The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1890-05-14

Brennan went TO Meadville this morn
ing to pay Miss Lizzie Randall a visit,
who IL attending the conservatory of
music in that city.
The town council has served no.
lice on property owners to fix up their
sidewalks right away. This is right,
crack it to 'em lively, and let's have
better walks quick. By.the.way,
we've just finished replacing our old
rickety walk with bran, splinter new
one.
We publish this week the Rules
governing the Republican Primaries.
Owing to the large list of candidates
in the field, and the unusual interest
in the coming primaries we publish
them somewhat earlier this year 10
order that all may be thoroughly
posted.
The we'll on the G. F. Cropp farm,
Green township, which is being put
down by Messrs. Grove & Shields, is
nearing the third sand and will likely
be in next week some time. Mr..
Grove, one of the operators was in on
Monday and was somewhat encouraged
by the outlook SO far.
"A bug ologist who has given
special attention all his days to insect
life, states that there will be but little
trouble experienced by potato raisers
this year with the potato bug. He
claims that very few of them are now
to be seen, and that they gave evidence
Of migrating last year.
Miss Mamie Burwell has been
engaged by the w. G. T. U. of Forest
County, to deliver series of lectures
throughout the county. Following
are the announcements as far as decid.
ed: Marienville. May II, Is, 10;
Frosts, May 20, 21, %; Gilfoyle, May
%, "a, %; Greenwood, May 26, 81,
%; Clarington, May 20, 30, 81. Miss
Burwell comes finely recommended,
and it is hoped will be well received.
In the cases against Charles Muir.
ply and son Jerry at Piitsburg last
week the defendants were not tried,
but Charles Murphy plead guilty to
selling liquor without license. The in.
dictment against Jerry for manufac.
turing whiskey was withdrawn, and he
plead guilty to owning still without
being registered. They had not been
sentenced at last accounts. and the
opinion seems to prevail that their
sentences will be light.
Mrs. P. S. Nurss, of West Hick.
ory, met with al accident last Friday,
which might have proved very serious.
She attempted TO drive young heifer
off the railroad track to save it from
an approaching train, when she was
herself struck by the pilot Of the en-
giue and thrown a distance of 10 feet
over the embankment, inficting in.
juries from which she will be some
time in recovering. although her ply.
sicians do not believe her seriously
injured.
"A man is represented as going
around and visiting the farmers and
requesting the privilege of sowing a
small strip of ground with fertilizer
of which he claims to be agent, mere
ly to show what the fertilizer will do.
Having finished the job, the "agent"
tells the farmer he will send him a
corn binder for the trouble he has
caused him and gets the farmers au.
tograph on piece of paper or a pos.
tai card. AS result the farmer soon
finds himself ssddled with lot of
corn binders and big bill.
The Germantown Republican thus
describes the hard lot of the country
editor: "He riseth in the morning and
knoweth not what a day may bring
forth. If he telleth all the news be
runneth great risk of having a tin
ear put on him, and if be telleth not
the news the people say he is n. g., and
there is no JOY in it. The crafty man
cajoleth him Into giving him so. cent
puff for 5cent cigar, and fond moth.
ers frown on him if he fails to flatter
their freckled- faced broods. And all
his ways are ways of woe, aud his days
are full of sorrow. The life insurance
man setteth snares for him, and on the
whole he hath deuce of time"
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