Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-09-27
CONDENSED NEWS.

weather
The law seldom interferos with the
citizen Wing respects and obeys il.
The average politician j. necessarily
a genial aul gentlemanly person
The be- inning Of autumn Is not al
wty- maiL.d by cooler weather.
Tie political tourist is entitled tc
thr sympathetic attention of his audit
ors.
The citizen who pays his own poll
tax Is under uo obligation to candid.
atez CT politicians.
The privileges OF citizenship in a
free country also involve some weighty
resi- possibilities
The child who always has his own
way is likely To have a wretched man
hood
Tie fulHIlment of the Springs pro
mise is uuv with Us and hounteous
one It is
John Eeinhold, O. Lancaster, who
was injured some weeks ago when his
team W. truck by an engine at a
Pennsylvania railroad crossing, has
sued that railroad for S25, 600 damages.
The drowning season seems to have
passed
The manufacturer, in order TO make
sure Of help when he needs it is COM
pelled 10 arrange his work as to afford
employment for his men during the
season Whru trade is dull If the farm
er was able to do the same there would
probably lot be so much complaint of
the scarcity Of farm help.
The family of Andrew Taminini, of
Mount Carmel, ate toadstools for mush-
rooms tic Dther day and made a mar
row escare from death. All were viol-
emily i'll
Mary Douglass, a l5-year-old negro
girl employed as a nurse in a Chester
family. has been arrested for making
pin cushion ont of the baby Four
teen common pins aud one safety were
taken out of the child.
In an address before the congregation
sons of Zion at its place of worship
in New York, Shcriff's Counsel Mau
rice b. Blumenthal declared that
American lynchings have done much
10 delay the efforts now on foot to Sc
cure Justice To the prosecuted Jews of
Russia
The politician who accepts defeat
-imInelv and turns in to work for the
ticket viii live 10 win some other
day.
The coming of frosty mornings can
not be- much longer delayed.
The formal dedication of the State
capitol is thr next interesting Penn
-ylvania event
one should always verify every re-
port affecting ncighbor's reputation
before helping to spread it.
Rev. Peter G. NcEurue, rector of
the Roman Catholic church at NAH
auoy City. SchuyihilI county, is credit
"a with the truthful declaration that
dancing is the first step in the ruin
~ many a young girls life. lie will
not permit a girl who attends dances
u teach in his Sunday school,
Joseph Has>on and Frank Lippin-
c0tt Of Philadelphia, quarreled over
"A dollar which the latter owed the
former. when HasSon struck Lippih-
cott, knocking him down. His head
struck the Grub and he received in
5urie- which caused his death.
At Relleville. \. J. Florence f.
Leighton and Charles NJ. Ritner sur
prisel the guests who had been invit-
"a 90 attend their wedding by an
nouucing Just as the preacher stepped
up % tie the knot that they had been
married three months ago.
a drive through the country these
days - really worth while
Political lines are gradually form
.ng and the end is at hand
The upper portion of an apple tree
az rhe Price farm. near West Chester,
is covered with blossoms while ripe
fruit hangs in large quantities from
tIe lower limbs.
Alexander Alcom. Of Philadelphia.
was found lead the other night, in
ve.tigation showing that he choked to
death hy hanging his head over the
sharp edge Of las high collar
Mount JOY is the home Of Mrs
Elizabeth Lehman, who is l02 years
old, aud yet wa, vigorous enough TO
attend "A funeral the other day. accom-
Ianyiug the cortege TO the cemetery.
Talking about the proyerbial idle
penny. Emanuel Zug. Of Ma.tersun-
willie. Lancaster county. has Just ex-
humed an old copper cent which he
dropped in the crevice Of a beam i'm
tie barn which his father built in
1886 The barn was torn down the 9th
IT day and now the penny may be put
u work after an idle period Of sixty
years.
Burgess Collier. of Pottstown, is try
lng 10 reform the drunkards of that
tpNn who are brought before him by
Hduciug them 70 sign the pledge
The arrival of an So pound baby
boy was the cause OF great rejoicing
at the home OF Mr.. and Mrs. ID N.
Diefienbacher Bloom street, yesterday