The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1873-03-26
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far from that city recently, a gentle
man placed his hat in the aisle baoide
his seat, and was greatly surprised
upon seeing it take q start and follow
q lady down the aisle, being caught IN
her dress. lie immediately got down
on all fours and went for tie hat, but
every time he put his hand out to-
get 1T the lady took step forward
and it was just kept out Of his reach.
and he did not get it till he had gone
the full length of the aisle; by this
time the audience were III filter.
and he took his stove pipe aud Wcat
out in hurry.
Many very important questions are
get at rest forever by the learned tli-
bunals Oc the country. The Circuit
Court of the District of Columbia de-
cided tho other day that q white man
docs not become IN Indian by marry
Ing n squaw. We are glad that point
is settled, for any ono who ia SO iu-
clined may now WOO his dusky mate
without fear that if he marries her he
will become transformed into a blood
thirsty savage with coppcry skin,
coarse black hair, and 9 pcnchant, for
red ochre and lamp-black for the de-
coration of his person.
A Lafayette lover seated himself or
o barrel turned on its side. while Sc
rono6inor Ifv bOactss ,,,..t,o-. T., IL.
ectasy he rolled the barrel over.
slammed his guitar against shutter
IN his efforts to regain his balance,
and disappeared in the cistcrn Tho
bubbling cry Of the strong swimmer
in his agony brought out tho entiro
family, including the bulldog, In
various brief and picturesque cos
tunes, ranging all the way from a
robe dc mutt and curl papers, worn BY
the innocent cause Of it all, TO simple
yet serviccable collar, ornamcnted
with spikes, worn by the bulldog.
He was fshcd out of the cistorn, and
then the bulldog went for him, and
moro demoralized lover never took
refuge in the first ".shebaug he en-
countered. lie doesn't go for the girl
quite SO heavily as he did, but he has
smashed his guitar to pieces.
One of the Danbury police hcaring
what he supposed to be row in q
tenement house, rushed TO the rescue.
The first man he met was doctor,
who pleasantly remarked that it was
q boy" 1t is no more than right TO
say that the officer of the law was the
first man out of the yard.--Danbmy
NeWs.
1t is fun for boys to sprinkle tho
sidewalks, but there is Il young man
on st. Clair street who will stand up
when he eats, hereafter. unless he
gives up the funny habit he ha5 con-
tracted of turning the hose on passers
while he is washing down the walk.
The magnitude of the boot and shoe
trade OF this city will be impressed on
his mind forever one of these days.
Cleveland Leader
A newsbOy having been garroted
and robbed in Jacksonville, H., the
Chicago Times says that highwaymcn
will be attacking reporters soon, as
those gentlemen stand next below
in the scale Of journalistic
opulence,
The Buffalo Express, under tho
head of " Tootsicums," expresses ears
that " the unhappy women Of Louis
vile and st. Louis will bccome
known throughout the world rs pos
sessing the largest feet of any puunlo
OF whom we have record"
A new temperance organ ia adver-
tisel; it is called "iirst-glass paper"
Surely there must be mistake somo-
where ?
The Chatnnooga H0aiR got so
many typographical errors into ono
article that it had to reproduce tho
whole thing for fear all lis readers
would turn Iunatics.
An editor once wroie: I'VE have
received basket OF Strawberries
from Mr.. Smith, for which he viii
receive our compliments, some OF
which are four inches in circumlcr-
ence.'
A rural exchange gets oil the FOL-
lowing: "An hcircss is stopping at Il
neighbOring village whose washing
costs eight dollars u week Our ao-
quaintauces with hcircss.s is very
slight, and we had no ide, they wcro
so dirty"
An old genticman was Discovered
the other day by curious Peoria re-
porter, fishing for his wig, which had
dropped down a ci,tcru. lie asked
the reporter not ro.ay anything ob'Ut
il, and ito didn't