The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1875-01-21

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The next legal holiday will bo on
the 22i Of February -Wsshington'-
birthday.
We have commenced the new year
with gratifying accession Of new sub
scribers.
Those who have not yet filled their
ice houses, can find abundant materi-
al, where there are any streams of wa
ter with which to do it.
To MESp RrBnERs. India rub
Der fine and dissolve il in benzinc put
patch Of rubber over the place TO be
mended. and cement on with the solu-
ton, which fastcns the patch on firmly.
We learn that valuable horse, the
property Of Andrew Walter hung him
self one day last week another fine
horse belonging to the same man had
tbs upper lid of his eye entirely torn
off, OH the same day.
SLEEpfiSEss. This unpleasant con
dtion may often be rcmcdied Ivy rub
bng all parts ofthe body aud limbs
Take n crash towel, and give il lively
motion, in rubbing downward from the
head. until the blood is put in lively
circulation, rubbing hardest on the
chest.
A perpetual paste can be made by
dissolving one ounce Of alum in a
quart Of warm water. when cold add
flour enough to make it the consis;cn,
cy Of cream /; then stir into il half q
tcasponnful of powdered rnsin. Boil il
toa proper consistency, stirring all the
time. 1t will keep for twelve months
and when dry may be sOftcued with
water.
-Evcry person is welcome ut this
Office, hut IT gives u and The compost.
torz extra pleasure if all who come
will do as much whstling talking &c
~ possible whilC here, also, those who
come should not forget to exsminc tho
pigeon holes. book and stationery case
papers .proo!-shcets, copy, and see thai
all things are right and then tell us, w
are always highly dclig htcd to sec it
yes we are not.
MAIL CoSrRAcT Tho Lcwiatown GI.
srtte OF lastwcek has the following about
carving tho L. :. mail between that
place and Sunhury The contract foi
carrying the mail between lcwistown
and Sunhury, made necessary by the
Suspension of the Suubury Railroad
was awarded to samuel Ro!Sut &c Der
~ township. at sll per day, Its 'o b,
carried daily, Mr.. T.. running a spring
wagon as far a. Adamshurg. and from
thence to Sclinsgroye on horseback.
PROTECT THE PAITRpGfs.-Wc canno
TOO severely condemn the slaughter o
partridges. which nothing seem, /,
check. The period fixed hy law whcr
j. is illegal TO shoot them has not yet
arrived, but no true sportsman. viii,
has seen the thinncd ranks of the few
remaining covies, and knows how dis
astrous deep snow always is To them
will further al To the destruction whicl
il certain to result from severe win
ter. Our farmers have 1t in their pow
or to end this inva sion of their prom
ises, and it would Toe u highly com
mendable act To enforce the provis
ions of the law which makes it trcs
pass to enter upon Il mans land viii
dog or gun.
TIE s. & /. r. R,-The True Demo
erat offs recent date has the fOllowinl
about the Railroad "Tho present own
ers of the road, who bought it last May
ut shoriirs sale, are anxious To sell it
and the bidders are the Penna. RR
Co, tho Reading RR. Co., and the lie
high Valley RR. Co. hut neither ha,
bid nearer than within 100000 Of tn,
amount asked. This bid was made by
the Reading Co. Thus the ma,tel
stands, and thus it may stand perhap.
for weeks, possibly for months. 1t il
the earnest wish, however, of the peo
pie at this end of the line. that th'
"dcad lock" may be speedily broken
and the road put again in running op
eratiOn ut very early day.
The Phrcnological Journal and Life II
iustroted for January, 1875, is mos
promising opening of the siXtieth vol
ume of this ever welcome magazine
Its contents take the list all through
furnishes the most valuable. First il
order is n sketch and fine portrait o
Postmaster-General Jewell next
cheerful discussion Of subject gloomy
to most of us, entitled Death without
Pain" The lively sketch of 1.-TWO Col
ored Bishops will be read and the por
traits scanned with much interest
Don Carlos and the War in Spain, will
with portrait; The New Year, &c. &c.
besides department very rich in An
swers to Correspondents, and the best
thoughts of occasional writers. Pric,
of the number is 80 cents years sub
scription, 81, with a premium. Address
Il. II. WELLS, 3S9 Broadway, n. y.
HAND SHAKING. Queer, isn't it, hoy
many different ways people have o
shaking hands Ope fellow will grail
your palm and give it twist as though
il was a hose coupling. and he was go
ing to unscrew it-another will seiz,
and hold your hand for five minutes
putting in the punctuation marks, Il
he talks, by little up-down-hither-thi
or Jerks that embraces one very seri
ousiy-another one will stick ont lin
her finger or two for you TO feel of anC
drop, while still another looking at va
cancy, makes dive for your hand an,
misses it, and you to get the busines
over with. hunt his paw all around an
finally succeed in getting his thum
caught in the fork of your first AM
second fingers, when both shake ant
feel immensely awkward. Then there
the long shake, tie short shake, tn
jcrky shake, the lazy shake, tho daint,
shake, the pull shake, the jolly shake
the hearty shake, the rheumatic shake
and the come-and-take e-supper-a nd
ptay-all-woek shake, which means bu