Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1883-02-22
Der Friederich, der Friederich,
Der biiterbOcSe DiCtCI'ich !

Of our big jumbo heart. HIS chron-
ic trouble about our democracy il no
doubt becoming wearisome to his read
ers, but is entirely harmless to us. His
long range filings at somebody out west
are as futile rs they are indecent and
only show what kinl Of an animal he
is. Try again, Frcddy-gdess work is
as good as any, if it hits. But before
you busy yom self about our democracy
again, "don't you forget it" that You
! placed your democracy on trial before
the people of Penn's Valley only II few
months ago, and that your JCQtrSonion
! JdckSOniOn Grain or shineN democracy
commanded only few scattering votes
in the northern precinct Of Potter
township }! You may write lcha bon
again. Why Freddy, your whilom
republican competitor, Prof. Meyer,
beat you out of your boots, right in
your own valley, where the prestige
and influence Of your great and good
Reporter" ought to have made you I'M
| menSIly popular. This matter sadly
needs explanation and we cheerfully
yield you the floor. Get your neighbor
John C---y TO refresh your memory
on the details, then tell us how it all
happened. Il will supply an interest
ing link in your "history" which Mr..
Linn SO cruelly omitted. Meanwhile
you may sc0ld us abolitioniSt to your
hearts content, the pablo will of
course consider the point well put and
rery timely.
Mr.. Kurtz established his CENTRE
HALL Reporter some fifteen years ago,
but never publicly claimed that it was
! the continuation of the old Centre Be
! richtCr until Jan. 4th Of the present
year. If he really thought his neto Re
porter was the Identical old Bsrtc!tter, he
should have made that claim in the
first issue of the Reporter and all the
time since. But he did not, and most
probably for the reason that such a
claim then would likely have resulted
in u suit at law With his aged father.
We do not dispute Freddy'S right to
name his paper just anything he pleaseS
-CUtrc Reporter OF CENTRE HALL
! SOCKDOLAGER, for that is all matter
OF choice and taste ; but we Go mostd
cidedly insist that the JOURNAL is the
real old Berichter ana that the Reporter
| is ns!. lie tried to make point q
galnst US 4 few wee ks ago by saying
that we abandoned " the old name Of
the paper. So We did, for good rea-
sons and with clear right. bat we
never abandoned" the identity Of the
JOURNAL and never Will. We have
made but one change, and that Il per-
manent one, in the title OF our paper,
while the Kurtzes made ut least three.
The poor old thing had about AS many
names as a European prince der Cen
. TIRE Berichter, BcricLtcr ind Anzcigcr,
DemokrdtiSchtr Bcrich!er, and Freddy
even changed his title from Centre
Hal Reporter to Ceatrc Reporter, pre-
sumably for the reason that a town Of
800 population" is entirely too small
to hold 50 great and good" paper.
Freddy should be about the last man to
lecture US for abundoninJ names.
Since the beginning of the year Fred
dy flaunts the false and fraudulent
claim in the bold, brazen words, ''Vol-
ume Old Series XL, New Series XVI"
, bnt that defiant falsehood must and will
some time come down, nolenS rolenS,
Freddy may bet his bottom dollar on
| that.
On this point we will let one of our
predecessors speak, who is thoroughly
conversant on the subject. Freddy
may be able TO hit the mark a trine
Dearer this trip, by guessing who it is.
We claim no copyright on the subject
matter and will generously permit Mr..
Linn, or any other prominent historian
to use it gratis AZ the first chapter in
any probable "New Series" Of the Life
of the Hon. FREDERICK kURTz
Somewhere, Jan. 1888.
Editor Journal
In looking
over All editorial in the Centre Reporter
Of Il recent date | notice that its clipper
and pQSter claims to be the Oldest editor
in Centre county, OF in central Penn.
sylvania. 1t is very broad claim for
so diminutive a character-physically
and particularly mentally-to make,
but every one in Centre county knows
that it is utterly false. Just hear
him
The REPORT Ell was established In August
1927. It's Old Sc ries would be Vol 10. Its New
| Series dating form our removal to this place
now Vol. Is, make tn e combined age of the RE.
PORTER IS years-not Ia king in a few months to
make the beginning and ending Of the Volume
y correspondent with the closing of the calender
year.
Now this is decidedly rich. True,
the "Berichter acdS established in 1927
as he says, but was published uninter-