The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1908-10-07

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fracture bone in his arm.
WIN. l.. Wertz, one of our towns best
gardners, comes TO the front with the
finest specimen of red pepper we've ever
heard tell of. The bulb measures seven
teen and one-half inches in circumf fer
ence, and is perfect in every way. We
doubt whether this can be beaten any
where, the tropics not excepted.
Some one looking up drought days in
America since an early period reports as
follows: 1921, "a days; 1857, rs days; 1880,
81 days; 1880, 92 days; l74l, u days; 1749,
lO8 days; 1862. 1913 days; l773, so days;
l70l, 50 days, 1857, "a days; 1871, AZ days;
1875, 20 days; 1885. 20 days. The record
shows that the droughts have been get
ting shorter.
Rev. r. A. Buzza, of Meadville, Pa.
will deliver a popular lecture on "The
Ideal Man." at the Tionesta Court House,
on Friday evening, Oct. 10th, at 500
o'clock, under the auspices of the Ep-
worth League. Rev. Mr.. Buzza is an
eloquent speaker and his lectures are
highly praised by press and public. Ad.
mission, 10 and 25 cents.
II. +. Ritchey and son Thomas, M.
A. Carringer aud A. G.. Brown went to
Pittsburg Monday, the attorneys going to
argue the cases of T. d. Collins ct al. VS..
l.. S. Clough, the Enterprise Transit Co.
vs. II. ID. Collins ct al, and T. d. Collins
VS.. the South Penn Oil Co., which are
expected to come up in the Supreme
Court of Pennsylvania today.
The October Reviews of Reviews has
three important illustrated articles deal
ing with the Presidential contest, ,-"Mr.
Bryan's Third Campaign" by Josephus
Daniels, chairman of the Democratic
National Committees press bureau; "The
Management of the Taft Campaign" by
Walter Wellman; and chairman Frank
Harris Hitchcock" by Smell Smith.
-Lanson Il Gordon have moved their
store stock into the newly fitted building
formerly occupied by Dechant's tailoring
establishment, and the store room va
Gated by them, under the REPUBLICAN
office, will he occupied by J. r. Morgan as
soon as the repainting, which it is now
undergoing, can be finished, Mrs. Nor
gan having purchased half interest in
this property.
Saturday Congressman Wheeler and
his private secretary, Gus b. Evans, re-
turned from trip through Mercer coun-
ty, which was made in an auto touring
car. They met host of the voters in
that wide awake Republican stronghold,
and found the party working in perfect
harmony aud most enthusiastic all along
the line. Mercer will give good account
of herself for the whole ticket in Novem-
Der.
"A committee appointed by Tdioute
Chapter of the d. A. r., which has sew.
eral members in this county, has pre-
sented q petition to the Town Council of
w
to erect a boulder in the park west of
Trinity church. The boulder is to be
surmounted with bronze tablet bearing
a suitable inscription commemorative of
the deeds of the soldiers and sailors of the
Revolutionary War.
"A. d. Neill, one of Marienville's
leading and very highly esteemed citizens
for the past twenty years, has moved
with his family to Elkins, w. Va, in or
der that he may be nearer his business
operations and the better to look after his
large lum bering interests in that vicinity.
1t is with profound regret that we chroni-
Gle the departure of this worthy Forest
county gentleman for no community ever
has an over stock of his class, and the
county suffers distinct loss in his re-
moval.
An experienced teacher says that
pupils who have access to newspapers at
home, when compared to those who do
not, are better readers, better spoilers,
better grammarians, better punctuators
and read more understandingly, and
obtain a 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 anyone who has
taken the trouble to investigate the mat
ter for himself.
Quite number of our citizens have
been changing their residences this week.
James Garfield has moved into the Fore
man house on Bridge street; Silas Shriver
and u. 7. Shriver have moved into the
Wolcott house on Elm street; w. A.
Burrows has moved into his own home
on William street; w. G. MCGEE has
moved into his own home on Bridge
street; Chas. Anderson has moved into
the J. F. Proper house on Elm street, and
w. G. Incl has moved into the Hassey
house on Bridge street.
The sensational finish of the national
base ball league h As attracted more atten-
ton the past few days than the Presiden-
tial contest. With the result hinging on
one game between three teams the nerve
tension on the fanatics has been tremend-
Gus. By winning the game from Pitts
burg on Sunday the Chicago team will be
tie with New York the best tho latter tan
do, and unless the New York team beats
Boston in all of the three games she is
now playing at that place Chicago will
take the pennant Had Pittsburp de-