Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-04-28
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.


IN large towns.
Ou, in Coioraia, rev spapers publish the
birih .: children.
Winter has fingered til all are heartily
tired Of is csr.sses. e. .
LcHistoxn man Giyertiscs 'hrec stray
tlrk.ys that calnc to bis place. = 8
Saturday was April like-sunshine, rain
sni snow, wind and calm by turns,
"what can you spell :" IS common
salutation nos. Another is. ''How do you
rpl!'
For Ront4-s house o: sevcl rooIls and a
hall. in this place. For particulars call at
This office.
Mr.. Joseph Martin has put board walk
.ngtou street. q
The Juniata County Sunday School Con-
NeutI,n viii convene At McAiistcrsiIIe on
tue 18th day o, Nay.
Bcileloute, Centre county, papers report
'lai twenty-five new houses are 10 Se put
hIJ in itai tOwn next suTruier.
Cuba Free School gave an entertainment:
last Friday evening, under the msnsg ement
Of the teacher, Miss ate Mover.
see advertisement OF sPocia! meeting for
stockholders OF South Pennsylvania Rail-
road Company, IA another column.
The Sacrament Of the Lords Supper will
be administered in the Presbyterian church
at this place, on next Sunday week.
See advertisement in to-day's paper Of a
-aluabe f.r,-. ia Delaware township, offered
at private sale by the agents of Isaac Pile.
There's one night last week entered the
com crib of john Reno, IN Fernianagh
township, AID stole number of bushels oi
corr from T.
The attendance of pupils lit the several
schools in this borough new. equals tie at
tendance in the free schools last winter IN
point OF numbers.
BiHom:ield. Perry cuun,y, has had the
Most prolonged Spelling Bee Yet recorv'ei y
Two evenings were required 70 end it,
a5p6 wor.ls were spelled.
jeremiah Lyons, Assigned OF {. B. Bart
lev. sold a farra in FermaRagh township,
That belonged II the latter. last Friday, To
James Kcrlin, for the sum Of SI,3D.
Frysingcr uf the Lewisiown GJ=e!fs and
GuSs of the Huntingdon Globe do mol agree
a. 30 the "seS to which the POT recently
found IN the mountains below LewiStown
was put.
! writer who processes to be abe 20 read
people a. others read books says, awomAn
who can clean house aud not get cross is an
angel. I-rmarricd men may profit ny that
reformation.
Wheat in Philadeipbis on Monday vas
quoted At Red 81 .30al3i. amber 81 .5si"ls
:.i rvsu 9Jc /, oats .Utp16c- Cattle, extra
Pennsylvania AMI Western steers, .stosc.,
lair 6a7c, common 6.
To ;iud the Eecorder-N Met,ia, - the
rr"ttunotary-Mr WsllIs,-and the Coma
,iissioner,' Cierk-Mr. Dccn-it is neces-
sary 70 20 10 the Court House, Is they
have moved their offices into that building.
The American Mechanics celebrated their
sixth anniversary last Saturday by a parade
during TIE afternoon and supper and So
'iablc n their Hall in the evening. num-
t-cr of rlenbcrs of the Nc Alisterville Coun
I'll were e attend ance. They were accom-
panied by the VI Alisteryille Orphan school
drum CORDS. .. .-
Last Friday evening, during the ab:ence
Of the entire family of Mr.. Emanuel Meyer
from their residence in Fermanagh town
ship, attending the entertainment of Cuba
school house, thieves entered their smokes
house and stole iherefrom hams, shoulders,
aud smoked beef, and also entered the
.ranarv at the time and stole grain ont of
the -arners.
THE West Chester RePablican of last
week saws: The fact that Rev. Henny Ward
BeecJ,er took the cath with the upliited
hand previous to giving his testimony in
stead OF kissing the Bible AZ the time, gave
rise 10 the following explanation:
An old friend from Montgomery county
,irop:,ed into our office few days since
shor, We knew 10 be strict krifersh,
and always swore by the 'upli.ted hand.'-
We called his attention to the action Of Mr..
Beecher. and expressed some surprise
th.t r.f >rr
prise li:n. for he also entertained coRscien-
IiouS .cruplcs against swearing upon lhe
Bible. We asked him to explain what they
were. HIS answer was in ehect-trat ue
Bible was simply book composed OF paper
upcn which letters We're printed retlresent-
ing the word of God; that simply as
book lac attached 10 more Importance
To il than he did TO any other piece of mans
mechanism; that swearing upon It, aru
kissing il. was giving 10 il a supersiitions
Importance which he Was conscieniiousiy
opposed to; upon the same principle he
world be conscientiously opposed 10 making
cath upon cruciiiN made of wood or other
material representing Christ upon the
cross: : that his religion was er,'osed to any
thing like superstition, and hence declined
80 give the Bible any superstitious impor-
e.nce by kissing it 4; that God was spirit;
that when ncn raise their hands heaven
ward, ant, s0iemnly swear by and in the
name OF that great Spirit to tell the truth,
&c., il was infinitely more solemn and I'M
Fressive than kissing "A inariInate bundle
of PAPER and ink. We at once confessed
the correctness of the distinction, and like
wise realized IFS full weight and importance,
But hich had no, previously occurred TO
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