The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1872-11-20

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A somewhat amusing incident is
told of a woman whose husband, a
wealthy man, died suddenly without
leaving any will. The widow, desir-
ous of securing the whole Of the prop
erty, concealed her husbands death,
and persuaded poor shoemaker to
take his place, when will could be
made. Accordingly he was closely
muiiled in bed, as if very sick, and a
lawyer called in to write the will. The
shoemaker in feeble voice, bcqueath.
ed half Of all the property to the wild.
ow. "What shall be dyne with the
remaider?' asked the lawyer. "The
remainder" he replied, Il give and
bequeath to the poor little shoemaker
across the way, who has always been
a good neighbor and deserving man.
Thus securing rich bequest for him
self. The widow was thunderstruck
with the MANS audacious cunning, but
did not dare to expose the fraud, and
two rogues shared the estate.
The John O'Groat Journal says:-
A clergyman resident in this country.
while OH his pastoral rounds u few
days ago, met a tinker lad playing on
the bagp;pes. He listened with atten-
tion to the yarions airs played, and
expressed his admiration of the excel
lent manner in which the music had
been performed but being apprehen-
sive that the performers musical tai.
ent had been cultivated at the expense
Of knowledge Of more momentuus
character, he asked him if he knew
"What is mans chief end?" The
musician, after q pause, replied, 81
dinna ken, I'm sure; but if yell
whistle I I'll play 't.'
Quad Lewis, a Detroit journalist,
has a romantic history. By being
blown up on steamboat he was en-,
abled to "realize' handsomely on a
damage suit. With his hard earned
capital he then entered country
printing Office, where he afterward
wrote an account of "IIow it Feels to
be Blown Up"-his first effort in liter.
ture. The sketch had great run in
the newspapers, and Quad, astonished,
kept on writing. He is now one of
the sparkling writers Of the Detroit
tree Press, and concocts rumanccs of
seventy five chapters for the literary
wceklles ut an enormous salary.
A very singular property of ice is
shown by placing a wire across mass
Of that substance, aud weighing it so
that it will cut its way through rapid
ly. The ice will reunite behind the
wire and can be as easily cat at any
other points as where the wire went
through. a Scotch experimentcr has
also found that mass Of ice placed
on wire gauze aud subjected to slight
pressure, will pass through the gauze
and yeappear on the other side in
solid mass Of the same shape and near,
ly the same weigh; as before.
lyon have been here along time, |
suppose" said pompous English
traveller to an old hunter in Oregon,
who had been acting us lis guide.
"Iou bet | have" said the hunter;
ana then pointing to Mount Hood, he
continued; you see that mountain
there? Well, sir when first came to
this couatry that mountain WAS n hole
in the ground. -
| came for the saw, sir. What sau-
GER? Why, the saw, sir, you borrow
ed. borrowed no saucer. Sure you
did, SIR you borrowed saw, sir |
never saw your saucer, Bat you did;
there's the saw now, sir. Oh, you
want the saw; why didn't you say 50 ?
A young man hunting turkeys at
kalamazpo, Mich, thought he saw one
in the grass, but Il corone,'s jury de-
cided that it was the head Of the far
mer who owned the premises, and was
taking a nap
Is there any danger of the boa con-
strictor biting? asked visitor of "A 200
logical Snowman. Not the least replied
the Snowman; he never bites he
swallows his wittles whole.
The girls at Saratoga object to be.
ing pressed to manly vests which wear
hard Jumps in the shape Of gold
watches.
An editors pocket was picked at
Litchield, Illinois, and he tried to
make the public believe he lost 81.
"Fan him with your boots" is said
by those familiar with the subject to
be the latest thing in slang
An old lady, writing to her son out
West, warns him TO beware of bilious
saloons and bowel alleys.
A lady entered drug store and F.
asked for bottle Of james Expert /.
euce."
"Do you enjoy good health, Zacha- .
ry 2 why, yes, to be sure who
doesn't p
Why are bncksmills always wicked