The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1912-03-27

wednesday, the first day of spring, Hen.
/ ry Glassner of German Hill, dispatched 9
spotted adder few rods from bis house
that measured two feet and was lively as
cricket In harvest time. Knowing
Henry to be an absolute teetotaller we
accept his story without grimace.
Fred V. Brown returned last week
from Philadelphia where he had closed
the arrangements for the transfer of the
general agency of the Penn Mutual Life
Insurance Company from John f. and G..
Il. Brown to himself This agency has
been successful under the management OF
the late John +. Brown and Fred V.
Brown has been under his father for the
past few years and is capable of carrying
on the business on the same high plane.
Clarion Republican.
The people OF Connellsville spent a
day of terror on Thursday when news
came that the big Indian creek dam,
fourteen miles above the city, was In
danger OF going out. For several hours
the town was on the verge of panic.
Fortunately the waters began to recede
and the danger was soon over. The
people of Tionesta, Oil City and Franklin
have the same experience coming TO them
If the proposed dams on Tionesta creek
are ever erected. .-Titusville Herald.
1t was in the early days of the railroad
and Aunt Ruth bad boarded the train for
her first trip. Her maid had neatly ar
ranged her carpetbag, handbook, and reti-
cule around her, but there was some
trouble with the engine, so that the train
did not start at once. Aunt Ruth had
spread out her ample skirts like an open
fan, and her little feet were daintily
perched upon footstool. Just then the
con ductor passed through. Touching
him lightly upon the arm, she said, "You
may tell them sm seated aud am ready
to go noww-April Woman's Home Com
panion.
Any distribution of prizes involving
the element of chance is lottery within
the prohibition of the laws of Pennsyl-
vania, according to an opinion rendered
last Monday by Judge George S. Girls
well, of Vensngo county. A franklin
druggist had advertised he would give
away piano to the person turning in
the largest number of coupons received in
return for each purchase in his store.
The judge holds that it was unlawful
The winner, he points out, receives some
thing out of all proportion to the cash or
labor invested, while the others get
nothing for their labor, anxiety and SER
vices.
In accordance with the general policy
of the Pennsylvania X. r., for the en-
enlargement and promotion of sgricul-
tural development, farmers special
train will be run in cooperation with
Pennsylvania State College, School of
Agriculture and Experiment Station, on
April 9th and 9th, stopping at most of the
principal stations between Erie and Re.
novo, Pa. The nearest stopping point to
Tionesta will be at Warren, where the
train stops from 900 to $3.50 a. M, April
9th. Free lectures will be given to all in
terested in agricultural development, and
the topics for discussion will be: Hay,
wheat, corn for ensilage, orchard culture,
use of lime and fertilizer, stable con-
and sanitation.
The early spring demonstrations in
the Demonstration Orchard in each coun-
ty of this Safe conducted under the direc.
tion of Prof. IL. A. Surface, Economic
ZOologist, have been concluded, and the
demonstrators are now giving their at
tentioD to the subject of the Supervision
Orchards, where they go to personally
visit orchards for the purpose of examin
ing them and telling the owners how to
treat them to get best results in fruit pro-
duction. There is large list of these
orchards in each county, and the demand
for this work has increased to such an ex-
tent that it will be impossible for the
limited number of inspectors to take
more such orchards to visit before the
end OF the dormant season.
The news of the discovery of the
south pole by Scott, the Englishman
created great excitement during the past
week, and no where was the intelligence
received with greater interest than among
the tourists who are spending the winter
and spring in Punta Gorda. Five of these
gentlemen Immediately got
their heads together and organized an ex
pedition into Lake 0keechobee and the
Everglades. They left early Tuesday
morning in the good ship Guide, Captain
Keen, and expect to penetrate far into the
One of the party is commits
stoned by several big Northern papers,
and an interesting story will no doubt be
forthcom ing. -Punts Gorda, Fla, Herald.
The latter clause OF this item has refer
ence to our townsman, Wallace Chad
man, no doubt.
The borough school resumed opera.
tions Monday after a ten-day precaution-
AIRY suspension on account of scarlet fever
developing in two families who were
sending pupils to the school, although
residents of the township. There are no
cases in the borough, and those of the
township are progressing so wei that any
further outbreak is not looked for, the
quarantine being strictly observed. This
is indeed fortunate. and with the exercise
of caution and common sense there need
be no epidemic, and the disease can be
to its present tenvironment, which
is the family of VIM. Mckee on River
Hill, where nine have taken the disease,
all of whom are doing we'll. and the
family of A. l.. Thomson at Jameson
in uhioh tho ono Iouuhtar 20