Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-08-27

Everybody and everything is dancing in |
delightful expectation.
Well have no potatoes to throw away |
next Spring. They are rotting.
The buckwheat fields are beautiful, |
and there are plenty of them
Sons politicians. like a cork screw
have Plli because they are crooked.
Oar liverymsn are paying $40. to.sl2
for nr~ hay and % cents for new oats.
There il at least one leading fnancia
Question: "When can you pay that bill'"
Tie new, County bridge over the
creek al Greece City was completed, Mon
day.
Parade and flag presentation next Sat |
urday afternoon. See notice in another
column.
When a msn il accused Of having |
follow that he is rich.
There would be very few windows
broken if they waited for the man without
sin to cast the first stone.
Mr.. Fisher Of Centre Ave, near the |
bridge is now agent here for the James
town Sliding Blind Co.
There will be services in the Presby /
terian church the coming Sunday at IL a.
IN. aud 7:30 p. IL. conducted by the pastor.
If you wish to avoid cyclone in the
kitchen do no. let your husband rummage |
through the ioe-box on the cooks day out.
Girls ale not generally opposed to
free silver when it takes the spoon shape |
frequently associated with tree ice cream
Keep your temper when you talk poll
tics Knock down arguments are being
reported from everywhere, and cne mur-
der.
d. II. Waller is putting in pretty
front-one that will cost him about
sl,000-snd be the show window of the
town.
Il farmer IN Broome county v. Y,
plowed up an 1904 silver dollar the other
day. The coin is worth 5000, and he will
buy farm with it.
-Prospect 10 improving rapidly: Frank
Critchlow, Mrs. Martha Marshall Mrs.
Ford weigle. A. NJ Riddle, and N.AIbeft,
are building new residences, and W. r.
Riddle an addition to his store
If Ii Hurg Chang is reilly costing
about for promising site for laundry, |
we can tell him where TO go. and where
he can study hierogiyphics on an Indian
Godrock If he enjoys that sort Of thing.
Vocal Recital OF Y. NJ. C. A. Hall to
morrow evening by Ernest Gamble and
Frank McCarrsll. Every lover Of musical
specialties should be present. Reserved
seats ON sale at Heinemsn's, Friday morn I
ing, at 0 o'clock.
Some extracts from Prof. Hsmilton's
book ON roadmaking will be found on our
4th page. Every supervisor in the county |
should have copy Of that book. Address
John Hamilton, Dep. Sec, Agriculture.
Harrisburg Pa.
An exchange facetiously remarks that
''the D an who wants a paper without 40
much politics in it, for the next two |
months, can take his choice, between sand
paper, wall paper and fly paper. He will
have to give up the newspaper"
Scientists say that the common house
fly can attain velocity of 100 feet sec
ond when necessary, and that many other |
insects fly faster than birds Any ordinary |
man has demonstrated the fact thousand |
times, when he struck at fly that wasn't |
there.
Butler, az will be seen, has the cham |
pion huggers. young couple few days
ago had q contest as to which of the par
ticipants should wesr the medal. The
lady carried off the honors, she having
hugged the collar button off the gentle
man. Score another for the fair sex.
There IL nothing on record which will
put mans religion to the test like q
good old fashioned jumping toothache.
If he can go through that ordeal without
the smell Of birthstone on his clothes, he
will thereafter be beyond the reach CT
temptation.
The latest dime museum attraction is
a"lady divorcee contest"-that is, an ex-
hibition OF handsome women who have
been divorced. a single advertisement in
New York paper is said 10 have sscured
thirty-fve applicants to enter the contest.
Twelve Of them will pose in cnrio hall
for the coming season.
He growled if twas dry; he growled
if'twss wet; he growled when youngster
he's growing yet. Hurry him off and
bury him deep. Go make his lone grave
where the humble bees bum; where the
straddle bug straddes and the humming
birds hum; where tho katydid did what
she wanted to do. and the green bottle fly
flew where she few.
The word "Devil" is peculiar word
Take il all in all its one of the meanest in
the English language. I've just been an
alyziLg it, 80 to speak. Cut off the first
letter and its "evil." Cut off the next
and its the best part Of "vile" Cut off
the next and its the most Of Gill;" and the
final "a" is the principal makeup of "helP
ITSELF
-ThoBig fishing club returned from
a two weeks outing along Wolf Creek yes
terday. p. kim, r. Trogus, Ed McGill,
Al Kearns and G.. G. Biehl went into camp
this year. snd had good time. Ono day
when the creek was clear they caught G5
fish. They hid visitors at their camp
every day, and entertained thom with
their "bear Dance" which is something
new.
The body Of man in an advanced
state Of decom position, il supposed to
have been found on the Kittanning road
near the Mitchell school house a few days
ago. Two young mon, driving along the
road, smclt il and saw IT, and brought the
news to Butler but when they went back
for it; it was not there and is supposed to
have been hauled .way by q mysterious
stranger who. also, has disappeared, The
neighborhood was searched, one OF the
voung man waa iailpd "a a uifnpaa for N