The Middleburgh post. (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, November 09, 1893, Image 1

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VOL.
ITEMS of LOCAL INTEREST
Chas. Dreoso, who bus beeu hold
ing forth in Cleveland, Ohio, during
the summer, returned to his home
in Kantz hint week.
List of advertised letters in the
Middleburgh P. O. : Israel Binga
man, M. M. Gaugler, Walter White,
T. M. Shceuey, llennio lost, Abbio
Herman, Louisa T. Miller.
j. w. riuNKi.r., i. sr.
Our old friend A. K. Gift, of Lex
ington, Neb., writes us that ho and
his family are enjoying their usual
good health and that ho continues
to have all the work at surveying ho
can possibly attend to.
Upon the arrival of the Liberty
bell in Philadelphia it has been de
cided to place the old relic in a heavy
plate glass case, and it will bo so
arranged on a movable platform that
it can bo quickly removed from the
building in case of liro.
Don't judge a man by his clothe s.
God wado one and the tailor the
other. Don't judgo him by the
Louse ho lives in, or the number of
figures to his bank account, the
church ho belongs to or religion ho
professes, but judgo a man by his
acts.
Tho Children's Dnv exorcises in
the Chapel, which were advertised
in tnkn nlacn on Suudav.Nov.5. have
linen nnstnnnfid to Sunday evening
11. The congregation has
ltifuHv nanered and otherwise
proved its church edifice and tlio
,UUU museum ijunu uu iimnvto-
W f
flwinff to the failuro of the htnnu
ing Committees of both parties in
this county to certify tho nonnna
tion of the candidates for Associate
Jiidcre. a mixed ticket had to bo vot
td and quite a number of votes in
each township had to bo thrown out
owing to their having been marked
wrongly.
Don't burn tho leaves, for they
are too valuable for that. Put
them around your rose bushes,
gooseberry, raspberry currant and
grape roots, or anywhere, but don't
burn them. They are nature's
fertilizer, and nothing else is equal
to them. So' don't bum the leaves,
it's poor policy.
The man who keeps large sums of
money about his person or in his
dwelling invites robbery and inur
iler. Few can make themselves
thoir own bankers without tho
matter becoming public property,
and that is the beginuing of the evil.
Hit is far better to patronize tho
banks than to run such a risk.
Sunday school institutes will bo
'mid at the following places and
lates : Troxelvillo, Monday, Nov.
13; Middleburgh, Tuesday, Nov. H ;
Freeburg, Wednesday, Nov. 15
Port Trevorton, Evan, church,
Thursday, Nov. 1G. Trof. J. E.
Sprenkle Field will be present.
Three sessions every day.
II. I. Roma, Sec.
No man ever becomes great, wise
or rich by acciduut. This we would
like to impress upon the minds of
Many idle young mon. A young
man's prosperity deponds upon him
(lf. If you are industrious and
frugal, and set before you an object
a life, you will succeed t but if you
ue indolent, improvident and
liungeable you will couio to no good.
V man must havo a purpose, he must
aake up his mind what ho means to
'6 and do, or he caunot reasonably
iopo to succoed iu this life.
Tho souvenir half dollars issued
'o the World's fair managers are to
J8 recoinod into half dollars of the
rdinary kind. This is the decision
f the World's fair managers as
bmmuicated to Secrotary Carlisle
The managers do not care to put
horn in circulation at their nominal
tlue because they think it would
e unfair to the thousands of pooplo
khohave paid a dollar apiece for
ue coins. There are still undispos
ed of about 1,500,000 worth of the
pins, or about 8,000,000 pieces.
MIDDLEBURGH, SNYDER
lie not Bloomy I Cntoli the -mnshlnn I
tot It brighten nil your wny,
As through llfo you onward Journey,
t'ati-h the sunshine duy Ijy day.
tond a life a (rind m nmy be,
Hire not way to dark despair
Sorrow courted noon grows -(rasping.
Marking every day with cure.
Catch the fiiimtitne that hope glvctli,
l' It us your dully fare.
Every lady who has not yet seen,
should avail herself of tho first op.
portunity to seo tho stylishly trim
med hats at Libbio Dunkelborger's
Millinery.
Always in tho lead with millinery
goods. I have a beautiful line of
hats, bonnets, children's hoods,
boy's Tarn O'Shanters, flowers and
feathers. New styles ull through
the lino. You can not help being
pleased. If you are asking yourself
where you can buy tho cheapest and
best this season, you can get your
answer by calling tit Libbio Dun-
kelbergor's Millinery.
In the mutter of railroad building
since July 1st Pennsylvania is the
banner state, sho having completed
!N't miles of tho new track within
tho period named, which is more
than twice as much as any other
state, and nearly otto-third of the
entire new railroad mileago of the
Union. Tho aggregate of new tracks
for three months is given by the
Railway Age at 1,1(10 miles.
The Snyder county Teachers' In
st itute will bo held in tho Court
House, Middleburgh, during the
week commencing with Monday,
Dec. 4th. Among tho speakers en
gaged by Superintendent Bowersox
to deliver addresses are Gen. D. II.
Hastmjjgf BcJJpfoatqt Peunsylvu,
ma'sgi cutest orator, and Kov.
Moorhead of Lowisburg, who de
lighted our people a short time ago
with one of his masterly addresses.
. Tho lowest level of depravity has
been reached by a certain miscreant
who last Saturday night stolo IJev.
Neirs umbrell.i from tho porch of
tho Lutheran parsonage. We do
not believe that any ono in this com
munity is despicable enough to com
mit such an act, but suspicion rests
strongly upon ono individual who
will bo closely watched, and if dis
covered ho will hear from this com
munity in a manner ho will not soon
forget.
Wanted A TtXAvr. Tho under
signed desires to secure a man with
a family to occupy tho house on his
farm, situato in West Perry town
ship, milo south-east of Stroub
town rent free with tho privilege
of boarding with him. Largo garden
with plenty of fruit on the promises.
pasture for cattle, und a good place
to keep poultry, fcc. For further
particulars call on or address
Fred. Wocheley,
Mt. Pleasant Mills, Pa.
About a year, ago Brakomau J. Sim-
outou, of tho middle divison, resid
ing at i2i Kelker street, Harrisburg,
was thrown through a cabooso win
dow, sustaining slight injuries,
among which was a slight cut on the
arm. Recently ho has been com
plaining of a numbness in tho fingers
of the right hand and an examan
ation revealod tho fact that somo
foreign substance was pressing on
the ulna nerve at tho elbow. An in
cision was made at the seat of trouble
and a piece of glass about ono and
one-half inches long and one-six-toonth
of an inch wido removed. It
had workod its way from tho shoul
der to the elbow siuco tho accidout.
II. L. Philips, tho artictic tailor,
of Sttlinsgrove, returned from Phila
delphia last weok with tho largost
selection of suitings of tho finest
quality, cassimorss, broadcloths,
vostings and everything desirable in
seasouablo and fashionable fabrics.
Mr. Philips is ouo of most correct i
and stylish cutters in tho county,
besidos being a practical tailor and
only keeps that class of omployes.
He is turning out a high class of
work at prices to suit the times.
There is no delay in the work aftor
the selection of goods and the
moasure is taken. All his work is
guaranteed both in quality and fit
ness. Times.
Death of Hon. Thomas Bower.
Hon. Thomas Bower died on Sun
day, the oth inst., of typhoid pnou
monia, after an illness of less than
two days' duration.
Mr. Bower was born March 4th,
isi;). At the age of 10, he was Dep
uty Sheriff of Union county, Pa., un
der his brother in-law, Sheriff John
Gumming. In ls.iis, Mr. Bower was
elected a member of tho Pcnn'a
Legislature for tho district com
posed of Union, Snyder and Juniata,
and whiln a member was chairman
of tho Committee on Currency and
Banking and undo a most houorablo
record.
In 1W ho was tho Democratic
candidato for Congress in the dis
trict composed of tho counties of
Dauphin, Northumberland and
Snyder. L iter in tho same year
ho was appointed Deputy As
sessor of Internal Revenue for Sny
der county a position which ho fill
ed for ten years with entire success.
Ho earnestly opposed tho division
of Union ootmty.aiid after tho divis
ion was accomplished, was, ono of
tho three Commissioners to estab
lish tho boundary lino between the
two counties.
In lvl" he was married to Miss
Catharine Kramer, who with four
sons survive him, viz : F. E. Bower,
a prominent attorney at tho Snyder
County Bar, Charlos C, who is a
practicing physician at Elkhart,
Ind., Wm. H., who is Assistant Gen
eral Manager of tho West Virginia
Central Railway, and is locutod at
Cumberland, Md., and Edwin, who
is Maintcmnco and Way Clerk on
the Middle Division of the P. & E.
R. R. and is located at Renova, Pa.
Mr. Bower was a man of the strict
est integrity of character. His word
was well known to bo us good as his
bond. Ho was a mm of unusual
natural intelliguuco and of large and
varied information. Ho had a largo
circle of friends and acquaintances
in both his own and adjoining coun
ties. His mental and physical vigor,
prior to his late illness, exceeded
that of many men of middlo age. He
has passed away, beloved, respected
and regretted by all who knew him.
Tho funeral will take place this af
ternoon ut 1 o'clock and Dr. J. II.
Harris, President of Btickncll Uni
versity, will deliver tho funeral or
ation.
Whene'er the good mul Just
close thi'lrdlm eyes to llfo und pain.
Heaven Wittelio.s o'er tho sleeping UuM,
Till thu puro spirit comes uy.ilu."
Mrs. Philip Spaid is listed among
tho sick.
Howard W. Troxell and f.imilv. of
Troxelville. spent several days this
week with M. Z. Steiniuger's.
The old gun fence around tho
Mexican war monument in Capitol
Park, Harrisburg, has boon remov
ed to the arsenal grounds, where
it will bo placed around tho Hag
staff. This fonco, which was con
structed of muskets, with bayonets
attached, taking tho place of pickets,
along with tho captured stand of
cannon nearby, always .attracted
visitors attention every ono will be
sorry to boo the old fence, which
was uniquo in its way, removed from
the park.
There is a class of laborers who
never strike and seldom complain.
They get up at 5 o.clock in the
morning and never go to bod until
10 or 11 o'clock at night. They
work without ceasing during the
whole of the time, and receivo no
other emolument than food and
clothing. They understand some
thing of every branch of economy
and labor from financo to cooking.
Though harassed by a hundred re
sponsibilities; though reproached
aud looked down upon, they never
revolt and they cannot organizo for
thoir own protection. Not even
sickness relievos thorn from their
post. No sacrifico is doomed too
groat for them to make, aud no in
competency in any branch Cof their
work is excused. No essays or
poems are written in tributo to
their steadfastness. They die in
the harness and are supplemented
AH rillieLlv na tnnv ha Tlinun urc
tho housekeeping wives of the
laboring; men.
CO., PA., NOVEMBER 9, 1893.
Hunting the Quail.
The highest level iu tho true
sportsman's life is tho hunting of the
quail a verdict rendered by all who
have indulged in tho sport. A good
breech loading shot gun, ono or two
;ood dogs, and a congenial com
anion aro tho three essential elo
nents to tho sport, while a pair of
rood logs, ti steady nerve aud a
uiijk, suro aim aro tho requisite ele
neiits of success.
Go with mi into the Held for a
iiorning. Tho grass is white with
fVost, and tho tender bl.tdcs cracklo
itjid break under your feet. Tho air
U biting cold aud your ears and
tinnds sting as if pierced by n thous
and needles. Tho ears lament for
too covering of a hand and tho hands
coin-4aiu for tho protection of a
glove, but both aro out of tho ques
tion for something is going to hap
pen that will require all hands and
eyoBlind ears. The dogs are jump
ing ftild ifroliciug over tho tall jstub
bles. Now they stop und scent tho
frosted ground. Their tails assume
a rapid motion from sido to si.le.
They follow a crooked, winding trail
when suddenly they stop as if root
ed to tho ground, tho ouo n little
in front of tho other. The first dog
is on a "point"' and tho other is
'"backing" him. "Careful now !" is
the btern command, and tho hun
ters move up close to tho dogs. You
may bi within ten feet of tho game,
but it is impossiblo for the keenest
eye to discover the sign of a bird,
so well is the color of birds adapt
od tTus oovor. , -Apother step, and
whirrrrrrrr, out they come like chaff
blow n out of a basin, and)ff they go
like gum balls with wings. Bang-baug-baug
bang ! Not a bird even
as mucli as lost a leather. 1 he itoirs
look up inquiringly as if to as!
what's tho matter with you this
morning T ilio sportsmen guv
each other. The one blames it on a
fumble the other on his shells.
Tho birds lly far and scat ter all over
a ten aero field. Now is the time to
make a bag. "You tuko the right,
birds I take tho left. Straight a ways
both firo." Tim dog- havo already
come to a "point."' It is a straight
away and at the simultaneous re
port of both guns the bird drops
dead as a hammer. Tho dogs an
commanded to "Fetch dead bird,'
and tho retriever gathers it in his
mouth aud delivers it to his nister
without the rufilo of a feather. Only
a rod further ami tho dogs stand
again as rigid as steel. Tho bird
rises to the left and a singlo report
announces that another bird is ready
for the bag. And so tho sport goes
on until half the birds aro killed
when a new covey is hunted for no
one but a pot-hunter will kill all tho
birds in a covey and thus settle tho
matter of re-production. At twelve
o'clock (which comes before you
think you had been out un hour)
you are called to dinner. It then
occurs to you that you aro as hun
gry as a bear a thing you hadn't dis
covered till just that minute so en
tirely were you takou up iu the sport.
Tho nearer you come to tho tablo
tho more hungry you got, and by
tho time you catch tho scent of tho
smoking dinner your "appetite has a
razor edge and you eat well ask
'Sipiire Kohler Peck ami his good
wifo at McKees i Falls, how Lank
Kroegcr can cat !
The after-noon is a repetition of
the fore-noon only more so and
whon night throws her sablo mantle
over the earth you lind yourself in
cozy homo whero another sat
isfying moal awaits you, and then
in tho society of congenial com
panions you sit smoking and chat
ting, eating apples mid drinking
cider caring littlo whether school
keeps or not. And, finally, sleep
stoals over you liko a summer cloud,
and you retire to such a rest as only
awaits a clear conscience and a tired
body.
William Ocker, w ho was couUnod
to his bed for oyer a month with a
severe spell of sieU'ncss, is ablo to be
out again,
AS tormy November.
Ira Hicks, the weather prophet,
in his forecast for November says
thut about tho 2d and :td of No
ember will cent ro a reactionary
change to warm. About the "th a
very marked storm period will
begin. This period will set iu with
a decided change to warmer in
western parts, resulting iu very
active storms of rain and wind,
turning to snow nnd sleet iu many
places northward and followed
promptly by a severo and general
cold wave. From about tho 7th to
Mth, beginning in tho west all parts
of tho country will in turn experience
the progressive and changing phases
of the period. These aro reasons
to apprehend hard and dangerous
gales in connection with tho dis
turbances of thii period, especially
on tho lakes and northerly seas
Sharp, cold and freezing may bo
expected immediately behind tho
area of low barometers, and storms,
causing cold and frosty weather
generally up to tho changes to
wanner and stormy from about the
lfth to loth. The opposition of
Jupiter occurs on tho lth and there
is much indication that these opio
sitions greatly excite nil atmospheric
perturbations occuring about such
times.
Tho Venus equinox is central on
tho 2:th, audits influence- will bo
plainly felt in nil tho disturbances
for about twenty days before) aud
and twenty after that dale. ..,!;,
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arv or normal disturbane ..tiirr
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fwlait willhe excited into rrn
prolonged violence, mo that
disasters will bo heard from. Thn
reactionary move-incut about the
'.Tld to 27ih will feel the central force
of this Venus pe riod and wind up
ingreat coll. So will the regular
slorm period, which begins about
tho last days of the month and runs
into tho ope ning days ef December.
Tho Banlmiptcy Bi!
Congressman Wolverton, ef thi
fiiy, is win lung iiaru ro secure- tlie
passage of the Oates bankruptcy
bill.
This bill will provide a nation-
al law on this question that has al
ways worriVd lawyeis. The South
ern Congressmen are all etppose-i
to the bill because it will supercede
their State laws and they still cling
teuaceously to the principle) of State
rights and ntm-fe'deral interference.
e. oiigre'ssiuan oivorion is a mcm-
be-rof tho Judiciary Committee am
has given tho Oates bill considerable
study. lie made ono of the ablest
speeches ye-l de-liveri'd iu its favor
Acceirding to his analysis tho bill is
one to relievo nil honest but uufor
tunato debtees from liabilities which
they cannot now dischargo anil
givo them an opportunity to be
gin business over ugiiiu. It is calcu
lated also to pre vem t dishonest debt-
ors freim elisjiosing etf their prop.
erty for tho purpose of defrauding
their creditors. It is also intended
to aocennplish the spce-ely elis'ri
butiou, at tint smallest expense, of
tho estato of tho bankrupt among
his creditors, to whom it belongs.
Sunburn Jtut'li,
Getting Rid of Rats.
An Ohio farmer, writing to 7Vm
Amtricitn Ayrirulturint, says: On
the barn lloor I placed a 'M gallon
ke ttle tilled half full of rye. A plank
lifee t long led from tho lloor to tho
kettle. Tho rye was left in the
kettle for about a fortnight, until
tho rats had bocomo thoroughly
familiar with tho kettle and wero
making it tho headquarters for
their nightly revels with seeming
coufidonco that no harm was in
tended, when, very "treacherously,
one evening water was substituted
for the grain, and a half inch of
chaff from tho barn lloor concluded
tho water. The result was that 21
drowned rats wero forked out tho
first morning and C2 within a
week, ami after that no rats were
seen for a year.
And the next day it snowed.
NO. 43.
"Stone tho Wonviii Lot tho Man Go
Free."
Ves. atone the wonmn -let the luar. go m-e !
lRw h.u-lf yourklH lest they -ri-hiitire
M ty touoli her garment us she puss ;
Hut t-i him put forth ii HIMig hau l
To olup with hit lh.it led to (IWgr.u-o
slim tip fniio h'-r the saer.vl ways of toll,
Tlmt ulie no more tuny win nn lnm-m tne-il,
Hut eK-ii i., him n hnih.r,iMo jt.it hs w here he
V.t.V H III ilNIti
tilve to Ii 1 1 1 1 fair, pressed il.om, incMxuro
or llre-s sw eetest joys, l'.i (1 I,,-,-, o. tn ud.-n.
With ii pure, proud fm-e, If Mlte puts mil .1
I'oor polluted palm : hut .ty thy hand
In his on tti l-l.il i,,y, and swear
T-ti-llin- to him with h Ifeiv hup and
Tender ri-M-reuee : tnt.t lilu, who,.da
sister woman to a fearful fate.
Ves. st-me Hi,, woni in ,. the man i-.ifree ;
l-t out- soul sun.-rl.tr tin- vc-illt of two.
II IMhedoetrliieot a hut'ih-1 won .
Toooul of hteuili tor hoMiux I .ti:t ii.-,i
'her.- nli-e ilNtln, -lions and Itilu ,t
Are e, Mul v Wel,-h.-,. iui ah. how will
II In-on mat striihire day onin ai lire mul
I I i:a.-. wli--li nun slinll slu.ul t.,-ior.i
Th ie iru- .In. I -o si. .tt m..v ...
I'h.-ii a dirr-'reii.s. in M ,
Shall IK the searcher nf the 1,1. t. .M heart,
111 III , eternal a In 1 , 1 1 1 1,0 ,rree
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LOWKLL.
S-ius.-i;:,. mi l buckwheat cakes will
soon be on tlie bill e.f fare in our
city. . . .Mrs. Win. Treaster has been
improving from he-r late sick spell,
also M-.llie Steely . . . .T V. Swiliefo.-.l
has bee-n threshing iu Mililin count v
and report crops good. . . .Cider mak
ing at tho Lowell mill has stoppod
for this season. ...A. A. Boiiul .
(Sill). K"ifeiyjr has iniiiln critiw,
"medi needed repairs on (!ir n,t"n .
in. Gross has .':.
gardner. .The r lllM, llllliruaK
gun can bo heard almost all hours
of the day, alter tho cotton tails....
Our schools are idl improving under
their able instructors. KncouraL-e'
tho teachers and tiny will do all
tluv e-itn to mal.e the small boy fit
for President of (lie U.S. . . .Visitors
and visiting me (lt a stand still in
his community. jt 0
1'oi:tti;i:vokton.
Tlie llogar, Uiiigauian l'lour, Fe-e-d.
aud l'crr.v Company aro adding -x-tcnsively
to their storago ciqiacity. .
ly irtiieeif some imaginary right
the Jtallow-e-'e nihts treated us to a
liberal portion of tomato smash and
numberless other delicacies of like
flavor. But it was good natured fun
. ..Kxactly at 1 2.11.1 o'cloi-k Sunday
night the wedding bells again rang
out merrily in our village'. This
time it was Mr. W. W. Arnold and
Miss Sallio Wise-, who have resolved
to weather the storms of Jif to
gether. May their voyage bo a long
and happy t no ... For a full week
tho nimreids havo bee-n exercising
their proclivities. Seranntoians,
Alt. Carmelites and Lewisburghors
were he-ret in plontitudo. These
gene-rally were itie-n etf professions,
some being eminent physicians,
others jurists of no mean repute,
and all cajtablo of dretpping pigeons
on the wing at a liundreid yards.
Wo trust thev enjoyenl themselves,
although game's wero more plentiful
than game. Wavkki.v.
midpli: cui:i:k.
Husking corn is about over
Last week II. W. Vlsh elistiosed of a
lot of his fish to stock tho ponds of
Moses Weader and Samue l Philips
. . .Miss McCauloy of Philadelphia,
is visiting with lleiibem Ste iniuger's
at present. . . .Mrs. Snyder of Selius-
grove, is tho guest of Oscar Schultz
.Communion servie'es were held
oy Jiov. ijiimlis at the rt. Johns
church on Sunday. .. .On Sunday a
week coininnion services will be
held by Bev. Zimmerman at tho St.
Paul's church . . .People who bought
some of those ii-1 Htovcs elur
ing tho past summer are beginning
to realize that they played a left
handed game Candidates were
very numei etus eluring tho past week
ami erothis is printed somo of them
will bo surprised at the many friends
they havo and other how fow....
People buying pork from a butcher
living not a thousand miles from
Beavertown aro opt to get meat that
was killed on Sundays. But what
eloos that matter as it tastes all the
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