Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1893-05-12

"A veteran continental angler has re.
Gently given TO the world the result Of his
observations on the effect Of the moon on
the appetite of fish. According to him
they bite most freely during the four or
five days after the first quarter. while from
the third day after the last quarter to the
second day before the new moon the sport
is at lis worst
One of our young men was out seeing
his "best girl the other night, when the
electrict lights went out The mother of
the young lady was in the room. The
young man says be was not disconnected
By the outing of the light, but it came on
too quick, and without any sort of notice
A hasty glance about the room and the old
lady remarked, II guess you needn't hold
her any longer; she won't fall
When you see youth who viii do any
sort Of work, no matter how meniAl it may
be, rather than be idle, you can make up
your mind that that fellow amounts to
something. The young man who would
starve defore he would do anything be-
meath what he eonceives TO be his dignity,
is not made Of the right kind of stuff to cut
much of figure in this life. ''Any port
in storm" is a good maxim. Don't be
afraid Of any sort of work so long as it is
honorable.
"A broken hat and umbrella and bad
ly frustrated dude were the results OF an
unsuccessful attempt at mashing the other
evening. The incident transpired near the
Grant street bridge, at New Castle,
where the masher had the un-
mitigated gall to follow two respect
able yong girls and insist on accompany
ing them home. One Of the young ladies
was not to be intimated By any such dis
play Of rufinanism and although she ruin
ed her umbrella, she succeeded in wreck
ing the dudes hat, and drawing the claret
from his nose.
The pension paid to the widow of a
soldier or sailor Of the United States is not
dependant upon the amount of pension
paid such soldier or sailor. Widows of en-
listed men who died Of wounds or disease
due to war service are pensioned at the
rate Of SO month and 50 additional a
month for each child Widows OF officers
receive pensions according to the rank Of
the officer. II soldier or sailor did not
die Of disease due to the service-his widow
can only draw IS a month under the act of
June q, 1890. This rating is not affected
by the rank held by the soldier Il
"A humbug Of the "frst water in the
shape of a cowboy -eure-all put up on
Market Square last Saturday evening, and
BY his cunning method Of telling what he
was going to do later, which be never did
succeeded in getting very large audience,
which he held compact until he had sold
about s35 worth Of preparations TO remove
warts, and soften the hands, also perfume,
DC, then drove Off leaving The crowd to
wonder why they allowed themselves to
be thus d1ped.-Some Of the preparations
turned out to be merely common bran, aud
We heard Of one young man who invested
80 in the nostrums.-Er.
Last August lady appeared at the Of
flee of the clerk Of the courts and stated
that she desired to have a marriage license
filled out on her part All the answers to
questions usually put to the female candi-
date for connubial felicity were duly and
regularly noted down and she signed the |
application and made oath to the correct |
ness Of her statements. She then depart |
ed, after informing the officials that the |
man in the case would appear in few days |
and complete and lift the application. The
man, who was to have been made happy, |
has either changed his mind or been lost |
in the woods, as he has not yet presented
himself.-GreeHsbwg Democrat
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