The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1875-08-19
Tho Steam thresher was busy Ia
a. a.

Tho Steam thresher was busy last
week, so was the whistle.
The days arc growing shorter, wa.
ter.melons ripper, aud camp meeting
times approaching.
"A harvest home celebration will be
held at Frccburg, on Saturday, August
81. A large turnout is anticipated.
The oats harvest has been sadly In.
terrupted by the frequent rains. The
farmers are only now about over IL.
Some mons friendship only lasts
"a long - you will turn the stone for
them while they grind their own are.
There is agood bit Of talk about
cattle being on the streets in our Bor-
ough, at night Well any person has a
right TO pen II up.
Counterfeit nickle coins are said
TO be plenty. They are Of genuine me-
tai, but weigh trifle less than that
made by Uncle Sam.
1T is said that the bite Of young
lady will produce hydrophobis, but
the follows who dangle over gates
o'nights are a. reckless ~ ever.
BIRDS PRorEcrKD.-All insectiverous
birds are protected by lnw under pen.
atty Of $5 for each bird killed. For
robbing or destroying q nest. 90.
"A man passes for what he 10
WORTH" Not always for some men
are like counterfeit coins, gilded to de.
ceivc. and pass for what they are not.
Farmers complain that the corn is
growing 30 tall and rank that il will not
ear properly, and there is danger of the
crop being light ono. after all. ut was
ever thus"
The grcan corn and cucumber sea.
son has arrived and paregoric juleps,
and castor-oil cocktails, and pain-kilier
slings have taken place on the list Of
scasonablo beverages.
Ia. Allaaaen. Esq. continues to make
improved upon his premises. The
Squire nov es, and when fully COM
pleted q res pee which will be an orna-
ment 70 our town. Tribune.
The wheat crop. this year. in the
United States is ascertained TO be 50 per
cent. Of full crop; from which is to
be deducted O. liberal per centage in
gathering, caused by heavy rains and
storms.
Deliver US from Q man whose
tongue never made Q mistake, and
mafes nOtc Of the factl If there ia
anything more provoking to sinners
and we are sinners than another, II is
one Of these consciously perfect folks.
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PETKRsoN's MAGAZINE (the Lady's
National) is already on our table for
September, and is an unusually fine
number. even Of this popular period.
cal. Specimen copies are sent, gratis
Address CiIAs. J. PEIERsoN. 3O6 Chest.
nut Street, Philadelphia, Pa.
The multitudious grasshopper, tina.
has furnished 80 many sprightly items
for the tagged and weary local, Is nc
longer Of much account, but the army
bug, the potato bug, the lightning bug
the June bug. the tumble bug. and the
hu,nbug. are generously striving to fill
the place.
OST.--The undersigned lost his
pocket book on the rood leading from
BeavertOwn 10 Paxtonyille, on the 18th
inst, containing about Sl2. in money
and two notes one of s3!4J0i and the
other $75. A liberal reward will be
paid TO the finder By returning the same
70 Chas. Boyer; Paxtonville, or, J. W
Dreese, Middlcburg.
JSo. D. KIsE.
The Pos Is delivered by the car.
rier cyety Wednesday afternoon to
subscribers In town. We hope that
none will bother US earlier for their pa.
per, ~ II 10 impossible TO give 1t to
some at the Office, and then for the
carrier to know who received II and
who did not. We certainly do not mean
% offend any one, when the paper il
refused, but want to see that all get II
regularly and At the proper time.
When You have old papers abou,
your stores. you should throw them in
20 the street--they come so handy To
scare horses on windy days. II you
have any old rubbish about your yards
throw it into the street or alley, to vel
and bother those who may want to pas,
that way. A careful observance O
these precepts will insure the intense
Iovo and everlasting gratitude Of your
neighbors.
Tho True Democrat has this 70 say
about our railroad: THE newest M.
mor about the Sunbury and LewistOwn
Railroad is TO the effect that attorneys
OF the present owners will In = few days
make trip over the road in . passen
ger train, which willstop at every farm
with u view TO negotiating, II possible
. final settlement with each and every
landowner. Should this mission prove
successful tho road Is 10 be re.opened
forthwith"
Tho newspapers all over the coun-
try are recording robberies OF private
houses, and there Is much appearance
Of Al organized gang operating on thai
line. For ordinary thieves lock and
slight caro- are sufficient. To experts
locks and common precautions are
scarcely an Inconvenience or hind
rance. Watchfulness is tho only rem.
edy. Money in considerable sums
should never be kept in any private
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