Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1894-12-13
Select your presents.

-ScieCt Hodi pieSSANo
Square up with the printer.
Santa Clans will soon be here
viii il be white Christmasi
Days are coming near to their short
est
The John Purvisnce lot on Main St
was sold BIZ Will Stein. admir- Thursday
m morning to L. C. Wick for $1,000, and the
property in Marion Twp. 10 Wm. T. At
well, 20 acres SIG, and ! of "a acres TO
B. g. 3. for 500.
The holiday ads. that appear this-
week are the first herAlds Of the coming
Christmas. We ask the reader 10 read
these ads, old and new, for as the holidays
approach they become interesting and
profitable reading matter. The buying Tor
lhs holidays is more carefully and intelli-
ee1tIy done than in former times. The
hsarG that is moved by Ihe kiadly Christ
mas spirit looks with careful foreIhnuEht
at the menu which the merchant and
others spread before them, and N axes
;udicious selection. The announcements in
our columns cover the range of tne hoii-
day market and ars fresh aud up-to-dsre.
While Judge FeidIer Of Harmony was
in town, Friday, he was telling Us of his
method of reiiesi iug COW that had an ap-
pie or potato lodged in her throat. He
says be has her head held up 50 as to
stretch her throat, and then, with both
hands he works ara forces the obstruction
back into her mouth. He says be has
practiced this method for twenty five years
and is always successful in saving the an
i'm al, and that horse Gao DO treated IN
the same way. you try 10 force the OBJ
structioa down with whip-stocS or other
stick, You ars liable to injdre the gullst
aad thus Cause the ani.nas' death
A heavy fog prerailed here last Fri
day and Saturday; and down i'll Pittsburg
and Allegheny it was so derse that the
running of the street cars was unusually |
dangerous. One man was killed and sev |
ersl injured. a fog is said to be The sg-
gregstiou of vast number of minute glob- !
ules of water in the air near the esrth's |
surface, usually produced by the cooling |
of tue air beluw the dew poiut, whereby
portion of its vspor is Condensed. Huxley
says beyond tue difference in the place o.
origin there Is really little or no distiuc-
ton to be drawn between fog and
cloud. A fog is q cloud resting on the
earth; cloud is fog floating high in the
air.
Ten persons were baptized last Sun
day afternoon in the ConnoqdenesSing
creek near Reiber's dam as result Of the
work of Seventh Day Advenlists who have
been holding special series of mseting5
at Shaffer's halt. After baptism church
Seventh Day Adventsd Church, adnp ed.
These people observe the ancient Sabbath
(Sa.urdsy) believing it has never been
changed to that of the first day of the
week. Tnsy are q1irs numerous IN the
western states and are fast increasing in
the east. In Pennsylvania alone tnefe are
nov more than forty churches. Their
regular services will be held every Satur-
day afternoon aud Sunday evening at
Shafers hall All are welcome.
The annual report Of the State Board
of Health was submitted 10 Governor Pat
tison last week 1t is stated that the num-
ber % borough Boards Of Health under the
under the new law has now reached All,
and much admirable work bas been done
by these boards. IL il believed township
Boards Of Health are emiueuily desirable.
Ths smporfauce Of collecting correctly
the vital statistics Of the State is comment
ed nn,. aud the iradequscy of the force in
the Department nt Tnternal Afairs j. refer
red to ~ being the only stumbling block
in the way Of psrfecting this work. The
pollution ofthe water supply continues To
be source Of anxiety 10 the people Of thi-
State. Sixteen complain Is baye been re-
ceivcd On this score.