The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1873-09-17

taken from that elephantine sheet, the
Derrick, published at Oil City, by 9.
f. Bishop q Co:
"The Tionesta Re-sometliing-Re-
porter, Republican, Retreater or some
thing--says; For our part, we are in
favor of letting the Derrick and rail-
road fight it out by themselves Very
wise decision. This is n war of ele-
plants and rats had better keep out !;
they might get 'tromped oute. We
presume Colonel Phillips re very thank
ful the Tionesta chap does not decide
to help the Derrick"
Let us take this item by sections
and see how much sarcasm, the squint,
eyed, bald-headed target for naval Of,
6oors' whips has poked into it:
1st.-Atiecting ignorance of the name
of this paper, when the same issue has
nearly all of an article taken from our
issue of three weeks ago, in regayd to
the Assembly conference at Fryburgh.
Not only are our very words taken,
but our very italics, and the whole ar.
ticle put upon the public as a highly
original aud sareastically cutting arti-
Gle. Not only this, bat the Derrick has
taken items from nearly every paper
we have issued since its struggling
birth and it professes not to know our
name! Thin dcoidedly thin. Bishop,
you sneak thief, you should always en-
deavor to remember the names of
those from whom you steal your highly
original articles, else you may get your
self into trouble some day,
2d.-"Very wise decision. We
suggested that the Titusville and Pc
troleum Centre papers let the A. v.
r. r. fight Bishop alone. Aud To-!
the little whiGet canters off on its ear
and barks agrily at our heels,-he
don't want to be let alone; he wants
people outside to know that he is big
enough for other papers to take notice
of, and is afraid our advice will be
taken and he will sink into insignifi-
canoe. No, sir; if he's let alone he's
dead duck. That's why he don't
like our suggestion.
3d.-"This is war of elephants.
i. G. the A. V. X. X. is one elephant,
and Bishop, ye editor, ye blonde, ye
damphool, is another elephantl which
reminds us forcibly Of one of Esop's
Fables, in which the toad tried to
swell himself up to the size of an OK
and-busted. Now Bishop, you're no
elephant,-youre small puppy, and
if ycu try much harder, and swell up
much larger, reaching after the unat-
tainable, you'll bust, and that soon.
4th.-Bishop in his great farce,
where he appears as the elephant"
proposes to "tromp onto" someb ,dy.
Now Bishop, just go around and
"tromp onto" anybody who is mouse
enough to let you, but please don't
try 1t on Lieut. Gushing, Charley Tay.
lor, or us; or you will probably get
jerked out of that elephant skin of
yours, your back tanned, and be sent
back braying to the Derrick stabIes.
~
-Rev. j. Lusher, the new Metho-
dist minister at this place, preached
here on Sunday last, morning and
evening. Rev. Reeser, the former
minister has been placed on the super.
anuated list.
About one hundred of the survi-
vors of the SD Pa. Regt. met in Con-
neaptyille, on the 9th inst, and were
entertained in good style, and enjoyed
themselves profusely. The next re-
union will take place either at Erie,
jamestown, N. Y. >. or Buffalo, and the
SD and the 44th N. Y. will jubilate
together,
AT jerks Jewelry Establishment,
corner of Chestnut and Water Sts.,
Meadvills, Pa, can be found all styles
and prices of watches, jewelry, silver
ami plated ware, and everything else
in the line. Everything in the store
will be sold as cheap as can be pur.
chased in any other establishment in
Pennsylvania.
--"Picking Cherries down the lane"
and Happy Hours" are two new
songs by the renowned Millard, both