The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1876-04-12

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Feed meat to your chickens TO OBJ
ain many eggs.
Houses are being ransacked for rel
Es--old newspapers, aged coins, &c.
Il 4, said to be q sure sieu OF spring
al an YOU see q woman with her dress
,;nued up, a brush in her hand. mis-
,bief In her eye. and big splotchss OF
vhi,ewssh on her face.
When A man borrows a chew OF to-
bacco with the excuse that he forgot to
take that fresh paper out OF his other
pocket il is ten To one that lie has got
on his only suit OF clothes.
The fellow who gets mad because
something appears in his home paper
that don't suit him and stops 1t, can
satisfy himself how it will get along
without his patronage, Ivy sticking a
csmbric needle in mill pond and then
Withdrawing it and looking ut the hole.
When man detects Il missing but
ton after getting on II clean shirt no one
in the house IS aware of the fact. lie
takes Off the shirt and puts on another,
/ quietly smiling all the while lie
| never speaks of it to soul. The mar
| ried ladies will bear us cut that these
are solemn facts.
We have on hand n largo number Of
Marriage Certificates which we Will
. distribute, gratuitousIy, among the
bashful young ladies', on request a
a marriagable young maiden can pop the
. question to her chicken hearted lover
by presenting him with u blank cer;l-
ficatc and needn't blush nor faint.
DaasK LYg.-Na,hln shamSachs little
con was playing in ,hc yard. ~ hi fathers
residence iu this place. one day las week.
4 where a crock Of fresh leached I've was
| staining, and taking some out with tin
swallowed II. The child suffered very
much, aud at first It was feared would die.
lie IL now better but his mouth aud throa,
byet very sore.
n6-wEIS & 0PrENHEIMER Of the
/ Mammoth Clothing sterc. at Seliasgrove.
i have just returned from New York and
j philadelpbis, with large, cheap and bet
4 ter stock Of clothing, than they ever had
before. Now is tho time TO buy clothing
cheaper than ever You will bs ssiouished
al their low prices and good goods. Go
see and believe.
DIR. b. Wagcnseller, Of Selins
grove, and Chas. Wolf Esq. of Lewis
burg, are candidates for the Republi-
can nomination for State Senator III
this district. G.. w. Ziegler. Esq. of
Sunbury, is a candidate for the Dem
ocratic nomination. The present pop
ular Senator, A. ii. Dill, and ). Z.
Wolvciton, Esq, are also spoken Of
Sunbury Duly.
HornL CHAsoIsa II. A. Bslich. took
a.. E.;r Anrtl
nrst. Mr.. Bollch is we'll kno~n TO most
Of our people throughout the county. as
1 :, pur,eous, and popular landlord, aud will
be we'll patreniIed.
Geo. o. Smith, moved into the Union
House in this place. April first. aud Is
we'll provided TO give good nccomodaiions
to all who may stop At his House. Drover'
will fnd this . very suitable place TO stop.
-THE New JAIL. The County
Commissioners have adopted the
plan of Mr. Wetzel, Architect, Of
Danville, for the construction OF the
new iail. His estimate OF the cost
is about $l35,O00. As soon rs the
plan is approved by the State
Board of charities, according to law,
the ediiice will be begun forthwith.
The commissioners intend to call for
bonded lean to run for ten years,
- Sunbury Diiig.
The latest amusement is termed the
"Printer's Delight" aud Is performed
in the following manner: Take u sheet
of note paper, fold it up carefully. and
enclose n bank note Sufficiently large To
pay up all arrears and a year in ad-
vance. And what adds immensely to
the feat is to send along the name OF u
new subscriber, with the cash to bal
ance. Keen your eye on the printer,
and IL YOU detect smilo the trick is
success. Try it.
A correspondent writing TO this pa
per from Bannerville, under date Of
April 3rd, says, in regard to the clos
ing exercises of the Public school OF
that place
"Our Public school in B,nnerville,
closed its term of five months on the
80 of March, with n general examina.
ton. review, and with exercises ofgood
singing. Among the - visitors not one
but seemed we'll pleased with Mr.. Stee-
ly's school"
chronological Journal and Life Ipusira'
ted for April, contains sketches with
portraits of Gen. John Glover George
Walton williams, and Horace Bush
ned d. r.: PN.cho'oIical Bases of Re-.
ligion, The Relations of Capital and
Labor, and A Plea for the Bows.
are interesting Articles III this number.
Editorial Department, treats of various
subjects. Agricultural Hints. contains
much valuable information. In the
Library" number Of new publica-
tions are reviewed. s. II. Wells & Co.,
Publishers. New York.
The bin in reglnl to tho erection Of
public water troushs along the high
ways has become a law, although i'm.
portant limitations are attached. ANY
one who shall erect trough not less
than four feet long twelve in ches wide
and ten inches deep, and keep It con-
tinually supplied (when not frozen)
with clear running water shall be en-.
titlel 10 an annual reduction of s. from
his taxes. Where there IL no spring
or stream, the same bounty is awarded
for tho providing Of u pump and
trough. to be kept IN good order. STU
pervisors may erect such Watering
trouehs or pumps, should private in
dividuals omit TO do so. Any person
injuring or deiacing such troughs shall
be punished by iine Of not over SO,
or imprisonment not exceeding ten
days, on conviction before any justice,
The limits fixed by the law are that
troughs erected under the act are not
to be nearer than Ave miles To each
other on any public road, and this Is
nni IN annlv % M annntias ~ laas Than