Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-07-19

"a down town girl who is anxious to get
rid ef Alstsr, has promised to marry hir:
When Tiiden is elected President" The
yourg lady knows how to get out of bad
bargain.
The fall OF the first couple caused them
to wear clothing. The heat last week
carried the mind back to Eden, and csused
one to wonder how pleasant it must have
been for Adam and Eve to sit In the shade,
on q warn day, nude, as when they. came
from the hand of their Creator, What a
botch Of it mother Eve did make.
CoRSER-sroSE LAYING. The corner
ston. Of the new Lutheran Church, being
erected at McAlistervil,e, Pa, will be laid
on Sabbath, july 30th. Prof. Z. J. Wolf,
u. D., of Gettysburg, wifi deliver the dis
course on that occasion. All neighboring
ministers, and the public generally, are in
vited TO be- present. A. C.
Turkey is bankrupt, and, like all bank
rupts, must sooner or later 60 the wall. She
viii De nice fowl for the European nations
to cissect. The feast cannot long be de-
lsyed. Their appetiies have been sharpen
ed by her long practice of borrowing from
Peter TO pay Paul. Peter and Paul are
getting tired waiting for one or the other to
quit loaning. When one or the other
ceases to loan, the bird will have been
cooked and the feast begun.
At the recent commencement of the Col
iege of New Jersey a number Of New York
journalists were particular in noting the dis
play of ability by our young townsman,
froiie ]. Crawford, who was then about to
leave that Institution of learning as a grad
uste. In q class numbering llS, amoRg
which there were twenty honors, he took
the tenth honor, was also one of the orators
en- commencement stage. The subject of
speech for the occasion was ssThe influence
OF the Szracens on the Revival Of Learn
ing"
On the 10th inst. the lightning struck the
new house Of Mr.. Litter, IN Richheld, en-
tcring the chimney at the top, knocking out
three sides, leaving the side of the chimney
that was backed by the outside wall of the
house standing, down to the pipe-hole in
the first story, thence out the pipe hole and
down the steve-pipe, and out over the
stove, passing between two ladies of the
family, doing them no injury, but killing a
dog that lay in the space between the ladies'.
From the stove the lightning darted across
the room, striking the wall and penetrating
ii, knocking the weather-boarding off that
side of the house, and thence passed down
TO the cellar, where it demolished a cup
board.
A Fourth of July incident of the Nc
Coytown Jubilee Is related thus: For the
Tooth anniversary elaborate decoration had
been provided, and put in place on the
evening of the Sd OF July. Mr.. Theodore
Merininger, merchant at McCoytown, with
held a large flag until about midnight, when
he ssunfurled il 10 the breeze" 1t was a
pleasant surprise TO all who were up at that
hour. 1t was the largest flag in the place.
Some cne told DIR. S. b. Crawford that Mr..
Aemminger had beaten them ali in the dis
play of flags. SIT shan't be So" said the
Doctor, aud before the people realized it,
he was on his way tn Miff.in, some sixteen
miles distant, for flag material. He reached
this place about daylight, bought material,
took 1t to McCoytown, and had a bevy of
ladies TO make il up into tag. all ready for
display for the demonstration or Jubilee on
the 4Ih. 1t was the largest Tag in the
county.
ssThe Pennsylyanis Board of Centennial
Mdnagcrs annouhCe thit iiic cnuSl ~ dhia
State Centennial Building, having been COM
pleted and furnished throughout, is now
ready for the reception OF visitors, who will
be cordially welcomed TO the establishment,
and TO the comforts and conveniences which
il affords.
Its commodious and well ventilated apart
ments, IFS spacious and shady Porticoes,
end it, beautiful surroundings, with the re-
f.eshing breezes which come to it from the
neighboring lake and fountains, render it
peculiarly attractive during the heated termi
and il is believed that atPennsylvania, visitors,
wesried with sightseeing and travel, and
seeking a retreat from the din and dust of
the Exposition and grounds, will find in it a
means of relaxation and rest not readily
attainable elsewhere within the CeDtcn-
nisl enclosure"