Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-08-31
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remodeled and will be occupied by
Messrs. Green and Shaffer.
Females will be obliged to give their
ages at the next census. A fine of S1OO
is the penalty for false statement.
Some people are so mean that they
won't even speak the truth unless it is
for the purpose of hurting some ones
feelings.
Mr.. John Schlecht's house, situated
on the hill, cane near being carried
away by washout, as result of the
rains on Sunday.
The kindergarten school will open
Sept. 4th, in the East Ward Building.
All pupils between the ages of five and
six years will be admitted.
w. J. Brown, deputy internal rev.
enue collector, mas been assigned to
Cameron, Elk and Mexican counties,
with headquarters at Johnsonburg
A scientist says wasp can be picked
up in the bare hand if it is done gently
Of course it can; it's when the wasp is
laid down again that the trouble begins.
An edict has gone forth that all
Pennsylvania railroad employees must
be vaccinated. The work will be done
by physicians in the service of the
company.
During the storm on Sunday light
ming killed a horse on the "Echo
Farm" belonging to Herbert Day
The horse was known as "Mollie,n
formerly used at the tannery.
During the builders trial of the new
U. S. Battleship Alabama, outside the
Delaware capes, on Tuesday, she de-
veloped the wonderful speed of IL
knots per hour, in the teeth of rag
ing gale.
The Hartborn (Missouri) editor, who
believes in all the comforts of home
says: "We would prefer living in a
small town where the people will SYM
pathize with you in trouble, and if
you haven't any trouble they will hunt
some up for you"
On Sunday afternoon the little
stream in Plank Road Hollow became
so swollen, on account of the heavy
rain, that it overfowed its banks,
flooding Frank Blumle's pig sty and
chicken coop drowning two pigs and
number of chickens.
An exchange in speaking of the
recent advance in the price of lumber
says: "The Goodyears and a number
of other lumber companies have re-
Gently made an advance of rs cents per
thousand feet on all green stock and
the Williamsport lumbermen have ad-
vanced the price so cents per thousand
The public schools of the borough
will open Monday, Sept. 4, Pupils will
report at the rooms in which they at
tended last year. Pupils who attended
school elsewhere during the past year
will report at the Principals Office,
High School Building for admission
cards, between 8 and a. m., opening
day.
A man giving his name as VIM. Van
Buren, of Smethport, Pa, appeared at
the Harrison street police headquarters
in Chicago, and informed the police
that he had been f1eeced out of $400 by
a couple of confidence men. He was
the representative of an oil firm of this
section and was on his way to Seattle,
Wash. Pittsburg Times.
Sweet peas grown from seed taken
from the tomb of an Egyptian mummy.
buried 1000 years ago, were recently
| exhibited at the Windsor flower show
in London. That this germ of plant
life should live 1000 years, imprisoned
in mummy vault, and then be trans
formed into life and beauty by heat
and moisture, is one of the wonders of
creation.
A story is told of an auburn haired
man who inqusitively asked q young
man how it happened that so young
man as he should be so bald The young
man replied that when it was time for
him to get hair, they said that there
was nothing left but red, SO he thought
he didn't care for any. This explana-
ton undoubtedly satisfied the inquisi-
tive man.-Louisville (O) Herald.
An exchange says: "You seldom
hear the public say anything in favor
of their local paper, but the local paper
is always favoring the public. And
how quick the local paper hears of it if
by accident an error appears, but if the
public or its officials make a blunder it
must not go in the local newspaper
because the local newspaper would
lose its head. Nobody but local news
paper editors make blunders; the rest
of the populace doeth all things well.
A great many people who know how
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