The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1873-06-11


in Tionesta Is the Declaration Of
Independence dead letter, or is cur
civilization ah,ilure2 Do'the heather
chinoes no more manipulate fire crack
efs or Roman candless Is he7manu.
fsctqFe Of guRpavAeF prohibited, or
is the Roberts torpedo still injuncted3
Fl not, Why 10 the name Of the Ameri-
can Flag, Why in The name Of the bur-
densd tax. payer, why in tile name Of
local option, is this thusi Are there
none'so patriotic among US az to read
the Declaration Of independence, Or
to reproduce that grand old 4th of July
Grafton which covers all the ground
from the Landing Of the Pilgrim Fa-
theirs to the Millennium Rouse ye!
Rouse yei and let us have an old
fashioned Fourth-one which will be
remembered by the little ones with
enthusiasm when they become the pa.
triarchs of the land.
Davenport, the Elocutionist and
Facial" Artist, gaze two entertain
mentS in I.awrence's hall, on Friday
and Saturday evenings Of last week.
On the frst evening we had the pleas
ure of listening to and seeing the per,
formance, and cannot do otherwise
than extol Mr.. Davenport for the
faithful deliheation Of the several
characters he assumed. His elccution
was good, his ventriloquism excellent,
and his facial changes little less than
wonderful. At any time when be
Shall choose to give another entertain
ment he will undoubtedly be greeted
by full house. The same mistake,
how ever, was made by some individu'
ais as has been made at every public
entertainment we have ever attended
in Tionesta, to.wit: nisunderstand-
ing as to whether the exhibition advcr-
tised should entertain the audience,
or whether two or three self-appointed
"cute" ones amoug the audience should
dc it. Mr.. Davenport intimated his
disgust of the proceedings in pretty
plain terms, which had the effect Of
making the rowdies lower their voices
so much that they only annoyed those
Immediately around them. A liberal
bounty should be offered for the scalps
of such disturbers Of the peace, and
thy might stand a chance of being ex-
terminated, and the public be rid of q
dotestable nuisance.
in almost every, paper we pick
up We read something about the cham
pion old lady, who lived below Pitts.
burgh somewhere, who died aged nine
ty-feur, or thereabouts. Now when
you talk about the oldest people, we've
got them. They live about one mile
this side of Tylersburgh, and their
name is Allio. The man is enc hun
dred and eight years old, and the wo'
man one hundred and six. They are
French people, live alone and the old
lady does all the housework: Sc
don't stop in the nipeties if you are
going to produce champion old people
Any one can be satisfied of the truth
of our statement by inquiring of any
Of the citizens ofTyleraburgh.
Yesterday Mr.. d. W. Clark start
ed out into the old part of the county
trout. fishing, plotting A. A. Van Du'
sen, Esq, and John Robinson. County
Clerk, of Mayville, and Mr.. Ed. Bootey
of jamestown, N. Y. Ex-Governor
.Fentou, also, was to have been of the
party, but failed to put in an appear
ance at the appointed time. Aaothel
party, consisting of Mr.. Davenport
the Elocutionist, Wm. Lawrence, Davy
Hilsnds and ]. Z. Wenk, are to star
to-day. 1t is our wish that they may
get good many trout, but we dom
want lbem to get them all, because W,
are going out next week.
Barney Long, a chunk of a boy
gctsa number of Oil City Derrick
every morning by the first train, anG
sells them all out before he rests
This is the earliest news we can ge
here now, and we hope our citizens
will patronize Barney every tim'