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OL. 26.
MIDDLEBURGH, SNYDER CO., PA., JULY 11, 1889.
NO. 27.
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MS of LOCAL INTEREST
;m raM'i" in the Hall Saturday
r Laura Walter of Akrou, Ohio
4,TSp. A buyer for a brand
lmmH. Inquire at this office.
L . i, ...1.1 nt and below rout at
LlMTk'er'H for the next 30 day.
Jm Snangler, Jr., of Newark,
jerser i here visiting ins
knt".
you want a good black Worsted
Guaranteed, for $7. Go to
,litian & Uetz, licaveriown, i n.
kh lame urwijji bivuu.u6
..i .raol-n with friends in Union
w
ty returned home Saturday.
mill season clone on the ISth
fclv. Tlio Post ban scored within
of 500 of the npeckled benutieR
C Seebold left on Wednesday
Cleveland and Pittsburg in the
louts of the White hewing Ma
re will be a festival at the
Lut Point chapel, for the bene-
the chapel. July 27 in the even-
in't fail to hear Porter in the fa-
character "Old Mun Rogers"
Esmeralda" next Saturday even-
livau Iuih one more man to lick
preat Kuocker-out,"Jonh Bar-
n," who will turn bin toes to
JUH1CS.
her, huh of John Moatz
tlit a hen egg to our office on
lay that measured 8 by CJ
1 in circumferenc.
I. Vh, Veteranary Surgeon
loved from McClure to Swiue
i!id will herafter be found nt
luglo Hotel.
Llling's Flying Horse or col-
rarousal is exhibiting on the
FlatH this week to the great
Jit of our Young Americans.
Is Jesse YomanH of ColumbuH,
Bradford Evans of Thonip-
kn, Pa., and Edwin Bower of
Ra, Pu., are the guests of
iitt and F. E. IJower and fuin-
w weeks ago two littlo boys by
Mie of Ikey captured an 18 inch
at the Brunch north of Mifflin-
miul sold it to a Miftlinburg an-
for Jlfttt ii vfntn. Liberal ;
!: it
1, cough, cotlln is what philoso-
term "a logical sequence."
very liublo to follow the
; hut by curing the cold with a
If Ayer'a Cherry Pectoral, the
I will be stopped and the coffin
tedeil just at present.
I inestimable value of Ayer'a
puruia as a blood-purifier
toe Known to every wife and
It corrects ivrf milnrHiou
- - p, . . V.X.
one and strength to the vital
i, and cleanses the Bystera of
ipurities. The best family
pMEST Notice. Having Bold
interest in the Btoro and
husiliPHS in Middleburirh. T
all parties having claims
me to come and get their
and those owing me will
"u.obuu seme ueiore July
J, as after that date all ac-
will be in the hands of a
V. 1. ItllOADES,
Middleburgh, Pa.
price, salesman for the Mon
kery Co., Monroe, Mich.. 1ms
unvassiug this county during
t few weeks with considerable
His trees have several ad-
joverother nurseries, among
re, firHt, they come from a
'ate ; second, they are rais-
y soil, and third, they have
r method of grafting. AVe
fHure in recommonding Mr.
0 our people, as we have
u a gentleman and his stock
Oen. Sherman aays theeleveuth
commandment is, "mind your own
business." Up to date only one
man in a million has found out that
thin injunction is in his catechism.
The Imard-walk to Franklin which
was carried away by the June flood
has nearly all been recovered and
only needs to be put in place. Let
the town council now act in the mat
ter of putting it up.
Game in this section promises to
be plenty this year. The light win
ter was favorable to rabbits, quail
and pheasants and "the woods is
full of 'em." Peer are also reported
plenty and in good condition.
J. G. Chesnutt has been too busy
since the flood to write special ad
vertisements for tho Post but we
copy one of his Lewistown ads. this
week to show our people that though
he has been silen t for some time he
is by no means dead.
Musical Colleok. The 30th Ses
sion of Six Weeks, opens Monday
evening, July 2fl, for the Teaching
of Young Ladies in Vocal and In
strumental Music. Address,
F. C. Mover, Director,
Freeburg", Pa.
For Sale. The undersigned will
sell at private sale her house and lot
situate near Kramer, Pa., lately oci
cupied by Dr. Seip. For particulars
call on or address
Mrs. Marv Laudenslaoer,
July 10, 4t. Selinsgrove, Pa.
The advertisement of the St. Elmo
Hotel, Philadelphia, appears in an
other column, and we take pleasure
in calling attention to the Houso as
first class, with liberal accommoda
tions and cheap in price. Our peo
plo stopping in Philadelphia. wjll
find in Col. Feger, the proprietor, a
typical hoste, one with whom they
will always find pleasure in meeting.
Our farmers have just gathered in
one of the most bountiful harvests
for years. The liny crop was excel
lent, but some difficulty was expe
rienced in getting it in prime condi
tion, owing to tho recent raiuy
weather. Potatoes look fine and the
corn is promising. Fruit of nil
kinds was damaged by the wet
weather and the crop will be light.
C. F. Mensch, agent for the Hnr
risburg Smuliii) 7eVc;v, tlosires
to announce to his patrons that be
sides tho gciural attraction of tho
paper every subscriber will receive a
magnificently engraved photo
graphic view of Johnstown, repre
senting the stricken city before ami
after the flood, free of charge with
each copy of the paper every week
for two months. Price five cents
per paper. For sale in Middleburgh
every Saturday afternoon.
BitiDOE Lettisos. Tho following
is a list of contracts awarded to
bridge builders by the Snyder Coun
ty Commissioners at their letting
on Monday and Tuesday, July 1st
and 2nd :
Pnxtonvlllo. ('has. Buyer. fu:v
Mflwr. Hcnrcy Doltrk-li, 671
Kuhlc.v'H, A. S. lli.lfrli h. 1144
l lHirs(lruti), V. R. Lane, CWruifu, ill., t
Dree' lVNr Kyffr. Simtmry, innj
Hoover' " i&m
llaHlnirer'H(lrou. Mt. Vernon (O.) HrUlfte Co. 1113
BowerRox' (iron) Variety Iron Work cii-ve-
lund, ()., ltti
Burns' (Iron). I'uuinplon BrltlKS Company,
Wellington, (., HMO
In Middleburgh, on June 30, 1889,
Harriet, wife of Frederick Walter,
agod fit years, 7 months and 29 days.
Mrs. Walter suffered long and pa
tiently for nearly a year when death
came to her relief. She was the be
loved mother of a family of seven
children, all of whom survive her
but one, Howard, who was killed in
the army. The living are Mary, in
termarried with J.S. Boobof Mifllin
burg, Elmira intermarried with Cal
vin Stetler, Middleburgh, Theodoro
and William of Akron, Ohio, and
Sarah and Charles of Middleburgh.
The community deeply sympathize
with the bereaved husband and chil
dren and hope that the mother's
virtues as a Christian lady will en
able her to nice t them all in a grand
reuuion in Heaven.
Houtz's famous Glen Rock Ice
cream is growing in popularity and
all who have tried it pronounce it
tho ne pint ultra in frozen dishes.
It. Guncbcrger offers extraordi
nary bargains iu Clothing, Gents'
Furnishing Goods, Ac, for the next
30 days in order to make room for
fall goods.
What's the matter with the gro
cery men who canvassed the county
a few weeks ago and offered such
extraordinary bargains to our far
mers? Strange, that men having
such extraordinary advantages over
our home merchants should be scar
ed off by a little back-woods paper
like the Post. Men who own sugar
refineries, coffee plantations, and
represent half tho inerchautile in
terests of the world should not be
bo chicken-hearted. They have gone
South. Ah, there, boys! Stay there;
or we'll give you a local with a crack
er to it.
Benjamin Steimlin's house, two
miles west of Middleburgh, in what
is known as "Doodletown," caught
fire on Suturday after noon during
the absence of the family and was
burned to the ground with all its
contents. Loss about $r00. No
insurance. It is most unfortunate
for Mr. Steimling. Everything was
burned up but the clothing they had
on their bodies and nothing is left
him but the lot on which the house
stood. A subscription is being cir
culated and we hope- the contribu
tions for the relief .f the family will
come in liberally.
John L. Sullivan andjako Kiliuin
the champion bruisers of the woild,
fought for $20,000 stakes and the
champion belt in Louisiana on Mon
day, which resulted ir tho defeat of
Kilraih in 75 rounds, during which
he was knocked down twenty-eight
times. Sullivan is agaiu King. Kil
iuin was a usurper. Kilrain is called
"Gentleman Jake" and is evidently
more of a gentleman than a tighter,
and his defeat goes to prove that a
gentleman has no business in the
'Jl-foot ring. Our sympathies were
with Kilrain, for Sullivan is a brute,
but as it required u brute to win tho
tight Sullivan is entitled to the belt
for evermore.
The Sterling Comedy Couipany
which has been reorganized with
new people and brass bund, will give
u benefit for Capt. Byan Post, G. A.
11. of Middleburgh in Seebold's Hall
on Sat unlay evening, July 1:1, when
they will produce tho beautiful
comedy of life iu North Carolina
Hills entitled "Esmeralda." The
Post donated all its "charity' fund
to tho Johnstown sufferers, and this
will afford our people an opportunity
to show their appreciation of the
Grand Army nu n's liberality and at
the same time reimburso their treas
ury. Tho company is better than
ever, and tho play will be doubly
worth the price of admission.
It is always well for u business
man to have good credit, but to do
this he should avoid using it any
more than is necessary. Practically
pay as you go is us good policy for
tho buyer as any one can see it is
for the seller. Few people realize
how much their credit costs them.
It is by far tho dearest luxury they
keep, and is what keeps more men
poor than anybody else. It is
mainly tho credit which the country
store expects to, and is, perhaps,
obliged to give that makes it a
dearer place to trade than the city
where for casual customers credit is
impossible. Much more than the
legal rate of interest is added to the
price of the article where credit is
given. In reality the honest mun
who intends to pay his debts cannot
afford to bo trusted. He is saddled
with a part of the losses of those
who oio dishonest iu addition to in
terest. It is better to borrow
money on a lump and pay interest
on it and buy only for cash, than to
buy on credit. Better still to do with
out things until money is earned to
pay for them. The grocery bill is in
thousands of homes the secret of
lack of thrifts.
Qnill-DriversbytiiBSea
The 17th Annual Excursion of
of the Pennsylvania State
Editorial Association.
On Monday morning June ii, tho
editor of the Post turned the paper
upon the tender mercies of the boys
and in company with his wife bade
our pleasant little hamlet a week's
adieu to Join the editors of Pennsyl
vania in a visit to tho Sei. Cape
May being the objective point, we
proceeded to Harrisburg and from
there to Philadelphia over the Penn
sylvania railroad. Arriving at Phil
adelphia we put up with Col. Feger,
of the St. Elmo Hotel, where liberal
provisions were made for our com
fort. The next morning at 7:30 we
proceeded to Bace Street Wharf
where the palatial steamer ' Re
public" lay to convey us to Cape
May Point. The steamer "hove
anchor" a little before 8 o'clock and
was soon steaming down the Bay,
loaded with probably the most pa
tient, forgiving and long-suffering
body of humanity that ever freight
ed a craft. After a most delightful
trip of nearly six hours we landed at
the Point and from there were con
veyed by rail to Cape May City
and then
'BHmlil the Men !
TheOmllni. til.' plrhtlftil. tin MroiiK,
V.'t bountiful axis tlx row of .linn1.
KresU a In tin- lrl.-k.lHix riilnlxiw of .liilv,
Sra lull or fool, tlix iiMiirUhcr of kinds,'
I'urifvr o( rami himI nonrl-hcr or lorn,
t'rrallnir a wl IIiiiiiI l.v lis tnv;itll.
Washing out harm mid trrMn from niHiuorv
Anil In II h inatliriiiiitli' i'lt mill Mow
(ilvlug a hint ot Unit which chuni's not."
But there was no time for com
templation. Dinner nt tho Mam
moth Stockton Hotel was waiting,
and theytrip lown the Bay having
had an effervescing effect upon
some, the Association made a bee
line for tho Hotel which we found a
magnificent structure. Everything
on the magnificent plan, and we
thought of Sam Jones when he said
I hat some fellows when they net to
Heaven tho first they will do when
looking at the Great White Throne
will be to nsk : '"How much did
that cost?" Led by this inborn
curiosity, we hunted up the propri
etor, Mr. T. F. Walton, probably
better known as "Plunger" Walton,
who informed us that tho first cost
of the house was eiyht liumlrt'il
tiouHiiml itollorn, and that he had
spent eighty thousand dollars this
spring in repairing and refurnishing
the same. It will entertain loot)
guests at a time. "Eight hundred
thousand dollars for a house" we
thought. How in thunder will he
get his money out ? We were not
long in pondering over so ponderous
a problem, for when we had wushed
and started for dinner our eyes met
tho following curd on our room
door:
THIS HOOM WITH HOAKDINll
VUH TWO, I WKKK. ITS.IK).
This evened up matters a little
and to some extent restored our ap
petite. Lost in wonder, we had al
most forgotten our jolly companions,
Messrs. Trout of the Lewistown
Free J'resa and Lesher of the Se
linsgrove Timet, uutil we found our
self sweating over a bill of fare, half
French and the balance Scandana
vian, we heard Lesher calling to the
colored waiter "Give mo the whole
scheme t" That meant "all on the
bill" we presume, uud the next seen
of Bro. Lesher he was hewing his
way through a land slide of victuals,
while Trout would look suspiciously
at a dish and then look at us appeul
ingly and remark : "Say, Taum,
what in the all-firation is thist" By
the end of the week however we be
cume familiar with our bills of faro
for probably learned more French in
that time than we ever knew before
which isn't saying much. Our ac
commodations were first-class. Good
boarding, good beds, obliging at
tendants and all for $2.50 a day.
On Thursday we were invited by
Colonel Charles K. Landis, founder
of Sea Isle City, to accept of a lunch
at his magnificent Continental Ho
tel, Col. Duffy, proprietor. The As-
sociation was conveyed to this de
lightful niul growing summer resort
by special train over tho West Jer
sey railroad. It was the first fair
glimpse we had of New Jersey as a
farming country and looking at it in
this light we thought of it as Ben
Butler said of Texas, viz : "I may
go to hell, but Texas never," and
any mau who says that New Jersey
is a delightful country, simply illus
trates w hat Talleyrand said, "men
speak to conceal their ideas." But
desolate and uniuviting as ore the
inland towns compared to ours just
so much more delightful are their
citiesat the Sea. The country is the
bitter uud the sea is the sweet.
You must tuke one with the other to
appreciate both. Sea Isle City is
one of tho most delightful places
along the coast, with probably the
finest beach in the world. The city
is clean and healthful and its people
are gcuerous. The lunch prepared
at the Continental for the Associa
tion was ono of the most stupend
ous affairs ever called by that
name. The members of the Associa-
tion, their wives, daughters, or
sweet-hearts, were directed into the
mammoth dining room where stood
a table probably one hundred feet
long, loaded to a point with every
conceivable dainty in the line of eat
ables, drinkables, and tinokablt.
The ladies were requested to take
seats at the small tables and the
gentlemen to wait tin them. It
worked like a fire-alarm: some one
remarked something about "pigs in
clover" but the rent frowned him
down. Oh, what utime ! And then
the beach. Bitttlhing with the gigan
tic waves, knocked down, rolled over
and then see the old veterans of the
Quill come up smiling as a boy on a
Sunday after-noon's bath iu tho mill
pond. The weather had been cool
up to this time, but now the sun be
gun to feel uncomfortable and we
recalled Longfellow's beautiful lines :
Tln imntliiir t'llv i-rlnl to t lie Si ii.
I mil nltit Willi In-ill ;Oh, lnvulhr on in.'!
So, the t'ltv. hot Willi llaiin-
Ot tho illlli'4sNiiii, tln K iiL wlinli'iiim.
It I'lino.- (rum the 1 1 . . i 1 1 1 u.' I'HmM ot tho ...-.
silent us itt'i'tiniH iiiv mill siiilili'ii lci'i.
A delightful return trip to the
Capo and a bauquet with music and
dancing at the Stockton and the
members of the Association retired
to sleep in their luxurious uai tei s
while the "deep sea rolled down lie
low." Friday morning was all hustle and
bustle, paying oil' bills, checking
trunks and getting ready for the re
turn trip home on a special train
over tht-West Shore railway which
left about noon and made the dis
tance to Philadelphia 81 miles in
10,", minutes, including several stops.
We returned home Saturday
morning delighted with our trip,
but at the same time realizing that
"Home, home, Hneel, Kweel, home,
Tliere'H no pluee like home.
There' no phire like home,"
Tho thanks of the Pennsylvania
State Editorial Association are duo
to J. It. Wood, Est., General Pass
enger Agent, and G. W. Boyd, Esq.,
Assistant General Passenger Agent
of the Pennsylvania Railroad, for
tho courtesy of free transportation
from our respective home stations
to Philadelphia and return; to W. F.
Russell, Esq., General Manager,
and other officers of the Cape May
and Delaware Bay Navigation Com
pany, and to Captain Lackey, of tho
Steamer Republic, for the pleasure
of our ride on that magnificent
steamer down the Delaware Bay to
Cape May Point ; to Charles K.
Landis, founder of Sea Isle City,
who entertained us so sumptously
at lunch at the Continental Hotel,
of which the rctowned host, Col.
DufTey, is proprietor ; to Mayor
Ludluw, and his council of Sea Islo
City; General Wr. J. Sewell, Vice
President of the West Jersey Rail
way, all of whom contributed so
greatly to our pleasure and comfort
on Thursday, Juno 27th ; and made
it the Red Letter day of our trip to
the Sea Shore, and to T. F. Wulton,
proprietor of the Stockton Hotel,
Cape May, whose regular rates are
from $4 to $8 per day, charged us a
rate of but ijl'2.50 per day and gave
us the best accommodations his
house contained.
Beavertows. The Fourth was
passed with little or no observance.
James, a son of John Wiand,
whilo recklessly handling a revolver
ono day last week shot himself in
tho leg above the knee. The ball
did not get far below tho surface
ond lodged about two inches from
where it entered. He was himself
ablo to get it back again.
Rev. (). E. Pfleuger has resigned
the pastorate of the Beavertown
charge and has secured a charge at
Lykens, Pa. He moved last week.
Mr. and Mrs. William Middles
warth, of East Lynn, Mo., natives of
this township, are visiting friends
here. It is tho first time tliey were
home since the Centenial.
A. H. Bowersox has been appoint
ed postmaster. The office was mov
ed on Saturday.
Mrs. James S. Smith is seriously
sick with dropsy.
Frederick Smith, of near Will
iamsport, who attained to his ma
jority in Beavertawn, is visiting his
parents. His wife ami three chil
dren accompany him.
The Lutheran Sunday school held
a children's service on Sunday eve
ning. It was well attended.
Farmers are very busy with their
harvests. Some have finished cut
ting and are hauling it into the
barns. The crop is an excellent one.
Hay has been made under great in
convenience on account of the rainy
weather.
An abundance of whortle berries
are brought from Shade mountain
by our citizens.
Two of Millard Kern's horses,
hitched to a wagon, started and ran
home from town at the top of their
speed without injuring anything,
ouo day last week. Fortunately
they did not meet any vehicle on
the road Citizen.
TitoxKi.vii.LK. The unfavorable
weather was a great drawback to
hay mak:'ig scores of tons spoiled
altogether, ami as much more great
ly damaged. Some of our fanners
are done cutting grain, others are
almost done, and still others have
just got a good start. Quite a liuiii
ber of our farmers say that wheat
will not yield us well us was expect
ed. Childrcns' Day was observed in
the St. Luke's Siind..y school lust
Sunday which was well tit tended,
addresses wel'e made liy Revs. Sfo
ver and llussinger.
Quite a number of visitors were in
town over Sunday, among whom
was the most handsome grand-pap
of Adumshui'jr.
Mrs. Laura Waller, Bolenderi
of Akron, Ohio, was the guest of her
uncle, Dr. J. C. Shuinan a few days
last week.
Isaac C. Swart z's new house is al
most ready for the slate. If funny
Dave keeps on improving as he has
tiius far, he will soon la the boss
carpenter, and Philip will have to
ask the questions.
Lizzie, the pretty daughter of our
county surveyor, who has been living
in Akron, Ohio for tho last twenty
one mouths, returned home lust
Friday evening, looking hale, hearty
and handsome as ever.
Camfokxia Jok.
West Beavek. Thinking U No
the Lowell scribo could not get the
nows of the day all together I feel
like helping him along.
West Beaver can boast of u man
that dispises to pay twenty-five cts.
for a good square meal on special
occasions. Perhaps it would have
surprised his stomach and caused
sickness.
Tho prohibitions are now drink
ing their whishey out of tin cans in
our township. Good idea.
It is reported that butter milk ice
cream has been on top at some of
the ice cream gardens iu West Bea
ver. Boys you should report if huckle
berries are plenty so wo can all take
a trip. But, bear in miud, "Six
days thou shall labor and the sov
enth, rest."
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