The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-10-10

weight the crack sprang shut, holding the
horses tail firmly between the boards.
The horse knew enough to call for help.
-Punzy Spirit.
A sharp examination of silver dollars
of 1891 is necessary. The bogus speci-
men has a good ringing sound, but is
noticeably larger than the genuine coin.
The workmanship is imperfect The
motto, ain God we thrust" is blurred,
and the eagle and Goddess of Liberty are
not so finely cast as they are on the gem
uine dollar.
Flying Jib paced a mile in 1851 the
other day over kite shaped track with
running horse at his side to Jolly him up.
Robert is still the legitimate king of
the turf, but Flying Jib's feat proves
pretty conclusively it will be only few
years until horse that cannot go a mile
in two minutes or less will not be con-
sidered of much account.
The Cory Flyer reports whole herd
of cattle on the farm of Mr.. Damon,
near Oxbow Hill, Concord Township.
Erie County, suffering with Texas fever,
highly infectious and contagious di-
sease. DIR. Meredith destroyed one of
the cows, four having died previously.
post mortem examination disclosed
the disease in well marked form.
The faithfulness and efficiency of w.
5. McCuen, agent of the w. N. Y. q p.
Railroad company at the Union depot,
Oil City, is attested by the fact that on
September 30th, he entered on his fif-
teenth year in that position. The Biz
zard says that during five years of that
time he did not have one days vacation
and now seldom leaves his post of duty
for little recreation.
Frank Barclay, aged 80 years, and a
nephew of Senator Quay, was drowned
in the river near his home, at Beaver, on
Sunday. He was in a skiff with two
companions and fell overheard. The
party had attempted to cross the river af-
ter night, and became bewildered in the
heavy fog, and the strange part of the af-
fair is that the two survivors do not know
when their companion fell overheard,
they not having discovered his absense
till they landed on the shore.
"a prevailing supposition among hotel
men," said one of them recently, sis that
to close the register brings bad luck to
the house. You will find it so in every
hotel in the country. And every clerk
feels like jumping over the desk and
humping the man who carelessly closes
the book. We never close a book until
it is filled to the last page. always
place my hand on the book until the man
who registers has left the desk. When
ever man closes the book we have had
bad luck somewhere in the house."
d. H. Hoover, of Irwin township,
brougt to Franklin and rehearsed to the
Derrick reporter a most peculiar case.
During the early spring time Mr.. Hoover
planted some choice cucumber seeds.
They sprouted all right but would not
vine; they only grew straight up. Not a
blossom appeared and there was no GU
cumbers. He thought the case remark
able, but outside of that paid no attention
to the cucumbers. On Thursday eve
ming last, about dusk, he went into his
garden and being disgusted with the
plants, he pulled one up. What was his
surpise to find the roots filled with Gu
cumbers, much the same as potatoes
grow. On Friday morning he pulled up
the entire patch and secured 75 dozen
pickles. The case is considered remark
able by all the farmers in that section Of
the country and the phenomena is attri.
buted to the dry weather. The case is
the first of the kind recorded in this
country.-Oil City Derrick.