Punxsutawney Spirit, 1909-08-28

              *' •• IP I'oinmes Parisieinie Rolls imIow »ilUKs <11. i :in| lo.v>'- III WV<lin-s»l«j's l*ar»«l l-'lrst Prl«> WIhimth. ALMOST 400 OF STATE'S EMINENT CITIZENS PAY HONOR TO GROUNDHOG RD'AY EVENING, AUGUST 28, 1909. PRICE TWO CENTS STRBEBEL JUMP MADE Ml FIIGKTS TESTERDAT PUNXSUTAWNEY, P. VOL. Ill—NO.293 WEATHER OF EVERY KNOWN AND CONCEIVABLESKIND INMOST UNIQUE PAGEANT Says Is the Best Parade . He Ever Saw. Governor Reviews What He the banquet in speeches that for three Jurists, Phillosophers, Poets Oratorical Efforts on Punx'y and Weather Mascot. The menu, which follows, need only he read to be grasped and appreciated:and one-half hours of most Intense and variegated orator> that ever fell from the lips of man, reverberated from the walls the of historic old rink. THE MOST UNIDUE ON RECORD 57 DIFFERENT VARITIES ON TAP Couching their thoughts of the banquet just consumed in words that made picturi unnecessary, but which made deep and lasting impr< -si«»ns. Col \\ . T M« chling, of Butler, Judge John W lteed. of Brookville. A. L,. Cole Esq., of DuBois, J. Wood Clark. conception of this function of a groundhog banquet, C H. Freas, secretary and poet laureate of the club, sketched, briefly, the history of the organization and read two consignments of groundhog literature set to rhyme. representing the alpha and omega of "The Groundhog In poetry." The poeuiv will be found printed elsewhere in this issue of The Spirit. «"ontinued on Page Six IHE secret: 100 MAP Groundhog a hi I'unx'y Spring Chicken Fivnrh L'« an Ky. Hi.ml Whit- Hri-ad < JnunulhoK I'uncli Salad Metropolitan en mayonnaise Pickles >i»:M Some hae mot and cann;i oat. And some wad eat that want it; lint we ha- m« at and we ran oat, And sac tlx- be thankit. — Rob» rt Burns. Bouillon Wafers «>11 V«•« Kalamazoo Celery Ciovcrnor Stuart l*!x presses In Warm Words His Appreciation of Honor Accorded Him. Thousands are Treated to'Haiti, Hail, Snow, Sunshine, Etc., All ttt Once. IIEST SINti: ADAM AMI i :\ i : j GROUNDHOG TO THE FJtONT | body's pri*e r< osier posed and crowed as the ollicial weathercock. But J the float 'hit took the prize was the mie representing rough weather. On this were Samuel Futtorman and Louis Friedman, two youngsters who seem ed t'i have ;i grievance at each other despite the efforts of a red-whiskered nip they would not keep apart. The quarrel came so rough at times that outside assistance seemed necessary. Spring. Summer, Autumn and Winter passed along slowly and as delightfully ;is the seasons themselves pass. On the IIoat representing spring were* a dozen young girls, aged from eight :■> fourteen years, apparently. They were tastefully dressed. wore big sashes and each carried garlands of flowers. The float was also handsomely decorated with flowers. Sum- Continued on Page Three HAND mm SEVERED The big free attraction proved satisfactory in every way. Many people came long distances to witness the flights and went away satisfied that in time to come, and not many years hence at that, airsliips will be as practical as automobiles, and marveling at the progressive spirit of Punxsutawney.Again at five o'clock the fire whistle let loose and shortly after the ship went up for another and slightly longer flight. At seven o'clock the banner trip of the day was made. With but little wind to overcome the wonder of the twentieth century sailed over the business part of the town for nearly ton minutes. It circled, cut figure eights, and went up and down, demonstrating the operator's perfect control of the machine. On Thursday, owing to weather conditions. but one flight was made. Yesterday's trio of trips was for the purpose of fulfilling the contract entered into with the Old Home Week Association.The Stroebel airship, scheduled to make two flights a day, yesterday delighted the visitors by making three trips over the town. The first flight, shortly after 12 o'clock, was short, but it gave many of those who found it necessary to leave early in the aftermum a chance to see the big dirigible in flight. A JOLLY, FUN-LOVING WELL flfHAVED CROWD In endeavoring to draw a tinful he Joseph Harroeiv-., ;i fourteen-yearold Slavish boy, \\;is yesterday afternoon the victim of a most painful accident. The boy's father, with a number of friends, were celebrating Old Home Week at the Harrocki home in Klk Hun. and the boy was handing In endeavoring to dray a tinful he upset the Keg and in an endeavor to catch it the sharp edge of t'he keg tanned his left hand t*» the floor, almost severing it across the palm. The buy was hurried to the Punx-y Hospital where it was found that in addition to the law Rash several hones in the hand were broken. It is feared lie Will lose tile UNO of the lie inbcr. HARMONY III CONSERVATION CONGRESS IS MARRED Vernon Myei>, who recently moved to Smith Dakota from his home town of 1 >.tyton, the latter part of last month came Mast to visit friends. Previoii' to Mr. My r leaving for the W' st it Was g> lei a l> understood aimiiiu 11is friends that some time in the near future, Miss I'mnia Kifiter, w ho h o- been making h-r home with Or. and Mr Harry Gourlcy, of this plac . would beeome M i s Myers. On .Inly -s Mi. M.vth spi nt the <I i> with friends in town and upon leaving I'M- 11<»111• •. Mi- s Kintcr. who 'had !»<•. ii , «»nt«-mpl:«titiR a visit w ith hi- 11.Is in Pittsburg. left with him. Tile jMin noy t«» I'itt.burg was not, how ever, completed thai da> The young niiipli' instead went to B« aver, where they were quietly married. Th' at was let out «»I' the ban when Mr. an.I Mrs. Ward McQuown returned from the West. Tin y had visited M s ({tutor's 1 not In r. Wruon Kinter, .il' (2.tiV■ l"n, Tt'\ >s who had been made a parly to tin seer- I of his sister.A wedding tinged with romance, in which a Punx'y girl and i former citizen of Dayton wen the principals, has just conic t.» light. The bride is well known here, where she 11;i .1 hosl of friends A graduate nurse of exceeding com- Iiness and w»■ 11 < Irves cong ratulatiou. Mr. Myi r- is a well known youns business man Who deserves his good fortune. Mrs Myers. who is at prosent staying: with I>r :imi Mrs. C.ourley. will leav- lor South Dakota about October first. It is the g:eneml verdict of those who have htm here during the week that for well behaved crowds Punx y old Homers take the bakery, even il they didn't .spend much money. Tin* most notable feature of Punxy's n|i| Mom** Wi-c kcelebration, which has been without doubt the most successful celebration ever held in this section of the State, was the extreme orderliness of the crowd. on three days of tite biff week «it least 30,000 people were participating and a jollier, better behaved crowd never assembled in one town before. During the entire week but eleven arrests were made, and all of them ,ver«' out of town people who because a little too exhuberant. There were no arrests made for larceny, and the listic encounters, if there were any, did not fall under the notice of the police. Tin* Governor, who had addressed a multitude on the pla/.a during the aft< rnoon • vt< is« •now had a more serious duty to perform- that <>f conv< \ ins to that vast audience the Impressions recorded by his organs <>f deglutition while in the act of ring on th- outside of a portion of grounding and a consignment of groundhog The ' hairnian lat♦ r oil pivsi-nted the fSovernor with a pretty seel pick in miniature, the kift <»f Senator Kurt/., of I'unx.siilawney, The implement, whieh was the handiwork ol llarr\ Meek, one of i'unxsutawiiey's e\p. rt blacksmiths, was iptended as a satire [on the modus operandi of facilitating mastic.ition at a groundhog bn,iu|ii. t. Governor Stuart's presentation was lh.. signal for a succession of cheers, thrc' times three, ami waving of tnipkins, which amounted an ovation, ovation. Angel Food Assorted • 'ilk" Tate Noir I.-, ('ream Salted Almonds <'heese ('iga rs A J. Trultt. president of tb. old Home Week Association, officiated as toastmaster and, In keeping with his brilliant management of the forces that made (>ld H<»me Week a gli.t' ring sic ( ess. opened lie holocaust of or »tor> in tlie most approved and eloquent diction, and then introduced the distinguished gm sts and orators. <»1. Trui't made i trem-ndoic hit when, in presenting' tJov. rnor Stuar t. h< placed our chief executive in nomination for the presidency of the I'm l.'d states to succeed tin Illustrious statesman who now occupies th> presidential chair. NIMROOS WILL SOON BE III THEIR GLORY ZEPPELIN A DAY BEHIND SCHEDULE 8EATTI.K, Wash., A up. 2H.—The harmony in the National Conservation Congress, in session hero, was marred today by the introduction of the Hallingor-Pinchot fight, when Charles H Hanford, .Judge of the Cnited States District Court, annnunccil that he would Introduce a minority report of the Committee on Resolutions in opposition to the policies of Pine hot regarding the water power sites. It was nnnouncMMl that Ballinger would arrive some time today and address th«* session. A majority resolution comipends ex- President Roosevelt and President Tall for the establishment of th*■ conservation commission, and urges the admission of New Mexico and Arizona as separate Stages. What followed was relleetcd a! ' f The gUests onee seated were not long in disposing of th' • menu until groundhog a la Punxsutawney and groundhog punch a la Doc Hughes appeared on the bill. The resounding walls of the Mast j 10nd Auditorium Kink, where lie |>:i liquet was held, answer, No. Heretofore the modest long-distance weather1 prognositrator of the I'unxsutawm y Groundhog Club. Now nominated for the position of National emblem, to supplant the great American Kagle. Was ever terrestrial entity so honored? We think not. In one brief evening, transferred from a hutnid and hampered hole, in the hoary hills of < 'armi; Ridge, to l»e the mystic ma>'eot of the greatest nation the scintillating slants of a ceaseless sun ever shown Upon, i: a stunt that has ill the balance of creation beaten ten kilometers. But n»»\\ the banquet. At a bnut seven o'clock the guests, i to the number of almost 400. assembled in the auditorium of the First Presbyterian c'hureh, just across I he street from the rink, where (ioyernor lOdwin S. Stuart, the gtn-st of honor, held another of his delightful informal receptions. In fact, our good Governor can hold more informal receptions in one day and accumulate more new friends than any statesman within the ken of these presents. It was x o'clock before the guests had all been marshaled under captains and marched to the banquet hall, where a wilderness of handsomely deeorated and food-laden tables had b> ■ n prepared against their coming. The Governor and those who sat at hi? table tiled into the banquet ball about half an hour before the others g'»t there, which give the handsome and gallant chief executive an opportunity to meet and give; the more than 100 of Punxsutawney's most gracious and charming women and young ladies, who later returned his favor by ser\ ing the banquet with « xtarordinary neatness and dispatch. Br'cr Groundhog! Was ev< r quadruped, biped, centiped, or any othe r perambulating animal, either abov the earth, "ii the earth or in the earth, so toasted and roasted- as you were last night. So said a galaxy of some of the State's most distinguished orators, statesmen, jurists, philosophers, poets, panegyrists, mixologists, eulogists, lawyers, prognos Ilea tors, phophets and. meteorologists during the Governor's banquet that last night marked the official closing drama of Punxsutawney's unparallelled Old Home Week celebration.distinguished masco , Br'er Groundhog.Hats off to Punxsut iwney and her The horrors of dog days passed by on a float whore a large Newfoundland doff was held by a man dressed to represent a skeleton. A volcano with flumes emitting from its summit like Vesuvius was in evidence. A sheep represented bell weather and somc- Hotter weather followed, and on a float representing pleasant weather, half a dozen smiling maiden looked so pleasant that a sign that told of the attitude was wholly unnecessary. Naturally. mixed weather must follow pleasant weather, and a lloat showing this brought the phenomena down t" the point within mortal conception by representing a variety of savage and gentle animals. The animals, however, were not real; part of the male population acted their parts. and trained their voices with growls. A float that took the eye of the Governor and others as being the reft lest of the real was "The Death of the (J round hog". For blocks before the (Jovrnor's reviewing stand was reached, Colonel C. <'. Chambers. Max (}oheeii, Harlan Jordan and Col. (,'hambers' dog, Napoleon, worked hard on the wagon, digging for a groundhog they had chased into a hob-. At the moment the reviewing stand was passed, Napoleon, the official groundhog catcher, fastened his teeth into the hide of the woodchuck he had just uncovered and the hero of the whole day's celebration was killed under the very gaze of Governor Stuart. It was most dramatic, sympathetic. i Passing clouds passed next in line. I' must be left to the Governor to decide the significance of this float. There were half a dozen boys and girls dressed and painted to represent negroes. Sunrise and sunset were interpreted by a float '»n which a sleepy boy obeyed his father's summons to breakfast, and yawned and stretched a la mode. This was sunrise. Another little boy sat on a chair watching the scenery. He was sunset. fully made by two perspiring figures who never ceased turning two ohl-fash- ioned "grubbers". These wind mills sent breeis, north, east, south and west, with monsoons, trade winds, etc. A field of corn, interspersed with pumpkins, felt the breczs and wave ! its stalks to the rain that fell, sometimes in torrents, from the rain lhvt behind it. This float did more than rain. Thunder and lightning, nail and snow were the other elements i; produced. It was manned by W. K. German. J. E. Delong and It. E. Maidwin. As it passed through the str> ts | it became necessary for the crowds I either to raise umbrellas or be sorin| kled with April showers or September J torrents. After the rain, and at moments least expected, according to the ideas of the Groundhog, especially after it sees its shadow on February second, tlds accessory to the Canoe Itidge We it herworks made it hail and snow. The hail clattered against window panes in store windows, beat down flowers in lawns and stung the cheeks of spectators who at first did not believe it really would hail is prognosticated. It was real hail, hail of ih sort that instinctively makes man j-igh for his growing onions and skylights. But the snow was the thing. Wi'n the thermometer Jit 95 degrees the sun went under a cloud at the very moment this float passed the Governor'.- stand, and the snow began to ''all. The streets were soon white, and it was still snowing. In the West End it was reported that the snow was six inches deep, but this report, however.; could not be verified. STOiCU M .W S. The day of all the we. U we enjoy the least is that on Which we say goodby to the many friends who have been here and said pleasant things to us and commented on our town and its advantages, reassuring us that our ef- I'orts to entertain have been fully appreciated. It is a satisfaction that cannot expressed in print to be associated with and be part of a community that span neither time nor money to do things right. Let us pull together, for "nothing succeeds like success." We will double our efforts and use all our energies to make i>ur store more attractive, and if possible better serve the public needs. New fall merchandise for every department has accumulated during the week that will be put on sale early next week. J. B. EI'. Kit HA UT »•<>.. Ltd.—I Following next in line was a float announcing the weather as fair, partly cloudy and and threatening. It was that, and more, too, for hpfuediately in the wake of this prediction came the wind, fearfully and man- The first float of the Weathcrworks represented the Canoe Ridge observatory, the .scientific forecasting station of Br'er Groundhog. it was wonderfully made. The "kiosk", one of the newest pieces of paraphernalia of the weather bureau that looks with levity upon the woodchuck's predictions, could hardly equal in construction the first float in the parade. Nor could the kiosk determine with such certainty the weather for a given period as the Canoe Ridge Observatory determined the weather that was in store for this town for the next hour and a half after it passed the Governor.About fifty automobiles bearing four times that number of prophets, smiling and saluting the Governor and posing before the batteries of cameras leveled at them, wheeled slowly along unmindful of the scorching sunlight that beat upon them in honor of the Groundhog. Although the pageant was to have started promptly at two o'> I »ck, it was no until half an hour la er that the signal was given to move, owing to the crowds and the largj number of entries for the fir:* division— the Weather Works Prophets in automobiles. For an hour before tho parade started, prophets in gaily decoiated automobiles paraded back and forth through the streets, waiting for the Governor appear at his reviewing stand. When his presence was announced tlie streets became quiet, s tv< for the throngs thut pressed anxiously against the ropes, and in honor t> the occasion, Captain Leon Pitcher with Troop D mounted, marched through the streets with bands playing "llr.il to the Chief." "I have seen many magnificent parades," said Governor Stuart yesterday, "but in all my life 1 have never witnessed one so unique, so full of pleasant surprises and laughable presentations as the Circumgyratory Pageant of Prophets and Meteorologists of the Canoe Weather Works, tlv banner event of Punxsutawney's Old Home Week celebration." That the Governor's admiration was genuine was noticeable by the strict attention he paid to the pageant as it passed his reviewing stand at the public plaza. Many other men of nolo were profuse in their praises a id spoke of the parade, as well as the Groundhog Club banquet last evening, as events no old home week celebration in the State, or even the I'nion, has equalled. BKKLIN. Auk :.*s The entire population of Keiliu and half » million visitors -iffered th- keenest disappointment today in the failure ot I'dUnt Z- ppeljn in his new dirigible to arrive in time for th- program of festivities planned in honor of the hal-1 <.on builder After stopping for repairs at Nureinburg the balloon made slow progress, it is probable that the ha 1 loon !•. l.i.i i m i ■ Hitterfleld, when t wil 11ak■ on the Count tonight and finish th« trip tomorrow. As the d ■> progr. s-er and the balloon failed to appear the vast crowd became unrul.v and extra police were called out to preserve order. Congressman John K. Tcner. »i Charl< roi. and Supreme Court Justice John 1\ Klkln, of Indiana, in the order named, also exhibited diploma- \ in < ulogi'/lng the tl sh of the only siinon pure vegt tatiot; .on this planet, and each, under th. subtle influence of partaken woodchuck and assimilated punch snw - loquent and eomhed the earth, sea and sk\ with metaphor and simile, couched in he most beautiful phraseology. In order that the newly-madt members of the club should Set a char punch Mow well tin Governor .su ded only those who were present will ever he able to Judge and no one describe. All present, however, will admit that he got away with the duty like tie scholar, diplomat, statesman and good banquctteer that he is. in addition to paying Punxsutuwuey's old Mono: Week, the street dee,,ration ami thwelcome lie experienced a most royal compliment- The approach of the hunting season brings, as usual, many requests for information regarding the open season, etc., for game in this State, and in order to afford this information for our readers we give place to the following table of animals and birds declaied to be game birds and animals in Pennsylvania, when they may he killed, the number, etc., taken from the digest of the Kame, Fish and Forestry Laws for 1909: Hear, number, unlimited, open sea- ( son October 1 to January 1; blackbirds, all kinds, unlimited September , 1 to January 1; doves, mourning or , turtle, unlimited, September 1 to January 1; dee:*, male with visible horns, one each season, November 15 to De- , cembcr 1: English, Mongolian or Chi- j nese pheasant, ten in one day, twenty . in one week, fifty in one season, October 15 to December 1; ruffed grous. . commonly called pheasant, five in one day, twenty In one season, October I r» to December 1; rabbits, ten in one day. November 1 to December I 5; quail, commonly called \ Irgini » paitridgc, ten, in one day. l'o/fy in one ill one we. I;, 75 in ope season, < ctobe: 15 to November 15; Hungarian II m a i 1, do-.el for two years; web-foot-, v,j|.| fowl of 'II Kind', unlJniite I, September 1 to April I": wf 1 turk» v, o::e in ;i day, two in om- ... ay,,M. (, t .her I", to No\ember 15; w'loc.lcock, ten 1" "lie d iy. twen y In i •one week, fifty In one season; Oeto-1 i to December 1: squirrel, l<>x ( I black or grey, six • nbined kinds I in one day, <>, tober IT. to December I : | sVj'O'e Hi-I.s, n,.'(limit 1. September I to j I Januai ;* 1; snipe. Jack or Wilson, un- | .limited, September I t•» '• plover,j unlimited, July 15 >o December 1. j (lame killed in this (Commonwealth may be had in possession onl> during the open season for such g.une and thirty days thereafter. The Starling. English sparrow, kingfisher, crow, i a veil, eagle, buss*/.ard, crane, heron, bitterali Coolers hawk | sharp-shinned hawk, duck h iwk pigeon aw great horned owl, barred owl. red or pine squirrel, coon, possum, wimtlrhuck nr RiouniUhoB. f»x. wildcat, w.nscl. mini; ami skunk aiv not proU'ctt'rt liy law and may ho kllli'iV at any time. I ■ ffij I ■ ■ BMU * Flouts III Wwlnmbiy's Industrial Parade. jflBggE: .'« -f'-'f-i' MTW-; *-•> ''-i*i^£:^;^iJ'', ■'? : *^g^|Bfii|^fl Kktmt 4i "" P - •" £rz J : :r m.; f. * ,v - *