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Interest to 1U patrons.
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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
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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
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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
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