Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1910-02-04
BRIEF MENTION

n hAN'AitE " tAF AAiitot q AiAN
Department will be held in the
Boro Building TUESDAY FEBRU-
AIRY S,h. at O'Clock
Aviators are always break ng
things-either reeoids or their bones.
A two column letiec in our neigh
Dor last week arraigns dem,ofa ic
county commissioner, aud the char
ges are made By anoihsr democrat
It is not necessary for republicans TO
comment further than 70 say that
when such internal evidence of DEM
ocraiic dHrelicti5n is given It seems
wise for voters OF county TO make
change. The question however
win naturally arisa how oeuld the.
official charged draw so much salary
not yet due, without a check signed
by bis fellows and it it Is wrong for
him to have the money is it noi
equally wrong for them to help him
get it This Inference seems natural
Tuesday was ground hog day and
there is no doubt but that if those
animals made the effort and came
out they saw their shadows. Since
Thanksgiving the winter has been
all the most saDguine eoGid wish for
and il We are to haVesix weeks more
there wont be any doubt about its
being quite Oh fashioned.
The Lackawanna railroad broke
ats. record Of ten years not killing a
passenger last Sunday when train
ran over a man at New Milford just
as be alighted from another.
By agreement of the board of prin-
cipals Of State Normal schools the
course will be extended from three
to four years. This would seem
necessary in order to prepare students
TO meet the requirements imposed
TO teach high schools. Il is not pos.
sible in a three years course TO &C
quire sufficient skill in the studies
directed to be taught 90 do so in a
thorough manner, and 1t was fore
gone col clusion that the time must
be heightened or some of the stud
les cut out.
Cement COTS ruction is not limited
10 sidewalks, foundations, steps or
any Of the otheI more common forms
with which the public is most famil
lar. but Is equally adaptable to pub
lie drinking fountains, Ornamental
lamp posts. monuments, street sign
posts, statuaTy, garbage receptael, 5,
and so on.
Wanamal er stores in Philadelphia
and New York hogan this week de
livering free anywhere in the United
States all prepaid and charge pur
chases of $5.or over. The limit Of
free delivery heretofore has been
within a radius Of one hundred miles
The store in Philadelphia just com
pleted is - stories high and contsin=
nearly 45 acres of floor space, aud is
the largest retail sto.e e in the world.
Last Saturday almost passed into
the blizzard class. Snow fell and it
was tossed around by a wild North
west wind. Thornton's stage in
crossing the Matamoras bridge il
the afternoon was upset by the gale,
but the three passengars we're not
injured.
Harry Morgan desires to give not
ice that in future he will not cash
any checks or drafts or transport any
money for the public.
Ernest siehrig, who learned his
trade in the Press Office and who foI
several years has been foreman in a
large printing establishment at Hyde
Park, Vermont. is home for vaca-
tion.
fhe river Seine. flowing thra Paris
attained high water mark during the
past week aud a large part Of the
gay city was inundated. Great
damage was done to BUILDINGS and
the streets, and many sewers were
bursted. The money 10 5 is estimated
at over two hundred million dollars.
At present the food is subsiding and
conditions are becoming normal.
Tie snow, the snow, the bsaUtiiu'
snow,
Wen be glad when We don't have
10 shovel you so.
Both the Euglish lords and the lib
erals annouee themselves ''satisdedi
with the Tesuls Of tie elections 80
far From this We hfzr that il
looks pretty squaIly alfafound.
II Mr. Roosevelt ever is elected
Speaker Of the House of Representa-
tives, they viii have to be good OF
Capitol Hill or he viii know why.
The Kindom Of Prussia gets a rev
enue amounting 10 something lik,
s24, 900, 600 per aanum froIn Its cuiti
waited forests Ne can well snor
30 keep President Tatl's conservation
policy