The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1908-02-05
The PUBLISHER.


The PUBLISHER.
The ground hog saw his shadow with
out doubt If he rad the temerity to stick
his nose out on MAY, the toughest and
most blustery day of all the year. There
shall be six weeks more of stern winter
weather now if We can rely on his hog
ships representations, and he's about as
reliable as the rest OF the prophets.
C. w. osgood's weather report for
January, 1905. is as follows: Rainfall
during month q inches. Snow l9s inches
Zero days = 10th. degrees below; 30th, 2
below, and 3lst. 10 below. For the same
month In 1907, there was total rainfall
of4t inches; snow, 2O9 inches, and days
ON which mercury fell below zero.
The McNeal gas company, composed
of citizens of Kane, Sheffield, and Forest
county, recently brought in another
humming gas we'll on their property in
Jefferson county, where they have several
thousand acres under lease. This latest
strike Is said to be good for 5000, 900 feet a
day. They already had production Of
more than 1900, 900 per day.
A teacher in a neghboring town who
sent pupil home with suggestion that
his mother give him thorough bath and
clean clothes, as he smelled too bad to at
tend school, found the boy back again
next morning unfumigated and with a
note which read; "To the teacher: Willie
amt no rose We didn't send him to
school to be smelt; we sent him to be
learnt"
Carl Swanders, the we'll known base
ball catcher of Titusville, was badly
burned last week in an accident in the
Dunkirk Steel works, and is now in the
Brooks hospital in thst city, and while
his condition is not serious, be is suffer-
ing much pain from his injuries. lie
was lifting a crucible of melted steel from
a furnace and the crucible burst, allowing
the molten metal to strike one of his legs.
1t was terribly burned.
Miss Sena Kemble, sister of Drug
gist w. &. Kemble, fell down the cellar
stairs at the home of W. G. wilkins on
East Main street Wednesday night. She
suffered a cut an inch and half long on
the back of the head and her leit arm and
wrist we're badly bruised and sprained.
Just how the accident occurred is not
known but in some manner she slipped
as she started to descend the stairs and
fell to the bottom, striking on her head
-Titusville Herald.
-Emlenton Herald: "Under its proper
heading will be found the announcement
of Hon. N. p. Wheeler as a candidate for
member of Congress. Representative
Wheeler seems to be growing very pop
ular i'm this district. In the short time
since he assumed the duties of office he
has secured a warm hold on the affections
OF the people. This is apparent 10 any
one who has noted the tone of the con-
temporary press or listened to the COM
ments of individuals"
Country roads have been drifted so
badly during the past few days as to
make travel we'll nigh out ofthe question.
On Monday Rural Route Agent S.
Johnston was obliged to turn tail and
come home, being unable to get through
the drifts, and the Tylersburg mail failed
to reach here on the same account. Tues
day conditions we're somewhat better,
but still there is trouble enough along
many of the country roads which are
buried under four TO six feet of snow.
According to the Derrick's report of
operations for the past month in the east
ern oil fields, which embrace the develop
ments in New York, Pennsylvania, West
Virginia, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and
Kentucky, there were completed Sl7 wells
in January, of which 2l2 we're credited to
the non productive list, while the new
production amounted to 1851 barrels.
Compared with the last month of the old
year, there was decrease of l76 wells
comp leted, 2,026 barrels production and
10 dry holes.
"A nice musical treat is in store for the
people of Tionesta and vicinity next
Saturday evening, when KelleItville's
celebrated concert band will give an en-
tertainment at the court house. This is
one of the finest organizations in this
part of the state, consisting of 80 we'll
trained musicians under most compe-
ent band master, and they will render a
fine program on that evening. Turn out
and enjoy the occasion. Admission Is
and rs cents. Remember the date,
Saturday evening, Feb. Sth.
Mary Wesnt, aged about 60 years,
died at the County Home, an Saturday
evening last, from a second stroke oi
paralysis. She was a daughter of Die
trich and Marie Wesnt, and was born in
Green township, this county. Her moth
er, who is upward of 80 years of age sur
wives, also one brother, Nicholas
Weant of New Wilmington, Pa, and two
sisters, Mrs. Jacob Smith of Tylersburg,
and Mrs. Bert Lusher of Watson Farm
Forest county. The remains we're taken
to Tylersburg yesterday, where the inter
ment will be made.
The REPUBLICAN acknowledges re-
ceipt of Hon. A. w. Smiley's book enti
tied "A Few Scraps, Oily and Otherwise ,
AS the name implies the book is com
pilation of the authors "reminiscences o
the stirring days of the early oil excite
: ment, and carries the reader back tC
periods in that nervous. bustling epocf