Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-11-05
LOCAL AND GENERAL.


ever saw q more beautiful election day,
Lat falls clothes are being resursct
Cd.
Some of the strongest men arc narrow
minded.
The Producers Line viii get through
to the seabosrj:
-Tht campaign developed q new dis
ease called buttonitis.
The mems are displaying woeiul lack
Of confidence. Eggs are scarce.
The EIks moved their furniture into
their new hall In the Biekel building Moo
day.
-Tsacher-Do you st1tter all the time
New Boy-S-n-no ms'sm; only wn-wh-
vhcI ! t-t-t-talk.
- .keptic man is one whe knows al
elect light when it is pointed ont TO him,
bat b y,nd that he il in utter darkness.
We shall consider it favor on the
part of cur Subscribers If they will remit
psrt or all that is due Us
Subscription accounts TO this paper
may be paid in gold, or silver, or paper,
or any old thing 90 il Is money.
-Kussia has the most rapid-increasing
population Of any country in Europe. TIE
growth in the las. hundred years has been
: fraction under i, 900, 900 annually.
There ID Thanksgiving after the elect
ion, not only for the good cheer IT brings
70 many, but that the clash o. politics nas
passed away fox season.
"A cynical wretch remarks thai the
cir. VINO wezrs bloomers ID willing lor
some fellow TO take her for boy, jest 30
he takes her.
The tramp has made his appearance
In View Jersey On a bicycle. 1t is cstjmat
e. that this lasf adoption leaves no class
Of society now unrepresented By the
wheel.
-Lifebosts are now being made in some
quarters Of p1mice-stone. This IL mat
boat made thereof will support consider
able load, even when full Of water.
No man fully realizes the immense re- |
ponsibility Of citizenshiP until be finds
himself shut up in dark room with only
dull led pencil and ballot about four
fee. long.
We are indebted TO the Blairdell
Paper Pencil Co., Of Wayne Junction,
Philsdelphis for dozen Of their pencils,
which are ~ far ahead Of the ordinary |
wooden pencil a. il fountain pen over
goose-quilI. Try one Of them. You can
get them at any book store. They sharpen !
themselves, and contain the best Of lead. |
The last page OF Munsey's Magazine
brings s24000 from the four advertisers
who used it 0ns year. One line liz the |
Youths Companion costs $500, while one |
psge In the Ladies' Home Journel costs |
1900. Seine business men expect 10 |
bnill up big trade and the printer TO get
rich from the profit Of tTo line advertise
msnt in their home paper at cents line.
A "new man" social ~ the latest thing |
out In the way Of church entertainments.
The ladies invite the gentlemen TO meet
at one Of their homes and each one is
gwen q task, such az sewing on q button, |
cutting pattern for some kind Of gar |
ment, writing q receipt for making coffee, |
and do other house work. II is said TO
afford much amusement and brings in the
money.
After the close Of Thursdays session |
Of the Institute, Mrs. L X. Leply, Miss
Mary Shesver, Miss Brenneman, w. Il.
Cooper, John Kaufman and b. NJ. Heck |
ard, Of Prospect; Misses Christley, Curry, |
Kelly, Burris, Carson and Mr.. Stout, Of
Slipperyrock; and Miss 6kiyer, Of 0gale; |
visited the prisoners In the Jail, and favor |
Cd them with some choice songs, intended
TO cheer their lonely liyes. II was kind.
ly set and was fully appreciated by the
pviyoners.
Hand. picked apples have been selling |
here for 20 cents bushel to the packers. |
The buyers have established an arbitrary
rule In buying. and the amount Of apples
in the bushel must aggregate SO pounds.
We have been unable TO find any statute
IN PsrnsyIvanis fixing this weight, We
are inclined to think it too high. From As
to so pounds would be nearer the average
weight Of bnshel Of the average apples
grown In this country. But II the seller
doesn't kick the rest Of us can stand it,
Ex.
The manufacturers Of the chain and
sprocket bycicles are interested to learn
that Pr0fs. WoolsOn and Friedman; Of
Columbia, judges Of bicycles at the Ameri-
csn Institute fair, held in New York lately
said that they consider the chainless bicy-
ole "the bicycle Of the future" That one
Of the biggest American manufsc tu rers
will present about one half Of lts 1897 out
put In chainless bcycIeg, that another
equally famous will follow in 1898, and that
there are Others anxious 10 fall In line has
been shop talk among bicycle peopls
for some time.
-Labt oatnrday was halloween, the eve
( Of the feast Of All Hallows, or All Saints
Dag, which takes its origin from the con
version, in tho seventh century, Of the
Pantheon at Rome into a Christian place
Of worship, and its dedication u the Vir-
gin and 10 ali martyrs Halloween how
ever, has nothing churchly about II. IL
seems 10 be relic of pagan times or por.
hsps, Of medieval superstition. IL was
Regarded ~ the time Of all others when
supernatural influences prevailed. and a.
night act apart for the universal walking
abroad Of spirits. both Of the visible and
the inyisible world. IN maay parts Of the
county Is is devoted to sports and prac
teal j,scs Apples, especially, are in re.
quisition. The principal sport Ia that Of
''ducking' for apples set aHoat in tab Of
water. The person ducking IL often blind
folded, and Ia required 10 stoop over the
tub and take out the apple between his
teeth. Mischieyous boys, who find such
sports too mild for them;go abroad at nj ight
IN imitation Of tho walking spirits-the
evil ones-and find enjoyment In tying
worthless heads Of cabbages, Gefnnct cats
and dogs, large stones and other articles
To the front door knobs Of their neighbors,
The mischief Ia carried even further esnac