The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1885-07-22

Dixmont Insane Asylum, escaped
from the institution last Saturday, but
was fecaptured at Allegheny. He
had been in good frame of mind and
was sent to white.wash the Asylum
fence when he made Of. Haight was
transferred to Dixlnont from the Pen.
itentiary, where he was serving term
for burglary. He will be remem-
bered as the same fellow who got two
terms in the Pen from this county on
charges of rape and horse stealing
Clarion JackSOnia1.
The Mercer Republican speaks of
Rev. Merchant, at one time pastor of
the M. E. Church of this place, as
follows; Rev. A. j. Merchant, Pre-.
siding Elder of the Meadville dis.
trict, M. E. Church, has received the
degree Of Doctor Of Divinity from
De Pauw University, Green Castle
Ind. DIR. Merchant is a graduate of
Allegheny College of some twenty
years standing and is we'll known
through all this region as a preacher
of learning and ability and his friends
will all feel gratifed at this new honor
conferred upon him.
Jacob Smearbaugh yesterday dis.
posed of his Dutch Hill farm to Mr..
Charles Leeper of Clarion, who pur-
chased it for home for the aged pa.
rents Of bis wife, Mr.. and Mrs. john
Stroup, who will there spend their re.
naming days on earth in happiness
and peace. The consideration, we
understand, was $4,000 which Mr.. L.
paid in cash, and got an unquestiona-
BILE bargain, besides doing a graceful
act in providing for the good old
folks. Mr.. Smearbaugh will move to
his new farm, the Mark Noble place,
across the creek, in the fall.
1t has been customary at regular
inter walls in some Of the counties of
the State to adopt text book on
Theory of Teaching; the examina.
tion on Theory being taken from the
book. The idea is certainly a good
one. No such thing has yet been
done, that is, heretofore, in our coun.
ty. But now Supt. Hillard tells US
that for the next two years Quincy
Methods, the newest and best book of
that kind published, is adopted, and
that all examinations for the next two
years, in Theory, will be made from
this book.
The Kellett Extract Co., intend
to build tannery IN connection with
the Extract Works at Salmon Creek,
which will be rebuilt soon. Then a
Railroad should be built from Tones
ia up the creek to Sheffield, where
connection could be had with the p. &
E. and I. V. Rys.. the latter giving
connection with the B. & o. Narrow
Gauge Division to Mt. Jewett, where
a link is being built to connect that
with the B. E. & G. Ry,, one of the
r. &. Taylor system of Narrow
Gauge roads leading to Attica and
Buffalo. The distance from Tionesta
to Sheffield is only 40 miles, and at
the present prices of labor and ma.
terial a road could be constructed be.
tween those points for not more than
$4,000 per mile, and equipped and
and completed for 100000. Consid.
ering our vast resources the invest.
ment could not but be a paying one.
Young people, that is to say the
rising generation, seem to think it be.
meath them to show any respect for
age. A venerable gentleman is re.
ferred to as "Lhe old party yondsr,"
father is the governor" and mother
the "old woman" The general idea
seems to be that it looks smart to
speak disrespectful and that it conveys
the impression that they are their own
master, obliged to look to their pa.
rents only for food, clothes and lodg-
ing, their company being ali the re.
turn to be expected. Boys are espec.
tally fond of showing their independ.
ence of parental authority, and their
disregard of it is the ruin of many q