Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1900-07-20
LOCAL AND GENERAL,

LOCAL AND GENERAL,
-Wondrous sunsets
You're Shanghai lar.
Horrible harvest weather
Don't get excited, Keep cool
-Beware Of the yellow Peril"
West jefferson st Is impossible
-Days are becoming little shorter.
The Park l. to have permanent
bsnd-stand
There's a rush in the larger towns
TO enlist for China
The people Of W North st are
preparing to pave
When two nea argue, eacn usually
thinks the other fool.
the crop Of crop lies Is said 70 be
unusually large this year.
John Balziger keeps an excellent
boarding house al TrOutman.
-You can't tell By the height Of
mans collar what he amounts TO
Harvey Colbert is building an addi-
t;on TO the rear Of ris store-rooIn.
Our merchants are having lulI in
trade now; farmers too busy to come 70
town
Gen SherInan's terse description Of
war would have fitted last weeks
weather.
China will soon be wanting some
body 70 help her let go Of the Russian
bears tail
The old pike. frp1n the Hospital to
the borough. line is said TO be in dan
gssous condition.
The census enumeratorg are wait
ing for their pay. and the public Is
waiting for the figures
Cotton shipments to China have
been suspended Cotton wants % know
who u king in that country.
Now that the Centennial Souvenirs
are down 10 25 cents everyone ought to
bay one and saye II for the next.
The G Z. Society Of Buffalo church
hold y lawn fete this evening. 70 which
everybody will be made welcome.
The Street Car Co has located its
power house near Stamn's brick yard,
in lot purchased from Chas. Duffy.
Tho doctors cay that too much ice
cream soda is injurious but it's mean
man that will quote this 10 his best girl
The most hopeless kind Of a axe p
tic and drifting wreck, says western
paper. 'is woman who has lost her
faith IN doctors.
A petition II in circulation asking
the County Commissioners to build a
better band stand in the Park aud put
in some benches.
This would be "a happier world,
said the corn fed philosopher, If more
Of us got what we wanted and few CT d
us got what we deserved.
--The farmer. of Crawford county
are paying 50 day and board for
harvest hands. and ii IL said that they
are glad to get labor at that price.
The proprietors Of the Child;
Eye" and Giant Of California" glad
iolas would die of envy IL they could
see some Of Heydrick's hx-foot bean
ties.
The Boys Brigade Of the Y. NJ g
A. goes into camp ut Slipperyrock Park
Friday They will be out ten days Hnt
nnder control " Physical Dircctoi
Harrison
"A young man In this town give
the following advice. There H. nOtbinl
that tends ~ shorten the lives Of old
people and to injure their health y
much az the practice Of sitting up lat
evenings. especially II there IL grown
daughter In the family.
"Wednesday of last week the Pros
pect base ball club drove 10 Renfrey
and were bcaten by the Rcnfrew clul
sto3. John Waddcll and On Shaefe
were the Prospect battery Two week
before Renfrew played at Prospect, th
latter winning ~ TO o.
"A case Of rabies has appeared Il
Washington county on the farm q
Samuel Thorne. About six weeks ago
dog appeared on the Thorns. farm, an
was cbased out Of the enclosure wher
bIooded sowe were kept. but not befor
II had bitten three Of tho animals. 10
several weeks the swine seemed a
right. but recently went mad and die
IN great agony.
A man In HerkiIner, N Y. think
he hag written the shortest poem 0
record FIe ~ employed in Herkime
hotel and has posted this notice on III
door.
Don't get
On the step
lie doesn IL explain why he calls IL ~
etry. and the matter has been refcrre
10 the new Poet Laureate of the Conn
qnenessipg
The appearance ~ u sca serpent,
Long Island Sound With eyes as big
sancers. ferocious looking mouth. ctc
etc, induced local poet laureate.
get off the following
II mny have been a jabberwok.
Or nm nntediluyian snake.
That libernating an mOn or 50,
OF q sudden became awake
IL hit hole In the outer bar.
And swallowed breaker or two.
And scared all the bathcrs out u the gn
~ NIL sea serpeDts do.
But 'twaHi q serpent of the sea
This monster ncwly found.
Twas something stranger far than tha
a serpent Of the Sound.
LOST A lady's brown jacket. nc
White Oak Springs Church ri
finder IL requested 20 leave IL at h
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