The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1873-07-16

of drawing the baby cut for an airinl
upon noble mastiR. He made nicl
harness out of the clothes-line and hac
just got it nicely adjusted, to the evi
dent delight ef the cooiDgs occupant O.
the carriage, when the noble mastiff'.
favorite playmate of the other sex frol
icked past. Utterly oblivious of the
new duty enjoined upon him, the dog
sprang after his companion, and the
two started for run at reckless pace.
A howl from the startled hopeful
brought both parents to the scene, and
then ensued chase for dogs and baby
which beggars description. Up one
street and down another, through blind
alleys, across crowded streets, aud all
that time that baby gathered lungs as
the crowd in pursuit gathered mem.
bers. AT length friendly stump pre-
cipitated the precious infant, all in its
lovely white embroidered clothes.
plump into a choice mud-puddle. from
which he was fshed, dirty, but unhurt.
But the boy genius Well, he stands
around or leans on chairs, occasionally
lying down on his side.
A merchants daughter at Columbus.
Ohio, kicked off a young mans hat the
other day because he sat down in her
parlor with that article of wearing
gear upon his head. She used her foot
instead of her hand, because she hap.
pened to be carrying an armful of
books, and was too indignant to post.
pone punishment.
An old lady of Norfolk, Va, is the
proprietor of a venerable mule that
has been an inveterate chewer of to-
bacco for many years. Whenever he
becomes obstinate, as mules occasion
ally do, it is only necessary to give
him chew, when he becomes perfectly
kind and gentle.
There was less than ordinary salts
faction mingled with the feelings of
five Yale Students who were arrested
and locked up for the night for sere.
nading young ladies boardiug-sehool
last week, when they found that all the
occupants had gone home the day be-
fore they tuned up their Tyres.
A Wall street broker, on being
elected trustee in one of the New York
City churches, accepted the position
with the assurance that he was not ex-
pected to stand up in meeting and
pray, but that the principal duty
would be to make up deficiencies in
the running expenses of the church.
Some sportive draymen employed in
grain store at Portland, Oregon,
dropped bag of wheat down hatch.
way upon the head of fellow dray-
man, named Blake, the other day, Just
for joke. 1t was no joke for Blake,
however, as it broke his neck.
A Wisconsin Congressman is per-
picked about his back pay. He is
afraid if he takes it he will be called a
thief, and if he refuses he will be called
a fool. AS he is still undecided, his
friends have agreed to end his trouble
by calling him both.
A boarding house fend tells the
story that in a recent thunderstorm
the warning of the elements was so
awe-inspiring that the hair in a dish
OF butter in the pantry turned CON-
pietely white during the night.
The St. Louis Democrat says it is
notable fact that the first victim of
cholera in Indianapolis was bar.ten.
der who wore diamond pin and had
taken other precautions against the
plague.
A Memphis lawyer fell down while
speaking the other day. 1t will rem
der the case clearer to say that an ink.
stand, thrown by the opposing counsel
hit him just before he fell.
A Toledo girl broke off an engage.
ment because her lover wore cheap pa.
per collars, and yet at the same time,
(the story may not be true) she was
wearing garters torn from an old pill
low slip.
., at a recent |oman's meeting in
San Francisco public hall, the lady in
the chair requested the audience not to
make quite so much noise in their
applause, "as it would scare the horses
in the stable below"
The Australians never sue for a
divorce. When husband gets dis
eouraged, he takes his wife to the
brow OF a cliff to view the gorgeous
sunset, and over she goes,
The difference between a country
and a city greenhorn is that one
would like to know everything and the
other thinks he can tell him.
Potatoes are two cents a bushel, in
Douglass county, Mimi, and the edito.
rial iraternity have been compelled to
let out their vests in the back.