high born mother, Mr. Purcell was
a man of tine education, which he
received at Fordlmm College, going
from there to the New York Herald,
then owned by the elder Bonnet.
where he held a position of trust sel
iloni accorded to so young a mau, re
maining there until war was declar
ed, at the close of whioh he returned
to tbe Heruld, serving iu ail forty-
six years on that par, or until ill-
health compelled hi in to resign and
ga to Milford, Pa, to live.
He was a man of extreme reserve,
liberal views, a thorough gentleman
and his death will be
much regretted by all who knew
him.
Knowledge of Machinery.
Miks "Casey, Casey, whate are
ye doing to that wheelbarrow?"
Casey "I'm oilin' it "
Mik "Well lave It alone, I'll oil
it meaelf. What do you know about
machinery.
Just Pennsylvania Dutch.
We were walking along the shad
ed street of an eastern Pennsylvania
village when a girl came to tbe door
of a nearby house and called to a
small boy playing on the walk ;
"Gusty, Gusty, oome ant eat your
self once. Ma s on the table now
and pa's halt et already !"IIuusd-keeper.
NOTES FROM
SANDYSTON
The "lywier" houBe and lot situat
ed In Hslnesville was sold one day
last week to close np the estate
Mrs. Arthur -Myers was the pur
chaser at t415.
What is the nse of having a law
on our statute books, it It is nor
enforced. With snow on the ground
two to three inches deep the city and
local hunters went on just as if
there were no snow on Tuesday
morning.
Onr Macadam of which we are so
prond is completed, and on Friday
last was accepted by tbe State offlo
mis and a commute from the Board
of Freeholders. Borne parties told
Freeholder Vansickle a oock and bull
s'orv there were places in the road
where the thickness of stone was less
than the speciflontlons called for.
Contractor Denmrest told Vansickle
to piok out those deficient places and
his men would "plug'' wherever
Vansickle pointed out. Every place
"plugged" gave the required thick
ness of stone and sometimes more.
But the State officials did not think
much of tbe bridge built under
Freeholder Supervision.
I said that ooro husking would be
done by Election Day, but to see
the scores of shocks still standing In
the fields nnhuvked 1 see Hint I
made a wrong prediction.
Mr. and Mrs. Eben J. Owen end
Mrs. George Owen, went to Newark
on Saturday for a fortnights visit
among relatives. The first named
Mrs. Owen is 77 years of age.
Doer hunting waa good on 'Wed
nesday last, but no one succeeded in
getting a deer. But they bud the
sport just the same.
Walton Drake only son of Wm. C,
Drake deo'd and formerly of this
town died at Morristown last week
aged 82 years.
The Inclement weather of Wednerf!
day evening deterred many from
attending tbe social at Floyd Majors
The intent of the social was to
raise money for building a fence
around the Layton Cemetery.
The young man who skipped out
from Port Jervis last week, charged j
with breaking and entering Erie
cars, was captured by two Erie dei
teotives at a late hour on-Friday
night.
He agreed to return to Port' Jervis!
and departed with pia captors. I
Uncle Sam desires that the patrons
of the Post Office write or print a
"return" on their envelopes.
To this end the Department has
issued thousands of post cards illcs
trating how the address and return
be placed on their mail matter.
DR. SCHAEFFER'S
REPORT.
Some atatistios from the annual
report of State Superintendent
Schaeffer show there are 2,699 school
districts in the State with 84,028
schools, 8,103 male and 27,493 fe
male teachers, and 17,674 directors.
Tbe average salary of male teaouers
is ICS 43 and of female teachers )47.
47. The number of pupils is 1,282,
965 Teachers wages are nearly
twenty million dollars a year. Tbe
total cost ot the schools is nearly
forty million dollars a ytar. He fa
vors a reduced number of directors
and a tern, of either four or six years
depend on the kind of men the peo
ple will elect. He thinks it possible
that the longer the term tbe more
care voters would exercise to elect
good men. On the question of a
State Board of Education be is nen
commital and gives the arguments
pro aud con, but says a majority of
States have seen fit to adopt such
a board. Ha advocates a course of
study which would eliminate non es
sentials in arithmetic, grammar and
geography and says if anyone will go
over the text books be studied in his
boyhood and mark the things which
have been no use to him in bis ca
reer be will be surprised to see how
little of each text book will retnaio
unmarked.
The Next Legislature.
The next legislature will be com
posed on joint ballot of 191 Republl
cans, tO Democrats, 9 Keystone Re
publicans, 6 Keystone Demooratsaud
I Socialist.
In the lower branch there, will be
1S4 Republicans, 39 Democrat,
Keystone Demoorata. Keystone Re
publicans and 1 Socialist.
Tbe Senate will be 87 Republicans
II Democrats, 1 Keystone Republi
can and 1 Keystone Democrat.
Brokers Raided.
Government officials have boen
rounding np brokers In New York
for using the malls to defraud. Burr
Brothers bave been arrested and
held to ball. It is charged that the
firm sold between forty and firty mil
lion dollars of mining and oil stock
worth little or nothing. Some seven
ty eight get-rioh-quick firms, it is
estimated have during the past five
ypars fleeced the publio out of at
least one hundred million dollars. It
Is wonderful that people who are
cautioned both by reading and exper
ience to shun putting money in those
wild cat companies will be delnded
into buying.. Go to a man with mim
ey and offer him legal interest and
good security and he will turn you
down. Go to him with some highly
oolored scheme promising large re
turns of which he knows nothing and
his cupidity leads him to part with
his mnney-forover. Puck said what
fools these mortals be and every day
proves it.
jacoo kiis says It does seem as
if the chance of getting something
for nothing is on the whole the great
temptation one can hold out to frail
hnninn nature, whether in the slums,
in Wall Street, or out where the
daisies grow.
GAINING NOTORIETY.
Thore is not a hair's difference be
tween notoriety and fame. If yon
can't jump into a pit like jfJortiuB,
pop yourself into a volcano like Em
pedoales. The foolery is immorta
lised just as well as a heroism. Chan
dos. Which leads us to clip the fol
lowing from the Port Jervis Union
of Tuesday.
Travelers at the Erie depot were
highly entertained Tuesday morning
on the departure of train 30, by Mr.
and Mrs. Alison M. Lederer, of Mil
ford, and two men servants.
Mrs. Lederer was particularly ac
tive in handling, tagging, loading in
the baggage car and caring for four
ferocious looking bulldogs, two of
which were blanketed.
She left town in the baggage oar
with the dogs, fearing they would
suffer injury. .
The dogs went enroute to a dog
show1 in Philadelphia. From the
way they were handled, it was evi
dent the owner believed them of
great value. The dogs were restless
and wanted to chase up and down
the station platform. It was all the
male servants could do to keep them
in leash.
Mrs. Lederer. who was formerly
Miss Pinohot aud later Mrs. King,
first checked the canines, and then
secured a ohalr and climbed into the
baggage car. She had signed a re
lease, saying she would rather take
the risk than have ber pets take it. -
The unique spectacle attracted a
big crowd and would have made an
excellent subject for the moving pio-
tnre man.
White-Washing Trees.
Prof. Surface says it is all right to
whitewash trees as often as you
wish. It will not hurt' them and it
may do some good but not a great
ileal. He advises pruning as soon bp
soon as tbe leaves are off aud also
spraying. As many do not keep re
cipe for making home-boiled wash
for San Jose scale we reproduce it.
"Boil two and one-fourth pound
of sulfur with one pound of lime in
each gallon of water, boiling It an
hour. Then (train and fill np to
make up for the water that boileu
away as steam, and store it in a
closed vessel, and when you aie
ready, dilute by adding seven or
eight times its bulk of water to each
measure of this stored solution. This
is really tbe same as the oouceutrat
ed lime-sultur, and you can make it
wben you have time and store it.
aad have good results with it. The
best plan is to use a hydrometer to
tost its strength aud Jest it so that
when diluted it will be at 1 03 or
Stronger."
NOT SORRY FOR BLUNDER.
"If my friends hadn't blundered in
thinking I was a doomed victim of
consumption, I might not be alive
now," writes D. T. Sanders, of Har-
rodsburg, Ky., "but for years they saw
every attempt to cure a lung-racking
cough fail. At hut I tried Dr. King's
New Disoovery. Tbe effect was won
derful. It soon stopped tbe cough aud
I am now in better health than 1 bave
bad for years. This wonderful life
saver is an unrivaled remedy fur
coughs, colds, lagrippe, asthma, cioup,
hemorrhages, whooping cough or weak
lungs. 6oc, 11.00, Trial bottle free.
Guaranteed by All Druggists.
Concrete blocks made in any quan
tity by R. E. Humbert, Milford, Pa.
HIGH SCHOOL LIBRARY.
Nearly four hundred volumes of
standard books whioh oomposed the
Milford Library, and which were
stored for several years have been
transferred by the trustees to the
Milford Hiph School, tho directors
having assumed payment of about
.10, storage charges.
Mr. C. D. Wildrick, prinoipal, has
lieen active In obtsining this excel
lent addition and mainly through
ma eiiorrs ine noons were secured.
They will he a lasting testimonial to
his interest, in advancing the cause
of education here. Among tbe books
is a complete set of the American
(Applotons) Encyclopedia a work
which is of gretv!ue in a school.
The other volumes Kr all standard
comprising Hume and MoConleys
History of England, Puskio works,
Wilkie Collins, Thacknrey, Diokcns.
Waverly novels. Coopers , Le'w Wal
lace, Lorn Lyttona, Geauots History
cf France, Tennyson, Bryants, Whit
tier, Sce.lt and Longfellows poems,
besides a number of other select
books, the whole makings moat de
sirable collection and which will be
available for pupils of the school.
With this riucli ns and tho additions
which from time to time will be
made our School will have one of
the best libraries In this section.
Gosh, All Hemlock.
Just how really and truly danger
ous bear hunting is may be seen
from the following biur raising ac
count of what bappened last week up
near Dark Swamp.
Tbe given and real size of the
bears closely correspond; with the
real size of facts and those so amply
told by the precise and truthful cor
respondent of a Philadelpnia paper.
Ed. Mott uever in his palmiest days
approached more closely to the bor
der luie of pure fiction in his "bar"
tales than does this writer. He
says: -.
S. H. Palmer, of Philadelphia ; E.
O. Buillotut and his son Richard, of
Miltord, bad an exciting experience
in Dingman townt-hip with ' two
bears. The elder Boillqtat went Jn-,
to a big swamp to drive out deer,'
while his aon and Palmer stationed
themselves along the runways. In
stead of the deer two bears dashed
out in front of Palmer, who fired
and wounded one The bear rushed
Palmer and knocked him down, but'
young Bolllotat sent a bullet into it,
and it tamed upon him. Palmer.
dazed, ol imbed a tree, wnile tbe
wounded bear dashed at Bolllotat,
clawing his ooat to ribbons as be ran
awaj, reloading. He again sbot tbe
bear, while Palmer, frcrln the tree,
also shot, putting a bullet through
its head and killing it. The other
bear, which bad run some distance
and then climbed a tree, was easily
shot. It weighed 170 pounds, while
the bear which had made snoh a
fight weighed 310 pounds.
New Form of Ballot
A question which will oome before
the next legislature will be ballot re
form. There is a recommendation
thai we go back to the old vest pock
et style of ballot so that every voter
can take take his ballot home and
murk it at leisure. This form no
d uht will be strenuously opposed.
but just what will be the outcome
owing to the diversity of opinion
cannot now be determined. The
probability however is that the par
ty square will be abolished making
it 'necessary for a voter to indi'jate
every D ime on the ticket for which
he wishes to vote by a mark.
HIGH SCHOOL NOTES
Pun. Wildrick expects to spend
the Thanksgiving recess at bis home
in Moosio.
Arthur Wolfe visited Branchville
Sunday.
The schools villi be closed Thurs
day and Friday of this week.
A large number of the pupils at
tended tbe musicals iu the M. E.
Church evening.
Ruth Armstrong recently visited
frit uds iu Matamuras.
Tbe library of the school bas been
gieutly improved by the addition of
over four hundred books. These
books were formerly tbe property of
the Millurd Lyceum. Anyone hav
ing in their possession any books be
longing to tbe Lyceum is requested
to return them to the school.
Alii-s Klaer is anticipating a visit
to New York during the holidays.
Miss Alice Scott spent the week
end in Middletown.
t" Advertise In the FRESS,

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