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HE POST
I run liy tin' rilltnr. ,
It In nut nil "Orifiin."
ft wenr nn-f iiHnr."
It never UxlK"l leue,
AllJni'VtT Ml'ltlOUt.
Co. Commission!
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, toe It'I'IP. J'-" rm
,irnre rIwiij T,'t tnr
diwuwlon of plMi of
kioroul to IU patryns.
MIDDLEBURGH, SNYDER CO., PA., AUGUST 10, 1893.
NO. 31
VOL.
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EMSofLOO. INTEREST
HestenNeff atV wife of Gordon
fx, spent SunAv with his lather
cv. NetT. f
Unless we Retrain soon the corn
Wl potato crorwill be a failure. 11
irill bo short it is.
Miss Lillirn Kompfer of Solins
ovi was tJo guest of Miss Naomi
Whoch over Sun Jay.
Miss Acpie Gotubcrling of Selins-
ovo, is the pneRt of her sister, Mr.
lid lira. Bowes.
Tho Y. P. S. of C. E. of Froeburg,
fill hold a Festival ami Fish-Pond in
Joycr's Hall on Saturday oveuing,
H in not ouo tremendous effort
W will make us good, but n con
Lnt succession of struggles with
jltle B1US.
Prof. Manhart principal of the
itlicrau Seminary nt Sclinsgrovo
eiiched a very practical sermon in
ieJ Lutheran Church on Sunday
felling.
? Jacob Kuster has leased the Clif
t .
li d coal yard. He will constantly
lev on hand a full supply of al
Suds of coal aud respectfully ho
Wits the public's patronage,
tWith banks, which like our own,
ave been doing astrickly legitimate
ankiug business, there is abso-
tely nothing to fear. They are as
fe and secure as tho government
keif.
it
iThe local newspaper should be
und in every home. No child will
off up ignorant who can be taught
inn , t -,
A ml $rs inX
imoks.
todTned inpT, .Vif
A Tho act of May 1,
jf Vicro is a littiWj tho Btatue books
Ll.t'.Ul.l. ,T . .
pi iujs oiaio wuicu states explicitly
that any mau who is een to handle
k fishing rod or gun oxi the Sabbath
ilay is liable to a fine of and im
prisonment
in the county jail for
lue Lutheran Sunday School and
vhristian Endeavor society of Has
lingers Church will hold a picnic in
J'Jowers grove on Saturday August
t'1, and a festival on the evening of
IheXame uay. All invited.
Farmer of Snyder Co., before
Aiuying yilur phosphate for fall seed
ing, send for my prices nnd con-
jditious. I, am Belling Walton i&
1 Whann Co', pure bone fei tilizpi a
!" the best and cheapest ever sold
JU3. Jacob Cramer, Middleburgli.
Notice to "Vax-Paveiis. Friday
J nnd Saturday of this week will be
tho last days on w the fivo p(r
cout abatement wii 'O0 nilowei to
tax payers and Isaifi, Bowersox, col
lector for Frauklin Knp wiu i,e
found in tho ComnjiHioners oftice
on the above mention dfty8 j0 re
ceive the same.
Sidney Ocker of Middli u.gll jJ!ljJ
beou elected teacher for t, ia,.
. liu Grammar School, aud
tie Smith of Middleburgh; )r tllJ
'.primary. Mr. Ocker is out om.
most Buccessful teachers, anLT;
. Smith, who taugnt mo same
! last winter was so well like
ikea .
. sho was elected without opposti
tt
The sixth annual Snyder coil
Choii Convention will be liel
the Lutheran church grounds
mile north of Freeburgon Satui
August l'Jth. Choirs, Musical
ganizations, Bands and Soloists
cordially invited. Exercises will 1
gin at 10 a. m. Wxr. Mover, Pre
Y.m. FitEVMAX, Sec. '
Just before going to press we are
apprised of tho re-election of W. W.
Trout, to tho allium uoumy vnair
mauship by an overwhelming major
ity. We congratulate you brother
Trout. .Although k'a the wrong
side of the fonce," you did the hard
work for your party, aud led
the
forlorn hope iu your Congressional
District, and wo are broad enough
to rejoice with you at the apprecia
tion shown you for your labors.
trust you may reuiaiu "on top"
long as you wisu.
Miss Carrie Bachman is visiting
friends at Shippensburg, Pa.,
Hundreds oud hundreds of men
aud womeu iu all walks of Bociety
contracted their tippling habit by
regarding as unrestricted tho ad
vice of their physicans that wine or
stimulants of bouio kiud are nec
essary for them to tako. 'Hie advice
in itself is justifiable, but tho lack
of restriction is culpable. Aud so
theso poor, deluded convalescents
go on taking stimulants, which they
find not only agreeable, but desir
able, until they become slaves to
drink. -iVe." York Herald.
If a bottle of tho oil of pennyroyal
is hft uncorked in a room at night
not a mosquito or any other blood
sucker will bo found there iu the
morning. Mix potash with meal and
throw it into tho rat holes of a cel-
ur nnil the rats will depart. If
a rat or mouse gets into your pantry,
stuff into its hoie a rag saturated
with a solutioin or cayenne, pepper
and no rat or mouse will touch the
rag for the purpose of opening i
communication with a depot of sup
plies.
Williams' Grove has long been
known as a popular picnic ground
Even beforo the building of railway
lines in this part of tho State it was
known as u popular resort for outing
narlies from far and noar. The
Leader has learned that a party o
Altoona capitalist 8 have offered 5?32,
(MX) for the grove proper aud two
acres additional adjoining it. The
grove comprises twenty-five acres
The Cumberland alley Itailroa
Company has a fifteen-year leaso on
t ho grove, for which it pays '22,(XV.
ISM. rVi.
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marriage licenses, provides that
, r -
from and after Oct. I, ISO,", no per
sou shaill be joined iu marriage un
til a license shall have boon obtain
ed from tho dork of Orphans' Court.
provided that one or both of tho ap
plicants shall bo identified to the
satisfaction of the clerk. A license
so issued shall uuthorize tho mar
riage ceremony to bo performed in
any county in tho State ; the person
performing the wedding ceremony
to make returns to the Orphans'
Court Clerk in tho county where
tho marriage is solemnized.
At a meeting of tho school board
on lliursday evening tho directors
added another month to our trtn.
making it eight months, and elected
Irvin Herman of Kratzerville, teach
er for the Grammar school and Miss
Kate Bowersox of l'axtonvillo, for
thornmary. o congratulate the
board ou making tho selections,
Both teachers aro graduates of the
Bloomsburg Stato Normal and have
spent the bettor part of their lives
in tho school room as teachers or
students. They aro a Btroucr team.
I he Democratic convention of
Snyder County will be held at the
court house, Middloburgh, on Mou
day, August 21, at 11 o'clock sharp.
mi mo uni-a-ieis in mo county are
ii ii. i . i . i
entitled to wo delegates. Except-
ing l'enn, I rjry, Seliusgrovo, Spring
and Union winch have three, aud
Chapman, Monroe, and Washington
four. They will nominate ono per
son lor associate Judge, one for
Sheriff, ouo for Commissioner, ono
for auditor, and two delegates to
the State Convention. Tho election
for the county convention will bo
held at tho usual places on tho var-
AioiiB districts on Saturday, August
!JQi.
the following is a receipt to make
cxcelleut quality of permanent
k ink : Into 2 gallons of rain
r put 4 ounces of brown sugar,
ces gum arable, three quarters
omul nut-galls and 4 ounces of
opperas i all of which have
1 ... 1 i. ii
j iuuiiuusij uiuiHuu logeiner.
wi
o mixture stand a couple
Atirring it soveral times a da3
annus it is ready for use,
e as clear and black after
iof a century as on tho dav
1. If it U not desired to
copying ink, do not use
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brown sugar or cum
Sad Drowning.
The editor of tho Tost received
the sad intelligence on Sunday that
Walter, youngest son of Hon. Fred.
Ivurtz, editor of the Ventrr JIull
Jlci orler, had drowned while in
bathing at Taddy Mountain Tunnel
on Saturday evening. This is all
tho intelligence tho message con
tained and wo have not learned the
particulars up to our leaving to at
tend the funeral this (Tuesday)
morning, save tho information in
ast week's Reporter that Mr.
Kurtz's nnd throe other families
were camping ai rauay .uouniain
Tunnel on the L. & T. li. U. for the
week expecting to return homo
Saturday evening.
Wait r was aged about P., nnd
was a young man of extraordinary
promise.
I.ATKIt.
Kroin Hit' lli'lli'tiiiitu Dally (lazi'tl-- of MniKluy.
Saturday morning a crowd of
about thirty-live young ladies and
gentlemen left Centre Hall for I'ad
ly mountain. In the afternoon the
boys decided to go swimming. Tho
camp was on tho other side of the
second tunnel, aud in order to got
to Tenns creek or tho swimming
place tho boys had to pass through
tho tunnel, l'enns creek is only
deep at places where tho Hood of
1S81 had washed it out. Ono o
theso deep places was under the
railroad trestle, aud there is where
tho boys went in swimming. Wal
ter Kurtz took a polo and wade
through the stream and he found
that the water did not tako him up
to tho pits of his arms, oJthough it,
. ..... .
was i
" del'l'ilt Juki Ii lilllo ilwtance upN
r"w" ; ui oacK into the wo
tcf aud kt abDod hold of a lot? thai
some of tho boys, who wero on the
bank, threw into tho water. He be
gan swimming around with the log
in front of him when all at once he
began to cry for help. There were
about twenty young men on the
bank, but the only mm who
1 1 . t I m .
weni, io mo rescue oi the young
mau, was Ins brother, Fred. Kurt,
Jr., who jumped into the stream
The water was swift and it seemei
almost impossible for him to get to
his brother. Tho current earriei'
Fred, down the stream until ho got
on a rock. Ho then began to throw
a polo to Walter, but by this time
ho must have gotten so weak that
ho could not catch tho polo. Beforo
the boys on tho bank could realize
tho fact that he was iu so much
langer. A alter Kurtz went to the
bottom of tho creek aud failed to
rise again.
Everybody becamo terribly excit
od and they hardly knew what to do
under tho circumstaucos. At last
some ouo went for several woods
men, who camo and began searching
for tho body. It was ubout half an
hour beforo it could bo found. It
was taken to shoro uud everything
possible was done to bring tho body
to life again, but all efforts proved
of no avail. After everything had
failed tho body was put on a truck
and taken to Spring Mills and from
there it was takon to Centre Hall iu
conveyance. It was a terrible
shock to his parents, who had been
at tho camp and left a short
timo beforo tho accident happened.
hen tho news reached tho camp
the scene was a terrible one, and
shall never bo forgotten by thoso
who wittuessed it. Tho tents wero
immediately torn down and every
person started to walk to Coburn,
a distance of over live miles. On
the way several of the young ladies
fuitit ml find it u-nu tlinmrlit
u Limb
some of them would dio beforo Co
burn was reached.
alter Kurtz was a vnnnr, nmn
about l'J years of ago, He nad a
brilliant intellect, being ono of tho
brightest young men iu the county.
Ho was a very pleasant young man
and had hosts of friends, many of
them being iu Bellofonte. Ho was
II COUinOsitor. and sottini? tvnn in
his father's ollice in CeutroIIall. and
was considered a ranid worL-mnn
The deceased was a brother of
Charles Kurtz, editor of the Centre
Jtemocrat. in Bellefonto. Tim fun.
end will take place Tuesday morn
ing at 10 o'clock.
Set that Dollar Moving.
Tho general complaint among busi
ness men is that they cannot collect
what is due them. It is easy enough
to get orders and sell goods, but al
most impossible to collect. Tho
stringency in this regard is univer
sal and distressing. Why is it? It
is absurd to say there is not money
enough to do the business of tho
country. There is as much money
in tho country us there was a year or
six months ago, and tho volume of
business is not as great. Tlio mon
ey is here, but it is not moving. It
is hiding, locked up in banks, safe
deposit companies, old stocking and
and people's poekets,
In this situation, it is every man's
duty to do what ho can towards put
ting aud keeping what money he
controls iu circulation. Whoever
hoards a dollar uutieeessarily is n
pubiio enemy, l no least that every
person can do is to pay his debts to
tho fullest extent possible, and thus
help to oil tho wheels of trade.
Therfore, wo say to everybody, pay
your debts, larg and small -pay
your grocery and dry goods bills,
your livery and laundry bills ; pay
the butcher, the baker, the tailor,
the newspaper route agent, the
market man, everybody. A dollar
hoarded does nobody tiny good ; set
in motion it may help liquidate a
core of debts in a singlo day. In
such times ns these it is almost
crimioal to have money locked up in
a safe deposit drawer or to carry it
arouuunJi your pocket if you owe
v,.r1 ray your nuighh r what
him anTKV K'tt-r
'Nfce.-fcet thai ' u'toia
moviu, and then congratulate your
self that you have done something
towarus inspiring conlidouco.
it is a noteworthy fact that those
who aro most likely to criticise the
conduct of a local newspaper, read
a borrowed copy or base their ob
servations upon what ".somebody,"
told thom.
They iiiki'il a IimmI imi'I In wrlle
Hill mi him lulil llilM iiilinrirn':
'I linl all t It,, viTM-t lie ihuniil iiuliii
.mi.li 1TIIU Willi Oil' rilMlle
IllCllfl."
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Then III wife p 1 1 ;in, tteeplni: s.iM
Th:il tthe wniiM home in m:1 J.,,.
i. " " " '"'r "''" "Ulc line 1. 1 1 hrail
t ii., 1 1 mi ei me i iiiiMtfii.
Oetroll Kree I'ivmh
shn hIIiiihmI iiihI Hirudin up hiwaril the Hkle.s
A pull' uf heels he i;iiv L',l :
lie limkiHl ii moment iii ilii.r xie
Ami then reiimrkeil, "Chlemn.
Kiiii.ia.sClfy.JiHirniil.
ThoAiiiirchlslsimeeuUoveiiur in:i,le ;
HuWlUt ail lllllllllll'l.ei , ,,i,". o
Willi piiriliilis lie fur hi li.illnls pai .
TIlH HCniliulrel live In I 'hleae;.!.
Col. E. Harvey Tyson, engineer
of the forestry Commission, says
that in Pennsylvania annually .vj,.
tKN),00i) worth of timber is destroyed
by lorost hros, aud that if legislation
wero passed looking to the appoint
ment of u man in each county, who
would liavo authoirty to act at once
on tho appearance of a lire, ineal.
culable good would bo done the
Stato and a great deal of timber
savod. This subject has been ngi
tatod for a number of years, and
many essays have been written
about it, all pleading that something
do uouo not only to prevent tho fir.
ing of tho forests, but to stamp out
such fires iu their iiicipioncies.
James and Henry Finkbinder. m.
siding at tho foot of tho mountain
uearSunbury. have been pestered
by rats, which carried oil" lou lim,,
chickens aud ato holes in tho grain
bins. Ono day, after they had kill.
ed a calf, they caught a hugo rattle
tmako nhvo. They put tho reptile
in a box and then threw in tho warm
vealjivor. Tho snake at once sank if
lniiillir fiiiiiyj in II... ii i
ing tho rattle;-, tho men induced it
to striko tho llesh scores of times
or until tho monster serpent seemed
to liavo exhausted not only its nois.
on but its strength. Tho liver whinl.
lad thus beou saturated with tlm
snake's poison, wus placed whore
tho rats ate it. Tho following morn
ing the men found scattered about
the barn 37 dead rodents.
For Township Supervisors.
In his charge to the Fayette
county grand jury at Unioutown re
cently, Judge Ewing said it was tho
duty of township supervisors to put
up finger boards at all cross-roads
desiguutiug tho places to which the
different roads lead and the distance
thereto. Ho directed tho super
visors to comply with tho law in
this regard, and said that if they
failed to do so ho would direct the
towuship constables to report them
to him, in which case he would im
post" a tine of ten dollars for each
failure.
I'ensioners should be on the watch
for tho special agents who are on
t lie road. A shoe-maker living near
Sharon, Mercer county, has been
drawing a pension for defective eye
sight. Heceiitly a man stopped at
his shop and ordered a pair of linn
shoes which required particularly
him work. '1 ho shoos were made iu
the neatest style, but tho shoe-mak
er lost lus pension, mis is a notice
to the Juniata pensioners, some of
them in particular, who drew pen
sions for defective eyes-sight, yet
who uiunagi) to read all the story
papers in fine print. Juniata Trib
une. Tho Tyrone Herald says : A cop-
pel head four feet long invaded the
country homo of Thomas Seaton,
near Bolivar, and lay concealed un
til aftor the family had retired.
Awakened by his di's, Mr. Seaton
arrived in his sto 1 ing feet and went
down 1-rifer ist igate. His foot
struck Jl 'j' which ho care
lessly I Xhe
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when the man ti it
looso with his free foot his enemy
struck him on the sole of it. The
screams of Mrs. Seaton brought
help from tho neighbors, who killed
tho reptile. The bitten foot began
1.. 11 1 r . . i . ii . .
io swen. Mr. neaion Iell into a
stupor and although physicans gave
him four quarts of whiskey, he died
in terrible agony."
Wednesday of this week a gentle
men drove up to the toll gate be
tween Bellefonto and l'lcasaut Gap.
lie stopped but at, hist objected to
paying toll, remarking, "Why, this
is the first instance I was ealle I upon
topa.vtollforalongtimo." Mrs. Mill
1.11.1 i 1 1 i . .
ei, w no aiieiids io lliese diiiies iu
the absence of her husband and
daughter Lizzie, replied : "Well,
that may be, but this pike is kept
up by money collected iu toll, that
is w hat we aro hero for and you will
bo obliged to pay your sharo." The
stranger began to inquire about
certain pensioners in tho neighbor
hood mid before he left it was as
cei tained that ho was an employe of
the present administration uud paid
for traveling tho country for hunt
ing up tho record of i nch and every
man receiving a pension. Ho boast
ed that he was a Georgia Rebel and
glad of it.
"Ignorance of tho law excuseth no
man." That time-honored old say
ing may very well apply to judges,
lawyers and justices of the peace,
but how about tho people generally ?
A digest of our laws costs several
dollars, and even if one owned ami
studied over, the legislature is con-
constantly adding to our laws, mak
ing it necessary to read the new ones
if one would escape tho penalties
for their nonobservance. They have
a more sensible way of doing things
iu tho stato of New York. There
tlio laws aro roquircditobo published
in every county, so that every news
paper reader may know to what
pains and penalties ho may bo sub
jected. The files can bo preserved
and so every man may digest his
. i i i . . i . ii i
own laws wniio rosiiug auer meals.
Our legislature is notorious for
squandering tho money in tho state
treasury upon unworthy objects and
schemes. How would it pleaso tho
people to itllow a little bit of it to be
spent in such a way that they may
not bo subject to punishmeut for
tho violation of laws of which they
could not very well help being ig-noranl.
To Die For Two Months.
Seymour, the mind reader' was in
Toledo ou his way to Chicago, where
ho is going to be buried alive, after
tho manner of the Indian magicians,
who say they can suspend animation
for any period by shallowing their
tongues and controlling tho heart
and mind.
"My cofi'ui has gone ahead," said
Mr. Seymour. ' It is a fac-smile of
the oik. iu which General Grant 's re
mains now rest, and cost !l,fiR It
is made in three sections, one tilting
inside the other. I will be buried
six feet deep in tlio coilin. Signals
will bo arranged, so that if things
do not, g t right I can communicate
with Hit' soldiers on the outside vht.
will guard the grave. Directly after
I am hurried a crop uf barley will be
sown over tint grave. 1 will remain
buried till the germs sprout, grow,
ripen and are harvest ed. Then the
disinterment w ill take plac". 1 won't
come back to earth until September
-1. I urn positive I can do it, and
tho scicnl i lit; men who are assisting
mo are beginiug to think so too.''
SKIiINSGKOYE.
Uev. J. J!. Focht of Lewihtowii,
and his son rode all the way from
Lewistowu toSeliusgrove last Thurs
day on their bycicles. Tlio llev.
with his family will spend a part ot
his vacation at Dr. Burn's residence
l'hilip Hillbisli, Jr.i who whs
brought home sick a short iiuie :-i
diedl'ist week and will 'e burii I ,,
this pK. this T .esduy .atternoon.
The young ;;;an w !
lerday iiiternoon in 'thiH pfi'J.
Last Sat urd.iy morning about b.df
past 4 o'clock tho alarm of tiro was
sounded. The building on lire was
young Edward GemberlingV, tl..
old ferry house along the ri.r
bank. The tire was extinguished
before much damage was done.
Bov. Harvicoand family were visit
ing last week at Mrs. Havices par
ents, Mr. and .Mrs. J). C. Bergstress
er....Mr. A. Z. Kreeger of the
county seat was a visitor to the city
of Selinsgrove yesterday ...Mr. M.
L. Miller the South Market Street
tombstone man reports business
good this summer. Jl 1JH ,,l,.t v
of work he says. . . .,.. I'us.suvaut
Supt. of home .Missions of the Luth.
Church general council preached
for Hev. Oclisonford in the morning
and Jtev. Talleen, Supt. of Foreign
Missions, in the evening last Sun-llit.v-
Mextou.
CHESTNUT JUDGE.
Shriuers Sunday school pieinic
will bo held on Sept. 2. . . .The Chest
nut Hidgo band has accepted a call
to play for Gilberts Sunday School
picnic on Aug. 'Jii. .. .Jacob Heiser
and wife visited in New Berlin on
Sunday Thomas Hess and wife
aud daughter visited iu Riverside
over Sunday. . . .Mollie Wetzel visit
ed at Paxinos on Saturday and Sun-
lay The muii, who steals ice,
must bo hard up, v.e had riuher have
him come and ask for it, or he might
get sprinkled with shot the next
time Communion services wen-
poorly attended at Shriners church
on Sunday on account nf the little
shower. Jv. Smokvi.
Miss .Mary Clark of Altooim.
is
the guest of Miss Bertie Erhart.
"Mistaken Soils Who Dueam or
Bliss." Tho following marriage li
censes have been granted since our
last publication :
tE. A. Shall'er.
) Katie A. Bickel,
I Levi Curling,
)Dollio A. Mover,
J Joseph Weader,
( Ellen Knepp,
Union Two.,
Chapman Twp.,
Middleercck,
ti
Monroe Twp.
Middlcburgh,
Joseph Burner-,
fSallio Stroub
A. II. Smith,
i Grace W. Seff,
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