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

between two evils choose neither. =
The end of overytbing-the letter g.
Can you spell consent in three lctersf
Y-e-s. ~
Down South the people are feastins on
blackbcrries. ~ t'3' =
The Granger movement Is represented
as being on the decline.
--Po.imastcr Gen eral Jewell Is PLAYING
havoc with dishonest mail contractors r
DO not waste time in useless regrets
over lus-es.
If youpost yo,tr servants upon your
affairs they will one day rcnd you.
A plumber OF lady editors will attend
the state convention at Hlmira next month.
John Burps Is Awaiting trial in Pitts
burg on . charge Of stealing locomotive.
The importation of potatoes into Porto
Rico has been prohi bited on accou mt Of the
potato bug.
In Kansas the farmers plant and
Heaven waters, but the grassboppers reap
the harvest.
They talk Of turning Jay Cool ke's
palatal residence near Philadelphia into a
female college. ....
Don't imagine that you were born to
reform the world. You ant split moun-
tain with toothpick." ~
"A baby show Is t,bc hold In Memphis,
Tenn, and the prize 500, is to be awarded
to the bomeliesJ baby. r. .
THE Poor Directors Of York county
have n seven dollar suit on hand for fur
nishing paupers with cigars.
Among the shipments from Inliapapo-
lis to New York, one day recently, was a
car load of old boots AM shoes.
What is the difference between belle
and burglar! The belle carries false
locks, and the burglar false keys.
In one part Of Norway the longest day
is three months. What n splendid chance
for laly man to start a daily paper.
About loo, ooo Spanish troops have
been sent TO Cuba in the last six years,
and most Of them are now in the grave.
AT q Kingston spelling match a
modest chap sat down rather than spell
ankle bcio e 50 many ladies.
The biggest lumber raft ever seen on
the Mississippi river was towel down the
other day. 1t comprised over million
feet.
John Rouse, colored. nj the last ses-
sion of tho court in Bedford, was admitted
to practice law in the several courts Of
that county.
Almost any substance, such as soil e,
sand or chip dirt, is good to sIrcad on
grass land ms top dressing, IL ysur land
is low or fat and not too wet.
1t is in vain to hope TO please all alike.
Let n man stand with his face IL what di-
rection he will, he must necessarily turn
his back on one half Of the world.
The university Of Pennsylva mia, by
the will Of the late John II. Towne, OF
Philadelphia. will receive S3oo,ooo i'm
mcdiately. aud as much more after time
The farm owned by George Grant,
founder of the vicioris colony, Kansas, is
the largest in the world. embracing an
entire county and containing 67B,60O
acres.
The shad fisheries on the Hudson this
year are nm unprecedented success. AT one
point, the other day, the fishermen took
Vi, ooe in twelve hours, where few years
ago 6oo was consider ed large haul.
The sons Of the distinguished Stephen
4. Douglass are in luck by the recent decis'
on Of the court ofclaims. which enables them
10 recover nearly q quarter ofa million
for cotton onf,cated by the government.
1t is said that when Red Cloud and
his braves heard that the government had
declared war on the crooked whisky dis
tillers, they expressed a strong desire to
take part in the bostilities, ..
An Atchison, Kansas, girl ate four
pounds Of wedding cake in order that sh Q
might dream Of her future husband and
N ow she says that money wouldn't hire
her to marry the maa she saw in that
dream.
1T is impossible to raise family
decently, respectfully, and intelli-
gently without regularly supply of
newspapers in the house, and in a
newspaper man gets moro for his
money than in any other investment.
The man who stops his paper to
economize is the same as going
barefooted to save his shoes, and his
intelligence at tho end of the year
will fare as badly as his unclothed
feet.