The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1909-01-06

Is commended by County and City Su
perintendents, also by Principals of Higl
Schools for its efficient work. Winter
term opened January 4, 1909. Write fol
catalogue. JOHN F. BIGLER, Principal.
The regular meeting of the Woman'i
Relief Corps this Wednesday, evening
will be the last one prior TO the annus
installation Of officers, which takes place
next Monday evening, the 1lth. 1t Is
therefore REQUESTED that there be ful
attendance of the members.
"A clever girl has solved the problem
of cutting warm bread so that the slice
will look neat. You know il is difficult
to cut warm bread without tearing 1t tC
pieces. Try dipping the bread knife into
hot water, and then it will cut the loaf as
neatly as II it had been baked week.
The REPUBLICAN mailing list hai
been very materially increased during
the past couple ofweeks by friends who
have ordered the paper sent to absent
ones rs Christmas gift. 1t is not toe
late to have the paper sent to your friends
as return present. Try 1t and see how
much It is appreciated.
-ExSheriff A. w. Stroup has bought
an interest with ]. l.. Hepler in the Hill
livery barn on Bridge street, and has
taken personal charge of the same. They
will keep tirst-class horses and carriages
and conduct an up.to-date livery, and ev-
cry effort will be put forth TO please. A
share of the public patronage is solicited
Master Jack Bigony, son of Mrs. L
V. Bigony, fell on the sidewalk while
coming down the hill on Bridge street,
last Friday evening, breaking bone in
his left arm at the elbow and also dislo-
eating the elbow. The injury is ia painful
one and will keep the boy out of school
for time. DR.. J. G. Dunn reduced the
fracture.
The great clearance sale of the Mon
arch Clothing Store starts this week and
will continue during January. The en-
tire stock of $50, 100000 will be sold for
49,. .99s. 90 and promises to offer the great
est bargains in the history of the store.
Some excellent goods are on hand and
one is assured of a great bargain by going
there at once. 1t
Lawrence E., son of Daniel and Mary
Walters, died at the family home near
Newmansyille, on Monday, Dec. 2Slh,
1908, and was buried on the following
Wednesday, Rev. w. o. Calhoun con-
ducting the services at the Lutheran
church. The child was aged years, 8
months and 2S days, and the disease was
lsryngi,is, or spasmodic Group.
The Christmas exercises by the Pres
byterian and Methodist Sabbath schools
were exceptionally good, better in fact,
than on any previous occasion, was the
general verdict. The young folks did
splendidly, rejecting much credit upon
their trainers and those having charge of
the exercises. The decorations at both
churches were also quite noteworthy.
We are indebted to our friend Il. B.
Catlin at Sheffield for some handsome
postal card views of the splendid concrete
mill of the Central Pa. Lu nber Co., at
that place. These views give onea pretty
good idea of the extent and completeness
of this great plant, which Mr.. Catlin says
is running steadily and turning out an
average of $50, 900 feet of lumber per day.
A slight change in the schedule Of the
P. X. r. on the river division effects only
one train at this station. This is the
down train at night, which formerly ar
rived at Tionests at s:2l, and will now
reach here at S:43, % minutes later,
The effect of this change is TO throw the
distribution of the mail over to the next
morning, and is not relshed by our peo-
pie.
Put teaspoonful of mustard in the
dish in which fish has been cooked, part
ly filled with warm water, and let stand
for few minutes" says Womau's Home
Companion for January. "Scrape and
rinse; and no odor will remain. If the
hands are first rInsed in little mustard
water, aud then washed, the disagreeable
odor that remains from washing dishes in
which fish have been cook ed will at once
entirely disappear.
The Oil City Trust Co., one of the
solidest of Oil City's banking institutions,
has distributed a number ofvery pleasing
mementoes among its large list of pat
rons, in the form of book entitled "a
Horses Tale" by that world-renowned
humorist, Mark Twain. OF all the ac-
ceptible souvenirs of the day this has
proved one of the most interesting and
highly priced by the recipients, and the
Trust Company has made a happy hit.
William Hood, f. X. Lanson and d.
W. Clark made the annual inspection
and inventory of the County Home on
Tuesday of last week, and report every
thing to be in first-class condition. All
the farm implements and machinery are
under cover and in good repair. Every
thing in the home is neat and clean and
we'll kept. The county is to be congrat-
ulated on having had such competent
Steward and Mstron as Mr.. and Mrs. f.
Wenk for the past three years.
The we'll on the Edward Hepler farm,
Tionesta township, was drilled to the
Clarion sand and was dry. Sutley Bros.
got an average producer in their No. on
the Hoilister farm, up the river, finished
recently. r. o. Carson completed No. s