S l' lv M1DDLECUHGII, SNYDER CO., PA., NOVEMBER 29, 1888 NO. 48. I yN" country. il Chesnutt's New Winter, p3. very menu nun always take f cent. n of business in not always a mm man. b waits for dead men's shoes ave to go barefoot. kesty in best policy, but policy jways bent honesty. Icr to begin tho world without to than end it without A dollar. I. Simonton of Mifllinburg iH best of her brother, Dr. Barber. Gabriel Heaver in still lim ing on a bed of sickness with hopes of recovery. Middleburgh hunting party bed hist Friday with a three- buck, which wan shot by Francis. is Minium has purchased the nniyer property on thu French on the west side of tho street H,. ruiuent will pull a wise man to the level of a fool, but it raises a fool up to the plane of k man. night Swineford died this j-sday) morning, aged years, knths. and 18 days. Funeral Sunday morning at 10 o'clock, i lew schedule went into effect be, S. A; L. Railroad Monday Bug and light changes were on the running of trains which ie seen by the corrected time in this issue. lood tells." We may not be able use royal and noble blood into 's veins ; but we can do better i i expel from them, all impure poisonous humors by tho use of Js Sarsaparilla. Pure blood is lest kind of royal blood. b Philadelphia Record says : "A I observer of our politics says Mho temperance movement lias ue a tight against the saloon, ml of alight against drunken- Tin root of the evil lies in the who drinks, not in the cup of m lie drinks, nor m the ware Je win; re whiskey is stored." bshcls of postal cards are being plcd from the mails at the post fs and returned to the writers, mnt of having dunning mes- written upon them. "The ie,'' hays a post-master, "seems Je ignorant of the new law in re to this mutter, which was ap- f i d by the President, June 18. he Superior Court of Massachu- ti lias just rendered an interest lecision to the effect that tolmc Id to smokers cannot be consid a drug. This conclusion is tlchs right. Rut smokers would lad to know what a good deal o tobacco" sold to them reallv is. nips it's a garden vegetable. Bi Saturday last Capt. Win. II. hug was aiTCi.tcd at his home J'rccinont by constable S. W, t of Washington township. Mrs .v Noll, one of the heirs of I. ":ise estate, had sworn the warrant. Tho constable '1 Mr. Harding on a bed of sick h winch lie hud occupied seven l's. His complaint is fistula am' kxpresses his opinion that he wil It rise again. noli of the game and fish of our "try is taken out by hunters it other parts. Hunters from 'I'hin, Berks, Lancaster, Nor ul'crlund and other distant ..:.. i i .... men nave itecn visiting our inituiiis for tho last ten years, "dp to thin out the game am pulate our woods of it. Tho po may be said as regards our K streams foreign fishermen i'u m largo parties and camp for ks. e have seen Centre count v kfor sale in tho Wilkobbarro I'ket. Parties should not bo al dtodo this it is against tho . . e., carrying trout out of the lty to be Bold. Centre J fall Re ier. A two-inch snow greeted our peo ple on Monday morning. All those heating and itching hu mors of the scalp, ho troublesome to mauy persous, we effectually cured y the use of Ayer's Hair igor. If not attended to in time, thcHo dis ease are very liable to result in loss of the hair. Tho Freeburg Courier says : Jere. Crouse, Fisq., of Middleburgh, rep resented the county of Snyder as one of the return judges to count the vote polled in this Congressional district at Lcwistown, on Tuesday of last week. Mr. Crouse was hon ored by being elected president of the board, a courtesy due him as a gen tleman of largo experienced in poh ticial affairs, excellent judgement, and business capacity which is rec ognized by every man with whom he comes in contact. If the average editor were possess ed with a spirit of revenge instead of the opposite he could give many a one aw ay very badly, who moves a- w ay and sueaks off without paying Ins paper. It is just wliat slioulil lo done, and every other creditor who is "stuck" should publish a card of exposure, and a number of copies of the paper should be distributed in the neighborhood where tho abscon ding creditor moves. The Adamsburg hunting party re turned Satin day after a week's camp in the Seven Mountains. One fawn was shot winch lut tlie dust under the unerring aim of our old friend Bob Middlcswarth.' We elsewhere publish an article from the Philadel phin Time of Monday on the ex perience of the Philadelphia hunters who had accompanied "our boys" to the woods, which gives the most conclusive evidence that not all newspaper liars and some other liars are residents of Snyder coun ty. The (lentri' Co. Ih inocnit pub lished at Spring Mills, Pa..T. Ben ton Ulrich, editor, is in tho hands of its creditors. Mr. I'lrich's editorial enterprise was an unfortunate ven ture. With no knowledge of the mechanical part of the business and no ability as an editor, he sallied fourth with a light heart and a thin pair of breeches, seeing only sunshine in the future and free railroad pass- es and complementary tickets to snide shows littering his pathway. He soon learned that the editoral bed of roses was a delusion, and Ik turns up in tho same dilemma that the ooy (ini w no tickled tho mules hind legs with a straw. Thu Legislature of Pennsylvania just elected will this winter again have iieiore it and no iouit pass tho bill submitting to the vote of tin people, the Constitutional Amend ment prohibiting the manufactiin and sale of liquors as a hcvoragt The Amendment must lirstpass two consecutive legislatures before be ing submitted to the people for rat itication. It passed tho last Legis lature and will in all probability be passed again this winter, though if so it will not be for anything the Prohibitionists have done to ad vanco it. In many districts thev ran candidates for the Lcgislutur against members who had voted for the Amendment. It' the bill shouh fail this w inter it will be killudfor some years. Matiumomai. Makke'J'. The follow ing marriage licenses have been granted by the clerk of the Orphans Court of Snydei unty during the last week : J John SchatVer, i Kate A. Snyder, n M. Leonard, ) Jennie (Iross, $ Jacob Frock. Perry twp, Kiehllcid Adamsburg New Berlin. ( F.nima Yerger, Jackson twp, (Joseph Page, Mt. Pleasant Mills, ( Alice Kemrer, Shadel J J. B. Frymoyor, (Kate A.Yildt, S Hughlen K. Buyer, Cora G. Sholly, Allen S. Row, ) Minerva Sholly, Oriental, Salem kreumer Salem lv reamer tJ. P. Bradish, Buffalo, N. Y, ) Florence Murphy, Hartlaud " Prof. Johnson, Superintendent of the Union county Public Schools is among the most practical instructors in central Pennsylvania. Jacob F. Spocht writes us from ardee that tho fellow who had in formed us that he (Specht) had shot twice at a bear at 15 paces and miss ed him was an "iiifuriicll liar." He shot only one shot and now wishes that the fellow who told us had to eat half of the bear as he lays about 150 yards from where he had shot lim. Specht is a good shot and we could hardly believe it when wo leard it. Roll ok Hoxor. Tho following persons have paid their subscription to tho Post to the dates opposite their names. Should any mistakes occur in these credits or on your pa per please notify us : P. L. Ritter, Nov. 15. '88 Dr. A. M. Smith, Dec. 1, 8".t J. F. Reichenbach, Dec. 1. '88 Jacob Peters, Dec. 1. Sit D. M. Baker, Dec. 1. ' Wm. Ritter, Nov. 1, '88 Frank Bubb, Aug. 1, '8! W. L. Sainpsel, Dec. 1, '88 A. L. Hackon berry, May 1, s7 O. W. Snyder, Dec. 1, V.i S. F. Deibert. May 1, '8!) John Wetzel, Jan. l,'8'.l At ono time the ShorifVof Cumber- and county received forty five cents per day for boarding vagrants. Next year, according to the order of the court, the Sheriff will receive but nine cents per day for caeh vagrant. Feed the professional t ramp 0:1 bread and water ami wind, and he will not so often seek admission to the coun ty jails. And when as a thief, ho forrages fur supplies, it might be in accordance with the eternal fitness of things to give him the contents of hhot gun. Pirate on the ocean are the common enemies of mankind. What are land pirates ? I lie case ot Jiowen, ct. al., r Culp, et. al., tried at Middleburgh about a year ago in which Samuel Bowon, et. al., recovered a verdict of some 1,80(1 against Culp, et. al., has been reversed by the Supremo Court. The reversal being on the ground that he (Bowen)had never been debarred from cutting on tin Bowersox tract, but only from out- ting on the James Hepburn tract. This is an unfortunate t urn of things for our friend Bowen and does not seem equitable, as the writ of cstrep- ment issued by Culp, et. al., clearly hud the elteet ot causing .Mr. lioweii to discontinue operations on tin Bowersox tract and thereby sustain ed heavy losses. 1 he decision was more technical than equitable. Judge Mcpherson, at Lebanon, on Tuesday of last week, handed down an important decision, in which he leclares a part, at least, of the Brooks high license law unconstitu tional. Jacob Doll, a citizen of Lebanon, not a hotel keeper and not engaged in the liquor business, hud dispensed liquor to his friends in his own house on several occasions on Sunday, with hospitable intent. and for this ho was arrested and tried under that section of the law which forbids the selling or giving away of liquors by any person. A special verdict was taken, and in entering judgement thereon for the defeiideut the opinion was deliver ed. The judge says that the sweeping language of the act extends to all persons within the commonwealth, whether or not they may be engaged in the side of intoxicating liquors, and makes it a criminal offense for any citizen in his own home to give to a friend, or even a member of his own lumuy, a glass ot w mo or beer on tho first day of the week. On the ground, however, that no notice of such an intention is given in the title of tho act, and that to place such a construction upon it would bo to make tho title misleading, the court decided that so much of paragraph 17 us forbids a person who is not a Heller of liquor to give intoxicating drink to auy other person on the Sabbath is in conflict with the const i tutiou, and is therefore void. INSTITUTE NOTES PRACTICAL PARAGRAPHS POINTLDLY PUT. A welcome visitor Prof. Johnson. Journals arc well represented at this Institute. History lessons given at Bolomler's, slow but sure. Prof. Herman allows long five min utes to his lecturers. Did Dr. Home tell you he repre sents the National JCducatorl Who came out best in the Oram- mar contest, Johnson or Wonder. We ar going to have a reading circle in Snyder county. If it does not collapse. The Washington House has some fifty boarders this week. Thev raise alleluia h some nights. Orcgory is commander-in-chief of the teachers at tin Washington House. Potter Major (lencral. "You fellows please leave:" The Aoknt. (endorsed by Hummel.) Judging from "looks of things" Middleburgh as w ill as ",' mhiti" Miikrth n full num. Snyder county has (his year oil representation at Middlchui'Kh of her teachers. You need not worry. Prof. Nor tling. teachers come here to listen and We will not explode. Who entered the parlor at Boleii ders' without a collar on and why? Tho answer to the tirst is reinforce ments. Institute is exceptionally well at tended this week, and promises to be a most interesting and lenefieial session""" Fun is fun. But we fail to see the fun. Some of the guests at one of the hotels seem to think this is much pleasuro in going in a room and using profanity. "Where great men differ, small men take their choice. e teachers cer tainly can enjoy that privilege at this Institute. Our instructors do not al ways agree and we must take our choice-. It appears as though an individual should at least be sober to teach young ideas how to shoot. That is, if the pupil is expected to shoot any wavs near the murk ot common decency. I'r. A. K. Ilorne ol .Mlelitown is here this week drilling our teachers, lie is a Doctor of Divinity, editor of the National lthit'ntii practical chemist. Institute Lecturer, School director and looks like (icii. I'. S (Slant. Institute opened Monday at - P. M. and I'd teachers answered to the first roll call. By Wednesday morn ing 112 out of the lit teachers of the county were present. This is an unusual attendance. Tho commit tee appointed to keep the hotel quiet have hands full. Their authority is disputed. It is claimed that they have no siiperin telidency over "agents, NeVelthe less.with reinforcements of six, the parlor was vacated on Tuesday night or probably Wednesday morn ing. Wast:i : A good brass band at the hotel. A collar by Wonder. Shoe-strings by Walter. Sleep by Johnson. Youth by Dr. Home. Some body to awaken me every half hour and inform me "who are toiling upward in the night.'' House. Tom Kessler of Shamokin Dam, tho champion wing shot of Snyder county, spent a few days in Middle burgh this week representing J. B. Reed'H gun store of Sunbury. Tom offers extraordinary bargains in shooting irons and has been success ful in disposing of quite a number of guns. From tlm riillnili'lplilii Tlmi'M. Back Frcm tha Wilds. Five weary-looking men, as heav ily armed as Arizona editors, came out of the Broad Street Station in the chilly wind and gray gloom of yesterday morning. They were Speaker Henry K. Boyer, Senator Boise Penrose, Dr. Walter Penrose, Magistrate Israel W. Durham and young Joe Kerr, a son of Real Es tate Assessor Kerr. They had been on a week's trip up in the wilds of Snyder county, looking for deer to shoot down. They were the guests of Legislator Aaron S. Hclfrich, of Adamsburg, the member from Sny der, who had invited Speaker Boyer to bring some friends and go on a leer-stalking expedition. The hunters had hunted all week when they discovered a fat Snyder county buck and after a thrilling battle shot him down in his tracks as he was about to leap across a yawning chasm and escape. The buck had almost passed through the cauii unmolested whein Judge Dur ham, who had been to O'Brien's circus in his boyhood davs at Seven teenth ami South streets, recognized the arrival as a deer, and in the ex citement gave chase with an axe. Then thu deer took his turn and chased the Judge, but the other hunters interfered with their guns. and in the buttle that followed slew the rash buck after the Magistrate had tried to brain him with the ae. Speaker Boyer brought buck a horn to prove that it was a deer they killed. They said they knew Select Councilman Sum Housemun would be mad because they failed to carry back the who'" deer, ! ;;!,. vplaincd that it had lrtn v ' t a royal dinner which Mi" Ki&fVh bad civ en them before W'viini Hi., dor coun ty. Bui no e Lkttisu -(In Friday aft er lioon the Boards of Commissioners of Juniata mid Snyder counties met by arrangement in joint session at the Public House of J. 15. Yanllorii, 111 Kicllln Id, lor Hie purpose 01 opening bids and letting of new bridge across MahautoiiKo Crock between .luniatu and Snyder coun ties, at or near resilience of Mrs. ShealVer. All of the members of both boards were present. to wit : .1. H. Cunningham, Francis Ifower and Absolom Bice, of Juniata, and S. B. Walter, Daniel Beaver and S. II. Striiub, of Snyder By general agreement, J. II. Cnnninuliaui. of the Juniata Board, presided, and Win. M. Allison, Attorney for .In niata county, acted as secretary. At 1::J0 the several bids were opened and found to be as follows : Isaac Messner, Dauphin county, Ssr,."i ; (. W. Keefer. Sunbury, s:i5 : V.. D. Messner, Dauphin county, SiMI." : (without naine), !'.tsj ; ). Sheaf for. Oriental. S'.iss ; William (iood, .!'.ii : L. (i. Marks. SI.Ol'. : (i. W. Smith. Millliutown, .1,17.. Isaac Messner, of Dauphin county, being the lowest bidder, had the contract allotted to him. which he promptly I accepted, entered into an agreement to have the same constructed wi!h- in sixty days thereafter, and guvo a j bond for the faithful execution of the contract, w ith F. (!. ShealVer. of j Oriental, as security, which was up ; proved liy I he join i ioar.s, iciore the exeellt ion of the ii'ceineiit and bond, however, the specification us to the height of the bridu'e was mod ified, from eight feet from low wa ter mark to the skewback, to eight feet to the chords of the bridge. After arranging as toexamination of the excavations for the abutments, when ready, and that payment of contractor should be made by Juni ata Board. Snyder's share of the cost to be liquidated after comple tion of bridge, the joint meeting ad journed. Tho travelling public in that section will soon bo accommo dated with a substantial bridge across the Mahantongo Creek, which has been long felt to bo a public ne cessity. Juniata Jfehild. TnoxM.vii.i.K.- Charles P.F.rb is on his props again. Miss Ida Bingainan and Moses F,ib are on the sick list. Mr. ami Mrs. (leorgc Hoffman of Sioux city, Iowa, are visiting rclu fives in this section. It is 152 years since they left, and Mr. H. has not been here since. Mrs. H. was here twice, the last time 18 years ago. Samuel Fuhruiau, who has been living in Kansas for the last throe or four years, turned up here List w eek. looking as though the western breeze agreed with him. Last Friday the teacher of the Trot elvillo school was compelled to dis miHs his school and send his pupils home soon after two o'clock in order to keep them from freezing to death like cisil beingjexhausted. The direc tor who is so negligent as to let mat tors to come to this, deserves to be expelled. The hunting party w ho wire camp ing in Treaster Valley. last week, re turned on Saturday with a monster doe, shot by our veteran deer-slayer. Robert Middlcswarth. It dressed fully thirty pounds. Very lit tin plowing has boon done this fall thus far. The wet weather, which delayed corn husking, is the cause. Robert Middlcswarth left here on Sunday morning for a week's hunt up at the Tunnels. He w ill join a party from Sweiigh-villc and Laurel ton. If. A. Hendricks moved into his new home last Thursday, and is now at home of course. This week the Port Ann nimrod w ill scour the Seven Mountains for doer, ami will reduce the price of venison materially--that is, if they don't take mo much grub along that il requires all their time to eat it. Sptuoa Township. Butcheri M sleighiug have begin; in ?ead earn est. A. S. Helfrieh's party who were in the mountains last week, report game scarce. II. I. Swui t. purchased a full set of scroll and bracket machinery re cently and w ill soon lie ready to do any kind of w oik. According to promise. C. F. (Jos-. tore his Vest last week, lie said he would if Harrison was elected. Do not forget the dedication of SI . Luke's I', angelical Church iiexl Sunday. Mrs. Colton, who had been sta.v ing w ith Mr. Brow u during the sum tiler, has ret ill lied to Philadelphia. Mrs. A. C. Mover together with her sister Miss Ada Kliepp, l et ill lied to Clyde, ( )hio, la-d Week. Moses Wonder and Fd. Hacked berry have returned from Michigan, where they wereduridg the la-t y nr. Mr. liiichiuaii, who arriwd from the west on Saturday, took hi father, Sain, quite bv surprise. ! A number of our cit i n-intend to lt.il... il. fiiklilnl.i tltitj .....!. Pay your taxes now , and save the ."i per cent, which w ill be added after Dec. li. The collector, . I. II. Kliepp. will bo at Adamsburg on Saturday. Dec. 1. The "Prophet" Adam thinks only one potior more i nil the change that w ill bo caused by t he mldit ion of a daugliti r to his family. M in mi: .w.u; I li. Henry II. Martin w ho w as working in Milllin county, is at home visiting his parents. (leorgc Kllhlis died la-t week, aged tin years, I mo., and bl days. Mrs. Jane Cm unban, who was i. iting at Fl mi ra. N. V., is back again. Win. .eehinan. who moved to Cherry Kun a few weiksago, is back again with "sock uu pock." A. H. Rombergcr will move to Ceiitrevillc in a few weeks in Levi Musscr's house. Henry Mutter who went to Ohio lust Spring is back again. Henry, the next time if you gal lant a girl home don't allow any go betweens. James, how would you like it f Joseph and James Shauver wore to Northumberland on business hist Saturday, Bod. ( 1 ' If
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