The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1871-08-01

A Colorado saloon keeper said Of q
rough crowd: 81 couldn't get their
whiskey strong enough for them, so af-
ter trying every way, at last made a
mixture of poison oak and butternut.
That fetched them. l called it the
sheep herder's delight, and it was O
popular drink. The first Pike tried
it on yelled with delight; the next one
took two drinks and turned double
somerset in the road before the house.
A peddler came along, and after he
took several drinks of my sheep her
der's delight, he went off and stole his
own pack, and hid it in the woods"
A schoolmaster in Binghamton, n.
Y, has been fined ZOO for circulat-
ing a copy of verses found upon the
floor of his sshool-room, in which the
character of young lady in the neigh
borhood was maligned. The action
was brought under the new law, max
ing il an ofense to impute want Of
chastity to woman; and it is said
that some of the jury were in favor Of
placing the damages at $4,000. The
writer of the verses is now to be pro-
ceeded against. -.,t
The Lynchburg, Va, Republican
says: "Lynchburg boast of sun dial
which was made in London in the year
of 1923, and which, consequently, is
now 443 years old, and which, when
Columbus crossed the ocean blue and
planted his standard on American soil,
enjoyed the ripe old age of sixty-four
years. The age of this venerable
noter of the suns course appears to be
unquestioned, and is doubtless the old
est specimen of mans handiwork
which this country can furnish"
A Woman has no natural grace
more bewitching than sweet laugh.
How much We owe to laugh 1t turns
the prose of our life into poetry; it
filings showers of sunshine over the
darksome wood in which we are trav-
elling; it touches with light even our
sleep, which is the image Of death, but
gemmed with dreams that are the
the shadows of mortality.
A gentleman from Philadelphia was
recently commending young friend
to the notice of Chicago merchant.
and closed his appeal by saying: He
comes Of very good family; both
his father and grandfather we're prom
inent men in the east" "Were theyi'
responded the merchant; "that is good,
but it is of no account with us here.
There is less daddyism in Chicago than
any other place in the United States"
A raw Jonathan who had beea at q
garden in the vicinity of New York,
in which were several marble statues,
exclaimed, "Just see what a waste.
Here's no less than six scarecrows in
this ten foot patch, aud any one of
'em would keep the crows from a five
acre lot" .-..
A Joyous damsel rushed into citi-
zen's arms at Savannah, exclaiming.
"Oh, you are long-lost brotherW She
soon discovered her mistake, and rush
cd off in confused manner, accom-
panied by her long lost brothers pock-
ct book.
pressed her gentle form to me, and
whispered in her ear, il, when l was
far away, she'd drop for me tear. l
paused for cheering words, my thro5-
bing heart to cool; and with her rosy
lips she said, "Oh, Ike, you're such aN
fool |"
Out West they tell story of dog
who was greatly inter ested in music. He
attended a singing school, and was
subsequently found in the back yard
with music book in front of him,
beating time with his tail on a tin-pail,
and bowling "Old Hundred"
Moving and threshing maching ac-
cidepts are doing we'll.