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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-06-22
Destroyed by Lightning.

During the storm early last Friday
morning the house occupied by George
Taper, of Prescottville, was struck by
lightning and entirely burned up with
all its contents. Mr.. Taper was at
Ridgway with the Prescottville band
and his wife had taken the children and
gone to her fathers to stay all night,
otherwise human flesh would have been
burned to ashes with the building. Mrs
Taper had asked neighbor's girl to
stay with her that night, but her father,
who lives near PrescOttville. was down
town and on his way home stopped
and took the little boy with him and
Mrs. Taper decided To take the baby
and go later in the evening. Although
Mr.. Taper lost all his household goods,
which amoutcd to 100000, yet he
rejoices because his wife and children
were not consumed in the flames. A
purse has been raised for the homeless
family. The house was owned by Jere-
miah Myers, who had an insurance upon
IL. II took some battling with the
flames to save the buildings near by.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-06-22
National Encampment Excurs on.

The excursion September 10th to the
National Encampment at Washington,
d. C.,will cost for the round trip includ-
ind Pullman sleeping berth Sl2.3l; regu-
lar fare, $l0.49. For cars side tracked
during the encampment and used for
sleeping purposes, $3.50 extra will be
charged; making the total cost for,fve
days $l4.99. The excursion is good to
return until October 10th. All wishing
to participate will notify any of the
following committee.
L. G. REYNOLDS,
SAM'L SUFFER-,
r. ID. BEER,
j. w. FoUST.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-06-22
Plead Guilty.

We mentioned last week that +. =.
Adelsperger, the Humane Agent, had a
girl in his charge whom the father had
abused. The father, who resides at
Rathmel. was arrested and brought
before Esq. McGaw. He plead guilty,
was fined, $40 and cost. An easy term
of settlement for u man who Is so
abusive TO his offspring.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-06-22
Notice to Firemen and Citizens.

During the building Of the new pub
lie building and hose room the fire
apparatus Of Hose Co. No. will be
kept in the barn of II. $. Belnap, on
Main street, next door TO Tapper's
livery stable. In case Of fire Il key to
room can be procured from Harry
Mincer, night policeman. II. S. Belnap
or at Hotel Mcconnell any hour, day
or night. y. j. BLACK. Foreman.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-06-22
To the Memory of Harry B. c. Shaner

Again the pale horse and his rider,
without alarm, password, or sign has
entered Reynoldsville Lodge No S24 and
removed from among us Brother Harry
b. G. Shaner, in young manhood, just as
he was beginning the real battle of life,
respected by all who knew him. There
fore, be IL
ResOlred That in the decease of
Brother Shaner our Lodge has sustained
the loss OF one who gave promise
of becoming a true Odd Fellow, and
useful member, our community, loyal
and upright citizen; his widowed
mother, son Of more than ordinary
promise; his brothers and sisters,
true brother.
Resolred, That, as we are again
warned that here we have no continuing
city, we bow in humble submission to
God, and say Thy will be done. We
extend our sympathies to the bereaved
family and point them for comfort to
Him who is the Resurrection and the
Life.
Resolred, That our charter be draped
in mourning thirty days and that these
resolutions be spread upon the minutes
OF the Lodge, and copy be sent to the
bereaved family, and that they be pub
lished in the Odd Fell0,cs Siftings, the
Reynoldsville Volunteer and THE STAR.
M. |. WINSLow p. G.,
PHILIP KoEHL.ER P. g., Com.
l.. G.. LYDLE +. G.,
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-06-22


Miss Agnes Riston is In Buffalo, NY,
this week.
Prof. w. II. Stamey was in Lock
Haven last week.
Chas. II. zeitler, Of Punxsutawney,
was in town Saturday.
Mrs. M. Snyder, Of Remove, attended
the Snyder-Ayres wedding.
B. f.. Hoover, the dentist, was In
Brookville on business Monday.
A. r. Hoover, Of Winslow, Sundayed
with his brother, DR.. B. Il. Hoover.
Thomas Maboney and Frank Hoff-
man, butchers, went TO Pittsburg Mon
day.
Mrs. G.. w. Stoke was in PUNK
sutawncy several days during the past
week
Mrs. Martin Sutter and daughter,
Mary, Of Clayvile, are visiting j. j. SUIT
ter's family.
Misses Belle Hibner and Eva Rhodes,
Of Brookville, are visiting Mrs. Scott
McClelland.
Miss Bertha Ayres was confined TO the
house several days the past week by
indisposition.
G. f.. Berlin, Of Franklin, Pa, was
the guest Of l.. M. Simmons several
days last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carver McMinn, Of
Philadelphia, visited Reynoldsville
friends this week.
Misses Mable Sutter and Minnie
Smith visited friends in Ridgway dur
ing the past week.
Frank Sutter was at Portland, Elk
county, last week visiting his sister,
Mrs. II. p. Thompson.
Harry and We're King, who have been
attending school at Havanah, N. Y, are
at home on vacation.
Mrs. Ann Gibson went TO Punxsutaw-
ney Friday evening, where she will
remain five or six weeks.
Prof b. II. Kline and wife, Of Mt.
Pleasant; Westmoreland county, are WIS.,
iting Mr.. Kline's parents.
George Genkins, NJ. d., j. Doyle and
N. j. Norris, Of Curwensville, were in
town this week on business.
n. r.. VandervOrt. who has been In
Virginia for almost year, is visiting
his father, Hiram Vandervort.
Mrs. U. S. Schneafnocker returned
home this week after a several weeks
visit with friends at Meadville.
Frank ID. Smith, a typo in the Gov
ernment printing Office at Washington,
d. c., visited his parents at this place
last week.
John ID. Schultz, OF Little Washing
ton, Pa, returned home Monday after
weeks visit with his daughter, Mrs.
f.. f.. Coffee.
Thomas Purtell, principal OF the
Indian River, Mich, high school, is Wis
iting his sister, Mrs. =. A. Hardman, on
Jackson street.
Malvin Dixson, son-in-law Of |. l..
Bebee, and family, Of Graham, Old Vir-
ginia, are visiting VIM. Lucas family
on Grant street.
| John Sliffer, who has been an attache
Of Hopkins big mill for sometime, has
gone to Big Run, where he has accep-
ted position as filer on mill.
Chas. Davis, who has been at Bethle-
hem, Pa, attending Ulrichs prepare
tory school for Lehigh University,
which he will enter in September, came
home Monday.
w. r. Alexander and wife, Of Clarion,
were the guests Of DIR. w. b. Alexander
several days last week. The old couple
make an annual trip to this place and
Clearfield. Mr.. Alexander is an ex-edi-
tor, staunch Democrat, and great
admirer of Ex-President Cleveland.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-06-22
Fourth of July Excursion Rates.

In accordance with its usual liberal
policy the Buffalo, Rochester & Pitts
burgh R'y will, this year, sell excursion
tickets for the Fourth of July Holidays,
between all stations on their line, at u
single fare for the round trip. Tickets
will be sold on July Ind, 3rd and 4th,
good for return passage until July 5th,
1892.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-06-22
Result of the Primaries.

The Republican primaries of jefferson
county were held last Saturday. Below
we give correct return Of the votes
crst in the boroughs and townships:
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-06-22
For Rent or Sale.

My hall is now for rent. The sec
ond story for lodge room and the first
story for suppers, festivals, &c. The
rents are very reasonable. The hall is
22x54, in good condition. The hall and
dwelling house are both for sale.
MIKE KALLFELC, Rathmel, Pa.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-06-22
Two Ribs Broken.

AL. White met with mishap on
Thursday of last week that resulted in
two broken ribs. He was loading logs
at Big Soldier mine when one Of the
logs rolled upon him.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-06-22

The best $500 shoe in the world at
RObinson's shoe store.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-06-22

Reynolds Bros. fine shoes, beats the
world at Robinson's.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-06-22

WANTED-A reliable young man who
wants to learn the practice Of dentistry.
DR.. j. S. McCreight,
Reynoldsyille, Pa.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-06-22

Tell pap to go to Robinsons to buy
the children's shoes, they wear the best.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-12-24
Roast Pig for Christmas.

A roasted pig is oftener served as a
Christmas dish In the south than in the
north, and this is the approved Virginia
method of cooking 1t:
When roasted whole a pig should not be
under 4 nor above 6 weeks old. Scald on
the inside, rub with pepper and salt, fill
with a stuffing of the liver. heart and has
lets, stewed. seasoned, chopped and mixed
with mashed potato, to which has been
added a large spoonful of butter, some
hard boiled eggs and thyme and parsley
chopped fine. Bend the fore legs under the
body. the hind legs forward under the pig,
and skewer in position. Rub with butter
and sprinkle with pepper and salt. Place
in a deep baking pan with a bunch of
herbs. pour on a quart of boiling water
and inyert a second baking pan over the
top that it may steam until entirely done.
Basic often. When of a fine brown place
the pig kneeling in a large dish edged
with a thick fringe of parsley. Sift pow
dered cracker over it and put a red apple
or an orange in the mouth. 1t is best eaten
cold, ~ " SVft ~-~rtrs %.V.GN
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-12-24
Christmas in the Land of the Car.

Throughout the Ukraine, or little
Russia, Christmas is observed as a great
sacred day. Weeks before Christmas
preparations for welcoming the SO called
"Christman .1utia" (barley grits) are go
ing on in a peasants hut.
The hut is whitewashed, the floor and
polatia (bed of boards) are scrubbed, the
holy images, or ikons, on the walls are
adorned with coarse linen towels en-
broidered, and a few crosses, neatly
made of straw or hay, are nailed upon
the ceiling and wall.
A bench covered with hay is.placed at
the corner under st. Nicholas image,
upon which rests the pot with the sacred
kutia.
The head Of the family, after offering
prayer and expressing a few wishes be-
fore the kutia-such as that the next
summers crop may be abundant, or
that general prosperity may crown his
home-takes his seat at the head of the
table. His example is followed by the
rest of the members.
The pot with the kutia is soon placed
before them, and after a few more little
formalities is devoured with great ap-
petite. After this is done all dress them
selves in their best clothes and start out
tn church.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-12-24

rail there'n be left when we'll be here
foive. Sure the beauty av the soldieSin is
,he foine work we gets In betune might an
mornin, barrin the ightin, which is mostly
all drillin, an bed cess to ut.n
"Phwat's the matter wild shtalen a rush
on the guard an tyin him wild a gag in his
mouth while we does the job" continued
Teddy, chatting at the temporary hindrance
Of the light.
Git out wild ye fur o blunderin moke,"
says Snoopy; who'll be untyin of i'm
when we've Quilted der miuf"
"Of one haversack of flour" chimed in
key. Come off, f%ellers; you talk like two
burglars goin to crack a bank"
well, it's burglin we be, young feller,"
said Snoopy, "whedder we takes a mout'-
full or a carload err de stuff"
The Christmas wind nipped and shook q
stray snowflake now and then from its
wings, and the boys took such advantage
of the moon when it was plunging in the
seas that they got themselves safely into
the graveyard overlooking the mill.
"Oi'm KNOWN this place thin," whis-
pered Teddy as he raised his head among
the stones and looked about him; ''be the
daylight raid we made on the hayshtaok
in the ovid miller's cowpen, carryin it OF
in surcingles an watherin- brides forninst
his eyes like common thaves, an the liftin-
ant cappin the joke wild a receipt"
Crawling along through the shivering
brambles and over the graves of two cen
turies of millers and their kinsfolk, TIE
trio gained q rustic stile where they could
take a safe survey of the field of opera
tions. The moonlight fell on the irregu-
lar roofs of the mill, huddled against the
blackness of the woods, and repeated itself
in the pond and started on a merry sprint
with the water tumbling over the dam
and %rumbling and churning in the dark
pool below where the moon could not fol-
low. The rear end of the mill lay in deep
shadow, and a small window, which key
said was for them, was barely d~iscernible
alongside the black wheel. At the front, in
stead of one guard. three 'tdoughboys'
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-12-24

49, ia
and a bumper TO Snoopy when the bIazilF :
pudding came or the board, and third
cheers and a tiger for key, at which tt
little fagman blushed as red as tn
worsted facings on the high collar of hi
jacket.
1t is needless to tell how Bugler Ohld
multiplied his exertions and helped him
self to vulgar fractions of the turkey, and
divided the meat from the bones, and sub
tracted the stufiing from the carcass, and
distinguished himself in g~ustatory mathe
MATES, or how old Spence settled bacl
against a pile of grain bags overcome BY
furious feeding, or how Charley cried
'M-more pu-pu-puddin." and SO main,
tanned the reputation of the extra horses.
The dinner came to an end in a burst Oh
good fellowship after the Quartermaste1
had made a speech from the hay bale in
which he said it was not his fault that the
battery did not have roast turkey every
day instead of salt horse.
After the guttering candles were blown
out the freight fickered on the wreck Of
the feast, and on 1.-THE demented ones''
sleeping snugly among the oat sacks, and
IN a ring Of empty canteens surrounding
the quartermaster's tin plate like a chain
Of defensive earthworks.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-12-24
THE JERSEY CITY VIEWS. SATURDAY.. DECEMBER 24a 1857.

cases and ran down into bottomIess pits,
nobody knew where. Most pleasant of all
sensations was the gurgling and splashing
of the water down among the greasy,
grimy wheels underneath the creaking
floor, and the damp, moldy smell of rot
ting wood and sodden earth borne up on
the cold drafts that came in gusts through
invisible openings.
"Oim a spalpane," whispered Teddy,
"but Oh loike ter see the shape av the
inimy Ohm grapplin wid,'' and with that
they fell to lighting matches in the hollow
of their hands and cropping about from bin
to sack. ALI the foul was ''male," as
Teddy put it, "barrin the shilled corn, an
the buckwhate, an the Imply chists."
Flour has riz,'' said key, and the two
began to creep on hands and feat up the
crazy stairs.
There's divil a bolt here" said Teddy,
pokSng his nose through the trap; sit ul
be on the next hure. The haythen in this
schrap av country cudn't make a male
widout hot biscuits, an they'Il not be maxim
biscuits widout -four. 1t ul be bran in the
hape at the fut av this holly posht, an
where there's shmoke there's got ter be
fire"
Don't talk about fire." said key, twist
ing his overcoat about him and shivering
In the gusts that sucked through the
broken windows and shook the loose sash
and soughed among the timbers in the
otherwise empty loft.
On the third floor, built against the
gable end of the mill, was the long, high
bolt shutting off the light and stretching
its dusty length from caves to caves under
the shadowy timbers of the roof. Teddy
lifted the sloping lid, sneezed at the out
burst Of impalpable dust, and in the light
of q match spied a heap of encouraging
wilderness at the farther end of the bin,
and up above him the d%iaphanous cylinder
Of the cloth covered bolt.
CAV Oill be maxim to sneeze ony more,'
said Teddy after he had let himself down
on the inside of the bin and unslung his
haversack, yell clap down the led. ,o;l-
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-12-24

how BE PLANNED AS HE ODE ALoNGl
Where had he got this wonderful bird,
the envy of hundred colonies? "Sheap"
from a queer old woman, with a sympa-
theIic nose, who lived a dangerous distance
from the camps. To her he Nsd rendered
crisp ~greenbacks, which she had indig-
nantly refused, and then he had paid her
in crumpled Confederate notes, printed in
Philadelphia and boiled in coffee and made
acquainted with grease. He had paid her
like a prince and refused a small offer of
silver in change. Oh, key, how could
you do it?
And now the lights of the camp begin to
glitter on valley and hill; such % bewilder-
ing, dazzling array of fires, little and big,
that a small boy coming suddenly out Of
the somber darkness of the road through
the wood on to the top of the hill in full
view of the cheerful lights of the bivouack-
ing army may well stop to consider and
rub his bump of locality before he deter
mines which are the particular fires per-
tanning to Battery @. Above all the camps
is a soft reflection of light on the sky, and
the fragrant smell of smoke is abroad in
the night air. They are the nearest fires
that bewilder most.
The fire in the hollow of a burning
stump close at the roadside, about which
the group of tall western infantrymen, in
felt hats and feathers, are toasting crack
ers and strips Of bacon on ramrods, is big
ger and brighter than all the fires beyond.
Then, too, these fellows bubble over in
good natured banter at sight Of the small
man with the Christmas turkey, and key
Is prepared to dig his spurs into the gray
INC make good his escape should any Gov
etous soldier approach too near his treasure.
And now the troops lie thicker and
thicker on every hand, and nearer and
louder comes the sound of laughter and
song, as well as some very bad language
for Christmas eve.
There are illuminated tents, where can
dies are burning in bayonet shanks; there
are groups of booted officers seated in camp
chairs about burninglogs, and dark patches
under the n~eighboring trees, whence the
colonels horse whinnies a greeting to keys
humble mount. On every cap top now is
the red Maltese cross of the First division,
and IN obliging fire picks out the same en-
larged device on the canvas cover of yonder
mess wagon.
Through the &all trees to the left sparkle
and dance the cheerful fires of Battery @,
and IN the brow Of the hill beyond the
lark mass of the battery horses relieves
dSdluSo Vic 6hy bnS AISS VI GAG uSAb udb-
terry showing through the tangle Of black
legs. key turns off the fenceless road into
the tall, withered grass and rides directly
to his own mess.
All the comfort of the world is not mo-
norolizea hv the ~plethoric citizen who
stretches his slippered feet on the dainty
rug before the glowing CRATE, or by the
fastidious clubman eating a grilled bone,
or by the panipered city horses sleeping in
mahogany boxes.
The little gray pony, with his face bur
led in his nosebag and his fore feet : the
hay, knows better, and SO does n t.
ting on q cushion Of blankets, his !
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-12-24

% Ring out, glad bells of yuletide,
Ring out in joyous chime
Again DER all the grateful earth
The dawn of Christmas time.
Though old your sacred message,
Though ages have passed by
Since first the solemn Judean star
Flamed In the eastern sky;
Though centuries have perisheS
Since first the shepherds heard
With reverent hearts the wondrous song
That entered in and stirred
The hearts of earth and heaven
When Christ the Lord was born,
Your notes are full of gladness yet,
And come in lives forlorn
With all their olden sweetness,
And earth is moved again
To hear anew the sacred words
Of peace on earth-good will to msG
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-12-24

"Lind a hand" cried the first sponge,
addressing itself to the second sponge,
which now stood over Sandy. Lind a
hand to his reverence, the quartermashter
sargint av Battery Q, and hip him in out
o. the wit. An good avenin to the rest av
yez. My name is Gragan, an the divil fly
away wild the mill. Come in and ate yer
dinner, Oike. Phwat's the matther wild
yer"
Old Sandy @. NJ. laughed until the tears
stood in his eyes while Snoopy was plying
the newcomers with hot punch, and then
he seized a Ratchet and broke open a case
of new uniforms. In ten minutes the two
water logged culprits were seated at a
table in a jacket and a pair of trousers,
charging on the turkey and bnrying their
noses in the coffee cans.
"Be the hand av me mither," cried Tedd
as he polished off his first plate, tits divil
a mout'ful Olive had to ate all day but
wind"
"That's the truth" said Ike between
mouthfuls, land the fust time l ever
knowed Teddy to go back on his rations."
How did we get away, is ut?" cried
Teddy, swelling with Indignation. H'That's
a foine question to be akin a shtarvin mon.
Git out wild yez, and lave us to the mate
and the dhrink. Well foind IN Elegant
hole in the short cape coat from the ixtry
harses, where the murtherin guard winged
me gitthin out. Same tonne Oike was
rbllin down the bank loike a fat bear hug
gin a beehive. Begorra, a canister full O.
rozin an balls cudn't "a dosed him wild one
pill"
At this lively Renaissance Of their es-
cape Teddy lay back and reared with
laughter, notwithstanding the imperative
demands of his appetite. As for key, he
chuckled and ate, leaving Teddy to recite
the tale of their woes.
1t was a merry Christmas to the guard.
eve thrampled in the wind an the rain, +"
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-12-24
Christmas = N1.,,ay aud Sweden.

In Norway and Sweden the Christmas
season is called the Julefred, or Yule
peace. At Julefred all the courts are
closed and every one stops disputing and
quarreling, and if people are feeling angry
with each other. or children are, they make
up and are loving and kind, and there is
deal Of feasting and good humored merri-
ment. On Christmas eve the shoes of all
the family are cleaned very carefully, and
brightly polished and set in a row before
the hearthstone, to indicate that during the
coming year everything will be peaceful
and pleasant in the family. In the country
places almost every family who can spreads
q table with the good cheer of the season,
and then the doors are left open so any one
can come in and eat and drink and be
merry. The way that the presents are
given is very peculiar; the person who
wishes to give a present wraps it up in a
quantity of straw or paper or rags, and
slyly filings it in at the open door or win
dow when no n is in sight. Isn't that a
droll ways-Cincinnati Commercial Ca
Eatta -l
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-12-24

Teddy chung like grim death to the full
haversack as he leaped through the dark
ness and into the yawning window The
spray of the terrible wheel enveleped him
as he slid down on the wet plank, and key,
coming after him, lost his footing and
rolled like a rubber ball out onto the frozen
ground.
The three guards, with Snoopy at their
heels. came around the corner as promptly
as if they had been shot out of a gun. Two
of them took the culprits in hand, and the
third ran for the miller to shut off the
water.
81 know der Irish bloke,' cried Snoopy,
coming up to take a nearer look at Teddy.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-12-24

Oh. happy hearts, list to the Ginning bellsi
Oh. yearning souls, list to their sweet ~refrainl
1t is the echo which forever tells
81 peace on earth amid its joys and pain.
Wreathe holly berries and pale mistletoe g
In garlands for the joyous Christmastiae; H..
The year is buried, and tho Christening snow
Falls like benediction far and vide
-C4araL Lee Puekettei n New Orleans PicayunA