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Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-09-18
An Iuebr,1.ted Cow.

Some time ago, says Los Angeles
paper, one of our countrymen who
lives at Pasadena was astonished to see
one of his best cows lying apparently
dying in front of the barn. The animal
lay there inert, with open eyes, OBJ
livious of everything The man called
n veterinary surgeon, who could not
diagnose the case, and butcher was
sent for to bleed the animal. He was
some time in arriving, and when he
did come the COW was found eating at a
haystack, but with legs a little uncer-
tain. An investigation followed, and it
was found that the COW had eaten
copiously of the refuse at a neighboring
winery. This stuff, composed of grape
skins and stems, had fermented and in
duced n state of intoXication.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-09-18
SUCCESSFUL DRAINAGE.
The Excellent System Employed by q
Ohio Farmer.

The Excellent System Employed by an
Ohio Farmer.
Last winter a subscriber asked for
information, or rather advice, about
draining 13-acre field of rolling land
that washed badly in heavy rains The
piece was slightly lower in the center
than around the sides, and he asked
how best to drain land in that shape.
/ have n field similar to his, and I
drained it in this way:
run an s-inch tile from the mouth
up to the box Qllustrated) in center of
the field, or lowest place, making cal
culations on having plenty of fall from
there. The box is 4 feet square, with
4x4-inch posts in the inside at the cor
ners, upon which the planks are nailed.
The bottom was bricked over, bricks
fat, to keep from washing. In the cut
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-09-18

She--I suppose now that you have
graduated you are an "a. B." aren't
you, Mr.. Crimson?
He-Well, to tell the truth, Miss An
mex, I-um-would prefer leaving off
the 3D." and | thought-ahem-y
perhaps, could help me to get rid of it.
Boston Beacon.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-09-18
\ Hint. Time. Two A. NJ.

She-Let us rehearse scene from
Romeo and Juliet.
He-With all my heart.
She-But you must let me act the part
Of Romeo.
He-All right. Proceed.
She-"Look, love. what envlous strea1s
DO lace the severing clouds In yonder east.
Nights candles are burnt out, and jocund q ay
Stands tiptoe on the misty mountain tops"
He eparted.-Harper's Bazaar.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-09-18
POULTRY PICKiN0S

SoALD the feed at night and let stand
until morning
lr is not good plan to allow the
hens to lay in their roosting place.
STORE up supply of dry. clean straw
for making nests during the winter
WHEN convenient change the mate
rial in the nests weekly.
PUMPKINS boiled and mixed with
bran make n good poultry food
OLD barrels or hogsheads are con.
venient for storing the poultry drop
pings
HAVING the nests darSened and using
china nest eggs will, in measure. pre-.
vent egg eating.
WELL-MArURED fowls with small
combs and wattles make the best Kind
to winter over.
IL properly managed the hens that
are moulting now can be made to lay
nearly or quite all winter.
If pullcts arc depended upon to lay
the eggs for spring Matching keep
two year old cock to mate with them
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-09-18
Got His Vacation.

Mr.. Bullion-By the way, Mr.. Book
keep, you asked for q va
Mr.. Bookkcep-oh, Mr.. Bullion, did
not think really you would allow me a
vacation during this busy season.
Mr.. Bullion--cation Well, you may
take off two
Mr.. Bookkeep Thank you, Mr..
Bullion.
Mr. Bullion-Weeks, and then stay
away Observation-Disclosures Circular.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-09-18
Driven to 1t.

Haggard Citizen-That's rare old
violin you've been playing every night
at your house for the last month, is it
not?
Next Door Neighbor- Been in
the family over hundred years.
''Such violin would be hard to re-
place, wouldn't it?"
Couldn't be replaced. If | should
lose it I'd never get another"
with assumed carelessness) What
will you sell it for?"
Five thousand dollars
with feverish eagerness) Bring the
Internal thing out! III take it."-Chi-
cago Tribune.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-09-18
Worthy of Imitation.

sing.
Jack Mallet (warmly)-So do ]. They
never attempt "a piece beyond their
abilty.-Puck.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-09-18
\ safe Place.

Little Louise lat Long Branch)-Ma-
bel, why don't your mamma wear dia-
mond earrings like my mammals?
Mabel-She left 'em home, and papa
hid ''em where the robbers can't get
'em.
"Whcre has he hid 'cm?"
''Why heard him tell mamma that
he had put them up in the spout, and he
guessed they would stay there. Texas
Siftings.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-09-18
Three Kinds of Stars.

There are three well-defined classes
of stars, judged by the quality of light
they yield. In the first class are the
clear white and bluish-white stars like
Sirius and Vega. These are supposed
to be the hottest stars, and most lumin-
Gus in proportion TO the extent of their
surface. Then there are the golden
yellow or pale orange stars, OF which
Arcturus and Cappclla are fine exam
pies. These bave begun to cool. FL
nally, we have the deep orange and red
stars, like Aldcbaran aud Antares.
These have advanced still further in
the polling process.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-09-18
Murder VIII Out.

Miss Highup-I don't believe the y
Styles have been out of the city at AL
Miss Tiptop-Their house was looked
up and they are covered with tan.
Miss Highup-Locking mp the front OF
house is easy enough, and tan can be
got ON the roof They haven't been away
and know it.
"How?"
with all the tan and sunburn and
freckles, they haven't mosquito bite
among them. Good News.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-09-18
4 Rare Genius.

Jinks-That man does not look very
smart, and yet you say he has made a
million.
Winlis-Smart? He's genius. He's
great inventor.
You don't say so? What did he in
vent?"
''He invented an apple barrel that
won't hold scarcely anything at ALL
N. Y. Weekly.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-09-18
Hadn't Heard Her.

Miss Emersonia Russell from Bos-
ton)-I have read that Venus de Milo
will be at the Chicago Columbian expo
sition. Won't that be charming?
Miss Calumetia Porcine from Chica-
go)-Very lovely! But I have never
heard the young woman sing.-Jewel-
er's Circular
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-09-18
Labeled.

Edith-Was it rey ill-natured of me
TO tell him that Daisy was rather
larlly?
Rose-of course not; it's patent to
every one Why, even the black stock
ings she wears in bathing are stamped:
Warranted fast,r-Pucl<.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-09-18
FOR eAaelno GRAIN.

How ~ saw. sAs tiaed Labor Ut ssseplns
a -; iato Sacks.
i,vcry s-ar.a who cleans grain for
Ila4..,t l.lz. n-l e-subt. wished for some
plan = $50 TIC time and the back
bsniins li3r "a seooping 10 up into
sacks
With this object in view an ingenious
far 4cr IN mi yiainity devised and con-
s.raetcl e .la 4 ne which he pro-
n0uaees :. lsc +, saccesi After sev-
erat successivc t.iprovements II is sub
ssaatially - hcs described It .
shown in pr tive at Fig. /. The
elevator s';.sft . TX feet long, raised
three feet ab l.r u floor at Its uppef
end, and r. t:ae 81 two-inch bo6rd
NJ the lower The sides OF this e1e-
va.or are eight iaches apart. inside
measure, ana siIould be about the sane
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-09-18
s,Ienclnr Hubby.

Young Father lin the future)-GreaS
snalSesl Can't you do something 70 quiet
that baby? It's eternal squalling 5uss
drives me wild.
Young Mother calmly TO servapt1-
Marie, bring in my husbands moth4's
phonograph and put In the cylp&eg,
marked AT Ten Months" Iwsnt -
to hear how his voice sounded when 10
was young.-N. Y. Weekly.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-09-18
Curblnr Her Expectations.

Bishop Gullem-So you think Heaven
Is like Boston, do you?
Mrs. B. from the Hub)-Oh, Of
course not exactly; don't expect too
nuch Life
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-09-18
Her View VAS Ecasoalblc.

What is M old sea De ." asked Mrs.
Cummey of her husband
'''The term is applied to mariner
who has seen much service" replied
Gummcy
Il thought perhaps a sea dog was an
ocean greyhound Judge.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-09-18

Hollister and land they had dressed
me in my wedding dress, and bade me
look at myself and see how pretty
was. Well-but that is not for me to
say. Only did not feel as if l knew
myself standing there all white, with
veil on my head and white roses in my
hand. We couldn't get orange e-blos-
SONS, and we were all glad, think. |
know l was as happy as the angels are
in Heaven.
You should have seen the picture
from our door. One side the green
woods, the other the green prairie
like n sea it looked with the wind
sweering its long grass gently up and
down, rs waves rise and fall, and just
oighty little houses and then barns
gathered together and the stone church
on the hill and the schoolhouse below
it 1t was called Hope Settlement and
it was prosperous and others were
.ining out to US shortly, and in so
small q place we were all
friends, and everyone was biddeu
to the wedding. and everyone
came. We walked to the church, and
| walked beside Ralph, and the rest
came alter, arm III arm, With many
joke and many laugh. The minister
and his wife and five little girls in
white muslin gowns were already at
the church. So was the old man who
kept it tidy, and u wagon full of men,
passing by Us to clear place farther
or, had stopped to see the wedding.
Before we went in my father invited
them all to come over and share the
supper and the dance, and they thanked
him kindly and said they would if their
rough dress might be excused, for they
had no holiday clothes with them; and
so we went into the church; and then
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-09-18

About the middle OF February last
a northward migration Of Butterflies
over the Calf OF Mexico was observed
at distance Of five TO ten miles from
the Florida coast. The nearest land to
the south being Cuba and Central
America, the question IS raised whether
il is possible for butterflies to fly SO far.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-09-18
Sai-k;i1- i

IL wish | were like champagne" he
sighed.
"Ah," she qucricd
Yes" he continued. 1T sparlsles
So"
"And it pops sometimes. she mused
softly, but he was too stupid for any
u,e.-Detroit Free Press.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-09-18
% iYLlt Ntringa a.!

Crowpson-- People in New York waste
water terribly
Col. Gore (of Louisvilie)- e)-Ycs, I'm
told they drink u good deal of it;-Mun-
eav'e rppl,Iv
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-09-18
Two Things at O.cc.

Small Boy-Sis says you have the ad-
vantage over her. You can eat and
talk at the same time.
Young Man-IIow's that?
sfYou talk through your nose. Jury.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-09-18
-----------------
He IIinseIf Has Said IL.

Mr. Bloobumper - There's nothing
egotistical about Goslin.
Miss Dollic (sarcastically)-
Mr.. B-I heard him say yesterday that
he hated fool.-Jury.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-09-18
a,,o .mi.blo younper slater.

Young Sappy-Doyou think Miss Amy
will come down soon?
Efie-rm sure hope SO, for really 1
find you an awfully hard man to enter
tain.-MnnseY's Weekly.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-09-18
Marr.ed for spite.

She--Why did 4 young man like him
marry that elderly woman?
He--To get even with her daughter
for being Il sister TO him. Kate Fields
Washington
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-09-18
A scripturaI Instance.

Jack-Well, after all, there never was
a man who never committed youthful
follies.
Tom How about Adam?--Munsey's q
Weekly.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-09-18
A Handsome Dover.

Astonished Clergyman Officiating -
christening)-Plcase repeat the name
OF this infant again, and say It slow.
Parent - Mary Barbara Elizabeth
Farley Akenside Johanna Berdunn-
Williams Finley Young Thompson
Pickle.
Clergyman (writing IL down At par.
ent's dictation) MAY l ask why you
give the child such a remarkable narnsl
Parent-It's all we ever expect TO b
able to give her, sir.-Jury.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-09-18
A. q. GABLE,

Veterinary Surgeon.
szGrsduaie Of the Ontario Veterinary
college. Toronto. Canada.
pr. Gable treats ali diseases Of the
domesticated animals. and mokes
ridgIiug, castration and horse den.
tistry specially. Castration per.
formed without clans, and all other
surgical operations performed in the
most scientific manner.
Calls to any part Of the country
promptly responded TO.
Office and Inlirmary in Crawford's
Livery, 1872 West Jefferson Street,
Butler, Pa.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-09-18
Cultivation of Gardens.

a garden will produce large crops in
proportion to the space allotted to that
purpose A garden is really but min
iature farm, and demonstrates the pos
sibilities of the farm. Manure is used
freely, and careful cultivation given
when the garden is relied upon and
with less area cultivated on the farm
and more attention given to the matter
of manuring and cultivating the crops,
the whole farm could be made to equal
the garden.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-09-18
SURE THINGS.

Dc Courtncy- had large ideas Of govern
mcnt reform,
ana thought he only Lad 70 run AMI take tn.
town by storm
Election day things looked TO bright that he
could almost see
The silent ballots piling up his big majority;
But as he counted the returns at two o'clocs
that night
Three safe" precincts came in and hid his ot
flee out OF sight
He was knocked out-completol crushed. hi:
brightest hopes took wing,
How could he losei lie knew he had
Dead
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-09-18

PoULrRY like fruit of all kinds
especially apples, which at this season
can nearly always be fed to good nd
vantage when moro or less Is going TO
waste. st. Louis Republic
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-09-18

Tom Jenkins fate was even worse; he loved a
rOguish miss,
Who rather liked quiet hug, and didn't mind
q kiss;
at last Tom thought the time had come TO end
his lonely life,
And gain her deepest gratitude by making her
his wifc;
With confidence hc asked when she would
name the blissful day.
And found she would not name" at all, she'd
only been IN play.
So, TO his empty pocket he returned the dia-
mond ring
Ard found he'd gained some points about
Thing
Alasl such luck is common in thsse harrassing
days
We all have stumlled over it in unexpected
ways.
Ii may have been tip about some flyer at the
track,
Or else red won dozen times. and then we
played the black;
Or our small nash ran up against one headed
by king
In fact we all have Lambled on
Sure
Thing.
Harry Romaine, in Detroit Free Press
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-09-18
~ AoEECCtAotAs

Editor-We printed q likeness OF you
in the Daily Kazoo this morning. Did
you see it?
Victim-I did not. | saw portrait
of myself, though. -Munsey's Weekly.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-09-18

IIIlE.
Harry Romaine, in Detroit Free Press.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1891-11-19
Our Female Seminary.

No institution or enterprise, or what
ever name is the most appropriate. has
been inaugurated in Clifton Forge that
is more important or whose influence
Will be more salutary and beneficent,
than that of the Clifton Forge Female
Seminary, Miss Dora Bryant, Principal.
1t now has over eighty pupils, the sec
ond year of its existence and the first
year of its occupancy of building suit
able and erected for that purpose.
The courage and self-confdence mani
tested by Miss Bryant in this undertake
ing was striking. Almost unaided and
alone she ''set this ball in motion" and
now has the satisfaction and pride of
knowing that early in her efforts success
is assured. The school has competent
corps of teachers, and the building is
more than usually comfortable and
home-like in it's equipments and arrange
ments. Everything is neat and attrac-
tive about the interior, while the cur
riculum embraces English and modern
languages, music, calisthenics, and other
studies and accomplishments associated
with frst-class female seminary. II
is both an ornament and a necessity fol
Clifton Forge and the surrounding coun
try, and Miss Bryant is to be congratu-
lated on the eminent success which has
attended her efforts.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1891-11-19
Clifton Forge Prospecting.

Clifton Forge is coming to the front and
marches steadily on utterly regardless of ru-
rnors Of dull times. The electric-ight system
has just been put in operation, the wooden mills
have begun work. and the new depot is ccm-
ple5ed and was opened on Sunday, and { ur
llei ghbors OF the Forge may well plume the m
selves upon the completion of three such imp6 r
Gant improvements within a week.-RodrlCk he
HerIla.
Clifton Forge has felt the effect of the
"dull times" but we doubt whethes
there is a town anywhere which has
made as rapid or substantial progress
under adverse circumstances as Clifton
Forge and we think she has lsist cause
for congratulating herself on the strider
she has made, not only as regards the
Improvements noted above, but on &C
count OF numerous others as well.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1891-11-19
The New Depot.

The opening of the new Depot at
Clifton Forge, west of the Nettleton
building, is q convenience that is APP
preciated by the public. The building
itself is a neat, well arranged and at
tractive structure, with capacious
platform in front, and with easy and
safe approaches. 1t is but short dis
tance from the McCurdy House, from
which conveyances run to each passen-
gen train; is but few hundred yards
from the Woodward House in the Net
Teton building; and about 500 or 600
yards from Gladys Inn, hack running
regularly from that hostelry to the De-
pot. 1t is located for the equal conve-
nience of all, or as nearly SO as the mas
5ure of the case will admit. altogether
the new Depot is Il great desideratum TO
Clifton Forge, in that convenient re-
ception rooms for both ladies and gen
tlemen have been arranged, where they
Gan be comfortable In all kinds of wealth
err while waiting to take the trains.
The Depot adds greatly to the business
appearance of the locality, and is a
prominent evidence of the general i'm
nrovement that is now going on in Cliff
Jon Forge.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1891-11-19
Christian Workers.

The Convention of Christian Workers,
in Washington, last week, was attended
by about 800 delegates. The Postmas>
ter General made an address of welcome,
and the delegates were received at the
White House one afternoon by the
President.
1t was as its name imports, a Conven>
ton of workers. They came from every
part of the U. S. and Canada, where
they are engaged in the most difficult
of all Christian work. Many are en-
gagged in Mission Work in the slums,
some are prison evangelists while others
are at work among the sailors. Much
attention is paid to work among the
fallen and outcasts in the great cities.
Many of these workers have themselves
been reclaimed from lives of sin.
s'Steve" Halcomb, as he is Familiarity
called, is a converted gambler, having
at one time, been at the head of large
gambling house in Louisville, KY.
Mr.. H. Fl. Hadley is reformed drum
dard and is now in charge of the famous
Jerry McAuley Mission in New York.
Miss Gumy is the manager of the Po-
lice Mission in London. Miss Wright
from Canada has also distinguished her
self in Mission Work.
The singing led by the blind singers
was superb and altogether the meeting
was a most profitable one.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1891-11-19
Town Council Meeting.

A special meeting of the council was
held at the Hall on Monday, all the
members being present except Mr..
Grove.
A resolution was offered providing
that wherever Electric lights take the
place Of street lamps, the amount APP
propriated for keeping up the lamps
shall hereafter be appropriated toward
the payment of maintenance of electric
lights.
The council, under our present char
ter regulating and laying levies. is not
able of itself to subscribe for electric
light, and in consequence those that are
taken have to be maintained by private
subscription. The amount above APP
propriated will supplement the private
subscriptions, and pay from one-fourth
to one>third Of the total expense.
The council also passed resolution
fixing the license of auctioneers at $50,
and revoking those now in force.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1891-11-19
Made Him Paw His Faro.

A good story is told Of Conductor Berkeley of
the Chesapeake & Ohio Ry and one of the new
collectors who were put on the road this week.
The conductor started the train out from Clifton
Forge and the collector started out in uniform
to collect the fares The conductor had had no
notification that collectors were to be put on
and seeing him at his collections. he asked the
collector what he was doing. He replied that
he was collector the train. "Well,'' replied
Berkely, I'm Conductor on this train and can
attend to the collections He then asked the
collector for his ticket and finding he had none,
tried to make him pay his fare. AT first the col
lector refused, but finding that he would be put
off unless he did, he concluded to pay and did.
The collector didn't collect any money on that
trip.-Charlestou Gazette.
Furthermore, the collector wired Gen
eral Manager Stevens the facts in the
case, and asked for instruction. The an
sWer came back Capt. Berkeley is in
charge of the train. Obey his orders.
However, collectors have been put on
the western division, and the above in
cident grew out of the lack of proper or
ders notifying the conductors of the col
lectors being placed on the road.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1891-11-19
A Bold Robbery.

On Sunday night thieves broke into
the stose~room of Mr. Louis Sachs, on
Main street and succeeded in getting
away with a quantity OF goods. En=
trance was effected through d window
in the kitchen in rear of the store, thence
by removing the lock clasp of the door
leading into the hall, and then by priz>
ing the door open which leads into the
rear of the store. This was done by an
axe, which the rogues left in the store.
Their stealings consisted of five or six
suits of clothes, u Winchester rife, two
revolvers, rings, earrings and other
small jewelry. Mr.. Sachs estimates his
loss at $500. Suspicion rests against a
couple Of negroes, and it is thought that
they can be caught.
Two or three weeks ago some one stole
key belonging to the front door, and
it is said that an entrance was first at
tempted by the use of this key, but Mr.
Sachs had otherwise secured the door.
1t is to be hoped the culprits will be cap
tured and their booty recovered.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1891-11-19
To Be Extended,

The railroad, recently completed from
Covington to Hot Springs, is to be ex-
tended to the Warm Springs-a distance
of five miles. A contract for the con-
struction of this extension has been let
to Messrs. J. G. Carpenter. g. g. Gooch
and others, work on which will be COM
menced at once, and when completed
will bring this cluster of Virginia
springs in immediate contact with the
outside world by steam and rail. 1t is
contemplated to make extensive i'm
provements at these springs, and it will
not be long before the greatest sanitari-
UNI of the world will be formed out of
the Hot, the Healing and Warm springs.
There is practically unlimited capital
back of the project and all that money
can do will be done to open these health
and pleasure resorts to the whole cont.
mont