The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1906-06-20
AN exchange hits the nail on the head

NOii"iS away W ulSlhnI clJy tnhI might
as well be retained at home, assists in
tearing down the Importance of his home
town, helps build up great trusts and
puts out OF circulation in his community
dollars that he will never see again.
"A correspondent, who is evidently
pleased over the nomination of N. p.
Wheeler, of Endeavor, for Congressman
for this district, sends in the following
apt quotation from Longfellow:
No Endeavor is in vain;
The reward is in the doing,
And the rapture of pursuing
Is the prize the vanquished gain.
oil City Blizzard.
The new well on the Osten farm, in
Harmony township, is a good one. 1t is
$50 feet deep. and has 30 feet of first sand,
which is amber oil. The well has made
several flows natural during the week.
1t was given a 30-quart shot Saturday.
1t was pumped little over two hours
Monday with the drilling rig and in that
time put l6 barrels in the tank. The
veil will be connected to the power today
or tomorrow, when good test can be
made.
w. f. Hill of Chambersburg is now
arranging for the appointment of one
granger in each county to act as Zoo
logical committee under the State Zoolo-
gist. State Zoologist Surface says that
many injurious insects and the like infest
the state, which are not generally known,
and the work of the committeeman will
be to make o bservations at home and send
in specimens of insects, injured plants,
etc., to the Division of Zoology in Harris
burg.
Now the gardener has bugs. Yea,
verify; and he also has worms, and fieas
and all the other various species of pests
which come along in the good old sum-
mer time TO neutralize his work by cut
ting down and destroying that which he
has struggled to cultivate. There are
"new ones" every year, and this is no
exception. The 'exterminstors" are also
numerous, and perfectly harm less-to the
bugs, and usually fatal to the plants
Blizzard.
The Tionests Boro school board at
their meeting last Wednesday night re-
elected the following teachers: Room No.
|, Miss Blanche Pease; No. 3, Miss Kath-
crime osgood; No. 4, G.. f. Felt; No. and
Principal, j. o. Carson. The vacancy in
No. was filled by the election of Miss
Bessie Byers, OF Pleasantvile. School
will begin on the first Monday ofSeptem-
Der, the 3D.. The tax levy was made the
same as last year, l3 mills for school pur-
poses and mills special.
The residence of Samuel Reyner, of
Tylesburg, had narrow escape from
burning last Wednesday night. About
midnight Mrs. Reyner discovered sum-
mer kitchen, located few feet from the
main building, to be all on fire, supposed
to have caught from an overheated stove.
She gave the alarm and the neighbors
formed bucket brigade. By hanging
carpets over the house and hard fighting
it was saved. The loss is confined to the
summer kitchen and contents.
We are indebted to G. II. Lawrence
for a fine collection of souvenir post cards
showing scenes of Tionesta and vicinity,
all made from views taken by himself.
There are dozen different views in the
collection, some OF. which are as fine as
can be found anywhere, particularly
those of the creek bridge, Tionesta Greek,
the court house, and the river bridge. A
complete collection of the cards will be
found on sale at X. l.. Haslet's store. The
price of the cards is five cents each.
The opportunity is open for some live
town to land a shoe factory. The pro-
moter is George II, Buckley, formerly
associated with Kepner, Scott 4 Buckley,
of Orwigsburg. He, together with two
associates are anxious to locate in some
town where labor can be secured. They
have $25, 900 in cash to invest in the en-
tarprise and ask for no financial assist
ance. There is ample accommodation
for any worthy enterprise in this locality,
and it should be suggested TO the gentle
men that they investigate conditions here.
The Howe Township school board
met on June 4, at Lynch, Pa, and or
ganized by the election of A. d. Gaul,
Lynch, President; w. II. Jackson, Nc
Crays, Secretary; A. Showers, Lynch,
Treasurer. The board also levied the tax
making the levy, school, mills; building,
8 mills. The board adjourned 10 meet
again on June 80, for the purpose of
electing teachers. Howe township has l3
schools and the wages of school teachers
has been placed at $40, S45, and $50. This
township has a surplus in the treasury of
something over sc, 900 and has fl ne school
buildings and prosperous schools.
ienville Express.
Joseph Boyer, of fNeiltown, mystifed
by the frequent disappearance of his
chickens and ducks, set two steel mink
traps by the body ofduck akilled the other
night. In the morning he found large
horned owl, monster even for his class,
with one leg in each trap, When Boyer
approached with club to have his re-
venge the owl made an effort worthy of
Albert r. Patrick and scared to the top of
large tree, taking duck and trap with
him. He appeared to have about all he
could do to hold the hardware attached to
him. Mr. Boyer chopped the tree down
and this time the owl was captured alive