Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-01-26
BRIEF nENTION.

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Fresh Baltimore shucked oysters
every other day at Days.
Boys clothing at wonderfully low
prices a1 N. SEGEE's.
Don't forget the Hamilton Hose Co..
Ball, Monday evening, Feb 49,
Big bargains ein winter clothing at
the pioneer clothing store of N. Seger.
A most delicious beverage is that
made from 'Royal," Java and Mocha
coffee, 55c. ID. 3 lbs. for s1.Oo at DAVIS.
1t is reported that the Goodyear's
contemplate erecting a saw mill at
Sizerville.
Always buy your crackers at Days
and you will not get disappointed in
quality or freshness of goods.
Is there anything more absolutely
delightful than the fifteen minutes of
sleep that we steal after we know that
we ought to get up in the morning
Ex.
The PRESS received copy of the
Los Angeles Sunday Times, no doubt
from our schoolmate Mrs V. M.
Repler. 1t is grand paper and we
certainly enjoyed reading the issue.
American Poultry food, crushed
oyster shell, Pratt's Poultry Powder,
fresh but bone scraps, are invaluable
for the production of eggs. On sale at
Days.
A Pittsburg firm have secured a lease
of territory and are preparing to drill
test well for oil or gas near Sizerville.
The parties are now here making ar
rangements to commence operations.
The BARRIERS at Ridgway have inau-
gurated a crusade against Sunday
work and on Monday last they had one
of their number arrested and he
was fined 50 and costs for cutting
mans hair on the Sabbath day.
The Bradford Star says: "A Brad.
ford man returning from the Gaines
oil field says that the Atwell No. l is
doing several barrels day: Atwell No.
2 is doing fourteen barrels day, he
says. This man states that the South
Penn Oil Company is leasing all the
the land it can get hold of, notwith-
standing the apparent poor success OF
the field as an oil territory.'
The local institute to be held Satur-
day, Feb. 4, in the High School build
ing, will be of interest to everybody.
Glass drill, music both vocal and in
strumental, and discussions on School
Hygiene, Mothers Associations, Char
acter Building, ETC., will be discussed
by school principles and superinten-
dents from this and neighboripg
counties.
The Penny Magazine, New York,
which is the lowest priced magazine in
America GO cents a year, and which
is owned by Hon. Chauncey NJ Depew,
the eminent American orator, wants
representative in this vicinity. 1t is
good opportunity for one of our ambi-
tious young men or young women.
Applications should be addressed 10
the Subscription Department, The
Penny Magazine, Temple Court, New
York City.
y = 3 A humorous piece, '"The Leap
Year WOoing," was next given, show
ing that the speaker did not lean only
to the sublime, tragic or pathetic, but
| could move an audience to laughter
| quite as easily as to tears The even
ing closed with one of Prof. Kings
| own poems, "Mine Enemy" probably
| the best from many standpOints Of any
that he recited. The time had passed
so rapidly that many, looking at the
| clock, exclaimed to find it almost 1000
! o'clOCk.-St. Paul Globe.
The Coudersport journal talks right
to the point upon subject that fttingly
applies to Cameron county as we'll as
! Potter. 1t says: Some munipal
| officers consider it a great vic
tory when they succeed in forcing the
local papers to bid the official printing
down to starvation prices. 1t does not
occur to the penny-wise officials that
the best friends man has is its news
papers and the more prosperous the
newspapers the more it can donate to
every public enterprise, and to every
beneficial institution. The same rule
applies in more general way to
county. If publishers of local news
papers were enjoying inordinate in
comes and grabbing for exorbitant
profits only, it were well to organize
against, but such is not the case, at
least in this county, and parsimonious
treatment of the local papers is not in
the interest of the town nor county,
Mr.. King is a young looking man
with a smooth shaven face and power
of facial expression possessed by few
first-class actors. He took the rostrum
amid deafening rounds of applause,
and should a Brown City audience
ever have to listen to HIM again, we
are sure he would be greeted in an
equally enthusiastic manner From
the beginning to the end he held the
best attention of his audience, first
would have them in roar of laughter
"When the Frost is on the Pumpkin.
and the Folders in the Shock" would
bring smile to the face of condemn
ed criminal-then his portrayal of
death would bring tears; his face grew
thin and ashy hued, and every feature
quivered as if he were dying a real
death-The Standard, Brown City,