Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-05-23
LOCAL AND GENERAL,

next Thursday. the memorial sclfices "hi |
be neld in the Court House.
One of Bob. Hunting,s sleeping cars
was destroyed by fire at Gallery last Sstur-
day night.
Those miserable flies are coming |
around again. They look like the very |
same ones that were here last summer. |
Every man is not saint who pretends
to be one, nor is every man so great sin- |
ner a. some think him to be.
w. J. Mates now mas the store in the
Abrams formerly Cupps) building on
Ziegler Ave. First ward.
Pres. Heck of Centre twp. c6pp ed |
sixteen pounds Of wool off one yearling |
last week.
In these days man who doesn't ride |
bicycle is as good as anyone else so |
long as be behaves himself.
-''Some are born great" says Old Soak; |
''slme achieve greatness, and some have
a great thirst upon them"
-"The world is great base ball game, |
says the Philosopher. every msa gets
one chance at the bat, and only few
make hit.
Harvey Colbert got reckless last week |
and put in plate glass windows; aud then
Jos. Rockenstein followed suit. Both i'm |
proved the appearance of their properties. |
Phillips we'll on the J. d. Anders on |
ia within a hundred feet Of dry hole on
the same farm-another illustration of the
uncertainty of the oil business.
An Eastern Texas deacon whipped |
his eldest son, who came home from col |
lege and called the old mans church |
hook and ladder company.
When public man boasts that he has |
never done anything to be ashamed OF. |
sometimes it may be construed to mean |
that he has no shame.
The larger the balloon shoulders be- |
come the more elbow room the girl wants. |
1t will soon be impossible for man to get |
close enough to whisper
The well near. Walters Mill III Bn.ler
is down about 500 feet. The iron derrick, |
patented by Mr.. Wilson seems to be a |
success. Messrs J. Fl and Jos. Bu2ard are |
the contractors for the well.
The fruit and nuts have been destroy |
ed and the freezing nights of this week |
have not done the esrley rye any good. |
Potatoes and corn are freezing as fast as
they come up, or rotting in the ground. |
Miss Sweety-Says, can't get mar
ried because poor George is suffering from |
heart failure. Her Friend How terriblel |
Yes! he tried twice to speak to papa, but
his heart failed him.
Only about one man in every twenty
five who seeks to enlist in the United |
States army is accepted. 1t takes sound
man in these peaceful times to get into,
Uncle Sans service.
About one o'clock last Saturday night
Tor Sunday morning) two or three men at
tackled another named Fitzpatrick in front
of Ford's restaurant, beat him, and broke
his nose.
Richard whisman, of Twin City, Ohio
fastidious except having his trousers
properly creased. His legs are homeless
and he can tie then around his neck. He
walks on his hands.
The State Medical Society met in
Chsmbersburg, Tuesday, and will continue
- al nr
V. F. Thomas and DR.. Hockenbery repre-
sent this county.
Sheep shearing season is here, and peo
pie who find that their lambs are covered
with ticks and lice should dip them in
strong tobacco-water. 1t will make the
lambs sick for a few hours but they will |
not be ANNOYED with lice afterwards.
THAT Butler needs a fire alarm system
was illustrated this morning. A stable |
back of Campbell & Templeton's store
building took fire from burning rubbish, |
and was nearly destroyed before the fire |
companies found out where the fire was.
The powder iu big guns is queer,
looking stuff. Each grain is a hexag0nal.
prism an inch wide and two-thirds of an
inch thick, In appearance it resembles
nothing so much as piece of wood II you
touch match to it. IL will take seven or
eight seconds to go off.
The walnut trees are the sorriest look
ing things on earth at present, though the
grape vines are good second. One of
our exchanges says that the frost killed
all the spring poets, which iii true) is the
only good it accomplished.
The Rescue Hook and Ladder Co.'S
new truck arrived Tuesday, and at a special
meeting of the company that evening was
accepted. 1t is beauty and the boys may
well ieel proud of it. 1t is the Seagrave
tr lck and was purchased through the agency
of W. c. Myers d son of harpsburg.
The people of the church Of God, will
hold amp-meeting this year in the
grove on the McJunkin place, about half
mile East of town, on the Kittauning road
Persons desiring TO engage tents should
call upon or address Rsv. George
W. Davis. The meeting will begin June
90, and continue over two Sundays.
Next Thursday is Memorial day, and
it will be appropriately observed in Butler.
In nearly every cemetery throughout the
Union there will be new graves TO decor
ate. TIE Union Veteran Legion of But
ler will meet at their hall, Sunday eve
ming and march with the G. A. r. to the
NJ. E church to hear Rev. Woods memori-
al sermon.
The old General Purvisnce house
fronting on n. Main St., is being demol-
ished. 1t was built by the General in l643
or Al In 1s45 Gen. Purviance was ap-
poirted Auditor General of the State by
Governor Francis s. Skunk. He moved to
Harrisburg, aud resided there during his
term; and he named his next Francis
Skunk Purviance.
AS regards planting corn, the old
rhyme had it,
Two for the blackbird
Two for the crow,
Two for the cutworm
And two to grow.
But this year will have to add fifty per