Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-01-30

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! tells it; if a lawyer makes a MISTAKE ne
erawls out of it; but if an editor makes a
mistake he puts il on q large sheet OF paper
| for the world to look al and in every COM
murity there are cranks who think they
are models Of wisdom because they oo-
casioually discover them.-Er.
"A novel way of baking potatoes is
with a sausage filling. Use large potatoes
! and cut slice from one size an inch and
a half in size. Take small scoop ard re
move part of the inside. Fill with sausage
meat. or chopped veal and pork well sea-
soned may be used. Cover the filed with
the slice Of potatoes cut of. Stand the
potatoes in a baking pan and bake in
moderate oven.
There is considerable agitation in
Meadville over the curfew ordinance pend
ing in the Councils, which provides Tor
keeping children and youths off the streets
after a certain hour at night. mass
meeting was held in that city Monday
night in the interests OF the ordinance.
Our Oil City neighbors are similarly agi-
tateL in regard to mad dog Legislation
In their case its few-eur ordinance that
is wanted, not curfew law.
A peculiar case was decided in favor
of the defendant, A. L. Confer, at Frank
lin the other day. Confer formerly owned
the Empire refinery at Reno ana when II
burned received s., ZOO from insursne COM
pauies. He afterwards collected $27 goo
from railroad company, because the hre
originated from sparks from a locomotive.
The insurance companies tried to recover
their money on the ground that he was not
entitled to double ompensatior, but the
jury thought otherwise.
Tell me, ye arctic winds, that shake
my humble cot, do ye not know some
place where candidates are nou some
lone and pleasant dell, on this great
m mundane sphere where there's no politics
each day of all the yearl Some narrow
strip of land, no matter how remote,
where every man you meet does not ex-
pect your vote9 The strong wind heaved
sigh, then frightened up its girth, and
said 1.-THE place exists, but not on earth"
A yourg lady writing to the New ork
Sun says: ~ am young lady-a house
keeper; have been 50 for a year past, in
which time have only been out six times.
While not a beauty, have as many good
features as the average gill. | certainly
know that I am thoroughly competent to
keep house, sew and cook, and do the
various things that go to make happy
home. Is there any one wants met"
There are undoubtedly plenty of men who
want her, but they didn't know about her
until she spoke. 1t pays to advertise.
"A. ]. Palm, editor of tie messenger"
lies very i'll at his residence, corner of
Willow street and Park avenue. Mead
vile. Saturday morning he delivered an
address before the teachers of Pittsburg,
and soon after the close OF the lecture was
taken with chill Against the advice of
physicians he left for home, and received
medical attention at Butler He was ad-
vised to remain here, but would not,
and also declined to go to Mercer hospital.
He arrived in Meadville Saturday evening,
and was conveyed to his home. His all
ment is said to be neuralgia of the muscles.
The connundrum social Is the rage In
some Ohio towns this winter. In speaking
of one held in Warren recently the
Tribune says that the connundrum social
and supper at the Methodist church
parlors last evening was e unique and en-
joyable affair. The bill of fare read some
thing like this: Spring offering, cts; An
antidote for love, cts; Noah's son, cts;
A lubricator, l cent. The fair young
mattresses could hardly contain themselves
as the orders were given. When placed
before the hungry and exTectant mortal
the above order proved to be as follows;
water, pickles, ham, butter. Then it
would become necessary to order again
and so on until full supper was ordered.
What story -tellers traveling-men are
Riding in the tram the other night with
one, he told bed-bug story something
like this.
Scme years ago he stopped at small
hotel in Nebraska, and shortly after retir-
ing became aware of the fact that he had
lots of Ded-fellows. He got up and looked
at his bed and thought he could have
scraped them out of the corners by the
table. spoonful; then he shook himself and
slept on the floor.
Next morning he mentioned the matter
to the host, or Charley as he called him;
and Charley thought he was but slightly
acquainted in that country, and took him
down to his chicken coop, where he could
have secured them by the shOYel-luil, and
which he had to whitewash every day to
keep the chickens in, and turned over e.
plank which was covered with them, etc,
etc. Then the travelling man wandered
down into West Virginia, and told of eat
mug at tables to which his coat sleeves
would stick, and of making a meal on sour
milk and sad bread, and other experiences
A delightful ifc does the traveling-man
lead.