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VOL. 2C
MIDDLEBURGH, SNYDER CO., PA., SEPTEMBER 26, 1889.
NO. 38
jXEMS of LOOAL INTEREST
Autumn'" melancholy days are not
'r tiD.
Yhe nett legal holiday will lie
Outers are reported as being in
.,Uss condition this season, as
KtqUHlity. ami pienwui in quantity,
4,meof tho young men of Middle
mn-h are sowing their w ild oatH
railed Willi .j".
Do ot all that you ran ; spend not
,11 that vou have : believe not all
jut vou hrar ; and tell not all that
on know.
When you get ready to act up your
Lire thin fall, mix a little halt and
Linffcurand dean the mien. It will
Unit.
We Lear a great deal about labor
Morm but there aeems to bo a
Vrenter need of reforming some of
r . .. , i
hoe It'llowH who aon t woik.
The Merchants Protective Aaso-
utioo of Snyder county will meet
lilliJihVbiirgh, on Tuesday, Oct. 1.
J attendance is reciuHted.
N. T. Dcxdore, Pre
S.C. Gimus, Sec.
Mr. H. II. Leitzel, of Main street
kre birth to a pair of twins on last
ritlay and had been dangerously
k in consequence, but is now
tucwhat better, we nre glad to
i At.MUlheim Jov rn.nl.
The Granger Pic-nic at Centre
Jl wan well attended but the ex
jibits and general management were
tulure. It is estimated that 12,000
tuple were on the ground on Thure-
r.
N'rtt Tuesday is October IkI . tt lmn
Ver rind pheasants may be legally
lA. Uie open season forqunil has
en reduced to six weeks, i. e. from
v. 1 to Dec. 15. See revised trumo
in this issue.
Cajit. D. T. Khouds, Anrou Hen-
Cifcr. C. 11. Dunkelherger. Ex
riff Iieichly, Xi.r 11. Middles
trthuml Elius Minium, members
Upt. Ryan Post, O. A. It. of
nichin g!), proceeded to Fremont
.HDIlllllV evpnttlir nil.l timut oco.l
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iii. Jturiling into their order,
UhiiIs, l)illlllll'H. Ulld si-in iliunnuou
ill kinds speedily disappear when
wooii is punned by the use of
I . .
r 8 nar.SlllHirillll It imutm annul
. . V V IJUUI
a tonic alterative, tho results be
f immediate and aatisfneturv
h your druggist for it, and take
'tlier.
I heuiimtisiii is caused 1
" arm m the blood and yields
Ayern Pills, Manv
F"nl iirome and hopeless, hav
r coin nictelT cure.l hv th mo.li
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It will rnuf Itnt t
wav til I iC IV LI J
t effect the Pills mav have in
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P' ie. e predict success.
mrt elnun.l
I n KuutJBiiuy uoon.
F the poorest attended Snyder
F"j vouri held for many years,
f " wather had delayed Heed.
uu uie farmer remained at
r ,uJ worked. The business of
term wus very light-requiring
' IWO ilaVB of nnnrl tr 1.
nuieverv 1nv v 1
ii " . tuuiicuu nun-
f tuajorty for whiskey, a $30,000
" ui nobody in itwith only
-.iicourttothe term.
"orrespondent of the New York
in,! r
. r-ipress gives the follow-
ot uieiuoa oi keen
tue contents nf .
t -- - - violent iruui
''gand becoming offensive:
I .----immruu to the bottom of
;". louwiu then have new
wii.'VT" rains- The old
J,! buoyed or b-" up.
-""ii on. .-some . no o
ul throw off sUth
letntirely ew. If vou have
r 0 VliH' fiU ft i with
I - ooitom of
J. m.ea of a funnel, turn
" V iDl it ly way of the
oud von tt-;n .ii. .i
lam i. i " luul 1,16
mt0 the tnlm .;n i n .
bin , I ii iiK IU me
C.?th!p!1' 0,1,1 th water
I ,,r wiu bo thrown off.
The Pennsylvania railroad is about
to mako experiments with sixty-foot
rails. The common rail is thirty
feet long.
Go to G.C.Gutelius, Middleburgh
Pa., if you wish to see great bar
gaing in Clothing for men and boys,
He has just opened a largo new
stock of choice goods, substantial,
and latest patterns. Prices reduced
to low water-mark believing in the
old motto : quick sales and smal
profits. Ho will not allow himself
to be undersold.
Tho AVilliamsport Grit people are
not out of their trouble vet. It
seems that after Commissioner Mc
Devitt had discharged the prisoners
the post office authorities at Wash
ington investigated the matter am
ordered the district attornevtosem'
up an indictment to the court for
sending obscene litetature through
the mails. This was done at Wil
liamsport last week nnd a true bil
found by the grand jury.
The old Middleswarth homesteai'
has changed hands and J. P. Kearns
has become tho happy possessor
He purchased it at Orphans' Court
sale on Tuesday. It is the original
tract owned by old Mr. Middles
warth upon which the Honorable
Ner Midelvswarth was born. Hv all
appearance the buggy business must
contain a mint of money as this is
the third farm purchased by Mr
Kearns within the last two years
Tho season is now at hand when
hunters of all ages get their guns
and go forth to bag tho shy and se
cluded game. It is not impertinent.
therefore to advise the sportsman
not to blow down the muzzle of his
gun, not to playfully point an un
loaded weapon tit a friend, and to
take duo care that when he aims at
a linn k it be not a human being
transformed by the leaves and shad
ows of the woods into game. JUer
nal vigilenco is the price of safety on
the part of gunners.
A. New Hank kou Mnun.Kiii'uun.
A new lmilk will be established in
Middleburuh. in tho near fuhni'
The required sum. .S50.000. bus biu
secured und the stock holders will
meet in Middleburgh on the 3d of
October to effect an organization
under the title of tho "First 't inn
al Pank of Middloburirh." Hon. (i
Alfred Schoch deserves great credit
for his untiring efforts in securing
this institution, for to his endeavors
principally can be laid the success
attained.
Fine Mtsic. The following coin
plimentary notice to the Middle
burgh Hand, we clip from the Har
risburg Daily Star of September
It is a boomer and was entirely uir
expected : hence it is all the
appreciated by the boys who will no
doubt read it hero for the first time
not having been awure of the
lofty compliments paid them :
Til front nf ilia TTnruliov
last evening there was a concert
wuicn ior exquisite rendition and
harmony has not been equaled in
this fitv. fven liv (lilmrtt-u'u l.no.l
This music was furnished by the
Aiiuaiuuurgn band, oi Middleburgh
Snyder count'. Middleburgh is i
village wun noi over l.mw ponula
tion, but the music of this baud is
worthy of emulation by metropoli
tan cities and other less pretentious
piaces.
They am Commio. The Itenovu.
jffCiWsaya that an armv of black
gray and red squirrels 50.000 stroni?
has been passing southward over
our mountains and valleys for the
past three weeks. Hundreds, vea
thousands, have been slain bv the
army of huuters, who daily make
the valleya ring with vollies from
their shot guns. Samuel Garuian.
the jeweler, went up the railroad
last week and killed CO. and he re-
ports that when he got up to the
place of destination, the main body
liad "just passed linn Xiahtwatdi-
man David Werts killed 31 on Mon-
da3 Chief Burgess Fercuuson.
Judge Chestnut, O. S. Stolz and
dozens of others killed from 10 to
20 each in a single days hunt. Where
they all come from is a mystery to
the oldest inhabitant.
it. nieimnger raised in
town on Tuesday toward the open
ing of the new hunting road on 27th.
Mrs. Cockran, of Shelby ville, III,
ban invented a dish-washing ma
chine. This is only ono of the com
forts that will crown the domestic
life of the twentieth century. The
"hired girl" of that happier time will
light the kitchen fire by pressing an
electric button at the head of her
bed, grind the coffee by starting an
automatic mill, drop five cents in the
alot nnd have the eggs and the chops
sent froni the Grocers' and Butchers'
Trust, catch the rolls as they jump
off from the Bread Basket Under
ground Pneumatic Supply Train and
set the table by turning a crank.
The only irregular thing in a house
in the age of comfort by machinery
will be the cat. The cat cannot bo
regulated or kept out of the milk by
any device short of the guillotine.
Found Dead. About ten o'clock
last Monday night, while employees
of the Baker House, this place, were
attending to the horses in the stable
they found in one of the stalls lying
upon straw tho remains of Isaac
Hiles. The muu had been drinking
early in the evening, and, it is said,
had drank a lot of alcohol ami cider
mixed. It made him insanely drunk
and in this condition he was taken
by somo of his friends to the s able
and placed in the stall, a place where
he had frequently slept. When
fouud the remains were yet warm.
Dr. T. C. Thornton was brought at
once, but he pronounced till life
gone. The deceased was about 40
years of age, Coroner, Dr. G. G.
Groff held an inquest, and tho ver
dict was in accordance with tho
above points. Mr. Hiles wasa good
hearted, clever man his only fault
being occasional over indulgence in
.1 r i n k . Lnr,bttrj Jonrmil.
Hoi.L or HoNiut. The following
persons have paid their subscription
to the Post to the dates opposite
their names. Should uny niistiikes
occur in these credits or on vour i
per please notify us :
K. Hendricks,
April I, '!t0
Amos Miller,
May 1. DO
B. P. Hollenbiidi
G. L. Middleswarth
Uev. 1). P. Kline,
May 1, '1)0
S.-pt. 20, 'HO
Dec. 20, '80
Oct. I. '00
Oct. 1, '00
Sept. 15, '00
Sept. 1. 'DO
Noah Stetler,
M. M. McDowell.
W. J. Weiand.
P. F. Heigh.,
I. N. Janet,
Oct. 1, 'DO
Nov. 15, 'HD
Mrs. Joseph Smith
A. D. Kramer,
June 1, 'DO
arou Bolig,
Sept. 20, 'HD
Dec. 1, '89
Andrew Ulsh,
Henry Brown,
June 1, 'DO
Nov. 1, 'HD
N. W. Sassaman,
Edward Hummel,
Aug. 1, '89
Elon Snook,
Oct. 1, 89
Aug. 15, 'iM)
Jefferson Kern,
John Moatz,
May 20, '89
April 1, 90
E. A. Herbster,
Lowell. The farmers are not
through sowing yet on account of
the wet weather.
Bob, the "mule whacker," has
given up driving team. His team
would only take him half way up
the hills, then they would buck down
again, he would have to turn around
and take another route. He under
stands handling tho ribbons, you
bet.
Mrs. Henry Buumgurdner is lying
dangerously ill, at this writing.
Abo reports Lcwib laying in a
stock of furniture for future use a
good idea to get the cage before the
bird.
We have a man in our neighbor
hood that is mean enough to stick
bristles on a rat's tail, and sell it for
a squirrel.
John you made a good trade in
partners the last time you was out
with the butcher wagon. Don't you
think 1
Win, Krick is busy hauling lumber
for the now house he intends putting
up at McClure.
J. J. Steely is making preparations
to have a barn erected on his farm
in West Beaver.
West Beaver schools open on
Monday a week, with all first-class
Don't Stop it, Printer.
Don-! stop my pnprr. prtnti-f,
Pont tn-lke my niunn oft yrt :
You know thf tlnw n utrtnifi-iit,
And iloll.ru bnrtl to M i
But tuz t little lianl-r
I what I tnooD to do.
And acrape the dimes togctlirr.
Enough tor me and yon.
I rat. t afford to drop It ;
I nnd It iloean't pny
To do without a pM'r,
However otlit-oii mixv.
1 bate to ak my mMKliUm
To five me their on loan ;
They don't Just miy tint mean II,
Why doirt you lmvi your owu
You can't tell how we inKi It.
If It by any fate
Should happen not to rrurii ti.
Or oune a little Into.
Then all I In a hiililnil).
And thliiK go ull awry.
And. printer, H you're murtl'-.l
You know the reason h .
I cannot do without It ;
II la no uiw to try
For other people take It ;
And, printer, no mini I.
I, too, in un t ki-ep me posted,
And know what' iroliiK on.
Or feel, and tie aivoiinteit.
Afmry simpleton.
Then take It kindly, printer.
If puy be minion hut xloiv,
Kor cn-Hh In not mo plenty,
And wantM not few, o'i know,
ButT.miiHt halt my jiujht.
Cot what It iiiiiv to me ;
I'd nit In r dirk my mijiar.
An do without my ten.
So, printer, Uim't you etop it,
I'liletwyou want my frown,
Kor hrv' a yenr'n siiliscrlpllon.
And credit It. rhrlit down :
And annd the paper promptly
And reirularly on,
And Jet it brtiiK un weekiy
Ita Welcome be nlnoii.
Ed. Pcpt. It affords me pleasure
to in vrniithe public thut I. hold an
aocieV'nt Insurance policy in the
Travelers' Accident Insurance Com
pany of Hartford, Conn., issued at
the agency of Win. H. Snyder, Esq.,
of Sehnsgrove, Pa. I was injurci
by a fall which disabled me from
doing manual labor. I notified Mr
Snyder of my accident, and he at
once came, adjusted and paid th
claim. Mr. Snyder deserves much
credit for the CompnuicM he repn
sents in accident, life and tire. What
he tells you pertaining to insurant'!
is reliable. His past record shows
for itself, and his companies have
the confidence in having him adjust
and pay the losses at his agency.
Any person in need of any kind of
insurance will do well by giving Mr
Snyder n. trial before securing insur
ance elsewhere,
Yours respectfully,
A. C. Fiku.s.
Globe Mills, St-pt. IH.
iKSTitKviLLE. .u. v. waiter was
t t
in Lewisburg on business last week.
Prof. C. E. Spangler uccompuuied
the Middleburgh Band to Carlisle,
to help furnish music ut the Fire
men's parade.
Miss Alice Hassinger, 1). Herman
und wife of Musser's Valley took in
the sights at the Centre county
Graugor Picnic.
Mrs. Dr. Mohn of Laureltoii is vis
ltmg relatives and friends in this
her former home.
S-.l .1 L , 1 1
ciianes ami ncuuyier were in
c:n i ... . a i
iuiuiuum, oaiuruay evening to see
their girls.
Mrs. J. K. Snyder visited iu Cen
tre county last week.
Quite a number of our folks will
attend the Union county Fair this
week
Jas. C Smith ami wife visited
friends iu Sehnsgrove, Sunday.
F. B. Bolig and ,S. G. Biugman
were down to the river, ut Sunbury
and Shamokin Dam, Monday.
Paxtonville. Mrs. Conrad Hip-
pel and children, w ife of Sunbury's
boss photographer, spent a few days
here visiting friends und relatives.
D. It, Harner, who has been sick
for somo time, we are glad to sav is
around again.
Jacob Burner, is very sick for near
ly two weeks.
Tho cold weather during the past
week scared some of our women in
to cleaning house, setting up stoves
and tearing up things in general to
the great discomfort of the men.
ficers on Saturday evening for the
next three month. We hope it wil
continue 10 prosper under the new
administration.
A. D. Haruer,anold"Mite." from
Shamokin spent Sunday with us
He was heartly welcomed by the
Mite Society partly on account of
his hum which we knew would w
paid and partly because he is a fine
fellow anyway. His best girl lookci
remarkably pleasant.
Cl.AlllR
TnoxKi.vii.i.r. Mrs. Joseph Har
ing. (nef Beckie E. Gill,) is visiting
her many friends and relatives at
this place and vicinity. It is almost
20 years since she left lu-n. nml
adopted Elkhart, Indiana, tu her fu
Hire homo, where she resides at
present.
Next Friday, Dr. J. C. Shuinim
will have for Philadelphia, where
he will attend lectures ut the Jeffer
son Medical college diirinir this full
nnd winter.
Hunters, please don t forget to
come next Friday. Sept. 27th. und
help open the nt-w road into the
happy hunting grounds of our
fathers.
Charles P. Erb has returned from
Somerset county, and again dunces
to the tune of his mother's tea ket
tie. Charles says there is no place
like home.
Our sportsmen report small gutui
to be very scarce. But. no wonder.
There is lots of sowing to do yvt
around here. The unfavorable
weather of last week is the cause.
The pic-nic at this place last Sat
urday was reusonublv HUl'1'l'Hnt 111
Had the weather been juoro favor
able during the week, it would un
doubtedly huvo come up to expeotu
tious.
Last week James Middleswarth
Esq., and Dr. A. M. Smith ami hi
son Charley, of Adumshuri' made
trip to Winchester. Ya., to visit one
of the buttle fields upon which the
two former were enguyed in deadly
conflict with the enemy during the
late civil war. They also isitedfhe
buttle field of Aiitietam, Maryland.
We learn that thc.v cnioved their
trip immensely, but the twogri..h-d
veterans could not agree as to th
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exact location oi I lie ground upon
which they fought their part of the
buttle of the iDthof September, 1ST, I.
We also learn that little Charley en-
Joyed himself best of the three he
having found a number of bullets
and relics of the battle fields. The
little mishap at Chui leslown, W. Ya
and the bad sell by a conductor on
the Penna. Central, even failed to
mar ins pleasure. Jiut on one thin;
the 'Squire and the Dr. could ugret
Ulld tliut Whs wliere flip's, niii-i.i..!.
ill' "ilrufreil" tlin l.,..f f,. .. I,;..l. I.,'.
iosi ins omeial stripes and hud to
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nn-j, inn, iuu ruiiHs ns a rear private
Caluoknia JoK.
10th Sale of Illinois Horses
AT
Middleburgh, Pa., October 1, 1HD,
No. I. Team of liluck KeldlniM. n yeurn old
welKU ZdM. line Hty le und action. They ure very
,..-,., ' ' " o ll'll , UOIIIIIIT,,
No. U. Hark Uiy horse'Kohert It." I vcurxold,
weltflMl-m. A l'eaeork." worth Wi'-liiif, llm
Hlhule und double driver.
No. :. Team of Morrel inures, Sand l Years old,
welch if.tHO. OinmI alyle and iti tlou. Very pret.
ty team.
No 1. -Lot tn I'." iay mure, 4 veurn old,
weicna i.ouo, wynsti. pretty, anil very fast
Hoinethlmr that will loner .1 minutes, llttelie
KliiKh' or double.
No. .1. I.luht bay mare, 4 veiim old, weighs
" i'm'uj Hiuuiiii, uiirfies any witere.
No. ft. Orey "llan." Klne veldlnir. 4 vi-..ru,.l,l
welli 1.050. line stile und uetlon, hltehes unv-
w iiere.
No. 7. Fine Imv team of chestnut ni-Htiv- m
u pli l me. nnd T years old. welch 4.1a m. hltrh
liny where.
.io. s. "ritira i.. nark imv in .n. nr
on, noiyus i.ira, ii very last mare, ifi-nlle, und
nt'ii ui.iKi'ii miicie ituu iiuuiiie.
No. 1). "Murk's" team of man. i wii- ,,l,l
welch a.imo, C'hnI ilrlvern. Hlncle anil double, a
very liii y Utile leum, ood ucilon.
No. 10. Park Mirrel mare, ft veara old. welcha
t.uvi, kixhI ty I" und net iuu, hitches uny where.
No. II. Klne team of Ilurk bav innn.s l i,.rw
old, welih 4..MN), line Htyle und action. This Is
iicyoiui a oouiii uie uiiest team wo ever bronchi
Kiuit. They are u plclure.
No. 111. hurley F." llav hoiMe. 4 wi,ii,i,i
W eichH 1 ,S . cihhI Ht vle und act Ion. :i lino sIhl.i,,
und double driver.
No. 1,1. Il:iy horses veain old. w.-li-hs in
(food sincle und double drher. line Htvle uiul ue.
Hun ; u ery pretty bay.
No, II. Iron irri-v Inure, a vears olil u..l,.l,-
l.lffl. a very prelly tfiey. cHd'.si.Me uiul action,
works uny where.
No. III. IlitVhoise.ll eaii old. iv.'lirlis nm
L'mHlKijle mid uctlon, line Much und double
driver.
'rillslslhelllii.stc.il -lii.nl or hors.. u !, ..
yet Hhlpped and we feel proud of them. 'I hey
nio uitmu in. wiu n iisiancion House StahleHou
Friday. Mniii ihIht sit. nml wn i-oriiiiiiiv inviiu
) on to foiue und eo Iheiu us repru.seuled.
Peach Growers.
it'NIATA PAIIMKIIS TO AllAMIioN OH Aft
AND BAISK rill'IT.
Ail article in the Philadelphia
lit conl says : "About seven years
ago Smith brot hers, John K. Jami
son and a few others were pioneers
in the peach business in thisscction,
and were thought to be "cranks" on
the subject. Today as the iKlu
waro regcon is being denned of it
orchards by disease and ours are
flourished-neither fruit nor tree
affected they are looked upon as
benefactors. Within a small radius
here there are not fewer than "JiNl, .
000 trees, many of them bearing, and
the fruit is being shipped bv the
carload to all points of the compass.
Such fruit, too, it is doubted if Del
aware ever raised iu its palmiest
days. It is large, nicely shaped
finely flavored, firm iu flesh and
and handsomely blushed, all of
which makes a fruit every way at
tractive and valuable. A dealer
said today : "Juniata pouches now
stand at the head of the market."
Large orchards are being planted
every fall and spring, and soon our
farmers will abandon the culture of
cereals altogether, except along the
river and streams. The miiltiiIui-
thiug about the business is that the
land best adapted for the growing
of peaches has hitherto been con
sidered of least value, in fact, much
of it was left iu common until its
adaptability was discovered. Hun
dreds of ucres of it, two or three
years ago could have been bought
for a trill e. It bus advanced in
prioe, of course, but, can be bought ,
for from f 10 to $20 an acre, owing
to the location and nearness to ship
ping point. Many parties are here
now buying the fruit as well as look
ing for lands to purchase.
Signs of a Hard Winter.
"We are going to have an eailv
full and it long, cold, hind winter.''
remurked a farmer on Saturday.
"How do you limine that out" he
Wus asked.
"In the lirst place," the farmer re
plied, "just try the skin of your
fruit, i ou w ill find your annlcs and
peaches and grapes, and all your
fruit, for that matter, which is home
grown, with a thicker and tougher
skin than you have seen for several
years. This is one of the indications.
That is the way nature takes care of
her products. Lust winter apples
and other fruits were so thin-skinned
and tender that it is hard to gather
them without bruising them, if you
will remember, and we had a mild
winter.
Corn is another of nature's siiru
boards. The ears this vear are nro
tected by thickerand stronger husks
than I have ever seen before for
years, und talking with farmers from
different parts of the country I find
it tho same way. Wheat and rye
straw are much tougher, buy i
wilier uud seed pods uro better nro
tected than usuul. These nre ull old
farmer's signs, and they are good
ones, because they don't come from
any moon-planting superstitions, but
from actual observation year after
yeur by a class of men whoso inter
ests he in keeping close watch on all
of nature's moods. Then another
sign of a hard winter is the heavv
crop of corn or wheat. You can just
put it down that whenever there is
an unusually heavy grain crop there
is going to be a hard winter."
MAHB1ED.
McClure. Sept. 10th. bv Itev. J
M. Stover. Mr. Nudum It. Stimelv
of Wagner Station, uud Miss Sarah
0. Kahley of McClure, Pa.
Sent. 15. at the residence of Philin
Manbeck, near Adanisburg, by j. O.
M. Swengel, Nathan L. Manbeck
to Miss Carrie K. Yet tor, both of
West Beaver twp.
Mrs. K. C. Auruiul has just receiv
ed a superior line of fall millinery
and fancy goods comprising every
thing useful and beautiful to hats,
bonnets, ribbons, feathers, orna
ments, Ac.
teachers. TJ. No. '
The Mite Society elected uew of
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