The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1908-04-01


-Ifyour house or building needs new
roof II will pay you to see j. j. Landers,
agent for the celebrated Psroid Roofing.
1t is inexpensive, lasts almost as long as
shingles, turns rain perfectly, and looks
well. See Mr.. Landers' ad. in this issue.
John Mathill, emplyed at Hastings,
Howe twp, on the s. q T. railroad, met
with painful accident Wednesday and
was taken to Emergency hospital, War
rem for treatment. His left ankle was
caught between two logs and badly crush
ed. He is single man.
John II. Guiton of Marienville seems
to have won the championship belt ior
the Staying of noxious animals the past
winter, having slaughtered seven wild
cats and three foxes, netting him nice
sum in bounties and pelts, besides les
sening the number of enemies of small
game to a considerable extent.
Il haye the American Wall Paper
agency this year and can sell you better
wall paper cheaper than ever before, and
am prepared to do papering, painting,
graining and all kinds of inside finishing.
Let me hear from you and l will call
with samples on request. j. III. Shoe
maker, Endeavor, Forest county, Pa. St
BY order of the postoffice department,
box rents are now due and payable the
last ten days of the quarter for the quarter
Immediately ensuing. II at the begin
ming of the new quarter, (April ~, rents
have not been paid, boxes will be closed,
by order of the department. Patrons are
requested to note the change, and govern
themselves accordingly.
EARLY gardeners are getting in their
best licks during this pleasant weather,
and young onions, lettuce, radishes and
the like will be in "our midst" before we
know it, almost. Charlie Anderson at
his hot house already has good crop of
lettuce we'll along, and In a pinch could
furnish mess, but will let 1t come on
some before stocking the market.
The annual congregational meeting
of the Presbyterian church will be held
tomorrow, Thursday, evening. The elec-
tion of a trustee, reports from the several
auxiliary societies, and a short talk by
the pastor will take up a portion of the
evening, and all are cordially invited to
be present, whether members of the
church or regular attendants. After the
meeting light refreshments will be
served.
-Drs. J. B. Siggins and George Sggins
performed an operation upon Miss Lucy
Whitton, at the home of Lew Whitton in
this place, on Wednesday. Last Novem-
ber Miss Whitton injured her left shin in
fall and the injury has given her great
deal of trouble. The operation was for
the purpose of removing quantity of
pus and scraping the bone, and the pa
tient is improving. Her home is at
Guitonville.
Enclosing a renewal of his subscrip-
ton our friend Geo. w. Mong, engaged
in the OF tislds near Independence, Kan
sas, writes: pardon delay, but don't
stop the REPUBLICAN, or l will vote the
Democratic ticket, and you know what
that means. We are having lovely wealth.
or here. Gardens all made, potatoes all
planted and some corn. Everybody we'll
and doing WE'LL" Happy mortals, we
should say,
Augustus Rhodes, whose farm is
located not far from Star post office, has
our thanks for jar of maple syrup, the
equal of which we have never tasted.
Mr.. Rhodes made large quantity of the
delicious spread this season, which has
been an exceptionally favorable sap year,
and if those who like maple syrup land
who doesn't ever get taste of this brand
he will have no difficulty in disposing of
the entire run at top-notch figures.
The claas in the Normal course of
bible study at Nebraska recently finished
the full course of study and successfully
passed the rigid examination under the
auspices of the State Sabbath School AS.
sociation and have received their diplo-
mas. The class numbers five, the names
of whom are as follows: Miss Eura
Harding, Mrs. Jas. d. Thomson, Mrs.
G. W. Neal, Mrs. c. G. Thompson and
Mrs. Lyman Cook. The course of study
is very thorough, and the class is to be
congratulated upon passing the examina-
ton with marks far above the average.
r. ]. Thompson, the assistant secre-
tary of the Ridgway Dynamo IL Engine
Co., and chief bookkeeper of that corpor-
alton, has filed his announcement to be
published in the Ridgway Advocate as
candidate for the Republican nomination
for the office of County Treasurer of Elk
county. Mr.. Thompson is quite popular
and we'll known as man OF both integ-
rity and ability as an accountant. Should
he be nominated and elected, he would
certainly make very acceptable official.
-Ridgway Advocate. Mr.. Thompson's
many friends in Forest county, of which
he was once citizen, hope he may make
sufficient inroads on the Democratic col
'umn of Elk county to land the prize.
Some time since we read that the pay
of mail carriers in the cities was increased
to $1,000 year says the Kane Republican.
This is not any too much but we were
struck with the fact that in this there is
no "square deap when we compare the
salary of the city fellow with that OF the
country carriers. The latter has to keep
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