Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1899-12-21
LOCAL AND GENERAL,

LOCAL AND GENERAL,
Hang up the baby's stocking,
Be sure you don't forget;
For the dear little, dimpled darling
Has never seen Christmas yet
Shortest day.
Merry Christmas.
Aud Happy New Year
This is buy, buy" week.
Read w. r. Newton's new adv.
The hunting season ended last Fri
day.
France and Germany had below
zero weather. last week.
The number Of boxes in our P. o.
has been increased from 300 TO 400.
Next Monday being Christmas our
P. o. will be closed from 10 a. m. to 6
p. m.
Which feels worse, the person who
has to ask for the payment of a debt or
the one who owes it I
DIR. Lamar of North Carolina lee
tured at Mars last evening, his subject
being The South since the War.
Some boys haye been breaking the
windows in the Mercer st. church; and
a reward of SEQ, is offered for their ap
prehension.
For nearly two-hours last Saturday
evening the Earth was in line between
the Sun and the Moon. and the light of
the latter went out.
Some bright mind had stone hauled
last week to make g fill on the W.
Wayne st. hill, which is to be graded
several feet in the spring.
Making British officers in South
Africa wear the same uniform as the
men is producing good results. For
merly they were dressed to kill.
The Bessemer railroad is changing
the bed of the creek at the Eckert Kalb
place below town in such way as to
dispense with the two bridges at that
place.
"A German biologist says that tw o
sides of a face are never alike; in two
cases out of five the eyes are out of line;
one eye is stronger than the other in
seven persons out of ten, and the right
eye is generally higher than the left.
Last week a tramp got package OF
Harry L. Graham's laundry out of Nc
Dowell's delivery wagon and persuaded
an Institute Hill lady to toan him 25
cents on it. She did not know whose it
was until the package was opened after
the tramp left.
"A very enjoyable entertainment,
in the interest of tie Public School Lii
brary was given by the scholars of the
High School in their Chapel last Fri
day evening. A large audience was
present. and the performances of the
scholars increased their appreciation of
the public schools of the town.
The enterprising artist in mems
habiliments, who has conceived the
great plan of getting in line with imper-
ialist developments by advertising him
self as Tailor. by special appointment
to His Excellency the President of the
United States has conferred new
and not altogether unwelcome contriba-
tion to the public gayety.
THE Empire of the South" an il
lustrated description of the resources,
industries and resorts of the Southern
States. published by the Southern Rail
way Co., which has a line from Wash
ington, ID. G. to Atlanta, Ga. is on our
table; and very handsome and inter
esting book it is The book contains no
advertising matter, and parties wishing
q copy should write to w. A. Turk, G.
p. A., S. r. Co. 1900 Penn'a Avenue,
Washington, d. G.
Here is a good one on a South Main
street grocer He saw James Hutchin-
son starting out on a hunting trip and
asked Jim to bring him pheasant.
Next day headless wild bird was
handed to him with the words Here's
your pheasaEt. the grocer was de-
Hsaiel, remarking its unusual size.
Later it was dressed and put in the
store ice box to await cooking. While
showing it to some friends they pointed
out to him that its feet had claws and
than it was discovered the big pheasant
was an owl
An exchange gers the following
joke off on the ministry. Willie had
swallowed a penny, and his mother was
in state of alarm. Helen" she cried
to her sister in the next room, ''send for
doctor, Willie has swallowed a pen
N.Y. The terrified and frightened boy
looked up imploringly. mo mamma"
he interposed, send for the minister.
The minister" asked his mother, in
creduously. Ibid you say the minis
terg' Yes. because papa says our min
lister can get money out of anybody.
The windows, doors and counters of
CUR business houses were never more
richly and attractively decked with hol-
idly goods. AS Christmas draws near.
the very atmosphere seems surcharged
with the spirit of the season. Reader,
take bit of timely advice. Make your
selections and purchases early and avoid
the stampede. You will thereby have
an advantage both in choice and service.
Before starting out, consult the ads in
our columns, which will give you many
pointers on a choice.
The Christmas number of The Sat
urday Evening Post. the best story pa
per in America, marks new departure
the first snccessfull attemp to give for
five cents stories. articles and pictures
by the same writers and artists who
made the highcosting magazines For
example, the opening story in the
Christmas Post is by Rudyard Kipling,
and the tale that of Private Ortheris
and his dog, Garm: Joel Chandler Har-
ris thells Why the Confederacy Fail
ed. stirring story of the Secret Ser