Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-01-24
PERSONAL.

Taylor Morgan Of Parker was a But
Ter visitor, Tuesday.
james Robertson Of Oakland town.
ship was in town. Friday.
c. C. Gray OF Mars has been granted
a pension of 50 per month.
Elizabeth A Brown. Of Carr, has
been granted an $, pension.
seth Snyder and son Of Brady town
ship were in town. Tuesday.
Rawlins Dodds Of Adamsville visited
friends il Butler last week.
Jonas Z;egler Of Harmony attended
Court as 4 witness. last week.
JOS. n Hughes Of Ohio has rented
the Conyery farm IL Summit twp.
james Blake and wife Of Franklin
township drove to Butler. Thursday.
Thos Jamison. R. B. Conn and Adam
Curre were in Butler on business, Tues
day.
Ira Gallagher and family Of New
Castle who were down with typhoid,
are recovering.
JP. Graham, c. B. Mcfarland and
Hamilton Of billiards were here on
business, Friday.
}. u. Pringle Of Butler and NJ L.
Lockwood Of Zelienople saw the Texas
gusher last week.
Charles McElvain Is home from New
York City on visit to his mother Mrs
VIM II. Walker
J. A. Elmer, the storekeeper Of Insti-
tute Hill Is seriously Ill, with kidney
and heart trouble
". :. Crafty Of Cherry township
wishes TO sell his farm OF exchange II.
See notice in another column.
Samuel sherwin of Euclid was one Of
u out Of a class Of 80 to pass the mine
boss examination at Mercer, Friday.
II. Caldwell is home from Montana,
called mere by the serious illness OF his
wife and two children. He likes Mon
taua, and intends returning to ii.
Teddy ventured too far in the noun
taing Of Colorado few evenings ago,
and was treed by pack Of wolves,
where he stayed for four hours until
rescued.
VIM. McGinniss Of Buffalo township
came up 10 Butler. last Friday, and
took the D. r. q p. train for Mont
gomeryyille, Armstrong Co., where he
is drilling q well
Mrs. A. J. Calvert Of Bradford,
daughter Of VIM. VI. Mitchell, dec o.
helped 70 nurse her father during h1s
late illness, and is yet here with her
mother and sisters.
Electrical treatment is being used on
Judge McJunkin with such good ef-
feet that his physicians hope 10 have
him able 70 make natural use Of his arm
and leg il week or two.
A Professor Of dancing. well known
in the northern part Of the county, late
ly danced around in ScOtts store IN
Fairview. 70 the song relating TO the
bony parts Of his horse Napoleon and
every now and then he would slap the
good uatured constable. who was sitting
near But by and by he ventured TO hIck
the constable, and then the constable
arose in his wrath and smote that Pro
fessor.
VIM. Beighley Of Lyndon, Kansas,
writes US. II have now just passed my
seventy birthday, and have my
usual good health, and yet do quite
lot Of chores, such az feeding few pigs,
come cattle and four head Of horses.
We have the mildest winter that have
seen since ! ain here We had snow
twice ~ whiten the ground and then
sleet and snow, but we are having tine
weather now.
Mr. briggs Of the Congressional
Committee, investigating the 'bazing,
at West Point characterized the abuse Of
the fourth class men or plebes there
ar,
atrocioug, base, detestable, disgrace
ful, dighOnorable, disreputable, helm
ous ignominious, i'll famed, nefar-
ioug, odiOus, outrageous, scandalOus,
shameful, shameless, villainoug and
wicked
This was pretty good, but either the
dictionary Of synonyms available at
West Point is imperfect or Mr. briggs
memory was not equal % the occasion.
As an alphabetical arrangement Of ad-
jectives the following il proposed az an
amendment.
abominable, atrociOus. base, degraded,
detestable disgraceful disgusting,
dishonOrable, disreputable, execrable,
hagitious, fragrant, hateful. heinOns,
horrible, ignoble, ignominiOus infa-
nous, iniquitOus. ill-famed, impious,
l0athsome low minded. mean, mon
strOus nefarious, notorious, Odious,
outrageous. repulsive, scandalons
shameful shameless vile villainOus
violent. wsnton, wicked, worthless.
While thig II not All exhaustive list it
comes nearer 10 covering the ground
than Mr. briggs effort