Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-10-08
LU(AL AND GENERAL.

LUCAL AND GENERAL
Prepare for winter.
Autumn ia here for sure.
The straw hat is looking sad.
-Buckvheat cakes and gravy.
Indian summer is yet to come.
Millinery openings are now in vogue
Even the leaves Ore turning the color
Of gold
Butler is threatened With gai
famine.
The sleepy girl doesn't always looi
like dream.
-CIsrgymen are busy tying knots in the
matrimonial rope.
The z .ker ballot will be "blankei
sheet" rhis time, sure enough.
The W. G. T. A. will meet in Clarion
nsxt Tusrcay,
Tho Mercer Fair wss failure on &C.
count Of bsd weather.
Two thirds of the teachers in the
United States are women.
Butler is well represented at the
Yirsman's convention, in Johnstown to-
dsy.
1T makes no difference ct all what q
man bslisves, but great deal what he
knows.
The weather prophet says that 0cto
bsr viii contain much pleasant weather.
80 mote IL be.
In the present crisis nearly all the
girls are for gold, II it comes in the form OF
an engagement ring.
The season for the lawful shooting OF
ruffsd grouse or phessants began Oct. 1st
and lasts until IN. 1st.
BY court decision the Seventh Day
Adventists Of Illinois may plow corn on
Sunday.
The juice Of q pineapple cuts the
membrane from the throat Of diptheris
patient when nothing else will.
1T IL stated thst there are ovsr twelve
hundred campsisn and other kinds Of but
tons ont.
The School Board has decided to re-
model and enlarge the NcKean 81. school
building, and use it TOR High School.
when boy begins to wash his neck
without being told 1t is sign that hs Is
passing through the ordeal o! his first love
AFFAIR.
w. J. Patton and D. w. Belknap will
have . sale Of personal property on the old
J. J. 4. AiIlinger farm In Oakland twp.
See bids
THE older man gets" said the corn
fed philosopher, the harder be finds It to
fssl sorry for woman whose pug dog has
died"
1T hes NOT been found necessary yet to
take special steps to enforcing the CON-
pulsoTy education law here. Parents gen.
orally appreciate the importance Of giving
their children schooling.
"A long, cold winter is predicted. The
sIligstors In Schenley Park, Pittsburg,
hsve gone to sleep month earlier than
usual. These animals are said to bury
themselves in tho mud and sleep for six
months.
During the ride Of the Bsrnum d Bal
10y show from Butler to Allegheny last
Saturday night male lion cub and fs-
male leopard cub were born, ard Mr..
Bailey named the lion, "Pittsburg" and
tAs leopard, Allegheny"
Our gyocsTs ere paying Is to Tc for
butter, Is for eggs, 25 for potatoes, 20 for
applss, 900 bu. for ohsstnuts. 800 Tor
hickory nuts, IS to SOC pair for chickens,
- head for csbbsgs, Is for turnips, and
el.26 bu. for ounces.
Saturday was the last day for paying
poll tax for the privilege Of voting st the
general election, and onr tax collector vas
kspt busy that day. The petitions for
places in ths Rsgistsy lists made work for
ths Court House officials on Thursday.
Friday and Saturday.
-Bishop Whitehead. Of the Pittsburg
Diocese, hase drafted ont and Issued the
form Of prayer TO be used In this diocese
before the general thanksgiving Of the
ritual 1t bespsaks blessing upon the
country. and asks for the spirit Of wisdom
1in the election which fs at hand"
The strange peculjsritles Of Justice In
jury roor are past finding out. Two
prosecutions for violation Of the pure food
lsw were before the court in Armstrong
county tho other day. Frederick Aye was
ecquittsd Of selling bsd vinegar and Edwin
Wilson wss found guilty. Both sold the
ssme vinegar.
John Bicke1 moved into bis new store
room. Monday. John can we'll be proud
of his new room snl his building. His
room II 1875 feet long. 20 feet wide and II
test high. It IL fitted with shelving that
viii hold 6,500 psirs Of shoes In paper
boxes; hested BY steam, lighted by cleo
tsioity, ,sud has every modern convenience.
The shop 10 In the basement.