Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1893-08-16

The following communication explains
itself:
BEALE, JuS'ArA Co, Pa, August Q,
1898,
b. F. SCHWElER, EDrroR JUSIlTA SEN
TINEL REPUBLICAN.
DEAR SIR:-Having listened to
your address delivered at the 20th
annual Tuscarora Valley Harvest
Home on Pannabaker' Island, Aug
ust 5, 1898, we will be pleased to see
it in print and hereby earnestly re
quest you to publish the address in
the SENTINEL AND REPUBLICAN. Re
spectfullv Yours,
SAMUEL PANSAsAKER. II. F. Grouse,
VIZ. VAN SWERINGES, JAMES W. GRAY.
The Editor of the SENTINEL Il Re-
PUBLICAN takes pleasure in complying
with the request'of Messrs. Samuel
Pannabaker, WIN. Van Sweringen,
II. F. Grouse and James w. Gray,
and publishes the address that he
made on the above mentioned occa,
sion as nearly as he now remembers
it.
ADDRESS:-Ladies and Gentle
men, permit me to on.ratulate you
on this the Twentieth Annual Har
vest Home Meeting.
Men and women are social beings
and that is the reason they meet II
an assembly like the present one.
Men and women are religious be
ings and that is the reaSen they meet
to give thanks for the harvest home
\ day amidst surroundings like
the present lifts the burdens and
cares Of every Gay life from our
minds and prepares Us to resume the
battle of life with renewed energy
vigOr and courage the coming week
1t is true the crop has not been an
uncommonly bountiful one. 1t is
true the price of grain is low and il
is equally true that III this hurry bur
ly burly rushing civilization of ours
the price of grain is an important
one.
The most Of is believe we know all
about low price and hard times, but
the truth is there are features in every
case of low prices and hard times, that
some Of us do not understand, and in
that particu ar we are q good deal like
the veteran school teacher, who
thought he knew it all; He had n
class of bovs in Arithmetic on the
floor at recitation.
Jacob" said the teacher to one of
the larger boys in the class: you
are good in mental arithmetic 81
will give you a plain, practical ques-
ton TO solve for the class"
''Your father bought a horse for
three hundred dollars and sold it for
two hundred aud fifty dollars. How
much did he lose!"
Jacob seemed perplexed and hest
tated, but directly recovering himself
answered.
We'll, Mr. Teacher, as near as l
can figure it, father lost about seven
hundred and fifty dollars on the
horse" 'Oh. Jacob, jacob exclaim
ed the teacher, "the smallest boy IN
the class can answer that question
correctly"
al, S-I'l DdCOD IldG sludllbSI 10Y
don't understand all about the case. "
Let me tell you about it
'In the first place the horse kicked
foIr hundred setter dog to death -
I'm the second place he broke 3
ribs of mothers best Jersey cow"
'In the third place he knocked
our new buggy into such small pieces
that the maker of the wagon did
not know it.
In the fourth place he broke pap's
leg and put him to bed three months.
Now that is the way with us peo-
pie here to-day. We talk about low
prices and hard times, and don't stop
to count the cost of the hard times
that our fathers passed through.
We have never realized the hard
times of the revolutionary cause of
l776, and I hope ard pray that he
who holds the destiny of every nation
and every individual i'll the hollow of
his hand may spare US such an in
Fiction
The Continental Congress of those