The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1907-12-18

eight years. The calendar is disarranged
by the change. The 22d of February. the
3Oth of May and the 4th of July will all
come on Saturday, and Christmas on
Friday.
Mrs. p, @. Hill, at her restaurant
will serve a Christmas diuner. Turkey
with all the appetizing condiments will
be served, and the price will be 80 cents
If you intend to take your dinner out
this will be good opportunity to enjoy a
fine meal, and it would be just as well to
engage it little ahead.
Since Sunday we have had a very
fair article Of sleighing, and with a very
little more snow the "goiug" on runners
would be extra fine. Much brighter and
happier are the days about this time oil
year with settled winter weather, and
everybody'is praying for a continuance
of the beautiful now that II has come.
BY far the handsomest catalogue that
has reached this office so far is the third
school, located at Indiana, Pa. 1t is a
book of more than 275 pages, and every
page is gem. If you are thinking oi
sending pupil to school it will pay you
investigate this splendid institution.
Exchanges state that farmers in some
nearby counties are being victimized by
stranger representing himself as an
agent OF large feed company and offer
Ing feed at unusually low prices. With
feed so high, farmers readily make ad-
vance payments to the swindler, who is
never seen again. There is no delivery
of the goods.
The Court house at Mercer, Pa, was
destroyed by fire on Sunday night last,
and with it many valuable records and
papers. The loss is estimated at $3.50, 200,
with about half that amount covered by
insurance. The fire originated from a
gas explosion in the tower where a new
clock had lately been installed and illum-
mated with gas.
Uniforms for the rural route carriers
are strong possibilities in the near future.
Recommendation has just been made by
the Fourth Assistant Postmaster General
at Washington, that the uniforms worn
by the city delivery carriers be extended
TO the rural service, the belief being
that the dignity and efficiency of the SER
vice will be advanced.
Both the NJ. E. and Presbyterian
Sunday schools are rehearsing for Christ
mas exercises. AT the Presbyterian
church the exercises will lake place on
Tuesday evening, Dec. oath, at 1880. A
fine program, with tree and treat. The
Methodist exercises will be given at 1880
on Christmas night, for which an excel
lent program is in preparation, to be fol-
lowed by tree and treat.
Last Tuesday the children of Porter
Haskell gave that gentleman a very
pleasant surprise. 1t was the occasion OF
his s7th birthday and they all gathered
once more around the parental tireside to
pay homage to their aged parent. Mr..
Haskell has been resident of our town
for about 25 years. His business life was
spent in the lum bering business but he
has been retired for a number of years.
1t was happy and pleasant home gather
ing. Clarion Republican.
An experienced teacher says that
pupils who have access to newspapers at
home, when compared with those who do
not, are better readers, better spoilers,
better grsmmarians, better punctuators,
and read more understandingly, and
obtain practical knowledge of geogra.
ply in almost half the time it requires
others. The newspaper is decidedly an
important factor in modern life. This
will not be disputed by any one who in
vestigates the matter for himself. Now
is the time to subscribe.
Here is farmers mode of ridding
his premises of rats and mice: If you
sprinkle sulphur on your barn floor and
through your corn as you gather it, there
will not be rat or mouse to bother. ]
have done this for years and have never
been bothered with rats or mice. l have
some old corn in my crib at present and
not a rat or mouse can be found. In
stacking hay or oats, sprinkle on the
ground and little through each load and
my word for it, rats or mice can't stay
there. A pound Of sulphur will be suifi-
cient to preserve large barn ofcorn, and
is good for stock and will not hurt the
corn or bread.
Farmers near Greenville, Mercer
county, have introduced a unique device
to nelp out the rural mail carrier who has
trouble during the winter. At apoint
where two roads intersect an iron stake
has been driven into the ground. A
wagon wheel is piyoted on top and to the
rim of the wheel neat boxes have been
fastened. The carrier drives up to the
stake, deposits mail in the boxes as he
turns the wheel and saves himself the
necessity of tarversing stretches Of
wretched roadway. This plan could
doubtless be copied in other places, thus
helping the carriers over many Difficult
ties during snow drifts and bad roads.
-Meadville business men are con-
yinced that they are paying too much fol
fire insurance, and unless they can gel
lower rates will probably do something
in the way of carrying their own risks
along mutual lines. This is a subjec
which interests every community more
or less. and should be looked into by