The Middleburgh post. (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, September 18, 1902, Image 2

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    THE HAPPY LONQ AGO.
They tell us of th good old tlm
The happy lone ago
Alaat tha world to-day U tilled
With nothing much but woe!
Back In tha blissful, lovely days.
I When all thing were ao nice.
li Icemen's wagons rumbled, and
The people had no Ice.
'Bark In th happy, happy days
When people were so blent.
When life was worth the living, and
The world was at Its best
Men didn't turn the faucets on
When they went home at night
And plunge as we plunge Into tubs
All smooth und clean and white.
The good old day, the fair okl days,
Kre awning had been made.
Mow sweet It must have been, when It
Was ninety In the shade.
To sit beside a window where
The sun whs shining through
While from unsprlnkled streets the dust
In choking volumes blew!
Bow Kind they must have been who lived
In those old. happy duys,
Where everything was done by hand
In good old-fashioned ways,
When smoky candles pierced the gloom
And bubles yelled at night
Because there were no safety pins
I To give their souls delight
i
Ah! happy, happy days long past.
When all the world was gay.
.Ere window screens had been devised
To keep the flies away.
When people slept on corded beds
And hnd tholr visions rare
jWhlle glad mosquttos took their fill
Whut happiness was there!
-S. K. Klser. In Chicago llecord-Herald.
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; A Fair Chance.
.oooooooo
IT WAS drowsily warm that day,
and though a murder ense was in
Itourse of trial at the county seat, it
had aroused no particular excitement
in the minds of the inhabitants of
Willsborougb. The rourtroom hnd
jhurdly more than its usual contin
gent of idlers and loungers:.
For one thing; the case lind no com
plications or sensational fentures,
And there was nothing sentimentally
lintcrcsting in the character of the
parties concerned. It was just a coun
try fellow, a piny-woodsman, who had
killed his step-brother, and then
seemed nble to give no explanation
Tor his deed but, "Ho deviled me till
tl done' it." The two, it appeared,
lad liad "words," and suddenly Al
plieus White picked tip an adz
and struck Jim Jordan a terrible blow
on the head that killed him instant
ly. The ntep-mother and step-sisters
of the accused nnd several of
their "kin," witnessed against Al
jpheus, nnd bore voluble testimony
to the fact that he had always been
'full "f pyore meanness;" whereas,
"Jim had been beliked by all that
Jcnowed him.' According to them Al
jpheus had "a-gredge'1 against Jim for
years, had always been jealous of
him, and "spited" him whenever he
could.
'. Alpheus hnd previously borne the
ireputntinn of a harmless, peaceable
mnn, not "overly bright," but steady
nnd sober; yet the fact remained that
Tie had killed n, man, seemingly tip
on slight provocation. Ho did not
attempt to deny his crime, or even
to excuse it; appearing dazed into
-submission to his fate. There was
nothing in his appearance to excite
the sympathy of those sentimental
eotils who till the cells of murderers
with bouquets. He was just a tall,
tliin countryman, awkwardly put to
gether, with a freckled face, hair al
most colorless, and a long, sunburnt
neck amply displayed by the turn
down collar of his checked cotton
ahirt. Only in his pale, blue eyes
there was a sad, puzzled, rebuffed
look one sees in the eyes of some poor
homeless dog that everybody kicks
mid abuses and drives away.
The case bad been one easily dis
posed of. The lawyer appointed by
the court had pleaded somewhat
lukewarmly, the causa of murder.
Then followed the district attorney,
who referred to the prisoner ns a
fratricide, likened him to Cain, and
became eloquently impassioned upon
the duty of conviction.
' The jury retired to deliberate.
Alpheus sat with his chin sunken
upon his breast, in a sort of mental
and physical torpor. The wind
brought warm puffs of perfume
through the windows from the bloom
ing China trees in the courtyard; a
slow oxwagon crawled creakily along
XIain street, and some pigs grunted
and sen filed in the dust.
"It's astonishing how near being
animals those piny-woods people are,"
whispered the district attorney to
.another lawyer. "That fellow is ac
tually too dull and dense even when
his life hangs in the balance."
l'ut Alpheus wns not quite so dull
and dense. He did not know what
fratricide meant, however, he under
stood dimly that the district attorney
had been "talkin' agin him." A
A vague thought came to his mind
'that if he had money or influence,
tilings might go easier with hltn.
The deliberation of the jury did not
last long.
At the verdict, "Guilty," a sort of
murmur ran around the room; for
there must always be a moment of
emotion in henring sentence of death
pronounced even upon the most in
significant of human beings. ,
The prisoner still remained seated.
Some one took him by the arm and
helped him up, and as he stumbled
to his feet he spoke for the first
time that day.
"I nuver hed a fair chanRt,"
he said aloud in the queer, jerky
drawl of the piny-woods.
It had a comical sound nnd some
one tittered in spite of the solemnity
of the occasion. I
"Did you ever see a convicted man j
twho thought he had had a fair trial?" j
one lawyer asked another.
i But Alpheus had bad no thought
f a fatr trial wtn ha apolra; h
wonld not hare known a fair trial
from an unfair one.
' i Hit mind bad gone far, far back to
jthe days of his childhood, to tha
, little mud-chinked log . cabin in the
j clearing where he had Uved with his
istner and mother. He remembered
his thin, sickly mother, who worked
so hard and had so many aches and
pains, yet was nevertheless always
"kind-spoken. There were many
little mounds in a rude inclosure
which, in a more civilized region
would have been considered none too
good to serve as a pig pen, for of all
the children she had borne, Alpheus
alone survived. His father, too, was
kind to him, and when he took his
cotton into town, in the autumn,
would bring Alpheus a stick of
"striped candy."
Hut the mother died, and after
trying to "do for himself, Alpheus'
father brought home the widow Jor
dan with her noisy, quarrelsome
brood of children. She took a dislike
to Alpheus at first sight. It was not
Alpheus at first' sight. It was not
jealousy with her conrse, buxom
good looks, she would have thought
she had no occasion to be jealoOB
of her sickly, faded predecessor, or
any of her belongings but she de
clared that the "young 'en was jes
too pizen ugly to live; as ugly as a
jailer nigger dog." As she and all
her progeny were black-haired and
bhtck-eyed, Alpheus' tow head was
naturally not admired by her. He
slunk out of her sight as much as
possible, but she quickly appointed
him the drudge of the family.
"Mary Uelle," she would say, "don't
you spile your skin over that lire.
Alpheus has got to stir that pot."
Or, "Here, you Alpheus, do you think
I'm goin' to let my Jim break his
back totin' them buckets o' water
from the springs?"
Alpheus' father had at first tried
feebly to protect him; but he wus a
weak-minded man, easily reduced to
submission by his loud-tongucd wife,
and though he might pity his son in
secret, he durcd not ruise his voice
to defend him.
The Jordans were all better looking
nnd quickerwitted than Alpheus, and
they were not slow to make him feel
this; tormenting him in various
ways.
"He ain't none o' our kin," they
would explain to visitors.
Jim, who was the nearest his age,
was especially malevolent in his de
vices for the discomfiting of Alpheus.
The only time Alpheus had ventured
to resent Jim's aggressions, his step
mother's heavy fist had hammered
into him the wisdom of suffering in
silence. As their mother made n
drudge of him, so the young Jordans
made him the butt of their clumsy
ridicule. It was Jim who gave him
the name of "Fiddleneck" by which
he became known throughout that
piny woods settlement. The rural
sense of the appropriate was tickled
by the title. "Don't it jes' hit off that
long, red neck o' his'n!" exclaimed
Abrum Heechby. "Jim shore is the
fellow to give names that sticks."
Yet Alpheus was a good, harmless
creature, who would have asked noth
ing better than to live on kindly
terms with his step-relations. As he
grew older the settlement had no
definite grievance against him; but
when one is shy and awkward it is
easy to get the reputation of being
"sullen-like" and the second Mrs.
White spared no words to make it
believed that her stepson was "hard
to get along with."
H.
Shortly nfter Alpheus reached man
hood his father died, and the larger
part of the little farm fell to his
share. Mrs. White was indignant thnt
the law gave her only a third, and,
in fact, went into hysterics when she
learned that the whole farm was not
to lie hers.
"Oh, my po' paltry thirds!"sbe
ejaculated, with tears of wrath. "If
this uin't on jest, there never was on
jestice in the world. Here's me that's
worked like a nigger on this place,
an' done for that man year in an'
year out, an wore myself out tryin'
to raise his brat flttm'--an' here I'm
put off with thirds!"
Hut the law Is law. Alpheus glad
ly gave up the cabin to his step
mother, and built himself another
ns far removed as possible from the
old one. He began to plant on his
own account, and became modestly
successful, owing to his industry. All
of which did not endear him to the
Jordans.
Jim had also reached man's estate,
and in gala attire, profusely scented
with "cinnamon draps," with his
black, curly hair well oiled, he vus
a typical piny-woods lady-killer. In
addition, he was a hard drinker, a
poker player, and an idler In short,
thoroughly worthless; but his mother
and sisters admired him greatly as a
dashing blade.
Alpheus' nearest neighbors were
the Millers new people who had
lately moved in from an adjoining
county. Moses Miller, who was as
quiet and hard-working as Alpheus,
hnd made the young man's acquain
tance in the course of their plowing
and planting, and they soon became
friends. Moses had au only daugh
ter, Linda, not pretty, but with a
pleasant comeliness, and gentle, kind
ly ways that suggested goodness of
heart. The probable thing hap
pened: Alpheus fell in love with Lin
da, and began to court her in a bash
ful way. Linda, who had no "high
notions," looked favorably upon him,
land all seemed to point towards an
everyday ending to this humble love
story. When Jim Jordan heard the news,
he "mos 'split his sides a-laughln' "
as he expressed It.
"The idee o' that old sneak, Fiddle
:neck, co'tin' a gall" he cried, slapping
hia leg. "Darned if I don't tail ia an'
cut him out."
FCTT
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ODUBiFr
Like t'ic running brook, the up
I.Kit
flows
t come
through
irorn
Am was prompt to act. Ha btfm
to lay siege to aimple Linda, and
soon daisied her with his deahlng
ways. Ha ridiculed Alpheua Inces
santly, never speaking of him to
Linda except as Fiddleneck. and mak
ing; her ashamed, finally, of having .j i.t
received Alpheus attentions. Heln- . D ' .
less as ever under Jim's persecutions. I the VCIll.S
Alphtus could only worry and pusxle jSOlUCwI'.crC.
over the situation. I -ri r tit 1
But the climax came when Alpheua L T1C P?. fcd ll00( r;rC
was passing one day In front of theJlOUliU V. t!0 SOlt COrC Ct t'lC
old cabin, and Jim. hailing him, boiltS C:.i':Ccl tllC marrow an CI
rtr"n!. JJlt h'B soir.c say red blood also come.
"Xot that I vaiiy her this much," , from the spleen. Healthy bone
ana ne snappeu his lingers, "but jes' i narrow and healthy SpleCll
to learn you a lesson." f 11 f f f
Suddenly the world swam red be- L, 1 , ' .
fore Alpheus eyes. It seemed to him 1 COtt S LlTlulsiOn makes I1CW
that this crowned all the unkindneas, blood bv feeding the boiK
Insults and indignities that had been " i t i
heaped upon him in hi. childhood and ' rO-V and the SplcCll V.'Itl.
boyhood. He struck at his step- ! tllC richest Ot all fats, the pure
brother as an animal attacked by cod liver oil.
another would strike, inspired by 1- i ' t i 1
the instinct of retaliation, and with-i . I'OrpalC School glt'ls ai!C
out thought of consequences. Invalids and for all whoe
?V ? u"T a" thi! but him-; blood is thin and pale, Scott'.-
lf ? and he had not words in which ' r- i i . i i
:-iuuimuii ib u pieasani ana nc:i
blood food. It not only feeds
- ( Bad te .
Mr. Ferguson was standing on tha
upper deck of tha lake steamer, hold
ing to a rope and watching the wave,
when Mrs. Ferguson came hurrying:
self?
to tell it
The Methodist minister visited Ai- the blood-making organs but
,
was a srood.
earnest soul, and was touched era
to tears by the thought of this p-or,
ignorant creature standing unfriend
ed on the brink of death.
In response to his pious words,
Alpheus still mumbled his one plaint, '
"I nuver hed a fair chanst. I
"But put all that behind you, poor
sinner!" cried the minister, "put it
behind you like the rest of life. Ke
pent, and look forward to the life
eternal."
"Yes, I'm sorry I killed Jim, but
lomehow I dunno" Alpheus thought
and words trailed off confusedly in
to silence.
The minister was with Alpheus to
the last, exhorting, consoling and en
couraging; and Alpheus learned to
cling to him as a child in passing
through a dark place would cling to
ia friendly hand. Something of the
consolation the minister tried to
bring home to him penetrated his
dull mind, and his formless ideas
slowly shaped themselves into the
words: "Beckon if I'd always knowed
'bout glttin' a fair chanst Over Yan
der, I wouldn't 'a minded so much
missin' it here."
In which, without knowing it, Al
pheus acquiesced in the words of the
philosopher that "in order to en
dure this life it is necessary to
Imagine another." New Orleans
Times-Democrat.
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SCOTT ft BOWNK, Chemist,
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Sue. aud f 1.00 ; all druggists.
Jury List.
List of Grand Jurors drawn for the Court 01
Oyer and Terminer and Oenernl .Isll delivery
and Court of quarter (Session of the Peace n(
Hnvdcr county held at Oct. Term. commenclt.g
Monday, Oct. . ISO.
CiKANDJl'HORS.
Name Occupation.
Aibogast, C. M., laborer,
liinennian. Daniel. laborer,
Wenfer, Jacob, laborer.
Htngaman. Wm II.. carpenter,
Dreese. John, farmer,
Fry. Charles, farmer.
Flilier, lUrry, farmer,
lill, A. W., teacher,
(Jilber, Jan. II., hrieklayer
Gerhart Jonepli fanner
Howell Adam lalmrer
Hendricks tiiaa U merchant
llendrlvka Henry farmer
Herrold 8 tt laborer
Kline John farmer
Moyer Michael laborer
Mover Philip T laborer
"George," she hurriedly exclaimed.
"Johnny is dreadfully sickT
"Where?" asked tha husband and
father, preparing to go below.
"Where do you suppose he would
be sick?" she asked, shrilly, "in a storm
like thlt?" Chicago Tribune.
Xeedad Her Dad's Heist.
Summer Girl Papa, I wish you'd
lock up your money and pretend to
fail, there's a good old dear. It needn't
last more than a week or twoand
there are so many failures now no one
will find fault.
Father Of all things! Wha
Summer Girl Oh, it's all right. You'
tee, I'm engaged to nine young men,'
and I ve got to get rid of at least eight
of them, somehow. X. Y. Weekly.
Her Vocal Attalaraeata.
"I am not at all satisfied with my
rolce," the ohuroh choir soprano re
marked to her visiting uncle from be
yond the suburbs.
"I noticed," responded the uncle, to
whom the operatic style of church
music was something new, "you
ieemei to be trying to shake it while
I you were singing thnt solo. Chi-
ongo Tribune.
PUG AS WEATHER MESSENGER
Tha Ingenious Baaaestlon of at Mmm
Who Was Not Over Fond ( .
Physical Election. .
Down in Georgia, according to my
friend, Cnpt. Lyerly, who ought to
know, lives a man who is noted for
his love of ease, but whose wife is
sufficiently a hustler to almost make
up for his chronic disinclination to
activity, writes Henry SI. Wiltse, in
Llppincott's.
One cold night he went to bed,
leaving some bags of grain out of
doors which should have been placed
in the barn for protection against
the weather, to say nothing of
thieves. But then, they don't have
many thieves in Georgia.
During the night the hero of this
story awoke and thought thnt he
heard something which sounded like
ruin, lie was anxious to know
whether it was ruining or not, for if
it were he wanted an opportunity
to worry about that grain, or per
haps hint to his wife and then go to
sleep while she slipped out and at
tended to it.
, He thought the matter over for
some time and then hunched the
good woman.
"Nancy!"
"What is it. John?"
"Is it rainin'?"
"I don't know, John.
"I wish I knew."
"Why don't you get up and see,
then?"
"I hate to; I'm awfully sleepy."
"Well, then, go to sleep and never
mind."
"W all, I'd like to know. Hit's
right important." ' ;
"Then go and see."
"You go, won't you, Nancy?"
"No, I won't so now, you lazy
thing, you!"
John lay and reflected for some
VfIlHWS' AIM'KAISKMKNTS.-.Nollce 1m Here
" by given that Mm following Widows' Ap-prnlsemciiUuiiilert'-U'thiolaw.
have tech nun
with the t'lerk of t he orpians' Court of Snyder
county for confirmation Oct. th. 1S02.
I. Appraisement of Mary C Showers, widow
of Adam Showera, lute of .Middlebnri;, decern
ed, elected to be taken under the 3U0 exemp
tion law.
S. Appraiieraent of Matilda Trcater, widow
of Levi k. Treaater, late of Went Heaver Twp
deeeaaed, elected to be taken under the WHO
exemption law.
3. Appraisement of Jennie M. Mover, widow
of William C. Moyer. late of Franklin Twp.,
deceased, elected to be taken umler tha i:um
eaeinptlon law.
4. Appraisement of Sarah M. Snot, wl.lno
of John W. Nnoke late of I'nlon Twp., deceas
ed, elected to be taken under thn t on
lion law.
5. Appraisement of Caroline Herrold, widow
of David Herrold. late of elm
ceased, elected to be taken under the $JUO ex
emption law.
PUOTIIONOTARY'S ACCOUNTS:
The following: accounts will ha nresentnl fnr
conformation Monday, October 6, 1U0-J,
Account of J. G. Hornberirer. Committee In
Lunacy of the person and estate of Klin All..
SheafTer, of I'erry Twp., Snyder county, I'a.
First and final account of IraC. K, hru I. 1W
minutes, then awoke his wife again ,e' 'he person and estate of fane Rush,
Ptahl Jacob U far ner
fSeboch John dentist
Htover J Wilson farmer
Utabl John laborer
Wise Gabriel farmer
Wagner Win A farmer
Young A Klley farmer
PETIT JUKORS
I.Utof Petit Jurors drawn tor the Court of
Common I'lcus, Court of ouarter Sessions of the
Peace, Court of Over and Terminer and General
Jail Delivery f Hnyder County, Pit,, held as
Residence.
Perry West
I'cmre
Middleereek
He-vcr
Washington
Jackson
Beaver West
Adnms
Monroe
Washinitton
Middleburg
SeliusKrove
Chapman
Villon
Jackson
Washington
Washington
I'nion
Monroe
Perry
Pen n
Vnlon
Reaver West
.Monroe
Oct. Term, commenelnij Oct.
Name. Occupation.
Amlg Philip farmer
Arbogant W A merchant
Doweraox t'urtin farmer
Boyer Daul gent
bailey Isaac trucker
Urubaker John 8 farmer
Dlehl Franklin laborer
Dreese Isaac farmer
Dlemer John H laborer
Custer Henry I farmer
Fisher lleury R farmer
Foils John farmer
Forry WmO laborer
Uood Allen T farmer
tmrman D U farmer
Glass r rnncla gent
Gross Geo M merchant
Garman W Irviu shoedealer
Hummel Hen F fanner
Haines L K saddler
Herman Jacob H farmer
Iletriek Wallace W farmer
HoKhue Abraham gent
Ilalne W Pgent
Haines John gent
Heeler Wm r farmer
.turret W in D tcavlier
kuiilTninn II K farmer
Krutzcr Newton labun-r
Moyer t'bas fanner
Motirer Chas fanner
liunhcck I' M fainu-r
Manbeck 1'Wis W l.iborer
Moyer Isaac tanner
Nipple vm U bookkeeper
Keifhenhach .1 no s laborer
Smith Haul sawyer
?pccht FrnnK fanner
Swiirt.himler Henry fanner
ohafter .lai oh carpenter
Smith Kobt carpenter
SIcarT 1 farmer
Thompson John gent
Wcntxel Geo N fanner
Winter Isaac clerk
Wise John H farmer
Wagner Ijiwrence A farmer
Young Peter farmer
Residence.
Franklin
Selinsgrove
Middleburg
Middleereek
frelinsgrove
Union
Washington
Heaver
Washington
Penn
Perry
I'nion
Perry West
Monroe
Chapman
Washington
Monroe
Middleburg
Monroe
Spring
Franklin
.Monroe
Reaver Vt et
rMirlliff i
Chance for a Divorce.
He--I understand young Simpkins
and his wife are not living happily to
gether. She What seems to be the trouble?
He Incompatibility of temper.
She Which is at fault?
He Ttoth, He ftirn?ihes the incom
patibility and she supplies the temper.
Chicago Daily Xews.
A Discouraging- Position.
"Do jou think a literary woman
ought to marry?
"Not if she is a novelist. Her ideas
of manly perfection ns depicted in her
books Mould be enough to make any
conscientious husband give up in de
tpair and leave home to look for work
as a truck driver." Washington Star.
i
Inferred Appreciation,
Dolly Kdgar Tiftingtou is so com
plimentary. Tolly What does he say?
Dolly Oh! He doesn't say any
thing; but when I am talking to him
he cocks his head on one side and
shuts bis eyes, as if he were listening
to a three-dollur concert. ruck.
It All Depends.
"Two heads are better than one,
you know." remarked the individual
with the quotation habit.
"Well, I don't know anything of the
kind," rejoined the glum man, who
happened to be the father of twins.
Chicago Duily News.
Avoiding- Risks.
"Sir. Sinks is an entertaining talk
er," snid Miss Cayenne.
"Hut he is not at all original," an
swered the envious person.
"No; some people show their clev
erness by not trying to be original."
SnriiiK i Washington Star.
Heaver West .
,l'"" I Puttlnir Mini to the Test.
He (angrily) I actunl'y believe you
would marry the first fool that asked
you.
ihe (calmly) Just ask me to mar
ry you and prove the fallacy of your
belief. Chicago Daily News.
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In youth w e hear th dlrner horn
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Matured the horn of plenty keeps
A fellow In a irry,
And Gabriel's is the only one
For which we never hurry.
N. Y. Times.
MILLING TO HELP.
ana eaid: "111 tell you what ye
might do, Nancy. Ye might git up
an' let the ting out. He'll bark fer a
minit er two an' then whine ter git
back in. Ve c'n let 'im in an' then
feel o' him, an' if hit's a-rainin he'll
be wet, nn' if hit nin't he won't be,
an' then hit'll be all right."
An ExpresalTe Sentence.
When Representative Tompkins,
of Ohio, was a young lawyer and was
winning his spurs, he occasionally
found it profitable to accept a case
in a justice's court in the country.
He tells the following story of the
argument made by a rural barrister
before such a magistrate. The case
was one in which the plaintiff sought
to recover damages from a railroad
company for the killing of a cow.
During the course of his argument
the country lawyer used this expres
sive sentence: "If the train had
been run as it should have been ran,
or if the bell had been rung as It
should have been rang, or If tha
whistle had been blown as it should
have been blew, both of which they
'did neither, the cow would not bava
been Injured when she was kUls4
Cleveland Leader.
now deueanol. (1. M. 81IINDKL.
MiUiIlcbum, I'a., Sept. 6, MH Clerk.
IJKOISTEK'SNtvriCES.-NoilcelHheniliynlv-"
en tlmttlie following named persons Imve
died their AdmihlHtrnuirs', ouradliin, and K
ecutors' account In thn K"KlHtT'Roniwof Snv.
dr county, and the same will be presented for
confirmation and allowance at the Court House
D Mlddleburtfu, Monday, Oct. 6th, 19utl.
1. Firnt and dual account of I.utlier Minium,
ciecutor of the estate of Catliarllio Minium,
lata of I'erry Twp., deceaned.
t. First and Dual account of Mary M. Haupt
lulminintratrix in tile elate of Moral) Haunt,
lute uf geling;rove, deceased.
8. Klrnt and final account of Oeorire Miller
and Charlps Miller, executors of the estate ol
ihiuiea illlleJ, late of 1'enn Twp., deceased.
4. First and final account of John K. Hughes
executor of the estate of Margaret Dock, late of
Washington Twp., deceased.
. First and final account of IL M. Colemsn
and J. K. Krouse, administrators of the estate
of tawis Krouse, late ot Middleereek Twp.. do
erased.
. First and Anal account of W. I. (larman
and Elizabeth Garman, executors of the estate
Henry tiarman, late of I'erry Twp., deceased.
7. First and flnal account of Samuel Hhirey,
executor of the estate of Kliza Snook, lata ol
beaver Twp., deceased.
a. First and flaal account of Simon II. Old,
administrator of Ilia estate ot Isaae Baker, late
of West Beaver Twp., deceased.
. Flrsl and flnal account of I, Norman Fish
er, administrator 11. B. N. O. T. A. of ths estate
of Samuel Fisher, lata of Penn Twp., deceased.
10. First and flnal account of Thomas Paige
and Frederick Leach, executors of Hie estate of
Catharine Bonner, lata ol Oaapman Twp., da
1 First and final account ol John 0. Stauff
J'iJ J0"0" ' ? Daniel WaufTer, lata
of Sellnagrova, daeaaaed.
vtAA, u ' " . "TU.I". Het-lstar.
Mlddleburf , Pa., September (, itsjj.
"Sister," suggested the little
brother, "let us take a whole bucketful
of this sand to Mr. Slowleigh."
"Mercy, child," suid the big sister.
"Why should we do that?"
"Well, papa suys that the young man
needs to show a little sand if he ex
pects to marry you before he dies of
old age." Louisville Courier-Journal.
Tha Ktvr Way.
Now Cupid no longer makes use of a bow
Ills heartrending missiles to dral;
Tha gay tittle g-od has a weapon far worse
Ha rides In an automobile,
Puck. m
A Good Resolution,
The rarson I trust that you tee the
error of your wars.
The Convict Bstcherllfe I do. Next
time I'U have better sense dan ter hire
cheap lawyer. N. Y. Journal.
Worldly WLsdons.
Father In choosing a wife, one
should never judge by appearances.
6on That's right. Often the pret
tiest girls have the least money!
Puck.
Mis Cananaant.
"She has such a sympathetic voles.'
"Possibly, possibly; bit if she were
sympathetic girl she wouldn't
It sjojnuch.M Chicago Post,
wm
IT PAYS
to advertise in a live aii'l
to date newspaper. For re
" The POS
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A Valid Excuse
"She has just refused a man wt
a million."
"I it possible? Any rational mm
nation of her act?"
"Oh, yes. She had just accepted
other man worth a million." BrM
lyn Life.
Anything; for Relief.
"What a rank smell!" exclainifis
elderly relative, who had dropp
for an evening call.
"It's worse than rank, auntie,
the little Englewood girl who wait,
intr to fieri t tha mnsmiitnes with t"
"It's punk." Chicago Trihune.
Times Have Changed.
The TrodiD-al The father
Bible story, dad, killed the
ralf fnr hln inn.
The Old Man-Yen: hut h 4
up against no beef trust, I rffi
Judge.
Ka AAwanfuure
Scribbler I wonder if I'd b'1
E
is -
fii'4
ter auccess with the mngazinM
should have my articles typewrit
Frank Friend Mercy, no!
the editors could read them.-
Weekly.
llrllvev La froua Onr Frlest
i .n.inU 1. n , I.. wr eEflf
"They weren't, but their frietJ
dded it would be a splendid a
there was nothing else for tk
do." Detroit Free Press. t
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