The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1900-10-31

| "A great many persons are applying
for mail routes under the new order of
things. There can be no subletting in
the matter, but the bidding between con-
| testants may be so sharp as to leave little
or no profit to the party getting the job.
The Oil Well Supply Co.'s large plant
at Oil City was greatly damaged by fire
last Friday night. The loss will reach up
close to the 500, 900 mark, but is covered
by insurance. The shops will be rebuilt
at once. A good many skilled employees
are thrown out of work for time.
Mary f. Wilkins has just finished a
new novel, which has been secured by
the Ladies Home Journal. The social
| life of a small town is her theme. She
reveals its romancHs, its humors and
tragedies with that charming realism
which charactertzes the writings of this
popular novelist.
There will be Quarterly Meeting at
the Free Methodist church, of Stewart
Run, beginning Friday Nov, 2, and con-
tinuing over Sunday. Rev. G. II. Miller,
of Tionesta, will preach Friday evening,
and Rev. M. b. Miller, the presiding
elder, will have charge of the meeting
from Saturday evening. All are cordial
ly invited to attend.
According to our exchanges, two
swindlers are abroad in the land selling
towels and table linen. If they call on
you, hit them with the flying pan. The
goods that they deliver are nothing like
the samples they display. In some in
stances they havereceived orders amount.
ing to as high as $50, for which they give
about S. worth of c cap goods. 1t always
pays best to patronize home merchants.
-'Pur" Fitzgerald met with an acci-
dent while assisting to load car of lum-
Der for Landers & Wyman at their siding
near Hunter station last Friday after.
noon. He was removing a skid stick 10
let freight train by, but did not get it
out of the way in time, and the engine
struck the end of the stick knocking the
young man down and breaking one of his
legs near the ankle. He was otherwise
bruised but not seriously.
Now is the time to think about your
winter suit. In winter you want warm
suit. You want suit that is properly
made, as well as being made of good ma
terial. You can get neither in 'hand
me-down" suit. When you want suit
10 TO f. Il. Dick the merchant tailor. He
guarantees both fit and quality of goods.
If foreign made goods are desired he can
furnish item at prices that can't be beat.
Examine his samples. 1t
Mrs. Jennie r. Allender, of West
Hickory, will dispose of most of her
household goods consisting of furniture,
stoves, beds and springs, book case, sew
ing machine, etc., at auction, on Satur-
day, Oct 10th, beginning at | o'clock pm.
Included in the list will also be a horse,
harness, buggy, sleigh, saddle, cutting
box, quantity of hay, and many other
useful articles. Terms, sums of S. cash,
oyer S. three months time with approved
security. Remember date.
Down in Huntington, West Virginia,
town on the Ohio river, so the story
goes, there lives twin sisters, who less
than year ago, were married at the samo
time to twin brothers. Walter j. Swan
son and Howard f.. Swanson. A little
over a week ago Mrs. Walter j. Swanson
gave birth to triplets and an hour later
her sister, Mrs. Howard E. Swanson,
similarly surprised her husband with a
trio of young Swansons. If this be true
story it is only another evidence Of the
booming Republican prosperity, tor the
Swansons are all Republicans.
Forest county is ahead of any other.
| in the State in the matter of good roads.
This is pretty broad claim, perhaps, but
it's the facts in the case nevertheless.
jerks township is one that particularly
eXcels in this respect. A road built from
Marenville to the new town of Loleta, in
Elk county, and finished less than year
ago is quite a boulevard in point Of
beauty, grade, etc. Artist d. w. Clark Of
this place laid out the road, which has
less than a five degree grade, and there is
scarcely rod of the way that a team
cannot trot upon with ease. The last mile
of the road lies in Milestone township
Elk county, and so great is the difference
in the quality that one can distinguish
within a very few rods where the line
crosses, making it very evident that the
| road commissioners of jerks township
thoroughly underst and their business,
believing in the maxim that "the best is
the cheapest" This is the case all ovei
the county, and strangers who have oc-
casion to drive over our roads say they
can tell at once when they strike the
Forest county line by the difference in
the roads. The friendly rivalry between
the neighboring townships has much to
do with this state of affairs, while the good
judgment displayed by those having
/ charge of the road making is responsible