Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1906-01-18
Man About Town.

WHAT THE LIGHT FROM THE FURNACE suoupn
Ihe moon shown in solemn spIendor,
otars ghstened in the heavens above,
Murmurng in accents tender.
saw him talking with his love.
They two alone the fiery furnace.
Lighted up the kitchen door
Tell me, heard him mutter
ell me you never loved before
her azure eyes with tear drops glistened
her stfllng heart throbs could hear
Ihe light went out, stood and listened
one softly murmured, mot this qcor,
The song of the sleigh bells and snow
shovel would be quite welcome.
DON'T be alarmed about ice: we will
have shower of it before the robins
nest again.
The Colonial Express on the E. &R.
" railroad ran into fog bank near
Catfish Siding Monday evening. No
ono was severely injured. The train
men and passengers all had one of
Pyle's Insurance policies and ESCAPED
injury. The engine slipped few cogs
and was disabled The passengers
were brought to the tannery on the
Punxsutawney local and from there
came to town in Mike Houts automo.
bile.
Brother Bair says, "photograpb
are always trusting men-have to take
people at their face value"
We see Geo. Crawford has been hay-
ing law suit. Look out, remember
what Dickens says about law suits and
widows. George is a promoter and
capitalist, good fellow all around,
favored member of the 400, literary in
his tastes, reads "Ibsen and the
lllied" and Frenz'sd Finance, can
recite "The Lay of the last Minstrel
like trained elocutionist, is matri-
monially inclined, but a little slow.
May his shadow never be longer.
Brother Ericsson sent for a Christ
mas present to lady friend across the
Zider Zee-a suit of pejammas. He has
received no acknowledgment yet and
is little worried.
The "Window Sill Club, is debating
some strenuous questions these winter
evenings. One question is why should
man pay pew rent and minister's
salary when salvation is free. Another
is how many men are there in the
United States by the name of Smith
who smoke a pipe.
DR.. Falk says "wine in excessive
quantities will prevent appendicitis.
The sage of Portage remarks that
Paris green, carbolic acid, and chloro-
form in excessive quantities will also
prevent it.
Some people are complaining that
the milk they buy is watered. The
milkman says he does not water it, but
some days his cows stand out and get
wet through.
Brother Blinzler says at the recent
meeting of the National Barbers'
Union, held in the school house at
Huntly, delegates from every state in
the Union were present, although
one of the Emporium delegates went
on tie pass from the grist mill By
unanimous vote they decided to make
the word tonsorial obsolete, and use
whiskeraneous instead.
Eggs are high, but Mike Hogan SAYS
you cannot blame the hens, they are
not paid any more for laying than
when they were cheaper
Uncle Peter Beattie says: Some
people keep awake nights thinking
what they might have been worth If
they had not been prodigal; thinks
they had better think aothip1 and
give their brain a rest says everybody
isabusing the devil but you don't hear
of him giving up his job; he had a good
old pious friend who was u great smok-
er and talking with the minister one
day, the minister remarked, the Bible
said nothing unclean could enter the
kingdom of heaven and there was
nothing moro unclcan than the breath
ola smoker Well, says his old friend,
when | go TO heaven ! intend 10 leave
my breath behind; he Is some times
very absent minded, he thought he
Ieft his watch at home the other day
and then pulled hi5 watch out Of bis
pocket TO see IL he had time 10 20
home and get IT, thinks If Ananias
should come on earth aud meet Tho
Man About Town, he would hand him
the belt and congratulate him for putt.
ing The profession up among the con.
stellafiOus.
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