Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-01-24
LOCAL AND GENERAL.
\ Sad Week.

This year had glO0miiy begun
For Willie Week, poor mans Sun.
He was beset with bill and dun
And he had very little MON
This cash, said he. won't pay my dues,
I've nothing here bat ones and TUES. 7
A bright thought struck him and he said:
The rich Miss Goldrocks / will WED.
Bat when be paid his court 70 her,
She lisps1. but firmly said: No, THUR -
Alas. said he. chen | must die.
Although hereafter / may FRI ~
They found Ms glDyes,aad coat, and hat.
The Coroner upon them SAT.
If you want your money to have
wings. take flyer in the stock mark
et.
The Street Car Co got across the
Bessie, yesterday but have nOtyet com
pleted arrangements with the r. 81 w.
Subject for debate at the next
meeting Of the Literary Society:
"Should a farmer invest his money in
life insurance or in cabinet oreans?"
There are eight coal mines in oper-
alton in the Hilliard valley, each Of
which turns ont about 10J tons day or
200 tons in all. and the most Of it goes
10 the lakes
Since the striking Of the tremendous
oil well in Texas, some Of the oil men
have developed new theory regarding
oil belts. which IL that they follow the
branches Of the Mississippi river con
verge az they do and have an outlet in
some great, underground lake or basin,
near the Gulf {.
The local mail carriers are mad
because their bill % increase the salaries
Of carriers was set down on. A Penn
sylvania member, named Mcmahon,
made a speech against the bill The
oldest carriers, for offices in Buffers
class, ger $3.50, and they wanted it
raised TO at least $1,000, the amount re-
ceiyed By carriers in large cities.
The efficacy Of the American climate
a. a zferilizer Of the Anarchistic germ
il instanced in the case Of Elias Masuras
Greek who came % this country under
contract and promise to slay a Iromi-
nent public man, but who found life 70
pleasant and prosperity 80 prevalent
that, instead Of killing anybody, he
went 70 Yonkers and opened peanut
stand.
"A mill-daIn case, or rather a dam
rite case, where it is apparent 30 the
sight that the railroad has damaged a
$1,000 property to the extent Of eighteen
thousand some hundred dollars, and
fifteen cents; reminds one of the boy
who sdid 10 another DO you rec those
two girls that red haired one was born
in ireland and is an Irish girl, and the
black haired one was born in Germany
il a German irl-they are both sisters
Of mine. but no relation 10 each other.
Two little maids says THE
Omaha Bee. were playing Sunday
geboOl. and il had been agreed that
GLADYS should sing and Mary recite.
When the former finished the second
innocent faithfully arose and, bowling
decorously % her one auditor, recited:
God be nimblel
God be quick!
God jump over the candlestickl
Then. noticing the somewhat dubious
expression On her playmates face, she
hastened 10 explain, with pious serious
ness. 90 course that's not the way we
learned il first, but when We play Sun
day school why yOu see, We must put
God in just everything, else " won't be
'ceptable 10 Him.
Some ten or twelve years ago u
wealthy butcher Of BraddOck named
Tanker, bought the old Andrew Iicgler
farm IN Jackson twp across the creek
from Harmony and Ielienople, and
drilled the farm. which proved 10. be
valuable oil territory. Then he built n
10000 house on the hill overlooking
the towns and valley. and he and his
wife lived in IL and were happy; but as
the children grew mp, they became dissat
isGed and induced their parents 10 move
back 10 their old home IN Braddock
And now Mr. Tanker IL said 10 have
given n contract for the removal Of the
go 900 house. side walks stone wall
and all ~ "a lot IN BraddOck The sol
id brick walls are 10 be sawed into
blocks. and nnDb bered: and everything
&, b be rebuilt IN BraddDck as IL now
alayda nu fbe hill