Telephone. W j- fiy&tSl " IO. W. WAOKfBKUB, Slitor ana rropnetor. THE F88T 8TABD8 Editors Lumbard and Lesher yere in town on Saturday. Clarence Graybill has again been hade happy by the arrival of an Li i . liier giri. I Court adjourned till Apr. 27th Wad of Mar. 27 as stated in the purt proceedings. Mrs. David Parker and Cora lough, of Swengel, spent Sunday Ith Harry Specht and wife. I Miss Minnie Meiser. of Franklin Vnslrin, has taken up her residence th A. M. lloutz in owmetoru. Mrs. 11. B. Hummel, of Selins- ve, is visiting her parents, Az- Krecger and wife in Swine- Miss Kate A. M'accnsellor, of ilinsgrove, . on Sunduy. was the lest of Editor Wagenseller and lie. Prof. 11. Ij. Sehroycr, Principal the public schools of Sclinsgrove, s a Middleburg visitor last f n V afternoon. Iru C, Harvey aud Iiisle Sehoeh Seliiifgrove were in town on turduyin the interest of the Snyder junty Historical Soeiety fliss Lillian Spnid, last week, down stairs and very painfully nred herself. She is under the e of a physician. L full line of tinware can be D(l at Schoch and Stahlnecker's id. AH kinds of repairing lptly attended to. . tt. pril 1st, 1899 will be nn impor- uate in the history of your read- the Pot if you give us a chance one dollar grcenbacK. ' - r. C Ij. Keenly, tlie distinKtusn- president of Kec Mar College, gerstown, Maryland, was in town Saturday. He has an institution pi which it is an honor to be kluate. . It's the almighty dollar that Ints, quite a number came in this fek. Good thuigs don't last al ys. Give us u chance to squeeze (eagle and the Post will come , a whole year to April 1, 1899. uiigu i uiif y ociiucu, vi me isnurg vnroniae, ana Miss m 15. Cook, of Jjewisburg, were led last Thursday. He is a g young man and the Post ex s congratulations. l smooth, easy shave, genteel hair or other tonsorial work, is ai rs obtained at Soles' Barter Shop, Mr:.. i . .i v .. ruicuinyera ouuuing, opposite omce. Uo to Soles and you I make uo mistake, shaving soap, i cream, hair oil and egg-sham- I for sale. A. E. Souss. Iprikq Term op School Be- Monday, May 2, 1898, I will a spring term of school to con- o weeks. All the common 1 branches will lx tAinrht. Icitincr die In general, terms $1 per month. H.DWIK Chakles. During the war a puper dollar nn, very lar, DUl U you are a subscriber to the Post, just in ..... ' j a paper cmuar, lold it up very sly, place it in an envelope and lit to US. Wewlllmnlro .by sending the Post's bill of U till Al 1 mnn 'rom 'Wednesdays Ph;inrloth.. : Representative Benjamin iht, of Lewisburg, who was r- tly chosen at the nrimnn'M in ion county by nearly 1,000 nia- Ay ror ine iourui consecutive time Ithe Republican candidate for nber of the House of Representa , made the statement yesterday Iarrisburg that he was an aspir I for Speaker, and . that h prc- to make canvass of the state M jnterert of his candidacy. Focht will bakV his fjnt as the -corporation caatSdate. ' ! MIDDLEBTJBQH, SNYDER CO.. FM-FUBTY. W POLITICS Ml kW POLICY TMT CflMKU 8UBM88I0M TO THE PEOPLE'S INTEREST Most of the township sohools close this week and next week. Will Bassler, of Freeburg, was at the county scat on Monday ' H. S. Bickhart, of Shade), was a Middleburg visitor Saturday. Win. K. Miller, Esq., of Salem, was at the county seat Monduy. D. G. Buck and sou, of Krcamcr, were Middleburg visitors Saturday. Mrs. Hattie Smith and daughter Aliee visited friends at Salem over Sunday. Jackson Bailey, of Centre twiK, was at the county seat on Saturday afternoon. John Dietrick, of Union county, is spending a few days in town on pleasant business, llob. Middleswarth, of A.'anis twp., dropped in to see our new of fice while in town Friday. Mrs. E. C. Stall 1, of Reading, is paying a visit to her parents, Daniel Millhotise and wife, in Swinefom J. F. Stetler of this place has se cured the contract from Isaac Ivot- fenhaver of Millersburg to remodel his notel nt a cost of $.,ouu. w e congratulate Mr. Stetler uwn his success. luicKticU University will close all departments March 25th for the spring recess, and re-open for the third term on March 31st. A ninn ber of new students will enroll at that time. Lank School, of New York City, has been oliered the position of assist aut book-keeper in the bank here. It is said he will move here aud oc cupy the brick residence in the Flats vacated by the editor last October, Halting on the Susquehanna start ed earlier that usual aud the first rafts passed down the river this week. The river is at good stage of flood. The total iuiiuIkt of rafts is estimated to lc less than last year. H. S. Bilgcr, of Hooper, Neb., says: "limes are better here. Money is plenty am' the free silveritcs are quiet. We had good crops for the last two years. Corn is 20 cents, oats, 21 and wheat, 78. We had a nice winter and lots of snow." Charles F. Specht, of Beavertown, one of the rising young men of the 1 :.. I .. 'o x i wroki-iiu, was in town on aaiuruay and attended the meeting of the Historical Society. He is a wide awake fellow who believes thut the history of the county should be pre served. April 1st is a day a great many people get fooled, but you'll not lie fooled on April 1st, 1899. It comes on Saturday next year and you can bet your life that a little dollar bill will date any new subscriber to that time or any old one it arrearages are first paid up. Cougressman Thad M. Mahon says that the Republican State con vention will nominate Judge John Stewart, ofChambersburg, forjudge of the Supreme Court, and that in the event of the withdrawal of Con gressman Stone, of Allegheny, State Treasurer Jackson will be numed for Governor. This week we recieved quite a number of letters with a paper dol lar in each one. Jump on, our bond wagon is moving. You'll, sec those very people reading the Post this week. Tne trick is easily . per formed. An ordinary dollar bill wrapped up nicely and enclosed in an envelope addressed to us will do the work. A certain young man from Mid dleburg, who had prolonged his call on his lady-love rather , later than usual, was surprised when a window in an upper story was raised as he left the bouse and the voice, of the mistrtsa of the house called' out: "Hear an extra quart" this - mbrn-i Suyte Count Historical Bodoty. The Snyder County Historical Society met, as announced, in the Bank Building at one o'clock, lust Saturday afternoon. The meeting was a success in every way, and every one who was present became more deeply interested in the move ment, and more thoroughly convinc ed that in this way only can the his tory of the county be preserved. After due consideration, the fol lowing was adopted as the Constitu tion tor the organization : Auticle I. Namk. This organization shall le known us the Suyder County Historical Society. Auticle II. OiuEcr. The objects of this society shall be the discovery, collection, preserva tion and publication of all matters of historical value relating to Snyder County, and thediscovery, collection and preservation of all materials and things which may in any way lx; of value in preserving the history of biiyder C ounty ; such as books, maps, pajH-i's, iH'riodicals, genealogies, Huntings, portraits, engravings, man uscripts, letters, records and data relics. AUTH'I.K 1H. MeMHEUMIII. Section 1. Memtcrs. The niem lers of this society shall le of three classes: active, honorary and asso ciate. New nu'iiilxTs may lie elect ed by a two-thirds vote of all the memlx.'i's present at auy regular meeting. Section 2. Active Members. The uctive members of this society shall be residents of Snvd'cr County und shall upon admission pay a fee of one uollar., and un annual fee of one dollar upon the first day of January of every year thereafter. Section 3. Associate MenilxTs. Associate nieniliers shall Imj such mcnil)ers as at the time of their elec tion are non-residents of Snyder County, or any active member who shall remove from Snyder County; aud mcinlicrs of this class shall lx1 required to pay no dues and shall have no vote in any of the proceed ings of the society. Section 4. Honorary Members. Two honorary members shall Ik chosen by the sm-icty ut the first annual meeting of every year. McmlxTship in this class shall not Ikj restricted to the county. Mem bership shall be for life, and these nieinlxTs shall le required to pay un admision of ten dollars and shall Imj exempt from all dues and assess ments thereafter. Auticle IV. Officers. The oftieers of this society shall be a president, five vice-presidents, recording secretary, corresponding secretary, treasurer and librarian. The duties of the officers shall lx; such as usually are uncumbent up on such officers. They shall serve for one year and shall be elected at the first annual meeting of the so ciety. Article V. Executive Com mittee. There shall be an executive com mittee composed of the officers of the society, who shull act as trustees of the property of the society, ar range programs and make all necess ary arrangements for the meetings of the society. They shall bo re quired to make a report of the . gen eral progress of the society at the first meeting ot every year. Article VI. - Meetings. The regular meetings of this so ciety shall be held on the first Fri day of January, April, July and October of each year. Special meet ings may be called by the President at any time at the request -of four members. " .,;v vti .vv AftrlLt-VlL. QuQJttnf V nw membera., shall . constityt PA, THURSDAY, a quorum of the society to transact business at any meeting. Article VIII. Rules op Order. The meetings of this society shall be conducted according to the rules and methods laid down in Rolerts' Rules of Order. 'Article IX. Amendments. This Constitution may lx amend ed by a two-thirds vote of ull the members present at any regular meeting providing that notice of the projxRxl amendment le given and thut a copy of it be placed in the liands of the recording secretary at the regular meeting next preceding the one at which the vote shall lx; taken. The following presented their ap plications for mcmlx-i-ship and were unanimously elected: Mr. Charles F. Specht, Beavertown; Mr. J. (J. Lesher, Sclinsgrove; and Rev. S. E. Ochscnford, Sclinsgrove. The following were elected as the permanent officers of the sttcicty : President, Jay (. Weiser, Esq.; Vice-Presidents, Prof. I). S. Buyer; Mr. II. II. Schoch; Prof. John I. Woodrutl; Win. K. Miller, Emm.: Mr. thanes 1 . rHfht, Keeording C a f ft it iccreiary, jir. n. Harris jtower; Corresponding Secretary, Mr. (ioo, W. Wagenseller ; Librarian, Mr, Edwin Charles; Treasurer, Mr. Ira C. Schoch. The S(x-icty is greatly indebted to Mr. in. Summers, a idciiiIxt of the Montgomery County Historica Society, for a copy of "Historical Sketches of Montgomery County." This is u work which will add ma terially to the value of our library. Other gitu'Vcre received from Mr, i air it ii u. r . wagenseller, .Mr. rxlwiu Charles, Mr. D.T.Rhuuls and many others. A committee was appointed to draft a form for the better preserv ing ot the church records in the county, for distribution unioiig the ministers. By preserving the church records much valuable historical in formation will Imj saved. The society extends to a 1 I'm te rest ed a cordial invitation to unite with tliein in uiemlx'rship. By a united t'Hbrt much can Ik accomplished. XXX. A Good Appointment. Lincoln, Ncsbrasku, March, 12, '98 Editor Wagenseller. I have resigned my office as county surveyor of Dawson county, Neb. und accepted the jx)sitioii of draughts man in the office of public lands and buildings ut Lincoln Neb. It is a state uppointmcnt. I took charge ot this office February, 1st, my work litre is ot a pleasant and agreeable nature, at least it is to my taste. Our friends in the East may feel somewhat disupHintcd as we hud expected to return home this Spring, but can not do so. We ex pect to come East at least on a visit next full. Our address and residence is No. 1329 M" Street, Lincoln, Nebraska. Yours very truly, A. K. Gift Card of Thanks. I hereby extend my hand of con gratulation and sincere thanks to the scholurs of Fisher's School, Monroe District, for great advancement at tained and persevering interest mani fested in all their studies. Also to the pntrons of said district for kindness shown me, and so un waveringly co-operating with me. And the Board of Directors and worthy Co. Supt will not be forgot ten 'for aid and assistance during term. - , I am yours, in school work, ? Jacob P. Shaeffer. J. J.' Sbally, th foreman of tha iKc who bat ben 111 for almost 8 Jmprorlog, ; v . MARCH 24. 1898. Wanted! 1000 New Subscribers to THE POST DURING THE NEXT SIXTY DAYS. The publisher of the Post has maintained that when a spiial price was to k made for the subscription rate it should be annoum-ed to all at the same time. This announcement will be read by many who offered us less than our regular rate and promised s.rrccy if we would agree to the rate. We invariably refused such oilers on the ground that ull our patrons should bu treated alike. Now we are going to make a Special Offex and wemake it toeverylHMly at the same time. For all NEW sub scriptions that are received and paid in advance during the next (JO .lays we will make the rock bottom rate of Only One Dollar Per Year. To secure this rate, payments must be made in advance during tin; next (!() days. In order to keep all alike we will allow any of our rgu!ar subscri-Ik'I-s during this period to pay up all arrearages to date which of com mi; must Imj at the rate of $l..r0 jM-r year and we will allow you to pay in advance kok sismuuy years as you desire to do so at the rate of Only One Dollar Per Year within the cunty. Those who reside outside of the county will lx given the same privileges except the payineiit-in-advance rate, owing to extra jMistage outside of the comity, will 1m One Dollar and 25 Cents Per Year. We will guarantee each week to give our rcadcrcs: 1. Dr. Talmage's Sermon. 2. The International S. S. Lesson. I!. A (iood Interesting Story. 1. All the Important News of t'oiigres.-. "). All th InijMUtant News of the Country. Ii. All the News of the State. 7. All the News of Snyder County. N. All the News of the Court House. !). The Proceedings of All' Courts. 10. All the Mar riage Licenses. 1 '.. lVeds Entered for Kecord. PI All Wills Probated. 115. All Letters of Administration. 11. The News of the' Commissioners' Office. 1". All the News of Middlcburgli. Id SjMH-ial Articles on Local History. 17. Obituary Notices of all who die in the ncigliliorhood. 18. Marriages Noticts. 19. Fires. 2. Accidents and Injuries. 21. New Industries. 22. Improvements. 2o. Editorials on Important Events. 21. We will tell about tin thousands of things thai will happen the coming year for only 0i)e Dollar 1 9 Advaie. Special Edition". In addition tothu aUive there will be an I3NTXUSTHIu3lXj iddition of the Post before long, which will contain: 1. A History of Snyder County. 2. A list of all the county ofliccrs from 185o to the present time. II. An account of the county seat light 4. History of the Post from its origin in a (Jcrmaiipaperat New l!crliii about 1840 to the present, a. A History of Middleburg. . A De scription of Middleburg. 7. Portrait of the Court House. 8. Portrait of the County Jail. . Portraits ot Business men in Middlcburgli. 10. Portraits of County Officers. 11. Portraits of Business Houses and Hotels 12. Portrait of the liank Building. 1:5. Portraits of some of our lawyers. 14. Portrait of our Judge. 1;". The advantages Middle burg has for the location of an industrial concern. Hi. The names of some people who lived here 100 years ago. 17. Municipal Govern ment 18. The history of our churches. 19. The history of our public schools. 20. Sketch and Portrait of County Superintendent. 21. The Professions. 22. Middleburg in the College World. 23. Agricultural Interests of Snyder County. 24. Our Musicians. 25. TheEduutionul Institutions of Snyder County. 20. A Peep into the Future. 27. And A host of other good things. This speciul edition alone will be worth a dollar, but we will send it free to all subscribers. GET ON THE POST'S BAND WAGON NOW. Canvassers Wanted in Every District to Get up Cluhs. THE POST ONE YEAR FREE. Any one who gets up a club of four new subscribers at SI. each will receive the Post one year free. so at once. Sample copies will be Get right at it before some one else ONLY SIXTY DAYS Such liberal offtrs as the above cannot last alwavs. " You ntiist cret in ' out of the wet within 60 days days. You had better do it at once. The time may run out before you think of it. This offer is positively only good for 60 days. The Post has always been the great powerful strid ing arm of the Republican party,' never afraid to speak the truth even. wnen h mis Kepnblican omOe-liMderi. .i' ' Now is the tune to sand in your nam and a dollar. - VOL. 35. NO. 12. Those who want to canvass can do sent free to those who wish them. gets ahead of you.
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