The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1906-01-31

nine inches to about four inches. More
over. it is so thoroughly honeycombed
that a stick could be showed through it
easily. From the present outlook, the
icehouses around the lake will remain
empty for weeks to come, and some are
even afraid they will not be filled in the
remainder the winter.
The recently organized local lodge of
the order known as the Homeless 26, held
their first banquet last Friday evening at
The Central. The tables were prettily
decorated and an elegant menu was pre-
pared for the delectation of the "home-
less" men, twenty-three of whom graced
the occasion by their presence. At the
close of the banquet Il. w. Bowman
acted as postmaster and toasts were re-
sponded to by DR.. J. G. Dunn, Robert A.
Fulton, e. E. Fleming, M. A. Carringer,
G. II. Herman, G. G. Nichols and @. +
Felt.
The ladies Of the Relief Corps will
serve "bean bake supper" in their new
hall, in the Killmer building Friday eve-
ming, Feb %, from $3.50 to 500 o'clock, to
which everybody is cordially invited.
The proceeds will be devoted to replen-
ishing the treasury of Capt. Geo. Stow
Post, 274, G. A. II. A good supper and
a pleasant time is promised by the ladies
and that is sufficient guarantee to bring
out a large patronage. Go and have
good, wholesome supper, and at the same
time assist in increasing the treasury OF
the Comrades.
The report that The Pennsylvania
Railroad had officially decided to elimi-
nate the efamous Horseshoe curve in the
Allegheny mountains by constructing a
nine-mie tunnel at a cost of $l5, 100000,
is denied by G. W. Snyder, assistant en-
gineer Of the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company. 1.-THE plan has been under
consideration for the last 20 years." said
Mr.. Snyder. "Nothing definite has ever
been decided, however, and l believe
never will be. While a tunnel would
greatly reduce operating expenses the
project would cost too mueh."
The Chickasha Express reprints the
following from one of its exchanges:
'Sing a song of pestilence, fellow full
of rye, four and twenty serpents dancing
in his eye; when his eyes were opened,
he shouted for his life; wasn't he pretty
chump to go before his wife? His hat
was in the parlor, underneath the chair,
his boots were in the hallway, his coat
was on a chair. his trousers in the kitten
en-, his collar on a shelf, but he hasn't
any notion where he is himself; when
the morn was breaking, someone heard
him call-his head was on the ice box,
which was the best of ALL"
The second quarterly meeting for this
conference year will be held in the NJ. f.
church at Nebraska, beginning with
Thursday evening, Feb. l, at 1880. Rev.
d. A. Plat, Presiding Elder, will preach
Friday at 1880 p. m. Sunday-Love feast
at 10 a. m. Sermon, followed by the
Holy Communion, at IL a. M. Sunday
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the Presiding Elder. Monday at 2:30 p.
m. the quarterly conference. Sermon at
1880 p. m. Meetings to continue through
tie week. No service in the Tionesta NJ.
E. church next Sunday except Sunday
school and Epworth League.
The regular district quarterly meet
ing of the Oil City District, Oil City Con-
ference OF the Free Methodist church,
will be held in Tionesta, teginning
Thursday evening of this week and con-
tinuing over the Sabbath. All the preach
ers OF the district are excected to be pres
ent, besides official members and visitors
from adjoining circuits. The quarterly
conference will covene Saturday morning g
at $3.50 o'clock. Different matters pertain
ing to the camp meeting will be consider
ed, the most important of which will be
its location. A missionary meeting will
be held some time during the meeting,
probably Sabbath afternoon. Rev. j. S.
McGeary, the District Elder, will have
charge and will preach Sabbath morning.
There will be services each eyeniug,
also Friday aud Saturday at 2 p. m. The
Sunday services will be as follows: Love
feast beginning at 8 a. M, followed by
preaching and the Sacrament service
again at 3 p. M, and in the evening. All
are cordially invited to attend all these
services r.. A. q.
Secretary Kalbfus, of the state game
commission who has returned from North
Carolina, where he went to buy live
quail for the purpose of restocking de-
pleted covers in Pennsylvania, is dis
gusted with the outcome of his visit. He
discovered that public sentiment is
against the shipment of live birds out OF
the state, although he found exposed for
sale on the streets dead quail with the
prices averaging about l215 cents piece
He says that he knows that very large
numbers of these dead quail are being
shipped out of North Carolina to north
ern states, especially to the markets OF
New York, Philadelphia and Boston,
"When consider" he said, conditions
in North Carolina and along the entire
southern coast of Maryland to Florida
am disposed to question the justice OF
the laws of Canada or the law in Pennsyl'
vania that limits our sportsmen or oui
pot hunters as it does. 1t is hardly fail
to the sportsmen of the north to be re-
stricted as they are, to be compelled tc
permit the flight of these birds into that
southern country where they may bt
slaughtered by persons who kin only fol