The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1875-06-17

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The health Of Middleburg and its
vicinity continues remarkably good.
1t was cold enough on Sunday
night for Jack Frost to make his ap-
pearance.
Rosy June is here again. and many
ofthe flower yards and gardens in our
town present most beautiful appear
ance.
Two two-horsc loads ofropes ,pulcys
&c, passed through this place one day
. last week for Pittston where a new
bridge is TO be built over the North
Branch.
Last week one day we had lots
OF music. Two organ grinders appear
ed on our streets about the same time,
and for two or three hours issued forth
charming strains.
Mr.. Abraham Eyer, of New Berlin,
has planted about fifteen hundred
peach trees, five hundred apple trees
and great many pear, cherry and
ounce trees on his farm near that place.
Franklin Twp. improvements
John Norman building q barn. Chris
tinn Shainbach building new house.
Andrew Kratzer enlarging his house
Josephat Walter repairing his house.
School districts will receive the ap.
preparations in the order i'm which their
annual reports are received, rs thcrcare
over 1900 districts in the state delay in
forwarding the required statement, may
occasion Inconvenience in the districts.
New subscribers to the Post are
steadily being booked and that tao
without solcitation--conclusion by de-
duction--.that the Post is the beat, and
most reliable paper and the recognized
organ Of the Republican party of Sny.
der county.
--Forthe whole number Of candidates
at the late primary election We printed
the almost incredible number of hco
hundred thousand tickets. This is the
whole truth and not cxagerated-would
like TO hear from Messrs. Lumbard and
Meyer.
Mr.. J. ". Dunmoyer not having
the fear of the - before his eyes, but
willfully disobeying the injunction or
appeal, as the case may be--"Wood-
man spare that tree"---has made havoc
among the oak and pine on the SHAM
bach farm back of town. He has
cleared of the timber, converting it in
to car, building timbcrs, posts, rails,
ties &c, and has completely fenced the
whole farm.
Somebody has proposed thata tree
be planted by every man, woman and
child in the United States, next year as
a centennial offering to those who may
come after them. The idea is n royal
one and if carried out it will be fea-
ture which will carry 4 remembrance
of the year to generations yet unborn.
just think ofit-forty millions Of trees
planted 10 commemorate an important
event in the history of our country?
TANNING SxiNs.-The following meth
cd is recommended for private use in
skin tanning: Take equal parts of salt,
alum and Glauber's salt, and half q
part saltpeter; pulverize and mix.
Handle skins and rub the mixture we'll
in three or four times a day, the often
er the better. If there is not moisture
enough in the skin to dissolve the salts,
puta little water in the latter. We are
assured that no moth will attack ftirs
the pelts of which have been thus pre-
pared.
CUTTING FLowERs.-Never cut flow
ers during intense sunshine, nor keep
them exposed to the sun or wind. Do
not collect them in large bundles, or tie
them to gogether, ~ this hastens their
decay. Do not pull them, but cut them
clearly off the plant with q sharp knife
mot with scissors. When taken in
door ,lace them in the shade, and re.
due. to the required length Of
stal harp knife, by which the
. tub hich they draw up water
is sscend freely whereas
1T . bruised or iaccrated,
tho closed up. Use pure wa
ter u IN in, or pure white sand
ina 4 saturation, sticking the
ends stalks into it, but not in
Grove mer. If in water alone, it
ought hanged daily and thin
slices Al be cut Off the ends of the
stake avery change of water.
OK rHE MYSTERIES. "A reasona-
bleie. ID will be given for the salts.
factory solution of a question which has
, bothered us for years. Every one gifted
with the faculty of observation, must
have noticed in his daily walks, squads
ofthree, four, or a half dozen individ-
uals day after day the same faces and
forms-loitering in front of stores, ho-
tells, or on the corner of the most trav-
eled streets, apparently engaged in no
other business than that of common
gatherings and disseminators of town
gossip and scandal; or as watchers and
cOmmentors on persOns-especially fe-
males--who pass by. Now, us We can
not suppose this to be a business that
pays, the question We want solved is
"How do these idlers manage to sup
port themselves in the style they put
on p 1t is secret worth knowing. We
know many hard working people who
would be glad to take respite from
toll occasionally, if they knew how to
earn their bread without labor.-Er
Saw Mills, WOODLAND &c. Steam
Saw Mills have for the last three ~ four
years been playing havoc In this coun-
ty. Many a valuable tract of timber
has been sawed into lumber, and hun
dreds ofthousands of feet are piled up
in most every township in the county
with o ready sale ut fair profits, but
which cannot be forwarded to pur-
chasers ON account of the inconveni-
cnce Of getting il to the railroad. At
''~"st every Station along the 8. & J..
spiles of lumber may be
Md be sold any day but
arded until the r. II. Is
few more years at this
down our timber and
" will have robbed itself
its valuable lumber. We