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MIDDLEBURGH, SNYDER CO., TA., JULY 11, 1889.
m.
NO. 27.
OOAL INTEREST
in the Hull Saturday
Walter of Akron, Ohio
g friends.
A buyer for a brand
Inquire at this oflipe.
1,1 t and below cost at
L for tho next 30 days.
ngler, Jr., of Newark,
is here visiting Ins
t a good black Worsted
Heed, for 7. Oo to
Getz, Boavertown, Pa.
Orwig, after spending
..i t . tt:....
Jb Willi irienus in umuu
Vied home Saturday.
n-ason clones on the 15th
i Pout han scored within
jf the speckled beauties
aid left on Wednesday
and Pittsburg in the
the White Sewing Ma-
be a festival at the
ait chapel, for thebene
Vel, July" 27 in the even-
jo hear Porter in the fa
rter "Old Man Rogers"
k t-, 4 1
a uexi oaiuruay even-
s one more man to lick
Eiiockcr-out,"Jonh Bar-
p will turn his toes to
bn of John Moatz
n egg to our office on
measured 8 by C
umferenc
a i ci
veieranary ourgeon
rm MeClure to 'Swine-
herafterbo found nt
kel.
Flying Horse or col
li is exhibiting on the
his week to the great
Young Americans.
omans of Columbus,
rd Evans of Thonip-
and Edwin Bower of
are the guests of
E. Bower nnd fam-
ago two little boys by
key dipt ured un 18 inch
ranch north of Mifllin-
it to a Mifllinburg nn-
ft ii cent. Liberal ;
t
i, collln is what philoso-
'a logical sequence."
liable to follow the
curing the cold with a
I Cherry Pectoral, the
topped and the coffin
list nt present.
luble value of Ayer's
as a blood-purifier
wn to every wife and
Directs irregularities,
(strength to the vital
eanseg the system of
I The best family
STOTict Havinor solrl
)Ht in the store and
fos in Middleburgh. I
rties having claims
s come and get their
Jiose owing me will
d settle before July
rt that date all ac
i in the hands of a
t D. T. RllOADEB,
i Middleburgh, Pa.
ftlesman for the Mon
Monroe, Mich., has
ig this county during
Hjks with considerable
reos have several ad
tlier nurseries, among
it, they come from a
Second, they are rais
ed third, they have
)ud of grafting. "We
recommending Mr.
people, as we have
Mleman and his stock
I
Oen. Sherman says the 'eleventh
commandment is, "mind your own
business." Up to date only one
man in a million has found out that
this injunction is in his catechism.
The board-walk to Franklin which
was carried away by the June flood
has nearly nil been recovered and
only needs to be put in place. Let
the town council now net 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." Deer arc also reported
plenty and in good condition.
J. Q. Chesnutt has been too busy
since the flood to write spocial ad
vertisements for the Post but wo
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 Colleoe. The Sfith Ses
sion of Six Weeks, opens Monday
evening, July 29, for the Teaching
of Young Ladies in Vocal and In
strumental Music. Address,
F. C. Mover, Director,
Freeburg", Pa,
Fon Sale. The undersigned will
sell nt private sale her house and lot
situate near Kramer, Pa., lately oc
cupied by Dr. Seip. For particulars
call on or address
Mrs. Mary Laudexslaoer,
July 10, 4t. Selinsgrove, Pa.
The advertisement of the St. Elmo
Hotel, Philadelphia, appears in an
other column, aud we take pleasure
in calling attention to the Houso as
first class, with liberal accommoda
tions and cheap in price. Our peo
ple stopping in Philadelphia wll
find in CoL Feger, tho proprietor, a
typical hoste, one with whom thej
will always find pleasure in meeting.
Our farmers have just gathered in
one of the most bountiful harvests
for years. The hay crop was excel
lent, but some difficulty was expe
rienced in getting it in prime condi
tion, owing to tho recent rainy
weather. Potatoes look fine nnd the
corn is promi'iing. Fruit of all
kinds was damaged by the wet
weather and the crop will be light.
C. F. Mcusch, agent for the Hur
risburg Siimhti 7iletrmn, desires
to announce to his patrons that bo
sides tho general attraction of the
paper every subscriber will receive a
magnificently engraved photo
graphic view of Johnstown, repre
senting the stricken city before and
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.
Bridge Lettinos. The following
is a list of contracts awarded to
bridge builders by the Snyder Coun
ty Commissioners at their letting
on Monday and Tuesdaj, July 1st
and 2nd :
Paxlon villi', (.'has. Boyer, tll'i
MvltfT, Ilonrcy Dcltrlcli. ail
KuMc.Vk, A. 8. Ilclfrt. h. 1144
l'btb'H(Iroii). P. K. Lane. ChUuifu, III., 7(M
Preen' rotor Kopffer. Suiitmry, 1(K
Hoover' j&m
HaHHlngcr'H (Irou). Mt. Vernon (O.) Bridge Co. 1113
Bowernox' (Iron) Variety Iron Work Cleve-
hind, O., 16M
Burn (Iron), t'liuinjUon Brldg a Company,
WelllntrUin, O., MOO
In Middleburgh, on June 30, 1889,
Harriet, wife of Frederick Walter,
agod 6(1 years, 7 months ond 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 survivo her
but one, Howard, who was killed in
the army. The living are Mary, in
termarried with J.S.'Boob of Mifllin
burg, Elmira intermarried with Cal
vin Stetler, Middleburgh, Theodore
and William of Akron, Ohio, and
Sarah and Charles of Middleburgh.
The community deeply sympathize
with the bereaved husband and chil
dren and hopo that the mother's
virtues ns a Christian lady will en
able her to mee t them all in a grand
reunion in Heaven.
Houtz's famous Glen Rock Ice
cream is crowinir in nonuhiritv and
all who have tried it pronounce it
tho we plu ultra in frozen dishes.
R. Guncberger offers extraordi
nary bargains in Clothing, Gents'
Furnishing Goods, Ike, for the noxt
30 daysinord r 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 bo scar
ed oft' by a little back-woods paper
like tho Post. Men who own sugar
refineries, coffee plantations, and
represent half tho merchautilo in
terests of tho world should not be
so 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 Steimling's house, two
miles west of Middleburgh, in what
is known as "Doodletown," caught
fire on Saturday after noon during
the absence of the family and was
burned to the ground with all its
contents. Loss about $.100. 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 tho contribu
tions for the relief f the family will
come in liberally.
John L. Sullivan and Jake Kilraiu
the champion bruisers of the woild,
fought for $20,0IM) stakes and the
champion belt in Louisiana on Mon
day, which resulted in tho defeat of
Kilraih in 7." rounds, during which
he was knocked down twenty-eight
times. Sullivan is again King. Kil
rain was a usurper. Kilrain is called
"Gentleman Jake" and is evidently
more of a gentleman than a fighter,
aud his defeat goes to prove that a
gentleman has no business in the
24-foot ring. Our sympathies were
with Kilrain, for Sullivan is a brute,
but as it required a brute to win the
light Sullivan is entitled to the belt
for evermore.
The Sterling Comedy Company
which has been re-organized with
new people and brass bund, will give
a benefit for Cnpt. Ryan Post, G. A.
R. of Middleburgh in Seebold's Hall
on Saturday evening, July 13, when
they will produce the beautiful
comedy of life in North Carolina
Hills entitled "Esmeralda." The
Post donated all its "charity'' fuud
to tho Johnstown sufferers, ami this
will alford our people an opportunity
to show their appreciation of t ho
Grand Army men's liberality and at
the same time reimburse their treas
ury. The company is better than
ever, aud the play will be doubly
worth the price of admission.
It is always well for a 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 as 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 the dearest luxury they
keep, and is what keeps more men
poor than anybody else. It is
mainly the credit which the country
store expects to, and is, perhaps,
obliged to give that makes it a
dearer placo to trade than the city
w here 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 man
who intends to pay his debts cannot
afford to be trusted. He is saddled
with a part of the losses of those
who aro dishonest in 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. Belter 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.
Ooill-DriversbytlieSea
The 17th Annual Excursion of
of the Pennsylvania State
Editorial Association.
On Monday morning Juno 21, the
editor of the Post turned tho 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- j
vania in a visit to the Sen. Cape
May being the objective point, we j
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:.10 we
proceeded to Race 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 nnd
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
un4 then
"llclmltl the tM' 1
Th opllne. the pli-ntllul. tin- truiiK.
Yet beautiful uli tin- rose of .liiiic
h'rmu Im tin- trickling ralnliow or .lulv,
Sa full or fixxl, fh imnrlilier of kliul,'
1'timnr of earth anil iionrHiicr of uivu.
I'reailiiK a wwtfl rllnmlc In lit lin-mli.
Waftlilntfout harm anil irnefMfrniniuHiniirv
Anil In lit inallii'timtlr rl'h mill Mow
oivliiK a hint of Unit which i Iiuiich nut."
But there was no time for com
teraplation. Dinner at the Mam
moth Stockton Hotel was waiting,
and thytrip down 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 wo
thought of Sam Jones when he said
that some fellows when they get to
Heaven tho first they will do when
looking at the Great White Throne
will be to ask: -"How much did
that cost?'' Led by this inborn
curiosity, wo hunted up the propri
etor, Mr. T. F. Walton, probably
better know u as ''Plunger" Walton,
who informed us that the first cost
of the house was ci'yit h itmlrt'il
thauHtttiil itolltii x, and that he had
spent eighty thousand dollars this
spring in repairing and refurnishing
the same. It will entertain UMH)
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 washed
and started for dinner our eyes met
the following card on our room
door:
THIS KOOM WITH BOAKWINli
KOH TWO, 1 WKKK. 17.1.00.
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
Fret Press and Lesher of the Se
linsgrove Times, until 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 me the whole
scheme I" That meant "all on the
bill" we presume, and the next seen
of Bi o. 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 appeal
ingly and remark : "Say, Taum,
what in the all-firation is this?" By
the end of the week however we be
came 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 nd growing summer resort
by special train over the West Jer
sey railroad. It was the first fair
glimpse wo had of New Jersey as a
farming country and looking nt it in
this light we thought of it as Ben
Butler said of Texas, viz : "I may
go to hell, but Texas never," nnd
any man who says that New Jersey
is a delightful country, simply illus
trates what Talleyrand said, "men
speak to conceal their ideas." But
desolate and uniuviting as arc the
inland towns compared to ours just
so much more delightful are their
citiesat the Sea. The country is the
bitter and the sea is the sweet.
You must take one with the other to
appreciate both. Sea Isle City is
one of the most delightful places
along the const, with probably tho
finest beach in tho world. The city
is clean and healthful And its people
are generous. The lunch prepared
at the Continental for the Associa
tion was one of the most stupend
ous affairs ever called by that
name. The members of the AssociaH
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 lino of eat
ables, drinkables, and MnokaMtn.
The ladies were requested to take
seats at the small tables and the
gentlemen to wait tni them. It
worked like a fire-alarm: some one
remarked something about "pigs in
clover" but the rest frowned him
down. Ob, what atime ! And then
the beach. Buttlhiiig with the gigan
tic waves, knocked down, rolled over
and then see the old veterans of tho
Quill come up smiling ns a boy on n
Sunday af tor-noon' bath iu the mill
pond. The weather had been cool
up to this time, but now the sun be
gan to feel uncomfortable and we
recalled Longfellow's beautiful lines :
The piililliiir Cltv crli'il to the Sen.
I Hill fullil llll Ileal ;oh, lircul In-iii inc;
So. tin' I'lt .-. hot ullh II. line
til I lie plllleASHiin, the Kit I wlnilciiine.
It I'aliiv fli nil the lii'.l Inu' .iv:itt nt llic ilccp.
Sllenl at iIii'uiiih are ninl tiiihleii nlecp.
A delightful return trip to the
Cape and a banquet with music and
dancing at (he Stockton ami the
members of the Association retired
to sleep in their luxurious quarters
while the "deep sea rolled down be
low." Friday morning was nil hustle aud
bustle, paying oil' bills, checking
trunks and getting ready for the re
turn trip homo on a special train
over tli! West Shore railway which
left about noon and made the dis
tance to PhiladelphiaSi miles iu
1(15 minutes, including several stops.
Wo returned home Saturday
morning delighted with our trip,
but at the same time realizing that
"Hume, home, aweet, hwivI, liniili'.
There'a no pluce like limnc,
There's no place like home."
Tho thanks of the Pennsylvania
State Editorial Association are due
to J. R. Wood, Esq., General Pass
enger Agent, and G. W. Boyd, Esq.,
Assistant General Passenger Agent
of the Pennsylvania Railroad, for
the courtesy of freo 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 tho Delaware Bay to
Cape May Point ; to Charles K.
Landis, founder of Sea Islo City,
who entertained us so sumptously
at lunch at tho Continental Hotel,
of which tho rcftowned host, Col.
Duffey, is proprietor ; to Mayor
Ludlaw, and his council of Sea Islo
City i General W. 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. Walton,
proprietor of the Stockton Hotel,
Cape May, whose regular rates are
from $4 to $8 per day, charged us a
rate of but 2.60 per day and gave
us the best accommodations his
house contained.
Beavertowx. The Fourth was
passed with little or no observance.
James, a son of John Wiand,
while recklessly handling a revolver
ono day last week shot himself in
the leg above the knee. The ball
did not get far below the surface
and lodged about two inches from
whero it entered. He was himself
aide to get it back again.
Rev. (). E. Plleuger has resigned
the pastorate of the Beavertown
charge and has secured a chargo at
Lykens, Pa. He moved last week.
Mr. and Mrs. William Middles
warth, of East Lynn, Mo., natives of
this township, are visiting friend-
here. It is tho first time they 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 and three chil
dren accompany him.
Tho Lutheran Sunday school held
a children's service on Sunday eve
ning. It was well attended.
Farmers are very busy with their
harvests. Nome have finished cut
ting and are hauling it into Un
burns. The crop is an excellent one.
Hay has been made under great in
convenience on account of the rainy
weather.
An abundance of whortlc 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 nt the top of their
speed without injuring anything,
ono day last week. Fortunately
they did not meet any vehicle on
tho road Citizen.
Thoxei.ville. The unfavorable
weather was a great drawback to
hay making scores of tons spoiled
altogether, and as much more great
ly damaged. Some of our farmers
are done cutting grain, others are
almost done, and still others have
just got a good start. Quite a mini
ber of our farmers say that wheat
will not yield as well us was expect
ed.
Childrens' 1 : was observed in
the St. Luke's Sunday school lust
Sunday which was well attended,
addresses were made by Kevs. Sto
ver ami Hassinger.
Quite a number of visitors were in
town over Sunday, among whom
was the most handsome grand pup
of Adamsburg.
Mrs. Laura Waller, v Uolenderi
of Akron, Ohio, was the guest of her
uncle, Dr. J. (!. Shuinau a few days
last week.
Isaac C. Swartz's new house is al
most ready for the slate. If funny
Dave keeps on improving ns he has
thus far, he will soon be the boss
carpenter, and Philip will have to
ask tho questions.
Lizzie, the pretty daughter of our
county surveyor, w ho has been living
in Akron, Ohio for tho last twenty
one months, returned home last
Friday evening, looking hale, hearty
and handsome us ever.
California Jok.
West Beavek. Thinkiug U No
the Lowell scribe could not get the
news of the day all together I feel
liko helping him along.
West Beaver can boast of a 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.
The prohibitions are now drink
ing their whishey out of tin cans iu
our township. Good idea.
It is reported that butter milk ice
cream has been on top nt some of
the ico cream gardens in West Bea
ver. Boys you should report if huckle
berries aro plenty so wo can all take
a trip. But, bear in mind, "Six
days thou shall labor and the sov
enth, rest."
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