Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1888-04-20

stick TO their old friend, and as many
more are daily testing their virtues.
"A Perry county man who emf
grated to the State of Nebraska. wrote
back to friend. saying: "Otfer a
premium at your county fair for the
biggest fool in the county, and L will
try to be there"
Russell Sage, the ten millionaire
put-and call operator, walked boldly
INTO Broadway clothing store on
Saturday afternoon and tried on and
purchased $l5 suit Of store clothes.
The Anti Treating Club, of Chi
cago, numbers 450 persons. Every
one drinks alone.
Elder Jones - Well, Brother
Smith, how many have you in your
new church? Elder Smith-Ob, Two
hundred and some odd. How many
have you? Elder Jones-Two hun
dred and all odd.-Burttngton Free
Press.
John Holdfast, of St. Louis, let
go as he was working on a scafiold
and fell distance Of Fifty feet.
The latest popular craze is for
apple green" colors, and nine out OF
ten of the colors come about as near
squash green as they do apple.
When they put the loss of ward
robes by the burning of variety the.
ascr at $50, that figure is supposed 10
cover all the stage dresses OF 100 &C,
| tresses.
The latest thing out is chew
ing gum trust. 1t is a combination
| vi the beeswax and tellow men and
the object is, of course, 70 force up the
price OF cuds.
An Albany boy who feels sorry
for the government put $l4 worth oi
postage stamps on 100 letters which
his father gave him to post. The
licking he got was valued at 500.
The New York Graphic say:
that Il monkey can depend upon bet
Ter treatment ia New York than g
baby. Why not? They cost $50
apiece and are cunning little darlings
In Japan q husband is held re
sponsible Tor his wife's gossip. anc
the way u Japanese wife eau keep
her mouth shut at sewing socitey
beats the best time Maud s. evel
made.
"A Florida hunter says that al
alligator will eat anything OF the foot
kind known TO man, anu that fou
ounces OF poison won't even make
one vi the reptiles feel little bad.
The champion feather weight o
Pennsylvania ID dead at 2S A .hart
working carpenter can live to the ag'
of 60, but the champion slugger get
slugged out at al early date.
The advent of q bicycle on th
streets does not make spring. hu
spring comes along Two weeks afte
1
over the Sidewalk into al ash.barrel
| After holding ten different meet
ings, and alIer about 100 speeche
and debates and essays on The sub
ject, social club at Buffalo has dc
cided that the word devil" is not a.
oath. Jass so
"A dozen or more Jewess maid
ems have eloped TO marry gentle
during the past year, and IT seems q
if the time had come when ncithe
race nor religion could stand u
against genuine love.
John Lemon, of Michigan, wen
into trance the other day and di
not come out OF it until his friend
had laid him out in a coffin wit
about u ton OF posjcs spread aroun
him. IL came very uear being u tigt
squeeze for that Lemon.
"A school teacher ia Kansas ha
been discharged because she insiste
that her pupils should come to schot
with their hands aud faces washed
The outraged parents could not stan
this foreign custom being introducin
among them.
"A man living near West Benc
Wis, has been married seven year
aud does not know his wife's give
: name. She become insane recentl
and the mans remarkable ignoranc
was revealed when application wa
made for her commitment to an asy
, lum.
The town Of Bellevue, Ill Ia eI
tireIy free Of dogs. Since the nitro
glvcerine explosion there, few day
:, ago, not canine has been seen {
the streets. AT the Grst report ever
one started on dead run for tn
: woods, and not one has not returne
yet.