Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-08-06

1t takes the caterpillar to get the droE
on the summer girl.
"A disagreeable dry goods clerk is
sort Of courter-irritant.
The summer girl is plentiful, but the
summer man groweth searcer and scare
er.
The father of large family often hus-
bands his time and money by outstanding
his daughters.
Eli May is building an immense brick
livery stable on the lot back of Mrs. Papes
store.
The Nathan Missionary Society will
hold its usual monthly meeting, Tuesday,
August IL, at 2:30 p. m, in the Y. NJ. G.
A. Hall. a program of special interest
has been prepared.
The oats will be but halt crop this
year. The weather was too wet for 1t,
the straw is large, but the heads are not
filed. Last July is said TO have been the
wettest since July of 1855.
The Merchants Band fave red our peo-
pie with another concert last THU sday
evening. This Band makes excellent
music, and their concerts bring out the
entire population.
Two men named Perkins and Holland
are wanted here for floating worthless
notes. They dec ived our people by using
the telephone ald having e man at the
other end to answer the questions in their
interest.
"A farmer tells how he played Yam
kee trick on the rats that invested his barn.
Fill barrel, he says, half full of rye and
other grain, and give them treat for
fortnight, placing board against the bar
rel for easy access. Some night substitute
ater for the grain leaving enough OF the
latter en- top TO deceive and the result may
astonish you, Moreover, the remaining
rats will leave that BAN for months.
The largest farm in Pennsylvania is
owned by W. f. Reynolds, of Center coun-
ty. He has nineteen large farms, eight
cen of them bsing in one township and
adjoining, having total acreage of 1891
acres, and an assessed valuation OF 1913,
BOG. In the midst of his farms he has a
large grist mill, for the purpose of prepar-
ing his grain for market. The annual
production of these farms aggregates near
IL 20, 900 bushels of grain, and over 1000
tons of bay, besides enormous productions
OF all small fruits.
AT the meeting of Council, Tuesday
evening, Stephen Markham was elected
to fill H. A. Tilton's unsxpired term.
Geo. Eaton of the I'd ward, late of Chica-
go, and Fred Glace of the Sd ward, were
elected policemen. Phillip Tack was
awarded the contract for the stonewalk on
Miffiin ST., facing the Mitchell property;
the property owners on Lookout Ave.
were assessed q cts per foot for
sewering, and large number Of persons
were ordered to redair their sidewalks.
-"It seems to lne," said tho expert
wheelmsn, "that would hesitate long
time before took little child en- the
wheel with me. Not that / would be
afraid of falling, but would be very ap-
prehensive that come clumsy rider should
run into me. 1t never occurred to me be-
fore until the other night, that gave me q
cold chill, and sent my hair up on end.
was TIT ndliDg along on my wheel and just
ahead Of me was gentleman with little
child-his baby daughter-in basket
seat on his wheel. AS he nes red Pearl
street there came around the corner at
tearing pace a scorcher with his head
down, shoulders bumped and pedaling for
all he was worth. He was looking neither
to the right nor the left. The man on the
wheel with his little daughter just manag-
ed to get ont Of the way in time to avoid
collision, and / could see the mans face
grow white as he realized what he and his
little one had escaped. The danger does
not lie in the liability to fall, but III colid-
ing with other riders. If that scorcher
had hit the man on the wheel with his
daughter it would have knocked them
both off, and serious injury would have
been DONE"