Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1900-08-23
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Butler Fair-Sept. ~
We all meet at the Butler Fair
The Oats Race at the Fair has been
changed from 4-wheel vehicles TO bikes.
The Christian Devils as the old
lady called them are having their in
ming this week
The price Of building material, par
ticularly lumber. has dropped greatly
during the past few weeks. 1t Is
thought that the drop in prices viii
stimulate building.
-Reafrew beat Butler 6 to 1, Satur-
day. at Renfrew and Mars defeated
Evans City. at Evans City, 9 to 2. c.
/ Z. Smith and Anderson were the bat
| terry for Butler and McChesney and
+ Shira for Renfrew. John Ayres pitch
ed for Mars and gave his opponents but
two hits
The street car track is being laid on
/ :. Main st. this week. Last week E.
Wayne was finished from Main to Nc
Kean. The workmen are paid every
other Saturday and each pay roll
amounts 10 about $14OO. Some Of the
/ ties used come from the Hartman farm
near Reibold
The street that runs past w. b
McGeary's is being opened to Willow
/ St, opposite Geo. Stamm's house. 1t is
called Dunbar St, and it makes an open
road from New Castle ST. 10 the upper
gate Of the Fair Ground and people
can drive to the Fair without crossing
the street car tracks.
Butler Fair-Sept. Al.
Accidents viii happen. even when
the utmost care is exercised, butparents
should never be off their guard where
small children are concerned, and spe-
cial pains should be taken to keep match |
e., medicines, poisons or deadly weap-
ons ont Of their reach. A little extra
precaution from day to day may prevent
lifelong remorse.
China proper is about half the size
Of the United States, leaving out Alas |
ka and Indian Territory, and has about |
five and one half times the. inhabitants.
The Chinese Empire is about as big as
the United States including Alaska and |
adding Mexico. II contains close 10 six
times as many inhabitants as the Unit
ed States. II is nearly ,000 900 square
miles larger than all Europe and con
tains about the same population.-Ex |
A curious quality Of muskmelons |
is that they faint everything else in the
refrigerator, but they can be cooled by |
halying and then placing some chips Of
ice on the inside The first consign- |
ment Of the Anne Arundel Co., Nd.
melons reached our grocers last Satur-
dBy. They are large, solid, sweet and |
finely favored They sold readily here |
at 20 cents each and it would be well |
for our farmers and gardeners 10 secure
some seed and endeavor 10 produce |
them.
| "A new fakir is abroad III the rural |
regions. He drives through the coun- |
try and sells soap at five dollars box, |
which sum includes the price Of forty |
yards Of carpet, selected from samples
which he has in his wagon. He takes
the five dollars leaves the box Of soap, |
promises to deliver the carpet Of the Sc
1 Il
away The soap is worth probably fifty |
cents II stays with the purchaser.
The carpet is worth probably fifteen
dollars, but it stays with the falfir and
During the hot weather Of the past |
three weeks our ice men have furnished |
the people Of Butler with an abundance |
Of excellent ice, for which we should all |
be thankful Did you ever hear the
story Of the jolly party on board ship |
when the ice ran ont. Well, they had |
been having their punch every day and
they missed the ice sadly. But they |
heard that Jew on the ship had some, |
and coaxed little from him. Next
day the same, and next day the same
bat on the fourth day the Jew shook his
head saying. II cannot give You any |
more ice. If | do my brother, he not |
keep
! That music il charningis shown by |
the large crowds that assemble on the
| Diamond to hear the band concerts.
The Germania makes good music, and |
thousands Of people stand for hours TO |
hear it. The floor Of the new Band |
stand is raised two inches, and the cell |
ing il lowered four inches In the cen
tres, and the two combine TO make a
sounding box that increase the volume
and force Of the music Some evening
Of next week the Gerinania Orchestra
will give concert, during which the
hat will be passed around for nickels
and dimes with which TO pay off the
800 yet due the contractor for the
stand.
"A farmer over in Wisconsin says he
has adopted plan Of advertising in his
home papers which has saved him much
valuable time and brought handsome re
turn for the money invested. He says:
when / nm ready 10 sell my stuff in
sert "A little advertisement in the local
paper telling what nave TO sell and, il
live stock how many head Of each and
when they will be ready 10 ship, and the
result has been that the buyers are right
after me, either personally or by mail,
and naturally / always get the highest
price n | want 10 buy COW or steer,
n horse or dozen Of each, / insert a
little advertisement that costs maybe 80
cents and instead Of travelling over the
country nquiring Of my neigbors who
has this or that for sale. the home news
j paper does IL for me at Less expense. and
those who have what ! want manage
: 10 let me know some way. ~ Warren
) Ill Leader.
The boye Of years gone by remember
| From early June to late September,