Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1893-09-01
LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Inc TenAa- y. ". 70. is giving Ats sih
ployees and their families a free ride II
Chicago.
From now till New Years you cal
shoot almost any kind of game taht yol
can find.
L0ST-A pair of steel-rimmed, blue
tinted spectscles The finder will pleas,
return them to this Office.
The Odd Fellows convention brought
large crowd to Butler, and the town hat
seldom seen handsomer parade.
The great Butler Fair comes mex
week. the schools open on Monday week
and the Fireman's Tournament comes OF
the week following.
The o. W. Hardman Art Co. has on
exhibition crayon portrait OF L. S. Nc.
Junkin, which is acknowledged by all who
have seen it to be perfect.
The tax levy for Butler this year is
26i mills-ie-Borough IL, School 10,
County 4, and Poor II. But few people
pay any State tar.
Butler Co. has 1854 farms, venango
Co. 3,054, Mercer 5,021, Lancaster Co.
heads the list OF the counties of this state
with 9,440.
We are under obligations to the But
Ter, Parker, Tarentum and Crawford Coun-
- r. l.
mentary tickets of admission.
There are plenty o! deserving men,
just home from the Worlds Fair, besides
verag1s, who are sadly in need of q col
lection.
The man who was too poor to take a
county paper sent two dollars to Yankee
for recipe to stop horse from. slobber-
ing. He got the recipe and he'll never
forget it. 1t read: ITO stop your horse
from slobbering, teach him to spit"
The Penn Glass Sand Co., of Butler,
now has its glsss- sand workes near EN-
lenton in operation, and are turning out
fine quality of sand. They have $50, 900
Invested there. Will Stein, Henry Trout
man, j. s. Campbell and others of Butler
are stockholders.
When a San Francisco man told his
Salvation Army wife that he was going to
desert her, she replied that she didn't care,
as the Lord would find her another hus-
band. Such faith as that could move
mountains.
Rev. e. Cronenwett will preach at
Carbon Centre Chapel on next Sunday at
2:30 pm. There will be German services
in st. Marks Evangelical Lutheran Church,
Butler. in the morning, English in the
evening.
The house of VIM. Stein, near Flora ),
was burned last Friday. The roof caught
fire from burning SCOT. The lower-story
furniture was saved, but that Of the upper
story was burned, as were also some notes
and money.
Woman must consider it a dreadful
fate to be an old maid" mused Mr.. Chug
water. "They dc, j Josiah" said Mrs. Chug-
water; what terrible sticks they some
times marry to escape" And Josiah rub
bed his chin and said nothing.
The prize offered by the W. c. T. U.
to the Butler schools, for the best essay
on the subject Of health and heredity, has
been awarded to Ida, the IL year old
daughter of Peter Schenck of Jefferson St,
and is deserving Of much praise for the
well written, neat paper that was presen-
ted.
Judging from the list Of entries al
ready made, the Fair of next week will be
one OF the best ever held in Butler. The
Ferris Wheel is not on its vay to Butler,
as reported, and the big Krupp Gun will
remain in Chicago; but some of the best
stock in the country will be on exhibition;
all the departments will be full; and all
the premiums will be paid on the grounds
The postofice department at Wash
ington has ruled that the writer has a
right to gain possession Of letter proyid.
ing he can prove to the satisfaction oftht
postmaster at the Office from which it was
sent that he was the writer of it. Even i
the letter has arrived at its destination and
before 1t has been delivered to the person
to whom it is addressed it may be recalled
by the writer by telegram through the
mailing Office. The reason assigned is
that the United States is only the agen
of the writer while the letter is in transit
This decision is important to business men
and to private individuals
In the hope that our citizeus woul(
not lose their interest in the County Fair
the management decided to hold their an
nual fair this year while many other So
ciety's in the state refused to hold Fair
on account of the Worlds Fair being held
this year. No better mark of the prosper
ity of the farmers Of our county can be
noted than the interest they take in th,
County Fair. The Butler Fair has a wild,
reputation as one of the best held any
where. Its prudent management in th'
Interests Of all classes, together with tn,
marked attention as well as attendanc,
it has received from those directly in.
terested in agriculture and stock rails
ing has given it much Of its prominence
Let the interest not abate. Don't stay
away from the fair and give your monel
to Barnum to be carried ont Of you
county and state, keep your quarters a
home; by coming to the Fair your shoy
your interest in home institutions, yot
help the management out, yoI
show your interest in keeping up thu
reputation of your county in holdiny
good Fairs, you increase your stock o
agricultural knowledge, you help you
county seat by spending few dollar
there, you meet your friends and neigh
bors, you become more social, in shor
you will be better in many ways for hav
ing thus spent day in.the cause Of az
riculturaI display. Come, bring you
neighbors and children. Don't forget tn
days. next Tuesday, Wednesday, Thurs
day and Friday, September 5, 6. 7 an,
8,