The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1877-02-21
Remedy for Diphtheria.
lREsr RrrrnL1cANi-

! send you
a cure for Diphtheria which | hope
you will publish;
Take fat salt york, score and sprink-
le with salt, and tie around the throat. /.
wash or gargle the mouth and throat
with alum water, and put burnt alum
on the worst places where you can
reach them.
The above has been used in several
families with good success, and though
IL may not cure ia every case, would,
think, hold the disease in check so
that tho physician would have a
chance. A SUBSCRIBER.
The following Resolution was
passed by the Council of Tionesta
Borough, at a special Eseijng, held
February 10th, 1877:
Reached, That the Constable, High
Constable aHa pyerSeers Of the Poor
Of Tionesta BOrong't, be aud are here.
by required to enforce within said
Borough the Act of Assembly OF May
8, 1876, to define and suppress vagran-
cy; and the Burgess is hereby author.
lied and empowered to hear and de.
termine such cases within said Bor-
ough.
For two or three wears past We
have heard no noise in regard to CASH
Up, either in the newspaper reports
Of production, or by word of mouth.
We had concluded that this once
lively town was hOEliug wilderness,
and the Porcupine and the ground hog
claimed it as theiE own. But 10 { hero
comes young tnan who tells that
there is large number of wells pump
ing there, and according to the mo-
tion of the walking-beams a good deal
of oil must still be produced there. lie
also informs us that preparations are
making for putting down new wells,
on that territory
just 50 lqNs as there was any
hope Of the Electoral Commission
fayoring Mr.. Tilden. that body was
cracked up by the Democratic press
as the most upright, jqst and dignifed
body that ever assembled in the Unit
ed States. Now that they have dis.
appointed these hopes there is Moth
ing too vile for this Same Democratic
press to say of this unfortunate Com
mission !. one writerin the N. Y. SIN
even going SO far as to designate the
Republicans of the Commission AS
"the eight eminent perjurers.'
st Valentines Day was observed
more generally in town this year than
ever before. Scarcely pap, woman
or child but received one or more of
them. Some were loving, some sar-
castle, some scandalOus, among the
latter may - classed cae received by
us, in which we ara represented with
bald head, holding monster quill,
with some poetry" below informing
us bow sadly We had mistaken our
avocation! We would like to hit the
fellow that sent it in the small of the
back with our West Hickory club,
Monday last being the tenth ami
versary of the marriage of Mr.. ard
Mrs. Geo. McCray, of President, a
pleasant little party gathered at their
place on that evening. Among the
guests was q small party from Tones
ia, all Of whom thoroughly enjoyed the
hospitalities of host and hostess. Two
yiolinists were called in and pleas
fnd little hop resulted. Those re-
freshmeRts we're excellent. Numer.
GUS presents in the shape of tinware
wore brought in by the guests.
All! VIM. A. Wallace has been
making some eloquent, mastery and
convincing speeches against Louisiana
fraud, perjury, &c, &C., but not one
word-nOt one syllable do we find in
his speeches against the use of coffee
colOred fraudulent naturalization pa.
pers. He might have made big
point right there, but il had evidently !
"slipped his memarandum "