The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1873-07-24
Local News, SC.
The days are growing shorter since

Aux. olst.
Counterfeit coffee made of clay lie
one of the worst frauds. 1t IL ineaner
than wooden nutmegs.
The musical mosquito has put in
an appearance, and IL determined to
present his bill in advance.
Persons having more children than
they know what to do with should feed
them well on cucunbers.
Deaths by lightning are being re-.
corded everywhere. Persons should
avoid trees during an clec rical storm.
Those in want of old style dress
goods, and old fashioned goods general
iy. should call upon the man who does
not .T1s aa,s' a.. ss-inderz~> ,.rca.
son ras srsfs s9 9castyt Ecck.
1iI,,i Ms h';a @,n"n nSs''''hins ehca - y II
We have haoSsO - thunder
storms thus lar 2 f4ff Acrd no one
complains on ac' . absence of
these summer tetf,sss,
Some of the Oats is about ready
for the sickle. The crop in this see
ton will bc much better than was an
ticipatcd several weeks ago.
Going on the mountain after ber-
ries is all the 60 at present, whether
they are plenty ornot we do not know,
but to go for fun, we never could sec.
Local items of an interesting char
actcr are decidedly scarce. The hot
weather makes everybody so quiet that
there is no material forthcoming for
local items.
Three hundred varieties of weigh
ing machines are Manufactured Ivy the
Fairbanks, Scale Company. OfOnc va
ricty for groccrs' use, 1000 scales were
turned oil last year.
Fruit jars must he exceedingly
scarce in this place, ~ some people
hunt thcm--wherc the owners put them
for safety. and appropriate them for
their own use.
--Rattlcsnakcs seem to he scarce on
Shade mountain, this summer, IL very
few have been seen by the large mum
ber of people visiting that place, ut
present
We've found ont, says an exchange.
why the ladies wear the high French
heels. Their hair is drawn up so tight
over their heads that they cant get
their heels To the ground, SO they have
TO block up upder 'em.
The rag business il of more impor-
tnncc than many suppose; for withou;
rags, good paper is hard to get Let
none 90 to waste. To sell a pound of
rags is just as honorable rs to sell Il
town lot, or sack of flour.
The IT, B. denomination will hold
a Camp Meeting in Smiths grove,
about of Il mile from the Boro, com
mcncinC Aug. L., and continuing IL
days. \ more extended notice will be
given in next issue.
A daughter of Mr. J. w Raudcn-
bach III Hartleton. fell through while
walking over II well, and descended to
the bottom, head foremost She was
taken out as quick ~ possible and
seemingly sustained no injury what
ever.
n We learn that Il daughter of Mr.
Andrew BowersoS, of Centre twp, n
few days ago, who was leading the
horse, while unloading hay, with a pat
ent fork, the rope broke, hurting it with
such force in her face rs to strike out
one OF her eyes.
Nine cows were recently killed in
thc vicinity of Sunbury within period
Of two weeks on the railroad. Several
of the engineers have been sued bv the
owners for damages, and information
charging them with having run faster
than city ordinance allows.
"A citizen of Merchandising was
arrested and fined last week for shoot.
irr robbin. Served him right, WHY
didn't he read the newspapers, and
learn the law in regard to shooting in
sectlvcrous birds. 1t never pays to be
'penny wisr and pound foolish"
We do not know the time when We
saw the wheat fields standing SO full o
shocks, as we observed few days age
along the lire of the :. * l.. X. X
or the farms in Middlccreek and Penn
townships. Good farmers, good farms
and good crops ~ "A matter of course.
Our friend Jos. Wcnrick. Of Selins
grove, Agent for the Dodge Mower 4
4, Reaper, has sold a large number o
Il these machines this summer, The,
ore considered, by our farmers one o
" thc best machines now in use-Mr
~ Wenrick is aware Of this fact. henc,
his meritod success.
Last WEDNESDAYS afternoon, as the
pay train was hacking mp toward the
depot ON the siding to pay the track
hands Of this section, one of the men
working on the division ran across tho
track, not more than foot distant from
the car, when he reached the opposite
side Of the track, we looked with
horror and sad disdain, Mt the daring
cat. Remember, friend. n fall and n
thousand chances to one you would
have been run over and killed.
KILLED BY LIGHTNISG.-We learn
that during the storm on the 10th inst
she bara of Mr.. Peter Hoffman, OF
Washington township, was struck by
elightnng, and two cows tied III the sta
bic instantly killed There was rod
on the barn by which the fluid was
oOnducted to the lower joint, where by
reason of defect, il IL thought 1t dart
ed into the building. But little damage
was done to the barn. Lykens Regis
fef
~ valuable match team of bay bor,
'ees belonging To Mr., Geo, Sweely, OF
Wpncy township Lycoming County
vac both strangled To death in one
In recently, The owner had turned
animal out in the pasture, having
(n, fastened together by means of q
k, through hole in each end o
ch a strap passed and encircled tn,
X of the horses. These straps mus