VOL. 25. MIDDLEBURGH, SNYDER CO., PA., JULY 10, 1888. NO. !30. if T8WN"" GQONTRY. Strength is 1orn of stuggh? ; faith of doubt ; of discord Liw nnl free dom of oppression. George Spangler of Nebraska, non of Adam Spangler of Middlehurgh, is homo on a vist. The Middlehurgh Band in funish ing the music for tho Regatta at Sunhury thii week. Spittler & Co., manufacturer of rustic chair will give chairs in ex change for hickory withs. On Sunday ft spicial over the 8. and L. Road conveyed throe car-loads of loats and boatmen to the Reogtta at Sunbury. Tlte b'ljht by gtval tun ifncbisl nntl kept Wt-rr not uttnlnM bjr mirlitrn nt(jttl: Hut, wlilktliWrciiuipiiilonH ipl. Were toiling upward la U bight." The earth and the fullness thereof wan promiHed to the seed of Jacob. It may he timely to recall that two of Jacob's sous were Benjamin nnd Levi. II. J. Or wig, who was at home during the 4th of July M eek has been given control of the railroad and express office at Madcrn, Pa. Milt, is getting to be quite un expert at the key. A. J. Crossgrove and hi men have been plying the paint brush on D. A. Kcarn'B new house for tho lust few weeks and it is now acknowledg ed the most handsome edifice in Snyder county. PYiv iltrna tfinra xva tiava fin.i fiuli- ing at Judge Smith for a subscriber V without success until Monday when Tie surrendered, handed over $1,50 rtil declared" the Post hfit's new 'dress a bait too tempting to resist. i A good many papers are transpos ing Harrison's name backwards, nnd making "No-sir-rah" out of it. Now we will take his first name the other wny, and we make "Ben-jam-in" out of it, and you bet he is going to do it. In this issue will be found a "Pennsylvania Dutch" letter. Ev cry issue will contain one from this on as long as they can be obtained. Every Presidential campaign is full of absurdities and our Solomon will enjoy himself while he "shoots folly as it flies." Tho Sunbury la Hi Ihniocrut which would not condescend to ex change with us, weekly takes advan tage of our local columns without credit. It's hiHt bright dush in jour nalism is tho stealing of our story on Judge Bucher and getting credit for it in the city dailies. We elsewhere publish a full text of the law relating to Canada this ties. Our farmar friends tell us that tho host way to destroy these pests is to keep cutting them olTev ary few weeks and they will die plants, roots and all This is an easy riddance of the nuisance. rj v . i . waiter oi Akron, uiuo, veiy I unexpectly turned up in Middlehurgh 1 ion Saturday after-noon and will re I main a week or so. The "Colonel" , Sorts a white Harrison hat. a Har "p handkerchief and is a Harrison JVian throughout. Whether ho has a "job lot of matrimonial contracts on J hand is a matter open for spoculo- tion. Altoona is sure of a boom. An ap ' propnation of $285,000 has been made by tho Pennsylvania Railroad for improvements, and ground was itaked off for a paint shop to have a rapacity of forty-eight cars and transfer pit, and to cost$150,(XK). cabinet shed and a middle divi Ion rouud house will also bo built is summer. t The next eclipse of the moon will pecur on the night of July 22, and V .... . ue moro interesting than the Pne on January last. The diameter pf the earth's shadow will be much yirgor at that time in proportion to i diumeter of the moon, dark Bling its surface more totally. It kill take place at midnight whei fht-uloon will be higher in the heuv pus, and will be visible in this sec iion. 1 iii The trial of Ryan Duubermna took place in the U. S. Court at Erie, this week. He was found guilty of forging pension papers and was sen tenced to one yeai's imprisonment in the Snyder county jail and !?10 line. To Whom It May Cosckhn. Notice is hereby given that all persons do ing an unlawful business, such as p( tiling, hawking, c, in the county after August 10th, 1888, will be pro secuted to tho full extent of the law. By Order of Merchants' Protec tive Association of Snyder county. N. T. Dundohe Pres. G. CGutkucs Sjtin July 19, 1888, 3 w. , ,M,at,V SqniMA. K. Oiflu Har.' ter have entered into a co' irtner- ship for the establishment of a Real Estate and Exchange Agency in Middlehurgh. The firm will be known as Gift & Harter, who will contract for tho sale or exchange of property, advertise, survey, and convey tittles on a percentage. Per sons having property which they desire to place on the market will receive prompt attention by ad dressing us as above stated. The person who furnishes items for a newspaper is alw ays a valuable friend to the editor. Many persons hesitate about sending personal notes to a newspaper regarding the movement of friends, lest the news paper muu should think them too anxious to see their names in print. He will think nothing of the kind, but on the contrary he is glad to get such noles. Many seeming un important items when printed are news to a large number of our rea ders. Bring in the news! A reporter can go throug the streets uud ask a hundred people, what's the news t and ninety out of them will say, "not Hing special." And yet fifty of the ninety know something which, if not found in tho next paper will as tonish them, and disappoint them more, and perhaps make them mad der than hornets. Don't bo ufraid to speak out your information. If you are going away, don't wait until you have gone and come back, but let the editor know it and thus help to make a good newsy paper. We learn from the weekly Itenerant the organ of the Eastern U. B. Book House, that Rev. M. B. Spayd, of Middleburgh has been employed as traveling agent to represent the House in the side of stock and Mer chandise, solicit subcribers for tho weekly Itenerant, and receive new Sunday School Literature . orders and tho colectionof old accounts due the House. Mr. Spayd has accepted the appointment and wo congratu late the executive committee on hcir action. Rev. Spayd is a wide awake, entei prising, christain gentle man of fine appearauce and agree able in manners. He will remain a resident of our town for the pesent, at least, and will continue to supply this charge until orther arrngments can bo made. He left on Monday morning to represent tho House at tho Williamsgove State Sunday School Assembly. Spit tier & Co., manufacturers of rustic chairs have turned out nearlv ..-.. i i i ..1 . t , ' i uiiiitiini t-iiiuin Miicr manual y j. They constantly make improvement in their work, and now use lan i t 1 legs, black walnut rockers and the best quality of hickory bowl ami withs. There is more solid comfoit in one of these chairs than in any thing else to be found between th cradle and the grave. It is the man ufacturer's opinion that no family can live hapily without a pair of them, for they llr.il On- wnuiiiti-il tplrltt. Ami srt llii' wml In ri'st. A travel-stained, foot-sore and weary tramp, with every apparent npd r,t.r.dky. moving ... ith all tho dignity of a prince, stepped into our office on Saturday morning last and after un appropriate self introduction to the editor laid the following acrostic on Harrison on our table and to our utter sur prise disappeared through tho door without asking for aid : It was I headed "Our Flag," and read : ! Iliimli fur l Iii- Slur Smntrli' llitnnt'r. Ami llif Muni)' hi I Iim Triii- unit Un- liruw : It' tx'llDiii 1'niiiil ni'wr mi 1 1 1 -r la'.'lit nur l.lti.-riv I'iuLim- : In utility Un- rliMi'. il.triiiKiiatili' Sulilli'l In lli'ulll ilhl I'ulil.'liil oil, hri'ii In m Ihi'ii' it iriillnr nr r-i Ninv iiiiHlllnr,' tlii! Mum), tnawi'inl t I 1'Yoill the most reliable sources and authority, we learn that Dr. David J. Hill, President of Bucknell University, has tendered his resig-1 nation to the board of trustees of ' the latter institution, to accept the presidency of Rochester, N. Y., with j h ave of absence to study philosophy j and institutions in Europe one year1 with expenses paid. Both the stu-i dents and citizens of the town ex ceedingly regret this move on the part of President Hill, who is not only popular among both but is widely known as tho author of many text-books and as tho youngest col lege president in tho land. Since tho president's final decision to sever his connection with Bucknell, his Alma Mater, those interested in the University are considerably agi tated over its future. Lewitthuru ( 'mmiele, Mrs. T. J. Eby lives with her hus band on a farm near Manhuntango, Juniata county. They have a three mouth old baby, and tho youngster had a terrible experience the other night. Mrs. Eby had been in the habit of putting the baby in its car riage and place it on a tree in the yard. The child also slept in the coach at night. A night or two ago Mrs. Eby heard her baby utter a ; half-suppressed cry. It was soon still, however, but later in the night the mother wus again awakened. This j time tho child continued to cry, anil Mrs. Eby took it to bed with her. The next morning tho woman was about to put the baby into the car riago again, when she was surprised to find a largo black snake coiled among tho blankets. She killed and burned the reptile. The child's neck was marked with red streaks, which indicated that the snake had coiled around the child's throat. Mrs. FJy thinks that the reptile tried to suck the milk out of the child's throat. The little one has nearly recovered, but was very sick for a few days. TIIK IIMN-CLOUI. I 1 1 -r fi"li sliimi'M fur thir-iilnif llmvi't-s. Kniiit tin' witt mill I In- siri'itii". ! iK'.tr I'lfllt ell. nil' lli'lil till' Ir.ivi t Wlii'U l.i 1. 1 In lli'ir iiimii-tlitv ilri'iimt. Kniln in v tlnc it it "luiki 11 I lie ift Mutt Wnki'll 'I'll' Hrti'i'l lili'tl1 i" i'i- nhi Wlit'ii r'M'ki-il in iv. i In Mii'lr iniillii r't dri'iixt At tln iliinriM h' mui I li" inn. I wli'l'l th" llivl 'if fin- l.itiilni: h ill Ami nlilli'ii tin' .-iv. n ii Mnt iiii'li-r; An. I n ;i.; .in l ill--.Hi-,.' in r.itn Anil Ian, 'ii it I p.i . In Hinii'li-r. Shtllii. Those v.liit have burned the mid night oil in order to arrive at smne conclusion concerning tli" hen and a half that laid an egg ami a half in a day and a half may find the follow ing a relief. It was handed in by a Jounal reader, w ho will bo held re sponsible: "A certain family in Lin coln consists of one gandfather, two grandmothers, one father-in-law, two mothuiwn-Lw, tnree mothers two fathers, two daughters, one son, one daughter-in-law, huh son-in-law, one grand-daughter, and there are only six persons in tho family." Li ami n Xeb. Journal. In pursuance to a call, the Mer chant's of Snyder County assem bled at Seebold's Hall, on the 11th, inst., and formed the "Retail Merch ant's Protective Association of Sny der County." Some :t0 attended. The following officers were elect ed for the ensuning year: N. L. Dun dore, Pres.; IraCSchoch. Vice Pres.; G. C. Gutcliiis, Sic; Adam Smith. ('or. Sec; .1. W. Uuiiklc. Tics. Board of Directors: (Jinnies Buyer, Jacob Hummel. . (J. Wagner. Win, H Beaver, V. II. Herman, and P. J Bickcl. The necessarv Committees were appointed. The Association will meet 1st. Thuesda.vs of Jan. April, July, and October. (i. C. (ii'TKi.ii's, Sec. Thomas Bower several years ago received a rare tropical plant from a friend in Washington, 1). C. The plant was nursed with great care and a short time ago began to bloom. The tlower was so rare and beautiful that it attracted general attention. Last week two boys, especially not ed for their unenviable reputation as nuisances, entered Mr. Bow er's yard by scaling the fence and tore up the plant, root ami branch, stripped the stem of it flowers and left the plant u sail wreck in the highway. The value of such a plant can only be estimated by a botanist like Mr. Bower, and was of little account in the. hands of the uncultivated and half-civilized despoilers. McCi.ukk Pa., July 17.1888. Ed. Post. We in this town are of the opinion that Editor Trout of tho Lewistowu 'Vic yVcLt has discharg ed his free-trade gun at half-cock. Tho party named in his paper of last week as connected with the painting of the Harrison Pole had nothing to do with it whatever. Every fiber of the polo is Union, it grew on Union soil and was raised by Union hands. A Union flag floats from tho top, and its name is that of defender of tho Union. It matters little what its color is just so that it'is not a"whitened sepulchre, "called Cleveland, with a rebel flag at its head. Our flag is not iii morning, but it is very probable that tho Do puty-Rovenue callector of the Lewis- town Free Press will piii a badge of crape to his red bandana after No vember, 1888. W. M. B, The time will soon be here when farmers will look around to pur chase fertilizers, and in justice to W. B. Winey, I would recommend all farmers to buy from him. The brand he sells is one of the best, by actual experience. I found his thir ty dollar fertilizer is better than Home that was suld fur ):18 and iW per ton. Sunn farmers are under the impression that I use a large amount of phosphate, but such is not the case, but what I do use is good. Most of the phosphate until u fact red in our inland towns is from I Mine gathered throughout the country that lie exposed to the ue tion of the atmosphere fur years ami consequently are nut as rich in plant food as those that are taken direct from the slaughter houses of our large cities of which Williams & Clark, manufacture their high grade fertilizer. Gko. S. Snvkkii. Thk Giikat Stkikk. Hello! Hello. there! Mr. Digestion! What's the matter with you down there? Hello! Mr. Tongue, is that you? Oh, everything is w rongtlow n here The hands in the (lastic works have "struck." The Flood Assimila tion Company havc'Vlmt down, "and tho Bilo Supply Pipe Line can't han dle their product, and it has over flown the whole region. Yes! All stock on hand in my apartments has "heated" ami "soured." I have stop ped work altogether. Can't move without assistance. Say, Mr. Ton gue, can't you send down to me a bottle or two of Dr. Pierce's Gulden Medical Discovery? Yes. That Bufllalo man's remedy. If you do, I cau ai t up at once. When the liver, stomach, or lowels are deranged, or the digestive "forces" are "on a strke," it is the best "agent" to set the wheels of nature in motion. Druggists have it. Don't haw k, haw k, ami blow, blow, disgusting everybody, but use Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy. TitoxKi.vn.i.i:. Our lug-rollers left on Monday morning for the moun tains after winking one week in har vest. James A. Wagner donned his striped pantaloons last week and Went Up to Black Oak Ridge to cut his harvest, which he reports good. Jerome has skipped the gutter leaving Jake and Harrison alone to put paris green on their potatoes un Sundays. Buys, you had better go to church. A valuaule colt of Harrison Mov er's died last week. Remember the days and dates of the Troxelville Band l-'estivid. July lit, 20, 21. Hope the boys will be literally patronized as they deserve to be. Our Tonsoiinl friend, James II, is kept very busy on Saturday evenings sandpapering the heads of our young Americans. We will have fourty-thrcc Dog ci lays. How many cat nights we will have the almanac does not say. Harrison Moyer reports his Mc cormick Binder, which he 'bought Last week while A. H. and VJf, wiirtz were wolkini' in tint Iflitlil I Swartz were working in tlneld, notli tneir pet dogs were InrTen by copperhead snakes. It is feared both will die. James and Charles Mitchell of Middlecreek Sundayed with their uncle, Nathan Fcttcrolf. Our wheat is about all garnered and our barns groan w ith the weight of an abundant harvest. Our jovial friend, Davie, is now trying to fire the engine at Wieand's stave mill. Look a little out boys for a shower of brick and iron. Isaac N. Troxell and his brido of Philipsburg spent a few days with his sister, S. D. Troxell. Well, Tom, tho ww Post is here and wo are surprised and delighted with it. Tho general verdict is that a man with tho enterprise of its edi tor (no flattery) deserves the hearty co-operation of an"appreciative pub lic. Keep it up. Tho hearts of our people are with you. Califouma Joe. Novick. All tin1 comrades of ('apt. G. W. Ryan Post, No. Uf.t. G. A. I! . are earnestly requested to attend the meeting of the Post on Fridry, July 27th, as business of importance to every soldier will be iransauteil. By order of Dwii. Rkh-iii.v. P. ('. Tiiky Nkvk.ii Fail. No. :t Fulton Market. New York City, Jan. 20, 'M : I have been using Bramlrcth's Pills fur the last ten veals. Thev are a wonderful medicine. There is nothing equal to them as Blood Purifiers and Liver Regulators But I wish tu state how remarkably they cure rheumatism, and how easi ly; f was affected by rheumatism of the legs. My business (wholesale lish dealer I naturally leads me to damp places. I was so bad I emilil not walk, and at night I still'ered fearfully; I tried Balsams, Sarsnpar illas and all kinds of tinctures, but they did me no good und I w as afraid of being a cripple. I linaly com meuced using Bramlrcth's Pills. I took two every night for ten nights, then I began to improve. Ieontinn ed taking them for f-uty days and I got entirely well. uv. whenever sick, I take Bramlrcth's Pills. They never fail. .1 . Haiuiis. Al'AMSCI Hil. - The I'o.tT made its apieareiie in i in w dress last Week and its many subscribers at this of lice feel well pleased with the change. Success to the editor. Mr. and Mrs. James Aurand of Hartletun spent Sunday at this I'h stopping with J. 1!. I'l-d,. Robert Bilger has bought a lot of W. H. Dreese. whereon he will erect a house t his fail. Irvin J. Dreese m,,l wife of I moiil. Pa., are visiting his parents. Farmers are busy hauling in their grain. Jake how about the fellow that could not haul the load of grain but turned gown the hill and upset.' Better have an old teamster. Rev. S. F. Grecnhoc and wife of West Milton are visiting friends at this place. Win. J. Price is down with rheuma tism. Applicants fur the public schools are preparing for the examination which takes place on the 21th. Re IHtrts have it that applicants are numerous. We trust that our direc tors will try their utmost as.UlfcJ' have done heretofore to iiiwa ' i t "r " M ",l roimiirf.i Communion services were held in the Lutheran church on last Sun day. Our young people ycrc rather loud on last Saturday. Buys show a little more respect for your homes. Frisk & Brooks will receive more votes at this end of the county than any other Prohibition candidate be fore. Its right, vote as your con victions tell you. Samuel F. Aurand has received a steam thresher and is now ready to go tt work. He will guarantee sat isfaction. Our citizens are glad. Adam has sold Mag. Harry Landis will tAf'U a select school on next Wednesday. The members of Mrs. D. T. RhW Sunday School class in the Union Sunday School recently made her a present of a beautiful Bible, as a token of their regard for her many christian virtues. 0 f v ' "7"
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