Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-04-17
Fenelton.

Brady school closed its winter session on
Tuesday.
Mr.. Ellis Milligan is now agent for
Kittanning firm.
The measles have almost disappeared
from our section of the township.
Mr.. Craig Fullerton and Miss Belle Fen
nell, of Rattigan, were.with as on Sunday.
Mr.. Rankins is now engaged in erecting
some buildings for Rev. Hickey. He ex-
poets to complete his new house when
done at Rev. Hickey's.
W. s. Fennell q Co. have got another
duster on the Peter Hilderbrand farm.
This company is to be pitied, as they have
had so many dry holes lately.
Mr.. P. Fennell was called away from
home on Sunday, to visit relative of his
in Armstrong county, who is said to be
very ill. and not expected to survive many
| days.
| 1t seems as though the spring is to
| open up with an abundance of snakes,
when we inform the public that Harry
Milligan and John Young, Sr., killed six at
Fenelton on Monday.
At this writing T. L. Sipe complains of
not being very well. Thomas, we think
| you had better take very good care of your
| self or you may get the dreaded grippe
Mr. John McDevitt, as usual, intends
planting large crop Of potatoes. We
| believe this to be q good idea and think
| that some more farmers might profit by
doing the same.
Prof j. f. Timmeny was q visitor at
| Brady school on Tuesday of last week.
Misses Emma Dipner and Maggie Young
were visitors also on Thursday of same
week.
We are pleased to note that Mrs. Fuller
| ton, who has been quite seriously affected
| for some weeks with trouble Of the inner
ear, is now much better. We hope she
| will continue to regain her health.
Hay and feed seem very scarce with
some of our farmers this spring, and indeed
| this state of affairs is not to be wondered
at when we take into consideration the
| time the farmers have been feeding.
We notice that the correspondent from
Frogtown to the Millerst0wn Herald notes
| the fact that one of our farmers has hit
upon a cunning device for the protection
Of pumpkin vines from bugs, viz: The
farmer has fenced frog pond in with his
| corn-feld, The frogs are to eat the bugs.
To the front, farmersi
Mr.. W. S. Sipe is agent for DR.. Tai
mage's latest and greatest work, "From
Manger to Throne" Judging from the
prospectus which we saw, the book will be
how hn1x1 1nfn nfrY
The fact that Dr. Talmage is the author is
a sufficient voucher for the quality of the
book.
We take great pleasure in stating that
Fenelton has some very loyal followers of
the grand old Stars and Stripes; and not
| only is this true among the young folks,
but it is also true among. the more ad-
vancd in age. We frequently hear men far
| too old to 20 to war, stating that they are
willing to fight for our country if neces-
| Sary.
The season for making roads is near at
hand, and we join with all other good citi
gems in asking that there be a little more
and little better work done on our roads
| this year than that which was done last
year. True the roads in many parts of our
county are very bad in the extreme, but
we must acknowledge that ours, taking
| them all in all, are the worst we have ever
seen anywhere under the circumstances.
Now that some of our schools have closed
and the others are drawing near to com
pletion, the question naturally arises in
| the minds of all those who are interested.
viz: Has the means adopted justified the
ends accomplished or in other words,
Have the increased wages paid to our
| teachers tie past season been beneficial to
our pupils, and to our citizens at large?
Have the Imported" and so-called Glow
grade certificate" teachers, proved them
selves worthy of their calling; and have
our directors been paid for their courage
and perseverance in calling some of their
teachers from abroadf Our answer is in
| the affirmative. In the first place, so far
as our observation and knowledge extends,
the new teachers have given entire salts
faction to both pupils and parents. They
LSve, as it were, infused new life into the
schools they have introduced new ideas,
| and presented some of the old ones in a
new way; they have, we believe. been try
| ing to perform their duties faithfully and
have realized the truth Of the old saying,
"The gods help those who help them
selves" And even those who were retain
| ed from last year seem enthused by the
current Of affairs, and are pdshing on and
doing their best. In the next place, to be
sure our directors have not been paid in
dollars and cents, but they have been paid
with something Of far more comfort and
value than mere dollars; they have been
paid in that they have had the pleasure Of
witnessing good schools. The pupils have
been benefited and some compensation has
been given for the money expended. We
think that any person who is acquainted
with the condition Of things, cannot but
believe as we do.
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