.1' 1 THE POST THE POST l rmphntlonlly a NKWS i'AI'KU, for the l'eopleand by thn People its col umns nf" aiys open for 111' discussion of Uples ot Interest to 1U patrons. M not tit "Orifiuv" II wears no'Tollar." II llfVlT l't(flMl it Issue, Ami ih'Vit Hold otn . tluiir.iiiti'i il clrrtilnt'n iwm NiilwcripMonii.so a )wr. lie seei sounty r uned e ii)08 ett iiu ays tli 1 Co., VOL. 27. ITEMS of LOCAL INTEREST Corn AUil out a talon ou subscrip tion for the Post. tf. The Northumberland county juil it full of prisoners. Go to G. C. Guielius for good and cheap clothing. Snyder county's Teachers' Insti tute next week. G. C. Gutciius' prices on clothing are lower tkun ever. Cull ntul hop. my $1.05 boot. W. I. Gahm vm Rev. Neff and wife uro visiting their son in Schuylkill county thin week. Miss Maggie Stoiniugor, of Hurtle ton, is visiting relatives in Middlo btirgh. Misses Mary Bratton aiul Funny Vanznntlt, of Lewistown, uro visit ing relatives in Middleburgh. Elins Minium returneil last w eek from u visit to u relative in Erie, Pa., w ho is dangerously ill. Tho County Commissioners are building u beautiful iron fence around the Court Houso yard. Misses Laura Runkle and Emma Hockman, of Centro county, are the quests of J. W. Runkle nnd family, Frits. I will pay tho highest cash price for all kinds of furs. II Ol'FEMIEIMEU, Selinsgrove, Pa Did you notice that fine head of liair at church last Sunday ? That was Mrs. B . She never permits herself to bo out of Hall's Hair Ite- n ay beard on a man under 50 )a him look older than he is. best dye to color brown or I is Buckingham's Dye for the fckers. frs Essie Erhart, of Franklin, 1 returning from school on jsduy noon, fell down an enbank- at tho railroad and cut an ugly fin her forehead. V f and Airs. . 11. KipKa leu on ilowlay morning for Derry, Pu. Ir. Itipku will finish a new sand a ill nt that place and Mrs. R. will Make a two week's visit with friends. IS. T. Frain, tho enterprising pro prietor of tho Crawford Houso, AVillianisport, is giving a big thanks- riving dinner to-day. Tho bill of ire comprises soma fifty courses. Next week being institute there kill bo an extra demand for bread knd cakes. Rudy, the baker will lisit us on Tuesday and Saturday ith an extra supply of tho "stuff of fo." Has tho Indian Summer como and mo ! uud is old Winter about to sumo "his icy sceptro ? However iese questions may bo answered, it time to put the ice house in or r for tho now crop, if it comes. iTUIMoNIAL MAUKET. Win. A. Wagner, West Boaver twp. Senorii M. Wagner " " Jacob W. Roiglo, Middlecreek. izzio C hiintn, Iroxelvtlle. Vm. H. R'imer, Penn twp. lien i islier, " receive woods everv dav. hence lis not shelf-worn, but is fresh and w. My prices ulso eorrosnond h the hard times and I can Bell i a suit of clothinir twentv ner i " v t pt. lower than any other houso in County. R. Guntzuekokii. tVhen, from any cause, tho digos- te aud secretory organs become (ordered, they may bo stimulated healthy action by the use of k's Cathartic Pills. Those Pills prescribed by the host physi- is. and are for sale at all the S-stores. Lire n't you ever going to grow Uke the rest of us 1" asked a of an acquaintance he had n't for some time. "Will, not so us I can purify my blood with r's Sarsaparilla," was the apt re- law man knew what he was ing about. MIDDLEBURGH, SNYDER CO., PA., NOVEMBER 27, 1890. "I felt tier tresos tirnsh my turf, , Their fal nt, sweet perfume thrilled my sen. 1 clasped her In a fond embraco. 1 ItPKixntleim of the conneipiencn i 1 kljwed her oil, lioneyprl hllss I ! I ruvo her h;uid it tlums.uid Niiueezen, And nil Nhe mild to mo won till : 'John ore you mire that no (inn sees us r How to save money is u problem that interests everybody. Ono way to do it is to invigorate tho systen with Ayer's Sarsaparilla. Being a highly concentrated blood medicino, it is tho most powerful and econom ical. It is sold for a dollar a bottle, but worth five. For fino Photographs, goto Dei bert's gallery. Cabinets per dozen, 2.00. Card-sizo " 1.00. Square Curd " 1.32. Minette's " .75. 2 squares north of Court houso. Tho Lady Godivu must have had exceptionally long hair since it com pletely concealed her lovely person. Sitice Ayer's Hair Vigor eunio into use such examples are not so rare as formerly. It not only promotes tin growth of tho hair, but gives it a rich, silken texture. T. H. Hurter, of the Post, hut been deer hunting in West Virginia, Tom is u good marksman, both with tho pen and th rifle, and brings down his game every time. tSelitu grove 7,imt,s. Thanks, Joe. You shall have tho "saddle" of tho very next deer we shoot in West Virgiuii.. A well known and highly estoeu, od citizen of Lowisburg, who is pretty well along in years, but sound in body, mind and estate, it engaged to-day, digging his owij gravj by the side of that of his to ceased wife, in the Lowisburg cem etery. Ho is walling it nicely and making it a thorough job through out. Ltveishxirg Chronicle. When an editor starts in to do a job of work he doesn't loosen his grip until the thing is done. For instance : A drunken editor, form erly of Scrantou, got tired living, and resolved on suicide. He tried a knife, and it wouldn't work j then attempted to choak himself with a towel, another failure ; ho tried laudanum no good ; he finished by jumping into tho canal. Drinking too much water fetched him at lust. What u blessed thing it is for a man or woman to have u friend, ono human soul whom he can trust ut terly, who loves us in spite of all our faults i who will comfort and encour age us in days of sorrow and ditli culty, when tho world loaves us to light our own battles us best wo can. If you huvo had the good for tune to win such u friend do almost tiny thing rather than loso him. llopo all things, endure nil things rather than los that most precious of nil earthly possessions a tried und trusty friend. "Witness my hand und seal.' This phrase, says a paper before us, originated in this way : In old Emr land tho barons, thought it beneath them to do such hard work as is ro quired by education, und so had servants do both their reading and writing. When a servant had writ. ten a deed, the baron, in place of signing his name, laid tho inside of his huud in a plate of smut und then stamped its picture on the docu ment, uud then, turning his hand, stumped his seal ring iuto tho wax. So originated tho term. "Wituoss my hand and soul." 'Is it a duty to feed tramps T" is a questiou often asked. But tho more people consider tho question tho more couviucou they become that feeding u trump is an imposi tion instead of an act of charity. Ho tramps because he is too lazy to work. There are positions waiting for every man who is anxious to make an honest living, and he who will not work, will tramp, bog and steal. People are uwukeuing up to this state of affairs, and from ac counts they are reducing the num bers of this class to one-half what they have been in tho previous few years. A new schedule went into effect on tho S. & L. R. R. on Monday. See change in time table. Jero Crouse brought ns lino a specimen of bird-oyo iron ore to our office this week ns can bo found in thih section of the State. It wuh taken from his mines on Shade Mountain which promise a fortune to tho possessor. Postmaster General Wunumaker evidently appreciates tho manor in which newspaper publishers uro frequently beaten out of money by sniiill-soulod subscribers. Ho recent ly made the important decision that postmasters who fail to notify pub lislu rs when subscribers move away or fail to take them from tho post oflico shall bo responsible for tho subscription. Ex. Doodletown, Pa. En. Post. In last week's Post you told your readers that Zacharias Long had his thumb cut off while working in the stave mill, two miles west of Middleburgh. Mr. Long never worked in our stave mill, but had his thumb cut off at a pluning machiue at tho new Church in the course of erection, one mile north of Doodletown. F. F. & M. Stave Co. The Hnssingers returned on Sat urday from their huntiug trip with the Swcngel party, having killed two deer. The one, a four-prong buck, was shot by Samuel Hassing er, und tho other, a fuwn, was shot by Mart Wngner, of Hartletou. Four members of the Middleburgh party have returned and report three deer killed viz: A doe by John t"tW, r., two p'inar hock byH. H. Grimm, Esq., and a fawn by John Francis uud Harry Speeht. A little advico clipped : "My friend, you will find in lifo that those who ure jealous of your pros perity uro like snarling curs, con tinually saying mean things of you ; they uro too lazy to uequiro fame or fortune. They uro jealous. In many instances those who slander you uro in debt to you, if not in the money sense, they are under obliga tion to you for some kindness shown to them. Treat those people as they deserve." The Selinsgrove S. of V. Dramatic Alliance rendered the sensational drama, entitled "A Soldier of For tune," in Seebold's Hall on Thurs day evening of last week. The houso was not what it should have been considering the merits of t he play and players. They had u full cunt of ehuructers, thoroughly drilled in every muiieuvre, and would have done credit to tho nutiio of many professional troupes that come this wity. They deserve great credit for evident work required in getting out the play and the manner of i(s ren dition, Our old friend John Stuhlnecker is being made the tariret of Hliiiirs und abuse by unprincipled parties who uro intimating that ho is a fraudulent pensioner. Thev little know that the injury for which ho draws pension is in tho right loir. whereas the injury tor which they claim he receives pension is in the left leg and was contracted when but n lad of ten years. The croakers may find ample vuuhu of complaint and criticism without bringing into disrepute us honorable a man and brave u soldier ns John Stuhlnecker. This paper pays no attention to Post masters who order tho Post discontinued to purties who lire in urrenrs on subscription, for we will contuiuo sending it on uutil we are prepurod to siucr them a new sone- Subscribers who have paid up cause no ollenso by ordering their miner stopped, for the Post is not a char J Jty concern, but as we do not ask any body to take the paper without giving them one months' trial free, we do consider it a mighty small piece of business for a white man to take it for a year or two and then suddenly discover that he doesn't want it and reauests the nonf. mm. ter to ordor it discontinued without their having paid up their subscrip. tion. Tho thirty-third Annual Snyder County Teachers' Institute which will bo held in tho Court house next week promises to bo one of unusual interest. Tho lecture course is com plete with George P. Bible, that inimitable elocutionist and fascial artist, who last year m 1 1 our sides ache with, laughter. Tuesday eve ning comes Hon. Henry Hoiick, with one of his always enjoyublo lectures full of wit and humor, fan cy and fact. C. E. Bolton will be hern Wednesday evening with one of his realistic lectures, historically photographed und described us only a master of the nil can. Dr. Diinm will appear Thursday evening with one of his solid, logical lectures, full of food for the mind. Tim lec tures are all first class a:id all should attend who are favored with an op portunity to do so. A Splendid Sijuai.. In tho issuo of November .:id was begun in that popular family newspaper, J'tnn HilmtiitH Grit, "t'arawivy Mohos' " new and greatest continued story, entitled "A Fool's Opinion." Bo sides this excellent feature Grit also contains each week a variety of reading matter of such general ex cellence as, etui bo found in no other paper of its kind. If you have not yet read the opening chapters of "A Fool's Opinion" you can get a copy containing them, free of charge, by addressing 'cnii.iiltttitii (frit, Wil liamsport. Pu. The paper is also sold by newsdealers ami newsboys in nearly all parts of this state, und the publishers want agents in every town where it is not sold, to whom they offer liberal inducements. For sale by Chas. P. Mctisch, Middle burgh, Pa. Price 5 cents. If you go deer hunting and lose your compass and yourself, and the sun shines aud your watch doesn't run down, tho following may bo of service to you in ascertaining the cardinal points without the use of a compass: "I cun t ell you u simple method which anyone who carries a watch may use. The watch, of course must bo running at. correct time. Point t he hour hand toward the sun, or the spot in the sky where it is shining at the lime, und half way between the hour hand and the figure 12 o'clock on your watch you can locate south. Of course when you know where south is the other three points can easily be found. This is curiously t i n and is some thing which travelers uud explorers should know, for it. is very c-usy to lose a compass uud iniieii euiifusioii might lie avoided by knowing this simple method of K:tM uii'o." John Francis returned from the mountains on Moud'iy and started for Sliamokin in the afternoon, lie seemed to feel very badly over the shooting of Henry I leaver an ac count of which upp"urcd in last week's Post. He stated that he had not expected Mr, Denver to be n0av tho plueo whom lie shot, that ho had seen a while object (un doubtedly Mr. Beaver's dog) mov ing through tint brush, which is very dense at that point, and twice raisod his gun to shoot, but drop lied it again. At last he imagined ho saw clearly defined the head and rump of a deer, tho whito spot be ing located near tho flank. Ho raised his gun, took good aim and fired. Mr. Beaver came out of tho brush und said he was hit. Mr, Francis declares that Mr. Beaver was not visible to him when ho shot, but that ho was undoubtedly back of tho brush which had deceived his vision uud came in line of his shot. This is plausuble, and though it was u pioco of carelossnoss for Mr. Francis to shoot, we believe that it was purely an accident, ono that might huvo befallen a most careful hunter which Mr. Francis was al ways considered to be. As it is, we can be thankful that nothing more serious came of it, and Mr. Beaver will be at work again by the time this will reach our readers. Editorial t'orrespondeiiee. A DEER HUNT IN VIRGINIA. WEST (((ilielilded.) The average Virginian is an easy going, shiftless individual, extreme ly polite, and is entirely devoid of that essential element vulgarly call ed "snap." Not wit hstun. ling, this country is bound to boom, and its development is only a question of time. Elkins, the present southern terminus of the West Virginia Cen tral Railroad, is situate 1 1ll miles from Cumberland, Maryland, on the Philipi Pike, near tho "round barn" known to many of our soldiers. It was opened to this point only last summer. Heretofore this district was considered impenetrable, but money und muscle work wonders. The town bus l.r.oo inhabitants, nnd the sound of thecarpenter's hainnier and saw is heard in all directions. The first new building was put up last March u year. A new hotel is now in course ot erect ion, which will accommodate several hundred guests and u magnificent cut-stone bank building is showing its massive walls above the ground. The "city limit s" extend over a tract of ground several miles in area, und a considerable portion is n served for manufactur ing sights which tiud much eiicoiir ngemtmt here. Corner lots sell at $1500 each. An electric light plant will bo started in a few weeks und then the little bee hive of industry will assume metropolitan uiis. Close to tho town, and on an eminence within tho city limits, stands the uiugnificent mansion of Steven B. Elkirii which resembles a noble man s custlo. It was built at an enormous expense. We are told that the architect who built it, trav eled one year in Europe at Mr. El kins' expeiiHo in search of a design, and was then given permission to build it regardless of eost. It is the most magnificent structure of the kind we have ever seen and is said to have cost $150,000. Mr. Elkins is prominent in the councils of the Re publican party uud is immensely wealthy. Immediately to the right of Mr. Elkins' mansion tho men are at work preparing the ground for the erection of another new house by Senator Davis, which is to even excel in grandeur and magnificence the home of Mr. ElkiiH, ami still further to the riht on another emi nence is the ground purchased by Mr. K cuius, of Missouri, another immensely wealthy gentleman, who purposes erecting an expensive dwelling this Muni'ie r. Among the other prominent gentlemen w ho ex pect to locate in this town is Gov ernor Campbell, of Ohio, who has purchased a site for a dwelling. Curiicugic, the great Pit tsburg cap italist, visited the town a short time ugo and selected a location for tin extensive tin factory, but I am afraid the Republican reverses und kick thoMcfvinley bill got at the late elec tion huvo knocked the bottom out of his plans. Ho expects to employ over three hundred hands in the factory. The Tygart Valley River runs through tho corporation und furnishes excellent water power, uud the railroad, when completed, will furnish the shortest route between Pittsburg nnd Wushingtou by 117 miles. The timber in this region seeiiis simply iuexhuuslublo. It consists of spruce, hemlock, oak, birch, beech, cherry and wulnut. The "Cauaiu busin" u truck said to bo forty by one hundred miles in ex tern, is jii us virgin in state, i urn informod thnt there aro black curled wulnut trees in this truck which if delivered on bourd curs would bo worth ono thousuud dollurs each. I do not know what is asked per ucre for this tract of laud, but tho tract of 18,000 acres hpon which we hunt ed, and which is equally well titus bered is offered at $U.OO por aero. Th mountains aro not in ranges like ours but are a succession of cones averaging about two cones the mile. It is estimated that West Virginia has 12,000,000 ucros of un developed land a great portion of CP 10 Co ' NO. IT which is set with the finest kind of timber and underlaid with the rich est minerals. Some of our readers w ill prnl.a1.lv remember the immense chunk of bi tuminioiiH coal they saw on exhi bition at America's centennial in Phil adelphiain Is7i'.. This chunk was taken from the mines nt Roaring Creek, West Virginia, not far dis. tant from Elkins. The only draw back to the country seems to be the unfathomable, un endurable, everlasting mud, and the lack of ambition of its natives. They know no hurry, ure not. anxious for work, but are always ready for a deal. To illustrate : On Thursday morning we returned us far north us thestuton Shaw on the W. Va. C. R. R. when our train was stopped, and the engine reversed to curry the train buck to Elkins. We asked the reason uml the conductor curtly re plied, "wreck." We backed six miles to the wreck and found the south bound train had run into u Ian. 1 slide, had derailed the engine which t.lunir.'d fo the right ami stopped ju,; us that portion of tho cow-catcher that was left extended out over a thirty foot precipice into the North Potomac river. The peo ple had hardly r .vered from their fright when a man who Uved imme diately opposite the river cume up and told the engineer that, he hud seen the slide ami was going to come over and stop the train just as soon as he had eaten his breakfast! The man got such a damning us would scorch the fcuthers oil' n young gosling. What the people of West Virginia want, therefore, is Northern Miup. capital nnd thrift. It is n grand op cning for capitalists, uud the man who is willing to work will find a warm welcome ami profitable em ployment. Barring the unpleasantness caus ed by the inclement weather, our party had a most delightful (tip, ami none would recall it for double the expense. Our thanks ure due to Calvin S. Bret., General Man ager of the V. Va., C.. R., Cumber land, Md., for favors show n us. Mr. Bret z was formerly train master of our Suiibnry and Lewistown Divi sion, uml is a gentleman who stands high in the estimation of railroad men ; also to Henry K. Hover, State Treasurer, the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, and to Hon. A. S. llelfrich, for his generous enter tainment and influence used in our behalf with the railroads. T. H. If. Card of Thanks. En. Post.-On Thursday evening, November 2i, myself ami family were happily surprised by th',. Church choir and other friends of this place, who presented us with u beautiful new butl'ido robe, l'rof Billhardt made a pleasant presenta tion speech and followed it up with such beautiful music as only he can render. Thanks, d. N. Vnvu;i;. Leavertown, Nov. 20, ls:io. To-day, Thursday, November 27, is the day to be observed by I lie a tio iu giving thanks to God for tho blessings so signally conferred up. .n it For scores of years some people llUVo objected to the no,.l : because the)' do hot contain the name of Jesus Christ to whom t hank s should be given : and thev m, 11.. cull tho attention of the ivesident's to supply what they consider an im- portant omission. But inasmuch as the Nation is composed of Jews und Gentiles and some sectarians who are not precisely w hat ure generally culled orthodox, the proclamation's cull upon all who beliovo in Almighty God to observe tho day so us to make tho observance- of the day as general us possible. How many peo ple who object to tho omission of the name of Jesus Christ in the proc lamations, remember that that name is not in tho Lord's prayer in which manner people were taught to pray by our Divine Redeemer T . -Ttf A -V-J )' t
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