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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-10-15
FREEZING OUT.

A man living up in the "back coun-
try went to neighhorhood prayer meet.
ing one evening when the roads were
very icy The meeting was somewhat
protected, and when he started for home
he decided to shorten his way by cutting
cross LOTS
He tried 1t. Being a little "eDthused'
by the meeting, he did not look we'll to
his physical footsteps, or had forgotten
what obstruction lay in that direction,
and before be recollected his feet found no
resting place,sn he suddenly sat down
all over in the bottom of one of those
curious holows which country people
call "potholes," like an enormus punch
bowl, with smooth sloping sides, just then
as smooth as a punch-bowl, with the
heavy coating of ice all over it. The
night was very cold, and the place a
"back lot" where there was little chance
OF any one passing. But he began to call
when he collected himself sufficiently to
know where he was. He called, and then
he, yelled. No good. He knew he would
freeze to death if be sta;d there all night
so he set his wits to work, finding his
VOlCC uIu HO SOOu. he tIlou W Cub oloPo
in the ice with his pocket-knife, and
broke it. Every device which his limited
resources allowed him to try failed, until
in his struggles Nature, sweet Mother
Nature, came to his aid with brilliant
suggestion. He pulled off his boots, and
when his socks were thoroughly saturat-
ed, he made mighty efforts as mis- freez
ing socks stuck to the icy slope, and
actually went up by freezing on But
he had to leave his boots behind him,
and SO the story got out.-Harper''s Bo-
ear.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-10-15
WATERLOO.

The sad news of the death of Miss
Anna Menk, of Waterloo, but who re-
sided with a family in Marshall, reached
her parents and friends on Tuesday
evening.
We have an apple that was raised
within one mile Of Waterloo, that
measures fifteen and one half inches
around, and is nearly five inches
through.
A young lady working in the commits
sion housa of A. J. Roach, picked over
l5a bushels of beans by hand i'll 10
hours, last Friday.-Jounaz
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-10-15

PALMYRA.
We understand that DIR. Davis is t.
leave the Sanitarium about the Is inst.


leave the Sanitarium about the Is inst.
Up to Saturday last S. Chatfield oi
Troy had manufactured about 900 gal
Ions of cane syrup.
Dan Grant who has been spending
some two months in Scotland enjoying
the company of his relatives in that coun-
try "across the sea- has returned and
appears as genial and happy as ever.
Martin Bunsa, of this village, who had
been employed at the reaper works in
Whitewater for time, had the misfor-
tune on Tuesday of last week to have
three fngures on his right hand cut of
while running shaper.
Rev. P. Jaquith has recently purchased
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-10-15

Old Deacon Dobson boas:ed that he
was always prepared for the worst"
and so he was for he always kept DIR.
Bulls Cough Syrup in the house, regard.
ing it the only safe remedy for coughs
and colds.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-10-15

the residence on Main street formerly
owned by L. J. Dancy, and is now occu-
pying it.-Enterprise.
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-03-07

snake skins for ladies' belts.
Almost every village in Sullivan and
Ulster counties is q summer resort
for city people, and hundreds of New
York ladies spend the heated term there.
One day last summer the wife of q we'll
known chemist of New York. who was
stopping in Sullivan County. attended q
picnic, and while walking with another
lady in the woods, was confronted by
an enormous rattlesnake, which lay d.
rectly in front of her in the mountain
path. The lady who was with her
screamed and ran away, but the chemists
wife picked up a cudgel and killed the
snake. She brought it to the picnic
ground. 1t was four feet in length. and
had a splendid set of fourteen rattles.
The markings of a %rattlesnake are very
beautiful, but the skin of this one was
particularly perfect and brilliant in
color. The chemists wife caused a
shudder of horror to run through the
assemblage of her fair companions by
saying that if she could by any mean
have the snakes skin prepared she
would it as a girdle. She on
suited her husband. and he consented to
experiment with the skin. 1t was
removed from the snake the next
day and stretched on a board.
The chemist treated it with some
preparation of arsenic and sweet oil.
The preparation was applied daily, and
in a few days the skin was cured with
all its freshness, brilliance. and plia-
bility preserved. The rattles and head
were left on the skin. The husband
took it to New York, where it was fitted
with a handsome silver clasp and his
wife appeared among the other guests
with a girdle that $3.50 would not induce
her to part with. That set the fashion,
and there was at once a big demand for
rattlesnake skins among the ladies, no
only in that particular place, but
at scores of other places, for the
news of Mrs. IS girdle spread
from one resort to another.
damsels, who a week
before would have tainted almost at the
mention of r~attlesnakes, suddenly be-
came deeply interested in the beauty
and dimentions of the deadly reptile,
and lost no time in having its many
epidermis encircle their slender
waists. Rattlesnakes quickly went up
the market, until it was a very modest
mountaineer indeed who hadn't the
heart to ask five dollars for a skin with
r~attles, a sound head, and clear
spots. Livingston IN. ~ Freeman.
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-03-07
f. NEWHOuSE.
RED CLOUD, NEBRASKA
6erIln Zephyrs. Midnight Zephyrs,
Saxony wool, Shetland wool, Shet-
land Floss, Germantown wool
And wooden Knitting Yarn
Hoods. MIttens, Children's
Coats &C., &c,
A full line of
HOSIERY,
DRY GOODS,
AND NOTIONS.
MONEY!! MONEYl
Money to lean On improved farms in south.
ern Nebraska a: the very best
rates Of interest.

we call the atten ton of all desiring
such accommodations. to the farm
loan department of our business, in
which we are still offering the best III
duccmentS to the public.
There is absolutely no cost to our
customers. No fees for abstract title:
no fees for recording mortgages: no
fees for taking acknowledgements. no
loans paid IN checks or drafts upon
which the borrower must pay a dis
count in order To get the IN but
all loans paid in actual cash, over our
counters without any deduction what
ever.
In placing oar loans there is no te-
dious delay in submitting applications
to eastern parties. rs our facilities are
such that We can close all good loans
on short notice.
We are prepared to fill desirable
Oans at min per cent straight, with no
charge of any nature whatever. All
payments of interest and principal
may be made at our bank, and will be
sent the parties free of charge and
interest notes returned to our custom
merS.
As to Ii p~rOmptneSs and fair deal
ing we refer to those with whom we
have placed loans Numbering at pres
nearly six hundred.) Call at our
office, or address us through the mail.
tt Simpson Il SwEEZY.
Blue Hill. Nebras
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-03-07
The Omaha Republican Prospectus for 1884.

The Omaha Republican. Dn6e r Individual
management and dependirs for its success en-
tirely upon the people and itself proposes dur
ing the CT ming year to materially improve. To-
day in point Of quality and quantity Of reading
matter it is far sbead of its local contemporaries
and in advance of any paper in the United States
published in a town the size Of Omaha. The
Republican guarantees during the coming sea-
son not only to keep abreast Of westerp enter
prise. but to excel it. A magnificent new build
ing and other custiy improvements will give ms
sur erior a vantages which will be fully utilized
The Republican will aim 10 be the paper of
the people. Its columns will be open {" Their
IN any subject. No IDEA will be rejected be-
cause it does not happen to agree with the opin.
ion Of the editor. Especia,ly in the matter of
railway regulation by state law "a subject which
the next legislature will be callef upon to de-
cide) do We invite correspondence
Our corps Of Geographic C respondents in
Nebraska and in the western states is large and
will he materially increased
The present year will be most inter- sting in
the point Of politics. The pres identiai cam
paign. in all its ramifcations. will receive ade-
quate attention and discussion bv The Repub-
lican; together with Other political matters of
. moro local nature. For he success ct repub-
iiranism. which is synonymous with pr'gress.
iustice. honesty and u,iver,al freed IN. The Re
publican will labor with all possible energy and
.arnes.ness.
To the weekly edItion of the Repub!icau
many new eatures will be adde' du' ing tho
present year. With its serial sto-y. its ably
mantged. agricultural DEPARTMENT. ITS choice
lite ary selections. its puzzle department, its
Justification of matters religious. dra'natic and
social. its we'll filled state apartment. and lis
com piet- eiitori,l d;scuSsi N of current events
the weekly kepuDiic,n is T. nay a paper whose
'ons pici Ius success is basel upon genuine merit
The impr. vements intended will m Ike It a ne
cessity to every in,ellig mt family in the " est
Tue liberal premiums which we are offering. in
Ill this year amounting to so 0D. render a sub
s%cription n good financial investment. even
out OF coDsiderati n the sterling qu:li-
lies Of the newspaper itself. The premiums
viry in value from 1900 down. The fourth dis
tripution will take place April 10. 1884 from
which date there will he no postpone ent for
ny reason whatsoever. Sample copies sent
free. Write on a postal card for one. Every
Who pays 81 50 per year in advance
will receive a premium. Remit money by postal
note. money order. registered letter. bank draf-
by express. or through your postmaster. Do 10.
trust money loosely in the mails. All letters
should be addressed to
THE REPUBLICAN.
Omaha Neb.
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-03-07
The Rattlesnake Industry.

For many years different persons liv-
ing in the mountains of Sullivan and
Ulster Counties have made very snug
sums every year in the sale of rattle
snake oil. which is believed to possess
wonderful curative powers by a large
proportion of the inhabitants of not only
those. but of adjoining counties. Many
snakes are killed during the summer sea-
son, but the grand gathering of the crop
is in the fall, when they have returned
to their dens and w~intering places.
These retreats are well known to the
snake hunters, and they choose sunny
days in October and November for raid
ing them. On such days the reptiles
crawl out of their dens in the rocks and
huddle together by the score, different
varieties frequently being found massed
together. The snakes are dull and slug
gish at that time Of the year and come
out TO bask in the sun. The hunters
arm themselves with the old~-fashioned
fails, and when they come upon a pile
Of the snakes proceed at once to thresh
the life out of them. But few escape.
The rattlesnakes are assorted from the
other species and carried home. where
the oil is tried out al lard is from pork.
No treatment of the oil is necessary. 1t
is bottled up and is ready for the
market As high as one dollar an ounce
has been paid for it by believers in its
value as . Eniment for rheumatism and
all kindred ills. The snake hunters of
the Shawangunk mountains receive
many orders from the shovmen for live
r~attlemakes, for which they receive
from fifty cents to two dollars each, &C
cording to size and condition; but dur
ing the past summer An industry in
snakes sprung up which is entirely new
and novel and bids fair to become the
most profitable of any If the branches
Of the trade. for il has Its foundation in
= asw fs>hioa in female adjournment.
CAs industry is the supplying OF rattle
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-03-07
BROWNS
/RON
B/77ERS

eniches the blood and purihes the
system; cures weakness, lack of
energy, etc. Try a bottle.
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-03-07
BROWNS
IRON
R/7TERS

is the only Iron preparation that
does not color the teeth, and will not
cause headache or constipation, as
other Iron preparations will.
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-03-07
BROWNS
IRON
R/77ERS

will cure dyspepsia heartburn. mala-
ma. kidney disease, liver complaint,
and other wasting diseases.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1884-01-30

ApDirIONAL TRAIN - Leaves Kinzaa
ll:50am, Warren l;35pm, Irvineton 2:3O
pm Tidioute 3:54pm, Tionesta 5:20pm, ar
riVes Oil City 7:00pm.
ADDITIONAL TRAIN Leaves Oil CITY
$40 am. Oleopolis 1854 am, Eagle Rock
7;09am, President 7:l5am, Tionesta 7:4Sam
Hickory S;37am. m.TrunkevVlle a:O4am, Tii-
cute l0;l5am, Thompson li;CG, arrives
lrvineton ll:55pm.
PITTSBURGH Division - Trains leave
Oil City 2:05, 700, i0:i5 a. m, 2;45, 4:55
p. M. arrive OIL City 2:30, 7:45, g:45 u. M,
2;20, 345, $50 p. m.
Flag stations. stop only on signal.
Trains run on Eastern Time, which is l6
minutes faster than Buffalo time.
Pullman Sleeping Cars and Through
Coaches between buffalo and Pittshufeh
on trains arriving Pittsburgh 7;50 a. m,
and leaving Pittsburgh S:20 p. IN.
Parlor Cars and Through Coaches he
tween Pittsburgh and nuflalO ON trains
leaving Pittsburgh S.45 n. M, arriving
Pittsburgh 500 p. m.
fsS~ Tickets sold and baggage cheek cd
to al principal points.
Get time tables giving fun information
from Company's Agents.
VIM. s. BALDWIN, Gen'l Pass'r Ag't,
GEO. S. &STCHELIl, Gen'l Sup't.
Nos Al q ~ Exchange ST., Buffalo, n. y.
j. l.. CRAIG, Agent, Tionesta, Pa.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1884-01-30

NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN that an
IN application will be made by Charles
II. Creswell, Albert b. Guilbert, Severe
Mallet Provost, Henry .Cummins, and
Theo. Il. Armstrong on the 18th day OF
February, 1854, to the Governor of the
State of Pennsylvania. under the Act OF
Assembly of the Commonweal' h of Penn
sylvania entitled "An Act to provide for
the incorporation and regulation of Ger
tain corporations" approved April Goth,
1874, and the supplements thereto, for the
charter of an intended corporation, TO be
called the Postal Telegraph and Gable
Company No. 2; the charter and object
thereof is to construct, MAINTAIN and OPP
erate lines of telegraph commencing IN
Mexican County, at the State line, on the
highway near Foster Brook, and run
ming thence through the counties Of Nc
Kean, Warren Forest, Clarion, Nenango,
Armstrong, Butler, Allegheny and Wash
ingtOn, to Il point on the State line be-
tween Pennsylvania and West Virginia,
in the township of Hanover, in Wash
ington county, and for these purposes TO
have, possess and enjoy all the rights,
benefits and privileges of the said Act of
Assembly and its supplements. BID
DIE & WARD, Solicitors.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1884-01-30
Notice to Republicans.

AS the State Convention will meet
on April 10th next, and primaries
will be necessary prior to that date,
which is earlier than usual, as has
been observed, and it having been
suggested that it would be most con-
venient that the delegates to the State
Convention be named at the regular
February Election, on Tuesday, Feb.
10. The members of the County
Committee in their respective town
ships will hold an. election in the vi.
cinity of the regular polls to receive
and count the ballots of Republicans
for delegates, the same as at the usual
June primaries. This plan has been
adopted by other counties, and Is
recommended, and members of the
County Committee, in conjunction
with other Republicans, will organize
accordingly on said day and cast their
ballots for delegates.
SAMUEL d. IRWIN,
Chairman of Rep. Co. Com.
Jan. 20, 1884.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1884-01-30
OLD COUNTRY TEA HOUSE

Largest and most complete Wholeslleani
Retail Tea and Family Grocery west OF
New York.
HOUSEK EEpERS ATTENTION.-IN-
Dl1CfM EN1S EXTRAORDINAR
Freight paid within 100 miles Of Pits
bnrgh on all orders of SIS and over, or n
discount of per cent. u parties living
any further distance. Parties not wishing
to purchase S25 wcrih at one time, can
purchase with an other family, and wO
will paw the nei!;ht. And Sull Another
Feature: In making shipments of gootls
we incloSe amount nc eXpCnces tn you, in
connection with registering money or Oh-
tanning L, Q. money order or bank draft
also, amount Of postage la mailing, etc.
On thiS plan yOu ar nut 90 no cNpcnSo
whatever. The goods ara packed and
shipped t0 your station, thus putting yult
on an equal footing with onr city custnn-
ers. send for the " "Huusekeepcrs i;uide" a
book OF p pages, giving prices on everv
article we carry in stock. Please send
your address aud tic book VIII bn sent
free. NM. HASLAGE II sos, lS Dia-
mond square, Pittsburgh, Pa Jaug - y
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1884-01-30
Election Of DELEGATES.

The following article, telegraphed
from Erie, Pa, to the Pittsburgh
Commercial Gazette, convers the
ground relative to the selection of del
egates to the State Convention, men,
tiOn Of which was made in our last
issue. The plan is being adopted
throughout the State and meets the
approval of all Republicans, and it
is likewise satisfactory to those Re
publicans of our county With whom
we have had an opportunity to speak
on the subject. Our chairman will
doubtless communicate with the mem.
bers of the Committee aud perfect all
arrangements for carrying out the
plan indicated below:
The Republicans of Northwestern
Pennsylvania are beginning to be on
the alert, both in the matter of Nat.
ional delegates to Chicago and local
delegates to the State Convention.
The National Committee, at its meet.
ing in Washington last month, pro-
vided that six delegates at large from
each State shall he named by popular
delegate State Conventions, and the
Republican Committee on May 10,
1882, decided ''that delegates to State
Conventions shall be chosen in the
manner in which candidates for the
General Assembly are nominated" !"
Now, in the larger number of counties
in this State, the candidates for the
General Assembly are nominated at
primary meetings held usually in the
latter part of June. This date will be
out of the question this year. for the
reason that the State Convention to
name the National delegates must be
held under the rules not later than
May 4. Now it occurred to the Re-
publicans of Northwester Pennsylva-
MIA that primaries held in March OF
April for the simple purpose of nam.
ing delegates to the State Convention
with no local candidates for county
officers in contest, would be SO slimly
attended as to secure simply no ex.
preston of the party will at all. The
Dispatch of this city suggests, there
fore, that the delegates to the Stat,
Convention be named at the regular
February town elections, which occur
on the third Tuesday 10 the month
These are invariably we'll attended in
all the towns ia the State, aud it wa
shown by the Dispatch that another
election board sitting in the vicinity
of the regular polls could receive anC
count the ballots of Republicans 70
the candidates to be named, the sam
as at the June.primaries. This woulC
secure true expression of the party
The Dispatch's suggestion was at ono
approved by the Erie County Repub
lican Committee and received the en-
dOrsemeut of all the leading Republi
cans of the city. Upon being referre,
to party leaders in other counties
met the hearty approval of such mel
as Judge Glenni. w. Scofeld. excou
gresham Watson, Lieut.. Governo
Stone aud Hon. o. H. Hunter, {
Warren; Senator John w. Lee an
Hon. @. W. Mackey, Of Venang
county, and Of Congressman w. W
Brown, of Bradford. The count
: committees of Northwestern Pennsyl
/. vania counties have the matter unde
advisement and it is believed the SUI
. gestion will be generally adopted
this part of the State.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1884-01-30

WE have received from Congress.
man Brown copy Of bill introduced
in the house of representatives at
Washington by Mr.. Dorsheimer a
Democratic member from New York.
The bill reads as follown.
Be 1t enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the Uni.
ted States Of America in Congress as.
semhled, That all duties upou tim.
ber, lumber, wood.pulp, bark. extracts
of bark, fire. wood, railroad ties, and
logs, the products of any foreign coun.
try. are abolished, and that the same
shall be admitted at all parts of en-
try free of duty.
SEC. 2. That this act shall take eff.
feet Immediately.
The above bill is but a sample OF
the many free trade bills that will
emanate from the present democratic
house of representatives. This par
ticular bill especially strikes at the in.
terests and industries Of this section
The price of lumber and timber is al.
read yssso low because of an overstock'
ed home market that many of ouI
mills are temporarily shut down be-
cause there is no profit in its manu-
factnre. What will be the result if,
as Mr.. Dorsheimer and his democratic
free trade friends propose, the duty i:
abolished, and the market still furth
er flooded with the lumber from the
limitless forests of Canada. One o.
our most important manufactures
and the most important in this borough
is that of hemlock bark extract. Mr.
Dorsheimer did not neglect to strike
at this industry also. Less than one
year ago there was proposition in the
house to remove the duty ON extract
and prominent democrat of this Dor
Ough manifested good deal of ankle
~ about it, going so far as to publist
a strong protective letter on the sub
ject. Thanks to the efforts of ex- Gov
ernor Curtin, the only sincere tarif
democrat of the Pennsylvania delega
tion in the last house, backed up BY
the republican members from all thu
states, the twenty per cent duty oI
extract was continued. That another
assault upon the life of our most i'm
pOrtant Industries is to be made is sui
feiently evident from the above bill
and it is to be feared we will not es
cape so easily as we did last year. MI
Curtin will probably stand up in ou
defense as before, but he will not now
as then, have the support of re
publican majority. We are as th
mercy of the democratic free traders
and have great reason to feel appre
hensivs as to the result. -McKean Nd
ner.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1884-01-30
State Convention.
Jan. 20, 1884.

AT meeting Of the State Commit
tee held in Harrisburg on Wednes.
day of last week, Wednesday April
18th was the day, and Harrisburg
the place selected for holding the next
Republican State Convention. The
election Of delegates to the National
Convention and the adoption of a
platform will be the most important
matters that will come before the
convention.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1884-01-30

THE Humes boom for the Chair.
manship of the Democratic State
Central Committee seems to have died
in Humes own breast. The election
of Hensel was deserved recognition q
of an intelligent, active and earnest
leader. That ne has no admiration
tor the State administration strength.
ems rather thau weakens him with the
workers of the party, with the men
who made it possible for Pattison to
be Governor. The Wallace inter.
view, the cool manner in which the
Governor was treated at the Common.
wealth Club reception, and the unan.
imOus election of Hensel, plainly in
dicate that at the present time the
administration is not the party
Harrisburg Telegraph.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1884-01-30

SENATOR Hill, of Georgia is the
most effective squelcher OF the sur
plus heard of yet. His plan is to put
up UDiteu States building in every
town in the country with one thousand
inhabitants and over. This would
take all the surplus that is now in the
Treasury or will be there should il
keep on for twenty years accumula-
ting at the present rate. What Sena.
tor Hill don't know about getting
away with a surplus it is not worth
while for sny hOdy else to bother
about learning.