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MIDDLEBURGH, SNYDER CO., PA., JbLY 25, 1889.
NO. 29.
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MS of LOCAL INTEREST
harness. Inquire at tuis omcc.
,1, rye whiskey nt Mark & En-
ut jl.H per gallon-
SumtiHT goods sold nt cost, nt
s-hnch's.
. i W.i4tinliu nf
Sclioch's.
lis visiting at J. H. Rhoados'.
h of Selinsgrove visited m
lelnirgh over Sunday.
lite Miirti for 3ft renin niul fine
lYn-iil shirts for lo cents,
in.lergcr's, Middleburgh.
a. 0. Alfred Schoch of this
i,a fleeted ft director of
low lmuk recently started in
iilmrg.
.ra shelf in your closet or
y with flannel, set whatever
rish to keep from the, ants on
.1 they will at once disappear,
re will he a lawn festival at
nvihV next Saturday evening,
27, under the auspices of the
Society. All invited.
I ule of the Real Estrtc of
pittrick, dee'd, will take place
funky, August 17, instead of
Buy July 27, as reported in last
1 PohT.
Vies H. Felix, son of W. II.
Lcwistown's popular furni-
eider, was married to Miss
rooks of Mifflintown, Pa., on
. Here's our hand, Charley,
more white dress patterns.
Ideml, will -closed out
4.5(1 pattern for 3.40, 4.00
V 3.0(1, 3.50 pattern for 2.50 at
Bchorh H.
iHetrick of Beavertown lias
led a new traction engine
ow nronared to knock the
iff of anything in live coun-
lireKhing wheat.
Smith and wife left on Mon-
lisit friends in South Rend,
'e presume they will he the
t Hon. J. R. Stoll, editor of
y niul Weekly Time at that
psh meeting," under tho nu-
tof the Evangelical Church
tn in Rower's drove, one
it of Middleburgh, on Sat
ugust 3d, and continue over
(lays.
V. Orw ig broke ground on
morning for tho erection of
new dwelling house on
p the Kramer property, im
y west of Hon. O.Alfred
Htore rooms.
rangers' sixteenth annual
ito Exhibition will open at
' Grove on Monday, August
done Saturday, August 31.
culrrs write to Thoni
jmiexburg, Pa.
Steuinger of Middle Creek,
Jouuty, Pa., sold an elegant
Mr. Levi Miller this week.
Wants his Pianos and
F the long term of eight
keeps them in tune. Mif-
'imet.
Jh have been releived of
" and loss of apptite bv a
Ayer's Sarsaparilla. The
medicine, by giving tone
Pth to the assimilative
h made innumerable cures
f dysiHspKia. Price $1.
a wottle.
t The undersigned will
ate salo her house and lot
r Kramer, Pa., lately oo-
it. heip. For particulars
iuresH
Marv Laudenhlaucr,
SehnBgrove, Pa.
rgaiim in Mens,,Youths'&
B'Ug, also in Straw TTna
Joom for fall stock I wili
I uex 30 days close out a
oi summer (roods nt In-
ta reduction of 25 per
G. 0. Octelics.
All Lawns and Challies sold at
cost. Sale comniencing Thursday,
July 25. At P. M. Schoch's.
The County Coiumissioners of
Pennsylvanin will hold a meeting in
Allentown on September 24, 25, and
20. A scheme to equalize taxation
will bo talked about.
Although the wheat crop in
Pennsylvania and adjacent states
may bo considered good it is prob
able that the world's crop will fall
considerably below, and n scanty of
breadstuff may be the result.
The horse-lly is the most cruel and
blood-thirsty of the entire family.
Ho is armed with tho most formid
able weapon, which consists of four
lancets, so sharp and strong that
the' penetrate leather.
Any of our readers wanting posi
tions right off on salary and expenses
paid, with an old and reliable firm
should refer at once to the adver
tisement in an other column headed
"A Chance to Make Money." 2w
An odd scene occured the other
day in two hay fields not an eighth
of a mile apart at Lancaster, Pa. In
one all work was stopped for the day
by a pouring rain, while in tho other
not a drop of rain fell nil day.
'Squire Gilbert is gaining tho rep
utation of the "Lone Fisherman of
of the Middle-crock." Ho is catch
ing quite a number of bass, whom
he lures to his deceptive bait by
quoting Shakespeare for them.
. W. R. Teller, proprietor of the
Rush House, Rellefonte, has been
returned on the charge of selling
liquor in violation of the law, and
the prosiMH'ts that he will have his
license revoked and go to jail are
very fair.
Prof. J. II. App, has resigned the
principulship of the Green Castle,
Pa., schools and accepted a call to
the superintendeney of the Ship
pensburg, Pa., schools nt a salary of
$75 per month for nine months. He
will have nine nssistant teachers.
The evil resulting from habutal
costiveness are many and serious.,
but the uso of harsh, drastic puga
tives is quite us dangerous. In
Ayer's Pills, however, the patient
has a mild but affective aperient,
superiour to all others, especially for
family use.
The store building of I. J. Gren
oble at Spring Mills burned to tho
ground on Friday of last week. Six
thousand dollars of insurance on
the same had expired just tho day
before, and there was little or no
insurance on tho property. Loss
about $10,000.
Prize lighters now-a-days have
their shoes armed with sharp spikes
on the bottom. With these spikes
the contestants stamp on each oth
er's foot. How Sullivan could have
borne the physical pain inflicted by
the steel prods, three-eights of an
inch in length, which were plunged
into his feet again and again by
Kilraiu, is something that ordinary
men cannot understand.
Onion parties are fashionable in
Nebraska. Six girls staud in a row,
while one bites a small chunk out of
an onion a young man pays ten cents
for a guess as to which ono it was.
If he guesses right, he get to kiss
the other five, but if he dosen'the is
only allowed to kiss the one that bit
the onion. This amusement is said
to be highly popular with Nebraska
young folks.
The best way to purify a room,
says a writer in the Boston Travler,
is to set a pitcher full of water in it,
and in a few hours the water will
have absorbed nearly all the respired
gasos in the apart men t, rendering
the air pure, but making the water
utterly unfit to drink. The colder
tho water, tho greater the capacity
to contain these gases. At the ordi
nary temperature a pail of water will
absorb a pint of carbonic acid gas
and several pints of ammonia. The
capacity is nearly doubled by reduc
ing the tempeture of the water to
ice. Never drink water that has
been allowed to stand in a sleeping
apartment.
Call at P.M. Schoch's store this
week for bargains in Summer goods.
W. P. Taylor, of Dover. Delaware.
agent for tho Pennsylvania Bible
Society is canvassing this section at
this tiiiio and has succeeded in dis
posing of over three hundred ItiblpH
in this county within the last three
weeks. He offers the books at as
toniHhingly low rates, and all who
are not suppled with Bibles will find
it to their advantage to order of him-
G. W. Hassinger, P. M. Schoch,
Alvin Gift nnd C. E. Greybill re
turned this week from Lewistown
where they furnished music for the
Sterling Comedy Company. They
report tho company playing before
largo houses and doing well finan
cially. Tho new members recently
added to tho troupe are a strong
support to Mr. and Mrs. Porter and
afford a stronger cast of characters
than ever appeared on the stage in
this section of tho country. We
wish them well.
Hero is a new version of the old
nursery rhyme "The cat that kill
ed tho rat, that ate the malt, that
lay in the house that Jack built :"
Down in Cuthbert the other day a
rattlesnakes frightened a cat t lint
scared a hen, that knocked a jar
from a shelf, which hit tho faucet of
a barrel of molasses, which turned
the faucet, earning the loss of n bar
rel of syrup. The snake was killed.
Thank fortune for that, or in time
that snake would have shaken the
world, if not upset the universe.
Rev. Orwig and family left on
Tuesday on a visit to friends at
Watsontown, Pa. They expect to
remain several weeks, and there will
bo no preaching in the Lutheran
church on Sunday, August 4th, the
regular appointment, but in two
weeks from that date he will preach
his annual Harvest Homo sermon.
Mr. Orwig's health is not w hat it
should bo and it is right the he takes
leave during this hot weather and
enjoy a much needed vacation.
Biishuuetiiig in Rower's grove
about ono mile west of Middleburgh,
commencing Aug. :. Preaching by
Rev. P. S. Janet, at 7:110 P. M.
Aug. 4, Preaching by Rev. R. V.
Runyon at 10, A. M. Children's
service at 1:.'10 P. M. Preaching
again nt 2:.'IOund likewise in the eve
ning. Preaching every evening during
the following week. Meeting to con
tinue over two Sundays. Refresh
ments will be served on the ground.
S. AntANn.
The bustle, after a futile resistance
to the mandates of fashion, hus at
length retired from public activity.
Sat upon as it has been for years, it
has been finally crushed by the fact
that Queen Victoria and her "set"'
have abandoned it to its fate. His
tory will record tho fact that Mrs.
Cleveland, with a foresight and
cournge worthy of her position, was
the first prominent woman to recog
nize that the bustle's day of useful
ness was past.
Brother Schoch of the Miillinburg
Telegraph is erecting a new brick
printing office that is said to be a
beauty. It is also rumored that the
people of Miillinburg will call there
for their mail in the near future.
We hope this is true, for the horse
that earns the oats should occasion
ally get some, and we can give a
pointer to Congressman Atkinson,
which is, that he will make no mis
take by endorsing the appointment
of friend Schoch for post-master at
Miillinburg.
"At one time a woman could not
walk through the streets of San
Francisco without having everv one
pause to gaze on her, and a child
was so rare that onco in a theatre in
the same city where a woman bml
taken her infant, when it began to
cry, just ns the orchestra began to
play, a man in the pit cried out,
"Stop those fiddles fund let the baby
cry. I haven't heard such n. unn,i
for ten years. The audience app
lauded this sentiment, the orchestra
stopped and the baby continuml ita
performances amid unbounded en
thusiasm.
There can be no d.nibt that coal
ashes spread under fruit trees are
very helpful, and as they show little
or no manurial value there is often
difficulty in explaining their good
effects. One way they help is to
make a mulch. Coal ashes are light,
and the fact that they have not
much mnnurnl valuo makes them nil
the better for keeping down grass,
which, depletes tho soil of the niois
tu 10 that the trees need.
The Detroit Free Press remarks
that there are pursuits more remun-
eratire than the religious ministry.
Francis F. Ford, a clergyman, gave
up his pulpit a few years ago, went
to Kansas City and embarked in the
real estate business. Ho died, leav
ing 31,000,000 and two wives, be
tween whom the court has just or
dered the property to be divided.
Had he remained in the ministry
he might have accumulated the
wives, but not the money.
In September next the monu
ments on the battlefield of Gettys
burg, marking the location of the
Pennsylvania troops will bo dedicat
ed. The honorably discharged sol
diers belonging to organizations
which have monuments to dedicate
will be furiushed with free trans
portation on the railroads nt the
expense of the State. They can re
main at Pennsylvania's greatest
battlefield one week and have privil
ege of a stop-over en route. Ad
dress the Adjutant General for the
proper blanks. Any person who
shall personate a soldier shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor and shall
be fined nnd imprisoned. See bill
in fi U in another column.
Mhh. MwitrsroRn's Body Fouxd.
Sunday's "Press" states that the
body of Mrs. Mary A. Swineford,
the sister in-law of Mr. ,V Mrs. Jas.
K. Davis, who with her daughter-in-law
Mrs. Edward Swineford,
perished in the Johnstown disaster,
having b-en passengers on the ill-
fated express train, was found. Her
remains were uncut thed on Thurs
day evening by a blast at the stone
bridge, and were identified by her
watch, breastpin and other articles.
The body of the young Mrs. Swine
ford has not yet been recovered, al
though her brother is and has been
making the most determined efforts
to find her. Tin- remains of Mrs.
Swineford have- been interred on
Prospect Hill and in the fall will be
sent to Richmond for burial.
Old Francis Rote who has been
lying on a bed of suffering ever since
his half-witted nnd passionate sou
Dave riddled his body w ith bullets,
an event that occurred about four
weeks ngo, died on last Monday at
his mountain home below Cobiiru
His shot wounds caused him much
pain and ho was nntu rally very rest
less nnd partly delirious. His family
did not seem to give his wants tho
attention he should have had nnd
one day last week he was found ly
ing on the floor whence he had fall
en from his bed, with the wounded
arm broken by the fall, and injured
otherwise. This hnd happened in
the forepart of the week and tho
last days of his life must have been
a purgatory to him nnd death enme
like a messenger of iclief. Mill
heim Journal.
The law prohibiting the killing of
a calf before it has attained the
proper nge is severe and somewhat
stringent. It provides that any per
son whq kills, or causes to be killed,
with intent to sell the meat thereof
for family use a calf less than four
weeks, or knowingly sell or has in
his possession such meat, with the
intent to sell the same for such uso
to foreign market, shall be imprison
ed not more than six months or
fined not more than $:i(H. It would
bo proper for the purchasers to look
well to this matter, nnd to exercise
the best judgement as to whether
they believe all the veal offered for
sale in our markets has attained the
sufficiant ago to make it marketable,
as well as palatable. It will be of in
terest to those who sell meats to ex
ercise care in this matter.
The Two Sinners.
Tlii'M' Was A mail. It win niilil ntie time.
Who wrnt ntrn,v In youthful prlnu-.
'nn tin- brnln krop oiml mull ho hi-nrt kii'piih-t,
Whrn Hip blmxl 1.1 a rlvir tlmr rmitilnjf rlnl ?
Ami thf bo.v will 1 Iiiivh. the uld folk.i say,
Anil a innn n hotter wlw'n hail hli day.
Tho ulnner n-foniieil anl th pn-arlicr tohl
of the pmllKal mm wtmrioni- tmrk to thr tnhl
Anil tin- t'lirlKllan pmpli' throw on tho amir
With a warmer wi huino that ti"or U-furo.
Wonitii niul honor won- hi to cotimmtnl
Ami a siKrtloiw woman avo him hor liaiul.
Ami th worM utrowoil tholr pathway with
flowers a-liooiii,
T liir. "0,ik1 Mom tho laily anil Oixl Mrixthe
ifnxini.'-
TIiotw w an n innloVn wont astray.
In the irolilon dawn of llfo'ayounir day.
sho hail moro pulsion and lioart than hoiiil,
And xh followed Mindly, whoro fund love led.
Ami loveiiniiioekeil Ix a (liinufnuis ;ii!dr.
To wonder at will hy a fair ?lrl'ttlilo.
The wntnnii repented and turned from her Mn,
Hut no dour oX'iied to let hor In.
Tho preaeher prayed that nIio intKht fx- foiylvon,
Hut. told her tii lixik for liien-y In heaven.
Kor thli II the law of earth wo know.
That tho woman d Hcorncii, while the man
may o.
A bravo man wedded her, after all.
Hut tho world xald, frownlm;. -We Mcull not
cull."
Kl.l. WiiKKi.Mi Wimix
The chute of Sunbury's dam hav
ing been wrecked in the late flood,
millions of bass, etc., got into the
canal at Northumberland, and the
other night at least :ioo anglers
crowded on the bank. A sudden
shower coming down about 75 lines
were pulled from the water sim
ultaneously nnd got snarled to
gether with their catch of eels, bass,
catfish, etc., inn hopeless tangle.
Lines had to be cut, and then fol
lowed a scramble for the dropping
fish, and a tierco row ensued. The
High Constable with a large horse
pistol Anally arrived upon the
ground and settled things. Lnris
Ittinj ( 'hronictc.
Weiout am Hfhiht.-Jfere are
some figures that may interest our
girls. They show how much a wo
man of a certain height should
weigh :
If " tei t in height, Ion pounds.
If ."(feet I ineh, l(HS pounds.
If ") feet 'i inches, ll:l pounds.
If r feet :l inches. ll! pounds.
If .r feet I inches, I'M pounds.
If .r feet .') inches, l.'iH pounds.
If ft feet 0 inches, 14 i pounds,
If ." feet 7 inches, 1,0 pounds.
If ft feet X inches, l.Vi pounds.
If ft feet '.I inches, lll:l pounds.
If ft feet III inches, lll'.l pounds,
If ft feet 11 inches, ITii pounds.
If (i feet, ISO pounds.
If 0 feet I inch, 1 HC, pounds.
Dr. Highceour State Superintend
cut of Public Instruction, has sug
gested that teachers' salaries be in
creased 'JO per cent, and that the
standard be raised accordingly.
This is n good suggestion. As
things are now, possibly most teach
ers get nil they are worth, but. men
and women would enter the pro
fession if paid well. We should like
to seo the Doctor's suggestion car
ried into effect in tho primary
schools nt least. Here is where tho
most talent and learning are requir
ed, uud, therefore, tho best salary
should be paid. Unfortunately wo
grade salaries according to the as
sumed dignity of tho grade taught.
High schools nnd grammcr schools
are looked upon as something won
derful, nnd teachers all want to get
there, partly for the salary, and
chiefly from the sentiment that such
a positiou is more dignified. All
this is very funny, of course, ns ev
ery man with two grains of sense
should know that the child mind is
the hardest to instruct. So in the
primary schools the merets tyro is
placed on tho last graduate from the
High School. Tho country districts,
especial1.', should think of what Dr.
Higbec has said, ns tho majority of
children there are small and, there
fore, should have tho best and wis
est instructors. If you want good
ability you must pay for it and
when you do pay for it insist upon
it being of good quality: If our
rurnl friends should agree to pay 20
per cent, more salary they could
get teachers with bettor certificates
and the schools would improve accordingly.
Cf.ntkkvii.i.e. Farmers say that
they never saw such an oats crop as
they have this year. Corn and io
tatoes are growing nicely, nnd the
prospects are for a good crop. It
will not be long until the wind will
blow over the oats stubbles, then
the nights will be cooler according
to tho old recoiling.
J. E. Rolig who was employ
cd at Lewistown has returned home.
Miss Kato Set-bold and Mi.ss Ella
Spangler visited in Beavertown and
vicinity, last week.
Mr. nnd Mrs. Win. Middleswarth
of East Lynn, Mo. visited friends
hero last week.
Marksman J. R. Reed of Snnbiu v
was in this vicinity last week one
day after wood cock.
The melon-colic days are here.
Cap tho huckster has them for sale.
F. E. Rolig nnd others guve tin
dwelling of J. W. Keister a new
coat of paint, which adds greatly to
its appearance.
It is a notorious fact that n cer
tain young men makes a practice of
buying w hisky for a few young boys.
It is high time to call a halt.
John Moh n and son have con
traded to saw the timber off a large
tract of land in Penns Valley nar
rows, east of Woodw ard. They will
commence operation next week.
L. A. Ranck of Lewisburg, the
popular shoe man was in tow n on
Friday. Low not only knows how
to sell foot-wear, but sells lots of
them, you bet.
L. A. Musser has been in Suuhur.v
tint hist few weeks working at ma
sonry.
Architect and builder P.O. Row
ersox, who has the contract for
building a largo dwelling house on
Chestnut ridge, was home over Sun
day. Jaines Bingman who is employed
on a lumber job at .Siiineinahoning,
was here on a visit.
Tis wonderful, the amount of ice
cream that is sold on Sat unlay eve
nings at Constable Napp's confectionary.
Lowki.I.. The boys enjoyed them
selves at the 1 lull on Saturday eve
ning in the shape of a "Ginyer
cake walk."
The fanners are still busy puling
up hay. Some began cutting oats
last week.
A. A. Romig has been appointed
post-master at Lowell. The 'Squire
is lusty enough to till the ollieo to
a T.
J.J. Mat tern reports huckleber
ries not very plenty as he only pick
ed a store box full in one day. The
size of box not mentioned.
Our blacksmith was happy, lb
got the cake in the first round.
Emanuel Peter's shanty at the
mountain was burglarized and ev
erything stolen. The party is known
and if they return the things it will
bo nil right, und if not t hey will be
dealt with according to what 'Squire
Romig says.
You can hear the "toot" of Smith
& Erb's thresher, as they are busy
threshing Heed-wheat for the far
iners in our township.
Howard Shambach ami family of
Paxtonvillo spent Sunday with his
father-in-law, W. G. Wagner.
Eli Dunn seems to be the best
judge of tho weight of cattle that
are slaughtered at the Lowell shop
of any man in town, but every time
he looses ho has got the heart not
to Oh well TJ. No.
The Wittenniyer block is ready
for the slate roof and makes a fine
appearance.
Children w ho wear spectacles are
not an uncommon sight. A well
known eastern oculist says that this
is often made necessary by the use
of baby carriages in which infants
are not properly shaded from the
sun. Many of them are uncanopied
or tlHe have some littilo arrange
ment that throws no more shade
than a butterfly's wing. An old
fashioned baby cart with a hood is
not so stylish, but it is much hotter
for the eyes of the helpless infant.
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