The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1905-08-02

The sale of the Gale company's inter-
est in the veneer works at this place was
consummated by Trustee l.. II. Gibson
last Friday, Muir q Lesser, the principal
creditors, having purchased about all OF
the plant and material on hand. There
is talk that the works may again resume
operations, but whether that is correct or
not cannot now be definitely stated. 1t
is hoped 30. at least.
-Remember the ball games this week
Thursday and Friday on the Tionesta
grounds. Bruin VS.. Tionesta, and the
games will begin at three o'clock. The
Butler county boys promise to bring the
best in the shop and as they are known
to be putting up fine game, good base
bail may be expected. These will be the
first games on the home grounds in sew
eral weeks and large crowd should be
out.
Judge A. j. McCray met with an ac-
cident Wednesday which might have had
serious results, but fortunately he es-
capped with badly discolored left optic
aud bruised face. The gentleman made
a misstep At the top of the stairs at his
home, North Brown street, and plunged
headlong to the bottom. He was consid-
erably shaken up, but yesterday was
able TO be about and to attend his busi-
ness.-Titusville Herald.
The army worm is destroying crops
in Venango and near counties. The
farmers claim that they can fight the pest
successfully by plowing deep furrows,
turning the furrow toward the infested
land and burning the worms as they col
lect in the ditch By saturating the ditch
with crude oil a great many might be
thus destroyed, as they go in an army,
and when they have finished field they
leave it and go rapidly in search of an
other.
Rev. Dr. Slonaker will take his an
nual vacation during the month of Au-
gust, aud on Sabbath last announced that
there would be no preaching services in
the Presbyterian church until the first
Sabbath of September. Mr.. Slonaker
will be absent from town for the greater
portion of his vacation, expecting to go
to Chautauqua next week. Next Sab
bath, morning and evening, he will
preach in the Presbyterian church at En-
deavOr.
The observing Warren Mail has dis
covered that the latest fad is termed a
"porch party" The hostess scatters pill
lows and rugs, la Orient, about the
porch floor, and the guests sit tailor fash
ion and talk. When they leave the hos
tess says: Goodbye, come again." and
the guests say, "Yes, we will; you come
and see u.s." and the porch party is
"had.' But the most enjoyable, we i'm
agine, Is the old style hammock party of
two-no more.
When man won't give his wife any
money, nor pay the preacher, nor con-
tribute a cent to build up his town or
country, some people call him hog, but
that is a slander-slander against the hog.
The hog does pay. He pays the doctor,
the preacher, the storekeeper, builds
new house for the wife, buys organs,
pianos, buggies, and sends the children
away to school. Don't ever compare
mean, stingy man to hog again.-Jewell
(Kan) Republican.
Bishop McCabe, probably the best
known and most celebrated minister in
circles throughout the
world. lectured at the NJ. L. church here
Monday evening to a packed house. His
theme was the missionary work in Mexi-
co and South America, and his descrip-
ton of the manner in which the Protest
ant church had gained foothcld and
how it has since progressed in these coun-
tries was absorbingly interesting. He
preached yesterday at the Whig Hill
Here is one for our chicken fanciers
to tackle. The Oil City Derrick says
Charles Wrhen, of Siverly, is the happy
hen that has commenced laying eggs at
the immature age of 4 months and is
days. 1t is believed that this record has
never been equalled and if the perform
ance has been duplicated in this section,
Mr.. Wrhen would like to hear of it.
This particular record breaking chicken
was hatched March IL, 1905, and on July
q laid its first egg.
The new pews for the Presbyterian
church are being placed in position while
the edilice is temporarily vacated. New
carpets will also be provided and the
church generally will take on a much
improved appearance, to say nothing of
the added comfort which the new fur
will afford. These accessories
are the result of the energy and persistent
effort of the ladies who accumulated what
Is known as the church furnishing fund,
and they are deserving Of much praise
for their untiring zeal.
The word 'stunt' as meaning spe-
ciic task or performance is making very
rapid progress toward respectability and
good standing in the language, says the
Providence Journal. That paper laments
that this is true. So may we all, adds an
exchange. While it is true that the word
Of which "stunt' is an ugly variant,
stint, or stent, is good English, as "stunt'
il becomes wretchedly bad. When such
slang is admitted to the family of respec-
liability, it will be high time also to admit
and "chew the rag"
The Franklin correspondent of the