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; Interesting Items.
News Told m Brief Paragraphs for
i Our Readers.
(rerol Polatern
eral " 0rrl PMipl More
or Ira Prominent.
Chrysanthemums arc In-ginning
tO bl(K)Ul.
' Heady made Skirts at Wcis', Se-
,insgrove. lU-u-iH
-, The wise turkey is l)egir,ning to
roost high. .
LargevarietyCollarettcs at Weis'
.flclinsgrove. 10-1 3-3t
' The quail now feels the need of
itrcncpments.
The time is near at hand when
(lie nig will bo wurstcd.
; Ileuierober we are prepared to
print attractive Kile bills.
Cashier .Thompson went to the
Peace Jubilee J uesday evening.
W. H. Faries and wife visited
Middleburg Wednesday of last week
Floor Oil Cloths and Linoleums
in large varieties at Wcis', Selins-
rove. 10-1 3-3 1
' Sergeant G. C. Gutelius is taking
in the l'eaee Jubilee at Philadelphia
this week.
William and Carrie I laas of Sha
iuokin were Middlcbtirgh visitors
jjver Sunday.
The Snyder Countv C. E. Con
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Willllll III in: iirni r.u I" t i
. Oct. 27 and 28.
Mr. Peet of Avium, X.
v.,
traveling salesman, .jont
Sunday
m Middleburg.
All wool figured Cloth f0 iiiclu
ride for "2"c. a yard (only t wostyles)
It Weis', Scliiisgrovc. 10-13-Mt
; Our eirculaliou is still iueroasr'g
and we would be pleased to have you
Mjcure us a new subseriber.
v'"llev. Fred. Aurand and wife of
.Milllinbiirg were the guests of Mrs.
E. C. Aurand over Sunday.
Fa km Wantkd: State cash and
time price. Axsox 11. Krssixi,,
&-15-3m. Akron, Ohio.
S. Ij. llrov.er and wife of Lewis
t.iwn hint Thursday were the guests
of Dr. J. W. Orwig and wife.
Attorney M. I. Potter and family
nteut several days last week at Se
linsgrovc the guests of friends.
The cost of transporting the sol
diers' monument from Vermont to
Perry county seat was $G25.52.
William Shindel, a student of Sus
quehanna University, npent Sunday
iB town the guest ot his parents.
F. II. Maurer, Xew llerlin, is al
ways offering ejiecial bargains. See
liis special announcement in this is
sue, tf
' Send us the news of your neigh
borhood, and in that way assist us in
making the Pout still more interest-rag-,
Marriage license was issued at Sun-
bury last week to Harvey Ilomig of
aennsgroveanuAiinaiireese ot iiea
i;rtown. : The wife of a man running for
jftioe has as hard a time as a mother
baa taking her baby through a teeth
ing spell.
James Beaver and family of Mif
flinburg, last week, visited his par
ents, Gabriel Beaver and wife, in
this place.
Solomon App of Monroe twp. and
1'. S. Albert of of Selinsgrove were
county seat visitors on Wednesday
oflast week.
Children's Caps, tamoshanters,
miou suits, lioisery, mittens and
aany other goods will be reduced
oo Opening Days.
L. DcKKLEBEBGER.
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MTODLEBURGH, SNYDER CO., PA.. THU11SDAY,
Senator E. M. Hummel was a
Middleburg visitor on Monday after
noon. Profs. Edwin Charles and 11. F.
Smith on Sunday visited Port Tre-
verton.
Mrs. Adam Showers and daughter
Maud spent several days at Selins
grove this week.
Mrs. Mary M. Wagner ot Globe
Mills was the guest of he daugliter,
Mrs. Foster lliegel, during the past
week.
Hon. G.Alfred Schochaud wife
are on an extended tour through the
west visiting mewls ami seeing
SlglltS.
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The degree of Doctor of Laws
was. conferred upon President Mc
kinley on Monday by the Uiuvcrsi
ty of Chicago.
How a coward became a hero is
the subject of the last chapter o
"The Keeruit" in the November
mutt In Kal.
Mrs. J. W. Martin and step
daughter of Milton spent several
days with her father, David Ker-
stetler, in Franklin.
County Treasurer Uiegel, who
has been employed at Ins trade in
MitHinbtirg spent Sunday with his
family in tins place
Matthias Fisch lell Midd!eburr
last week for Homestead, Pa. H
proposes to go into the restaurant
business t that pu.ee.
J. C. Seb'K'h and wife and Di'
Hassinger and wile started on Mon
, . i l r i i
tiav mormu lor me i vace .midiiii
in Phil.idelpliia this week.
My Winter Millinery Opening
will take place Wednesday, Tliur-
day and l iiday, .ov. s, and Ult,
t ) wliieii voii are hum cordially in
vited. I,. irxKi.Ki!i-:i:ii:i:.
Tin real c-late and 1 wo dwelling
houses of the estate irf't'ue late Fred
crick (!. Walter of tliis borough was
wold on Tuesday io (!.. W. Wagei
seller for !?1S3(I.
Win. Heaver, one ol Middlebarg'.s
mereliants, was to Philadelphia lat
week to lav inasiipply of new goods.
Mrs. lieavcrand Miss Christina 1.m
ver accompani'.'il him.
William P. Shelley Lawrence (!.
Stetler, Mrs. A. M. J lowersox, Lula
Smith and Cora Peaver are delegates
from the Lutheran) Y. P. S. C. K.
to the County Convention ut Ficc
burg. In the Huntingdon and MiiUin
county line case the Superior Court
has overruled the assignment of
error and dismissed the appeal, thus
deciding in favor of Huntingdon
county.
Harry II. Harter and family on
Tuesday of this week started for
Lincoln, Nebraska, where they will
make their future home. The Post
extends its liest wishes to them in
their new home.
Miss Daisy 1 loruberger of Aline
has opened a millinery store at
Aline. Millinery goods and dress
making a sjuxiialty. Artistic and
tasty trininnng. Call to Kee the
goods and bargains. 10-27-2t
Geo, AV. Krliart had a sale of hii
household eflects on Saturday and
moved his family to Lcwistown on
Tuesday. He is the operator of
Purnham. We regret to lose ho
valuable a citizen as Mr. Erhart.
A cold winter, with lots of snow
and rain, is predicted by Prognos
ticator Cuthbcrston, ot Buffalo. His
opinion is based on the fact that the
year so far shows excess of heat, and
it is the most natural thing in the
world to suppose that one extreme
will follow another. August last
goes as the most continuously warm
and sultry month of its kind, break
ing all records not for excessive heat,
but uniformity-
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Schoeh & Stahlueekerlmveputup
two large furnaces this fall nnd arc
having the contract for a third one.
A Howard furnace was put into
George Stetler's residence ; a Sun
shine at M. Z. Stcininger'sresidence
and a Kernen will be put into Zion's
hureh.
We learn by the frequent appeals
of our exchanges that other paiier
have their deli nqiicnts too. It seems
that when a request is made for the
delinquents to pay up nearly every
one thinks, or at least they act so, s
if it were meant for the others, and
not for himself.
A smooth, easy shave, genieci hair
cut, or other tonsoiial work, is al-
M ays obtained at Soles' ItarherSlion.
in Wittcninver's building, opposite
Post oliice. (Jo to Soles to buy
new razors or exchange for old ones.
Razors honed awl guaranteed to give
satisfaction. A. K. nii.ks.
Waxtkd. Life Insurance Solic
tors and District Managers for Sny
der County, and vicinity. Cumpany
incorporated under Iowa Laws;
Hi years in business, " years in
Pennsylvania, libera! contracts. Ad
dress S. U. IUksti.ki:, !I37 Spring
Garden St., Philadelphia. l()-27-3t
So, hia Trcaster of Cros.-grove,
this county, and Anna M. Pummel,
of Port lioyal, formerly of this
county, have been granted widow's
pensions of ?12 aml.?S respectively.
In the list alsti we notice t!ie name
of lion. Geo. W. Ulioadsnl'l Ieril.ioll
at the rate of N per inuUh.
Dame Umnorsays that our to'-vus-
man. .1. i . ehoeii, will in;t mi ins
war paint and enter the iace for
County Treasurer at the Itcpuhlicau
primary next spring. Mr. Selioeh
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has niwavs iiccn a loval l.eniiiiiiiMii
and i.ii
cuts in
doubt will l.ii-t I
e ills olijion-
'lie race fir tiie
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Prof. Edwin 'harh .-, Li I Tari nr.
ol the Snyder ('oiiliiy lli-tof ii al So
ciety, w ishes to publicity acknow
ledge through tin- column- of the
"Post,"' the receipt of a complete
lite ol the lt'ilii:if l!i rt il'r, present
ed by Edwin S. Arnold of Poll
Trevertoii, now employed in the
IVt OHice Departmental Washing
ton. Chambersburg is being worked
by tiie old swindle. An agent calls
at a house and gets a photograph,
promising to return an enlarged
picture without charge, and when
the man comes again he has the
picture in a frame for which he de
mands from ?: to 7 and refuses to
return the photograph until pay
ment has been made.
A man in Paris finds a profitable
business in collecting bail debts by
stopping at a debtor's with a wagon,
around the lop of w hich are these
words: "This buggy only stops in
front oflhehousesot jieople who will
not pay their debts." Everybody,
and particularly business people,
dread this man's buggy so much
that they pay promptly.
J.C. Kreitzer, Justice of the Peace
of Chapman township was a well
known county seat visitor on Mon
day. He is one of the oldest Jus
tices in the county. He has held
six commissions from the Governors
of Pennsylvania, five as Justice of
the Peace and one as a notary pul
Iic. He iierformcd 181 marriage
ceremonies and his almost 3000 judg
ments on his docket and nearly that
many criminal cases were heard lc
forc him.
Millinery Opening.
I will have a Grand Opening on
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday,
Nov. 1st, 2nd and 3rd, ot Winter
Millinery and Fancy Goods, Capes,
Coats, Skirts, Wrappers, Hats, etc.
Come, see and be convinced as to
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' 1ULLEN v. AUBAKD.
BRAKES GAVE WAY.
Thrilling Ride Down Mountain Side
Ma End in Death.
A very serious accident oivurred
Friday afternoon on the P.ullalo
Valley railroad. This road was
built. about a year ago by the M. II.
Kulp Lumber Company and runs
from Lewi-burg to the summit of
Pu Halo Mountains, a distance of
aln nit eighteen mi Its. Gilliert Kulp,
a brother of Congressman M. II.
Kulp, and superintendent of their
lumber business; John E. Krcishcr
of licwisburg, and James ISurd, a
a workman, wre coining down the
mountain on a lumber truck.
A tier running sonic distance one
of the brakes gave way and as the
remaining brake was insufficient to
hold the car it was soon beyond their
control. The speed momentarily
increased, nnd they were soon rush
ing down the mountain at a frigiit
lul velocity. To their dismay they
saw some other trucks on the truck
ahead of them. I'urd jumped oil
and yelled to the others to do the
same. I'efore they could do so the
car had da.died into the other trucks,
and they were throw n with awful
force.
The car was smashed into splint
ers, !' in 1 Kulp ami Krcishcr were
found senseless and bleeding among
the rock. Physicians were ha-tily
sumi;Mii'd from Mililinburg and
I e" i liurg. Kulp is badly bruised,
but it istlio'i-: f;it:'.lly injured.
Krii.'lu'i'ii lMiniPiioii is very serious
ami it is (eared hisskiillisfraclurcil.
i le lias a hoie an i.ieu or more deep
in Ids head.
I'Yotu later imiinnatioii il wa
learned that Kulp had tlnve ribs
broken and a leg Iraeiuved.
Clauuci Jones Is Innocent.
Theotlni" morning when Anion
( i. l!aslio:,r came to his milt in
i'ranlvlin, he dis.-ovi red a paper
tacked to tin-door ol Ids mill. The
penman.-liip was not bad, but the
give tin- letier publicity tin
ail il i-
worth. 1 1 is as Ibllows :
" it is wonderful uomlerliiUjoiies
is i licence i told I i line he (lid II' -t
.-teal (he meat i stole it cecliinan is
mistaken in the meat it was peincs
1 sholdcr I Ik ids no dry beef i put
the hags awl the hooks uad strings
to h right on June I 1, 1S!),H. its
moved me so that I could not sleep
sins was coil that i stolen that meat
and jones got into such trouble he is
a poor man but think of his poor
wife and his drea children oh it is
wonderful jones is a hard working
man works hard for his money i
pitty his p.-.or family just think of
his poor children oh it wcried me so
but jones is i licence in deed he is i
stolen it and nobody elst ceehnian
done wrong w ought to Ik- punish
ed at jonas place for taking tiie poor
ehildrens meat out of their mouths
and make that poor jones can come
home to his family again now please
put this in the Post and give this
Kiper to cechman so that everybody
can see what peoples can do but
give jones free."
We publish the above letter not
because it descrvesany consideration
in itself, but to inform the writer
that if he pities Jones and his poor
wife and children so much, he is in
a lietter jwsition to give Jones his
lilicrty than anybody else. If his
statement is correct, he ought not to
be able to sleep a wink until ho se
cures Mr. Jones' release, which
power is in the writer's hands. The
author of the above letter, if he tells
the truth, is the only man who can
liberate Jones and if he will come to
this office and give the particulars
more fully, we will promise to lilv-
erate Mr. Jones. If the writer will
do his duty, he will do all he can to
liberate the innocent man as he claims
Jones is.
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OCT. 27. 1898.
The Compulsory Act.
(Coiitlnut'd froni IhhI wvek .)
As soon as the law was amended
by the legislature of 1S!7, the De
partment of Public Instruction pro
ceeded to drafl forms of books to le
used by the Assessors in recording
the nges of children. The forms or
bonks comprehend the following
items, viz : (a) Full name of child,
(b) Date of birth, (e) Age, (d) Sex,
(e) Nationality, (!) Pcsidence, (g)
Aame ot NilwNdiool District, (h)
Name ol' parent or persons in paren
tal relation, (i) Postollice address ol
parent, (j) Name of employer ofchild
under Hi years of of ng and k)
l'ostollicc adilrcss of said employer.
Copies of the above form wi re
sent to the County Commissioners
of each County, who then purchased
I ron i the various printing establish
ments a sullicient supply for their
respective counties. The original
hooks were tluai placed in the hands
of the Assessors and complete regis,
t ration of all children between (iaiu
.11 I MM .
i years was mane. l lie Assessor,
In-fore returning his registry to the
Commissioners presented the book
for inspection to the secretary of the
School Ptooi'd who cither approved
m disapproved of the correctness of
the registration made, as his judg
ment and knowledge of the matter
would dictate. The book being re
turned to the Assessor, on u da v pre
viously appointed by tin- Commis-
lonei, ail 1IU- assessors 111 ttieeouil-
ty returned the ivgi -teisto the Com
missioners who caused an exact copy
oi i act i list to In- made and s-m to
the secretary ol tin- School 1'n-ird el
tie- several di-t riets.
Jul!" an
aiiimaled iii-.cn
loll i:t-
an-, u in tin- 1 1 1 1 1 1-
i
of lai'i'V Si' I I
county, v. heli-cr
the leachcr l.y
! ii iar I shall con-
au'.hoiit ;,s in our
the lists liiriiisiied
t he secretary i -i' tin
tain a'l the ;!"m ; iviati v.
id'-lllily nl'the child as -e!
then-gist ration li-ts lurid
to the
nl in
led the
secielary by tin
whether it shall
Commissioners, or
he a simple state-
incut setting forth f!e- nanus and
age- of children subject lo the com
pulsory provisions. The law simply
stalis that the secretary shall fur
nish ii roviYfl lint a f all children in
cacti Mill-district to the teacher or
teachers in said sub-district.
In communities w here every per
son is almost intimately acquainted
with every other person, it is alto
gether needless to rcipiirc the secre
tary to make an exact copy of the
list w hich lias been certified to him
by the Commissioners. It is sul
licient for the secretary to have the
list which establishes beyond the
pcradveiitiircs of a doubt the iden
tity ami residence, parentage, ttc. of
the child nnd it is not necessary for
the faithlul observance and enforce
ment of the law on the part of the
teacher to lie supplied with data
such as h(! sex, nationality, Sic. of
the child or children attending his
or her school.
If, however, any secretary desires
to give to the teachers of his district
exact copies of the list like that
which is made by the Assessor and
furnished by the Commissioners no
fault can be found other than it may
lie confusing to young and inexperi
enced teachers and thus the direct
purpose of the law be defeated. In
large towns, cities awl communities
where there is a large foreign ele
ment and the diversity of employ
ment tends to exclusiveuess on the
part ot the people comprising the
population, it is evident that for the
certain identification of the pupil
these precautionary measures are
necessary. Put such conditions do
not exist in any part or portion of
our county, hence common sense
would dictate the furnishing of a
simple statement itontaining the
names and ages of the pupils resid
ing in each sub-district as sufficient-
I lv nmnlp. Of ennrao oonV 15cf m,,ct
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VOL 35. NO. 42.
lie cert ilied as true and correct by
the secretary. Incase of omission
by the Assessor to register a child
or when children move into district
after registration has Uvu made, it
is the duty of the secretary to add
such names to (lie list already fur
nished the teacher.
The principal or teacher of every
public school shall rcxirt to the
sec y or attendance oil ccr if tin.
board have appointed one, at the
end ol cacti month the number of
children and who they arc, that have
been ab.-eiit days or more during
the month. When it become tiie
duty nf the sce'y or attendance of
ficer to ii itily in vrit'nui the parents
or guardians of such children ol the
absence ol tlieirehildrcn and reipie.-t-ing
them p, . sent immediately to
their respective schools. In case ol
failure so to do or refuse to do so,
the see'v or attendance ollieer, if
there be tine, in the name of the
township or diftrict shall proceed
agaiiM the offending party hefbre
a justice of the peace, and if insuf
ficient evidence of the neglect oi the
parent or p-r'y otlcnding be ap
parent at tin- hearing before the
justice, the cost ol said proceedings
.hall be paid out of the. list rid school
funds. If the negligeiieeiif tie- par
ent ur (cue! er ol the child be lullv
estal
ilis'lei
thc
person offending
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor
and shall upon conviction thereof
liil'leil a line not cceeilillg Iwo dol-la.-s
on the liivd c.-:vii-i.m and a fine
not cm ling five dollars fir each
Sllli-coilc;; conviction. Provided,
however, that bef hv such pen dtv
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nil in- mciirre.l, the parent, teach
er, or ::iiar !;,!.i ,.o he not A ,v
the s-'v in v.-riiili" of such i:il,-lile
ami
:mi iipjiorliiiMly
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t lory to tin in.
1 lerein (lie di eretioiiarv jio-.vers
of I !n directors nijiy be fnvplelitly
lesied. It i- to be earnestly hoped
that Ii i liiiiiy excuse urged bv over
indulge:!! parents or parents uu
niimllu! ol their children's best in
terests will swerve theiii from the
path nfditty. Inly sickness or other
urgent, reasons should lie considered
proper j
excuses,
.round tor
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lAsiiam
II the ehiidren arc regularly em
ployed or two miles away from the
scIhmiI or are mentally or physically
afllidet, all that the parent need do
is to present such evidence to the
board and the law at once excuses
the child from attendance. Since
the first ellort to establish the com
pulsory feature in the school attend
ance, the inituencc tlicrclrom has
had a decided salutary efl'ecl. No
trouble has been encountered by
ither directors or people.
The schools have Ik-cm largely in
creased in enrollment of pupils and
regularity of attendance, all of which
promises to augment the cilieicney
and value of our schools.
That there are many detects in
the law, I have no doubt, but if
through it a single hoy is saved from
a life of ignorance and superstition,
indolence and crime and by it brought
to school, even against his will, and
trained for life's nobleduties, taught
intelligent application to study and
inspired with a noble ideal of our
liest citizenship, is it not worth the
trouble and time of every citizen,
oflicer nnd layman alike, to do all in
our owcr to make effective that
which the statue solemnly enjoins
upon- us?
I prices for this year.
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