The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-04-17

Reyner's big store miss the basso pro.
fundo who was want TO make the
building shake in the chorus with
"Red, White and Blue" That same
lobby audience are critics from critic.
town. They say the above bassO can't
touch Col. Gaul on tone aud time on
Odd Fellow nights, while the girls Of
the S. Of 7. distance oil the others on
"Auld Lang Syne." Too many fra
ternal orders in a place are an injury
visitor to our town made the state.
ment that in his town there were so
many, that some members of them all
had to actually stint their families 10
order to keep up the payment of dues.
In our town, however, these societies
are good thing; they give the young
men some place to go evenings that do
them no harm, and the fees are not
exorbilant. The Odd Fellows have a
good library open to the public, and
the principles of the institution are all
right, good sound moral training, and
if snides creep in unfortunately, yet
the institution remains sound in doc.
trine and its members ought to be so
in practice. The p. o. S. Of A, is not
so universal iu its fraternity, but the
boys are oil o. X, and if you are O
X. yourself, they don't mind your
being-well, lets say for the fun OF the
thing, "a foreign buffoon." Anyhow,
something like that was the language
used in a communication lately that
the boys say they are not responsible
for. The S. of I. inculcate sound
temperance principles, and it's no in.
justice to the others to say that the
latter meetings are made the more
pleasant by the presence of many
ladies, young and old. The Z. A. U.
is fraternal and protective, and its
value is most apparaut when help is
most needed. Like the A. O. U. w.
it hands the widow in her hour of
need 81 900 to $4,000 dollars. So we
can stand what we have got and more
when the r. r. changes come.
COL Amsler was missing lately, and
some of the enemy said the Col. had
gone up "Salt River" looking for a
lone little Township Authorship, but
the enemy was wrong as usual. The
Col. had only gone to console Presi
dent Cleveland, and ask him how he
liked it. The ex. President Looked
him in the eye and said, $50 you too
was spokesman and villain and fell
in the battle Of liberty and independ.
ence, over monarchy, monopoly, fla
voritism and fraud and morality,
truth and righteousness, over infidelity,
vice aud hypocricy, as l see in the
Clarion county Observer? Have a
fish hook, this bait you will find excel.
lent for saltwater catch" "Thauks,"
said Col, IL amt fishing just yet you
see; | am on the majority side at pres
ent, you know; but what gets me,
Cleveland, is this: l never knew the
other fellow was so chock full of
righteousness and peace before, and
/ was such a villain and all that, until
after this local fight, and I'll be hang.
ed, Cleveland, if | ever asked man
for vote" The ex. President landed
a small whale and sat down on it to
keep it from getting away and said,
"Col. have a-a-biscuit, seeing you are
an Amendment man, and as you chew
it console yourself With my consula.
ton, which is this: | am better man
than any man who lies about me; the
boat goes north in ten minutes good
bye"
Finally, brethren of Tionesta, come
and see us sometime when you amt
running for office or serving a writ;
the fishing is getting poor and the saw
mills chase the deer, but the latch
string is out and SIlughinghoup Gf
that ain't spelled right its the fault Of
Jake Wenk's devil,) Slaughinghoup
has plenty of beef and good quality,
the springs are full of fresh water and
we will fill you up to the neck.
Y. Y.