The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1909-02-17


fees at 5 p. M, to enable the clerks to at.
tend the meetings at the NJ. E. church,
which were opened on Monday evening
with large attendance.
During the days of the Lincoln CEN
tenary the question arose as to ages of the
men who won the Civil War for the north
and the following statistics from the war
records are of interest; Boys 10 years
old, 25; boys IL years old, Ss; boys II
years old DDS; boys IL years old, 800; boys
IA to l5 years old, 10000; boys IS years
old, l26 900; boys II years old, $4,000;
boys Is years old, SO7 600; between Is and
81 years old. ZOOS. 900; men over 81 years
of age, llS,0O0 These boys fought $500
battles and skirmshes duiing the war.
The Warren Times of Monday gives
this account of a mishsp which befell a
family that lived here last summer where
the father was employed on the street
paving work: Salvatore Scheponi, of
Eddy street, is in Emergency Hospital
as the result ofa buggy upsetting Sunday
evening on Eddy street. Scheponi, his
wife and son we're in the rig at the time
and Scheponi had a NUMBER of severe
bruises and in addition several bones of
the shoulder were wrenched loose. An
operation was performed this morning at
the hospital and the bones were wired
Mt nlo 10 mil naH
with few scratches.
The sleet storm of Monday night gave
a dreary enough aspect to all out-of-doors
yesterday morning, and with ice cover
ing everything trees, shrubs, sidewalks
and all, there is still every evidence that
an ice famine is imminent and unsvoija-
BILE. Considerable damage resulted from
the heavy body OF ice that clung TO the
branches of shade and ornamental trees
in this place and a number were stripped
of large limbs by the weight. Monday
night large pine tree standing on the
hill side opposite town came down with
crash that sounded like a dynamite ex-
plosion. Every telephone line in the
borough being put out of commission by
the sleet 1t is impossible to get reports
from the country districts, but the havoc
wrought to standing timber must be con-
State Superintendent of Public In
struction Schseffer has informed the
of the thirteen state normal
schools of Pennsylvania that the allow
ance for the state aid is exhausted and
that the students will be obliged to pay
their own tuition for part of the present
term and for all of the coming spring
term. The reason given for the def
cheney is the increased attendance Of
students, there being large numbers in
attendance from other states. A few
years ago the state gave fifty cents week
to each student over seventeen years OF
age who would agree to teach in the pub
lie schools for at least two years after
graduation Lately this "ad" was in
creased to 81 so week, being the entire
cost of tuition in the normal schools,
board being charged at about SO 90 and
s3 so week.
Teaching temperance in the Sunday
school was the subject taken up by the
of the W. G. T. U. at Nebraska,
February l1th. Mrs. James Thomson
and Miss Hsugh were the hostesses, the
meeting being held at the home of the
former. Making the most of the lesson
for Temperance Sunday as given in The
quarterly was discussed; also other ques.
lions relating to teaching aud primary
class pledge signing. Among those TAX
ing part in the discussion we're Mrs
Cook, Mrs. Cole, Mrs. Allison, Mrs. Sc
,or, Mrs. Marie X linestiver and others.
Mrs. Thomson gave her report as super
intendent of the Cradle Roll as follows:
30 infants enrolled, s have moved away, l
died, and have passed on to the Sunday
school. 1t was decided to hold a service
On the anniversary of the death of M iss
Thursday evening. in the
church, at which time memorial of Mrs.
Mary Collins will be read. "a
The school il often made a focus OF
Infection from which spreads the many
epidemics, II every family
we're brought to an intelligent reaIiza-
ion of the need of isolation of a patient
10 any case of preventable disease or in
,ther words the rigid separation of the
,ick from the well-there would be no
school in fection. Every school epidemic
,egins in some h me where the eff
,iency and justice OF quarantine is either
lot understood or else the family will
ully allows the infection to be brought
nto the school, The school thus becomes
he disseminator of disease to the entire
The people must be edu-
,ated in the great study of modern medi-
zine, prevention. AS long as there ex-
sts ignorance, neglect or carelessness in |
'egard to these we'll recognized prevent |
tive measures so long will we be una
,le to limit spread of in lection and Boards |
If Health will be impotent to effect the
general spread of preventahle disease.
Notice TO the Public.
Our attention has been called to a no.