Through the great campaign : with Hastings and his spellbinders . W Adam. HO of the tourists will ever for-get Adam? Adam, thefaithful bearer of bundlesand custodian of grips. Adam,who was the envy of every col-ored man in every town where acaravanserie covered the heads ofthe part3^ Adam Quander, Pitts-burg, Pa., was his full name andaddrCvSs. He was the Generalsvalet, and at odd intervals the care-taker of overcoats. Honest, faithful, cheerful,Adam never got left. May he never get left inthe journey of life ! 100 ^E J[(idHigHT J^^SS J[[eeTiHg lOI The Midnight Mass HE most remarkabl
Through the great campaign : with Hastings and his spellbinders . W Adam. HO of the tourists will ever for-get Adam? Adam, thefaithful bearer of bundlesand custodian of grips. Adam,who was the envy of every col-ored man in every town where acaravanserie covered the heads ofthe part3^ Adam Quander, Pitts-burg, Pa., was his full name andaddrCvSs. He was the Generalsvalet, and at odd intervals the care-taker of overcoats. Honest, faithful, cheerful,Adam never got left. May he never get left inthe journey of life ! 100 ^E J[(idHigHT J^^SS J[[eeTiHg lOI The Midnight Mass HE most remarkable feature of thisremarkable campaign was the mid-night mass meeting at Coalport. Itwas unique in the history of poli-tics, State and national. Yet nota line about it ever got into printbecause of the lateness of the hourat which it w^as held, and the failureof the telegraph company promptly todeliver the only story of the event whichwas written and sent over the wires fromthe scene of the gathering. The meeting was held at 12,30 oclock on themorning of October 10, at the town of Coalport, onthe Bells Gap Railroad. From 400 to 500 people,men and women, were present. Ten speecheswere made in less than an hour. There is aromantic story behind it all that goes back adozen vears. Years ago, no matter how long, a young mancame to General Hastings at his home in Bellefonte 103 and told him how he had been discharged fromhis place as station agent for some slight infractionof rules. The future looked dark, for he had ayoung wife on his hands, and he was in all his S
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