The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1903-09-30

as autumn Arbor Day, and asking school
superintendent, teachers and pupils to
observe the day by the planting OF trees
and by other suitable exercises.
An ExchanLe very wisely says: 1t
doesn't pay to be a knocker. The man
who is sympathetic and kind, and helps
to push things along, always gets along
best himself. Everybody loves the
booster. Every time he gives a fellow
man a boost he lifts himself. That is one
of tue beautiful compensations of life.
Armstrong county has another wife
murder to its discredit. the third within
a year. August Troutman, a German
miner, shot and instantly killed his wife
Sunday night of last week at Aladdin, a
small coal mining town about a mile
above Kiskiminetas Junction. Jealousy,
as usual was the cause. The man did
not resist arrest.
%. D. Bleakley, who is interested in
a number of the largest banks in the
neighboring cities, we note from the Erie
Times is one of the stockholders and in
corporators of big banking institution
to be started in Erie on Oct. LIST. 1t will
be known as 1.-THE Security Savings and
Trust Company" and will have a capital
of $500, 000. -Franklin News.
Landlord Charles Weaver and wife
were called to Clarion last Friday to at
tend the funeral ofhis aunt, Mrs. jacob
Weaver, who died on the 23d inst, aged
81 years. The deceased had visited in
Tionesta with her husband, and had
made a number of friends here. She was
a oma of excellent qualities of mind
and heart, and was highly esteemed.
An ex .hange says in an advertise
ment by a railway company of some I'M
called for goods, the letter "f' had
| dropped from the word ''lawful' and II
read People to whom these packages
are directed are requested to come for
the same" And the advertisement was
about correct without intending to be.
Next year will be leap year. The
years divided by four, except that of the
century year, 1900, are the leap years,
The holidays all take a jump OF n day,
and the man that is looking forward in
anticipation is in foI med that the Fourth
of July. which fell on Saturday this year,
will fall on Monday mex year. Leap
year puts it up to the girls to make pro-
posals.
The Siggins reunion which was APP
pointed to be held the first Thursday in
August, 1903, was omitted. A few of the
relatives met at %Irvindale, Sapt. %, to ar
range for the holding of the meeting next
year. Mr.. John Siggins, of Tidioute, was
elected president, and Miss Justipa Sig
gins, of West Hickory, secretary. The
reunion is to be held the 2Sth of June
1904, at Irvindale Park,
The lourishing village of Grunder'
Vile, three miles below Warren, is tc
have the advantage of free mail delivery
after the first of November, the Postofict
department having established a route
which takes i'm that place together with
large constituency in that community
Forest county is well represented there
the Warren Lumber Co., composed o
Tionesta people, operating a fine plant
which includes the manu- fracture of Goa
flats and barges, making a busy and hap
Ply community.
johnnie, the 12.year-old son of Mrs
Jacob Stitzinger, was seriously attacke
with appendicitis last week, and on Sun
day his sister, Miss Alice Stiizinger, as
siStant matron of the Brooks Memoria
Hospital. nunkirk, came mere and to
gether with her brother, r. c., and sis
ter, Miss Carrie, took the little sufferer tC
Titusville from whence Miss Alice took
him to the above hospital where an oper'
alton was performed Sunday evening
ing we'll, though by no means out ofdan'
ger.
The base ball season was practically
closed in this place last Saturday and &
disastrous closeing it was, too, for the
home team, which went up into the all
at the beginning and stayed there unit
the end of the game. The opposing team
was from Tidioute, which had received
three straight wallopings at the hands o
Tionesta this season. But things were
different this time, and they slugged thu
ball for upward q twenty safe hits, which
with the errors of the locals, and rocky
work generally, netted them 81 runs tC
Tionesta's 7.
A. NJ. Allen, of Louisville, Warner
county, on Thursday sold ten pine trees
on his land for 81, 900. The sale empha
sizes the need of the efforts of the STATE
Forestry Commission to preserve tn,
forests. When Mr.. Allen was a boy hi
father cleared off the 200 acres that con
prised his farm and left ten small pin,
shrubs to grow as ornaments to tn,
grounds around the house. The tree
thrived, and now, when the son ha'
reached an old age, have been sold for
sum that exceeds the value of the entir,
200 acres at the time they were cleared b,
the father.
A very absent minded farmer resid
ing near Cory, was returning home from
that town when the thought struck bin
that he had forgotten something. III
took out his note book, went over ever,
item, checked it off, and saw that he hat
made all the purchases he had intended
As he drove on he could not put aside th
feeling that there was something missing
He took out his note book and checke,
off every article again, but still found n,