The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1902-03-26
An interesting and instructive stere.

! An Interesting auu lhslfucllNe Sltie
opticon service, illustrating Salvat OF
Army Work, will be given in Partridge
Hall next Tuesday evening, and will bt
well worth your attendance. The price
is only 10 cents, so don't miss it.
A. c. Brown Esq, Tionesta's new at
/ torney, has arrived aud his Offices are To-
Gated in the Amer building, corner OF
Elm and Bridge streets, where he can be
consulted during business hours. Sick
ness in Mr.. Browns family has prevented
his moving sooner, but he expects to be
domiciled here by the first Of April. His
professional card appears in this issue.
Edward Graham, saving for G. u.
Castor on his Little Coon tract, got his
left hand little two close to one of the
buzz saws in the mill last Thursday, with
the usual consequence-the saw coming
out first best, and nipping off the tips of
the second and third fingers as far back
as the nails extend. Ed. will be laid off
from work couple or three weeks by
the accident.
AT council meeting Friday evening
the following standing committees were
named by the President, Dr. Dunn: Street
and sewers, J. T, Dale, ]. w. Landers; I;
sidewalks, G. G.. CASTOR, Dae; light and
water, w. +. Blum, CASTOR finance, G.
f. Weaver, j. b. Muse; borough prop
erty, Muse, Blum. The regular meetings
ofcouncil will be held on the first and
third Friday evenings of each month.
How shall write of my molherY
She is so near to me that ii seems indel-
icate to speak ofher. We never dream
Of comparing our mother with another;
II is enough that she is our mother-the
being in whose benefcient tenderness is
security and Joy. To describe Ter would
be like attempting to put into words the
fragrance of flower or the smile ola he.
loved face.-April Ladies' Home Jour
nal.
The w. q. T. U. will hold mothers
meeting at the home of Mrs. Archibald
b. Kelly, on Thursday afternoon, March
27th at half past two o'clock. An adj
dress on Social Purity will be given by
Mrs. j. M. McAlpine, of Warren. A cor
dialinvitation is extended to all the me IL
bers of the w. G. T. U. and others, TO be
present on this occasion, and so have the
privilege of listening to this gifted
speaker.
A freight car on which were loaded
some immense oak logs, evidently in
tended for ship spars, was wrecked few
rods above the depot at this place last
Sunday. The load was evidently too
much for the car axle, which gave way.
Luckily the train was just pulling out
and had gained very little Roadway,
otherwise tho wreck might have been
a bad one. The track was cleared and
ready for traffic again in a few hours.
Did YOU ever notice that the man
who never had square meal at home
growls at the hotel accommodations the
person who complains most o his neigh
bors is the meanest of the lot; the church
member who pays the least to the
preachers salary finds the most fault
with his preaching and always COM
plains Of the bad management of the
church, and the brother who never at
tends his lodge does the most kicking
about what is done by the lodge. -Ex.
Our Lynch correspondent writes that
the post Office at that place was burned to
the ground last Wednesday. Origin of
fire unknown. Bruce Grain, who occu-
pied the back part of the building, lost
everything excepting a sewing machine
Nearly all of the Government property |
was saved but so damaged with smoke !
and water as to be almost worthless. The
Office will be rebuilt at once. Meanwhile
Frank FoN's sitting room is utilized as
an office. The Blue Jay Supply Co. IS
talking of enlarging its store owing to in
creasing trade.
This is the sassafras season, when the |
small boy hieth himself forth with mat
tock and gunny sack and diggeth up the |
medicinal root and selleth it at cents per
bunch. Lo, man cometh into the world |
without his connivance and departeth |
hence without his consent. His afllictions |
are many, and to escape them he drink
eth sassafras tea in the spring time, for
yarily il cleanseth his blood and maketh |
him to rise up at the voice of the
bird, buoyant with vigorous lite. What |
yenseng is to the Chinaman, sassafras is |
10 the American. Drink copiously and |
live !-Punx'y Spirit.
The w. @. T. u. of this place has de-
to bring about an enforcement
IF the act prohibiting the sale and fur
lishing of tobacco to persons under the
lge Of 10 years" The law is quite strin-
gent, the first section providing "that no
person or persons shall sell tobacco, in
any form, to any person under the age of
sixteen years." Section two provides
that no person shall, by purchase, gilt |
Or other means, furnish tobacco, in any
form, to persons under l6 years of age"
And the third section places a penalty |
not exceeding 500, or Imprisonment not
exceeding thirty days, on both, upon any
Dne convicted of violating the act.
FrIll Held In $1,500 Bail.