The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1906-04-18


gregate weight being close to 100 pounds.
James and Ed Conger caught 20 on Fri
day and % on Saturday.
The ladies of the Presbyteri church
will have market at the home of G. W.
Robinson next Saturday afternoon, be-
ginning at 2 o'clock. A large assortment
Of choicest viands will be on sale, and
general invitation is extended to call and
select something for your Sunday dinner.
The Thad Shanty Oil Co. drilled in
number eight on their property in Howe
township the past week, and the we'll is
nice one. Number nine has been located
and drilling will be commenced at once.
This company now has a production of
more than thousand barrels per month,
Sheffield Observer.
Peter l.. Kimberly, of Sharon, Pa,
who was reputed very wealthy man
died recently and an investigation Of the
securities owned by him disclosed the
fact that many were worthless. The
Sharon Telegraph says he would have
been billionaire if all the enterprises in
which he invested money had been good.
1t will take years to close up the estste.
Every wire entoriDg the Western
Union Office at jamestown is to be placed
under ground. The only Western Union
wires to te found in the streets of the
city hereafter will be loops for use on
election nights, or something of that sort.
The trunk wires of the new lines will be
the company will have no further use for
poles.
County Superintendent d. W. Morri-
son held an examination for professional
certificates last Saturday at the Boro
school building. Five persons took the
examination, all of whom passed and
we're granted certificates, as follows: j.
o. Carson. Misses Ida Fones and Blanche
Hunter, of Tionesta; Miss Grace Castner,
of Marienville, and George Dunkle, of
Clarington.
Misses Pease and Carpenter, teachers
of rooms No. l and No. 2 of the Boro
schools, are maxi ing arrange nents for an
entertainmentand an exhibition of school
work in their school rooms on Tuesday
afternoon next, from 2 to $3.50 o'clock.
Judging from past success in these lines
these exhibitions and entertainments will
be we'll worth attending. All patrons of
the schools and friends of education are
cordially invited to be present.
AT the meeting of the Tionesta High
School Alumni held Friday night at the
home of Mrs. Gordon Haslet, II was de-
cided TO hold the annual banquet during
the last week in June, and a committee
was appointed to make the necessary ar
rangements. The following officers CT
the association were also elected: Presi-
dent, Miss Alice Agnew; vice president,
Miss Fern Bowman; secretary, Miss
June Herman; treasurer, Miss Leona
Scowden.
Mr.. Rutland, of Plumer, had very
exciting and what proved to be serious
runaway accident while passing through
Eagle Rock on Saturday, the 7th. The
king bolt of his buggy broke causing the
body of the buggy to drop. This fright
ened the horses and they ran away. At
President the horses ran into the post at
the railroad crossing and one horse was
killed, the other keeping the middle of
the railroad track to Baum where 1t was
caught by the section men and returned
to Mr.. Rutland.
The Cbautauqua Institution Assem-
bly, grounds at Chautauqua, New York,
will be more easily accessible than in
previous years on account of the COM
pletion of the electric line from Chautau-
qua through Mayville on to Westfield.
This gives continuous electric connec-
ton from Westfield to Warren. Pa, a
stretch of more than two score miles
which intersects with all the leading rail-
roads at several places. Passengers now
will be able to connect with ease for
Chsutauqua from the Erie, Pennsylva-
MIA, Lake Shore, Nickel Plate and Big
Four railroads without delay which was
often necessary in previous years.
The editor of the Punxy Spirit rum
mayed around and dug up this disagree
able news, which will doubtless cause
more or less "uprising" among wine
bibbers, and it's downright mean in Bro.
Smith to jam such nauseous information
right into the very teeth Of those boys
who love wee drop now and then: IAN
enterprising Yankee has invented pro-
cess of making champagne out of old
rubber boots. 1t has long been main
tanned that the peculiar flavor of French
wines was given to them by the custom
the peasants of that country have of press
ing the juice from the grapes with their
bare ieet. Here are two facts from which
you may draw your own conclusions"
-"Billy" Krimmel brought to this
office this morning most remarkable
freak of nature. 1t consisted of an egg
with long hair from horses tail in the
meat of it. The egg had been boiled, and
was purchased by Mr.. Krimmel at res
taurant, Our hen editor was unable to
solve how it got there.-Frankl lin News.
It's not an uncommon thing to find horse
hair in eggs. One of this kind was left at
the REPUBLICAN Office once, and after a
good deal of pondering we came to the
conclusion that tie mother of the egg had
swallowed horse some time or other
and this was the result of her gluttinous
propensities. Tell your friends to bring
in an unboiled egg with horse-tail hair
in it, and see them give knowing smile