The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1913-04-23
Death of William A. Shewman.


As was foreshadowed In an item in the
REPUBLICAN last week the worst has
come to the family OF William A Shew-
man, and he passed away at st. Vincent's
hospital, Portland. Oregon at 4:3O O'Clock
Monday afternoon, according to dis
patch received at the Watson home here
yesterday morning. No particulars were
given in the message, and as only meagre
data concerning the life of the deceased Is
obtainable at this time we deter a more
extended obituary until next week.
The discovery has just been made
that arbutus blossoms are poison II
chewed. The death of Mrs. Jacob Burr
hite, of Susquehanna, Pa, occurring a
few days ago, is said to have been caused
by chewing the fragrant flowers. 1t may
not be true, but keep on the safe side and
don't put your lips to the blossoms
james Elliot Of Stewarts Run went
down to the mouth of Little TioDesta
creek Monday to begin work on the
foundation walls of new barn which
Daniel Creswel is erecting this summer.
The structure Is to be 40x45 feet In di-
mensions and OF the most modern design
for housing livestock and farm products.
The bridge at the mouth of Little
Hickory creek, washed out by the recent
flood, has been put In proper shape again,
and the road between Tionesta and Hick-
ory, including the narrows. Is in fairly
good condition for autOmobiling, so we
are informed by f. NJ. Hoovler, who has
charge of the State highways In this sec
tion.
"A well up in the Jameson run terri
tory started last fall by Il. f. Fleming,
was finished last week by q. w. Hole-
man at depth of s4s feet. but it was a
failure and was plugged. Mr.. Fleming
will make a location for another well
lining up with the homestead lease and
contractor Holemsn expects TO move bis
rig and be ready to drill by the last of the
week.
Governor Tener has signed the new
game bill recently passed by the legisla-
ture fixing the open season for game as
follows: Grey, black and fox squirrels,
wild turkey, ruffed grouse, Hungarian
partridge. woodcock and English or Chi
nese ringnecked pheasants from October
Is to November 80, inclusive; grey rabbit
and hare from November |, to Decem ber
81, inclusive.
Harry osgood had an extremely close
call for his life at the Young mill, up
near Peters run, this morning. He was
under the table throwing the belt of the
siasher saw onto tho pulley when the saw
tipped forward and came in contact with
the top OF his head, cutting a cash several
inches In length across the scalp, but
fortunately not going deep enough TO en-
ter the skull. DR.. Bovard attended the
injuries, taking several stitches to close
the wound.
The good roads amendment to the
constitution permitting the State to issue
bonds to the amount OF $50. 900, 900. having
passed both houses OF the legislature,
now goes 10 the people for their adoption
or rejecti n. 1t will be voted on next
fall without further legislation as it had
already passed one legislature and does
not require the signature of the governor.
Whether the people want the good high
ways or whether they prefer the existing
road conditions depends entirely upon
themselves, but it does not seem in any
way reasonable they would vote down a
every section of the state.
If flies loiter about the doors and
windows near the kitchen or dairy, or on
the porch, formalin bottles will be effec-
tive. A bottle filled with two per cent.
formslin (eight tesspoonfulls of formalin
to one qusrtoi water) may be inverted
over a saucer and placed on shelf, or
hung in a bracket at the place where the
lies are thickest. 1t should be we'll up
out of the reach of dogs. A nick should
be made in the mouth of the bottle so
that the liquid will partially fill the sau-
Ger. Pyrethrum powder may be burned
to stun any flies which are indoors They
may then easily be swept up and des-
troyed. The Ladies World for May.
The law protecting game birds that
make interstate flights, signed by Presi-
dent Taft, cannot become effective during
the present season of migratory flight
and nesting. The American Game Pro-
tective and Propagation Association an
nounoes, however, that the biological
survey at Washington will have gathered
season of 1914 on the migrations and
breeding habits of birds in all parts of the
country for the framing of fadequate rules.
All song birds aJd the birds that feed up
on insects, whose value to agriculture
outweighs their food value-such as
robins, black birds and bobolinks-snd
game birds like ducks, geese, swans and
shore birds-wil soon enjoy closed sea :
son.
The REPUBLICAN is in rece ipt of a
pretty little pamphlet called the Tidings
and which is printed at Inhsmbane, East
Africa, bv the Free Methodist Mission
press. Mrs. Rosa Hunter Smith is the
editor, and her husband, Rev. Carroll
Smith, is the publisher, and the issues are
senii-annual. The front page of the issue
before us is embelished with a good
group picturel of the members of the
quarterly difference held in the city last
August, in which the faces of Mr.. and
Mrs. Smith and their two children,
Beulah and Blanche, are readily recog-
nized; likewise those of Bishop and Mrs.
James s. MacGeary, all we'll known in
this community The little mapazine is