Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-01-20
LOCAL AND GENERAL,
The Present Situation.

que,
And every day a long array of judg-
ments new
Were written down in Record p"
Then what does some clever fellow DO,
Just to make things bluer blue,
Just to season the salty stew
STANDARD Oil'' times brought to pass,
But try TO smash our work in glass.
Afraid he would not get his cash,
Rather see things go TO smash,
Mortgage, receiver and such hash
Combines to make the Plate Works
crash.
Twas enough 10 make an angel.
1t fairly took, when noised around,
The starch clean out of our old town.
But ah! il brought out more than that
Staid old Butler to being knocked fiat
Would not concent, like an angry cat
Her backbone rose and she loudly spat
At the Plate Glass Trust, and threat
ened 10 bat
The life clean out of anything that
Would interfere with the commissariat
OF half the town
The Plate Glass boys were to have a
parade
And show the stuff of which they are
made.
Tho they didn't, they spoke for their
bread and butter
And long and loud each curse they
utter
Against all trusts, and especially
The one that's fighting the home com
pany.
Ane the people began to pull together,
Give helping hands to one another,
And man to man they stood to weather
Depressions blast, when 10, at last
The sky whose clouds had overcast
Old Buffers veal had cleared; twas
past.
Prosperity came on as fast
As sea winds roam,
And it was made right here at home.
This storys moral is shortly told,
Follow the rule taught by him OF old.
To unto others as you would be done
by,
Help your neighbor while helping
yourself,
You win best increase your own fund
by
Increasing the work, reputation and
wealth
OF the town. E. n.
"A few evenings ago a tree on the
Beck farm in Summit twp. was struck
by lightning
II. II. Burton has rented the store
room now occupied by J. K. Grieb and
will occupy it April lst.
Walter & Sons will build an addi-
ton to their mill as soon as the weather
permits, and also improve the old mill.
Would our correspondents please
remember to write on only one side OF
their paper and have their copy in not
later than Tuesday.
S. NJ. and W. J. Swartzlander have
had their blacksmith shop on s. Wash
ington street open just one year and re-
port business first class.
January was named after Janus,
the deified old duffer who had two
faces. The weather Of Janus month Is
like the old man.
The Plate Glass Works is 80 rushed
with orders that its employees will
hereafter work day and night, except
ing Sunday; and two additional polish
ers and grinding machines have been
rigged up.
Saturday night burglars entered
Mckee & Partridge's hardware store
.. billiards, and took about $50 worth
Of merchandise. At present there is no
known clue that may lead to the ap-
prehension of the criminals
DIR. G. NJ Thomas will lecture in
the High School chapel room Tuesday
evening, Jan. %, for the benefit Of the
scientific department Of the school. The
subject will be Cuba, from which coun-
try DIR. Thomas has lately returned.
High School students are selling tickets
which cost % cts
A membership contest has been
started in the Y NJ G.. A. There will
be three teams, Chas. E. Smith, the
leader of last years winning team,
Arthur Flack and Paul Eisler have been
chosen as captains. Each captain
chooses a team Of twelve members who
will hustle out and bone their fellow
citizens to join the Y. NJ. c. A. DOM
put them off when they tackle you.
Memberships range from ~ to $40 q
year The losing team will banquet
the winners at the end of the contest
which will be the 25th of February
L. -
have an opportunity to vote for ol
against poor farm on Feb. 18th. A
poor farm has proven to be good insti
tuition in many of the adjoining coun
ties and it was matter Of much regre
to a large number of voters who haG
carefully studied the matter that wher
it came up before the voters of Clariol
county at a recent election it was de
feated. 1t will be interesting to know
how Butler county will deal with th'
matter East Brady Review
We hear great deal about the un
necessary expenses of the maintenanc
OF the Mercer county poor farm. 4
Mercer county man who was in Butle
this week said their poor farm wa
nearly self sustaining, ..their poor ia
was practically nothing, the male pau
pers work the farm and the wome
care for the house and the children
everything is neat, clean and in goo
order, all by the paupers own work
In his opinion poor farm is the onl
humane and econ omical way Of carin
for the poor. A poor farm, honestl.
managed, IS undoubtedly the best sc
luton to the Poor question.
London IL spoken Of as the heart q
England because it IL the financial Ger
ter New York makes o. similar CLAIM
to consideration as the heart Of thi
country. Well, if the money centre
the heart Of the business world. presto
ing over the circulation OF its blooi
what metaphor will describe the indu,
trial centrey Why, the liver. Of cours,
That is the Transforming, refining o.
gan Of the body. and everybody know
that when the liver is torpid and ont {
sorts the whole system is uneasy an
depressed. Pittsburg is certainly th
leading industrial center Of the Unite
States, and it is a good thing that theI
should be such an actual index of il
consideration az the department Of !.
Dor news in the Pittsburg Chronicl
Telegraph. 1t is sympathetic in i