THE
Smart & Silberbers:
OBSERVING
Women have for many years noted that the
house keeping linens sold at Smart's are superior
to ordinary kinds. No matter how low our prices
are, we always keep above a certain quality level
and always sell perfect linens. Our counters are
supplied by manufacturers whose goods possess
splendid wearing qualities in addition to line ap
pearance ; we won't sell a linen that we do not
know to be thoroughly dependable. You pay no
more for good linens here than for the trashy
sorts elsewhere.
Business at These Stores Booming.
Every department is breaking its former records,
enthusiastic buying is apparent on every hand.
The splendid values offered here have stimulated
trade as never before. The people want results,
values, hence the Smart & Silbcrbcrg Stores' tri
umphant success and steady growth. It is an
always busy store the result of the public's con
fidence gained and held the outgrowth of well
directed and hard work.
Busy Days in Carpet Department.
Never was such carpet selling as we're having
this season. Not a piece of old carpet in the en
tire stock, everything clean, fresh and new.
Ingrain carpets as low as - 25 cents
Extra Super Ingrains at - 55 cents
Smith's Velvet Brussels at - 89 cents
Smith's Axminsters at 89 cents
All our Best body Brussels, Hartford,
Lowels and Whittals, your choice of
over 50 pieces - - 1.25
SPECIAL. Ten large French Wilton
Hugs, size 9x12, all new and handsome
patterns - - 32.50 each
SMART &
OIL CITY. PA.
Oil City Trust Company.
President, JOSEPH SEEP. Vice Pres.,
CAPITAL, SURPLUS
UNDIVIDED PROFITS
UAVF Vnil MBnF A Ull I 0
nHIL IUU WAUL ft WILL I
ing the carrying nut of all tue provisions or
tore, Messrs. h W. and J. L. Hays, without
Accounts
Our Certificates of Deposit continue to draw FOUR PER
CENT. Interest
An Invitation
To Our Showing of Ladies'
Fine Shoes for Spring Wear
It is a real pleasure to us to hear the ad
miring comments ot the ladies and we are
certain that the showing this year will call
forth more than ever.
We have taken particular pains to have our Spring
lines in all grades exhibit shapeliness and newness
without in any way sacrificing quality and we have
succeeded gloriously. We trust you will be among
the number to examine them.
Sycamore, Senena and Centre
Th Tyrant lrliin IJuimu.
It is the I'iirt'st tliiiiK to tint that nny
famous prima donna i-vcr "created"' u
new role of any nrtiNlle importance or
associated herself with the interpreta
tion of the music of nny young coin
poser, no matter how gifted. Her
choice of songs in the concert room al
ternates between hackneyed favorites
and absolutely worthless novelties.
Alone among the great executants, the
primu donna lias been conspicuous for
lier abstinence from any efforts to
achieve distinction as a composer.
Handel had a short way with the
prima donna, and threatened to throw
lier out of the window It she would
not sing what he had written for her.
Wagner went further, and refused to
write for the prima donna at all. Aud
Vpntl In "KiilstiifT." dill throw her out
S1LBERBERG,
GEO. LEWIS. Treas., II. R. MERRITT
$640,000.00
The will of Dy one nuniing the Oil City
Trust Compauy as executor, thus Insur
the will, will be drawn up by our soliO'
charge to the testator.
Solicited.
until returned.
r
Streets, - OIL CITY, PA
or tne winnow aim. gave me leaning
part to a baritone. To the music lover
the prima donna is a nuisance, und-a
very expensive one. "Diversions of a
Music t.nvpr "
Pimples, Piles, Eczema
Cuts, Burns, Bruises,
letter. Salt nhoum, DM Bonn, Hirer', I'll 1 1 1, lal in
Catnrrh, Cenm, Chil IIiui'ImiikI Uj,
BoIIb. Carliiiiicka. Kclons, Itching,
bleeding, l'rol ruling i'ilci,
Inner! Hittn. I'oiiton
. Ivy, and all
Skin
Diseases are cured by
San-Cura Ointment
Which will (top at once that Itching, burning
pain. We guarantee thatSnn-CiirHOinimeiitwill
nut heal a cut or sure of any kind until the pulton
la all removed; then It heals rapidly. Prevent
cars. Druggist 25c and due.
OIiO T O "W 3r.
BY 8AMUKL D. IKW1H.
For natural beauty, scenery and location
there is no place on the Tionesta that equals
it. The great flat on the north Ride of the
creek, are an ideal agricultural situation,
the bold and rugged bill on the south aide
of the stream, covered with the green hem
locks is beautiful scenery to behold. The
situation naturally was delightful, the for
ests before the underwood was browsed
over by herds of cattle, and flocks of sheep,
and the luxury of the wild tlowen and
shrubs were repressed by the beasts of bur
den ami toil, or the labors of the husband
manthe streams seemed to run clearer,
and were certululy mure abundant, th cul
tivation of the soil there uncovered the val
ley and let in the rave of the sun, which
drank op the natural moisture, openiug
the fissures of the earth where streamlets
How, while the natural moss on the margin
of the natural fountains and grass was
greener and more romantic, shaded as it
was by the umbrage of the lores!, broken
here aud there by the patches cleared many
years before by the Aborigiuiea for the
raising of Indian corn and beans. Such, I
imagine, must have beeu the appearance cf
Oldtown to the eye of the pioneer.
OLDTOWN.
This Is the name by which the
flue body of land on Tionesta creek three
miles above Tionesta is designated and
known. Was it ever a town? if so, when ?
are questions that naturally arise. After
these two queries are answered the Inquir
ing mind goes further and hopes to kuow
what kind of a town it was who lived
there? what is its history? who gave
it the name? These various inquiries I
shall endeavor to answer as well as I am
able, having In the past giveu the subject
some attention.
What is known as Oldtown was an early
Indian settlemeat, or village. The partic
ular tribe that built the village or lown,
was undoubtedly the Seneca tribe of the
great Six Nations, who bad it until about
17;n, when they were driven from their
possessions by the warlike Mouseys, who
it is said by Zeisberger and other Moravian
writers drove out the more peaceful Sune-
cae, along the upper Allegheny and held
the lands uutil 170!), wheu they alt left the
upper Allegheny In canoes, aud the hinds
came into the possession of the old rightful
owners, the Senecas, once more, who held
these lauds under their peace! ul
chief, Cornplanter, until limy became the
possession of the white man. 8j it appears
that even in the times of the Aborigiues,
the lands around her were held by a klud
of "scrambling possession." The 8enecaa
early perceived that they could not live by
wild meat alone that is by bunting aud
fishing so their legends say they adopted
agriculture the most extensively of any of
the Indian tribes.' It was not strange then
that they built Biuall towns, near fertile
and productive creek aud river fiats,
cleared so.aH patches of ground and raised
corn and beans, and bequeath to us that
most excellent dish known as tuucotasb,
which if made right is composed of two
thirds corn and the balance beans. Corn
planter by precept and example, it ia said,
encouraged the raising of these crops
hence bis name we are told. The peculiar
kind of beans which the Indians of western
Pennsylvania raised, we are informed by
Schoolcraft, are what is now known as the
Mohawk beans, which are now sold by
every seedsman. They are very prolific,
parhaps the most so of any of this class of
vegetables. The earliest white settlers
have left their testimony that the large
Oldtown flats abouuded with cleared patch
es of land which had been cleared by the
Indians, and cultivated by them ; also the
fact that the foundations of mud and stone
cabins were quite frequent at Oldtown
along the slight ' raise or bluff extending
from above where the present bridge cross
es the old mill race far down below where
the present farm housa en the place Is lo
cated. 80 the town part was ou what
would te called the first bench, while
the anoient cleared patches or corn lots
of the Indians were on the lower lands
mostly, where the ground was fertile and
mellow, perfectly adopted to the raising of
corn and lentils, the favorite agricultural
food of the Indians of N. W. Pa., as it bad
been of the Pequots, Delaware anil all the
sea coast tribes. But the Seneca saw the
smoke "in the morning breeze, aud the
white man's cottage rise above the trees."
KINGSLEY.
For in the year 1802, Ebenezer Eingsley,
who was one of the first pioueers upon the
waters of the Tionesta first came to Old-
town. He had wandered from Genesee Co.,
N. Y., came down the Allegheny on a rude
raft, with bis large family, stopping at the
month of Tionesta creek, went up the creek
as far as Oldtown, and being a hunter
more of a hunter than a farmer was not
slow in perceiving that all kinds of desir
able game abounded. As stated be first
settled at Oldtown but soon removed to
what is now called Newtown, because he
found better hunting grounds there. As a
township of this county was named in
honor of Mr. Kingsley.a few more remarks
about him may not be foreign to this a ti
de. He was a man about six feet lu height,
well proportioned, possessed of good judg
ment, but lacked education. While hospi
table he wanted no neighbors, for as soon
as neighbors came to Newtown he sold bis
clearing and moved twelve miles away to
the mouth of Blue Jay, where betook np
another place, and lived there until be
sold his right in the farm to C. J. Fox, aud
then moved to the southwest portion of
Missouri, in that wild section where the
Ozark mountnins reach up from Arkansas,
where it is said he died.
GATES.
Another of the early settlers in the upper
part of Oldtown was Henry Gates, who
came to this country and settled there in
1806. That year was a very cold one
throughout, crops were a failure, the set
tlers being obliged to dig up their seed po
tatoes to subsist on. Henry Gates came
from Centre county, and with him his son
John, aud hiB son-in-law, Authony Cour
sin, and for many years in conjunction
with the llolemans aud Hunters aupplied
the surrounding country with corn, which
gave the Tionesta settlement the name of
"Egypt." Henry Gates died and was
buried on the hillside near Oldtown, where
some of the early settlers were afterwards
buried. This grave yard in the grove can
be located today by a few small markers of
slate atone and small mounds, over which
in time trees have grown. lSut neglected as
has been said, it is a sacred spot to the rel
atives and friends of those who sleep there.
Under a leaning oak tree, according to Mr.
Wolcott, lie the remains of Henry Gates,
whose descendants ara very numerous. As
has been stated, his daughter, Elizabeth,
was married to Anthony Coursin One of the
daughters of Anthony CourMn married Jo
reph Lindsey,fathorof Hon. W. M. Lludsey,
Prest. Judge of the S7th judicial district.
Another daughter, Nancy, married Wm.
Wolcott, the father of Silas J, and William
Wolcott. Othet children of the Wol
cott branch were Catherine, who
married Daniel Noble j Eliza, married
to Lather Bennett; Sarah, married to Philo
Rarnes ; Mnlvinla, married to Joseph
lirovej Mary J,, married to Hon. C. A.
Hill; Hannah to Win. Church. Mary, an
other daughter of Henry Gates, married Jo
seph Dale In Centre Co. Their children were
John A. and Joseph G. Dale, and Susan
McClatchey, a daughter. She came to this
section with her two little boys, her bus
band having died In Centre county and she
married David Hunter, By her second
husband she had two sons. Dr. Wesley F.
Hunter aad David G. Hunter. Tti follow
ing are the names of their daughters, giv
ing their names as married: Nancy Watson,
Catherine Lynch, Margaret Brown. Of the
Wolootts, Mary wife of Rev. James Perry, a
Methodist preacher; Jane,wife of Paul Wol
cott; Sarah Forbes, wbo with her husband,
moved to Wabash, Ind , and died there.
Two sons of Henry Gates, George and Ja
cob, moved to Horkland township, near
Kiuleuton, where they lived aud died, rais
ing large and useful families. Mrs. O. A.
Hill, already referred to, tells me she well
remembers her grandfather, that the Corn
planter Indians used to come down and
trade with bim, when she was a littl girl,
and that be was good to them, so they re
garded him a friend to their race, and in
quired of his descendants, at the same time
declaring him to be a good man. Seneca,
the Roman philosopher, declared "that in
gratitude is the barest of all crimes." In
gratitude never was an Indian vice. Tbey
Were always grateful to their benefactors,
with whom they smoked th calumet, or
pipe of peace. Grateful to Peun, though
painted with red ochre and decked out in
savage pomp, of wild skins and feathers
there simple children of nature called
Penn the good Ouas, and the woods re
sounded with his praise. But there were
local Penns all over the state in the early
(TO oe conuutieu.j
TO t'l UK A t Ol.l IN ONE t.Y
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablet.
All druggists refund the money if it falls
to cure. K. W. Grove's signature is ou
each box. 25c. o25
CASTOR I A
lor Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
Bears the
Signature
WHITE PINE
Flooring, Siding,
and material for
Window Casings
. ami Inside Work.
A good supply to telect
t'rom always in stock.
Call on or addtea-.
JAS. J. LANDERS,
TIONESTA, PA.
or F. l AMSLER.
THE OLD RELIABLE
LIVERY STABLE,
OF
TIONESTA, - PENN.
S.S.CANFIEID PROPRIETOR.
Good Stock, Good Carriage and Hug
irios to lot upon the most reasonable terms,
lie will also do
JOB TIE-A-IMIIIISra-
All orders left at the Pont Office wil
receive prompt attention.
Dr. KENNEDY'S
FAVOR
TE
REMEDY
Pleasant to take,
l'owerlul to Cure,
And Welcome In
every Home.
? KIDNEY and LIVER cure.
Dr. Kcnnwlr'B Faynrlte Rmedr
Is adapted to till awn and both sexcH, ofTonllntf wt-iinm-nt
relief In all oams crumm! by Impurity of the
M(km1, such an, Kldmy, Hladdor and Liver Com
.milnfs, Constipation and wefikn'Hw iXTiillur to
voini'n. Successful fnrflfVenm. Prepared bv
ft. 0. KKWKIH 'S bO.YM, Itnudmir. . V,
$1.UU all drUKKlsu, bix buUlu J0.UU.
lennsylvania
UA1LKOAD.
BUFFALO AND ALLEGHENY VAL
LEY DIVISION.
Takinir ellect, November 27th, 1001.
No. 30 Hull'alo Express, daily
except Mil inlay 1 1:01 a. m.
No. 32 Oil City and Pittsburg
Ex ress,daily,exoopt Sunday .7:18 p.m.
Oil Cily Accommodation Sun
days only 8:08 p.m.
For Hickory, Tldioiite.Warren.KInzua,
Bradford, Olpan and the Kast :
No. 31 Olean Kxpresn, daily
except Sunday 8:43 a.m.
No. 3:t Pittsburg Express,
daily except Sunday 4:15 p. m.
Olean accommodation, Sun
days ouly 0:28 a. m.
For Time Tables and additional infor
mation consult Ticket Ar"t.
W. tV. ATTKRHUKY, J. Fi. WOOD.
Uonoral Manager. Passenger Tralllc Mgr.
GEO. II. HOYP, Uen'l Passenger Agt.
IT PAYS
TO ADVERTISE
IN THIS PAPEK
The Dal-.
In French the daisy Is culled lu Mar
guerite. It wiih the device of Margue
rite of A11J011, tintl also of Marguerite
of Valols, n niiK'h more appropriate
emblem of the hitler pi-lneews, -who
withdrew from the glitter of courts to
become n recluse, than of the ambitious
Lancasti'ititi queen of England. The
daisy is the national llower of Italy,
chosen In honor of Queen Marguerite.
In the language of (lowers it slgnllles
Innocence, peace, hope. In the age of
chivalry It was the emblem of lldcllty
and worn by knights tit tournaments In
honor of their ladyloves.
Sure, bate, Qoick.
For Liver nnd Kidneys, Thomp
son's r.arosma.
The test of tlmo is tho surest test
Common sense is t!io collective opinion
of the majority of the people. Hence
when the test of tinie and public opin
ion agree on a state of things, you may
foel 811 fe in following that opinion.
The principle obialwi in medicine as
well as In everything else. That which
the majority of the people says Is right
must he right. Therefore the certitude
of the verdict on Thompson's Barosma,
Kidney and Liver Cure. It has been
ufwI for many years by people all over
tho world. It has stood tho test of tlmo,
and has the approbation of every ono
who has ever used It. Not lu one soli
tary Instance has Thompson's Ilarfisma
failed to accomplish what is claimed for
It the absolute cure for any affection
of the liver and kidneys. Most of
human physical Ills spring from do
rnngement of those organs. Tho heart,
fhe stomach, the bladder, the nervous
system, the mind, nil answer tho dan
ger tocsin which they sound. Why do
you suffer or emlunger life with neg
lect, then, when a slight expenditure
for a time-tried remedy will put the
blood of youth In your veins again?
Xheumatlsm? Thnt Is but one result of
kidney ailment. You can and will
mnke kindling wood of your crutches
after a short cnur.in with Thompson's
Carosnm. At all druggists. 50c and tl.
A. C. UREY,
LIVERY
Feed & Sale
STABLE.
Fino Turnouts at All Times
at Reasonable Rates.
Itenr of Hold Wcaiver
TIOHESTA, PA.
Telephone X. SO.
J. C. Scottdon, Tionosla, Pa.
A SURGICAL OPERATION
is no longer necessary lor tho removal of
Stone nud Gravel Irom the Kidneys suit
Bladder, since the Ctd-cura Solvent, Dr.
David Kennedy's new medicino, quickly
dissolves and swiftly .expels Stono (Kcd
and White Gravel) thus freeing the patient
of the iufliiuimatiou aud p:iiu caused by the
presence of these lime formations. Hotter
than all, Ciil-ctira Bolvuut prevents the
formation of Stone and Gravel mid all urio
acid conditions of tho Blood. The medical
orofession hiis accepted and heartily en.
dorse tho principle upon which Dr. Ken
nedy km based his claims for Cal-cura Sol
vent. All druggists, $1.00. Write to the
Cal-cura Co., Kennedy Uow, Kingston,
N. Y., for a free trial bottle.
ARE THE BEST
THE NAME
"CAND
On the bottom of a rubber
boot or shoe insures its
quality. They have been
the BEST or fifty years, and
they are the best f-lay.
When you buy rubljcrs ask
for CANDEES and insist
upon having them.
H. CHILDS & CO.
Agents lor Western Pennsylvania,
813 Penn Avenue, PITTSBURG, PA.
PR. &UG&ST MQ8C&
OFTICIAK
Oilice 4 1i National Bank Building,
OIL CITY, PA.
Eyes examined free.
Exclusively optical.
jBn. la Franco's. -4
Safe, Quick, Reliable HeetJlato-
Rmwrlnrtontlii'r renii-illc nM nt Mi;li i.rlci'..
Curn r'inriinii'Mt. Siir.'.-wtfiilly ij-i-cl I.) hut
tiOO.000 W fii. VrU-e. U
KUluorl'V iniul. 'lolllii"l'" t.iMiU i.-i in.,..
lr. Lal'rauco, "lllul Ij.hla, V.
CAtlEE
RUBBERS
Don't
&r Suppose
There's a store in America that has more richly earned or
is more deserving of the success that's come to this Dress
Goods Department in the five years of it's store keeping
. existence. Dress Goods of right style, honest as to intrin
sic wortlv, priced reasonably. Samples by mail, sent
promptly for the asking.
Line fcte,. 25c
Material that looks like linen, has a linen finish, laun
ders nicely, but is all cotton. Cutting upvpiccc after piece
in the Cotton Dress Goods Section.
Eoliene de Chene, 25c yd.
Woven like and looking for all the world like an all
Silk Crepe de Chene. lias a iloral design in two colors.
Ground is white. Would you like samples of it.
C?K3 7TJn J TT 7M
BURDETT ORGAN
31
Suites
rt - " iJiiruiiunnlL rrif
The Hobart ?. Cable Company
Jlanu faeturera of liunlvtt Organ
St ci it tray Hall, Chicago, III.
No matter how
needn't hesitate to
for fear of results,
Results are the best
Mil li " ;
v.
them. They last longer and wear better ; their
color lasts longer;
peel.
Ask your dealer.
A'egctable Preparalionfor As
similating IlicFoodnndRcgtila
ting the 5 toinachs andBowcis of
Fromolcs Digeslion.Chcerfur
ness and Rest .Contains neither
Opnim.Morphine nor Mineral.
Hot X ar c otic .
PumfJcui Sail
jllx.SmMi AiUHf. Srrti
DiftutmalrSoia
hinlfiynen flavor
AperiVcl Remedy forConslipa
non, Sour Stomach, Diarrhoea
Worms .Convulsions ,1'evcrish
ness find Loss OF SLEEP.
Fac Simile .Signature of
new'ydhk.
EXACT COPY OF WRAPPER.
ECZEMA and PILE CURE
FREE Knowing what It was to suitor, I
I iiL-u wijj jyg yree 0j cy(f(r,(, to nny
nlllWited a positive enr for Kc.tmia, Salt
Klinnin. KryMpi'lHH, I'ilos hihI skin rtix
piiHfls. Instant rolinf. !on't Mitl't.r lonttor.
Write 1 W. WILLIAMS, -100 Manlmttuu
Avuiuui, N. Y. 10-20-04
III m H in IvMI A M M n D LI I
i
yd.
rMTlC57' An unprecedented oppor-
secure FAMOUS
AT FACTORY COST
An absolute SAVING OF $50 to each pur
chaser. 100,000 SATISFIED CUS
TOMERS are singing the praises of this
well-known organ which has been on the
market for 40 years. We have decided to
offer to the people of this state dciing this
year 10,000 ot these high-grade . ,"ns at
factory prices NO DEALER'S PROFITS.
You save this large item by purchasing direct
from the maker- 6ENO US NO MONEY
Organ will be sent free and you will be given
10 DAYS FREE TRIAL WE TRUST
YOU absolutely in this matter. After you
have thoroughly tested the instrument for
10 DAYS and find it as represented, you
can pay us $10 cash and easy monthly pay
ments until the organ is paid for. WE
CHARGE NO INTEREST. Each organ
fully warranted. If after trial you do not
find the instrument as represented, will take
it off your hands and refund freight charges
and you are in no way obligated to keep it.
As to our responsibility, we refer you to your
own banker or Bradstreet's or Dun's com
mercial agencies. This is sn opportunity
never before offered. AND REMEMBER
THAT IT IS THE BURDETT ORGAN
which you are privileged to buy on these
terms. Why not get the best No home with
out an organ can afford to overlook this offer.
Many styles in both oak and black walnut to
select from. Write us at once and complete
descriptionwillbefurnishedyoubyreturnmail.
great or how small the job. you
use .
Lucas Paints
(Tinted Gloss)
thing about
they don't blister, crack or
John Lucas & Co Philadelphia
WHUWillllf '
Mm
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have
Always Bought
Bears
Signat
In
Use
For Over
Thirty Years
TH CCNTOU IOHHH, NCW TOR OtTV.
Kit
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In 1st and 2 Mortgages on FarniB.
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