Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1899-09-07
Harmony and Zelienople.

Rev. j. w. Otterman of Zelienople
preached in school house No. Z jackson
twp, on Sunday afternoon. This week
he is holding a series of meetings at
Uuionville, Beaver county, in the VI. h
church.
Abraham Bachtel of III. was in this
community last week calling on friends.
At the age of - years he left Harmony,
ten wears after his father died. After
being away fifty years he decided TO see
this place once more after which he will
visit relatives in the east.
P.D. Branum of Sewickley was at
the Hotel Beam Saturday night.
Seventeen passengers from rZelienople
and Harmony left Harmony on Monday
morning for the G. A. r. encampment
at Philadelphia.
Ida Sample of Harmony, left Monday
morning for the Slipperyrock Normal
school.
Miss Atwell who has been visiting
friends in Zelienople and Harmony for
some time left for her home at Grove
City on Monday.
Joe Eppinger left Harmony on Mon
day for Erie where he will be employed
bv Chris Weinrolder as cashier in his
barber shop.
Fred Hartung of Allegheny was at
his home in Harmony on Sunday. de
will enter the West Penn Medical Col
lege in two weeks.
Hattie Hartung the accomplished pri
L.. faf.
cupying her new position at Butler
Her work in Harmony was success.
The vacuum in educational social and
religious circles will be hard to fill.
The barn owned by Jacob Shoot on
the Harmony-Po -Portersville road in Ian
caster twp. was burned ON Sunday af-
ternoon. filed with hay and straw.
When sitting on his porch on that day
reading, he noticed large flame at the
straw stack, he gave an alarm, but could
not save the barn. The farming ma
chinery was saved. The barn was IN
sured. He thrashed with steamer the
day before the fire. Cause of fire un-
known.
J. q. Vaughn of Zelienople is at Pats
Vile. Pa. at present in the interest Of
the American Anti Trust League. He
is staff correspondent of the Daily Re
publican 50 says the Saturday Night
Review Of recent date of that city.
There were between $500 and 1000
people at Maple Grove. The largest
picnic in the history of the grove. 1t
takes a large number of people to raise
the dust in the park, were the words OF
Mr. Brown, the merry 90 round man,
who did a land Office business on Thurs
day Aug 21st when the Eighth and
Ninth districts of the Butler county 5.
s. Association held their Union > >.
Picnic This was the largest gathering
OF Sunday school workers ever witness
ed in this section. The expressions Of
surprise, encouragement and enjoyment
were numerous.
The Sunday school is one Of the most
potent forces organized and entrenched
i'm our land today, as an auxiliary to
the church. The officers and commit
tees of the Ninth District deserve great
credit for the excellent management OF
the large crowd, which was orderly and
well behaved.
The John A. Irvine Fire Co. Band of
Evans CITY was employed for the day.
Base ball, races lawn tennis, swinging
ments of the day.
After the first duty of the day was
dispensed with the exercises in the pavil-
ion was carried out in most pleasing
manner.
Prof. j. D. Mahan of Mars conducted
the vocal music which was also inter
spersed with music by the brass band.
America" was first sung, after which
of IElfGrnTlla q
ed a prayer.
A number Of select singers sang the
anthem Great is God.
An address, The Teacher and His
Bible was next delivered by Rev. Wor-
rel of Butler, President of Butler Co
Among other things he said the teacher
should have an open bible, which of
course means a knowledge of the Bible.
He should first, know God second know
Christ. third know the Holy Spirit. He
stated that he lived in the county but
two years and was elected to his office
last June at the Mars convention and
declared his plan Of work would be lst
Spiritual, 2nd Biblical and Sd Organized.
He said a perfect organization alone
would not be sufficient.
In referring to the cables and cords Of
the British navy through the centre of
which is found a scarlet cord 50 organ
iZation fails unless it is constantly in
touch with the scarlet cord Of Christs
love.
The anthem Come Where the Lilies
Bloom" was next rendered
J. NJ. Galbreath Of Butler in his cul-
tured manner delivered the second ad-
dress He contrasted the Sunday school
of one generation ago with the school of
the present day and also noted the pro
gress in industrial art dwelling on the
inventions in machinery moved by
steam and electricity. He said the Sun
day school was not doing the work Of
the parent in the home. In speaking Of
the educational advantages he said he
had no sympathy with IN education
which vacated the work shop or the
farm. The artisan and the common
| farmer Of the future must be educated.
1t is not enough to be intelligent; 1t
is not enough to be moral; we must be
religious.
| He said we, rs Nation, were step
ping on higher plane of civilization.
We must reach out and help others.
The closing song Let the Hills and
| Wales Resound, was sung with a good
spirit
| After several selections were render
ed by the band the people enjoyed
themselves in the grove.
All were pleased with the day and
feel assured that the S. 5. cause is alive
in this section.