The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1875-07-14

rying bullets in their brains, the Irwin 4
ton (Ga.) Solaherner relates the follow
ing parallel experience: In the bat
tie of Hatcher's Run in 1864, Green
Pittman, of Wilkinson county, re.
ceived a wound in the face, the ball
entering the upper portion of the nose
on the left side. The wound was
probed and dressed by an army sur
geon, and finally healed up, and al
though the surgeon stated that the
ball was still in the head, Mr.. Pitt
man had almost forgotten it, never
having experienced the least pain or
inconvenience. from it. In 1869, one
morning in February, five years after
receiving the wound, as Mr.. Pittman
was making his toilet to attend church,
it fell out into his mouth. Mr.. Pitt
man was combing his hair at the time,
standing perfectly erect and came
near swallowing the ball after it fell
into his mouth. Strange to say, no
hemorrhage followed its exit, nor was
there any pain felt. The ball weighed |
one ounce and two pennyweights. 1t
is now in possession Of Mr.. Pittman,
who was member of the Sd Georgia
Regiment during the late war.
The Boston Herald tells this: The
day following the Centennial festivi-
ties, the following incident occurred
in South End saloon: A friend had
invited one of the South Carolina sol
diers into the saloon to put another
turf on the buried hatchet. While
standing at the bar stranger came
in. The Carolinian suddenly dropped
his glass and closely eyed the stranger.
His gaze was so steady and peculiar
that his friend began to be alarmed
and to fear that the hatchet was about
to be dug up again. Directly the
Carolinian asked the stranger If he
knew him. There was no recognition,
whereupon the Carolinian asked him
if he was not in the late war. "Yes, -
was the reply. Sand you were once
stationed at such a place" "Yes.' =
"And took part in such skirmish p
Eyes" "Well, thought se," replied
the Carolinian, and raising his hat
showed large scar on his forehead
saying, There's your saber mark, my
boy; come up and take drink"
At school examination in Con
necticut the other day girl of six
teen stepped forward and began t.
read her composition" 1t was head
ed "The Beecher Trial." and she wa
going on to say: "Adam and Ev
partook of the forbidden fruit
when the lady principal rushed for
ward and led the astonished pupil t
a seat, thus depriving the world c
what, no doubt, would have been
valuable addition to the scandal.
It's all very we'll for party of EN-
nent citizens to 60 down to Lyme
see q seine drawn for shad, but whe
they come back and give you bi
fish and you have it nicely cooked an
then you find it is stuffed full of sinl
ers and old iron, and pieces Of flann'
drawers and old leather and thing
why, then, you begin to think thaE
the world isn't hollow, it's whittle
out pretty thin.
Under the ruins of the old castle
King Dagobert the Able Denis four
hens nest full of eggs. They hs
been hidden there 1000 years, hiddC
from air and light and the. changes
temperature, and the hen herself ha
perhaps, barely escaped when the ia
ing walls sealed her eggs hermetical
for future times. Able Denis put I
eggs under a hen, and they we
hatched.
It is astonishing to see how t
Southern people are pitching into Ge
eral Sherman, nowadays. Hardly
newspaper that doesn't contain sol
little attack on him. his military {
reer, recalled by his memoirs, a
what the Southerners are pleased
call his hatred for them being
special subjects of remark.
That was a sharp reply Of M
Beecher, that other day, when she |
swered some questions as to how |
had managed to endure all the al
ieties and fatigues of the trial, in
way: ITO be mad all through is
good tonic" Beecher himself could
have improved on that.
Qaills are things that are sometir
taken from the pinions Of one 60
70 spread the opinions of another.
No man can become thoroughly
quainted with his family history wi
out running for Office.
The rival railroads will soon be
suing chromOs.
Singular-to see garden walk.