Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1883-11-29


Court uuuse, cur ears gers greeted With
The ruf, plrinuvs righiny of sung girl
~ We ruppnsed. All hat 10 ehivzlrous In
ur npturu was arou ed by this cry Il
4unnn III dt.lrrs,. Pnutlns /" listen, ""
gain heard that swrrl v"ice IN agony oi
repair. "WIil nut rOme mortal rave me-
from this ignnninInus death On, Belle
Fnntr tinw long have |, guarded tn"
purity OF your waters Century after cen-
,ury has rolled bY, aud through my watch
uInrss thou hart ever rrmaiu' d Belle
f"ule." Aye, thou art now, NJ thou hast
,vrr bren, the nrst beautiful fountain III
his fair land. For NEARLY ninety y-srr
u, nightly vigil have kept In the s,r"t,s
IT this brAutiiul town that hast ken they
,amr; for ninety yrnrs have kept away
~ maunrr "f p"suleucr, famine aud der
ruciiun. Night alter night have walked
hrsr strretr IN perfect sAfrty, aud p"Arrfui
.nd happy hnye been thy dreams, dear
n~n aud fountain. And is 1t thus thou
s"udst rrvry my Kind vigit7 On, ingrS'-
tdrl Thou art not uf K publlcs al"hr.
,Nth this the voice rca-ed We ru'h"d !"
ne cut b, aud th"rr, far cut In IN" Stftt''
rn,ruding from mud and dth, that had
/ ,rrn thn hight ot Odd lum'nHry "i
~ f,r four thousand years until the adj
.ut nt thr Stram Heating Company, Sar
uand and Atm, the Perfection "i beauty
Ne called lu,lily f"r help. N on" Hn'
wrrrd We called ou the T"~n Council
n, none would venture out on tn" rtrrr''
,rtHllrd f,r the Burg"ss, III" STREET Com
ni-,iuurr, the Chief uf Police, but all III
vain Who but newspaper man would
ARE u walk the rtrsrts If B"ll"tnnte 81
ne ri,k uf falling into d'trh n I'd br"Hk-
nv hi, n-ck, ar be- smoth"rrd in the mud
n street crossing N-crrsity /. III"
mother Of invrnuun.' We resolved "ui-
lives into life saving station. Sscur'd
wo of the large w""den pipes "f III" y II
ca nailed strip nrr"ss aud c"nst-ur'"d
.dny raft On ihi- frzi bark ~ launch
i IN the sea If "C"rrorstiun mud, d.
.rninrd To rcstur fI"m lu simH. q ~
l,rth., the fair maid ~h"sc distress had
i,.t BEEN made knnwn With = vtg'""n
,u.h wa shnt nut intn the mIdii" If tn"
- and rrrcurd the dttressrd rrrHtuf"
Nzve sitter wave, the accumulation ct
..,turi.- If flth wnshrl from th" m"uf
.in.. zud Nh"s" very "I'.t"nce WA Ut
,hnwn un,il recently, ~a.hed over ", l"n
v, h~til, lzndrd on the sicp' # lh" Fir.t
National Bank Safe, but in h"rrihl"
light. ". turned Ia l,~,k at our fair
..mnnninn but cur eyes were blinded b,
n e.. mud A v"ice whispered, RI :
unin, will return"
| In nfe~ mumrnts our sight ~s' r"it"r"d
| nd there b.furr us stn"d the m' 81 l"s"lt
feature ever printer laid "yes on; who's"
| harm. led the Imagination "f y l"'rt, y"i
suhsl an eGprrs.i"n of .Hdn"ss On her
uunt-nsnc.. that p,uch.d "ur heart IN,
sine i. Faithful, the Guardian Spirit ct
our fountain and L,~n. i"u he~td my
tory when drzth, in the ,h-p" "t ;. II.
| -, mud, fbt-Atne that lnWl h~d m" In HI.
emmy rtnbracs. There i little ~ add
have guHrd~d thr,s hrlls and valley
,unlAirs and streams iur ih''u-snds "t
-.r, sg.rns, sll manner f ~, And y"uf
rwn have protected for ninety y'~F'. l
ave b.rn sl InSrrful Until r'r"nt'!
.aihing r,uid ~rlhsisnd me. bnd NY
uzstrt there is nn In~s' quail TIA D IL
-. My u,efulne-s i' g''n". Adu"' my
lind d"rlv, rrr. ndur, Tnr = IL Co l.
-dy without ,"uI. Do net ~a-ts y"u'
rrsrh in profanity. Grin and bear.
"T.r--sll o f.aot.u sud 'o~n.
Or tby sumter, aO vigil keep
FIRM m, huma IN the rn,,ant,ip t-pk d"~n
uu thy f,ly thy nal .sd stem tIs-t
She had vutte. II ..T.tI-d = dream hu
,n. there ~ns the dog raft" and The va
- ~ mud thu ys~ninv drchr. n" u
..r,dtct-d crs,ihg. the e"nsP'eu"u' sb
nee II d-ng"r ,ignnl. 10" gr"st w'"'d"r
..I.,s Acruss sdv~alk., snd all the Iars
,,hrrnnlin of great c"rIsrsli"n. ssdl.
49, wrndrd cur way bone, STEER m"n
,,ui thu victim vi ) II Cu. mud, and hesltI
nlirely gone.