The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1872-08-02

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AsubANp people arc taking stock IN
a Gas Works which Is soon To le Duilt
. in that borough. Shenandoah Herdtd.
b How long will il bc before Blooms
burg win bc agitoiod 10y q similar
scheme? This is not a conundrum and
our younger readers are warned not
to attempt answers to 1t.
e On Tuesday July 23rd asJames Seward
was driving three horse team from
Long Pond over the mountaln, the lead.
or broke loose and started tho other
!. two horses, throwing Mr.. Seward vio-
1. lently to tho ground, bruising him SO.
=. verely. The horses in their frantic
! plunging went over steep bank fifteen
. or twenty feet, carrying the wagon
with them. They were badly cut and
scratched aud tho wagon damaged.
THIRD STREET is in delightful state
of confusion both as regards the road
way and the sidewalks. Near the old
Academy the street Is plowed up as II
In preparation for winter crops and we
i hear of one venturesome resident who
proposes to SOW something or other
turnips we believe--in front of his house
in the hope of getting a crop before the
Commissioner of Highways gets mat
ters in order.
A TEMPEST IN A TEA Por. Tne oilico
of POSTMASTER at Orsmgeville Ia not worth
much but the question has set the whole
town by the ears. The mass OF the Re
publicans desired to haveit in ono place,
: but our ancient friend Samuel Achen-
: bach having the car of Congressman
, Mercur carried his man. The vote
| in Orange this fall vii! demonstrate
whether Achenbach runs the party
there or not.
, TIE warning that is repeated every
r summer by papers throughout the
country in reference to bathing, is now
, | in order. Persons should not plunge
into the water while in perspiration
or heat. There is nothing more danger
, Gus than this during the heated season
Q Care and judgment will prevent bad
. results. The body should be allowed tc
{ cool to certain extent before bathing
Q aud the stay in the water should not be
prolonged beyond a reasonable time.
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: The Carlisle Volunteer says: "We
+ have been informed by individuals who
reside in the country that they have
y never seen such large snakes, and SC
Y many of them, as those which abound
1 in their respective noighborhoods the
present year."
We would like to know, in view of the
f above statement, whether there has
9 been an increased consumption o.
n whiskey in that neighborhOod of late
or whether tho "snaix" are bona fide
G reptiles.
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ODD creatures live in some Of Oui
neighborine towns, as witness the fol-
lowing which we presume is authon
~ tic;
- A Williamsport paper of recent date
u has the following: "Last Sunday even
> ing, in church on Market Street, there
i sat Just in front of the pulpit young
Il lady and gentleman who made them
:. selves ridiculous and annoyed the con
gregatiOn by atfectionate delhonstra
tions which would have been more ap
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t The crop of oats in Columbia county
5 will exceed that ofany year for the past
t ten and corn bids fair to do as well
, Farmers speak with delighted fervor OF
i both crops. Wheat has turned out bad
@ ly and in many places is barely worth
the cutting. The fruit yield will be yer J
large, the peach and apple trees being
y fairly loaded with fine looking fruit free
: from knots and worms. Taking al
y things into consideration the year 1877.
d cannot be found fault with by the ma
:, jority of our farmers.
t For several. weeks past owing t.
engine, we have been compelled to rur
If off our large edition by hand, a lonl
" and tiresome piece of work at an,
o time, but especially so during this no
y weather. The failure of our subscriber
p at times to get their papers on the prop
er day must be attributed to this fact
We are very happy indeed to state tina
l. the boiler is at length in order and W
A. trust that there may be no more irreg
II ularities in putting the COLUMBIA;
a into the hands of subscribers.
l. The Boston Times says: "We ad
ID nit that Greeley has committed tn
m impropriety-on of the greatest of hi
or life-of wearing white hat, and ar
not even prepared to deny his guilt a
to the white coat, but then he paid fO
c. them. We think no one will charg
S, him with having obtained them b
y, fraud or received them as gifts in int
to mate connection with the Distribute
IN of the peoples Offices"
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A IT seems to us that our town has tn
ut year been visited by fewer hand orga
grinders and patent medicine men tina
usual and that there is vast incrcas
IN perceptible in the number of flies. Th
e. is odd. Can it be that Providence, ,whic
~ "tempers the wind to the shorn lamb,
Is refrains from visiting us with MOI
ne than we can bear and abates one kin
ep of nuisance in presence of another.
re Is not for us, in such case, to find faul
but we would remark that il choi,
be allowed us, we should prefer the pc
wv ipatetic musician and the purveyor
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