Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1879-09-18

Quire st the JOURNAL. Office.
The carpenters have commenced on
X. II. MusSgraS new house.
Let every body attend the fair on
the 1st, md and Srd days Of October.
MIR. Champion Berry Picker resides
i'm M1flin county and picked over 100
quarts Of black-berTies this season.
John Hartman's house is up and
progressing. Israel Confer is the car
Pen1ez-
job work Of al kinds done at the
JouKSAL Osice at prices as cheap as
the~heaPest-
A tame bun IS entered for the trot :
remarkable 70 say he has made $50 on
the track and i being trained specially
fOr TIE fair.
At Reading the raoulders in the
fOundTles and o1ster NorSmen in iron
had their wages advanced ten per cent.
recently
The Niffinh1rg Bank was forcibly
entered the other Monday night. but
the thieves got nothing but a little
loose clasnge in = side drawer, the pri-
Tzte property Of the cashier.
The Union County Fair win be
held Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and
Saturday, October l., >, S. and l., 1879,
and II the weather is far there will be
N large turnout from Centre coun-
U-
Wilbur +. Reeder, ESQ, Secretary
OF the Centre County Agricultural So
cisty. VIII please accept cur thanks for
complimentary tickets for the county
fair.
We are informed from n reliable
source that the Annual Fair of the Un-
SOn County Agricultural Society will be
N CTander aEalr this year than ever be-
EO-e. TIE officers labor hard to make
il as nearly a perfection ts possible.
-NiHheim Lodge, No. 955, L. o. o.
f. expect to have picnic all their
OWL ~ Penn Cave, head OF Penns
creek some time in the near future.
". Z. Better halves viii be allowed to
co. prOriaeGthey pay their own expenses
and agree not to bother" their hege
lords when Shere>
For some years past the apple and
potato crops have <eTnated in produc-
1TveneSs. That i to sag If apples were
plenty any given year then potatoes
were scarce, and 17a.gsksbrt. But this
year both apples and potatoes are very
abundSnt in tins section, and are hard
" worth twenty cents a bushel.
What a blessing to tie poor-to which
large and respectable class we empRat-
icaIlg belong.
The Centre County Agricultural
Society viii have the largest and best
falr this fall that has ever been held o
its grounds. Frank Chamberlin, Esq,
is uutiring IN his efforts TO make the
Amusement Department, of which he
is superintendent, the most attractive
feature Of the exhibition.
Numerous entries are being daily
made Tor the fair in the various classes.
Let al the people encourage it by their
resence. and thus promote the inter-
ests OF our county
The Ennual Fair of Centre county
WI BE more Of n success this year than
any heretofore it occars on the lst,
md e. 5rd uf Oct.
Cousin william Vert brought us
IN four sweet potatoes Of the so-called
rcd king which weigh in the aggregate
u Pcu7ds- The largest enc weighs
over pounds The Lord bless ViIlyum
Cor being so kind, so mercisul, to us
poor little fellow
We publish partial Inst of premi-
ums OF the Union County Agricultural
Fair, by which IL viii be seen that trot-
ting VIII be prominent feature thtre.
Every day but the first there viii be
trOt1ings. The purses offered are very
liberal, ranging from s. to 500. The
trUtting on the third day and for the
highest purse VIII be open to all horses,
whether they be kept in the county or
not This would seem to he fair as
vel rs liberal.
We congratulate our Brush valley
friends on the c0nveniences OF a daily
mail That's business and should have
been long ago. Mail arrives at Mil
helm at 9, A. ~, and leaves at l, P. NJ.
Thus the people of Brush Valley will
have the eastern mail only few hours
later than we get 1t.
The Patrons OF HuSbandry will
hold their sixth annual Picnic, on the
top OF Nittsny mountain, north west
of Centre Hall, on Thursday, Septem-
Der 18th. Great preparations are being
made 70 make it pleasant and entertain
ing GO an. An observatory has been
erected on The grounds from which the
principle places in Penns and Brush
Valleys can be seen A ield glass has
been provided Tor the accommodation
OF those who wish to ascend the obser-
xzt0ET- speeches win be made by pro-
minent Patrons. Large delegations