The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1875-07-29
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this place on the 10th Of August.
Now the gentle house.iiy bathos in
the milk pitcher and wallows in tho
butter.-Dsrn fly.
.--Our farmers have finished harvest.
ali secured in good condition.
The lad who will rob n birds nest
sho1ld be bumped all around tcn.acre
lot with vigorous sapling.
Elias Grouse Of Penn township,
last week one day, whilst cutting wood
cut himsclfsovercly in the right foot.
The summer Of 1875 will soon be
numbered with tho past, and fall. with
the golden cars and fruits, he ushersd
IN.
Don't 20 on Shade Mountain for
hucktcberries "A those who do go como
homo with empty baskets---thoy are
played out.
We havcu'ta next years almanac
handy, but We think the next Fourth
ofJuly will come on Tuesday. Itwss
ON two days this year.
The signs Indicate that chesfnuts,
walnuts and shellbsrks will bc abun-
dsn.. In somo places the crop prom
ises 10 be the largest ever seen 10y the
Oldest inhabitants.
w. II. Bratton's house at Mcclure
City. was destroyed by fire on the S1st
of May-insured in the Watertown Fire
Insurance Company of Watcrtown, N.
y. and loss promptly paid 10y the com.
pany..
The Perry county FSeen,dn Of July
Dist says: 'On Friday morning last Mr..
james Duncan of 1rishtown, Spring
township in this county, hearing q noise
ON the garrct of his house went to sec
what caused IL, when he found his wife
suspended by q rope from one Of the
raftcrs. He cut the cord. she came ia
the floor and revived. She had stood
upon chair to adjust the rope, and then
kicked it from under her"
TREsPAssrNG.- Of our citizens
who walk out into the country. should
remember that they are liable Ia q ii ne
Of - for crossing a ny garden or
field, under the trespass law. The ma
jority Of the farmers, however, proba-
bly would not enforce the penalty for
trespassing unless intentionally dam
aye be done, but still there are coun.
try people who are so embittcred
against town people that they would
eagarly take advantage Of the first OPP
portunity afforded TO vent their spite,
that "A matter Of precaution we have
deemed IL proper to caution town rea.
dcs against trespassing when visiting
the rural districts.-Er.
DEATH OF DIR. HoTTENsrEIN.-Dr
Isaac HOttenstein, of Shamokin Dam
Snyder county, died on Thursday ol
last week at the advanced age Of rs
years. The Doctor WAS favorably
known throughout this and adjoining
counties as q physician, and WAS fire..
quently called 70 distances from home
to consult in critical cases with other
prominent physicians. Ar a ncighbor
and citizen, he WAS highly esteemed
for his many noble and generous acts
mover be filed. His funeral took place
on sinday last, and was attended by a
larger conoourse Of people than any
that has occurred in Snyder county fol
MANY yca,s.--6Snbury American Of 23d
ina.
DO lightning rods, "A generally pu,
up protect buildings This is an old
cOnundrum, not yet satisfactorily an
swercd. A good, rod, properly put up
with its base planted in water or GER
tsinly in moist ground, is generally re-
gsrded ~ protection. A rod care.
Iessly stuck up on building, planted
In dry ground, VIC think is dangerous
"a it may attract the electric fluid
whom no means are taken, to carry il
of safely from the building. No person
should permit his life or his property
~ be exposed 70 danger by the stupidi-
ty, oarelessness, or cupidity Of light
ning.rOd agents or firms, running, like
roaring lions, through the country,
seeking whom they may devOur.
Like floods and fires, lightning can
not always be controlled by the wis
dom Sf man, however much be may
boast Of his ability TO control the ele-
ments.-E.
LOCAL News. There h not local..
~ throughout the county where there
u not something occurring during the
week worthy Of publication, and we
hope the friends of this paper will take
the trouble to inform us whenever any
thing out Of the usual order transpires
BY doing this they will crafty them
selves and please their neighbors, be-
sides adding popularity To th9 paper
and increasing its usefulness. To those
Who have been favoring us in this di-
yection in the past We express thanks
and We say tOall patrons, don't wait
for somebody else TO begin, but send
us the news. We desire the facts in
some kind Of shape, aud We will ar
range them for publication. And ~ a
guarantee Of good faith, give your
name, not for publication. but NJ spon-
ser. All communications must be
brief, and handed in by Saturday even
Ing ing, " insure insertion in neXl
issue.
How TO Treat TBAMps.--Tramps are
everywhere regarded rs IN unmitiga-
ted nuisance. We don't mean those
who arc willing 10 work and 80 from
place 10 place uniting business with
pleasure, but those shiftless follows
who figure In our police reports and