The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1903-11-04

MARI led on the 9th, ult.. to Miss Jose
phine Shaw, a young lady who has many
friends in this city, says the Derrick. The
bride Is remembered by friends in this
place. where she made her home for a
time.
There was a "fruit shower at the
Presbyterion manse on Saturday night,
and the PASTORS wife, for whom the COM
pliment was intended, was kept busy
receiving baskets of various fruits in all
forms until nine o'clock. When the
shower was over a fine supply OF delica-
cies was In evidence for which tho min
ister's family no doubt are very grateful.
The rabbit season is now on, having
come in on Monday, and IL is now lawful
to down the little bunnies whenever you
can. For some u~naccountoble reason
they are not as plentiful this season as
they have been heretofore, but perhaps
will show up more as the weather grows
colder. The rabbit IL a cold weather
bird, growing fat as the freezing progress
SEES.
Young man, IL is no disgrace to fail.
but it Is a disgrace TO never try. If you
have an idea that you would make a sue
cess of something and that field offers
you a chance tor advancement you owe
IL to yourself to try. Experience is a
dear teacher but he who IN through
its Christening fires learns a lesson that is
without price. 1t IS the man who never
tries that fails most dismally.-Falls
Creek Herald.
The Titusville Courier has informa-
ton that a Philadelphia judge has made
a ruling that a person purchasing goods
on Sunday is equally liable under the
"Blue Laws" as the man who sells them.
A purchaser who made a complaint
against a dealer was Obliged to pay a fine
of 81 and costs. This would seem to be
an end to prosecutions under the law, as
a witness to convict would have to in
criminste himself.
The observant "Merely Incidental"
man of the Oil City Blizzard tells this
horrible one: AT a local rummage sale,
yesterday, a man appeared in quest of
some articles of clothing. He was finally
fitted with a coat and vest to his liking,
and, with the idea of completing the suit,
he said to the lady in attendance snow
let me see your pants" The ex plosion
OF laughter which followed and surprised
the caller could not possibly be held in
check.
"A very much disappointed couple
was that which came here from Venango
county last Friday and tried To secure a
marriage license from Clerk Geist, hut
the young lady being under age and hav-
ing no parent or guardian, they could
not get the much desired documert t..
However, they were not the only disap-
pointed ones, for a bunch of girls who had
spotted" the couple had followed them
to the court house expecting to see a
wedding ceremony, but they also "got
left"
Squire John w. Black, of Pigeon.
was in town to-day taking his son, John.
Jr., home from the Warren hospital,
he has been the past seventeen
under the care of DR.. Hamilton, of
Clarendon. The young man has been a
sufferer from an uncommon and peculiar
disease known as neuritis, which effects
the nerves and usually proves fatal
When taken to the hospital he was entire
ly helpless, but to-day can walk, and is
steadily improving, which will be good
to the friends of the family.-Shef-
field Observer.
The second match of the cricket ser.
les was played off on Saturday, and re-
in an easy victory for the South
Side, by the score of an inning and two
This means that the South Side
made two runs more in their one inning
than the North Side made in both Of
There is something substantial
in this kind of victory and it is doubt
full if the North Side will care to play the
last match. The score is appended /:
Side-First Inning 10, second in
ming A. South Side-First inning IS.
Writing from his quarters, which he
calls Bachelors Lonesome Union
county, Oregon, ~ esteemed friend,
Willis Brace remarks that he noticed in
the REPUBLICAN the teachers had a hard
of it getting to M~arienville to the
recent institute on account of bad roads,
and advises that some of them come to
Oregon, where the roads are fine and
teachers scarce, the district in which be
resides having no teacher because there
is none to be had. Mr.. Brace is holding
down his homestead claim, and is anus
ing himself mainly in cutting and piling
up cord-wood, and seems as happy as a
clam in high tide.
The ease of N. S. and Charles Highly
VS.. the Pennsylvania Railroad company
and John Gallagher was concluded just
before moor adjournment. A motion for
a non-suit by j. Ross Thompson, attor-
ney for the Pennsylvania Railroad COM
pany, to relieve that company was grant
ed by the court who maintained that at
the time of the shooting Gallagher was
acting within the scope of his en-
The case was concluded and
the jury were not long in agreeing upon
the verdict. They awarded the plaintiffs
the sun of g., 400. The attorney for the
plaintiff was j. w. Dunkle. j. Ross
C Son and Arid & Bordwell
we're the defendants attorneys.-Warren
Hunters near Hickory are greatly