The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1871-04-11

meet cat upon B"iuOh ""i'j '
a cat doth greet a cat, o, need they
both to squall? Every Tommy has his
Tabby waiting on the wall; and yet
he welcomes her approach with yawh
And if a kitten wish to court upon the
garden wall, why don't he sit and
sweetly smile, and not stand up and
bawl. lift his precious back up Highland
and show his teeth and moan, az Il
twere collie more than love that made
that fellow groan
The Warsaw NeU York tells a 1T
tie store at its own expense. Recently
it advertised for copy ofits own Issue
for July Z, to complete file. and an
appreciative lady subscriber, who care
f1lly preserves her papers, reminded
the publisher that he had patriotic
or law spasm that week, and skipped
one issue because of the Fourth ofJuiy,
n circumstance which had entirely
escaped his memory.
Some doctors leave no stone untur-
cd to cure patient. One IN AoNa
gave woman fourteen kinds Of med
icine to cure the chills. She has been
cold ever since, but she hasn't shook
shake only when the hearse run over
stump on the way to the grave
The doctor has moved away from
there.
Joseph Holland, of Claremont, n.
H., relates that hs and 40 of his as
sociates signed the pledge of total
abstinance forty years ayo; that he
was the only one of the whole number
who kept it, and that he is to day the
only one alive. This is very practi-
cal argument in favor Of temperance.
Quilp and his wife had bit of con
tention the other day 81 own that
you have moro brilllancy than said
the woman, "but have the better
Judgment" "Yes," said Quilp, "your
choice in marriage shows that
Quilp was informed that he was a
brute.
In Albany, the other night, wo-
man met her once husband at we'd
ding party. They had been divoreed
for Ten wears, and had not met before
in all that time. A short chat at sup
per and a little Irritation afterwards
settled matters, and they were re-
married the next day.
"You must have lived here long
time," said a travelling Englishman to
an old Oregon pioneer, "Yes, sir,
have. Do you see that mountainF
> Well. when / came here that mountain
was a hole in the ground" The
Englishman opened his half shut eyes
As old Van Shroomps was giving
, his youngest, who was inclined to be
f lazy, a good cowhiding, the boy cried
out ooh, don't fadder, it makes me
smartp Oats shoost vat | wants"
, said the old man, as he whacked away
with renewed vigor.
, "shall help you to alightR" said
, young gentleman, addressing a boun-
cling country girl, who was preparing
= to lump from carriage in front
of his office. Thank you, sir,"
! sweetly replied the girl, "but don't
J smoke"
l An exchange says Ellen Gray, n
pretty servant, living in Ottawa, H.,
g committed suicide the other day, be-
cuse she loved Henry Rigden, and
Henry wouldn't love her back. What
was the matter with her back2
At recent charity lecture across
the border the admission tickets had
, a text from scripture printed thereon,
''He that giveth to the poor lendeth to
the Lord. Fifty cents. Admit
one"
A saw mill owner of Vigo county,
Indiana, celebrated his wooden we'd
r ding recently. His workmen presented
him with 10000 feet of lumber and Il
, neighbor contributed 1S large poplar
logs.
A rich man named Budd lately died
, in London, Leaving 100000 to his
sons on condition that they shall never
wear moustaches. So either,the hairs
or the heirs are nipped in the Budd.
f Trousers are worn a little wider at
= the knee, a trihe straighter to tho
leg, with medium spring over the
boot. Sits at the bottoms are vulgar
and in bad taste.
Charles XIV. King Of Sweden and
Norway, grandson of Gen. Bendotte,
| is so dangerously ill that the announce
ment of his death my be looked for
any day.
r A large number of lovers quarrels
have been reported in Terre Haute.
because the ungallant swains refused
. to invest a two months salary in two
Nilsson concert tickets.
Let woman once think you uncon-
: querable, and unless she is unlike all
other women, she will still try to con-
quer you.
!, st. Louis about to become the bury
ing ground of a funny paper. 1t will
soon be Issued, and its name will be
n Puck.
An Indiana girl finding a man in
her room, at hotel, picked him up
4 aud threw him out of the window.