The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1877-06-06


casion the Russians brought twenty.
four Founders into the field in this
manner, with ms many as twenty horses
hitched in teams and Cossacks helping
with the drag-ropes in 1914, wher
Napoleon beat the Russians near Paris
in heavy raiu.storm, General Ostor
Sacken saved all his guns, in spite oi
the fearful state of the roads, by put.
ting fifty cuirassers with their drag
ropes to each gun and caisson. This
habit has accustomed the Russian cav
airy to take plenty Of artillery with
them, and accounts for much Of theii
superiority over the Turks in Asia. -
Boston Herald.
A Union street girl discovered her
young brother out behind the shed, the
other day, pulling at a sweet fern ci-
gar.
There, young man !' she exclaim-
ed, as the cigar hastily disappeared be-
hind the boys back, "I'll tell your
father on you-see if don't !"
"Yes, you tell 'im," retorted the
brother, suddenly recovering himself,
"you tell i'm an see how quick that
fellow O. yourn'll skip. I'll tell faith
er how you an i'm was sittin' on the
parlor sofa, an i'm huggin' you like
blazes. You jes' go an tell, that's
all ask"
The sister very discreetly withdrew,
while the young statesman finished his
smoke in tranquility.
1t is not yet known where she lives
this year, but don't let ua worry she
will surely appear in the newspapers
within the next three months. We
allude to that farmers daughter of
seventeen who plows twenty acres of
ground. cuts fifteen acres of grain with
reaper and mower, thrashes all the
wheat, cnltivates one acre of cabbages,
nilks twenty cows every morning be-
fore breakfast, and does nearly all the
housework, while the father lies abed
with the infiamatory rheumatism all
summer.
1t is one of the courtesies of the
profession that one physician should
attend another gratis. DIR. Alorzo
Clark on Cne occasion pulled young
student through a severe illness and
refused to take fee. "But I'm not
regular doctor" said the young man
I'm only student, and not entitled
90 the favor" "Never mind" said
Clark, "dogs don't eatpuppies."
A person who was recently called
into court for the purpose of proving
the correctness of surgeons bill, was
asked by the lawyer whether the doc
, tor did not make several visits after
the patient was ont of danger, No."
replied the witness, II considered the
patient in danger SO long as the doctor
continued his visits"
An old woman on being examined
before magistrate as to her place Of
legal settlement, was asked what rea.
son she had for supposing her husband
had a legal settlement in that town.
The old lady said "He was born and
married there, and he died and was
buried there, and if that amt settling
there, what is ?"
A husband finding a piece broken
ont of his plate and another out of his
saucer, petulantly exclaimed to his
wife: "My dear, it seems to me that
everything belonging to you is brok-
en-" "Well, yes" responded the wife
"even you seem to be little crack.
"Wby, Sammy" said father to his
little son the other day, II didn't know
that your teacher whipped you last
Friday 81 guess" remarked Sammy,
III you'd been in my trousers you'd a
know'd it,"
She was romantic and he was prac-
tieal. She remarked dreamily that
her soul was troubled-that the fore.
bodings eff fate were running through
her head. And he coldly advised her
use fine tooth comb.
A Yankee in trance, who was sup
posed to be dead, was laid on ice, but
he awoke and startled his watchers by
yelling. "Why don't you keep up
better fire p
There is on one street in Boston
block Of thirteen houses. One is occu-
pied by a maiden lady, and twelve
widows of large wealth occupy the 9th.
er Palatial residences.
Il is lying awake nights trying to
tletermine whether to leave your fer.
tune to an orphan asylum or a home
for old men, that makes the newspa-
per business so wearing.-Rome SENT.
Rel.