The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1906-11-21

pound bear, 12-pound wild turkey, a
l6-pound raccoon and brace of rabbits,
all in one day. She is regular student
at the Central State Normal School, at
Lock Haven, and is yet In her teens.
The land is famine struck and the hens
are responsible for the calamity. Eggs
are as scarce as hens teeth, and the few
that find their way into the market are
soaring away up among the clouds in
price. It's blessed fine thing our wife
induced us to go into the chicken busi-
ness long last spring-we've not seen an
egg in six weeks past.
Frequent visits from night providers
about the Lawrence premises, across the
creek, has impelled the family to provide
themselves with bull dog, which will
be "let loose" at night hereafter. This
information is not given for the purpose
of bluffng off the aforesaid providers, but
az warning to friends who have no
evil designs, but may have occasion to
visit the premises in the evening.
The property loss of Miles Hsrriger,
of Mayburg, whose entire household
goods were destroyed in the burning of
the dwelling which he occupied, was paid
In full this week through the insurance
agency of G. M. Arner S Son, of Tio-
nesta. This is lively settlement of the
losses, as it was just two weeks Monday
ttat thu fro NJ x.,hi ~
Mr.. Harriger's children was burned to
death.
No man ever gets so old that he can
afford to be ashamed of the natural love
of his mother. Some young men, who
have just sprouted up from boys. appear
to think that there is great disgrace in
showing loving tenderness for their
mother in public. There can be nothing
vouch 80 thoroughly for the proper train
ing of a man as the fact that he still loves
his old mother and is not ashamed Of it,
Exchange.
The statement of the condition of the
Forest County National Bank as pub
lished in the REPUBLICAN today, shows
up that institution as ranking among the
first of the country banks of the State.
A volume of business well up toward the
million mark for an institution located in
town no larger than Tionesta is show
ing away out of the ordinary, and must
be source of qualification to its officers
and stockholders as we'll as to the public
generally.
Hereafter clergymen performing
marriage ceremonies cannot keep it se-
cret" for little while when requested to
do so by the contracting parties, without
violating new law which went into Of
feet November LIST. This law compels
every clergyman within twenty-four
hours after performing marriage to
record the names of the parties and other
specified particulars in the city or town
clerks office. The law was passed to
prevent secret marriages. s.-Exchange.
The great game of foot ball between
Princeton and Yale colleges, on Satur-
day, which resulted in neither side scor-
ing, possesses local interest in that one
OF Forest county's young men, Nelson
P. Wheeler, son of Congressman-eec
Wheeler, OF Endeavor, is assistant mana
ger of the Princeton eleven. Young
Wheeler, who is a muscular athlete, was
developing into star player last year,
when he met with an injury to one OF his
ankles which put him out of the playing
for this season.
-"Doodle," the little beagle hound be-
longing to Chas. Clark, will furnish no
more amusement for the boys on the rsb-
bit trail, at which sport he was an expert. |
Yesterday, while in pursuit of bunny, and |
just as one of the sportsmen was in the |
act of touching the trigger, Doodle jump
ed in line of the shot and received the full |
force of he charge, and that was the end |
of poor little him. The killing of the
faithful little dog, while accidental, was
none the less regretable. He was the
friend of the man with the gun.
Frank Morgan, aged about 20 years,
an employe of the Thomas McNally COM
pany, bridge contractors, was drowned
in the Allegheny river at East Sandy,
Monday morning, having jumped from a
sinking ferry boat he was attempting to
take across the river. Judge r. B. Crsw-
ford and S. P. Whitman, who were in
the vicinity, saw the fatality and would
have been able to haye reached the
man in time to have saved him
had the skiff which they ran to get been
equipped with oars or other means of
it.
-One year ago last October Dan Ogden,
a resident of Kushequa, left his home
one Sunday morning to spend the day
hunting in the woods. He did not return
in the evening, and the next day dog
that had accompanied him returned alone.
A search of the woods of that vicinity
failed to reveal any trace of the missing
man. Wednesday of last week Ogdens
skeleton was found by hunter in the
woods and identified by portions ofcloth-
ing, his watch and gun. The supposition
is that Ogden accidentally shot himself
and died alone in the woods.
Pete Karn, former famous wildcat
slayer of this place, but now a resident
Of Meadville, brought bunch over from
there Monday, and left the same evening
for the wilds of Big Minister creek,
which empties into the Tionesta about 25
miles from its mouth. They were pro-
vided with a wagon load of camping
equipsge and expect to stay two or three