The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-08-28
East Hickory.

t1lling the air with melodious metre;
Under our hat, and tickling our nose;
Taking bite through hole in our clothes /;
In through the window, opening the door
Filling the house with terrible gore;
Filling our chamber and singing the
sweeter
Ever is found the untiring muskeetor."
When you hear man sneering at
the local papers because they are not
as large, cheap and newsy as some
city papers, you can rest assured that
he does not spend his wealth in assist.
ing to make them any better, and that
generally the local papers have done
more for him than he ever did for
them. I'VE stop right here to remark
that our wide awake correspondent
"gets there with both feet" so to
speak.-ED.l
Squire Foreman is doing a land
office business among the young and
tender souls in search of matrimonial
bliss. There is hardly a day passes
that does not find one more trophy in
his belt.
james Connolly has hied himself
away from the scenes of his boyhood
days, and is now at New Washington,
Pa.
j. E. Whitmore and wife spent
Thursday at Tionesta.
G. r. Middleton has returned from
Chautauqua.
Rev. c. r. Thompson is able to sit
up.
Mrs. Eugene Holmes is convalescing.
Mrs. Simon Whitmore is getting
well.
Sue Connolly is better.
Mrs. Lowers is able to be out.
Drain the pond and we will all get
well.
Picking black berries is the fashion
here now, and in spite of the rattle.
snakes and punkeys many quarts of
the luscious fruit are being carried
into town.
What might have been disastrous
confagration on Church street was by
persistent effort confined to the garret
of the M. E. Church. A burning
lamp was upset by Mr.. Hoyt as he was
making the gas connections in the
garret. The oil ignitei and before it
could be extinguished quite a hole
was burned in the ceiling.
In Roland Reeds play, "Humbug"
there were those present who said, at
is lacking in something, Reed is not
as vivacious as he has BEEN" But
had the individual who made the re.
mark known all; had the mans heart
been unrolled before the audience as
his face was lighted with merriment
for their delectation, a strange contra.
diction would have appeared. Three
weeks before Roland Reed had con.
sigued to mother earth all that re.
mained of her he held most dear on
earth-a loving wife. With the mem.
ory of that dear one uppermost in his
mind that evening, we are amazed that
he could amuse US with the degree of
success that he did. "He did better
when his wife was with him" some one
said ignorant of her death. And so
do we all "do better when our wife is
with U.s." When We have nothing left
but an aching heart, thrObbiug brow
and the ringing in our ears of falling
clods upon the coffin lid, it is hard to
stand before the world with the same
joyful smile We wore when she was
with US. Let the world say what it
will, eve did better when our wife
stood by our side"
DR.. Storrs of Brooklyn, when lee.
turing the Theological students, among
other things told them how to preach
without notes. If the DIR. had lived
in this section of country such advice
would have been unnecessary as many
of the preachers are preaching without
"notes !" and more than this, he would
have learned that the one who is con.
staDtly clamoring for the best Minis.
terial talent is always without "notes,"
and that the Theological student who
comes from the Seminary with patches
on his knees aud several other places
generally has to Ego short" on the
mote" system.
A young writer for the local papers
asked US the other day (which magn.
zine will give me the highest position
quickest?" We replied, "a powder
magazine if you contribute a fiery
article.
NorI hoe s,,,K