The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1909-03-03

VI nhtuIo OcCdeiondlly III tn6 couTse VI lis
practice. The latest is a record-breaker.
1t Is calf, the progeny of COW owned
by Elmer Stevens of Cherrytree town.
ship. 1t has two heads and two tails, and
the internal organs are in duplicate
Titusville Herald. A COW belonging to
Jacob Korb, of Tionesta twp, gave birth
to just such freak few years ago, and
after having 1t mounted he reaped quite
little revenue by placing the freak on ex-
hibition and charging small admission
fee.
Better and better grows The Ladies'
World, judging by the March number
just received. 1t has an unusual number
of fine stories, among The authors being
Hugh P'ndexter, Alice Mace owan, Clara
Morris, Shirley Carson. Grace Mac.
Gowan, Cooke, Bessie r. Hoover, Caro-
line W. Cain and Albert Bigelow Paine.
There is timely article on Washington
Social Life, and another on the dangerous
side of the New Thought and similar
movements. Everything seems very
good and very sensible.-[New York;
Fifty cents Year.
The work Of weighing the mail car
ried by the railroads is under way. 1t
will require lO5 days to complete this
task and the compensation which the
railroads will receive for carrying the
mails for the next four years will be based
upon thu report to be made by those in
charge of this work. Heretofore the
weighing of mails required only go days,
but there has been considerable friction
between the railroads and government as
to the amount of money the railroads
should receive, and the weighing of mails
this year will be more thorough than ever
before.
The ladies of Capt. Stow Relief Corps
have adopted novel and rather pleasing
way of raising funds to replenish their
exchequer. They have taken up the
"endless chain tea" method and are do
ing nicely. Each member of the Corps
invites ten lady friends, not necessarily
members of the order, TO her home of an
afternoon or evening, and serves tea with
other light refreshments, and each guest
is expected to contribute the modest sum
of 10 cents. Where two or three of these
pleasant little functions are held each
week II counts in receipts and yet is not
burdensome on the guests.
"A boys essay on girls: "Girls is
sisters of boys and has long hare and
wares dresses. First girl was called
Christmas Eve, though never could tell
why. Most every family has one girl,
and some of 'em that is in hard luck has
two or three. We have girl in ourn
who is my sister. Fat girls wart to be
thin, and thin girls want to be fat. Why
girls were made nobody nos, but think
1t were to go to church and eat ice cream
There is two kinds of 'em, brunei girls
mise and bugs, which makes it fun to
put 'em down their baks."-Ex.
Mrs. W. G. Wyman of Tionesta was
the fortunate winner of the first prize.
fine 800 Kurtzmann piano. offered by
the Stranburg Music House of Oil City
for the best solution of the famous II
puzzle, an advertisement of which was
printed in this paper two weeks ago.
Remembering the injunction that neat
ness as we'll as correctness would count
in the contest, Mrs. Wyman painted her
answer on china plate and was awarded
first prize over large number of com
petitors. The second prize went to M ISIS
Eleanor P. Foley of Frank lin, who had
placed her answer on sofa pillow. Miss
Eva Hunter of Tionests also won a S65 90
credit certificate in the contest.
C. W. Osgood's weather record for
the past two months OF this year sizes up
as 70 lows: January Rainfall p inches;
snow 2lh inches. Coolest day of the
month. l3th. one degree below zero. On
the SOIh day of the month the thermome-
ter registered II degrees, and on the 3lst
it dropped to s degrees above zero.
Thunder and lightning. on the 23d. Feb
ruary y-Rsiniall III inches; snow IL inches.
On the first day of the month the weather
was one degree below zero, that being the
only day on which zero weather was
reached. The warmesI day was on the
22d, so degrees, and one thunder storm
occurred, the Oath. The same months in
1908 showed, for January, 22 inches of
rain and l9s inches of snow. February II
inches rain, 422 inches snow.
Back between 1875 and 1880 dispute
arose as to the ownership of tract of l25
acres of land which lies in Eldred town
ship, Jefferson county, and bordering on
the Clarion county line. The land was
claimed by Marvin d Ruloison as being
part with other tracts bought by them.
Through a tax sale Messrs. Wilson Il
Hindmsn, of Clarion, claimed the land
For 25 ears the land has been in litiga
tion on eiectmenl proceedings and has
been tried three times in the lower court
and twice in the supreme court OF this
state. 1t was then appealed to the United
States district court and would have come
on for trial, but week before last the case
was compromised by G G. Goodrich, a
nephew of r. N Marvin, paying Wilson
& Hindman $40, 900, and taking possession
of the land. This tract is the finest in
this state, or perhaps along the Allegheny
range of mountains, and is valued at an
immense um.-Clarion Democrat.
In note enclosing renewal of his