The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1880-01-07
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TIMELY TOPICS.


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The tenant-farmerrs Of England, ac-
coFding to a member OF Parliament, will
be satisfied with nothing less than
1. Better representation. g. Security
for capital 3 Freedom of cultivation.
4. Liberty to dispose of produce to best
advantage. s. Abolition OF distraint.
6. Reform of the game laws. Z. Legiti-
mate share in county government;
s. Fair apportionment Of local burdens.
A story comes from Nemehah county,
Mo-, that one David Meisenthaler was
killed there by meteor or aerolite. He
was driving cattle from. the field when
the meteor descended obliquely through
a tall maple, cutting the limbs as clean
as If IL bad been q cannon ball. IL
struck near the shoulder, passing
through his body obhquely and burying
Itself two feet in the earth. The meteor
is composed of iron pyrites, round and
rough, about the size Of a common
patent bucket. asas ss asH tiaoi
The movement to recognize the ster-
ling qualities of Adam, by the erection.
of q monument ut Elmira, N. Y, is
booming. The Free Press of that city
contains a report ola meeting held there
to perfect arrangements for the desired
testimonial The Free Press says: A
committee of three was appointed to
correspond with emiRent sculptors,
with a view Of getting designs sugges-
tions and estimates upon the cost of the
memorial, according to plan which at
the meeting had been generally pre-
ferTed :. Z The matter of the location of
the work was informally discussed, and
u
| favorable. were named. The work un-
dertaken will be earnestly and zealously
pushed until the design of the projectors
shall be an accomplished fact"
The foolish nan who told his son that
wine is made of grapes was, as every
one knows, very far from the truth.
Still people have been Of the opinion
! that American homemade wine, at
least, was manufactured from grapes.
! It seems that in this also they are mis-
taken. The Sandusky (Ohio) Register,
in its annual review of the vineyard pro-
Guction of Northern Ohio, says that Of
the million and a half gallons of wine
that was made there this season, less
than million gallons of grape juice
was used 1t adds that dealers make no
secret of the fact that they use spirits.
sugar and water largely in the produc-
tion of wine, and claim that this is )ne,
not SO much to make money as to suit
the taste of their patrons, who prefer the
adulterated product to the pure article.
The method adopted in Germany foI
preventing the slipping and falling ol
horses on the public road is as unique
as it is simple. The smith, when finish.
ing the shoe, punches hole in the two
1 ends, and when the shoe is cold he taps
in a screw. thread and screws into the
shoe, when on the horses foot, a sharp
pointed stud of an inch in length. Witt
! shoes thus fitted, the horse can travel
securely over the worst possible road
never being known to slip under any
mode of employmvnt--draft horses being
also shod in the same way. When the
horse comes to the stable, the pointed
stud is unscrewed and n button screwec
in, so that no damage can las ppen to th'
horse and the screw holes are preventeC
from filling. When the horse is gOinl
out, the only thing required is simply
to remove the button and screw in tho
pointed stud. ~ etct 81.
|. Professor Willard, in speech at The
4 New York dairy fair, deprecated th'
| pltStiL ltIttlcfiCN VI lstLiucIS W ca OlttNtt
spianos, fine clothes and $l2 kiC
shoes,,n Commenting upon the profes
sor's speech. the New York GrdDhic re
marks: Now. farmers have rs mucl
right 10 the refinenlents of life as any
other cllss of people. The inference
from this perpetual preaching of econ
omy TO the farmer is that he must liv
in very plain house, dress in very plail
clothes, allure all ornamentation, INT
live down toa level which borders OF
squalor. If this adviee is good for tn
farmer it should be equally good fe
| merchant, lawyer or doctor. Sauce 70
the goose is sauce for the male bird also
Il All of life is not embraced in pork AM
cabbage pictureless rooms, or hoWs
, without piano, tasty furniture or hooks
) Are certain favored occupations 10 b
/, the only ones TO enjoy the luxuries o
, lifeP Refinement is not extravaganza
! The American farmer Is by this exces
sive economy to be converted into a
! American peasant. II people are edu
Gated up to the modern requirements
, will follow, as matter of course, tina
they will demand modern elegancies
/ The piano has its mission in the farmers
, parlor as well as in that of the FIT.
6 avenue. Indeed it is all the more needle
. to relieve the isolation of the countr
home. If farming cannot bring the n
! fined necessities of life, then farming
a very poor business" rf