Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1891-10-07
All from the Octo ber Harper's.


an uncommonly unclean infant
brought to his office in the arms o. a
mother whose face showed the same
adherence Of soap. Looking down
upon the child moment he solemn
ly remarked:
cit seems to be suffering from by
drophatic hydrophobia."
"Och, doctor dear, is it as bad as
that." cried the mother. ''Thot's a
big sickness for such amite. What
ever shall I do for the crathur,"
Wash its face, madam; the dis
ease will go off with the dirt"
"Wash its face-wash its face,
indadel" exclaimed the matron, losing
her temper. "What next, I'd like to
know?"
"Wash your own, madam-wash
your own"
The Woman's Home Missionary
Society of Huntingdon Presbytery,
met in the Presbyterian church in
this town last Thursday for the
transaction of business relative to
the society. Dinner was served for
the delegates in the lecture room of
the church. The society will hold
its next yearly meeting next October
, in Tyrone. The officers elected for
the coming year are:-President,
Miss IRVINE, of Hollidaysburg; vice
presidents, Mrs. Schuyler, Everett;
Mrs Doris, Huntingdon; Mrs. John
son, Philipsburg; Mrs. Thompson,
g Spruce Creek; Mrs. r. A. Mckinley,
t Clearield; Mrs. r. E. McMeen, Milf
I fiintown; Miss Sarah D. Morrow,
? Tyrone; Mrs. D. H. Campbell, Mount
/ Unson; Mrs J. w. Balm, Altoona;
. Miss Mia Humes, Bellefonte; vice
4 president of bands, Mrs. A. S. Landis
Hollidaysburg; recording secretary.
Mrs. A. NJ Layporte, Tyrone; cores
e ponding secretary, Miss S. A. Hutch
ison, Altoona; assistant, Miss Clara
!, Balm, Altoona.
t Farmers Alliances, and othel
< rural organizations will be pro
b vided for in special building at tn.
t Worlds Fair. 1t is intended thai
the farmers shall have nothing o
which to complain in regard to their
!, reception and treatment by the
Worlds Fair management. They
will be afforded quarters in the Live
3 Stock Assembly Hall, plans of whicl
have Just been completed. The
, building will stand south of the col.
! onnade connecting the Agricultural
and Machinery Buildings in the
S south end of the park.
On the first floor will be office-room
e for cattle and horse associations, dog
t and pet-stock associations, and all re
. naming livestock organizations
s On the second floor will be an as
f sembly hall 172 feet long and "A
f feet wide Here the farmers will be
8 given a chance to hold meetings
! Special rooms are provided for the
$ Farmers Alliance, the National
Grange, and similar associations
, The entire structure has been sc
: planned as to give the farmers and
live stock men generally all they
could ask in the way of accommoda
: tions at the Worlds Fair. The
building will, in form, resemble the
letter T, one portion being 500 feet
long, and other 200 feet.
: The I. o. o. T. demonstration o.
last week was a success. 1t was the
occasion of the consolidation of .hif
fiintown Lodge, 131, aud Lost Creek
Lodge, 566, both of this place. The
; Lodge thus formed will be known by
the name, style and title of the form
er The parade in the afternoon was
. witnessed by many. VIM. IL Allison
Esq, was Chief Marshal. The col
I. umn was formed on North Main st
: The right of the column fell to tVio
toria Lodge, OIL of Patterson; A H
Fasick, Marshal. The number il
S line has been variously estimated
S but the following has been takeI
4 from actual count. The Chief Mar
: shal, and DIR. w. H. Hopes, D. D
n G. NJ, of Juniata county, led tn
Y procession, followed by the 1st Di
e vision, consisting of Mifflin Banc
r with Is men, and 81 l. o. o. F
=, members; 2nd Division, consisting o
}, Mexico Band with II men and 81 ]
o. o. T. members. The following i
the attendance. classed as Lodges:
l. Number of members of Lodges il
y attendance from outside of county
!, nine; number, Tuscarora Lodge, 55t
u three; number, McAlistervile Lodge
. TIC, eleuen; number, Sincerity Lodge
II ~ 357, t,osnty.
u Number, Mifliutown Lodge, IL
70 and Lest Creek Lodge 566, now 131
;. including one member in .MIffiintow
a Band, fifty.
u Number Victoria Lodge, 191, ii
- cluding four members III Mifflintow
Band, eightytro.
S. Total number of Odd Fellows i
Y line. one hundred and serenity, fire.
70 About 7 o'clock last Thursda
~ morning a freight train switchin
. off of track Dumber l, was run int
~ by train running on track numb'
: 2. OF course the wreck that WI
-. caused can better be imagined tha
= = described in a short local Alltracl
. in the yard excepting track numb'
10 4, were obstructed and everybo6
!. L. and all machinery that could be u
ed was brought into play to cle'
the tracks. A freight train draw
n, by "hog engine" had stopped
1e the head of the yard just east of Il
1 curve. The engine was brougl
M down to the work of the wreck ar
h, the train was left to stand where
Id was first stopped. While everybot
~ was hard at work, news was brou g