The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1905-05-24

"There isn't nything wouldn't give to
be 10 years old, to run barefoot, to &c
down to the creek and fish when the
bullheads, suck ers and clubs are biting;
to go swimming in the old hole by the
elm when the days arc hot and sultry; to
visit town when the big circus comes, to
gorge myself with the first apples that
are ripe in the harvest time, to go down
to the creek bottoms after butternuts and
to the ridges after chestnuts when frost
comes; to go coasting when snow covers
the ground and the hill roads are slip
perry. To be boy again would be glor-
ious, wouldn't it?"
Charles W. Smith, late business man.
ager of the Boff Business College, at
Warren, Pa, has resigned to engage in
another line of business and Prof. l.. j.
Holmes has been selected to take his
place. Much credit is due Mr.. Smith for
his able efforts toward the upbuilding OF
this school, the most successful of its
kind ever conducted in this territory.
BY the acquisition of l.. J. Holmes the
faculty has gained one Of the most exper-
fenced teachers of this section. He has
been identified with Warren county
schools for many years and is well known
throughout the county. With such an
acquisition the institution will take on
new life and grow better than ever.
One day last week daring thief,
right in broad daylight, gained access TO
the billiard parlor and cigar store of our
old friend Judge A. j. McCray, in the Oil
Exchange block, Titusyille. Mr.. Nc
Cray kept his money in sack which
was placed in a locked cabinet. The
thief broke the cabinet open and also
took the change from the cash drawer.
In all he secured about $l6. Now, that's
what comes of leaving good law biding
community and getting out among ras-
calls. While living in Forest county,
Judge, (barring a few dimes for cigars
when you sold special breed of dogs to
railroad conductors) you never lost a
cent, and were perfectly safe in leaving
your wallet lay around in most any old
place.
Its the first real decent one CT the
season, and we guess it will "hold them
all for awhile" Our reliable friend
John Wilson, whose farm is just over the
Harmony township line, in Vensngo
county, went with few of his friends
last Sunday to visit an old rattlesnake Q
den near his place. They killed four
monster "she" rattle-s. Opening them
they found in each snake 8 we'll devel
pped eggs just ready to be ''laid." Now,
John has examined other rattlesnake
eggs and he finds they average three
snakes to the egg, so he calculates that
the 36 eggs would hatch out 10S rattlers,
and that they'd all live. His trip out,
therefore would net 1l2 rattlers slain,
counting the four mother snakes. If
anybody can beat this for a snake story,
at any time during the season, we don't
want to hear of it.
Rev. +. e. Glass, former Free
Methodist minister of this place, but
who is now pastor of the Katherine Street
F. NJ. church in Pittsburg, writes to the
Ridgway Advocate as follows: "My wife
has been sick in bed with infammatoiy
rheumatism for nearly four months, and
at one time her life hung in the balance
on account of her heart, but she is on the
gain now, and is able TO be drawn out to
the table for her meals, but is not able to
stand on her feet. We feel very thankful
to the Lord for sparing her life to us. We
like our new home very we'll, ard my
health is improving right along, and
expect to be as we'll as ever was soon.
Bessie gave up her position at jamestown
and came home and took care of her
mother, If her health will stand the
strain, she has fine opening here in the
city for profitable work"
BY the following item taken from the
Titusville Herald it will be observed that
the genius of a former Forestonian is not
waning in the least: "Josiah G. Winger
of Grand Valley, Pa, is the inventor OF
remarkable invention called the drill
feed, which dispenses with the temper
screw in the drilling OF wells and which
makes salvage of 75 per cent. of labor to
the driller. Mr.. Winger is now drilling
with his drill feed at Newton, near Grand
Valley, for the Stanton Oil company, and
welcomes all interested to witness the
performance of his wonderful labor saw
ing drill feed. The we'll now drilling is
shallow one and but few days more is
required to complete it. That which has
heretofore been considered an impossi-
biity has been accomplished, it is
claimed, by the invention of the drill
feed. Mr.. Winger is the inventor of the
most scientific casing wrench and tongs
yet discovered. They are being manu-
factured and sold by Beers Brothers q
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