Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-02-28
LOCAL AND GENERAL.

How to best AVOID a unstroke-Don u
70 near the sun.
Now tumble to the drift Of it, az the
man remarked when he fell into the snow
drift.
The water in the Allegheny below
Freeport ia running freely. and the chances
for food are diminishing daily.
If anybody had thought Of it in time,
somehody might have held an umbrella
over the Ground Hog.
An Elmira newspaper advertises for a
boy with symptoms of a memory and an
inclination TO do as told"
No danger Of a scarcity Of ice next
simmer Ii onght 10 be cheap In price as
the crop is large and Of fine quality.
The Franklin Nous had birthday
party the other day that we did not happen
to attend. The Nous ID dandy little pa
per.
John Berg d Co. will have sale Of
stock. wagons farm implements etc. at
their farm north Of Butler on Thursday
Mar. 14th. See advertisement and bills.
I'll III DrbAkS up flpWg ~ VIII ptDphplf
freeze M again before the lat. Of April
Last Sunday was the old Dutch sign-Ii
you have ice it will break it, and il not IL
will make it.
If Butler county wants to send a
teacher to Europe next July, We must
promptly centre on one person. We re-
print the rules governing the Pittsburg
Times contest in another place.
A grand Concert will be given by the
music class under the direction Of Prot.
Shoemaker assisted by able musicians. at
Summit Church, ) miles south of Butler
on the Butler and SaxonbnrR roa d, next
Tuesday evening, March at 30 T. M.
Next Friday evening, VI arch 8th. il
the date fixed for the inspection Of Go. y
in Armory Hall Captain hcJunhn viii
be the drill master, and Major Patterson
the inspector. The public is invited.
IL will soon be time for Supervisors and
street Commissioners 10 make a note ol
the defective places in the roads aud streets
In road making a. in everything else, a
stitch Ia time saves uine. If clay road
Is well drained II will remain passable the
year through.
lub infp w NhD 'tsANV PfE-'f.-
ed b. the Department Of Internal Affairs
is one of the most useful Of any Of the
state department publications and can
generally be- secured by forwarding a
stamp and address; but at present the sup
ply is exhausted.
THESE are days when danger may be
apprehended from gas and water pipes.
a. the frost begins to come out OF the
ground, the pipes are raised up and pulled
apart. Be careful in going into closed
cellars where gas pipes pass
through and be sure never hunt gas leak
with hight.
Every seat was taken at the 0peri
House last Friday night, and the U V. L
Hall was crowded the same evening. TIT
people of the town show their good will
FOR the firemen by giving them $50 dolla
house, and at the same time the concer
was a very enjoyable one.
Talking about water supply for But
ler II re, ms TO NJ that those valley
northwest Of town are its natural reseI
yoirs wo refer 10 Martin and Sulliva
valleys and that fa high, circnlar, ston
dam was built across one or both Of them
at narrow point, enough water could b
caught and stored every winter and spriu
10 last the town over summer But II tha
fs ever done, the town or company shoul
purchase or obtain control Of the entir
water shed.
-B,gds new soda water fountain
VIVA, an ~ sthetic person would call poer
or dream. and the handsomest az we
a. the cost lie8t. part Of IL rs the resel
mir Whtah &. Lufff ur. qf MgYtrAu fuW
fn panels sh hOwing all the shades OF thl
beautiful Stone. The fountain was mad
in Boston, Is accompanied with con
plete set of apparatus Tor the manufaetur
OF soda water, and II 40 pretty that ha
the terr0rs Of the hot days Of next Sum
mer are already dissipated by a conten
platrfUn Of II.