The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1900-06-13
From Our Old Friend seTramp.Y y

IMAM -
The manner in which your correspon-
dent from Kellettville a few moons since
began his career inspires your present
humble scribe to come to the front with
quotation from Carlyle to the effect that
every mans life no matter how humble
is copy of every othtr mans life in
some degre and is creator or smaller
ratio. Your Tramp experiences the
average vicissitudes OF fortune, or, ifyou
will, misfortunes, of the average human
on sliding scale. Now and then for
getting poverty in a ten CEN dish Of Ice
cream anon swallowing grief to make
room for a piece OF wedding cake; often,
very often, indeed, contemplating plain
fare with an appetite that in foot race
could easily gain two laps in the first
ten minutes. .-rrfs .#rr
By-the-way, did you chronicle the
burning of the house occupied by Mr..
King senior just a short time ago. Mr..
King lived back of Mr.. Hinderson's Just
out of sight of any of his neighbors on
Prather Run near the foot of Church Hill
road, East Hickory. He was up the run
when the house cought fire in some way
from .stoye-pipe. There was no one at
home except Mrs. King who is quite old
and not strong. Only very little was
saved. A subscription paper is being
circulated for their relief
The wages for teachers in Hickory
township will likely be increased this
year; for some of the schools at least.
The property purchased for tempo-
rary parsonage for the M. E. Church at
East Hickory four years ago has been
sold to Mr.. johnson of Nebraska, who
held the position of Principal in East
Hickory schools during the past winter
Mr., Hull occupies the house at present.
Rev. Foulk's. removal from the East
Hickory charge to Ellington was quite
surprise. Our M, E. people are pretty
well used to change of pastors, but this
come "kind O. suddint like" Rev. Rich
is taking hold manfully and we pred ct
success for him in good large measure.
The M. E. Church at Fagundas wears
a white coat of paint. 1t was put on last
fell. The credit is due to the people of
Fagundas. The Ladies Aid Society took
the initiative in the repairs by repair
ing the plaster and having the whole in
terror beautifully papered year previ-
ously. Quite little help in the paint
ing of the church was received from par
ties outside. the town, but interested in
it.
The old Funk Church is being repair
ed. 1t stands on the road from Fagundas
to Pineville about two miles northwest
from Fagundas. 1t was built by Capt.
A. B. Funk in 1862 and by him and mis-
wife decided to the NJ. E. Church. 1t ap
pears that Capt. Funk, Cody man,
promised that if the Lord would grant
him success in a business matter for
which he prayed, he would build the
Lord a church. The success came he
prayed for, and he built the church.
And he built good one. The weather
boarding with which the house was Gov
cred was all A ] clear stuff. 1t was
built for basement heater, and the stone
work under the house was first class.
Even the stone under the back end of the
house near the woods were cut and
dressed. Many of the stone under the
builing are ten feet long. The steps 60
I'M 10 in gtn
all of them, and worked in scroll work,
The roof was shaved pine shingles and
has never been renewed or repaired
until now. The plastering on the inside
was in keeping with all else, The plates
are as level yet as when laid. An
attempt was made to dispiace the corner
stone some years ago on the tradition
that quite sum of money vas hid in it
when it was laid. The story is told that
on the night on which the attempt was
made by some young men or boys they
were terrified by seeing what they
thought was the wrath of the dead found
or coming out of the adjoining wood to-
ward them, and they fled. II is not like
ly that any money value sufficient to
tempt robbery was ever pu- in the corner
stone. The building will he rooted anew,
painted, otherwise improved and an or
gan put therein. 1t is on int monu-
ment to an honest man. For the sake of
what it commentaries it ought to be kept
in good repair whether ever sermon is
preached there again or not. The church
has been used by the Baptists, Free
Methodists, Brethren, and possibly by
others besides the NJ. Els, whose it is. II
is now connected with the Pleasantville
charge and regularly supplied with
preaching. Contributions for Its repair
will necessarily have to be gathered from
all about, as there are but few people and
no congregation of any size in the imme-
diate vicinity. There is a splendid chance
here for whole lot of people who, like
Capt. Funk have made promises, but
who have not yet carried them out-alto-
gether. .
Say, if you were fishing and had de-
veloped good place and were getting
bites, and once in awhile lifting one out,
and should accidentally get your line
tangled, and some other fellow should
take advantage of your misfortune to cap
ture the fish you had developed and baited
and woke up-some fellow too lazy to
wake up anything for himself-would
you call it Il dispensaiion of providence,
or disposition to steal?