The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-08-08
why She Liked tho Country.

w ny Snc Llkeu tnc country.
"You taking dinner to your papa, toof'
asked little Susie as she stool on the large,
fiat stone that covered the spring, from be
meath which came the clear, cool water
through a creyice in a large rock.
Yes, said Annie, who rmSed out stone
jug with water from the spring, hes at
work in the field.'
"What are you doingln
81 am washing out this jug so it won't
taste OF the nasty Old beer
what bserp
"Why, we used to live in the big city, you
know
That was nicen
mo, it wasn't We Tired in big house
full of people, all real poor, and lots Of boys
and girls ragged and always hungry; and
they used to fight and quarrel, and so did
their fathers and mothers. And there
Just the street TO play in, and
it was always full of carts and horses
and crowds OF people, so You couldn't
play. Then when | took pa his dinner |
always had TO take this jug to the nasty
saloon on the corner and get it filled with
beer, and there were always drunken men
and women there, and was afraid. They
swore awful and sometimes / had to fight
TO keep the bad boys from stealing the beer
when 1 went out. Pa was always cross, aud
ma used TO cry and sometimes was cross TOO,
and we were always hungry; and i believe it
was all in the beer, cause since we have been
in the country and pa drinks the water |
take, he isn't cross a bit. an1 lau ghs and
plays with US, and ma sings while she works,
and We all have enongh to eat. Oh! it's just
lovely TO be in the country with the flowers
ani green grass, and lovely ferns and pretty
birds flying round and singing. Idou't want
to 90 back 10 the city any more, and l don't
want taste Of the nasty old beer TO be left
in this jug, so | always give it a good wash
ing when / come TO this spring. | wish every
/ hpHV could ip the y u Youth 9
Temperance BInHeE
RUNS Work in Africa,
Rev. Horace Waller, at the important Con
ference on Foreign Missions held in LondoI
recently, says that the degradation Of tn,
Wretched tribes of West Africa has reached
a depth that is appalling and testihes L
having seen hundreds of native girls lyin9
in a state of intoxication round the wagon
of spirit-sellers. Or. Clarke speaking OF
South Africa, coToborated the statement
! but used the word thousands instead OF hun
] dreds. Mr.. Moir, OF the African Lake:
Trading Company, wrote: Il have seen boy.
and girls of fourteen and fifteen getting
/ their wages in rum. In fact, there are parts
/ OF the country in which there is practically
/ no other currency. IL is enough TO arous,
/ the most placid spirit 10 read that the mer'
| chants OF Maurltlus send their refuse rum
worthless in any other market, 70 the re
Gently converted island Of Madagascar, and
/ despite the entreauss of rulers and people
force upon them a trade which has ne
much to nullify the work Of the Christian
/ missionaries
Rev. Joel Swartz, d. D., Of Gettysburg
/ Pa, proves 10y the testimony of the biogra
pliers Of Luther that be was not the author o
the familiar couplet; "Nh0 loves not wine
wife and song, remains q fool his whole lif,
I lOgg,' but that it originated In l1l5, two
hundred and ninety-two years after Luther'i
/ death.
A federation Of all the womens societies oI
! Chicago has been formed under the name OF
/ the Federation of Womeu's Societies, witt
! Miss Frances y, Willard as President