The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1910-01-12

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Sixty cents dozen was offered for
strictly fresh eggs in Erie last Wednes-
day. A West Side grocer in that city
makes the prediction that eggs will go to
81 dozen before spring. He gives as
one reason for the scarcity the fact that
the state board of health has standing
order for several hundred dozen fresh
eggs monthly as food for patients at
tuberculosis stations.
According to Dubois banker the
alleged flow of spurious nickels in Du-
Bois is nothing more than hundreds of
new 1908 nickels that the banks have been
putting into circu lation and which were
received in the original package from the
department. The edges of the coins look
as though they had been smoothed up
with file and have the appearance of
counterfeit but there are none better.
The Republicans of Hickory town
ship held caucus Saturday evening at
the Township House at Endeayor, when
the following ticket was placed in nomi-
nation for the February election; Treas
urer, G. w. Warden; assessor, Joseph
Green; supervisor, N. p. Wheeler, Jr.;
auditor, g. Ii. Warden; school directors,
W. o. Fuellhart, NJ. E. Keyes, James
Whitman; judge of election. j. E. Car
penter; inspector, f. II. Beatty.
-Brer James b. Borland, of the
Frank lin News, has consented to allow
the use of his name as a candidate for the
Republican nomination for Mayor.
There is no man in the town more de-
serving of the honor, no man who has
done more to uphold the town, no man
who knows better the needs of the city
than our friend "Jim," and the voters
will make mistake if they do not make
his nomination and election unanimous.
MANY of our citizens are complaining
of "narebacks" on the roofs of their resi-
dences, the warmth from the gas fires be-
low melting the snow, and the water
therefrom coming in contact with the ice,
around the edges, being forced back un-
der the shingles, finds its way down
through the ceilings. And they don't
seem to derive much satisfaction from
the thought that it will make lots of work
for the plasterers in the glsdsome spring
time.-Oil City Blizzard. Same here.
Not in the recollection of the oldest
inhabitant hsYe the prices of fresh and
salt pork been as high as they are now.
The normal price of fresh pork, by the
csrcas has been from five to six cents
pound, but for the last few years it has
been gradually rising until now meat
market men can not buy carcasses for
less than ten and in some localities for
less than eleven cents. This figure has
not been reached In halfa century-prob-
ably never in the history of the country.
This year. 1910, Lent will begin on
February 0, 10 days earlier than it did
last year, so that Easter Sunday will fall
on March 27, instead of April IL, as it did
last year. Inasmuch as the first full
moon after the vernal equinox, which
falls on March 81, each year, marks the
proper date, 1t IS evident that this year
will near the record for early dating. 1t
will be tho second earliest Easter in
quarter ofa century. that of March %,
1894, being the nearest to the vernal equi-
nox in that period.
"A very fine little bear, brought here
recently from Warren county by J. W.
Lusher, Oakstreet, is attracting not little
attention at Wager's market, where it is
on exhibition. Though the animal is
small it has one of the finest skins ever
seen locally, the hair being long, thick
and heavy. 1t is also fat as hog and
when cut up the flesh will make tooth
some delicacy, in the game line, for those
fortunate enough to secure piece of the
meat. Bruin is frozen stiff and is in
standing position and looks to be about
as big as 10-year old boy. Standing up
in front of the market he has aroused the
interest ofjuyeniles and is attracting as
much notice as if he we're grizzly in
zoo. George Wager intends having the
skin tanned and made into a ug.-Titus-
yile Courier.
The County Commissioners are SER
iously considering the question of
doubling the dog tax in Forest county for
the year 1910 The rate at present is rs
cents for male dog and $l5O for a fe-
male. This is liable to be boosted con-
siderably on account of the number of
claims paid for sheep killed by dogs dur
ing the past year, amounting to S4S9.OO'
or this amount $4430 was paid in jerks
township, $2l,00 in Howe township, and
$500 in Harmony township. Besides
those paid, claims to the amount over
800 90 for sheep missing and not account
ed for we're rejected by the commission
ers. Under the law surplus OF $4,000
must be maintained in this fund at all
times and this can hardly be done under
the present rate of taxation if the claims
continue to increase as they have during
the past v ear