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


The Graphic recently gave an illustra.
tion of the new chrome issued by the
Murray Hill Publishing Company,
129 East Twenty-eighth Street, from
Bispham's painting-"Throw Physic
to the Dogs" The subject is a little
girl physicing various specimens of
the canine race. The scene is laugh
able one, and the different attitudes of
the dogs are exceedingly pleasing.
1t was designed TO illustrate DIR.
Foote'S aversion to drugs, and accom-
panies each copy Of his well-known,
"Plain Home Talk and Medical Com
mon Sense" Tho Doctors practice is
thoroughly "New School," and in this
way he stands prominently out from
the profession successful practitioner.
The book is volume Of 912 pages
and 400 illustrations, filled with facts
and reason relating to mankind, and
their social and physical status. The
Graphic says Of it: at is an encyclo-
pedia Of useful knowledge" A noted
clergyman of this city tes.ifes TO its
merits, remarking: at is a library
in itself" The Franklin Repository, of
Chambersburg, Pa, speaks of the pic
tnre as "a beautiful chrome, very
pleasant, and SO enjoyable as to be
almost good company.-M Y. Express.
A sportsman was seated with his
servant on bank, consoling himself
under the fatigue and disappointment
of unsuccessful pursuit. "Well, Pat"
said he, "this is expensive work. I've
been calculating that every one of
these birds has cost me above fifty
pounds" "Faith, your honor" said
Pat, throwing dash of humor into
thesympathizing simplicity of his reply,
I'm sorry for that; but it's lucky
there's no more of them"
A country minister of "limited Ca
pacity" recently married for second
wife widow of some property. Be.
ing an ardent servant of Mammon. a
former neighbor asked him if he did
not do we'll by the second marriage.
"Oh yes, indeed" he said, with ANNA
ton; and then, as an expression of
reverence stole into his face, he added,
"and what is very remarkable, the
clothes of my wife's first husband Just
fit me-"
A man living in Prospect street
near Jay, Brooklyn, went home the
other night in bad temper. His sup.
per wasn't ready. "What in thunder's
the matter p he asked, though "thun-
der" wasn't the word he used. "The
flre isn't as hot as your temper, my
DEAR" was the reply. He didn't ask
any more conundrums that evening.
A tale of two Norristown husbands:
One, upon leaving his Office the other
night, stopped at book store, paid
S1.25 for new novel, and went home
and presented his wife with "a Pair of
Blue Eyes" The other, after leaving
his office, stopped at a saloon, paid
s1.25 for whisky, and went home and
gave his wife pair of black eyes.
Brownlow is after General Hill
again. This time he frankly writes to
him: "You are small pattern of a
mana vulgar fraction of human ma
ture reduced to its lowest to1ms." Hill
is Southerner by birth, proud, high.
spirited Southerner, but up to this
time he hasn't so much as set Brown
lows barn on fire.
Sixteen years ago, Carolina father.
who knew the virtues of the rod.
thrashed his big boy, and sent him out
to hoe corn. The first seen of him
since was last week, when he returned
from California with $4,000 on his
hoe. When you send a boy to hoe
corn always click" him first.
One of the sewing girls employed in
making the Grapic balloon is Miss
McQuade of Philadelphia, who is en-.
tirely blind. She does her work as
neatly and quickly as her more fortu.
nate companions, guiding the long
seams and avoiding mistakes by her
careful finger tips.
The invention of flying machine
by an old man of eighty-fve, in the
East, induces the Courier.Journal to
say: One would suppose the only fly
ing macFine an octogenarian would
care about would be an ascension robe.
"You seem to be little hoarse, nv
love-" remarked Simpkins to his
spouse, when she had cold. ga lit
tie horse, indeed!' she replied, mis-.
liking the personal allusion. "Better
be that than big mule"
A Judge at Montgomery, Ala, re-
Gently interrupted a very fowery
young orator with "Hold on, hold on.
my dear sir! Don't go any higher /!
You are already out of the jurisdio.
tion Of this court"
A gentlman observing a young lady
earnestly at work knotting fringe for
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