Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1905-03-02
LOCAL AND GENERAL.


LOCAL AND GENERAL.
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March is kite month.
Trim your grape vines.
The Pine Tract fox hunt was i'm
mense.
Another home. talent show is in
preparation for the 2Sth and 29th.
The Greenville coal miners confer.
ence has been postponed until the 21st.
The P. 4. R. Co. intends to pipe,
line its tracks, and plant locust trees
for ties.
Every school girl should learn to
bake and sew. Ask your mothers to
teach you.
7 The promoter of the Mcclure Me-
tallic McGasket Co. seems to be wanted
! In Clarion.
But one case of typhoid in Butler,
and that child. This time last year
things were different
The young ladies of the Episcopal
church expect to give an "old folks con-
cert" in the near future.
The B. & q. R. R. Co. has announ-
ced its intention Of spending thirteen
millions on equipment this year; the or
ders to include 5000 steel hopper cars.
The birds are chirping these morn
ings, as though rejoicing over the break
ing up of hard winter. and everybody
hopes they are singing the right tune.
The bobsled boys had some narrow
escapes, last week. One sled carrying
thirteen boys dashed down hillat 40
mile-an-h hour rate and crossed a street
car track few feet ahead of a car.
The last seen Of the ball of the
steam gauge of the boiler that ex-
ploded on the Patterson farm, last
week, it was heading towards the Sun,
and some people were hoping it would
get there and knock that spot off, 80
that Spring could come.
I'm q recent sparrow hunt at Lone
Pine. Washinton county, 29.099 of the
feathered tribe were killed. The hunt
lasted seven days and there were eleven
men engaged on each side. The win
ming side had 5000 more birds to their
credit than the losers. who furnished
the supper.
The many friends of A. M. Douthett
will be sorry to learn that on account
of his continuous sickness that Douthett
& Graham was compelled to give up
opening their new store in Grove City.
the arrangements was all made, Mr..
Douthett intended to carry an interest
as well as take charge of the business.
We hope he may speedy recover from
his long sickness.
The Pr udent Patricians of Pompeii
will celebrate the tenth anniversary Of
their organization on Monday following
the Inauguration at Washington, D. c.,
the birthplace OF the order. DR.. R. A.
Thompson, George Schlicht and Oscar
Niggle of this place will attend and
form part Of class of 100 plebians who
will be initiated by the National Par
lament. Promoters s. III. McMasters
and Adolph Frankenburg, who are now
building up the local lodge will also at
tend.
Who can tell the value of a smile?
1t costs the giver nothing. but it is be-
yond price to the erring and relenting,
the sad and cheerless. the lost and for
saken. 1t disarms malice. subdues tenn
per, turns hatred into love. revenge in
to kindness and paves the darkest paths
with gems of sunlight. A smile on the
brow betrays kind heart, pleasant
friend. an affectionate brother. duti-
fnl son, happy husband. 1t adds
charm to beauty, decorates the face of
buo uclOIAcu duu LAdhcr WOlAdA To-
semble an angel.-Ex.
I'm a medical article in one of the
magazines for this month the writer
tells of relieving man of too much
water on the brain by tapping him at
the lower end of the backbone-the
theory or fact being that the brain and
spinal chord are connected and sur
rounded by continuous cover or mem.
brane, between which and the brain
and cord a certain amount of fluid is
necessary and natural One of our
attoraeYs. who read the article, thinks
thar some of the noisy loafers about the
Court House should be tapped at the
same place.
Red will annoy turkey cock al
much as bull, but sparrow will moi
let it disturb its mind. But if one iirts
blue rag in front Of sparrow's eyet
he will 90 frantic with disgust. Spar
lows and linnets. too, will refuse foo
offered them on piece of blue paper
and dislike the appearance of anyone
wearing blue nress. Medium lighr
blue affects them most and blue serg,
they scarcely mind at all Thrushes ant
blackbirds object to yellow, but will
use red or blue dried grasses left abou
their haunts to build the outer layer
oftheir nests. Yellow grasses they
will not use.
On Saturday last J. w. Heron, A
Carnegie and Denny Brereton, trustee
of the Schenley estate in Pittsburg, sol
to the Nicola brothers and Chas Don
nelly, several tracts of property nea
the Schenley Hotel and new U. F
church to the north of Fifth Ave. an
including the large field on the side O
the hill, also the Casey row, at corne
Of 5th Ave. and Grant Boulevard, dag
onally across from the hotel, and th
adjoining lots. making 103 acres in al
less the streets cut through it, for So
000, ,000-the largest real estate deal eve
made in Pittsburg-or at the rate c
$29. 1875 per acre The purchasers thin
they got the property cheap, and il
tend putting seven millions more on
in improvements.