Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1894-09-20

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LOCAL AND GENERAL.
The abundant crop of wild fruit indi-
Gates, to many, q severe winter.
When tempted to do wrong, every
man should remember that he is some
body's hero.
The Y. NJ @. A. cadets, under conf
mand of Capt. Brymer, picnicked at Nc
Clure, last Saturday.
This is busy world. Few men can
find time to have cerebro spinal meningit-
No, Maude dear. the brushing of ones
hair with Connoquenessing water, SO far as
we know, does not turn it sandy.
Hair dye is dangerous. A Butler man
who used it married a widow with six
small children.
Some citizens OF Butler twp. want tue
polling place changed from Gerners to
Abe Barickman's.
The greatest study of man is woman;
the greatest study Of woman is millinery;
30 it all ends in futter, fuss and feathers.
Beaver Falls will erect new water
works at q cost of "a, 900, and is advertis-
ing for bids.
A most profound philosopher remarks:
There are some men who can't take home
q beefsteak without believing they are
making their wives present.
Noah Shanks, Brownsville, Oregon.
boy got sick, as might have been expect
ed, from his phenominal feat of eating IL
bologna sausages.
Owing to losses this year, the Taren-
tum Fair Association will probably aban-
don the fair business and will run their
grounds as a race track only.
C. H. Balph of PIttburg,a son of our
townsman Jos. Balph, was awarded the
contract for the buildings for the home of
the feeble minded to be erected at Polk,
venango county, at $40, 900, he being the
lowest bidder. There were bidders on
these buildings from Chicago to Boston.
st. Paul's Reformed Church, at Peters
vile, was re-opened for use on the 10th
by a German and English harv est festival.
The edifice was improved recently by pa
pering, painting, etc., and now presents o
handsome appearance.
An old gentleman tells us that fifty
years ago, on Sept. 81, there was fall of
snow to the depth of IS inches, although
the weather previous had been warm and
pleasant, and there had been no frosts
whatever. Tie snow broke down large
quantities of timber and made travelling
difficult for many weeks after
Two men left large case at a railroad
depot in Memphis, recently. AS they did
not return, the case was opened and found
to contain the mummy of a man, which it
is said, came from q mine in Norway. The
body was feet 1t inches long. and was in
splendid state of preservation.
An old farmer when urged by an i'm
plement dealer to buy new binder, re-
fused, saying he had nothing to sell but
lot of horses and could not sell them, for
threshers were now run by steam, street
cars run by electricity and this govern
ment was run by lot of id jackasses,
and where does horse come in anyhow
Sailed peanuts are an inexpensive and
good substitute for salted almonds. They
are prepared by shelling and putting in
boiling water, which will cause the red
skins to drop of. Then put in pan and
pour melted butter or olive oil over them,
sprinkle well with fine table salt, and put
into q very moderate oven for half an hour.
The new rife adopted by the Army
and Navy has q bore Of but one. third of an
The bore is strongly riaed, the bullets are
of hard lead and 2f inches long, smokeless
powder is used, and the bullets will pass
through mans body at a distance of two
miles.
In Ger tain parts of the west what is
called the "hot winds" prevail. and it is
this wind during dry summer that burns
up the corn crops This wind comes from
the South West, probably from the arid
sands of Arizona and Western Texas. 1t
prevailed in Western Kansas this year and
with the drouth destroyed the corn crop
there, while in the south eastern part of
the state, where it did not prevail. there
will be better than half crop.
Two Marinette, Wis, girls became in
fatuated with the idea of having their pic
lures taken with their heads coquettishly
stuck through torn newspaper, and visit
ed local photographer for the purpose.
However, when the pictures were finished
they were Mortified to see what they before
had failed to notice-the newspaper they
had stuck their heads through was a Chi
cago sheet, and just beneath their smiling
faces was big display advertisement of a
clothing firm which announced: "0ur
pants are lined in the seat"
One hundred and seventy Blakeleys
and relations held a reunion at Edward
Cookson's, in Cranberry twp, last week,
and Mrs. Cookson who was the only girl
in the family of Lewis Blakeley, decd, got
up dinner for them. The family consist
ed of eleven boys aud one girl, and eight
of the boys are yet living Andy is in
Adams twp; Isaac in Butler; Thomas and
Mort. in Missouri; Joseph in lows; and
John in franklin, Pa. All of the family
yet living were present at the reunion ex-
cepting John, who is sick. The seven
men present and Mrs. Cookson, together,
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