The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-03-17

from the menu.
The sports agony will be over after
to-day. How did you bet2
Everybody goes to Miles & Arm
strong's, and of course they get what
they want IL.
Maple sugar is i'm the market, but
the man who buys it for "new" is pretty
sure TO get "beet."
--Remembor our sale of shoes. Secure
bargains before they are all gone Law
renee q Smearbaugh. 1t.
The revival meetings in the f. M.
church are still going on and considerable
interest is being manifested.
Japan is becoming more civilized ev-
cry day. She is now brewing beer
under the American process.
The kite track at Meadville is to be
changed to a regulation mile track, and
races will be held there this summer.
Buy carpets aud mattings of Miles
q Armstrong, where you can get the
best as cheap as poorer grades arc sold
for elsewhere. 1t.
Don't forget that Miles & Arm
strong have the largest line of carpets
and they sell the cheapest. Why not
select from large assortment? It.
"A marriage license was issued Tues
day, March l5. 1897, by Prothonotary
Robertson, to Elmer e. Fulton ofLynch,
Forest Co., Pa, ane Mrs. Rachel Glover
of Strattonville, Pa
An exchange says advertising pays
noighbor advertised for a wife last
week, got one within six hours, with
whole family thrown in, and committed
suicide next day.
L. J Hopkins left yesterday for New
York to purchase his spring goods.
When Hopkins starts to buy he never
knows when to stop so look out for a big
stock of goods which will be sold at bot
tom prices. 1t.
Why should there be such strong op-
position to placing the statute of Brig
ham Young in the capitol at Washington?
True, he was not the father of his coun-
try, but he was the father of a great
many of his countrymen.--Er.
Owing the loss of books and records
in the burning of the Capitol, it will be
necessary .or all school boards that have
not received their appropriation to make
out new blanks and send them to the
Superintendent for approval Those
boards not having blanks should notify
the County Superintendent and they will
be supplied as soon as a new edition is
printed by the department.-Ec.
-Crocuses in bloom, buds bursting,
bikes on the scoot, smoke rising from
back yard debris, sidewalk saunterers
soaking themselves full of sunshine, in
valids crawling out from shelter, Kids
spinning tops, young onions and radish-
es on the green sands, Strawberries await
ing purchases, shad glistening on fish
counters, suckers biting, hens cackling,
robins chirping-well, who says spring
hasn't sprung ?-Franklin NeVS.
C. F. Weaver, the jolly landlord of
the Central House, is not much given to
blowing, but he has been considerably
'swelled up lately over the bang up
laying qualities of his large flock of hens.
He got twenty-n.ne eggs last Monday,
and twelve of them turned out to be
hard-boiled. Charley says he has the
"hottest" lot of hens in Forest Co., and
when any of them want to set he is go
ing to set them on poached eggs and he'll
bet two to one they'll hatch out fried
| chickens.
Rev. j. 7. Brennan gave a very in
teresting lecture on the subject "Narcot-
ics' in the Nj. e. church last Sunday
evening, under the auspices of the w. C.
Il. U. He was listened to by large and
appreciative audience who were loud in
their praise of the eloquent manner in
which Rev. Brennan delivered his lee
ture, which is truly a masterpiece. 1t is
the ardent wish of the county officers of
the union that all of the local unions of
the county will have their home preach
ers speak on this subject,
We are in receipt OF copy of the
jamestown, n. Y, Morning NecS, dated
March 10, and we are glad to see that the
paper is now being run on the co-opera-
| 1--WE pldI' lu6 dSSlStdub bNillOI VI lh0
REPUBLICAN was tease holder" on the
NelVs about four years ago and is well
acquainted with all of the directors.
They are all good printers and good bus
mess men, and with Dan" Dean as head
"quill pusher' there is no doubt but the
paper will be a success. Frank Carr, a
former Tionesta boy, is one of the direc-
tors. Here's success to you fellows.
The Lord loves a cheerful giver.
He'll take care of the editor. He has a
| charter from the State to act as door
mat for the community. He will get the
paper out somehow, and stand up for the
town, and whoop it up for you when you
run for Office, aud lie about your pigeon
toed daughters tackey wedding, and
blow about your big footed son when he
gets a four-dollar-a-week job, and weep
over your shriveled soul when it is re-
leased from its grasping body, and smile
at your wife's second marriage. Don't
worry about the editor; he'll get along
The Lord only knows how but some
how HartoeU, S. O., Sun.
In the matter of legal advertising the
county officials have for the past twenty.
five years and upwards given the people
of the county the very best service pos
sible, recognizing the fact that the two
! laadins, 1,arties are we'll reDresented by