The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1913-12-03


which were carved initials and dates: ~.
s. l8I7," NV. A. s. 1896" He says that in
1896 he was practicing medicine at East
Brady and one day near a small stream
he saw turtle, which he Topped over on
Its back. He observed the carving, ~.
s. 1S47." and proceeded to carve his own
initials and the date on the same shell,
after which he released the turtle. 1t is
about 100 miles from East Brady to
Huntington "as the crow hies," but the
turtle probably travelled much greater
distance than that In the seventeen years
that have elapsed since DR.. Slaughen-
haupt saw 1t.
"A special meeting of the Tionesta
Reading Club was held at the home Of
Mrs. G. f. Watson, Friday evening,
November 18th. Miss Hattie Goold, of
Oil City, an honorary member of the
Club, was present aud gave one OF her
delightful entertainments with illustrate cd
talk of her travels In the New England
States, showing the homes and hsunts of
our famous writer's, such as Ralph Waldo
Emerson, aud his friends, Whittier,
LongfellOw, Hawthorne, Thoresu and
others. The talk was not only entertain
ing but very instructive as well. At the
close dainty refreshments we're served.
A vote of thanks and appreciation was
extended TO M iss Good, and also to the
hostess, Mrs. Watson. Mrs. Fred Slo-
cum, of Erie, Pa, was an out-of-town
guest.
"A new schedule took effect on the
Tionesta Valley narrow gauge railroad
on the LIST inst, In accordance with which
passenger trains are now running as fol-
lows, says the Sheffield Observer: The
first train will leave Sheffield at 6:l5 q. m.
and run as far as Parrish, reaching that
place at 1928. Returning the train will
leave Parrish at 1888 and reach Sheffield
at $40. The second run will start from
Sheffield at 9:45, reaching Sheffield juno
ton at 1890. leave the Junction at ll:00
and reach Sheffield at 1l:45. In the after
noon the train will leave Sheffield at Los
and reach Parrish al 2:lS, leave Parrish
at 2:3O and arrive in Sheffield at 3:55. The
fourth trip will start from Sheffield at
4:20. and the train run to Brookston,
reaching that place at 4:45. Returning
the train will leave Brookston at 4:50 and
arrive at Sheffield at 5:l5, By this
schedule 1t will be seen that Parrish is to
be the end of the road, and Lolots will be
taken off the rail road man
Some Of our exchanges are noting the
fact that Carl Lundstrum and Dave Leslie
of Jamestown, N. Y, "expect to leave
Warren in a few days on the longest
cruise ever undertaken. Palm Beach,
Florida, is their destination, and in a
month hence they expect to be at New
Orleans. The trip will be for pleasure
and although their craft can make 30
miles an hour II is not the intention to
make great speed. The boat is 36 feet
long and draws % inches of water. Ow
ing to the rapids Ia the river it was i'm
possible to make the start earlier, but this
difficulty will be overcome as il is the in
tention to employ wagon wheels and the
craft will be hauled over shallow places,
where the draft is not sufficient" What
a funny sight 1t will be to see this craft
blowing down over Pthole rifle on
wheels. Indeed Il will beat aeroplaning
hundred ways, and when 1t happens
we'd advise all our old-time navigators
aud rivermen to get out and witness the
novel stunt.
-Loleta, the once thriving numbering
town located on the T. V. railroad just
over the Forest county line in Elk coun-
ty, has been wiped of the map, as it were.
This hustling little village with its 200 to
800 inhabitants was planted In the dense
forest by two of our enterprising citizens,
Col. G. W. Amsler and Joseph Campbell,
who established large numbering plant
there about seventeen years ago, when
numbering was at such low ebb as to "try
mems SOULS" but the plucky hustlers
stayed by it until the boom came in 1897
and things began to go their way. And
then others wanted their holdings and
these gentlemen "let 60" at nice figure,
and the new people kept business hum
ming until the last timber stick was
converted into merchsntable lumber.
And now practically all the buildings
have been razed and the lumber In them
has been transported to other places and
rebuilt into convenient homes for lum-
bermen. Times change and we change
with them, surely.
The little brown or white rodent
known as the weasel is source of
revenue and furnishing pin money for
the boys as we'll as grown men living In
the country these days. The late bounty
law provides for the payment of $500 for
the scalp of one of these little enemies to
poultry and small game, and it is no un-
common thing for the county treasury to
be drawn upon to the exteut OF $40 to $40
In a single day for the obstruction of the
pest. 1t is little expensive at the be-
ginning but will grow less as the weasels
are th hinned out, and at the rate they are
being taken they cannot hold out long,
and the death of every weasel means the
saving of no end of phessants which are
their choicest prey. Besides the state
finally pays the bill from the fund raised
by hunters licenses. A little fellow in
knee pants was met the other day who
had two of the noxious animals on
string, and when complimented on his
good luck he pulled a small roll out of
his pocket with the exultant remark,
nYas and We got the 81 90 right here"