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Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-06-12
MAIN STREET.
Troutman Building
WASHINGTON STREET.
MARTINCOURT
Il co.

Here we are down on Cunningham {. Almost every
body knows where are but do please look at the
above map Walk down Cunningham St the right hand
side till YOU come 2l6 and you will find Here we have
lots of room and paw no rent than doubled sales
last year expect increase them much this year All
who came last year if had large stock and sold
as cheap as we advertised ssid modest in
declarations and said they did not expect find half as muc
even after reading advertisements You know and
have twice large when You were here before
ard still cutting prices To those who have been
here we want you We don't advertise to blow
If YOU don't find more stock here lower prices than you
ever expected reading advertisement will pay you
your time that it takes walk down here from Main ST.
Remember, keep every thing in our line. Horse COL
50c work brides ST. work harness SIS, buggy har
So wagon ngetrees, roned, 25c double-tree shafts
wheels poles shafts cushions tops harness OIL curry COMBS
brushes paint springs dashes lap busters, robes, blankets
whips CARTS buggies, spring wagons and everything and
Kramer wagons the best wagons made.
Come and Look stock. We want to get
acquainted with you. Remember who first brought
down prices bugge in Butler county for your benefit
relying increased sales make for small profits and the
public has stood by in way that makes like everybody
Yours, etc.,
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-06-12

Between the manger and the feeding
alley the partition is low enough to ad-
init OF readily feeding over 1t and Sec
ing the cattle, and 1t does not reach
down to the floor by a foot The square
feeding boxes have each o handle, SO
that they are easily pulled out into the
alley and cleaned ana emptied, without
any lifting; the mangcr is swept out
into the alley, and the boxes refilled
with food at the proper time, and pushed
back again.
fine this q good arrangement, If I
could only do two things One is, to
board up the partition in 'front.' and, I
think. when get time to study it out
little, can invent something that will
be nlord5le, so 1t can be easily removed
for feeding, or If friend comes in to
see the cattle. The other necessity is,
to both widen and deepen the gutter
behind the cattle, although this Is not
as much needed, as the entire stables
are cleaned out twice a day, and at
present cutters are / foot wide and o
inches deep.
One improvement have made that
was not in Col Russell's stable, or IL
il was, did not observe 1t; It Is neces-
sary to nail two upright cleats on each
side partition of each cows stall to.
slide the front piece or v down into.
Instead of two cleats on each side. we
have half dozen, and we can thus suit
the length of the stall to the length of
the animal, which is a great conven-
ience, as it does not take minute to
lift out the v, as we call it, and set 1t
further back, or forward, as the case
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-06-12
A NEW ENGINEERS STORY.

An Engineers Story In form regulation,
aln't going ter tell am not cruel heartfelt
This story, in kind IS the first since creation
Upon It's long journey o mysteries started.
Iloved Sanie Jenkins-aname that's not talin,
With people what hauker for poetry names
Twas the gal not 'er name, sir thet first did
awalin
Affection in me, an enkindled loves flames.
We met, an les as soon as her pirty eyes hit
me
Ifelt my heart Jump, like feller in doze.
sez: 'Thar's a gal what'l les zactly 1T me,
TIL hev 'er no matter what troubles oppose"
found she wuz wiIlin' but then her ole daddy
He took down hiz gun from the garret an sed:
III ever tempted ter take her, he had me,
He'd draw back the hammer so would go
dead"
knowed he would do ii, yes, cause the ole
party
He'd won much renswn fer sicn innocent
capers-
His appetite alters fer Gghtin' wuz hearty,
N much he he'd done he'd read in the papers
But fortune hit alters smiles ont on two lovers,
rested fer things ter develop themselves;
Good luck in the cloud that anrights US oft
hovers,
Success ia caIamity's house often dwells-
One evenin' Of dusk when the moon wuz up
creepir',
My train near her home wuz a-chargin' With
might;
Ahead near the track, there wuz sumthin' a.
leapin,
Then form NV woman grew quick on my
sight!
She seemed all unconscious uv what she wur
doin;
She needed no whistle-stepped right on the
track;
Her form on the rails soon the wheels would be
gluin'
Unless by a miracle she wuz jerlzed back
One chance in q thousand Reversing the lever,
An, maxim q leap an grab at ore time,
I landed her over the bank in a CULVER
or terror and gladness-that sweet gal o.
mtnel
Next day all the papers wuz full NV the storyi
strhe brave engineer" wuz the idol Nv all;
Her old dad was on me-his eyes no more CORY
He hugged me, whiletears from hiz whiskers
did fall
An now for pure fact in this awful narration
Fer since we are married the public may
scoi-
That Job wuz put up at the sharp gals dicts-
ton
When I leaped ter save, she wuz ztwenty steps
on!
VdHcsJurg, Ky.
james Noel johnson. in N. Y. Herald
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-06-12

KEEPING COWS !


n AonAn's Interesting Cont Ion to
Agricultural Literstr
Much OF the trouble in cows
clean could be obviated f1y -.s... ing up
the managers on the back, or side farth-
est from the cow, so she could not
step forward at all This detracts
greatly from the pleasure of looking at
the cattle (mine stand face to face,
with six-foot alley between), and it Ia
also impossible, then, to feed from the
alley. My present mode OF tying /
learned in the barn of Col II. s. Rus
sell. Milton, Mass Each cow has a
separate stall. and the partition runs
back to the gutter (as there is still am
pie room for them to back out) and the
front Of mangcr is formed of stout
piece. with big v cut out in center,
Fig. /; a arc two iron rods about as
thick as ones finger, which runs paral-
lei with the sloping sides of the v. and
are secured at each end by small bolts
On each of these rods runs an iron ring,
with about fifteen inches of chain at
tached % b, and the other end of these
chains meet in ring, to which is at
tached the broad leather strap (c).
have seen nothing more comfortable
for the cows, and nothing which gives
better view of them, in easy and
natural positions.
When the cows get up, the rings run
up on the rods and spread out, SO that
the chain is stretched horizontally
across the big opening Mt the top of the
Y. When tho cows lie down. the rings
slide down. till they meet ut the lower
0f ha nd hn hoe
all the slack there Is, and can turn her
head and reach away back in her stall,
and sleep with her head on her side
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-06-12

FIG. 2

the owner grasped her tail, by the
plated switch, and in an instant he
had fastened the snap into it and let 1t
90. I never saw anything SO funny in
all my lifel But it did just exactly
what the owner wanted. As the cows
stood up, their tails hung in the nat
ural position, or pretty much SO; the
gutter was so deep and wide, and floor
Of stalls SO short, and stanchions kept
them housekeeping forward. SO that the
floors where they stood and lay were
spotlessly clean. Just then some OF the
cows lay down, and the owner pointed
with pride to the fact that not one OF
their tails lay in the wet gutter to after
wards befoul the COWS. And 1t was all
true There lay the cows, coutentedly
.hewing their cuds, and each with her
tail gracefully festooned up, just out OF
the dirt; not a particle of bedding. but
4 good clean floor, q warm stable, and
plenty of good food, and each COW as
.lean as my own at home.-Eliza nj.
Jones, in Country Gentleman.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-06-12

Some horses hold their shoes longer
than others, but their hoofs grow
nevertheless and in six or eight weeks
1t is difficult for them to travel AS
the shoes protect their hoofs, they are
not subject to the natural wear and
tear and become too long. Have them
set every six weeks at least; every four
weeks Is better. Don't send a boy to
have the horses shod, but go yourself,
unless you know your smith and can
trust him. While there don't sit and
read, but watch the shoer and give
directions. Much Of your own and the
animals comfort depends on proper
shocing. Don't have the feet pared too
much. Most horses used for light work
may go barefoot all summer to their
ultimate advantage.-Farm and Home.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-06-12

THEM THE VERY SAME WORDst
"'BiH, stay nth ne. For Co.'s sake
don't ledre ne, Biz Iteant you."
my God! said l, as heard Penny's
cry. 'Them's the very same words
that Penny said t me way down there
by that black Carolina roadside. Does
he know what he is sayin'?'
''Th' doctor shook his head. an said:
"No, he's not aware of what he ut
ters. This is an old recollection. un-
He's very weak, an is not far from his
end
Tom an I We're soon forced to with
draw, though-particularly in my case
it was with much reluctance; an as we
went along tn street / could still hear
those sharp tones appealin' T. me {
stay. l could hear 'em tn day after,
an I can hear 'em even now.
Twas not many weeks after this
happenin'. Frank, that l got let
ter one day which ran something like
this:
BY a provision contained in tn
last will an testament of Z. Pickerson
(deceased) there falls t you, durin' your
lifetime. tn interest of twenty thou
san dollars; together with various rel
les of the late war gather'd by yourself
an Mr.. p
Then there was somethin' about
correspondence, an SO on, an tn let
ter was signed by tn administrator OF
Penny's estate.
81 hesitated quite long time about
answerin' tn letter, till finally, feelin'
myself gettin' old, an bein' purity
well shatter'd from a long an hard
army service, concluded { look upon
1t as somewhat of a providential PEN
sion which would take good care of me
tn rest of my days"
Such is the story ! heard from the
lips of the hardy old veteran in the seat
before me. | was so influenced, not
alone by the narration of events, but
also by the old mans earnestness Of
tone, that ! almost forgot my destina-
ton; and had l not quickly recovered
myself, | would most surely have been
carried beyond the station had set out
for. DB. GEO. HENRY CLEVELAND.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-06-12

Next, / found that the stall floors
were just as short as 1t was possible to
have them. Next, that the gutter was
q very great deal wider and deeper
than our own. But now came the RI
diculous part. Just above the gutter,
and running the whole length of the
barn, was horizontal wire rope, Of
such height that a mans head could
not strike it. On this were q number
OF small rings, each Of which had =
long cord hanging to it, and ut the end
OF the cord was a common harness
snap. The whole thing looked
like Fig. 2. These snaps were about
two feet from touching the floor. AS
each cow walked into her stanchion,
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-06-12
Flesh and Fashion.

The greatest craze among the women
of the city to-day is to keep from get
ting fat A fashionable doctor told
reporter of the New York Sun that the
illnesses resulting from their methods of
keeping down their weight form the
bulk Of his practice. Few of them diet;
on the contrary they dine elegantly,
give dinner parties, and rely on medi-
cines, acids and tight lacing to offset
the effect of their Indulgence. A few
who are of strong will take to gymnas-
tics and walking, as men do. but this
doctor says those are too few to be
worth counting.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-06-12

Nsatrl,confalI Intelligence

SIS it a fact" asked one Austin young
lady of another Austin young lady,
that you have consented to marry
young spoony, and are going to bs
married right Off"
Eyes, we are engaged"
"why, he has not got any moneys he
is ugly, and he is dying of'consumption.
He won't live two months"
That's the very reason l marry him.
Black is so becoming to me that l
ought to have been O widow years and
years ago. Texas Siftings.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-06-12
,rded Ladv-Well. what is itq
Narrow Escapes.

81 was told to-day that a couple Of
burglars tried to rob Jay Gould's safe
the other night, and that they actually
got in among his railroad securities"
"Were they discovered?"
mo, they were glad to get away
alive. The water was very deep, and
1t seems that neither of them could
swim Jury.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-06-12
An Inve.tlrntlon I'm Order.

Customer-You made q mistake In my
prescription the other day. II called
for two grains of opium and got
small package containing magnesia-
Druggist-Are you sure about isY
Customcr-Yes. Here In . dupncase
prescription from the physician. NOW
the question Is, who got the opium
Druygist-Dear me, that's so; ito the
prescription clerk James, who's dead
In the misunderstanding
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-06-12
Matrimonial Item.

There Is some talk of divorce suits
among the colored aristocracy of Aus
tin. A few weeks ago Deacon Snod-
grass said in trembling voice to the
bewitching Mrs. SNOWFALL, who was
boiling soap:
"Lubly woman! Jess lemme taste
dose lubly lips. | only wants to find
out if dey has as much flop as my wife's
lips"
'Ef dat's all yer wants ter KNOW jess
ak my husband. He's alters a-kissin'
yer wife's mouf. reckon he oughter
know" replied Mrs. Snowbal.-Texas
Siftinps
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-06-12
ne Elnl,rnced the opportunIty.

'Well. good night, Miss A." said
= young man, the other evening, to
Dwightville girl whom he was visiting;
al feel it Is better for me to go. feel
certain that if | stay two minutes
longer | shall be indiscreet enough to
kiss you" "Well. good night. Mr..
F." replied the girl; "oh, by the
way" she added, Il want to show you
my new sachct bag before you go. 1t
will only take couple of minutes" 1t
Is only necessary to state that the young
man in question Is the possessor of
bright intellect, and he quickly EN-
braccd the situation, and we can fur
thcr assert that the girl was in it,
Binqhampton Republican.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-06-12
Good Form.

"Chawley is SO well bwed that he
wouldn't eat an owange unless he had
an owange spoon"
Indeed Well, know one thing he
would do. He would initiate his en-
ployer's writing on a check"
"Well, but that wouldn't be i'll bwed,
you know. West Shore.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-06-12

strangcr-I should think such an en-
terprising, public-spirited citizen as MI.
Goodman would be nominated for some
important Office In this community.
Politician - He'd run well, but WE
don't need him.
Don't need him?" !
mo. We're always sure Of ebie Ws2
,iority. anyhow. IN. Y. Weakly.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-06-12
Hacked Him.

Victim latter being shaved)-How
long have you been at this business?
Barber-only short time. Juss
thought I'd take hack at it.
Victim feeling his face) = That's
about what you've done.-Boston Her
.ald
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-06-12
Another Brute.

Husband Gn voice of suppressed
wrath)-Did that new girl make this
cake?
Wife, made 1t myself.
Husband-Er-at's excellent, my
dear, excellent; but let's save it until
your mother and sister are here to hclp
enjoy it.-Good News.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-06-12
His Modest Lunch.

Chambers latter careful study OF the
bill of fare)-I see you have green tur-
tie soup and haunch of venison to-day,
waiter
Waiter-Yes, sir.
Glanders-Just SO. Then You may
bring me cup of coffee and a tooth
pick. ll.-Judge.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-06-12
Liked 1t Turned Down.

'sI'm going to turn out this gas, said
the old man, coming into the room
where sat his daughter and her young
man.
Thanks" :" said the unabashed young
man, "I was Just going TO do 1t myself"
Boston Herald.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-06-12

-Johnny-"AIy father said il in sober
earnest, ma'am." Observation-Disclosures
My father said it in earnest mean just
as much, Johnny?" Johnny-"No,
raa'am; not if you know my rather."-
Elmira Gazette
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-06-12
uonor 20 whom Honor Is Due.

Mrs. Jinks-our woman's rights So
ciety is going to erect q monument &c
Queen Isabella. We hold that America
owes its discovery to woman; for had
1t not been for Isabella Columbus woulc
not have been furnished with ships anc
sailors.
Mr.. Winks-America owes more 70
another woman than to Queen lsa'
bella.
Mrs. Jinks-Indeedl What other
woman?
Mr.. Winls-Old Mrs. Columbus. Had
IL not been for her there would
have been no Christopher.-N. Y.
Weekly.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-06-12
That Was 1t.

"Mr. Spiggitt made a sneak for home
about ten o'clock said Miss Bleecker.
sHe constructed a servile departure
for his domicile at that hour, did hep"
replied Miss South-Church, of Boston
T,,Ir
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-06-12
A Pitfau.

She-Love In blind, you know.
He-No-it's the lover-that's why he
tails into it-Lifc,
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-06-12
5OX18O.

filled with the of
Express Delivery Drie and Bolster
full of the Youngstown Bugges
Butler Their work stands second to
workmanship They
that made the United States 1t need
call examine stock Bear in mind
work the purchaser the benefit OF
the guarantee
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-06-12
A. f. GABLE,

" eterlnary Surgeon.
Graduate of the Ontario Veterinar Y
College. Toronto, Canada.
DIR. Gable treats all diseases of the
domcsticated animals, aud makes
ridgling. casnation and horse den.
tistry a speciality. Cas.ration per-
formed without CLANS, and all other
surgical operations performed in the
most scientific manner.
Calls to any part OF the country
promptly responded 20.
Office and Infirmary in Crswford's g
Livery, 1872 West Jefferson Street,
Butler, Pa.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-06-12

Dime Museum Visitor Ito Bearded
Lady)-I say, mum, wouldn't you like
to turn good penny by carrying lit
tie side line?
Bearded Lady-Well, what is 1t?
Dime Museum Visitor-It's Just this:
you'd be just as big a curiosity in a
mustache and burnsides. Shave your
chin and take an agency to boom Lath-
er's shaving soap. I'm Lather, and l
can fix you out good.-Puck.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-06-12
FARM MACHINERY.

the successful twchorse Platform Binder
binder work elevator binder
and Besides this worked
bin 1t weighs
binders This
well billy ground There onehrd
binders consequently the OF
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1891-06-05

We earnestly invite your attention to what we
are going to say and do. We do not divide our
time but give it all to the interest of our business,
and what will be our business will be to your in
terest. Our whole life has been III this business;
We have familiarized ourselves as to latest styles,
patterns and colors now in use. Our store was
never SO crowded before with both goods and Gus
toners, and We invite every one to call and look
them over, whether you buy or not. . We bought
this stock with one particular aim-that there
should be none better. and an absolute certainty
that no better prices shall be offered you any
where, because WI can sell and do sell these goods
as close as it is possible that they should be sold.
You will get full value for every dollar you in
vest. These little savings here and there in ad-
dition to the quality Of The goods certainly makes
the Palace Store a profitable place for you TO trade.
We take a great pride in our dress goods and
trimmings department.; we have one room devot-
ed entirely to ready-made clothing, hats and caps,
boots and shoes. No eastern house can fit you
up nicer nor better than we can. Bear in mind
that we sell at one price and that the lowest.
Thanking you for past favors, etc.
HOFFMAN & Co.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1891-06-05
Evaaosline.
I. Select five figures Of speech
and explain their beauty.

!. select " ngufe0 OF speech
and explain their beauty.
Metaphor
''Silently one by one. In the infinite meadows
OF heaven
Blossomed the lovely stars. thS fo~rgetme-nots
Of the angels"
Out in the green meadows the
flowers, to US, blossom one by one;
for we see one, pluck it, then, our
eyes wandering over the field, soon
see another, and 80 on until a great
many are discovered. In this man.
ner the stars may be said to blossom
one by one in the sky-"the infinite
meadows Of heaven" Being in the
upper regions, reminding one OF
heavenly things, they are iitly call
ed"the for get-me-nots of the angels"
ALTERATION -''Clock clicked"
The beauty lies in the fact that
the two words are SO nearly alike,
and having more sounds than one
common. The "cl" and "ck" are
found in their corresponding places
in both words, giving the measured
sound intended.
Simile:-
-''but where are the hearts that beneath It
Leaped like the roe, when she hears In the wood.
land the voice OF the huntsman7"
The tragedy Of the story is antici-
pated by comparing these quiet, iso-
lated people to a startled roe; that
when the foe fell upon them they
were frightened as an innocent ami
NAL would be to be overtaken by
the huntsman.
Climax
Touching the somber leaves and embracing
and hlling the woodland"
The figure is more beautiful if the
whole passage is read, but the
"~touching," the embracing" and
the "flling' Of the woodland is 90
skillfully arranged that it is beauti-
full in itself.
Personincation: -
"While from its rocky cavern The dsepvoicet
nelghboring ocean
Speaks, and in accents disconsolate answer th,
wall Of the forest.
The beauty here lies in the fac
that both the ocean and the fores
are p~ersonified and in a very abl'
manner,-the wall Of the forest an
swered by the disconsolate accent
Of the ocean.
2. Paraphrase the following:
"All was ended now. the hope. and the fear AN
the sorrow,
All the aching Of heart, the restless, unsafisne
longing.
AL the dull. deep pain. and constant anguish {
p~atiencei
And Is she pressed once more the lIfeless hea
to her bosom,
heekly she bowed her Own. and murmure,
Father I thank tbee!'
Stlll stands the forest primeval; but far AVA
from Its shadow,
Side by side. in their nameless graves, the 10
ers are sleeping"
At last the end had comet Th
continued expectation, the breadth
troubled and irksome distress, th
ever-present anguish of eufsrane
with the uncontented, unsettled d.
: sire, and aching heart, all had var
ished. And as she drew the colo
dead head to her bosom she gentl
: lowered her own and softly uttered
master, l now offer thanks to thee,
The old woods still stand; b,
the lovers lie side by side in
strange land, away from it's peacef,
shade. FLORA PERKINS.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1891-06-05

from Csc per pair up, which you
will do we'll to look over before
buying. The ladies are invited
to zee our line of black, summer
dress goods in India Linens, India