t , - 1 f. ' 1 THE FOTAffiKH old h ferritin I unit of th of both No im nrlU ir un it! t. Of the THE POST rAVKUJnrlhePenplPnnrt tlio Ifoplo. lift col umn r iUwy(i opnn lor tlx iilriiwlnii ol top" Interest to It patrons. t ' ' " ---------- iVOL. I ITEMS of LOO AL INTEREST I Mrs. Lauretta Smith, of Curbon dale is bere on ft visit to her mother, ; Mrs. Rarbara Rilger. MiBalva Mensch of Mifllinburg, iweek, the guest; of ber cousin Miss 'Lulu Smith. T. M. KcBsler, Into prorictorof th (Palmer House, Northumberland, puid Middleburgh Tbit ou Pi'bluy. I Luther Stiuo, of Ccntrcviilo this week moved his family to Franklin -where ho bus neecptod employment 'an I'lub'H mill and warehouse. I Rheumatism is quickly cured by jusiug Arnica & Oil Liniment. For Viilo by W. H. Heaver, Middleburgh, 3 i t u u 1 Wanted. Fifty pigeons ut once. Will pay twenty five to thirty cents a pair. Call on or address T. ll.lUllTF.lt, Middleburgh, l'n. I Musical Coi.lkok. Tho Spring Jl'enii opens May lt, in vocul ami Instrumental music. For catalogues nddress Henry R. Moyor, Frecburg, C. A. Miller and wife, of Millers own, passed through hero on Fri day of last weok ou their way to risit relatives in and around ew k'llin. Allen Moyev's oldeHt Bon, -iok ill with pneumonia last week knd come near dying, but at tins riting be is reported to be on a fciir way of recovery. Said a poteAroon of (rf xears,4"rQr aoupily, Icing assisted In f n '' ,foV- iOi'y this mn u i " uuy. for IfiflB lift II. Ueaver, Middle inrgh, and J. W. Sarapsell, Ccntie illo. 4. f Charles L. Marks, of Franklin has (tceptod an apprenticeship in the o.st printing ollico and has already tcomplihhed tho feat of picking po us rapidly us uu old turkey pbbler rafts in com. Lllen Moyer, of New Lancaster, lllin county has moved into Syl- iiiter JJoweu's )i operty in this ; jnco where ho will remain until he 1 is bis now houso built, when ho .( pects to start a livery. Ilenry Ilerbstiir, of Mid.llecreek t Is week took charge of Fish's mill ' Franklin us bend miller. Mr. II. kn experienced baud at tho busi- !s and will no doubt take the eako uruing out a No. 1 grude of Hour. I'Hino WitAPs. I have received a y fine assortment of the latest ies of spring wraps which I sell (easouable prices. Produce taken Exchange. The ladies are eordiul pvited to call. Ida M. Shell, Beavcrtown. Carlos W. Walter has restocked toom formerly occupied by Mar-Jj- Shanon with a new aud fresh ! ;'of conf etioneries, tobacco, cigars I He will open a first class ice m purlor this spring and tho Jic is cordialy invited to pay him Vtice. Persons wishing carpet 4n this spriug will bo accomo- I by culling at my now homo in I . lliu, where they will find a full ln 4 carpet chain at the lowest cash pn. I. Comoundseo my samples .btf,)i-0 buying elsowhere. " M. L. Shannon. -.MrTK E. I havo gone to Phila a l aia to get tho latest stylos, and Cny return I will work at ,i...,HM. i l VIC Mini in m ivui w"j- j i - ... u. nunm groom, . . , v tuimnencing April , iw iu0 imirouage oi t T'lbhc. SallieA.1u)iuhacse. Vrion you are troublod with dizzi lic -3, your appetite all gone, you feel L 1 gunerully, take a few doses of V:. Henry Uuxtor'a Mandrake Uit- S 1 .ou ou wui bo surprised at improvement in your feelings s i " tion ' m cive sin- For sale by W ir n on. ,:ii"lwb.rKu.na J.W. Samp , C.utrevule. , 4 JUL. Brothers Quarrel and the Bo suit is a Broken Head I Ono suuday eveing two sons of Jacob Snyder of tho west end of Union township.engaged in nquarrel and finally turned to blows concern,- ing the ownership of a razor. Thf father after some difficulty Biiccoedc3 in separating the young men, when tho younger, still in the heat of pas sion, seized a stone, bul led it, crush ing his brother's skull. Drs. Nipple and Rot brock wero called nnd in dressing t hr wound extracted thirty seven pieces of fractured bone a number of which had penetrated the iliintiwtter (or membrane), lucent ting tho brain considerably. The young mini is now in a critical con dition nnd bis chances for recover uro very slim. To Let. The contract fur building A dwelling bouse. Who wnnts tho job f For particulars rail on or ad dress. W. H. Kucpp, Troxclvillo, Pu. S1IIN(!LKS ! SIIINOLKS !!-We havo jiint received 1(MI,imm Michigan White Pino Shingles. If in need of any please cull and examine. Prices are as follows: No. 1 ( ".00 per M., No. li 4 :i.'. per M. A. H. Ur.su .t Son, Swineford, Pa. When n man begins to do wrong he cannot answer for himself how far be may bo carried on. He does noUoe beforehand, bo cannot kno ! where be will find himself after tin sin n committed. Ono false ate loads to another t on evil cop4 Any one can be arrested and lined for abusing an animal of any kind, making a horso pull more than it should, or working him when tho har ness rests upon soro spots. No one has a right to torture or abuse any liv ing creature, tho law protects it equally with a human being, against misuse und abuse. Have you lost a tooth, or perhaps several, where the loss shows, and prefer to have tho ill looking space rather than we ar a plate Do you know that Dr. Voelkkr, of Si lins grove can insert substitutes to your satisfaction without obliging you to wear a plate, whether you havo the roots left or not .' Ask him about it. After tho water went down from tho recent Hood a number of pools were left in tho canal. Wednesday of last week (ieorgo Williams, John Oallaher, Dr. Smith, Al. liearley, James Peck and Philip Raymer, jr., went fishing in theso ponds and caught between three and four hun dred pounds of fish, mostly carp, the largwst measuring twenty throe inches aud weighing seven pounds. Jiiridtoicii G'ltsttte. Tho worst specimen of a subscrib er is ono who has presumed upon you for several years and then re pudiates payment fiuully by iustruct ting tho postmaster to send a copy of tho paperback, marked "refused," on which tliere is ono cent postago due. Of course, the implication is that tho subscriber is worth "noth ing." Or, like one, who, a few years ago, turned up tho palm of his igno ble hand nnd asked if hair could bo gotten out of it. He is usualy bank rupt of moral purpose, also, and has run more than ono uarrow chance of the penitentiary. A bill known as the "unti-mushing bill" passed the Ohio house of rep resentees last Thursday.. The bill roads as follows : "That uny married muu who shall fraudulently repre sent himself to bo unmarried and make proposals of marriago to any unmarried female of good character, or repeatedly call on or keep company with such fumalo upon such false pretense that ho is unmarried shull bo deemed guilty of u misdemeanor, and upon conviction bo fiued not less than 100 nor more than $300, or imin isoned in the county jail not less than six mouths nor more than two years, or both, at tho discretion of the court." MIDDLEBU11GII, SNYDER CO., PA., APRIL What's A Farm Title? The question, what does a man buy wbeu bo purchases tho title to a farm t bus often been asked, but not Rat isfactorily determined. From the litest decisions ou tho Hubject it is plain that bo buys tho ground, of course, and all tho buildings erected on it, whether theso are mentioned or not. Ho also buys all tho fences, but not material once used, then taken down ami laid aside, nor ma terial purchased for a new fence, unless theso are specifically men tioned. He also buys nil adjuuets uocessary to the farm, except im plements and machinery. For in stance, if there is a pile of bean poles cut and once used for the purpose, these go with the farm, but if cut and never used, they are the seller's property unless specified as sold. Standing trees and trees which hse fallen or 1 n blown down p with the ground, but if cut down and made into cord wood, they become personal property, and to wilh the land must be specified in tho sale. I have now in stock all the latest designs in wall paper, which I will sell at but a slight advance above wholesale rates. Paper hanging n Bpociulty, and I respectfully solicit your partonuge. J. C. Swineioup, Middleburgh.Pa. Charles F. Mensch, nephew of the editor and for five years an employee in the Post office, and Francis (Jib l1,0 ff1 H0" of J,lcob Albert, ibi on luesdny morning to enter the preparatory department iV OTranklin & Marshall College at exemplary 'young men aud will make their mar k. Mrs. Ellsworth .Miller, of Cold Spring, recently presented her hus band with triplets, two girls ami a boy. During the last eight years and seven months Mrs. Miller has be come tho mother of seventeen chil dren. She has had three sets of trip ets, three pairs of twins and two single births. Mrs. Miller is thirty one years old. She was born in New York, her maiden name being Ferris. She was married to Mr. Miller on Oct. 10, ISM. Eight of the seventeen children are living. Mrs. Miller has an aunt w ho has been the mother of twenty-one children, ten of them being quintuplets.- Itdlifonte AV publiean. According to an act of Assembly of 1S87 tliere is no established fence. Every farmer is required to fence in bis own stock, and he may use any style of fences he chooses posts and boards, posts and wire, rails or stones, or st'imps for the matter. The law does not proscribe tho style of a fence to bo built ulong the pub lic) road and if cattle escape from their enclosures und trespass on fields along public road not en closed by fences tho owner of the cattlo is responsible for any damage they may do. The law may be briefiy Hummed up this wav: Fence in your own stock and let your neigh bor do likewise or pay the penalty. xou are not required to tnuiutain u fence for any other purpose than to euclose stock. Tho man who owns the beautiful trout rod, tho bright silver reel, the silk line, and tho largo assortment of tlies for fishing for trout, is uuxiously awaiting tho opening of tho season ou April 15th. Ho will stav un all night to bo on tho fishing grounds early and will fish all day, returning home at night with half a dozen fish and a good right arm aching badly from his constant whipping of the stream. Tho small country bov. w ith the rustic rod, tho cotton string line and tho old fashioned hook and aud angle worm, will sauuter along tho stream after ho gets his break fast aud quit at noon with u couple of dozen fiuo, largo trout, aud he won't think ho has accomplished any great fiahiug porfoi-L'anco. This is tho dif ference between the $50 outfit and the throe cent outfit. It always was so, and ever will bo in fishing for trout. Tho Road Question. Tho road bill as arranged by the Agricultural Delegation is now well on its way in both branches of tho legislature. In the senate Mr. Rrown, of Westmoreland, had tho changes placed in tho bill originally intro duced by him, und it went through third reading with practically no op position. It will bo called up for fin al passage as Soon as there is a good attendance of senators. The incus ore as it now stands provides for a county supervisor to be lected next November for a term of three years. IIo must have n special knowledge of road making and bo a surveyor or civil engineer. Where there is a county surveyor hc may also net as supenisop. His compensation will be fixed by the township supervisors, who are to be elected in February. The county and township supervisors are to meet next March and declare what shall be considered us public highways. The payment of employ, ees is to bo fixed by the townshipsu pervisors ami taxpayers (tie to be given the preference. Revenue is to be provided by a levy of ight mills on property now subject to taxation, ami a tax of one dollar upon each male person, employees to bo liable for the p: i.vnient of the assessments of aliens. A state appropriation of !je.l,CMK,oK) is proposed for the next two years. The advocates of the measure are sunguino that it will be come a law in its present shape. Mrs A. J. Middlesworth of Reaver town, iid a day's visit to friends in Middleburh Hi.. Litter . ; of lat The warm . nils of tie last few days caused all the snow on tho north' side of Shado Mountain to disappear, and soon the bursting buds will robi; the old vetern in a mantle of green McCIcHun Cox, the new landlord f r .1 .i in , -i . oi i ees rans paiii lie' i.isru friendly visit on Saturday of l.i-t week. .Mr. Cox is a very pleasant gentleman and will make a good landlord. Our old friend Simon T . I . 1 .. .1 lion'. uie iormcr lio.sle oi Hie McKeeS Hons-., l,;is leased tile I'.m- pire House at Freeburg. urns Smith, son of Charles L. ! . . 1 1 1 1 ... I nmiiu, neco, ami manager oj tiie iioiei ieniiai since in-, lathers death, left on Mouduv evening to enter tin; preparatory department oi jiuckliell institute. l.iirns has been it faithful boy and it is din that his services should be reward ed by a good education. r.lauch, oldest child of Dr. I. Greer Rarber. of Danville, .bed of diphtheria on Monday, aged about nine years. This makes the second death in the family since they left here, and Miles, the next oldest, is also reported very low. We deeply sympathize with the family in their distress aud hope the baud of death may now be stayed. Tho stereoptican exhibition of the World's Fair in tho Court House on Tuesday evening wus very much ap preciated by our people, and it gave them u better insight of the immsusv concern than they can get by a day's visit to tho grounds. The lecture was entertaining and instructive as it conveyed very important informa tion concerning the exposition. It may bo of interest to some of our readers to learn what thedill'ereut vocations of our present lawmakers iu Harrisburg are. The statu legis lature is composed of 'Jill members, of which ;2 are fanners, 2 coach makers, s doctors, 5 commercial trav elers, 10 merchants, (I druggists, $ cattlo dealers, 17 lawyers, less than ever before, 12 miners, I foundry men, 1 teachers, U builders, S insui unce men, 1 hotel man, 1 landlord, 2 stone cutters, 5 carpenters, 1 shoe maker, 7 lumbermen, 2 clerks, 7 printers, 7 politicians, 1 railroad officials, 1 oil well men, 5 millers :i painters, I photographer, I black smiths, 1 tinsmith, 3 machinists, ;t civil engineers, 3 manufacturers, 3 real estate agents aud 0 newspaper men. C, 1893. Were Our Mothers Thus ? Before us is a paper printed in 1H35, in which some cranky old fool of a butchelor passed the following stem judgment on the girls of that day : "We arc sorry to see the girls of tho present day havo such a tenden cy to utter worthlessness growing luixiousio necoiuo more tashion- uoin than good, more anxious i,, ,MI. ........ i... , hhiii in, 'if nea' i ., anil to I'Mi'iril.i fix,;,. L,. -...1.1 whalebone, rather ihunli.c Ih-hw with wreaths of love, kindness and oeiiuiy. As n general thing, tllose "iiouie i.ii il 1 1 so Ml IhlliK Kiev al'i "ei.. j ,ir lldlll . .. v, years gone, took on., (..be Mrs. p.. gills Were iritis. It was fun to a dozen miles a foot with mud knee deep, to see them. Us you Were sure to find the clear u'irls- nature as it is instead of nrt. Rut now it is differ- cut. The tlelltit supplies t',,e te. til. "Cncle Ned," the cotton, some op ticui tho es, and uskilli'ul mechan ic the legs and arms; an arti-t fur nislies pau't. ,i Yankee the hoops, some 'French Milliner' gets up arti ficial maternal founts, mid the very devil robs himself to give them u disposition to lie, tattle, gossip, make mischief nml kick up all sorts of bobbories among respectable peo ple generally. Vanity of vanities suith tho preacher. We love the izirls when they act like girls, but this counterfeit article now being palmed oft" on fashionable societv is uu abominable humbug. Rut the girls now-a-duys are neither tit for wives, nor do they know enough for mot hers. Now, remember, dear reader, that this was written in ls.J, and tho S iris whom this crusty old cynic con demns as having such a "strong ten dency to utter worthlessness" are. the mothers of the prenent r?nrit!H Were.' terc ever x purer, dearer. i i.. i'.. t We presume it .., ,ue ,jo the girbmro every win'. as the boys too good in fact' to marry such u bellicose old stag as the au thor of the above must have been. She Holds the Lever. Miss Mi Hewitt, of Cairo, W. Va., said to be tho only female locomo tive engineer in the world, has been engaged, by the women commis sioners of the world's fair, to run the first train over the grounds on the opening day of the exhibition, and will leave for Chicago about a week before the day appointed for the opening. Miss Hewitt has hud an extensive wardrobe prepared for her use dur ing the fair, one of tier unique cos. umes being that of a .Spanish girl of the fourteenth cent ury, w hich she will wear ou tho engine during her first trip. She is a brunette beauty, aud the costume suits her admirably Iu reply to a proposition made to Jliss Hewitt to become a member of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, it is reported that she replied that while she could not find it in her heart to become a brother to them she would be a sister as long as she lived. Tho commissioners are said to havo had a great deal of trouble inducing her to run the engine at the fair, as she shrank from appearing as "a sort of it freak." The road upon which Miss Hew itt learned her business and upon w hich she is now running is known as the CairoA Little hluuu w ha and is a feed er for tho Baltimore , Ohio at Cairo from tho lumber districts back in that vicinity. It is mostly owned by the father of the young lady, w ho is it man of prominence and wealth. Tho peculiar employment and that Miss Hewitt has selected has not uu soxed her in tho least, and she is as much at home in the parlors of the most cultivated and fashionable peo ple, as she is in tho cab of her favorite engine. She is also a model house wife, and is thoroughly up iu all the little details, of housekeeping, at w hich she occupies herself w hen "oil' her run." J. P. Keurnslius been drawn as a petit juror to the U. S. Court to be held ut Pittsburg on May 1st. If any ono else has been draw n from this county ho will please inform us. N run liy tiii pcliinr. i Co. Comm Won1 A nru-r ki!J out. On ir.i iili crl cin ulum ino NO. 14. Waiting For A Doom I We are all waiting on a boom, livery tow ii and villiuge is looking ahead to a boom. The farmer is waiting for a boom in wheat. The merchant is waiting ami wishing fora boom in t rude generally. The laborer is looking for a boom in Wages. The stock . -m. ,).!.... ; 1... I i - n r"MMIIi i ir a boom n, Ins hi,,. So he can nock tor ci a lew 1 1 il ii 1 1 iv, I 1 1 liotis.md in stoek 'U" -eker is ' "",km:-' " boom in appointment I siiiie hllii, I lie candidate f or a county )llie is 1 to 111. I : f 1 in "i It.' Hi Ins I i,,,; of the dear law . r ''g'llioli W,( f-.s. The in in il! looking '.,r a bo there is a harve-t , doctor i-i i . . . i u r f. health to briii',' ,,;, The minister ., iu ill things mail t : 1 1 -1 1 ; exchequer may In I fat r a 1 'v p it., nt-. "ig I'll' a boot. i ! ! I .at I, is scant llM'hed III' bv- numerous jO's O's and S-'Vs Tl,.. journalist is awaiting a b that will run his circulation high , j .i-ii.sa-i is. , j.,,, ,.s(:l,, .i,i,ut I anxious f,,p a smart boo,,, j., 1 and farms that . .n:iy ,,.,,., I ponding percentages. The soldier is waiting fir a I i ,. uiai, win make the cannon b boom, ami the siitl t an l.-amp foil, wer are Hoping top n similar boon- . :l . ... so a big ' -n be raked iu from tin, vuto's rations. pri es. every one is hoping, sighing and piping for a boom , hjs ino And now, if all these booms. Ing u,.! little were to come iloiigjus; about the same time, we would all be left pretty much "whe, - wo are at" now. A bm for every bd 7 is 11 boom for . 1 x, r ... r Head the new ad vertisments of N. A. Bowes, H. Dreifuss, and S. Wcis, in this issue. Oarnian has his spring nr. I -hm. mer stock of foot-wear in and for use und beauty the sin and slip pers excel anv of his former pur chases. See hi , adv. II! l Week. The Legislature is passed tin bill making everv .Saturday after noon a half holiday. It will, we pre Slillie, be signed by the C iovellior. It. will be a law. however, that will not suit, every biisine.-s industry. Rut. then tin s,, w l.o do no) want t" work Saturday alter noon don't need. There are plenty of people who want work more than play. So under the law all can be accoiuuiedated. Tin lore Heed be Ii mpulsii 1 1 . MAltlUKl) April 2nd. in lleavertown, bv Rev. I. N. Wetler. Lester I'.. Pleese to .Miss Ida Narhoo.l, both of Scluis grove, l' i. April 2nd, in West I'euver town ship, by Kev. f. . Wetler. John Israel Krb to Miss Annie .May (ioss, both of West Beaver. April 2nd, by Lev. I. Y Wetler. Ciiileu (!. (loss to Mihs Mary K. Erd. both of West Leaver township. DIKD. Marth 25, in New Berlin. Lillio Klniiru, daughter of Daniel and Mary Wet .el, aged S years, mouths and 2.'! days. On March 31 1, at Mt. Pleasant Mills of jiei itnoit us, Airs. Kiiima J.Stroub, wile of J. F. Stroub and daughter of Henry and Catherine Rover, aged 2il years, ii month and 21 days. Tin, t'linenil services were held in the St. John's church, Sunday at In a. m , when an appropriate sermon, based Job It Ii chapter and loth erso, was preached by Rev. II. I i. Schnable. In tho death of Mrs. Striuib tho Lutheran Chinch and S. s. looses an earnest and zealous worker, and the community a most est, , mcd and useful lady. Anna Maria, 1 m e Reply, 1 consort of Daniel Auriii'l was born o. 2nd, IM5, and departed this life at her home near Tl oi h llle. Siivder county, I'a., Mm en Jiii h, s.i;t, Aged 77 years, I months and 21 days. She was married to Daniel Aurand, Aug. 1st, IM7. Their union was blessed with 5 children. Husband, 2 sous and 2 daughters, 11 grand ami 12 great grand children survive lur. Mother A. whs converted about 2o years ago and united with the Kvuii gclicul Association of which she whs a faithful member to tho end. Her end wus "peace."' P rf 'r Any lakii.g uiiutla, plftfeil HtfM iJ it ivr. tool.
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