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

Quite 8 number Of our country sub
scribers are back with Us in subscription
for two or more years. We never ask for
money except when we need it; and We
hope that all these who attend the Fair or
Court, next week will remember Us. and
that those who do not come viii send Us
something with neighbor.
An Englishman recently had his life
saved by $500 ~ad Of greenbacks which
varded off a bullet aimed 81 him. With
such simple means of precaution as this,
al our very elbow, everybody should be
prepared for an emergency.
Under the new sheep law the owners
of dogs are liable for damages done by
them, provided, after an investigation by
the township authorities, they refuse to kill
the deg or dogs which did the damage.
Killing the dogs viii relieve him. Dogs
under the age of four months are not to be
taxed.
Recently a New Jersey farmer, while
passing along the street in New York,
heard the well known neigh" Of his good
old horse, which had been stolen from his
barn last winter, six months having elaps-
ed The farmer turned, and there, sure
enough, was the affectionate old animal,
hitched to a butchers wagon. The horse
had reconized his master, and gave him the
accustomed signal. The farmer recovered
his property and the thief was arrested.
Some of our people residing on paved
streets give as reason for allowing their
Sidewalks to remain above or below grade,
that the walks are now on the grade given
them by the City Engineer years ago. be-
fore the street was paved. That may be
the case, but everybody or nearly everybody
living on paved street has had the grade
of his sidewalk changed one or more times.
The grade Of any street cannot be deter
mined until the street is paved. Poverty,
alone, is good exease for not putting your
sidewalk . grade Stubbornness is no ex-
cuse whatever. See to it that your side
walk ceases to be a nuisance to your
neighbors.
Here is some excellent advice from an
unknown source: Keep clear Of person
alities in general conversation. Talk of
things, objects and thoughts. Do not
needlessly report i'll Of others. The small
est minds occupy themselves with person
alities. There are family boards where a
constant process of depreciating, assigning
motives and cutting up Of character goes
forward. These are not pleasant places
One who is healthy does not wish to dine
at such dissecting table. There is evil |
enough in man, God knows; but it is no
the mission Of every young man or womant
to detail and report it, Keep the atmos-
phere as pure as possible, and fragrant
with gentleness and charity.
"A good many people get stranded"
in Pittsburg and when they come to pur-
chase tickets for home, find themselves
short. The other day a lady approached
one Of the station officials and told
him she needed quarter to purchase her
ticket. He had invested many quarters in
this way and never got a return, but this
lady looked so honest and so earnest, he
gave her the required twenty five cents
The lady took his name;which he supposed
was only for effect But that is where he
was mistaken. The next day he received
a letter, dated Indiana, Pa, enclosing a
dollar from the lady you gave the quarter
10 yesterday" That was all, but it nearly
knocked the official off his feet. Messenger
notwithstanding the rain, some sixty
of our citizens left town at A. NJ. last
Tuesday morning on the excursion train
for Niagara. They arrived at Niagara at
P. NJ. just two hours later than schedule,
time, which was not so bad. That night
however, the first section Of the excursion
train left the Falls at p u. was doubled
up with the second section at Buffalo, and |
the train was stopped at Greenyille, where
The excursionists waited two hours for regu-
lar train. In all they were thirteen hours
on the road. Everybody should see Niaga-
ra, which is one of the grandest and most /
beautiful sights of the earth, and these
excursions to it would, we think, be more |
popular if better time were made. A new
feature at the Falls is the Observation /
Tower over 300 feet high and from which
one can trace the course of the river from
Buffalo to the Whirlpool.