The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1873-08-27

Ineul. Az HfSJ e8Cn conductor was
given q strip of tickets, and he was to
give one ticket to each passenger, who.
was then to tear it up. The conduc-
tors receipts were to correspond with
his ticket strips. But people hated
the company worse than the conduc-
tor, and would not tear up the tickets;
the conductor would use them over
again, and thus his income was kept
up. But now the remedy is reached.
Every ticket is numbered, the number
is printed on IL and at the end of each
month the company has grand lotte-
ry with three hundred prizes, ranging
from ten pounds to one shilling. Each
ticket has a chance in the drawing.
Nobody throws away his ticket now;
every passenger is too busy looking
after his own interests. Persons of
nobility travel incognito in the cars for
the sake of chance in the lottery and
the affairs Of the company are unpre,
cedentedly prosperous. The plan is
soon to be initiated in England.
Sunset Cox tells good story of his
first meeting with Mark Twain. Mark
called on Mr.. Cox at the capitol In
Washington and sent in his card as
Samuel l.. Clemens. Mr.. Cox, being
totally unacquainted with the name,
left his seat to see what the stranger
wanted of him, supposing, of course,
the card was a business one. Mr..
Clemens began by saying, 81 called
upon you on my wife's account" Mr..
Cox said "Ah," in an unenlightened
manner. "She knows YOU" pursued
the visitor. "She told me she had sat
on your knee" "On my knee ?" ex-
claimed Mr.. Cox. "Really, sir" he
said, "your language is Incompetent
sible." "Yes," resumed Mr.. Clemens,
"she used to sit on your knee; she
was little girl then, and l was not
there so I'm not jealous; don't take
the trouble to apologize" Here the
laugh came in, explanations followed,
and a pleasant acquaintance was form.
ed on both sides.
A suit took place the other day in
which printer named Kelvey was Il
witness. The case was an assault and
battery that came off between two
men named Brown and Henderson.
"Mr. Kelvey, did you witness the af-
fair referred to?" "Yes, SIR" "Well,
what have you to say about it2"
Thought it the best piece of punctua-
ton l have seen for sometime" "What
do you mean by that2" "Why, that
Brown dotted one of Henderson's eyes,
for which Henderson put period on
Browns breathing for about half
minute" The court comprehended
the matter at once, and fined the de-
fendant ten dollars.
A local politician in our neighbor-
ing county Of Crawford was discover
cd at one o'clock in the morning, dress
ed in home spun and plowman's shoes,
with hayseed in his hair and a pitch
fork in his hand making set speech
to an imaginary Farmers Grange. He
had the doors barricaded and the win
dow partially blinded. After an ora
torical effort of surprising eloquence
he stepped forward and began hand
shaking with the chairs, when heheard
voice from the outside congratulating
his horney-handed effort, and all at
once the light went out and silence
reigned supreme.
The two most important postoffices
in Kentucky are held by women. At
Louisville, Mrs. Porter, formerly of
Covington, and daughter of the late
Governor James L. Moorehead; at
Covington, Mrs. Sultana S. Farrell nee
Sebree. 1t may not be out of place to
explain why the Cevington postmis
tress was named Sultana. Her father
was a steamboat man and at the time Of
her birth was the commander of the
peerless Sultana, at that time the
queen of the western rivers. And so
it happened that the name Of the pride
of the waters was bestowed on the pet
of the household.
A man of Springfield, VT, has in
vented a now suspension bridge. II
consists of a single wire stretched
across Black river, and car that will
contain two persons travels back anC
forth on the wire. The east end o
the wire is the highest, and the mo
mentum of the car serves to carry i
across, distance Of two hundred fee
in fifteen seconds. Returning, the cal
travels to the center of the wire with
out help, and from thence is drawn uI
by cord attached to the car, the en-
tire trip occupying only thirty seconds
The balloonists are waking up gen
orally. Professor S. A. King inform
the Buffalo press that he is construct
: ing IN immense balloon with n capaci
; ty of 10000 cubic feet in which h
! will ascend from that city about Sep