The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1873-01-29
CLIPS.


occurred recently on the Cryuga Lake
Railroad. Engineer Hicks Hilliker
was hauling a load of iron from Ithaca
to near Ludlowville. When near Nc.
Kinney's, where it will be remembered,
perpendicular rocks begin to rise
from the water, fine fox leaped upon
the track some distance ahead of the
locomotive, and started NortIiwRrd.
A few leads took him beyond the
point where it was possible for him to
leave the track and escape, except by
climbing the high walls of rocks or
tumbling into the lake. The engineer
seeing the situation pulled out the
throttle and gave chase. The locomo-
tive took advantage of the smooth
rails, and soon made considerable ad.
vance on the fox. An occasional
screech from the whistle weuld renew
the courage of the fox, and cause him
to gather himself up quicker after a
tumble. Now he would jump off and
make few leaps on the road-b bed,
thereby putting more distance between
himself and his ferocious persuer, then
he would spring between the bars again
and lose ground. The locomotive con
tinued to gain on him. Finally, be-
coming disgusted with the rough way
between the rails the fugitive sprang on
one of the rails and made off at
wonderful speed, never tottering or
missing step for over ten rods. AT
this movement the engineer who had
been wrought up to high state ofex
element, opened his throttle wider,
determined to overhaul that fox or
tear every tire off from his drivers.
Soon the fleet animal left the rail
again, and went stumbling over the
ties for some distance when he jumped
clear of the road OH the lake side. At
this the engineer let go a succession of
outrageous screams from the whistle,
which frightened the painting fox cut
of his wits, for he jumped back on the
track just in time to be struck by the
cowcatcher and crushed beneath the
merciless wheels.
A jamestown lover thought he saw
his sweetheart talking,over the gate to
a rival the other night. Lover gath
cred boulder and hurled it with
true aim at rival. Rivals head
proved to be nicely-turned globe on
the gate-post. Boulder caromed on
the head Of sweetness. Father gave
lover dose of shot. Fido bit him.
The splinters were picked out of
sweetness head, but che declares she
will never marry u man who is Jealous
n gate-post.
Fretting is both useless and unneces-
sary, it does Eo good and great deal
of harm ; yet it is almost universal
sin. More or less we are all given to it.
We fret over almost everything. In
summer because it is too hot, and in
winter because it is too cold we fret
when it rains because it is wet, and
when it doesen't rain because il is too
dry; when we are sick, or when any.
body else is sick.
In Buffalo, Scott county, at a New
Year party where they had been
"takin' suthin'," man asserted that he
could whip anybody in the room.
When he found himself lying on his
back and saw his antagonist cSmpla-
Gently chewing the end of the nose he
had colored with so much care and
expense, he began to suspect that he
had slightly overrated his powers.
A Rochester women has been three
times married. Her first husband was
Robb, the second Robbins, and the
third Robinson. The same door plate
has served for the whole three, and
the question now is, what extended
name can be procured to fill out the
remaining space on it.
An enterprising tradesman in Paris
in order to circulate his advertise
ment, has been pasting them upon the
backs of the currency of the realm.
This is novel way to make advertis-
ing pay.
Look not upon the newspaper when
it is read, unless you have paid for it
for if you do you may be bitten by q
serpent and stung by the adder who
foots up your subscription account.
An astute Irishman reading the hor-
rifying particulars of the intcrment of
of a living person, exclaimed: at
makes man afraid to die at all for
fear he should be buried alive!"
The Fairbanks scale manufacturers,
borrowed five dollars to make their
first scale, and are now worth $3,000,.
600. Go and borrow FIVE dollars,
young man.
The keeper of New York grog.
gerry advertises, in conspicuous charac-
tiers "The biggest hot whiskey in
the city for 10 cents"
A South Main street lady forgot to
To wear her ar.rinrs to the entertain.