The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-10-18
An anonvmous correspondent nom


West Hickory sends postal card TO in
form us that West Hickory has an Isaac
Walton also, and one that has beaten
Tionesta's Isaac, having caught S6 large
bass in two days, and they were not bit.
ing very we'll either" And we should
think not. The postal writer further
says he hopes our disciple of Ike will
come up and give their man trial.
'Twould be a rather novel andinteresting
contest.
Tho devil, according to an exchange,
was the first base ball coacher. He
coached Eve when she stole first, Adam
stole second. When Isaac met Rebecca
at the well she was walking with pitch
er Sampson struck ou. a good many
times when he beat the Philistines. Mo-
ses made his first run when he slew tho
Egyptian. Cane made base hit when
he killed Abel. Abraham made a sacri-
flee. David was long distance thrower
and Moses shut out the Egyptians at the
Red Sea.
"A goodly number of the citizens, and
the Junior League of West Hickory,
showed their appreciation of Rev. j. E.
Hillard and his most excellent wife, by
presenting them with set of Royal Eng
land China dishes, and number of other
useful articles. They leave for their new
home at Summervilie, Pa, some time
this week. Rev. r. L. Foulke, the new
minister, arrived at West Hickory Sat-
urdav afternoon. He filed his appoint
ments at the farther end of the charge
Sabbath.
The Transvaal republic is about as
large as the combined areas of the states
of New York, Pennsylvania, New Jer
sey, Massachusetts, Vermont and Con-
necticut. The seat of the government is
Pretoria, with white population of lO,-
600. The la, gest town is Johannesburg,
the mining center of Witwatersrand gold
fields, with population of about 10000
including suberbs. The population con-
sists of about 81 900 whites, 1000 Malays,
1900 Coolies and Chinese, $4,000 Kafiirs
and 5000 of mixed race.
The supreme court of this state has
| Just reversed decision of the Fayette
county coult, the point at issue being
whether gas company could charge 25
cents per 1000 feet for natural gas for
heating and Sl.50 per 1000 for the same
gas for lighting. The lower court deci-
ded that this could be legally done, but
the supreme court reversed this and di-
rects that the injunction restraining the
gas company from shutting off gas from
customers who refuse to pay the higher
price shall be reinstated and made per-
manent.
The fourth murder trial within two
years, two ofwhich resulted in hangings,
was concluded in the Elk county courts
last Friday when the Jury in the case
against Fred Walker returned verdict
of manslaughter. He was charged with
the murder of his housekeeper, Ell Hav-
illand, of Brookport, on April 80. Walk
er was jealous Of the woman and when
she left his home and went to that of a
friend he called her to the door and shot
her twice with a revolver, afterwards
making an unsuccessful attemt TO end his
life with laudanum.
Samuel Haynes, Tor the past thirty
years Supervisor of the river divis'
ION of the w. N. Y. S p. road, died from
cancer, at his home in Oil City last Friday
afternoon. Mr.. Haynes was well and fa'
vorably known by many of our citizens
A special free train was run over the
river division of the road last Sunday
and the section men and many otbel
friends along the line attended the funer'
al which was conducted in Christ Episco'
pal church. Deceased was veteran o
the war of the rebellion and member oi
the Masonic fraternity and of the A. Q. U
w.
Never get it into your Uranium that
you are too good to mingle with the
common people," Nice clothes and 8
4-inch collar does not necessarily make
you too good to be civil to those who
wear a pair of blue overals and blouse
In young men this feeling of loftiness is
called "swell head" and in older men
aristocracy. Whatever it may be it is moi
gentlemanliness. No man, young OF
old, can be gentleman who treats the
working man as an inferior being. Some
of the most intelligent men of the age
F were at one time, and are to-day working
men-men who are not afraid to take of
their coats and work at good hard manu-
al labor. But the man who boasts tha
he never had to work and always hat
good clothes, and who thinks he is doing
a working man good favor by speaking
to him, is the one the world could ge
along much better without. The work
: ing man could get along without th'
well dressed gentlemen who do not work
. but the well dressed gentlemen could no
get along without the working man.
Fire at BOwmanyille.
! On Tuesday night of last week fir'
I broke out in the numbering town of Bow