Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-08-03
BRIEF nENTION.

Joshua Bair is placing the fire places
and mantles in the new Climax office.
Adolph L. Luetgert, the sausage
maker wife murderer, died in Joliet,
H., prison on July 9th.
John d. Rockefeller recently declared
that many men missed their chance
for making a fortune by thinking too
much about their neighbors' wealth.
During the severe storm on Wednes-
day lightning struck the barn of R. p.
Bingeman, opposite the furniture fac
tory, considerably shattering a portion
of it.
The Carnegie Steel Company, of
Pittsburg, has contracted to furnish
the Pressed Steel Car Company 10000
tons of steel plates monthly for period
of ten years, an aggregate of 100000
tons.
A screw l. inches long that Miss
Matte Nc Graw, Of Loana, Chautauqua
county, swallowed with piece of cake
on Christmas, 1897, has just been ex-
tracted from the forefinger of her right
hand.
A Buffalo woman who applied for
divorce testified that she had been
compelled to move forty times in five
years. The Judge decided that this,
strictly speaking, is not a satisfactory
way to provide q home
Col. A. l. Wilcox died at the resi-
dence of his son-in-law, in Hackensac,
n. j., last Friday, of cancer of the
stomach. The once genial Col. had
many friends in Cameron county, he
having once represented this county
in the legislature.
The Welsville Democrat is response
BILE for the following: Hereafter, in
stead of ''rubbering" or rubber. neck
ing" the up-to-date slang devotees
must say ''peninsulaing," because it
means the same thing. A long, narrow
neck extending out to sea-"
There is a great deal of common
sense and sound philosophy in the
statement that one man who carries q
dinner pail is worth more to town
than dozen loafers, and it does not
matter whether the loafers wear pat
ent leather shoes or brogans.
Fl. J. Lloyd, of Wyalusing, Bradford
county, caught what is claimed to be
the largest black bass ever captured in
fresh water. The fish was taken from
the Susquehanna river and weighed
27l pounds. 1t was over three feet
long.
An exchange warns the readers not
to be caught in the following swindling
scheme: A woman comes along can
vassing for books and leaves them in
houses for examination. Later a man
comes along and takes them up. Then
the woman comes after them, says the
and usually gets pay for the books.
AT mplimentary dinner given
him in London, recently, Mark Twain
told story about how he once stole a
watermelon from farmers cart, but
which proved to be green. Twain said
'sThe moment l saw that watermelon
was green, I was sorry. ] began to
, reflect Now reflection is the begin.
ming of reform. If you don't reflect
when you have committed a crime,
; why, that crime is no use to you at all
l said to myself, what ought boy to
do who has stolen a green watermelon
What would George Washington do
George Washington, father of his coun
! try, couldn't tell lie. He was the
\ only American who couldn't. What
] would he do? Why, there was only
j one right and high and noble thing fol
H q boy to do who had stolen a water
\ melon OF that character. He mus
/ make restitution He must restore the
melon to its rightful ownar. And
| said: i will do it, The moment
i made that good resolution l felt the
noble exultation which comes aftel
| you have done wrong and you deter
/ mine to do right. | rose up, spiritually
strengthened, and / carried that melor
j what was left of it-I restored it tt
/ the farmer, and-made him give me
ripe one instead"