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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1883-04-04
HUMOR OF THE DAY.

The money lender never neglects his
business. lie takes all the interest he
can in it.-Picaysfne.
Patent medicines are now made that
win cure everything except hams.--
PhttGdelphia Chronicle, .
"Ma, may 1 go on thastreet?" 3
I" Yes, my dearest daughter,
Provided the young man will treat
To cake and soda water.p
A Detroit architect has calls from
nine different cities. He estimated the
cost of certain building TOR $14,000,
and it was finished for 1l,0O0.-
Detroit Free PreSS.
"If you fall off that balcony you'll
get hurt, said cne friend to another.
" No, l shanst, ,ssaid No. 2; g there's
nothing about me to break; I'm broke
already."-The Jttdgs.
An after-dinner speaker who was
called upon after many Of the COM
pany, said many of his bright sayings
fell dead because it was impossible to
get "smile'' out of empty glasses
His excellency: "You have broth
ersY' Captain" One, your excel
lency." His excellency--" It's curious.
L was talking with your sister, and she
said she had two brothers. How is
that?--Fliegeaade Blatter.
A New York music teacher boasts
that he has taught 500 boys to play on
the violin, which goes to prove that
sometimes men can become so depraved
that they will actually boast Of and
glory in their crimes S5Tiaags.
A little boy of four years was Sleep
ing with his brother, when his mother
said: "Why, Moses, you are lying
right in the middle of the bed; what
will poor Harry do?" "Well, ma, he
replied, Harry's got both sides.
A family paper published a long
article entitled, " Housekeeping Here
after" "Oh, dearI'' groaned dis
tracted mother of five childrea and
keeper of one instead of two seryantss
if 1 thought there was going to be
any housekeeping hereafter, declare
I'd never die. Huntington Haaokeye.
The Ithaca Journal tells of little
four-year-old, who, upon retiring, pro-
ceeded to say her prayers as usual.
When she had repeated the line, "If !
should die before wake" a thought
seemed to strike her, and after pausing
a moment, she added: "What rum
pus there would be in this house r. She
then repeated the concluding line Of
the prayer and scrambled into bed.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1883-04-04
sLANDER

Twas but a breath
And yet the fair, good name was wilted;
And friend once fond grew cold and stilted
And life was worse than death.
One venomed word,
That struck its coward, poisoned blow,
In craven whispers, hushed and low
And yet the wide world heard.
Twas but one whisper-Aone--
That, muttered low, for very shame,
The thing the slanderer dare not name
And yet its work was done.
A hint, SO slight,
And yet 30 mighty in it's power,
A human soul, in one short hour,
Lies crushed beneath its bliehtf
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1883-04-04
Tanning.

The appended recipe for tanning
skins with the wool or fur on--for use
in sleighs or wagons. as house rugs or
other purposes-is given by city and
Country, and viii interest some: If
the hides are not freshly taken off soak
them in water with a little salt until
they are soft as when green. Then
scrape the flesh off with a feshing
knife, or with a butchers knife with a
smooth round edge, and with sheep
skins the wool should be washed clean
with soft soap and water and the suds
be thoroughly rinsed out. For each
skin take four ounces of alum and
one-half ounce of borax. Dissolve
these in one quart of hot water, and
when cool enough TO bear the hald stir
in sumcient rye meal to make a thick
paste with half an ounce of Spanish
whiting. This paste is to be thoroughly
spread over every part of the flesh side
Of the skin, which should be folded
together lengthwise, wool side out, and
left two weeks in an airy place. Then
remove the paste. wash and dry the
Skin; when not quite dry 1t must be
worked and pulled and scraped with
a knife made for the purpose. shaped
like a chopping knife, or with a piece
of hard wood made with a sharp edge
The more the skin Is worked and
scraped as it dr.es the more pllable It
will be.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1883-04-04
The BOastfuI Goose.

A goose stood on the bank of pond
and said: "To what animal has
Providence been so lavish of gifts as
to me belong TO the air, earth and
water; l can walk, fly and SWIM"
The astute serpent, hearing this self
adulation, said: "Don't be such a
boaster. You can do nothing well;
you can neither run like doe, nor fly
like a dove, or swim like a perch" IL
is better to know how to do one thin
well than many things awkwardly.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1883-04-04

w. A. Croffut, in one Of his New
York letters, AYERS that "most Of the
famous editors this country has pro-
duced have been large men. Horace
Greeley weighed 200. Thurlow Weed
weighed ZIG. Henry J.. Raymond
weighed lS0 or more so did Samuel
Bowles. Hugh Hastings and General
James Watson Webb turn the scales
at 200. Robert Bonner weighs nearly
$50. George Jones weighs more than
200, so does Charles A.. Dana, so does
General Hawley. so does Murat Hal.
stead, 80 does George Alfred Townsend,
so does Mr.. Hurlbert, so win White
law Reid in FIVE years more"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1883-04-04

No person wants straw spelt Back
ward on the end Of his nSse
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1883-03-08
HOW NE COUNTED TIE uosT.

A recent number Of the Sunday
School Times, in an article to en-.
force an illustration on persistency
relates the following "Just before
the battle of Gettysburg, when Gen.
Lees army marched through Cham
bersburg,'a resident of that city de-
termined to count the host. To this
end he took one hundred grains oi
corn, which he held in his right hand
thrust into his pantaloons pocket.
He took his stand on the steps Of
the bank, like any other careless
looker'on, and for every hundred
men he dropped a grain. When his
hand was empty Le had numbered
10, 1000 men, aud then he gathered
tho grains up again TO repeat tho
census. Thus be stood in the hot
sun that summer day, counting
through its weary hours, till ho had
numbered the entiro host, 60, 900.
The night after tho march this reso-
lutte man sent the information ho bad
gained to the Governor of Pennsyl-
wanna, thus rendering him most val
uable aid"
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1883-03-08
MIDDLEBURGH SNYDER co, PENN'A, MARCH S. 1883

Miners with their shirt front deck
ed with gold nuggets collected in
the mountain streams, busily dis
cuss the prospects of the diggings
and the pan-outs of the gulches, ever
and anon drifting up to the appe.
tizing bottles placed conspicuously
on the side. bars.
Tho strong digestive organs Of
these "sous Of toll rebel against
mutton chop. and sweet, but
they call out Justify for bear stoak
ard plenty Of it. Will game is quito
plentiful. The waters abound with
the finest trout and salmon, while
bear, deer, beaver and numerous
other animals III such numbers that
the hunter has profitable business
as well as very often exciting and
dangerous. Tho climate is hcalthIul,
there is but lttlc sickness hero, eX-
cept lung discusses, and tho ills
brough, by invalid visitors.
The light atmosphere in this home
of the clouds exor,s II strange intoxi-
cation on the systems of visitors from
the fever laden bottoms uf tho states.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1883-03-08
CURE FOR DRUNKTNTss.

Drunkenness is cured in Holland
in the following manner
The patient is shut up in tho room
and dobarrcd all communications,
except with his physician. As often
as no wishes, spitits--blandy, whis,
key, gin, &c. givon him, but
mixed with two-thirds water all
other drinks, such as beer, wine, cuf.
fee, &c., are all mixed with third
brandy. :, The various viands, too,
that aro given him bread, meats.
&c, arc all prepared with brandy,
consequently tho patient is in n con &.
tinual state Of intoxica,lou. This
lasts nbeut five days ut tho end of
that time he asks with entreaty for
some nourishment without his re-
quest being complied with, and not
until his organs absolutely abhor al
cohol. The cure il complete, and
from that day forth the very smell
OF spirits produces the effect Of an
emetic.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1883-03-08
-.:POETRY:--
cougTiNa.

There's lots Of fun in.courting.
you know the way to doit;
It's the choicest kind OF sporting
Once you get accustomed to it.
Do your courting moderately,
A. u business, nota favor;
Make haste slowly, it ads greatly
ITO the fun piquant favor.
Court your sweetheart in the kitchen.
In the parlor, In the park;
And you'll find the most bewitchin'
Time for counting after dark.
Court for love most women like it,
Nav, 7 am certain they all do;
And the fellow who can strike it
Once will banker for it too.
Court Il woman for herself sir,
For the virtue that Is In her.
Don't go courting for her pelf, sir,
You will.rue.it IL you win her.
Court your woman boldly, bravely;
Never court her for fool;
When you do, she'll teach you naively
How woman scornsd can rule.
Court n woman for n wife, sir,
For Il mother good andstruc
And my word you'll find this life, sir,
Paradise enough for. you.
And.such counting beats Strawberries,
Peaches frozen in ice cream:
Champagne trdppe, brauded5cherries,
IT'S n sunny, golden dream.
--El1ur M'CLipmta.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1883-03-08
For the PosT.
IDAHO TERRITORY.
The Gem Of the Moun.ains-Its His
tory, Area. Sell. Climate. .produc-
tions, Minerals, &C., &c,

AS the Posr has n large number OF
patrons who doubtless desire to be.
come posted in regard to this grand
and prosperous Territory, / have
prepared the following, from person
al observation and otherwise for the
benefit of it's readers which hope
will give them something Of au idea
OF the resources, natural iuriosit.es,
etc, found in tLis glorious Terri
tory.
Idaho was created O Territory by
an act Of Congress Lof. March 3rd
1868. from the territories OF Ne
braska, Washington and Decota. 1t
theu embraced what is nov n large
part Of Wyoming and nearly oil Of
Nebraska.
The name ia taken from an Indian
word Il, da-hoe and signifies, The
Gem of the Mountains. Idaho has
an area of $4,000 square miles or
about 55,000,000 acres OF land. The
entire Territory is situated in what
might be called the Rocky noun
taius. there being hardly location
in the entire Territory that person
cannot see the mountains as they
rise above him in every direction.
As sit writing, this lovely Februa-
ry day, the sun shining brightly. the
ground covered with Natures white
sheet" almost bemmed in by the
SALMON and Saw.tooth mountains, 7
can see through u gap toward the
south the white capped mountains of
Ctsh over a hundred miles distant.
Notwithstanding all the snow
around US, there are probably, to-
day, within a radius Of fifty miles Of
where l now sit. huudreds Of horses
and cattle grazing and growing fat
upon the nutritious bupch-grass
which covers the ground in this Sec
tion. They are not only there dur.
ing the present time, but will re.
main there the entire winter, with
no shelter, save the broad canopy of
heaven. And a. they are needed
these same cattle are driven direct
from the range to the slaughtering
pen, where they are killed for the
regular meat market, and allow me
TO add, no fner stall-fed beef was
ever produced in the states.
As before stated, Idaho contains
about $4,000, 900 acres OF land, which
o. nearly as can be estimated is di-
vided as follows: 25,000,000 acres
arc the finest Of grazing lands; this
comprises the lower foothills and
sides of mountains not included
among agricultural lands. Allowing
~ acres to the head it will bo seen
that there is q supply for 100000
head OF stock. About 100000
acres are magnificent agricultural
lands; this includes the valleys,
along tho various rivers, OF which
there are many. These valleys are
at an altitude OF from 1000 to 5000
feet above the sea and we'll adapted
to the raising Of any variety Of cere.
als.
It is not unusual for immigrants
10 locate on wild land in Idaho VAL
ley and adjacent to mining regions,
put mp comfortable houses, good
tsncss aud pay for all such improves
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1883-03-08

In Siam the people worship the
elephant. In this country they on
ly want to see him,
A cold snap is likely to occur
wherever there is a piece of ice that
can be broken.
II seems little paridoxical to say
that the man whose life Is insured
must die to recover, bat IL Is never
tueless true.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1883-03-08
AJ0I's auE5TI0%s.

"Pa," sail the iioy. Mnlli,tlc's X
little sou, samson was the strong
est mau, wasn't he ~
Samson was the strongest man
that ever lived
Tell mo ubuu, him
~ was intended that Samson
should DO tho strongest man, uud
before ha wa9 bJru'
Tho haN,jlerrd oppression on the
chili's rpro arrested tho minister IN
his nnrration.
"Bcfolc DO vas horu = asked the
boy.
"Ycs ius! before bo was found
in the hollow stump"
"Ju-t like mo tal sister"
"Ies, just before hc was to0od on
angel appeared aud forctoiI OF his
strength, say,ug that 20 razor must
touch hts mead
"Was the angel afraid tho ruzor
would cat bun 90
no /; the angle meant that bis
strength lay in his hnir aud that bis
hG,r must not bo cut Oft
III let my hpir grow long can |
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1883-03-08

TIE FORCE o. IABIT.

Joo Howard, the lively now Ioih
correspondent OF the Philadelphia
Iim.s, is Il close observer e human
nature. and here's what ho sOy,
about habit:
Habit is what | am writing abont
ILc force and power OF habit, and
especially the tobacco ani whisky
habit. arc something marvellous
When children sGct their thumbs
wo put nsofctiia on, tod with rags
Sometimes that stops the habit 1t
didn't with mo. For the sake ,f tho
thumb ! swallowed tho drug. In
later years, when uy little gil sweet
heart said ,ho other g.iio laughed
at her because her bean (tcn years
ulD sacked his thumb, | stopped
Of my own fipo Will luyo was
moro potent than asHlriida. Some
children mako odd faces unl lini IL
mpos,ibio to stop. J do. When /
am nervous aud cNrilcl-not thht
man shou,i ever hc the ono or the
other, but / occasionally gm--l find
myself winklug and blinking and
rcrewung up my check. 1t relieves
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1883-03-08

ments with the first crop OF potatoes,
or other vegetables taken from only
a small portion of their farms, the
former generally selling at from 6 to
10 cents per pound.
The fact that Idaho farmers are
generally "well Off and have fue
buildings, the best Of farming i'm
plements, together with large herds
of stock is sufficient proof that this
is lucrative persuit. haze necer
heard Of the mortgayiny Of an ldd~
h0 farm.
Tho forest part OF the Territory is
estimated at 10000 600 acres where.
in the best quality of timber is found
As soon as the snow melts away in
tho spring. cattle wander up on the
sides of the mountains, where they
find excellent feed.
The result is, on the lower lands
in most sections the grass is allowed
to grow during the entire summer
and is easily cured in tho fall maxi
ing feed equally as good as tho best
Timothy or Clover bay. The pres
ent population Of Idaho is about 5O,'
600 1t will, by a little figuring eas-
ily be seen that thero are 500 acres
Of grazing lands, $50 acres Of timber
and 220 acres OF agricultural land
for every man, woman aud child in
the Territory With a few head Of
cattle to start With, Idaho has many
men, who in few years, will be
wealthy, and their acres, and cattle
numbered by tue uuud. "a
There yet remains thousands of
smooth agricultural land within easy
reach of timber; that can be taken
10y merely fencing or re.omptIuS.
The cost Of living as compared to
tho profits of labor are rs much less
here than elsewhere in the states
that many will find this alone in
ducemont enough to come and cast
their fortunes in the soil or mines Of
Idaho.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1883-03-08
THE MINES.

Since the organization OF this Tor
ritory the mines have attracted more
attention than any other enterprise,
and during the first five or six years
after its organization. More people
came to the Territory for the pnr.
poso OF miuing thnn for any other
purpose owing to the great distance
from railroad communication and
the great cost Of transporting provi-
sions aud shipping out ore or bullion,
many OF tho mines, where tho ore
was not Of tho highest grade, was
not worked.
Commencing with tho spring OF
1880, when 30 many now discoveries
were made in Wood River and a rail
road crossed tho eastern portion OF
the Territory, new Impetus has
been given the mining industry Of
Idaho.
Three years ago there was not n
smelter nor O mill on Wood river
where now half dozen smeiters and
as many stamp mills arc not able to
work half the oar produced. Sew
eral new smclters and mills of i'm
mense capacity and Of the most APP
proved pattern are contemplated for
tue coming season, 1883.
To give description of the mines
Of this section alone, would take
more space than is contained in your
paper. will only mention ono or
two that / have visited personally.
The General Custer mine, at Gus
ter city in the Yankee Fork district
has produced an average of s70,0
per month in gold and silver bullion
with not more than thirty men en-
pioyed.
A few OF the mines on Wood river
have been sold to corporations in
eastern cities at from one to five
thousand do lars each, with hundreds
of tons of ore valued at 500 a ton
and upwards lying on the dumps, on
account Of the mill capacity to utilize
it. Tho advent of the railroad Ga
branch of the Oregon Short line)
which is completed to within a few
miles of us at this writing is giving
this country such q boom that will
make it mining district not equal
cd by Leadville itself.
A good picture of 'life in Idaho"
is seen at night around the stoves OF
stores and hotels, where at this sea-
son Of the year, miners are collected
from the gulches, brawny and wea
ther- worn, clad 10 their fur-skin
caps and buck, skin pants, defying
the snow storms Of the mountains
With tho stimulating influence of the
adjacent bar aud the heat of the
stoves these mountain rovers relax
and contribute the story Of their ex.
perience. With half their bodies
thrust into heavy boot-legs, their
feet hoisted over q chair, they regalo
their hearers with encounters with
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The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1883-03-08
gURYINa.THE BABY.

our feet and listened moro intently
we could now and then catch the
echoes Of an Internal ,war-whoop.
There were twenty of us. miner.
all, aud we were in tho foothills o.
tho Rockies, not more than bplf Il
mile from the great Overland trail.
"Boys. them sounds means an In
dian attack aud n butchc,y.' whisper.
cd our leader. as wo listened and
without another worl We picked up
our traps aud headed fer the spot at
u half run. Two Immigrant families.
farmers from Indiana, Aho bad start.
ed for the land Of gold and bal sep
nrntcd from tho train from wlim or
accidont. bad encamped in bit Of
green valley bcaiIo tie tail. There
were thirteen souls Of fthcm. md cno
might wonder if th, bravcst amour
them did not shudler with fear as
the night crept down anl the howl
Of the wolf camo from Tie rocky
hills.
Tho men had seen their DANCER
and both had set ont to uct asecnii.
nels through the long night. Hour
after hour had passed away without
an alarm, aud just as dawn was
breaking the mercilrss euyagcs creep
iug along liko snakes, had found
one Of tho scutlrols asleep 4
thrust from knife finished bin SO
quickly that he dii not even throw
mp his arms. Perhaps b. uttered p
single cry or groan aud alarmed
the other, sor the sc,nl ono WAS shot
while running toward the wagons.
Then, with both men dead, cane
the rush upon tho women and chill
drcn, Only iiruds coull do such
work as was iono there, aud when
we came to look at it tho strongest
monln tho party grow whito and
iHint. Every head but one was
scalpcd, and no doubt tho scalps had
been taken whilo tho victims lived
Tho bodies woro hacked and gnshel.
hands and nrms severed, brains
beaten out, children harS into the
camp fro and the spectacle was Que
to liSo III momory when all else had
been fo,EottcG.
The fends had iiuishod their work
OF butchcly before wo wc,o near
enough TO open tire, and il was poor
consolation to plyn tho wagons.
While ali the DO lies mere yet warm
life had departed from each aud cy-
cry one. We wero collecting thcm
in II heap. to make ready for burial,
when sudden vail started every
body.
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The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1883-03-08
a-z.,s----Ss-Eszrpzsz-sT-z-~

The hcNthen have now given ur
the worship Of idols of ibcir own
creation, as they have found that a
vory superior article of wooden god
can be furnished in New York
Boot2N Post.
II il now become flehonable IN
eastern cities to DO married AZ early
as G o'clock in the morning, This
gives tho briio's female relatives
time to say good.by to hex before
tGo evening train goos.
The Navada way Of catching bears
is for ono man TO feed tho animal
with salt, while second slips around
ona ties bis hind Icgs together. Whou
the second man woGkons and takel
TO his hees,it's said to be e'nbarrass-
ing for feeding man, especially when
the salt is nearly gone.
civilian, my son." says an econ.
omicsl mother to her son, "for mer.
cy's sake don't keep on tramping up
and down tho floor 10 that manner
You'll wear out your new boots, (Ho
sits DOWN There you & g-sitting
down. Now yon'll wear ont yolr
neV trousers declare neier
seen such a boy |"
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1883-10-13
A ReIic.

We have been shown the first half part of
a newspaper found by Luther Wampler lately
in removing some old shelves in the Court
House, which, having been published long
before he was born, he considers an interest
ing relic. II was then called ''Ihe Democrat
and Carroll County Republican published
by J. NJ. Parke, dated June 29th, 1843-over
forty years ago. 1t is. scrubbed over in the
large. bold handwriting of the late J. J. Baum
GARNER, then doubtless clerk in the Office
Of his father, the register of wills.
1t contains, among other things, notice of
the celebrations to take place the coming 4th
of July at Manchester and at Westminster; a
hattering notice by Rev. Daniel Zollickoffer
of Mediterranean Wheat" then first being
introduced into this section; and an editorial
notice of bitter attack of the great Irish agi-
tator, Daniel o. Council, on American Slavery
and Shareholders, III which he warned his
countrymen to come out from such land, or
if they remained and countenanced slavery,
they should be recognized as Irishmen no
longer The editorial concludes thus:
1--WE hope that the cause of old Ireland, so
much of whose blood fills the best of Ameri-
can veins, will not be injured by the declara-
tions of Daniel O'Connell. Slavery is an
evil, it is true, which all lament; but the mis-
fortune is that it does not seem at present
remediable by any safe or prudent means.
O'Connell should understand that is legacy,
left by England, which we would gladly be
shut of we could.