Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1903-10-29


pleted and will not be made public
for some weeks.
An old man who had never used
the instrument would not believe
that he could hear his wife talk a
distance of five miles by telephone.
His wife was in country store sew
eral miles away, where there was a
telephone, and the skeptic was in
a place where there was a similar
instrument, and on being told how
to operate it, he walked boldly up
and shouted "Hello, Sarah!" At that
instant lightning struck the tele-
phone wire and knocked the man
down, and as he scrambled to his
feet, he excitedly exclaimed. "By
jing, that's her."
Did any of our Laporte people
who were visitors at the Blooms
burg fair, eat any of these sausages?
The Bloomsbury Seminal says:"One
of the Fair grafters, who had hard
luck at Milton and came here, tells
the following story Il had a graft
selling hot frankfurters, and | laid
in big supply for Milton Fair, but
the rainy: weather was against me.
After three days of dampness and
no business my sausages began to
grow mouldy whiskers. l shaved
the whiskers off and gave them
another boiling. Still the rain con-
tinued and there were no customers.
A second crop of whiskers began to
sprout and this time there were
spots that might seem to indicate in
cipient small pox. Again | shaved
them and then they began to devel-
ope symptoms of gangrene. On
coming to the Bloomsbury Fair
another boiling helped them some
what and aided them to get on their
feet again, when we had a good,
clear day. Just as test l tried one
of the sausages on the fiat man in
the side show, and shortly afterward
he lost weight to the extent of ten
pounds; but managed to get rid
of my stock during the course of the
dap"
The cold wave so much dreaded
by most people, is really blessing
in disguise. According to a medi-
cal journal, it charges the atmos-
phere with fresh oxygen and sur
plus of fresh electricity, which pro-
duces most exhilirating effect upon
mankind. Torpid energies are
aroused, physical vigor resistance
are increased by the advent of cold
wave to such an extent that any in
cidental damage is more than made
up for.
The American climate has always
been recognized as a strong factor in
causing the aggressiveness and en-
terprise which have lifted our peo-
pie into the front rank among
nations and made us CONNER
cially supreme. The cold wave
with its result of increased energies
and vigor, is a meteorological phe-
nomenon peculiar to this country.
The chief of the weather bureau at
Washington explains the origin of
cold wave.
"It appears that with high pres
sure system rotating with great ve-
locity, large volumes of cold air are
drawn down from above the clouds
so that the cold wave is "hOme-
made" being simply a product of
motion. The system of motion Or
iginates in the northwest, but the
cold air comes from above the clouds.
The cold wave is not only useful for
it's beneficial effect upon the human
system, but as cleansing and pur-
flying agency. 1t dissipates the
deadly carbonic acid as, the product
of respiration and combustion and
the foul effiuvia of decaying matter
increasing atmospheric circulation
and thereby relieving stagnation.
A meeting of the Building Associ-
alton will be held at It. j. Ingham's
office, Friday evening, October 80,
I o'clock, sharp. Business of i'm
portance. Full board please attend.
F. w. GALLAGHER, Pres.
Millinery