The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1886-01-13


and vomiting A physician found
them 10 great agony, but soon allayed
the pain. The doctor gave the opinion
thRtthey had been poisoned by mince
pies that had been made out of mince
meat kept in cans made out OF pre-.
paration called tin, but which is lead
thinly coated with tin. The acid in the
meat ate of the coating and poisoned
the contents. Franklin NeaOs.
The new tax law is getting into
deeper water every day. The law says
that money at interest, etc. shall be
taxable for State purposes, at the
rate Of three mills on the dollar of
the value thereof annually" It being
held by many that the annual value
Of money, ETC., is the interest thereon,
aud that tho rate Of three mills on
the dollar of the value thereof annual.
ly" means the interest and that the
tax mus! be levied only on tie inter.
est and not on the principal, as prob.
ably intended by the trainers Of the
law.-E1.
On Friday evening last the aver
age citizen went to bed complaining
about the lack of snow. The same q.
C. woke up Saturday morning com.
planning about the snow. but this time
not on account Of the lack but the su.
per. abundance of the article. About
16 inches had fallen during the night,
aud the shovel brigade was everywhere
apparent. At this writing the roads
are still unbroken to great extent,
but there will likely be q few days of
good sleighing unless the weather
takes very sudden turn, which we've
known it to do in the past year.
The County Auditors finished
their Report Of the fuaucial standing
Of the county on Wednesday last, Mr..
j. II. Dingman acting as their clerk
We are pleased to say they found the
county in fine shape, and having been
administered in a very economical and
business like manner. The Commits
sioners retained Mr.. Brennan as
Clerk for the ensuing year, 10 which
choice they display their customary
good judgment. Mr.. Ritchey was al
so retained as counsel for the year,
and Mr.. Campbell as janitor. The
present Board of Com missioners have
thus lar shown their ability to conduct
the county's affairs in a manner that
admits of no fault being found, being
square. business in all that they under.
take, and we predict them for success
10 the future and the appreciation of
the taxpayers.
The teachers institute last week
was most decided success in all par.
liculars, except the weather. What a
pity this wasn't last week, or last week
this week; or. what we want to get
at, why couldn't it have been this
kind of weather last week. Speaking
about the institute, what's the matter
with applying this, from May Irwin's
Frapkliu Neaos, to last week IS Assem-.
bly, in the place: "a glance at the
Institute now in session reveals the
fact that the old.fushioned school
teacher, the traditional pedagogue, is
among the extinct animals. The men
are clad in fashionable tailor made
suits, wear dude collars, have Pompa.
dour cuts on their hair and sport the
latest agOnies 10 the hat line. The
ladies are arrayed to knock out Solo.
mons lilies they wear the latest style
of dress, are mostly young, and nearly
every one of them has her hair hauled
up on top of her Uranium, with some
style of devil.puzzling headgea sur
mounting it all. One looks in vain for
the oldt school ma'am-the devOt'
ed female, with the corkscrew curls,
the nose like an ice.pick, the angular
form, suggesting a set of edged tools
tied up in a bombazine bag.-Alas
the old.fashioned teacher survives no
longer, to board round and draw the
dampness from the spare room. The
race went out with the fail, the ox.gad,