The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1913-08-13

the young people will be welcomed here
should they favor us again. Danny
Wallace also delighted the audience with
mis- minstrel specialtles.
The Prohibition party OF Hickory
township have certified the following
names to the County Commissioners to
be placed upon the ballots for that town
ship at the fall primary; Supervisor, s.
e. Church; collector and assessor, j. L..
Klinestiyer; school directors, Guy Hill
lard, Sidney Lynch; auditor, r. N. Eng
lish; Judge of elections, d. e. Wright; in
spector, j. r. Squire.
Archie Hood, son OF George II. Hood
of North Brown street, has purchased the
oil lease on the Barnsdall farm, north OF
the city, known as the Locke lease, from
e. w. Frawley. There are nine produce
Ing wells on the lease, and the new owner
will drill on the property Immediately.
This is Mr.. Hoods initial venture In the
oil business, and his friends will wish
him success.-Titusville Herald. The
Hood family formerly resided at West
Hickory.
Henry Hobek, an attache Of the
Austro-H Hungarian Consulate at Pitts
burgh, Pa, was a visitor in Tionesta
Friday, his mission here being to inyes-
tighte the causes of the burning of the
boarding house at Msyburg, this county,
Sunday morning, March I'd, 1913, in
which five Of his countrymen. four men
and one woman, lost their lives. He was
acting under instructions from his gov
eminent and spent Thursday at the scene
of the fire.
"A horse that is left hitched long
where the flies can torment 1t ought to
not only have a fly net on, but also to
have a free use OF its head. except that the
halter may be short enough 40 1t can not
reach the ground. so 1t can fight the flies.
Tie your head back between your shOul-
ders and stand where the flies can bite
you and you will understand exactly how
an animal with a tight cbeck-rein feels
when tied up and bitten by its tor
mentors. Franklin News. A further
means of adding to the misery Of horse
is to dock" his tail. This method is
against the law and ought to be severely
punished, but we note that 1t is still
practiced occasionally.
-Eber Bond, at one time engaged with
his brother, Milton Bond, in the lumber
business in this county, died at his home
at Willoughby, Ohio, Sunday, August Sd.
The Bonds numbered on Bear Creek,
Kingsley township, back In the '70's and
are we'll remembered by all the older
residents In this section. From here they
went to Michigan, then to Alabama, and
finally to Florida, where they have been
extensively engaged in the brick bust
ness. When the deceased left this section
he had two sons n of which died some
years ago. Mrs. Bond died about three
months ago. The firm bore a very honor
able business reputation 10 their lumber
ing operations IN Forest county.
Sunday morning, Elliott Walters, OF
Leeper, Clarion county, turned a young
horse loose in the pasture field and after
dinner when he went to the barn he
found the beast dead, having been stung
to death by a swarm of bees. The in
sects had swarmed while the family was
at church and through some freak had
settled upon the horse. The torn sod and
surface of the ground proved that the
animal had rolled over an area OF several
yards and failing to dislodge his tor
mentors had headed for the barn taking
several high fences during his run. The
bees neve deserted him and were found
on his carcass by members OF the family
when they went to feed the stock in the
afternoon.
Mr.. J. F. Broadbent, of Broadbent's
Laundry OF Warren, Pa, was in town
yaatAEdayhan d closed an arrangement
With Blum Il Anderson to represent bis
laundry interests here In the future. Mr.
Broadbent stated that his success in hand
ling linen by the new pressing process
has been so successful that their new
plant in Warren is working overtime
and on account of recent installation o
additional machinery he proposes to GOV.
or the territory as ia, as express rates will
permit of good service. Messrs. Blum
and Anderson are hustlers in their re-
spectiye lines of business. This is clear
" indicated by their advertisement in
this issue of the REPUBLICAN whereby
a box of Broadbent's Lsundered Collars
will be presented free of charge to all Gus
toners the coming week. See the sd OF
first page.
The Presbyterian picnic held on the
court house lawn last Friday afternoon
was a largely attended and very enjoya
BILE function. A greater part of the alter
noon was spent In various races snC
games, in which the Pink team won by
scoring 600 points. The Brown team
scored $40 points, Yellow 4sO, Green 42O
Red 300, Blue 60. At $3.50 the picnic din
ner was served on long tables at which
about It's persons sat down In solid com
fort. The committee in charge of tn,
feast had prepared a magnificent spreaC
and were warmly congratulated for tn
manner in which It was prepared at
served. The cornet band was presen
aud enlivened the occasion with gooC
music. In fact the outing was an un
qualified success from every point o
view and all the committees have th'
thanks of the congregation for the thor
~oughuess with which they completed
their work.
"A street fair of large proportions an,