Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1902-12-11
CONDENSED NEWS.
A long winter is before us.

A long winter Is before us.
The ice cutters are mere hopeful.
Winter is not due until the 21st.
Mr.. Cold Wave is paying us visit.
The shortest day will soon be with
us.
The Christmas tree dealer is spruc-
ing up,
The plumber will be the busy man
henceforth.
1t will be Congress busy week now
right along.
Edward Snyder is i'll at his home on
Spring street.
The little folks are writing letters
to Santa Claus
King Winter and the cold wave are
here hand in hand.
This is the busy season for mail car
riers and expressmen.
The small boy and his sled monopo-
Lies the hill sidewalks.
Even the snow had to come to help
along the freight congestion.
Extra blankets, foot warmers and
ear muffs are now in demand
1t begins to look like Christmas
weather, but it is really not needed.
Physicians say that the recent change
in the weather is responsible for con
siderable sickness among adults and
children III the city.
Berwick is being overrun with mer-
chants from various parts Of the state,
who, having heard of the great i'm.
provements and general prosperity of
the town by reason of the steady opera
tiOn of the car and steel works, hope
to improve their condition by locating
there.
The wisdom of cleaning pavements
Immediately after the SNOW falls is APP
parent these days.
As Christmas approaches the father
of large family begins to wear
worried look.
Postal cards which have been spoil
ed aud not sent through the mails, if
cltire are now redeemed at all post
ices under a sliding scale of valua-
tions, by which the postmaster will
pay cents for 10 cards, IS cents for
% cards, 81 cents for 30 cards, IS cents
for 100 cards. The cards are to be
wrapped in bundles of %.
4 baby hoy arrived at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs Charles Clark, Grand
street on Saturday.
\ public benefactor is man who
keeps his sidewalk free from ice and
snow Danville has a great many who
are not benefactors.
This is the kind OF weather our
merchants like to see. Sensible temp
erature means buying of winter cloth
ing and wares by the people.
With many coal bins empty and peo-
pie unable to secure coal the cold
wave will cause untold sufferings.
The energetic boy is now adding to
hi, Christmas fund with the aid Of his
snow shovel.
Never before were the Danville
stores so well supplied with many
beautiful articles and such large stocks
of seasonabIe and varied novelties.
Michael Ryan, Daniel Frazier, John
Toohig and Ira Seidel returned yester-
day from hunting trip to Muncy
Hills. They succeeded in bagging 80
rabbits, pheasants and quail
David Reese, for the past five years
employed as clerk in the drug store Of
DR.. W r. Paules, has resigned to ac-
cept a position in the First National
Bank.
The feast of the Immaculate Con
ception of the Virgin Mary, mother Of
our Blessed Lord, which was celcbrat-
ed Monday III all the Roman Catholic
churches throughout the world will
last eight days.
Quiet day services at Christ Episcop-
al church tomorrow. \ service will
also be held tonight at 30 o'clock
As the mercury in the thermometer
incIines toward zero the scarcity of
fuel becomes more diaphanous. The
anthracite miners are snnpOSad to have
gone back to work and the bitumin-
Gus miners are rs busy as ever. VINO,
then, is in faIlt?
The goose-bone man has had things
pretty much his own way since winter
weather began, but there Is plenty OF
time, before the end of the season, to
prove that he IS a wonder of mendacity.