The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1876-02-03
The centennial 4th of July falls on

The centennial ith of July falls OF
Tuesday.
Petty thieves are again ut work all
over the country. Keep shot gun.
REroRTEr. You must he brief will
your Ins;itntc proceedings, or we will
Tickets for the spring election will b,
printed st this office at short notice. They
will be printed for fifty cents per hundred
slips and forwarded By mail. prepaid.
'Tis said that for every fog in Janua
ry there will be frost in May. If thi:
prediction proves correct this year. We
can safely expect some frost next May
The recent springlikc weather start
ed vegetation in some sections of the
country, and full bloom dandeion
flowers were to be seen here ami there
in the fields.
Farmers tell us that fruit trees have
begun TO bud. owing To the recent warm
weather.-If this he the case, thcr
lookout for Il scarcity of fruit next sea
son.
Ifyou don't want your wife to bother
YOU every day with the remark, ID )n't
forget that worsted' Just mention TO
her the pretty girl who tends the wors
ted counter where you got the last.
1t took Sir Isaac Newton less tha,
three years to thoroughly digest tho
principles OF gravitatioa, while one o
our farmers his spent eleven years try.
ing TO find out why COW never kick
until the pail is two-.hrds full.
Elias Steiningcr and his son Johr
ware cutting wood in the woods, few
miles from town, last week when q rec
fox approached them so close tha
John WAS able to kill il with his axe.
Singular conduct for Renarl, never
theless true.
BARS Burned The larn on Pete
Hartman's farm above Ccntrevile was
consumed by fire one night last week
The cattle was all turned ont before il
WAS fired, clearly proving that it WAS tn,
work Of an inccndiary. We do no
know ut what he estimates his loss, no
do we know whether the building wa
insured.
To KILL \ TowS.-An exchange tell
ingly puts il in this way /: "Undcrrat,
every present and prospective enter
prise speak i'll of the churches, ant
schools, tell everybody the hotels are
bad enlarge the vices OF the people
especially the young people withhold
the patronage from your merchants
and tradesmen, and buy your good
and groceries nj some other place, and
such like, never subscribe for the ioca
papers, and ifyou are in business, re
fuse to advertise.
WASHINGTON BIRTHDAY. has
been suggested that inasmuch as th,
present years associations are 80 init
mately connected with the name o
George Washington, the central tigur,
Of the Revolution, the birthday of tn,
immortal patriot should he observed il
manner indicative of our love for hi,
character. reverence for his memory
and thanks for the services which n,
rendered in behalfof freedom and j1
ticc. The centennial year was usher
ed in with rejoicing and festivities, an,
II seems no.hing more than right tha
the day on which our Washington haS
birth should also be properly observed
INTERESTING To SCHOOL Directors.
State Superintendent Wickersham il
his report submitted to the Legislature
at its present session, says that section
z, of the act of April 90 1874, applies T.
school directors, and it is their duty t
comply with its provisions. We quot
from the section rs follows 9Th
corporate authorities of every sucl
municipality or district shall annual,
in the month of January, prepare an,
publish in at least two newspapers @
said municipality or of the county il
which the Same is situate, if SO man,
lie printed therein, a statement show
ing in detail the actual Indebtedness
the amount of the floating debt thereof
che valuation oftaxahle property there
In, the assets Of the corporation, witt
the character and nature thereof, an,
4 neglect or failure so TO do shall b
considered q misdemeanor, punishab,
by a fine not exceeding one thousan,
dollars.
ROBBERY AT THE UPPER ESD.-Ol
Monday night Of last week, two met
stole horse from VIM. Forseman, o
White Deer Valley, aud coming on thi
way stole ano.hcr horse, with Wagon
and harness from John Marsh. Thei
they went To John Haines' barn, ol
Mr.. Griffy's farm, and took forty-seveI
bushels ofclOverseed. Mr.. Hancs hap
pened TO get up early on Tuesday
morning and discovered what had beef
done, gave the alarm and set out in pur
suit ofthe thieves. They had lost on,
bag of seed along the road which mad,
il easy to follow them. At New Co
lumbia, Mr.. Haines took one roa,
and sent two boys on the road leading
to West Milton. The boys soon cam
across the thieves, near West Milton
and yelling ut them, they jumped from
the wagon and fed. They were no
pursued Immediately and thus man "
cd 10 escape. We are informed til,
same chaps had taken dinner with MI
Haines the, day before the theft wa
committed.
On Tuesday evening the Same chap
stole two horses from Henry Schooley
near Spring Mills. and were putting ol
with them whom Il oy we're discovere,
BY ~. echooley's brother, while pass
Ing bis house. Mr.. 8. fred Ut them
when hey again abandoned thei
C 9 belleved The psrtIs. belonged /,
xrfopl5ng county skeRivbrry ,JoWmd
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