Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1900-12-06


E. l. BRUGH.
what dost thou think of drum-sticks? 2
l asked a barn-yard bird,
He grinned turkey grin, and then
He answered me this word
They're good to eat, they're good tC
beat
But sure as / am living,
They're best to run away with
The day before Thanksgiving
'7---Teachers Institute at Clarion next
week.
Santa Claus will travel in an air
ship, this year.
Football now gives way to ball of
adifferent footing
Some men go to the dogs while hay
ing bowling time.
Lon Shira sold his stock of station
cry at auction last week.
If the Christmas stocking is on the
best foot put it forward.
An increased demand for snuff" is
i. reported. Do you take it?
Had the axed turkey any reason to
be thankful for the chop it got?
Youngstown is becoming popular
''Gretna Green" for Butler elopers
The goose bone predicts mild win
ter, while the-goose tells another story.
We are hardly through with one
election until another begins to loom
up. s+st -
About fifty couples attended the Y.
M. l. dance, Wednesday evening of last
week
Nobody minds the days being short
SO long as they are not short them
selves.
Why doesn't some one build mon
ument to the man who was able to keep
his mouth shut
If that Indiana man has discovered
perpetual motion the story of it will
60 round forever.
A Rural Delivery route has been es-
tablished in Slipperyrock and vicinity,
to begin on the 18th.
Every time small boy gets Whit
OF the odor arising from the kitchen he
proceeds to get hungry.
Everybody was around for their
turkey last Thursday, and they were
somewhat rounder after they got it.
w. G. Currie, the baker, mas rented d
the Graham store room, next door to
the Campbell s. Templeton furniture
store
j. A. Shakley of near Buttercup
will have sale of stock, farming i'm
plements. hay, etc. Tuesday, Dec IL, at
10 am.
Dog shows are popular in the large
towns at present, and the dogs whose
ancestral trees are of dog wood take the
prizes.
The Oliver brothers of Pittsburg,
owners of the Gazette, have purchased
controlling interest in the Chronicle
Telegraph.
w. d. White has opened room for
the sale of pasteurized milk and cream,
butter, eggs, poultry and oysters in the
Troutman building-105 w. Cunning
ham St.
Last week as train was passing
over the BeecH Greek road, beyond
Clearield, a deer ran out of the woods
onto the track before the engine, and
was struck and killed
Trains leave Butler Junction for
West Winfield at 10 am. and 4:40 p m,
and make the run in about an hour;
trains leave w. Winfield at 7:45 a. m.
and $50 p. m. Fare for round trip so
cents
All Butler assembled around the
Burgess Office, last Saturday afternoon,
and disguised the contest betwe en- the
two gentlemen of color, while the Bur
CESS imposed the necessary and proper
fines.
This is the last month of the last
year OF the 18th Century of the Chris
tian era; and people whoare thinking of
doing the ordinary shooting off act
should remember that it takes more
powder to blow out Century than a
year.
-Ph. Tack and J. J. Dittman are
making very handsome sign on a
background of black glass The signs
are durable practically last forever.
Samples can be seen at thei- shop on
the south side.
The brilliant light that eminates
from the offices of the Producers Tor
pedo Co on S. Main St is made by the
450-candle power, gasoline, arc lamp for
which j. M. Pringle is the agent for
Western Pennsylvania.
= nuuNi GU anu Hlby pOuHuS OF girl
eloped with seventy pounds of man at
Snamokin, this state, last week; and be-
sides this the girl is st feet tall while
the man is less than feet, and is one of
the smallest men in the world.
Business in Pittsburg seems to be
going uptown. Several million-dollar
''sky-scrapers" are to be built around the
Court House, and the appearance of
that part of the town will be radically
changed within the next few years.
The four-cent stamp in the new
new series to be issued and sold next
year in commemoration of the Pan
American Exposition at Buffalo will
have as its central picture motor vehi-
Gle, representing the latest form of
transportation.
The moon was full. So was the man.
He leaned against the fence.
The night policeman came along.
And told him to get hence.
The man frowned at the officer.
Then moved reluctantly.
"All right" says he, There's (hic)
two of you,
And only (hicl one of me. +"