The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-11-08
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whose business Keeps him away from
home nearly all the time, bis visits ther,
being few and far between, illustrates ia
an exaggerated degree one result of the
modern commercial method, says the
Meadville Star. During the recent dull
| times he was at home continuously fol
several weeks, and his neighbors noticed
the unusual length of his visit at his own
house. One of them asked him if he had
got pretty well acquainted with his own
family. II think l am making an i'm
pression," he responded. "My little girl
went to her mother the other day and
said: That man who comes here some
times spanked me oday.'"
As usual the rafting food came this
year just about election time, but the
boats and barges that were anchored in
the river had to go. if it did take a good
many voters away from home. There
was great scarcity of men and pilots, so
the boats were coupled up into some rec
ord breaking fleets. The usual number
of boats in fleet is four, but quite a
number of six boat fleets were run from
here and it is claimed that one fleet of
nine barges left the river bridge here on
dred and nineteen pieces that went down
the river from this place. Eighty boats
and barges came from the different yards
up the creek, while Lawrence Il Smear
baugh of this place sent fourteen barges
and fourteen boats and Robinson & Gas
ton sent eleven boats. How's that, just
for one little rise in the river?
Hon. C. w. Stone. of Warren, says
the Pittsburg Dispatch, was in Washing
ton last week closing his business affairs.
He has no expectation of coming to Con-
gress in the future and has disposed of
all the property of which he was pos
sessed in Washington. Although real
estate is ye' suffering from the drop in
prices which came with the depression of
business a few years ago, Mr.. Stone
made good turn in the sale of his pret.
ty residence at 46 b street, northeast. He
paid Sl5,0 900 for it. lived in it eight years,
and sold it for little more than $1,000
cash. This, with the property in War
rem county and investments he has made
on the Pacific coast, makes Mr.. Stone a
gentleman of very comfortable wealth.
Having no further political aspirations,
he will henceforth devote himself to bus
mess and to the practice of law.
From well written obituary notice
of the late Jacob Stitzinger, which came
too late for last weeks issue, we Gull the
following additional particulars The
children left are as follows; Reece c., of
Kellettvile; Mrs. Louis Weingard and
Mrs. Henry Wagner, of Tionesta town
ship; Mrs. George Mong, of livingston,
Ohio; Miss Alice, of Titusville; Carrie,
Bruce, Christine, Johnnie and Floyd, at
home, the youngest being but six years
old. They were all present at the tuner
al except Mrs. Mong, who could not
reach here till Monday morning. Mr..
Sttzinger was good citizen, highly re-
spected by all who knew him, kind
husband and father, and staunch Re
publican in political faith. His exact age
was 62 years, 5 months and days. Rev.
Feits sermon was from the text found in
Job. l4:l0. The pall-bearers were Henry
Wolf, William Hepler, Daniel Byers. An
drew Wolf, George Sligo and Heldrick
Lucart.
See those corduroy pants at Miles q
Armstrong;. IL