Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-08-18

There are men and women who will
80 TO Klondyke, and grow up with
the business Of gold mining but tho
most who so there will freeze mp.
Lewistown and Mifiliniown young
people held picnic on the ruins OF
the old time tavern in the Long Mar
rows on Saturday. The hotel ste
is five miles from this place and sew
eral miles from Lewistown.
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An old cure for the removal of
warts. says, rub wart with a raw po-
tato, and afterwana tury in the
northwest corner of a grave yard
after night in the dark of the moon.
There is one thing about that, if it
does no good it can do no harm.
.Urs. Martha Hamlin, wife of DR..
Pbilo Hamlin, deceased died at Se-
attle, Washington State, on the 4th
day of Augnst, 1897, aged 76 years.
She made her home with two daugh-
ters and son who moved to Seattle
from this place some years since.
Exchange papers report kite fly
ing epidemic. There is soma kite
filing done in this place. Ralph
Espenschade made kite after the
fashion Of kites used by United
States officers in their experiments
with currents Of air. Ralph's kite is
success.
The funeral of Mrs. Samuel Whar-
ton, of Spruce Hill, took place last
Sunday. Interment at Academia,
Mrs. Wharton was a daughter of the
late Alexander Patterson and her de-
parture makes vacant another place
in the ranks of the old families in
Tuscarora Valley.
BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY, John How
ard Harris, President: College, with
four courses of study leading to de.
grees; Academy a preparatory school;
Ladies' Institute. refined boarding
school; Music School, for both sexes;
and Art Studio. For catalogue, ad-
dress thu Registrar. VIM. 9. Gretz-
niger, Lswisburg, Pa. If.
The Liverpool Sun, in the follow
ing paragraph. intimates that there
is gola TO be found in Watts town
ship: Why go to far off Alaska, if
you have the gold fevere We have
according to reports, rich, deposita
in Perry county. Better 60 to Watts
township to try Your luck, then you
need not make the long, cold, expen
siye and perilous journey.
At tths Musical College, Freeburg,
Sayder county, Pa, ncrc bat The
best methods are ussd. SO that to day
it is recognized as one of the fore.
most schools of music in the country
S33 will pay for term of SIX weeks,
instruction aud board. Fall tern vii,
begin Aug. 80.
For catalogues address,
HENRY B. MOVER,
If. Director.
Lawistown Gazette, Aug. IL Tues.
day night between II and f2 O'Clock
the track watc5man saw a man COM
ont Of q potato patch with two
bushoi bag filed witt, the fruit OF The
patch. He gave chase and made the
thief drop his burden. After exam.
ining them the watchman put them
away. intending to look after them
on his return trip, but it seems the
thief vas on the lookout and stole
them the second time.
Men have been hunting gold evei
since Solomon built the grand TEN
pie and spant 60 million dollars gold
ani Is :nillion dollars silver OF it.
Whorc werethe Ophir mines that hi
sent tc ior gold? Men hunted fol
geld long before Solouon's da7
Tie hunt has not ahated since then
there are more people hunting GOLD
now than ever before. 1t is 10 easiel
iound than ia those 50 called early
days. Any good thing is hard to gs
and requires hard patient work tx
secure. Fans o. fortune or learning
are ali hard to secure to the averag,
man and woman. Some people Sc
cure one OF two and som4tin - al
three, seemingly without great ef-
fort but such cases ara rare
Last Thursday evening was mad
notable in the annals of Hotel Bru
baker, at Thorn psonto wn. 1t wa
the occasion of the meeting of til
Roundheads, an ancient organization
that goes back to the Cromweliia,
era liz England for its inspiration
when the Roundhead and Cayalie
met in battle array to settl
questions in dispute with the sword
Tbompsontown acts SIS msgnet up
on this highly distinguished organ
ization, for it was the 7th annua
meeting in that place. The cere
monies are said to be entertaining
and instructive, partaking of moder
festivities and ancient usages, thu
have been handed down by the Co,
enan.er fathers, which makes it al
the more impressive for men Of mod
eran day times. In the days Of til
Crom wellian Roundheads, sue
things IS railroads, steamships. stea,
tbreshers, horse moving machines
grain cutters and binders, coal O
and gas and electric light and tele
graph, and telephones We're not in
| mupined or dreamed of, 1t Is tn