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Published Every f r f d s y Morning fey J . P R A N K B U C H. OFFICE—No. 9 S. Broad street, Lititz, Lancaster County, Pa. TEEMS OP SUBSCRIPTION.—For o ne y e a r $1.00, if paid i n adyance, and $1.25 if p a y m e n t be delayed to t h e end of year. F o r s i x months, 50 cents, and for t h r ee months, 30 cents, s t r i c t ly in advance. ^ S - A f a i l u r e to n o t i f y a discontinuance at t h e end of t h e t e rm subscribed for, will be considered a wish to continue t h e paper. ^ S ~ A n y person sending us live new cash subscribers for one year will be e n t i t l ed to t h e RECOBD for one year, for his trouble. An Independent Family Newspaper, Devoted to Literature, Agriculture, Local and General Intelligence. YOL. XIX. LITITZ, PA., FRIDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 11, 1895, NO. 5. S3 »iffiUl-Jn i t e s ni «.o / 11 i ; c. 1 col 1 week - ! 25 2 & ì 00 7 50 ?fi 1 3fi ! 90 •H 25 fi 75 11) (1(1 3 weeks 11 (HI I 7ft •2 fill 4 25 7 fill VA 50 2b 2 is :-¡ im S 25 » 25 15 01) 2 months 011 S 2fi 4 fio7 5(1 1» « 23 (10 3 months 2 5014 25 B 110 H 75 17 00 31 1)1) ;-[ 50ili 25 » 5(1 15 (II) «S Ol) 54 IH) 1 year 0 00 9 50 13 75126 00 50 00 m 00 Y e a r l y advertisements to be paid quar-t e r l y . Transient a d v e r t i s e m e n t s payable in advance. Advertisements, to i n s u r e immediate insertion, must be handed in, at t h e very latest, b y Wednesday evening. J o b Work of a l l k i n d s neatly a n d p r o m p t l y executed at s h o r t notico. All communications s h o u l d be address' ed to RECORD OFFICE, L i t i t z , Lane. Co., Pa. TROLLEY orno t r o l l e y The season for Heavier Clothing is at hand and I am prepared to show a line which cannot be surpassed outside of large cities. My stock of PIECE GOODS comprises some of the LATEST, NEWEST and NOBBIEST patterns of the season. Have to-day a Line of Men's Realty Made Suits, H L L W O O L . , zvr ©NLY $ 9 , 5 the most popular to be found. Over 250 PRICES FROM $3.25 UP. My stock of BOYS' KNEE PANT SUITS is large and prices are varied, some as Low as $i 75, in style up to date. The stock of SHIRTS, TIES, COLLARS, CUFFS, NECKWEAR, HATS, CAPS, HOSIERY, AND UMBRELLAS, will always be kept at prices which must be right, trolley or no trolley. Give us a call and be convinced. THE ROEBUCK PUBLIC FOUNTAIN It was D e d i c a t e d and Handed Over t o t l i e Borough of Xiititz. Last Thursdaj- afternoon marked an auspicious and memorable event in the history of our progressive and pretty little town. It was the occasion of the dedication of the Roebuck public fountain, which at the same time was handed over from the donor to the borough for iuture care and mainte-nance. The perfect autumn day brought many people to the scene to witness the exercises. Chairs had been pro-vided and were placed in the shade be-fore the residence of Mr. A. W. Shober. where the ceremonies were performed facing the fountain. anon, an old friend of Dr. Roebuck's, which received a hearty applause. The following is the poem : There was a Spanish nobleman who lived long years ago, And he had grown quite aged, for the legend tells us so. Proud was he of his ancestry, proud of his" land and birth ; — To h im the Spanish kingdom was the pride of all the earth. He had fought in many battles and had hon-orable scars, For this doughty old Hidalgo was the truest son oi Mars. He was old, as I have told you, and dreaded much the day "When be should pass from off the earth, in state be laid away ; , For though bold as any lion, the bravest of the brave, He shrank in terror from the gloom and silence of the grave ; Nor was it strange he'd rather bear t h e ills of earthly toil Than fly to those he lsnew not of, beyond this mortal coil. But he had learned of the new world that lay across the sea. Notes f r om the P e n n s y l v a n i a Experi-ment Station.. The Babcock test for fat in milk has come into extensive use within the last few years for testing cows and herds in place of the more expensive and troub-lesome churn test. This has been the case especially since the results of the Columbian Dairy Test demonstrated the substantial agreement of the two methods when properly carried out. The Babcock test, when correctly made, gives accurately the amount of butter-fat contained iD the milk. It is often desirable, however, to express the results of a test in terms of butter. I t is well known that the amount ot B Y THE WAY. THE ROEBUCK PUBLIC FOUNTAIN, LITITZ, PA. W . H . B U S H 9 RECORD Building, Lititz, Pa 1 Broader l a f s % wear, and some men will prefer the Alpine Soft Felt _ to the almost universally worn Derby. If you want a becoming Hat at a reasonable price, you want to be coming in to see us while there is a possibility of a good choice in our F A L L and WINTER Stock. 1 4 4 N o r t f j Q û c c i ) S t r e e t , - - L a n c a s t e r , P a . N E W T . W I N G E R T , MANAGER. A Watch as Lapp as a Would be inconvenient to carry, but would be large enough in t h e various parts for you to see without a magnitying glass ; and when you had paid a fair price for repairs you could examine and determine for yoursrlf if the work had been skill-fully done. How much botch-work Is buried in the smallness of the parts of the average watch only the skilled watchmaker knows. Don't make the mistake thai one workman is as good as another; and when one charges $2 50 and the other SI.50 for a certain amount of work that the only dif-ference is in t h e price. In watchmaking, as In other professions, the same rule ap-plies, viz • Cbeap prices, cheap work. To do good work one must have not only good tools but skill to use them. "We have both and our Iriends and patrons will bear us out in the statementthat when we undertake to do work it is done right. We get work from all over the county. We do a great deal of work for railroad men, and you can send us YOUK "WATCH WORK in perfect confidence t h a t it will be properly done. Give us a trial. O . H . M E R N T Z , A g t ., WATCHMAKER AND JEWELER, 116 N, QUEEN STREET, LANCASTER, PA. A. R BOMBERGER, LITITZ. P A I N T S , O I L S , 6 L A S S , A 6 A T E W A R E, STOVES, HEATERS, RANGES, O I L HEATERS, WHIPS, H O U S E F ( J l i N l S H l t i Gr G O O D S R E F R I G E R A T O R S , I C E CREAM FREEZERS, ETC. At three o'clock tlie Lititz band put in an appearance and after rendering a selection, the order of exercises were ready to proceed with, when President of Council Samuel Seaber arose and called the meeting to order. The invocation prayer in appropriate words was offered by Rev. H. E. Sem-mel, when the quartette of male voices sang a selection which took well. Rev. W. H . Eewars of Annville, whilom pastor of the Eitit/. Lutheran church, then stepped forward and de-livered the opening remarks in language which caused every one to give it closest attention, interspersed with occasional witticisms that caused smiles 011 the faces of many, yet not out of place, while he did not forget the generous donor of the fountain, Dr. Roebuck, whom he took pleasure in calling h im a friend, He said that this dedication was an unusual oc-casion, because the tendency nowadays was toward utilitarianism and that it was quite refreshing to see such gen-erosity among the greed, gain and in-tensely selfish spirit that pervaded the national atmosphere. He closed by saying that his friend had raised a monument to himself, not only ma-terial, but also in the hearts of the people and suggested that the people place a tablet on the fountain setting forth the name of the donor with the date, and a suitable inscription. The quartette again stepped for-ward and gave another song. The presentation address was de-livered by A. E. Hostetter, attorney of Lancaster, who spoke at considerable length on the history of our old town, its many virtues and characteristics of which it could well feel proud of, 011 which subject Mr. Hostetter is well posted, having been a pupil of the Eititz Academy many years ago. He further said that we are apt to speak of this time as an age wholly practical and selfish, marked by the absorption of the people and their devotion to utilitarianism. Under the surface, however, another powerful force is at work. This is the conviction that 110 man ought to live for himself alone. This conviction includes a new sense of the true uses and responsibilities of wealth. The orator than spoke of the generosity and public spirit of the giver of the fountain and dwelt upon the wisdom of choosing some public benefit for a memorial and upon the appropriateness of the gift coming from a man who had spent his active life in alleviating suffering. Mr. Hos-tetter spoke of the various aspects of the gift, the influence it would have upon the people and the inspiration for nobler deeds which it ought to cause. The speaker closed by present-ing the fountain to the borough in an appropriate manner. Charles I. Eandis, our borough so-licitor, delivered the acceptance speech in short and well-worded Janguage, in which he said that Dr. Roebuck, in generously donating this fountain, had done a fitting deed in this the scene of his success. He has done an honor to himself and the borough, and although all will pass away and their deeds be forgotten, yet this foun-tain will keep t h e memory of the giver green in the minds of t h e people. Mr. Eandis then accepted the fountain on behalf of the burgess and borough council. At this stage of the proceedings the band followed with music and then came an original poem composed and read by Dr. J, H, Redsecker, of I,eb- Where flowers in profusion bloomed, and where the hum of Dee And music of the mocking bird were heard amidst the trees, And where health, a boon and blessing, was borne on every breeze. — Of a fountain of perpetual youth flowing on-ward to the main, Where, if one drank or dip'd or bathed, he would be young again. 'Twas thither, then, he turned his prow and trim'd his vessel's sa,ils, And safely in his galleon outstrode the strongest gales. He reached the fair and flow'ry land, found not the fabled spring, But from Indian warrior received death's cruel sting. ; The fountain which he sought in v a i n , the boon for which he sighed, Hath ne'er been found, though oft' desired, since Ponce De Leon died. Though centuries have passed since then, we hold this maxim true : We live, not in the years we spend, but in the deeds we do; For noble acts and princely deeds are not alone confined To those who are of royal birth, but those of noble mind. This work of art we here unveil, in purpose and in plan, Reveals to us a kindly act, done by a noble man. 'Tis thus that we our youth renew. The spring of joy we find In friendly words and gen'rous deeds that help and bless mankind Unlike the fabled spring ne'er found in flow'ry southern lands. This fountain of refreshing, here in beauteous splendor stands. Whene'er we hear the music of its laughing liquid lip, 'Twill speak to us with tend'rest voice of sweet companionship; For here may man and beast and bird, child-hood and hoary age. Their weary spirits oft refresh, theirparching thirst assuage; And generations yet unborn, when they shall gather here, With thankful hearts will bless this act, the donor's name revere. The quartette gave more singing and then followed the dedicatory prayer by Rev. C. L. Moench. An-other piece of music by the quartette was followed by Rev. F. Pilgram pro-nouncing the benediction, when the band closed the event with music. The fountain plot was adorned with potted plants and flowers and the na-tional flag, presenting a most beauti-ful picture. The public school child-ren of Eititz and Warwick were present and greatly helped to swell the crowd, all of whom, large and small, enjoyed the exercises. There were quite a number of people present from a distance. THE FOUNTAIN. The fountain is of bronze metal and of most beautiful design. It is sur-rounded with concrete pavement and curbing, and the basin is also of con-crete. Triangular plots of grass, en-closed with concrete coping, give a charming effect to it, and three elec-tric lights make it a veritable " t h i ng of beauty." Two of t h e lamp posts containing the electric lights have spigots from which the water is drawn and in front of the fountain is a trough for beasts. Hidden within the concrete pavement that surrounds the fountain is a receptacle for ice—a place where a huge lump of ice is placed 011 top of the water pipes, (which are laid in coils), thus giving all who pass that way a drink of ice water. The foun-tain was built by J. W. Fisk, of New York, and Oster Bros., of Lancaster, had the contract for the concrete work. Excursion R a t e s to Atlanta. On account of the Atlanta Exposi-tion, the B. & O. R. R. Co. will sell excursion tickets at greatly reduced rates. Season tickets will be sold every day until December 15th, good returning until January 7th, 1896. Twenty-day tickets will be sold every day until December 15th, good return-ing for twenty days from date of sale. Ten-day tickets will be sold Tuesday and Thursday each week until Decem-ber 24th, good returning for ten days from date of sale. The rates from Philadelphia will be $33.25 for season, »25.25 for twenty-day, and 120.00 for ten-day tickets. Correspondingly low rates from other points on the line. butter which a cow or herd produces s not the same as the amount of butter-fat, being usually larger. In the first place, even with the most careful work in the dairy, thereris some loss of fat in the skim milk and1 butter-milk. Oa the other hand, butter con-tains several per cent, of water, salt and other materials besides iat. Ijhe combined results of these two factjbrs is that the butter usually " overruns," as the creameryman expresses/it, the results of the fat test. Obviously, the amount of this overrun will ^depend upon the completeness of the skimming and churning on the one hand, and of the amount oi material other than fat incorporated into the butter, on the other hand. Quite a diyersity of prac-tice has obtained as to what should be regarded as the butter equivalent of one pound of butter-fat, with tl.e re-sults that tests wade by different par-ties have not been comparable and, what is worse, that it was vt-ry¡diificult to know whether two tests were com-parable or not. Plainly, if one man adds one-fifth to the amount of butter-fat found while another adds one-eighth, the test by the first man would show a cow or herd to be materially better than would an exactly similar test by the second man. This subject came up for discussion at the Ninth Annual Convention of the Association of American Agricul-tural Colleges and Experiment Sta-tions held in Denver, July 1 6 - 1 9 , and the following resolution was adopted which, at the request of the Chairman ol the Executive Committee, is hereby communicated to the press of the State: Resolved :—That this Association recommends to the several stations that the results oi tests of dairy cows or herds be expressed in terms of but-ter f a t ; and that when desirable to ex-press these records in terms of approxi-mate equivalent in butter, such equiva-lent be computed by multiplying the amount of butter-fat by one and one-sixth. The reasons for adopting this factor was stated as follows by the commit-tee having the matter in charge : " The ninety day Columbian Dairy Test is the most elaborate and careiul-ly conducted on record. In this test, 96.97 per cent, of the fat in the whole milk was saved in the butter. This butter on the average contained 82.37 per cent, of butter f a t ; in other words, 117.3 pounds of butter was made from each 100 pounds of butter fat in the whole milk. The exact conversion factor would therefore be 1.173. As this is an awkward number to use, and as one and one-sixth is so nearly the same (the difference in computing the record of a 14 pound cow for a week by these two factors being only .07 of a pound of butter) it has seemed best to recommend that the latter be used as the conversion factor." I n t e r e s t i n g Notes and Events About Persons, P l a c e s a n d Things. LIKE THE fishing subject, the sub-ject of education is always a fruitful one for discussion and productive of much thought and study. I have been thinking a great deal of the waste of time, that no doubt everyone of us can vouch for, which occurs during one's school days, time that should be spent to good advantage, but which is allowed to go for naught, sometimes the fault of the teacher, but oftener the fault of the scholar. During the schooling period one is not apt to rea-lize or put to use the splendid advice we find in quotations, one of which comes to mind so forcibly just at pres-ent. "Count that day lost whose low descending sun Sees at thy hand no worthy action done." But the schools of to day are all so well conducted and so well principled that as a rule there is more accom-plished in the same time than was the case some years ago. One year in particular I shall never forget, and I am safe in saying that those who at-tended school that year will always have cause to remember the term. * * * THERE were only three divisions then, primary, secondary and gram-mar. It will not be necessary to men-tion the names of the teachers who presided over the schools the year I refer to, although there could possibly be no harm, as they were non-resi-dents—- I refer to the* secondary and grammar divisions—but there might be offei:se taken should I do so, al-though it is unlikely that this will reach the eyes of the teachers referred to. In fact, had the directors not been so derelict in their duties in those days, it is not at all likely that there would have been such laxity in the schools that year. But for downright loss of time and entire neglect of studies I am positive the public schools of Lititz never before nor since wit-nessed its equal. How much the other scholars learned that term is only con-jecture, but I didn't learn the one-tenth part of the definition of a simple frac-tion. What puzzles me is that none of the directors nor the patents ever " tumbled " to the way things were go-ing. But we had lots of fun and sport. Well, perhaps we didn't! It is only after the lapse of years that one regrets the loss of time that might have been employed most profitably. If you ate thinking of buying a Bicycle this spring, DON' T buy unlit, you have seen my line of Wheels. Can please you in style, quality and ptice. Catalogues Free. THE LIBERTY at $100 00 THE CREDENDA at $75 00 THE LIBERTY at 75 OO THE ORESCENT Lineg THE SPALDING at 100 00 from $40 to $75 « - B E S T WHEELS ON EARTH. WE PAY YOUR CAR FARE.-®» m 60 NORTH QUEEN STREET, —It is now claimed that smoke, never issues from volcanoes, nor are there flames from the same source The red light seen above the volcano is the glow of molten lava reflected on the under side of the clouds of dust. The clouds of dust are never mixed with smoke. There are, it is true, bursts of steam sometimes, but rocks do not burn as coal or wood and give off the finely divided carbon which we know as smoke. WHAT we didn't do is easier to tell than what we did, That can be sum-med up in a yery few words—we didn't learn a thing, but did about every thing else. One of our chief amusements was a " fox chase " almost every day, this during school hours too, It happened that Harvey Geitner was somewhat of a " pet " with the teacher, and could do pretty much as he pleased After school assembled it was his habit to walk out the front door and let it stand ajar. In the twinkling of an eye we all followed the " leader " on all fours until we reached the safety point —on the front porch. It didn't take us long to form our plans for the chase and off we went, down the street and invariably, through Billy Bollinger's side yard, to his barn and from there out into the country, always returning shortly before the time tor school to be dismissed. Did the teacher notice our absence ? Well, hardly. It was her habit to take up one of Dickens: works and read aloud, but as we boys weren't interested in Dickens just at that time, we took to the " chase about as complacently as a duck takes to water. ANOTHER popular amusement, al-though a most dangerous one, was firing off small cannon and swivels, which we made ourselves by taking a limb of a tree, say about four or five inches in diameter, and boring a hole two-thirds through the centre. This we filled up with powder, putting a bung in the end and touching it off. I t made a great racket, but that's what we wanted. This shooting got to be such a fad that we would even take an ordinary spool, plug one end up and fill it with powder, which was touched off in the vestibule. The shoot-ing part of the program came to a very abrupt ending one day. Lawrence Grosh was about to put a match to a spool when one of the directors uncere-moniously walked in and took Law-rence by the ear. That ended the shoot-ing but it didn't put a stop to, our other pranks. BICYCLE Ts l c I k s : JEWELER. LANCASTER, PA. ents is indeed a mystery. But a great-er mystery is that the directors did not take the matter in hand and mete out well deserved punishment to us all. That was a great year for sport, no doubt, and those who took part in it have reasons never to forget it, but as for advancement it was a year with a good sized blank to it. * » * A CHANGE of teachers the next year brought about a big change in the schools and marked an era of progress that has gone steadily forward. Of course after such a wild career we had to be tamed down somewhat, and the only amusement we indulged in was breaking window panes in the attic of the school, but on discovering that we had to pay for them, our sport soon ceased. » • * PRIOR to the episode referred to above, perhaps half a dozen years be-fore, a most amusing event occurred. I t happened in the secondary school, and while our teacher wasn't any too kind to us, we might have overlooked this little matter of unkindness, had she shown more consideration for our welfare and the contents of our pock-ets, Now, you know, a boy's pocket, especially when going to school, is his workshop and play house, or more cor-rectly speaking his storeroom, and what it don't contain that will amuse him during his spare moments would be hard to think of. But our teacher didn't take very kindly to the contents, especially if a marble happened to drop out during school hours and roll over the floor. » » * THIS IS just what did happen one day, and it excited her wrath. The edict went forth thet every boy would be searched that afternoon and every-thing confiscated found in his pockets. Boys have great miuds at times but woefully lacking in application, as we found out. Not relishing the idea of having to give up our precious treas-ures that we saw fit to carry in our pockets, we hid upon what we thought a great scheme. It was, but—well, every boy pledged himself to empty his pockets of their treasures and fill them with stones. The bigger the stones the better we thought the joke would be. When the bell rang we all march-ed in with our pockets bulging out, and only one boy relented and quickly threw his stones out the window. That gave us away prematurely, and while I won't mention his name because he's bigger than I am, he now lives not far from Broad and Orange streets. We didn't think any too well of his goiDg back on us at the last moment, but he had the laugh on us the rest of the day. Oyer the State. Reading's smallest man, Jeremiah Ludwig, 39 inches tall, died of old age. York county's fair, this week prom-ises to be more successful than for many years. While assisting at an Allentown funeral on Saturday, Mildrum Conner dropped dead. Poitsville is again without funds, and a loan of $10,000, the limit allow-ed by law, will be created. Over 100 Poles, Huus and Italians were naturalized on Saturday in the Schuylkill County Courts. Owing to the heavy death rate at Scranton, the Health Board urges all the people to boil all the water they drink. Rev. H. C. Astwood, colored, of Harrisburg, will sue the school board for turning his children out of a white school. Ill health caused Frank Anthony employed in the office of the Carpen-ter Steel Works, Reading, to commit suicide with poison. A bursting fly-wheel m the Home-stead electric light plant killed Engi-neer John Bowman. Charged with passing counterfeit silver dollars at Punxsutawney, Jack Wright was jailed. In putting paper in a stove at Leb-anon, the little daughter of Charles Field was fatally burned. Picking a dynamite cartridge with a key and exploding it, Joseph Beam-tis, of Pittston, was critically mangled. Elwood Gray, accused of stealing a horse from Mrs. R. A. Gould, in Chester county, was captured near Oxford. OwiDg to the frequent suspensions of work at the colliery, O-car Stein, a miner, near Pottsyille, committed sui-cide with poison. Damages for $1850.50 were recov-ered at Pottsville by C. B. Wagner from the Lehigh & Wilkesba rre Coal Company for culm washed upon his land. Another ineffectual attempt was made at York to sell the Tidewater Canal and Columbia Dam to satisfy claims of $1,000,000. A bid of $30,- 000 was made. The Ebervale Mines were entered for the first time since being flooded eight years ago. G. Frank Anthony, assistant gen-eral manager of the Carpenter Steel Works at Reading, committed suicide with prusic acid. Savario Spinello was arrested at Norristown for the murder of Charles Roller, near Hammcmton, New Jersey, on October 4. While sinking an artesian well two •new coal veins were struck at Park View, near Hazleton, THAT a very serious accident did not happen from this careless shooting can be attributed more to good luck than good management. It makes me shudder now when I think what might have resulted from some permature explosion. That all this took place in front of and inside the school without raising a great outcry among the par- WELL, the first t h i n g on t h e p r o - gramme was the search for the hidden treasures. I think I was the first to be searched. At any rate I know I had several pretty large stones hid away, but little dreamt what was in store. After the stones had all been taken out the teacher put on her thinking cap, that's what we thought she did at any rate. Procuring some twine, she selected the largest stone from each boy's pocket and tied it around his neck. We looked like so many cows going around the streets, with a bell on in search of pasture. As if this wasn't enough to add to our discom fort, the directors suddenly took in in-to their heads to pay the school a visit that afternoon. They looked at us as if they thought we were part oi some neglected stone quarry, or were trying to discover the mysteries of the stone age. At any rate we had the satisfac-tion of knowing that the teacher's scheme didn't work as well as she thought it would, as the directors,after hearing our explanation of the occur-rence, seemed to side with us. They suddenly remembered their sthool days, and thought it wasn't altogether right for the teacher to confiscate the contents of our pockets. Bat then a woman never can understand a boy. I always will believe she was instrument-al in bringing about that director's visit on that particular afternoon. It was a most remarkable coincidence at any rate. * # * BUT DON'T mention stones to any of the boys should you happen to know them. PHIL. Literary Notes. The editor of the Review of Reviews finds several incidents in this fall's political situation on which to com-ment with effect in " The Progress of the World " f o r October ; the part played by the liquor question in the New York campaign is very clearly described. The present difficulties of the U. S. Treasury and the bearings thereof on national politics are discuss-ed. The opening oi the Atlanta Expo-sition and the recent patriotic gather-ings at Louisville and Chicamanga,the international yacht racing fiasco, the* building of American battle-ships and Lord Wolsely's appointment as Com-mander- in-Chief of the British Army, are among the topics included in the month's survey. The Madagascar cam-paign, the massacre of missionaries in China, the American question and pro-gress ia South Africa under Cecil Rhodes (whose portrait serves as the frontispiece of this number of the Review) are matters of international interest which also pass under editorial review. —Five train loads of Oregon f r u i t, shipped to be sold as such, have been sent East in the last few weeks. The fruit was mostly pears and prunes. Oregon growers are putting forth great efforts this year to make the fruits of that State known in the East. They say that hitherto almost all Oregon fruit has been sold as Califorian. They also claim that the Oregon fruit has more than held its own in direct com-petition with fruit from California. Oregon farmers propose to go into the fruit business extensively.
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Title | Lititz Record |
Masthead | Lititz Record 1895-10-11 |
Publisher | Record Print. Co.; J. F. Buch |
Coverage | United States; Pennsylvania; Lancaster County; Lititz |
Date | 1895-10-11 |
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Full Text | Published Every f r f d s y Morning fey J . P R A N K B U C H. OFFICE—No. 9 S. Broad street, Lititz, Lancaster County, Pa. TEEMS OP SUBSCRIPTION.—For o ne y e a r $1.00, if paid i n adyance, and $1.25 if p a y m e n t be delayed to t h e end of year. F o r s i x months, 50 cents, and for t h r ee months, 30 cents, s t r i c t ly in advance. ^ S - A f a i l u r e to n o t i f y a discontinuance at t h e end of t h e t e rm subscribed for, will be considered a wish to continue t h e paper. ^ S ~ A n y person sending us live new cash subscribers for one year will be e n t i t l ed to t h e RECOBD for one year, for his trouble. An Independent Family Newspaper, Devoted to Literature, Agriculture, Local and General Intelligence. YOL. XIX. LITITZ, PA., FRIDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 11, 1895, NO. 5. 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My stock of PIECE GOODS comprises some of the LATEST, NEWEST and NOBBIEST patterns of the season. Have to-day a Line of Men's Realty Made Suits, H L L W O O L . , zvr ©NLY $ 9 , 5 the most popular to be found. Over 250 PRICES FROM $3.25 UP. My stock of BOYS' KNEE PANT SUITS is large and prices are varied, some as Low as $i 75, in style up to date. The stock of SHIRTS, TIES, COLLARS, CUFFS, NECKWEAR, HATS, CAPS, HOSIERY, AND UMBRELLAS, will always be kept at prices which must be right, trolley or no trolley. Give us a call and be convinced. THE ROEBUCK PUBLIC FOUNTAIN It was D e d i c a t e d and Handed Over t o t l i e Borough of Xiititz. Last Thursdaj- afternoon marked an auspicious and memorable event in the history of our progressive and pretty little town. It was the occasion of the dedication of the Roebuck public fountain, which at the same time was handed over from the donor to the borough for iuture care and mainte-nance. The perfect autumn day brought many people to the scene to witness the exercises. Chairs had been pro-vided and were placed in the shade be-fore the residence of Mr. A. W. Shober. where the ceremonies were performed facing the fountain. anon, an old friend of Dr. Roebuck's, which received a hearty applause. The following is the poem : There was a Spanish nobleman who lived long years ago, And he had grown quite aged, for the legend tells us so. Proud was he of his ancestry, proud of his" land and birth ; — To h im the Spanish kingdom was the pride of all the earth. He had fought in many battles and had hon-orable scars, For this doughty old Hidalgo was the truest son oi Mars. He was old, as I have told you, and dreaded much the day "When be should pass from off the earth, in state be laid away ; , For though bold as any lion, the bravest of the brave, He shrank in terror from the gloom and silence of the grave ; Nor was it strange he'd rather bear t h e ills of earthly toil Than fly to those he lsnew not of, beyond this mortal coil. But he had learned of the new world that lay across the sea. Notes f r om the P e n n s y l v a n i a Experi-ment Station.. The Babcock test for fat in milk has come into extensive use within the last few years for testing cows and herds in place of the more expensive and troub-lesome churn test. This has been the case especially since the results of the Columbian Dairy Test demonstrated the substantial agreement of the two methods when properly carried out. The Babcock test, when correctly made, gives accurately the amount of butter-fat contained iD the milk. It is often desirable, however, to express the results of a test in terms of butter. I t is well known that the amount ot B Y THE WAY. THE ROEBUCK PUBLIC FOUNTAIN, LITITZ, PA. W . H . B U S H 9 RECORD Building, Lititz, Pa 1 Broader l a f s % wear, and some men will prefer the Alpine Soft Felt _ to the almost universally worn Derby. If you want a becoming Hat at a reasonable price, you want to be coming in to see us while there is a possibility of a good choice in our F A L L and WINTER Stock. 1 4 4 N o r t f j Q û c c i ) S t r e e t , - - L a n c a s t e r , P a . N E W T . W I N G E R T , MANAGER. A Watch as Lapp as a Would be inconvenient to carry, but would be large enough in t h e various parts for you to see without a magnitying glass ; and when you had paid a fair price for repairs you could examine and determine for yoursrlf if the work had been skill-fully done. How much botch-work Is buried in the smallness of the parts of the average watch only the skilled watchmaker knows. Don't make the mistake thai one workman is as good as another; and when one charges $2 50 and the other SI.50 for a certain amount of work that the only dif-ference is in t h e price. In watchmaking, as In other professions, the same rule ap-plies, viz • Cbeap prices, cheap work. To do good work one must have not only good tools but skill to use them. "We have both and our Iriends and patrons will bear us out in the statementthat when we undertake to do work it is done right. We get work from all over the county. We do a great deal of work for railroad men, and you can send us YOUK "WATCH WORK in perfect confidence t h a t it will be properly done. Give us a trial. O . H . M E R N T Z , A g t ., WATCHMAKER AND JEWELER, 116 N, QUEEN STREET, LANCASTER, PA. A. R BOMBERGER, LITITZ. P A I N T S , O I L S , 6 L A S S , A 6 A T E W A R E, STOVES, HEATERS, RANGES, O I L HEATERS, WHIPS, H O U S E F ( J l i N l S H l t i Gr G O O D S R E F R I G E R A T O R S , I C E CREAM FREEZERS, ETC. At three o'clock tlie Lititz band put in an appearance and after rendering a selection, the order of exercises were ready to proceed with, when President of Council Samuel Seaber arose and called the meeting to order. The invocation prayer in appropriate words was offered by Rev. H. E. Sem-mel, when the quartette of male voices sang a selection which took well. Rev. W. H . Eewars of Annville, whilom pastor of the Eitit/. Lutheran church, then stepped forward and de-livered the opening remarks in language which caused every one to give it closest attention, interspersed with occasional witticisms that caused smiles 011 the faces of many, yet not out of place, while he did not forget the generous donor of the fountain, Dr. Roebuck, whom he took pleasure in calling h im a friend, He said that this dedication was an unusual oc-casion, because the tendency nowadays was toward utilitarianism and that it was quite refreshing to see such gen-erosity among the greed, gain and in-tensely selfish spirit that pervaded the national atmosphere. He closed by saying that his friend had raised a monument to himself, not only ma-terial, but also in the hearts of the people and suggested that the people place a tablet on the fountain setting forth the name of the donor with the date, and a suitable inscription. The quartette again stepped for-ward and gave another song. The presentation address was de-livered by A. E. Hostetter, attorney of Lancaster, who spoke at considerable length on the history of our old town, its many virtues and characteristics of which it could well feel proud of, 011 which subject Mr. Hostetter is well posted, having been a pupil of the Eititz Academy many years ago. He further said that we are apt to speak of this time as an age wholly practical and selfish, marked by the absorption of the people and their devotion to utilitarianism. Under the surface, however, another powerful force is at work. This is the conviction that 110 man ought to live for himself alone. This conviction includes a new sense of the true uses and responsibilities of wealth. The orator than spoke of the generosity and public spirit of the giver of the fountain and dwelt upon the wisdom of choosing some public benefit for a memorial and upon the appropriateness of the gift coming from a man who had spent his active life in alleviating suffering. Mr. Hos-tetter spoke of the various aspects of the gift, the influence it would have upon the people and the inspiration for nobler deeds which it ought to cause. The speaker closed by present-ing the fountain to the borough in an appropriate manner. Charles I. Eandis, our borough so-licitor, delivered the acceptance speech in short and well-worded Janguage, in which he said that Dr. Roebuck, in generously donating this fountain, had done a fitting deed in this the scene of his success. He has done an honor to himself and the borough, and although all will pass away and their deeds be forgotten, yet this foun-tain will keep t h e memory of the giver green in the minds of t h e people. Mr. Eandis then accepted the fountain on behalf of the burgess and borough council. At this stage of the proceedings the band followed with music and then came an original poem composed and read by Dr. J, H, Redsecker, of I,eb- Where flowers in profusion bloomed, and where the hum of Dee And music of the mocking bird were heard amidst the trees, And where health, a boon and blessing, was borne on every breeze. — Of a fountain of perpetual youth flowing on-ward to the main, Where, if one drank or dip'd or bathed, he would be young again. 'Twas thither, then, he turned his prow and trim'd his vessel's sa,ils, And safely in his galleon outstrode the strongest gales. He reached the fair and flow'ry land, found not the fabled spring, But from Indian warrior received death's cruel sting. ; The fountain which he sought in v a i n , the boon for which he sighed, Hath ne'er been found, though oft' desired, since Ponce De Leon died. Though centuries have passed since then, we hold this maxim true : We live, not in the years we spend, but in the deeds we do; For noble acts and princely deeds are not alone confined To those who are of royal birth, but those of noble mind. This work of art we here unveil, in purpose and in plan, Reveals to us a kindly act, done by a noble man. 'Tis thus that we our youth renew. The spring of joy we find In friendly words and gen'rous deeds that help and bless mankind Unlike the fabled spring ne'er found in flow'ry southern lands. This fountain of refreshing, here in beauteous splendor stands. Whene'er we hear the music of its laughing liquid lip, 'Twill speak to us with tend'rest voice of sweet companionship; For here may man and beast and bird, child-hood and hoary age. Their weary spirits oft refresh, theirparching thirst assuage; And generations yet unborn, when they shall gather here, With thankful hearts will bless this act, the donor's name revere. The quartette gave more singing and then followed the dedicatory prayer by Rev. C. L. Moench. An-other piece of music by the quartette was followed by Rev. F. Pilgram pro-nouncing the benediction, when the band closed the event with music. The fountain plot was adorned with potted plants and flowers and the na-tional flag, presenting a most beauti-ful picture. The public school child-ren of Eititz and Warwick were present and greatly helped to swell the crowd, all of whom, large and small, enjoyed the exercises. There were quite a number of people present from a distance. THE FOUNTAIN. The fountain is of bronze metal and of most beautiful design. It is sur-rounded with concrete pavement and curbing, and the basin is also of con-crete. Triangular plots of grass, en-closed with concrete coping, give a charming effect to it, and three elec-tric lights make it a veritable " t h i ng of beauty." Two of t h e lamp posts containing the electric lights have spigots from which the water is drawn and in front of the fountain is a trough for beasts. Hidden within the concrete pavement that surrounds the fountain is a receptacle for ice—a place where a huge lump of ice is placed 011 top of the water pipes, (which are laid in coils), thus giving all who pass that way a drink of ice water. The foun-tain was built by J. W. Fisk, of New York, and Oster Bros., of Lancaster, had the contract for the concrete work. Excursion R a t e s to Atlanta. On account of the Atlanta Exposi-tion, the B. & O. R. R. Co. will sell excursion tickets at greatly reduced rates. Season tickets will be sold every day until December 15th, good returning until January 7th, 1896. Twenty-day tickets will be sold every day until December 15th, good return-ing for twenty days from date of sale. Ten-day tickets will be sold Tuesday and Thursday each week until Decem-ber 24th, good returning for ten days from date of sale. The rates from Philadelphia will be $33.25 for season, »25.25 for twenty-day, and 120.00 for ten-day tickets. Correspondingly low rates from other points on the line. butter which a cow or herd produces s not the same as the amount of butter-fat, being usually larger. In the first place, even with the most careful work in the dairy, thereris some loss of fat in the skim milk and1 butter-milk. Oa the other hand, butter con-tains several per cent, of water, salt and other materials besides iat. Ijhe combined results of these two factjbrs is that the butter usually " overruns," as the creameryman expresses/it, the results of the fat test. Obviously, the amount of this overrun will ^depend upon the completeness of the skimming and churning on the one hand, and of the amount oi material other than fat incorporated into the butter, on the other hand. Quite a diyersity of prac-tice has obtained as to what should be regarded as the butter equivalent of one pound of butter-fat, with tl.e re-sults that tests wade by different par-ties have not been comparable and, what is worse, that it was vt-ry¡diificult to know whether two tests were com-parable or not. Plainly, if one man adds one-fifth to the amount of butter-fat found while another adds one-eighth, the test by the first man would show a cow or herd to be materially better than would an exactly similar test by the second man. This subject came up for discussion at the Ninth Annual Convention of the Association of American Agricul-tural Colleges and Experiment Sta-tions held in Denver, July 1 6 - 1 9 , and the following resolution was adopted which, at the request of the Chairman ol the Executive Committee, is hereby communicated to the press of the State: Resolved :—That this Association recommends to the several stations that the results oi tests of dairy cows or herds be expressed in terms of but-ter f a t ; and that when desirable to ex-press these records in terms of approxi-mate equivalent in butter, such equiva-lent be computed by multiplying the amount of butter-fat by one and one-sixth. The reasons for adopting this factor was stated as follows by the commit-tee having the matter in charge : " The ninety day Columbian Dairy Test is the most elaborate and careiul-ly conducted on record. In this test, 96.97 per cent, of the fat in the whole milk was saved in the butter. This butter on the average contained 82.37 per cent, of butter f a t ; in other words, 117.3 pounds of butter was made from each 100 pounds of butter fat in the whole milk. The exact conversion factor would therefore be 1.173. As this is an awkward number to use, and as one and one-sixth is so nearly the same (the difference in computing the record of a 14 pound cow for a week by these two factors being only .07 of a pound of butter) it has seemed best to recommend that the latter be used as the conversion factor." I n t e r e s t i n g Notes and Events About Persons, P l a c e s a n d Things. LIKE THE fishing subject, the sub-ject of education is always a fruitful one for discussion and productive of much thought and study. I have been thinking a great deal of the waste of time, that no doubt everyone of us can vouch for, which occurs during one's school days, time that should be spent to good advantage, but which is allowed to go for naught, sometimes the fault of the teacher, but oftener the fault of the scholar. During the schooling period one is not apt to rea-lize or put to use the splendid advice we find in quotations, one of which comes to mind so forcibly just at pres-ent. "Count that day lost whose low descending sun Sees at thy hand no worthy action done." But the schools of to day are all so well conducted and so well principled that as a rule there is more accom-plished in the same time than was the case some years ago. One year in particular I shall never forget, and I am safe in saying that those who at-tended school that year will always have cause to remember the term. * * * THERE were only three divisions then, primary, secondary and gram-mar. It will not be necessary to men-tion the names of the teachers who presided over the schools the year I refer to, although there could possibly be no harm, as they were non-resi-dents—- I refer to the* secondary and grammar divisions—but there might be offei:se taken should I do so, al-though it is unlikely that this will reach the eyes of the teachers referred to. In fact, had the directors not been so derelict in their duties in those days, it is not at all likely that there would have been such laxity in the schools that year. But for downright loss of time and entire neglect of studies I am positive the public schools of Lititz never before nor since wit-nessed its equal. How much the other scholars learned that term is only con-jecture, but I didn't learn the one-tenth part of the definition of a simple frac-tion. What puzzles me is that none of the directors nor the patents ever " tumbled " to the way things were go-ing. But we had lots of fun and sport. Well, perhaps we didn't! It is only after the lapse of years that one regrets the loss of time that might have been employed most profitably. If you ate thinking of buying a Bicycle this spring, DON' T buy unlit, you have seen my line of Wheels. Can please you in style, quality and ptice. Catalogues Free. THE LIBERTY at $100 00 THE CREDENDA at $75 00 THE LIBERTY at 75 OO THE ORESCENT Lineg THE SPALDING at 100 00 from $40 to $75 « - B E S T WHEELS ON EARTH. WE PAY YOUR CAR FARE.-®» m 60 NORTH QUEEN STREET, —It is now claimed that smoke, never issues from volcanoes, nor are there flames from the same source The red light seen above the volcano is the glow of molten lava reflected on the under side of the clouds of dust. The clouds of dust are never mixed with smoke. There are, it is true, bursts of steam sometimes, but rocks do not burn as coal or wood and give off the finely divided carbon which we know as smoke. WHAT we didn't do is easier to tell than what we did, That can be sum-med up in a yery few words—we didn't learn a thing, but did about every thing else. One of our chief amusements was a " fox chase " almost every day, this during school hours too, It happened that Harvey Geitner was somewhat of a " pet " with the teacher, and could do pretty much as he pleased After school assembled it was his habit to walk out the front door and let it stand ajar. In the twinkling of an eye we all followed the " leader " on all fours until we reached the safety point —on the front porch. It didn't take us long to form our plans for the chase and off we went, down the street and invariably, through Billy Bollinger's side yard, to his barn and from there out into the country, always returning shortly before the time tor school to be dismissed. Did the teacher notice our absence ? Well, hardly. It was her habit to take up one of Dickens: works and read aloud, but as we boys weren't interested in Dickens just at that time, we took to the " chase about as complacently as a duck takes to water. ANOTHER popular amusement, al-though a most dangerous one, was firing off small cannon and swivels, which we made ourselves by taking a limb of a tree, say about four or five inches in diameter, and boring a hole two-thirds through the centre. This we filled up with powder, putting a bung in the end and touching it off. I t made a great racket, but that's what we wanted. This shooting got to be such a fad that we would even take an ordinary spool, plug one end up and fill it with powder, which was touched off in the vestibule. The shoot-ing part of the program came to a very abrupt ending one day. Lawrence Grosh was about to put a match to a spool when one of the directors uncere-moniously walked in and took Law-rence by the ear. That ended the shoot-ing but it didn't put a stop to, our other pranks. BICYCLE Ts l c I k s : JEWELER. LANCASTER, PA. ents is indeed a mystery. But a great-er mystery is that the directors did not take the matter in hand and mete out well deserved punishment to us all. That was a great year for sport, no doubt, and those who took part in it have reasons never to forget it, but as for advancement it was a year with a good sized blank to it. * » * A CHANGE of teachers the next year brought about a big change in the schools and marked an era of progress that has gone steadily forward. Of course after such a wild career we had to be tamed down somewhat, and the only amusement we indulged in was breaking window panes in the attic of the school, but on discovering that we had to pay for them, our sport soon ceased. » • * PRIOR to the episode referred to above, perhaps half a dozen years be-fore, a most amusing event occurred. I t happened in the secondary school, and while our teacher wasn't any too kind to us, we might have overlooked this little matter of unkindness, had she shown more consideration for our welfare and the contents of our pock-ets, Now, you know, a boy's pocket, especially when going to school, is his workshop and play house, or more cor-rectly speaking his storeroom, and what it don't contain that will amuse him during his spare moments would be hard to think of. But our teacher didn't take very kindly to the contents, especially if a marble happened to drop out during school hours and roll over the floor. » » * THIS IS just what did happen one day, and it excited her wrath. The edict went forth thet every boy would be searched that afternoon and every-thing confiscated found in his pockets. Boys have great miuds at times but woefully lacking in application, as we found out. Not relishing the idea of having to give up our precious treas-ures that we saw fit to carry in our pockets, we hid upon what we thought a great scheme. It was, but—well, every boy pledged himself to empty his pockets of their treasures and fill them with stones. The bigger the stones the better we thought the joke would be. When the bell rang we all march-ed in with our pockets bulging out, and only one boy relented and quickly threw his stones out the window. That gave us away prematurely, and while I won't mention his name because he's bigger than I am, he now lives not far from Broad and Orange streets. We didn't think any too well of his goiDg back on us at the last moment, but he had the laugh on us the rest of the day. Oyer the State. Reading's smallest man, Jeremiah Ludwig, 39 inches tall, died of old age. York county's fair, this week prom-ises to be more successful than for many years. While assisting at an Allentown funeral on Saturday, Mildrum Conner dropped dead. Poitsville is again without funds, and a loan of $10,000, the limit allow-ed by law, will be created. Over 100 Poles, Huus and Italians were naturalized on Saturday in the Schuylkill County Courts. Owing to the heavy death rate at Scranton, the Health Board urges all the people to boil all the water they drink. Rev. H. C. Astwood, colored, of Harrisburg, will sue the school board for turning his children out of a white school. Ill health caused Frank Anthony employed in the office of the Carpen-ter Steel Works, Reading, to commit suicide with poison. A bursting fly-wheel m the Home-stead electric light plant killed Engi-neer John Bowman. Charged with passing counterfeit silver dollars at Punxsutawney, Jack Wright was jailed. In putting paper in a stove at Leb-anon, the little daughter of Charles Field was fatally burned. Picking a dynamite cartridge with a key and exploding it, Joseph Beam-tis, of Pittston, was critically mangled. Elwood Gray, accused of stealing a horse from Mrs. R. A. Gould, in Chester county, was captured near Oxford. OwiDg to the frequent suspensions of work at the colliery, O-car Stein, a miner, near Pottsyille, committed sui-cide with poison. Damages for $1850.50 were recov-ered at Pottsville by C. B. Wagner from the Lehigh & Wilkesba rre Coal Company for culm washed upon his land. Another ineffectual attempt was made at York to sell the Tidewater Canal and Columbia Dam to satisfy claims of $1,000,000. A bid of $30,- 000 was made. The Ebervale Mines were entered for the first time since being flooded eight years ago. G. Frank Anthony, assistant gen-eral manager of the Carpenter Steel Works at Reading, committed suicide with prusic acid. Savario Spinello was arrested at Norristown for the murder of Charles Roller, near Hammcmton, New Jersey, on October 4. While sinking an artesian well two •new coal veins were struck at Park View, near Hazleton, THAT a very serious accident did not happen from this careless shooting can be attributed more to good luck than good management. It makes me shudder now when I think what might have resulted from some permature explosion. That all this took place in front of and inside the school without raising a great outcry among the par- WELL, the first t h i n g on t h e p r o - gramme was the search for the hidden treasures. I think I was the first to be searched. At any rate I know I had several pretty large stones hid away, but little dreamt what was in store. After the stones had all been taken out the teacher put on her thinking cap, that's what we thought she did at any rate. Procuring some twine, she selected the largest stone from each boy's pocket and tied it around his neck. We looked like so many cows going around the streets, with a bell on in search of pasture. As if this wasn't enough to add to our discom fort, the directors suddenly took in in-to their heads to pay the school a visit that afternoon. They looked at us as if they thought we were part oi some neglected stone quarry, or were trying to discover the mysteries of the stone age. At any rate we had the satisfac-tion of knowing that the teacher's scheme didn't work as well as she thought it would, as the directors,after hearing our explanation of the occur-rence, seemed to side with us. They suddenly remembered their sthool days, and thought it wasn't altogether right for the teacher to confiscate the contents of our pockets. Bat then a woman never can understand a boy. I always will believe she was instrument-al in bringing about that director's visit on that particular afternoon. It was a most remarkable coincidence at any rate. * # * BUT DON'T mention stones to any of the boys should you happen to know them. PHIL. Literary Notes. The editor of the Review of Reviews finds several incidents in this fall's political situation on which to com-ment with effect in " The Progress of the World " f o r October ; the part played by the liquor question in the New York campaign is very clearly described. The present difficulties of the U. S. Treasury and the bearings thereof on national politics are discuss-ed. The opening oi the Atlanta Expo-sition and the recent patriotic gather-ings at Louisville and Chicamanga,the international yacht racing fiasco, the* building of American battle-ships and Lord Wolsely's appointment as Com-mander- in-Chief of the British Army, are among the topics included in the month's survey. The Madagascar cam-paign, the massacre of missionaries in China, the American question and pro-gress ia South Africa under Cecil Rhodes (whose portrait serves as the frontispiece of this number of the Review) are matters of international interest which also pass under editorial review. —Five train loads of Oregon f r u i t, shipped to be sold as such, have been sent East in the last few weeks. The fruit was mostly pears and prunes. Oregon growers are putting forth great efforts this year to make the fruits of that State known in the East. They say that hitherto almost all Oregon fruit has been sold as Califorian. They also claim that the Oregon fruit has more than held its own in direct com-petition with fruit from California. Oregon farmers propose to go into the fruit business extensively. |
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