Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1900-02-21

.,tices 8 cents line.
nGmnsdnctions will be made to those d.
.Lnv to advertise by the yeas, haaf or
quarter year.
There will be pressking in the
Westminster Presbyterian church.
sunday morning and evening by
pey j. d. Hedges Of White Lake
Flats. \. Y. ri
Mrs. +. S. Bishop of Washing
con ID. c., arrived at the home of
Sar mether Mrs. Ellen +. Allison,
tuesday evening to visit for an in
definite time.
Rev James NJ. Mullin pastor
ot the Newport and Markleville
Reformed churches has rendered
b;s resignation to take effect on
April LIST, 1909.
Farmers will wind up their win
ter vacation by several weeks at
tendance on the public sales of live
stock and farm implements on
farms throughout the county.
I, The Sunday School Of the Evan
eelical church, Patterson, held a
chicken and waffle supper in the
John I. Porter store rooms, Friday
and Saturday evenings and clear.
ed about &21. Benefit PASTORS
salary.
Gold miners are diamond hunt
ers in BOreland have nearly all
ioined one of the cOmbatant armies.
Some of the miners continue their
work, declaring that they prefer
being considered living jack ASS
to that of a dead hero.
The members of Rev. w. H.
Fa1U' Sunday School class Of the
Lutheran church held a sauer
kraut supper at the home of Will
liam Long, Patterson, Thursday
evening and cleared 425.25. Ben
ent of new church fund. Al
William Varnes one Of the Milf
fin coal wharf hands had the first
finger on his left hand badly mash
ell while helping unload coal Sun
day evening. DIR. Crawford dress
ed the disabled member. Mr..
Varnes will be compelled to lay off
from duty for several days.
William H. Lutz aged 45 years,
died at his home in Reading last
Friday. He Was distinguished for
his weight. Heweighed 523 pounds.
He ate 100 oysters st . meal
and when at a turkey dinner 1t
took a half turkey for him. He
drank the sixth of a barrel of beer
a day. I
Mrs. Ezra G. Doty mt her resi-
dence on South Main rtreet on
Thursday afternoon entertained
the members of the ''current event
club" and a few invited guests.
numbering in all thirty to two o.
clock dinner. Turkey and ALI the
delicasies of the season were in evil
dence. .
An editor in one of the western
states in tit of desperation dash
ed of thf h following: ''The wind
blOweth, the water hOweth, the
farmer sOweth, the subscriber Ow
eth aud the Lord knOweth that we
are in need Of our dues; 30 come a
runnin' ere We % a g,lnnin', this
thing Of dunnin' gives us the
blues
Joseph McCauiey the efficient as
sistant railraad ticket and freight
agent has been appointed agent at
this place to fill the vacancy made
by the resignation Of W. s. North,
the change to take place on the LIST
Of March. After that date Mr..
North will engage more extedsive-
ly in the dealing of coal, grain and
lumber.
Rev. VIM. Mccormack, ID. DIS
sermon on Sunday evening on the
excuses was an able sermon and
was run along lines like classical
piece of music slowly and deliber
ately, SO slowly that one felt as if
it must come to q close and then
again off into \ most agreeable and
heartfelt ana nd-cOnvincing
strain. 1t Wsas = classical sermon.
A recently welded Curwensville
couple sent out . hrxe number of
wedding invitations aMOnR which
was one to an old lady. The cards
were swell affairs, and one corner
bore the inscription: "Children
not expected" After adjusting
her specs Aod scanning the card
closely the old 3s1y said: ''That's
all right, but they'll come just the
same"
A railroad policeman lat week
found a bag Of shoes at the afUuntis
of Juniata Valley Camp meeting
association. After Investigation
they were found to have been
among the goods stolen from o.
Conpers' store in Mspleton last fall
and they " ere returned to Messrs.
O'Connor. Another bag of shoes,
supposed 10 have beef of the same
lot, were since found by boy at a
hay stack near Newton Hamilton.
The British general French has
marched his men into Kimberly,