Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1893-04-14


But rake yer fogy notions down
An sweep yer dusty soul OF gloom.
Last Friday was a great day for
weather in these United States. So hot
in Kansas that it played havoc with the
wheat; 50 degrees in Chicago and every
body sweating; a hurricane and snow
storm in South Dakota; three inches oi
snow at Syracuse, n. Y, and snowfall
for two hours in New York City.
The following Butler county teacher;
were among the Pittsburg Times last list
Martha Corbett, Petrolia; Lulu Dawson
Karns City; Alice Difenbacher, Butler
Maggie Montgomery, Flick; Maggie Nc
Clure, zelienople; Vim. Stewart, Gomersol
Lottie Taylor. Petrolia; 6. P. Weigle
Prospect, and NJ. II. Young, Petrolia.
Mr.. J. J. Donahue, the well known
taxidermist and naturalist of Millerstowr
has located in Butler; and has opened al
| Office at 211 Centre Ave. near the the
Frceport bridge lie has had forty year;
experience in taxiderimy, and is prepar'
ed to give satisfaction in the mounting OF
all kinds of birds and animals.
Nothing cheers q traveller more ol
causes him to form more favorable opini.
on of town and its people than good
meal; and in this res pect the town of Har-
risville is particularly fortunate, for at nc
hotel in no town, big or little, can one
secure more palatable meal than at the
Kerr House There is always something
good to eat on Mrs. Kerr's table.
"A London paper, descanting on our
queer old language, asks: "Why do we
always talk of putting on coat and vest
Who puts on a coat before vestf We
| also say putting on shoes and stockings.
| Who puts on shoes before the stockings
We also put up signs telling people to wipe
their feet, when we mean their boots and
shoes.
The Pennsylvania Legislature has
made record in favor of all the local pro-
hibitory laws now in force, and will not
repeal any of them. Bills to repeal local
option laws, urged upon the strongest
| grounds that might be offered in favor OF
any such bills, have been systematically
and regularly defeated, all of them being
| negatived in committee the house refusing
| to put them on the calander when asked.
At the Wheelmen's Curio Show Rev.
| Cronenwett had bible that was printed
four hundred years ago; and another that
was printed one-hundred and fifty years
ago and which weighs thirty pounds, on
exhibition. Rev. Cronenwett has quite a
number of very old books in his library,
most of which he found in old book stores
in Europe DR.. MoAlpines co lections OF
coins and minerals were also on exhibi-
tion.
Talking one consideration with another
it will not cost very much less to 60 to
Chicago during the Worlds Fair than it
does now. 1t is true that the representa-
tives of the various railro ads between the
Atlantic coast and Chicago, who met re-
Gently, finally decided on 20 per cent re-
duction from the regular fares during the
Worlds Fair but this reduction will be
good only on round trip tickets and on
the slow trains, which take tn irty five
hours or more to go from New York to
| Chicago. Moreover, the reduced fare
| tickets will not possess stop over privileges.
| The talk about the hoopskirt increases
rather than diminishes, and it is likely to
be discussed until the matter is settled one
| way or the other. Never in all its history
has the odious thing ever received such an
amount of antagonism or brought on such
| a bloodless war. If nothing else could be
urged against it, the utter discomfort and
| hideousness of the forward fitting and
| backward pitching cage ought to kill it
| forever. In is obviously disadYantageous,
so utterly unbecoming. 1t puts women at
the mercy of the four winds of heaven. 1t
makes them ridiculous, for it is absolutely
| grotesque. 1t is dangerous, senseless, and
| immodest.
The publishing of the long list of we'd
ding presents is not ode rigger" or zen
riggle," as we say in French, but some
people still have vulgar and unhealthy
desire to see the inventory in print. This
style of listing gifts of all sorts, a la vendue
bill, was in the mind OF az exchange when
it gaev the following: From father and
mother of bride, one Jersey calf; from
| bride to groom. one hair wreath made from
hair of the entira family and also six white
shirts; from brother Elias, one book OF
poems, one dream book one polite letter
writer and a dog; from Aunt Harriet, six
hens and rooster, also a jar of tomato
catsup; from Cousin Sarah, one poem
made by herself on the bride and bride
groom, 10 verses in all.
| Hon. A. G.. Williams, Thomas Robin
son, Esq, Drs. Neyman and Bell went to
Harrisburg last week in the interest of the
proposed Hospital to be located in Butler
Mr.. Williams knew all the members of the
Appropriation Committee, and saw them
personally at the meeting of the Committee
Wednesday evening, and argued the case
before it, The Butler men asked for an
appropriation of $l2, 500; which was the
amount secured for the State Hospital at
New Castle They were treated very
courteously by the Committee, and they
think they made their point. Butler is
now railroad centre; accidents are con-
| tinually happening to men in the county
who can i'll afford the expense so incurred,
and therefore State Hospital is as badly
needed here, as at any of the points out
side of the two large cities that have Sc,
cured them.
The fatal horse disease known as
glanders is spreading in Indiana county, but
is being so carefully watched and guarded
that no particular alarm need be entertain
ed. Under the direction of Secretary o
the State Board of A griculture Edge every
known precaution is being taken to prevent
the spread of the disease. Acting under
the Secretary's authority, Dr. W. T. Miller
the veterinary surgeon is carefully investi
eating every suspicious case. On Saturday
the Doctor visited Damondville, and there
found three horses suffering hom glanders
the disease having assumed fatal form
The animals, accordingly, were at one,
killed. In cases were animals are dispatch
ed the State allows maximum sum of so
to the owner for reimbursement for tn
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