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MIDDLE BUHGH, SNYDER CO., PA., JUNE 1, 181)3.
NO.
J of LOCAL INTEREST
i P. Neff spoke to the Oraud
ost at Maine, Perry county,
norial ilny.
ey Pontius' beautiful gray
, of whoso injury we made
n lust week, died on Sunday
j. He valued him at !?173:
eknowledgo t tie receipt of an
Ion to attend tho annual coin
incut of Central Peunsylvnn
& t New IJerlin, from Juno 5
t
H. llcnninger of Swineford.
pointing n wodgo on Saturday
I week, made a mistroko and
Btcly out oil tho third linger
loft hand'
ire in receipt of an invitation
J. Newton Nipplo, member of
iluuting class of '!t:i df Penn
ju College, Gettysburg, to ul--flho
annual commencement,
J'Jth to 2;)d. Thanks.
INGLES ! SHINGLES We
Just'rrceivl KHl.OOd 3Iiohian
1 Pint Shin.i. If in in t d xf
ay ; U'aso oall ai oxannno. l'l iocs
;e as followH : No. 1 $5.X pi-r M.,
0. kb ?.. per .u.
; A. H. t'l.SIt &. Sox,
$ Swineioiii, l'a.
iuel McWilliiims, one of Mc
)wn8 tnoHt.Hubstautial citizens
48 a pleasant visit on Tuesday
g week. lie is a Centro Coun
ty birth, and his reminiscenses
, in his own inimitable, fusoiuat
Ay render him a most congenial
tnion.
Sunday after-noon, as W. W.
- 1 tf:-;'ite tl Nebraska
t !.v-Jir6l)wo'e cross
"railroad near our station,
Iioiho shied at a box oar aud
I'd to one side, upsetting the
J and seriously injuring the
jauts.
Glen Union Lumber Co.,
Union, Clinton county, Pn.
tweuty-ilve good, practical
iters and wood choppers.
is paid according to the man's
y and usefulness. &1 to 1.'25
)ay and board. Men who drink
uid get drunk need not apply.
C. K. Soiieh, Gen. Supt.
istakes Souls Who Dheam or
," Tho following marriage li
h have been granted since our
nblication :
brose Long, Centro twp.
en Walter,
ph Tyson, Northumberland,
lie lleuniuger, Freeburg.
p. Brauer, MiddWreok twp.
i BoeUoM,
the weather prophets agree
he poriod of haymaking this
p will be full of embarrassment,
ise June will bo marked by
if not as copious as those- of
, they will still be of a charac
i make farmers avail themselves
the clear dry days to cret in
Jiay with all the dispatch pos-
exchange tells tho story of n
ho was sent to market ith a
it roasting ears, and after liu-
I. t v
r uiuunu lown au nay, came
without soiling them. When
ottier asked him why ho had
ild the corn ho said that no one
ked him what was iu tho sack.
are many merchants liko that
They have plenty of goods,
ey fail to tell tho peoplo what
avo in their sacks.
U Carolina is about reudy to
lier new system of liquor sell
'ho saloon has been abolished,
0 "dispensary" has taken its
The thirsty man will uot call
1 liiuor in the names which
town familiar in other states
i South Carolina in former
The terms "beer" and
tey" and "gin" and "rum"
ich too crude for astatowhich
saloons. The customers will
umbers instead of names.
"o -ukks ior a bottle of "uum
the dispenser will L'lliuv wlinf
iuts, and whon l.o .nii fr.i-
ber C" ho gots it just us surely
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"fciuue nun named its name.
Tho bill providing for freo text
books in tho public schools has be
cowo a law. Tho bill will bo followed
by au appropriation of 300,000 to
supply tho schools with free text
books. Tho change will be gradual,
an tho books now in the hands of tho
pupils will uot bn discarded until
used up, which will not take a very
long time, with tho prospect of new
and freo books beforo tho young
people.
If your undo h as nn aunt who has
a nephew whoso wife has a cousin
that is married to an old friend of
your wife's sister, whoso grandfather
used so live in tho saino town witii
an old school mate of yours, whose
son-in law is now living in Chicago,
you should at once renew tho ac
quaintance with a view of saving
hotel bills whilu attending the
World's Pair. This scheme can b
worked successfully ia many instan
ces. Tho memorial services on Tuesday
t'veuing were largely attended on tho
Mid.llebm gh cemetery. Tho parade
consisting of tlioG. A. It., P. O. S.
of A., and our Sunday Schools form
ed on the public square about seven
.o'clock and prooedod to tho cemetery
where tho usual impressivo ceremo
nies took place, after which Prof.
P. C. JJowersox delivered one of his
usual eloquent addresses. The
Grand Army took supper iu their
hall where they foastodon bean-soup
in genuine army style.
Our friend Jay G. Weisor, Esq.,
although uot accustomed to taking
violent exercise, unwisely tackled
John Krecgor's bicycle ou Wednes
day morning.. IL had attained the
speed of tho Chicago Limited, whou
thero was a whir and a swish and
Jay found himself spread over a
quarter section of land. He sustain
ed no injuries to speak of, but tho
street supervisor has entered com
plaint to tho town council about tho
hole he bored in tho ground with
his nose.
Walter Main's Circus which was to
exhibit at Lewistown yesterday, did
not make its appearance, owing to a
frightful railroad wreck it met with
ou tho Tyrone and Clearfield divis
ion on tho night before. Coining
down tho niouutain the circus truin
got beyond control and soon gained
a fearful velocity. At Vail station
tho train Hew tho track, and animals,
men, aud hoi sen were piled up aud
ground to pieces between tho cars.
Twelve men and forty horses tiro
said to have been killed, and several
tigers und lions have escaped and
made their way to tho mountains.
Au exchango remarks that the
peoplo who need more religion arc ;
Tho man who lets his horse stand all
day iu tho rain without a blanket ;
tho man who growls liko a bear with
a sore head when his wifo asks him
for money ; tho woman who whisp
ers around that some other women
is uot what they ought to bo ; the
preacher who is looking for an easier
pi ice at a higher salary ; tho man
wjio walks tho streets with his hands
iu his pockets whilo his wifo carries
tho baby ; the man plays tho gentle
man whilo his w ifo takes in wash to
support tho family j the preacher
whoso sermons never help any
body, and tho man who keeps a
dog and says he can't all'ord to take
his home paper.
Tho Sunbury JhiUi is responsible
for tho following : Tho merchants
w ho sell dry goods und what not in
tho country stores haw some odd
experiences. One of them, a well
known merchant from tho upper
end of the county, was in this city
Wednesday and told this story. "A
bright, healthy and somewhat lleshy
woman came into my store tho other
day," ho said, "and asked for garter
elastic. 'How I asked V 'How much
will it take ?' says she. I was floored.
1 didn't know what to say to got out
of the dilemma. I had to say noth
ing in a hurry, and blurted out :
'How should I know V 'why, to bo
sure,' says she, and I'll bo hanged if
ihe didn't measure rigct there, and
she bought a yard and a quarter."
Memorial Day.
Fragrant aftermath of sorrow,
tender second thought of strife,
faithful servitor of memory is
Memorial Day, and its dawning
has again found the graves of a
nation "Sweet with all tho Flowers
of May." Not only are tho graves of
thousands of soldiers who perished
in the service of tho nation object
letsnns of loyalty and gratitudo as
they are cuvere I wit It garlands of
llnvers but thousands of other
graves are, touched as it were by tho
magic of nature have literally become
"bods of roses" iu a single night, in
response to tho common impulse of
affection that is thusstirred by mem
ories of tho dead.
The custom of laying (lowers upon
tho bier is an oi l one born of tho
tender desire to gather that which
is most beautiful and fragrant about
tho beloved clay, whilo yet it is for
a little time ours to honor, and
which but now was the tabernacle
of n life that came no one knows
whence, and has gone no one knows
whither. Instigated, perhaps, by
tho same feeling, further inspired by
patriotism and gratitudo to make
public acknowledgment of a great
service at tho hands of those who
died that tho nation might live, came
tho present observances of Memorial
Day. Though first au impulse, the
custom of decorating graves upon
tho .'10th day of May has become &
growth that each year strikes its
roots deeper in tho hearts of the
peoplo. Watered by the spring of
human love, nurtured by memory
in its tenderest mood. Memorial
Day has in loss thim a score of years
become well established among the
customs of the nation, and may al
most bo said to take rank among its
institutions. So, from tho great
cemeteries wherein tho namo of the
dead is preserved iu enduring mar
ble, and lordly mausoleums inter
pose their granite walls bet ween tho
dust of proud man and tho dust of
Mother Earth, to the lonely country
graveyards over which wild birds
sing and nature weaves her softest
carpel of clover and grasses, nil aro
bright this day with the colors mid
fragrant with the subtle perfume of
flowers.
Tho spirit which prompts this
tribute to tho dead it is wel for a
peoplo to cherish. Not morbidly
and with perpetual mournin,';, since
tho claims of tho living are para
mount to those of tho dead, aud
repining over tho eomurju lot of
humanity is at unco bootless and
foolish tho substaneo und essence
of folly but tenderly and thought
fully as a just tribute to the endeav
or and affection and loyalty of tho
lives that have passed on aud out,
beyond tho limit of mortal vision.
Memorial Day, with its lessons of
patriotism written iu tho best blood
of tho nation ; its lessons of grati
tude illustrated iu a united country;
its lessons of lovo and hope and
memory, engraven on thousands of
human souls, has won a place iu the
affections of tho people, which will
grow broader and deeper as tho
years go on, and impulse is further
crystalized into custom. The few
hours spent iu its peculiar obser
vances, tho busy, bustlingmultitiido
ciiu well ntl'or to spare from tho
routino pursuits of life ; whilo it
takes its way, Hower-ladon, to city
cemetery and village graveyard, de
posits its fragrant and symbolic of
fering, and listens reverently to tho
eulogies which patriotism pronounc
es upon tho loyal dead.
Tho editor und wifo returned from
their trip to Chicago on Saturday
morning. Their mission was tho at
tendance of tho National Editorial
Convention and tho World's Con
gress of Editors to which tho Editor
wus a delegato.
Aaron Konuiuger of Mlddleburgh,
whilo at work iu his wugon shop on
Saturday had a cross-cut saw fall
on his right arm, striking tho wrist
with its teeth and iuilictiug such
painful injuries as to luy him up for
several days.
IMItorl il r.irr.'ti in li'iii'i1.
AT THE WORLD'S FAIR.
Cuieio ). 111., M i.v 2:1, ls.Hl.
I came lien oiio week ago to-day
aud have visite 1 the exposition ev
ery day except Sunday, when I went
down town to study tho Sunday
opening qiieition, and 1 did u.it
lmvo far to go until I was convinced
that our government should open
the exposition on Sunday or eloso
Cliie:'g ). The litter is about ns im
possible us it would ! to dam up
tho waters of tho Mississippi, while
tho former is u unit tor still pending.
Go with me to tho exposition for a
few moments. Here the people, rich
and poor, high and low, are seen
proin.Mia ling tho gravel walks, or
sitting iu some, seq;lesterel Hunk
enjoying a quiet lunch, while they
gaze upon the magnificence of the
"White City." Iu tho immense Co
lumbian II ill on the ground which is
capable of seating H'.ivm people is
promised a sermon every Sund ty
by Chicago's leading divines. The
scene is quiet and peaceable us
though every one weiu awed by the
luaguilioenso of tho spectacle.
Now turn with me to the city.
Amid tho rattle of street cars, the
rumble of express wagons, and tho
rour of elevated trains iu the cen
tral part of tho city, you behold a
busy, anxious throng, all hurrying
hustling us though, iu pursuit of
most inportant business. Tho sa
loons are iu full blast, the theatres
are open and giving Sunday after
noon matinees, tho stores aro doing
a rushing business und every thing
iwoui i id bustles. People had
como' clean across the lake to visit
the grounds, lnt th.ardy decision
of tho commissioners ou Sat urday
not to open tho grounds mi Sunday
left them hero iu this great, city with
nothing to do but do shopping and
get drunk, and I saw more drunken
moti on tho streets of Chicago on
Sunday after-noon than I saw all
tho rest of tho time I have been here.
Tho World's Fair should b" closed
on Sunday. That is so, but is there
any advantage gained for good by so
doing, when there is us much dif
ference us night and day between
tho inside und outside of the expo
sition on u Sunday. The ministers
all over tho land are opposing the
opening for orthordox reasons, und
tho saloon-keepers of Chicago join
with them for reasons of gain a
union of elements never b 't'ore af
fected. As I said, I have visited the
World's Fair every day during tho
week but Sunday, and I am just be
ginning to appreciate t he magiiit udo
of tho concern. When nil t he exhib
its aro iu place it will require a
month of constant and exacting
work to got thoroughly acquainted
with tho exhibition, lint it is far
from completion now. With rain
every day tho beginning of this
month, and tho plasterers demand
ing twelve dollars per day, Chicago
worked liko a giant with his hands
manacled, for both nature and man
soeui to have struck against her.
All the roads iu England aro said
to lead to London, und thosaino may
bo said of tho Columbia Exposition
grounds. Thero are twenty-three
roads that pour their loads of hum
an freight into the grounds but the
principal ones aro the South Side el
evated railroad which starts at the
sido of tho great store of Seigel,
Cooper it Co., right iu tho business
part of tho city, and carries tho pass
enger right to tho grounds, so that
tho visitor descends broad und wind
ing steps into tho world's fair, pretty
well towards tho south end of Jack
sou park. Tho Illinois Central
world's fair trains leave tho lake
front nearly opposite? tho Auditorium
and land passengers near one of the
entrances. Tho faro on tho Illinois
Contral spocial tr ains is 10 cent each
way. Itight on tho sanio track tho
sumo railroad runs its regular su
burban trains and charge -2 cents
each way. Tho subuiban train
makes regular stops, tho world's fair
trains run straight through to the
grounds. Tho State street cablo
lino carries passengers to tho
grounds, the last part of tho journey
h. ing in horse cars, to be supplanted
in a few days by electricity. One
other street car lino also carries
passengers to Jackson park.
It has been said that there are all
sorts of schemes for taking in tho
unwary. Of course this is true, but
they are no more numerous in pro
portion to tho enterprise than tiny
are at an ordinary county fair, and
we doubt if they are more successful,
numbers and circumstances consid
ered than tie- sum., elasi of individ
uals at t In-county fair. The county
fair is a S1,nii enterprise, with its
duo proportion of scoundrels: (he
world's fair is u s:too.Mii,ioo enter
prise with scoundrels in proportion.
.V man w ho has sense enough to keep
in the middle of the road need not
be swindled at any kind of a fair.
As we expect to print descriptions
of the exhibits ou our inside pages
every week during the continuance
of the Fair, I will not enter into de
tail here, but will confine myself prin
cipally to the result of my research
es in ragard to the necessary ex
penses of visitors to the World's
Fair. I estimate the n.nn;i ex
penses ut .J..'il per day, viz : one
dollar for lodging, one dollar for
meals, and fifty cents for admission.
This, of course, does not include
street car and railroad fair to und
from tho grounds, and I would ad
vise all to avoid elevated travel as
much us possible, for it is almost
worth u man's life to attempt a pass
ago ou tho elevated when there ure
ton or twenty thousand people
bound for tho sumo point an. I eager
to r'ti,cJ Tho elevated is now
tho principal moans of 'ansporta-
tion.aud a train of livens leave tho
stutioti every live minutes. These
trains carry about three hundred
people each, but every t iine a train
leaves there remain several thous
and disappointed people on the plat
form hedging, wedging, pushing
and nulling like a llock of sheep driv
en into close quarters by dogs.
When you have fought your way to
a car by sheer determination you
have to stand and led 1 to the strap,
or sit down while the rest fall ou
you every time t lie train lurches to
aside. Imagine this state of olVairs
when the them niieter registers tin
in tlie shade as it sometimes does
during tho summer months iu Chi
cago. Hut there is a means of avoiding
all this, und t hat is to secure lodg
ing close to the grounds in one of
tho innumerable hotels there erected
for this special purpose, und get
your boarding ut a restaurant where
plain but substantial too I is furn
ished ut from '23 to 30 cents per meal.
If you desire to visit tho city in the
evening wait till tho rush of travel
has ceased and then take tho elevat
ed or Statu street cable, either of
which will land you iu tho heart of
tho city for a nicklo.
There is also u misunderstanding
iu regard to the rates of admission
that I desire to correct. You are
required to pay fifty cents every
time you enter thu grounds, but
when iu you have perfect liberty to
go where you please without charge
except to Midway Plaisauce where
all nations of the earth have special
exhibits und represent their modes
of living. These uro side-shows to
tho great circus and 23 cents ad
mission is charged.
"How can I see tho most iu the
hast time !" 15uy a guide book which
is obtainable ou any put of the
grounds foi"23 cents. Study this
thoroughly so you become acquaint
ed with tho nature and extent of tho
exhibits in tho different buildings.
Then select ouo building at a time,
complete it, and then pass to the
next and so ou. If you have a lady
with you and she tires out, have a
push-chair ut 10 cents un hour und
movo along, for timo is precious ut
3 or i per couple per day. If you
engage a chair aud man to push it,
it will cost you 73 cents per hour,
whilo pushing it yourself will givo
relief as you will not bo apt to go so
'fast and a support on tho back of
the chair affords a moans of rest.
"Do they sell liquor on tho
grounds .'" Well no s not that I
have seen, und although I have not
searched for such places, I think I
should have stumbled on to some
did they exist, us I have been in
about every spot of interest on the
grounds. I have not seen un intoxi
cited man on the grounds ,.nd have
noticed nothing but the wry best of
order during my entire stay here.
There ure many attractions in
Chicago aside of the World's Fair
that are entitled to a visit, among
which are Libhy Prison, the Chi-,
cugo Stock Yards, the play of "Anie
licu" at the Auditm-ium Theatre,
Tatterstalls Military Tournament,
and I'.ntl'alo Dill's Wild West Show,
some of which will receive our at
tention iu later issues. T. Jl. J.
A Practical Sormon.
K-v. F. I.-t, pastor of th Mlddle
burgh I'. Ii. circuit, preached a very
practical sermon before the mem
bers of (' ipt. Ky.ili Post. ( J. A. It. iu
the Cunt lloiieon Sand iv evening.
The old gentleman has his fort iu
German oratory, but hisideas are so
entirely original that his broken
English only a I led interest to the
clean-cut arguments he produ 1.
He said many things that are worthy
of reproduction. Mis remarks were
based on the words found in Mark
.:', "And what I say unto you I
say unto you all, Watch." Ho tirst
informed his hearers that the mem
bers of tho Grand Army, unlike the
members of all other organizations,
were not innitiiited in a hall, but at
tho cuuijoii'h mouth. Then turning
to monopolies un lli '! '
in the path of our country contin
ued prosperity that deserved their
attention to watch, ho said:
"I do not say that all monopolists
are dishonest, but I do say that they
all bear very close watchiug.for they
appear to have two stomachs an. I
no conscience. After they have
drawn from the laboring man all his
substance and when they are about,
ready to lie down and die, they
build a chinch, a college, or u hos
pital, name it alter t hciuselvcs uud
expect that to serve as their pass
port to heaven; hut tliev can t buy
a front seat iu heaven the same us
they can upon earth."
He then paid his respects to the
Catholic Church and pointed out the
dangers to our government that lurk
behind its walls, and commanded his
hearers to watch and guard against
a union of Church and State. He
paid his respects to intemperance
aud appealed to them to beware of
"taking too much." Then turning
to his audience as if to begin anew,
he said iu substance :
"I have traveled over two thirds
of tho entile globe and I have seen
many beautiful things but I have
found only ouo I'nited States of
America. lam a German by birth
but am proud that I am au adopted
son of America, aud when the war
broke out 1 did not wait for a big
bounty but when a list was started
for enlistment 1 headed tin list with
ii ,.(,' This is a lo publieau form
of government ider a Demoeratie
administration. I um a Republican
uud G rover Cleveland is u leuiocrut
but lie is my President all the same
for the next four years at the end
of which t iine I would put him out
uud Harrison in if 1 could !"
The long pent-up mirth here broke
it s bounds and u hearty laugh fob
lowed. The sermon I. list led with
argument uud sparkled with his own
quaint philosophy. Many who had
come to laugh went home thinking
hard of w hat they hud learnt from
tho crude English that dropped from
tho old man's lips, for few sermons
havo been delivered upon any public
occasion iu our town w here so much
mother wit and good horse sense
was boiled down into so many
words.
It is related that a young cigarette
smoker, having heard that tho man
ufacturer offered a prize for there
turn of tho empty boxes in sufficient
quantities, saved up a thousand uud
sent them back to tho firm of cigar
ette makers. The boy's bright anti
cipations of a fine present were
dashed to tho ground when ho re
ceived tho following response from
tho firm: "Send us another thou
sand aud wo will send you a colliu."
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