Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1903-03-19
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Local and Personal Events
TerScly Told.

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Thos. E. Kennedy attended the
st. Patrick's ball at DushOre.
Mr.. Brink believes in selling his
goods throughout large section.
See his prices in this paper.
Atty. A. Walsh was transacting
business at Laporte Thursday.
Mr.. A. H. Bushhausen was a Du-
shore visitor Tuesday night.
Edward Norton and VIM. More
Ct Western Sullivan were county
seat visitors Thursday
A social will be held at the home
of Mrs. G.. s. Eddy Friday evening
March 20. Warm sugar will be
served. Proceeds for benefit of M.
E. Sunday School.
1t is rumored that Mr.. Carnegie
has given million dollars to Prince
ton University. Mr.. Carnegie's ben
efactions are becoming so numerous
that it is impossible to keep track OF
them.
The New Jersey minister who has
been arguing that Saint Patrick was
Baptist, is thought to have gotten
his Jersey lightning, st. Patrick's
snakes and water mixed.
Senator Morgan has at least prov
ed his title to be known as a wonder
full old man. He has uttered 1,3O7,
900 words against the Panama Canal
treaty, to date.
Mrs. Francis Breiger is now able
to come down stairs after being con
fined to her room for several months
with badly injured hip, the result
of fall on an icy walk.
Landlord Gallagher gave a dance
in honor st. Patrick, at the La
porte Hotel on Tuesday evening,
March II. The dining room which
was given over to the dancers was
prettily decorated with the national
colors combined with green.
A new industry is to started at
Laquin, small town on the Susque-
hanna & N. Y. r. r., and about
four miles from Wheelerville. 1t
has been definitely decided to locate
the plant of the Pennsylvania Hub
& Veneer company there. Work
will be commenced in a short time
with Mr.. Burrows of Stevensville,
Bradford county, as manager.
Mr.. Ray Zaner of Dushore, has
been granted a patent on a miners
dinner pail. 1t is put together in
convenient compartments and moth
ing of it's kind has ever been made
1t approaches mechanical construc-
ton that shows its inventor to be of
an ingenious turn of mind and a
large sum of money will most like
ly be realized from this invention
when placed upon the market.
Henry Keiser a blacksmith of
Reading has an odd way of foretell-
ing the weather. For 25 years he
has used the same anvil, and under
meath this anvil small ants have
made their home. Mr.. Keiser
claims that for 21 years he has pre-
dicted the weather by their actions.
He says that spring is now well at
hand, and that there,will be no more
snow or cold weather. His reason
for this is that on Saturday the ants
made their appearance for the first
timn, and he says that during the
81 years that he has been telling the
weather by the first appearance of
the ants he has notmissed it q single
time in his predictions.
Friday last found the editor of this
paper enjoying few hours on Chip
pewa farm, the home Of M. E. Reed
er, near Hughesville. There are
few people in this county who have
not heard of Chippewa, both through
the popularity of the owner and the
extensive advertisement given to the
large lime kilns there located which
command large patronage from all
our neighboring counties. Mr..
Reeder has recently added several
acres to his already large estate, and
is now stocking the farm with regis
tered Jersey cattle. This valuable
estate has been greatly neglected for
years past, but in the short space Of
time it has heen in the nOSsessiOn of