The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1873-12-10

week was middling we'll attended, enu, |
as We learn, was quite interesting. bupt. |
Rohrer had secured the services Of
Prof Hull, of Pittsburgh, and Asst.
State Supt. Curry, both of whom put
forth their best endeavors TO make the
institute a success. Prof Sloan, OF
the Pennsylvania School Journal, and
Su pit. Wood, of Clarion county, we're
also present, and helped materially to
make the sessions interesting. As for
as instructors go, this institute has
been better supplied than any other
since the rev county was organized.
Taken altogether, the institute was
success, and We Look for much good to
accrue from it.
When a Democratic Congress
at Washington, speaks out against the
back. pay grab, the rest charge him
with having RATED to the Republicans.
In their late caucus, because Mr.. Hol-
man, of Indian, wished to commit the
party against the back-pay, Mr.. Ed
ridge, of Wisconsin, called him the
most arrant demagogue of the House.
Mr.. Holman, finding this reflection
clinched by the caucus declaring his
resolution out of order, withdrew from
the room, one Of the members remark.
ing as he went, "You had better go
and join the Republicans"
-Peterson's Magazine for January
is already out, and magnificent mum
Der it is The principal steel engrav-
ing, Good Morning, Mama is one
of the most beautiful we ever saw. 1t
and it's companion, "The Trailing
Arhutus." which illustrates story by
Frank Lee Benedict, are alone worth
the price of lho number. The terms
are two dollars year, with great re-
ductions to clubs, viz; . copies for
$500, or s copies for s12 90, with both
M extra copy aud superb premium
engraving to the person getting mp the
club. Specimens are sent gratis to
those wishing to get up clubs. Ad
droSs Chas. j Peterson, SOC Chestnut
Street, Philadelphia,
Few sections of the country are
80 favored as our vacinity. Here lives
uuostentatiously highly respected
J man, connected 10 old Prob. by close
, ties of consanguinity. People car
) tell by glance at his general appear
ance, the existing state of the atmos
3 phere,- walking barometer in fact
, You see he wears WOODEN knit suspen
f ders. When the air is damp the!
a shrink and his pants are exalted, ant
when it is wet they aspire still higher
I The more moist the air the higher hois
has his pants. Sometimes in warn
e weather he can't be depended on be
\ cause he perspires, but in cold weathe
he would be blessing to any commu
3 nifty.
As we looked across the wa
q which winds through our beautiful
village, neatly paved with nature
own cement, we saw what We hav
seen on so many occasions, the oil
Presbyterian Church standing in sol
tude and almost neglected on its four
dstion, as We sat and gazed, stood an
gazed, changed our position variousl
aud gazed, We scratched our head an
: thus meditated. In heather cOuntrie
. they have few churches and an
. quantity of missionaries of all sect
!. But in midst of n civilized land,
! christian land, here We see any quaint
= ty Of churches neat and pretty br
excepting Rev. Lusber, who holds Sc
vices bi. weekly in the NJ. L. Churcl
d" not the consumptive ghost of preacl
Il err. With what gusto, then do We sim
. when the rare opportunity offers, thu
70 old missionary hymn which stirs |
= up to deeds of charity, to enable Il
missionary societies to send missions
, ries "to all the world to preach the 60
e, pei :" while at the same time ol
" churches are vacant and the du
:, gathers thickly o'er pews and pulp
- only to be disturbed by an annu
teachers institute or blind mans CO
cert.