Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1898-06-01
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Mif1 ntowp, Pa. May 80, 1898.
The f6cers of iha Jnuinta Valley
Veteran Association met at tie
office of Comrade A. Il. Weidmsu at
2 y. m.
On motion of Comrade A. II.
Weidman the secretary vas d rected
to select an executive commi,te of
two comrsdes- from each of the
eleven counties in. the district.
On motion of Comrade Moore the
secretary was directed 10 call meet
ing If the executive committee on
Jure IL, at 2 p m. at Tie D. II.
Wilson Poet room NJ ;fiiptowr, Pa,
fer the purpose Of fixing time for
sbr'ding the Re ubion epcampmens in
this iowp, ard such other busip So
8 may come before them.
W.-H. RoDeERs, II. 81. SNYDER,
81. Secretary. President.
Harry E. Kilgus, q RenOva
young man, made a daring capture
of a cub bear Il few days ago
while fishing along Fish Dam Run.
Gr. Kilgus, the News says, heard
a noise in the brush and upon in
vestigatiOn found two old bears in
a small mud hole. He approach
ed nearer to them and saw two
young bears. He shouted at the
bears and one of them ran up the
side hill, but the mother stood up
on her hind legs and reared out
for the young bears to come, but
by this time Mr.. Kilgus had cap
tured both of the young ones.
The old bear started for Kilgus,
whereupon he dropped the one
small bear and the old bear started
off with her young one and he then
made a quick move toward the
road with his captive. This is one
of the most daring acts that has
happened in this vicinity in IA
number of Years and the young
man was unarmed and might easily
have been killed by the ferOcious
beast.-Renova News.
A Reedsville, Mifflin county cor
respondent of the LewistOwn Ga
zette of May 26 says. \ band of
Gypsies camped near LewistOwn,
behaved in a criminal way, on Goth
inst, four of their number, two
stalwart men, an old woman, who
prOfesSed to be possessed of witch
craft, and young girl drove up
the river to the residence of Ed
ward Sherwood, and finding no
male members of the family at
home the two duslly men stood at
the gate with reyOlvers, defying
the woman of the house to make
any resistance, while the old wO-
man and girl ransacked the house
from garret to cellar, taking sack
of -four, three hams of meat, a
large roll of butter, Il bag of po-
ta;oes, and a lot Of eggs, compel
ing Nr. SherwOod's little son to
hunt all the eggs in the barn for
them. Now this is the story as
the family has since given us, and
we think it perfectly unjust, that
these lazy besgars should be allow
ed 10 go unpunishei for such bold
thieving.
The pension is source of pay
to the old veteran. The veterans
are all old. Some are older than
others. But Congress has cut off
one Of the joyous wings Of the
widower pensioner. The pension
puts the pensiOner beyond the pro
liability of want il provides him
with a fixed income which no one
enjoyed more than the widower
pensiOner. He was the object of
the smiles and best flashing looks
of the girls. Not particularly be
cause the girls were pleased with
his manners, or agreeable company
but because they had an eye to
matrimonial alliance for his pen
sion ducats SiIould they be able
to bag him, they would be glad to
attend and comfort him in his old
days, in exchange for his
pension after he had Shuffled off
this mortal coil Then they could
blossom forth as gay and festive
widows with his pension to live on.
Congress has despOiled the pen
sioners OF that wing of his pension.
1t has despOiled him of the joy of
courting the girls and marrying a
young wife, for Congress has said
that the woman who marries a
pensioner shall not he entitled to
his pension when he dies. The
Jaw is to go into effect on the 1st
of July 1898. So then if there are
any Young women who cOntem-
plate matrimOny with pensioners
with the object of securing the
pension after he dies
they must hurry and have it all
over before the first of next July.
The old pensioners who marry
after the lst of next July will
know to certainty that the wO-
men whom they marry has married
for other charms than a pension