The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1878-05-02
April showers.

OTupo iOV" f'
Lettuce oh Lettuce.
Picnics will soon be in order,
A few more candidate cards this
week.
Send us the news fJ your neighb or
hood.
Our Merchants are getting in their
Spring stock.
The House has voted to abolish the
2O.cent peicc.
The air is scented by tho fragrance
of fruit blossoms.
The click of the garden spade is
heard throughout the land.
Brook trout are selling ut Williams
port at fifty cents a pound.
Limited partnership" is an Indiana
papers head limo for marriage notices.
There is three.lcgsol hen in a
poultry yard at West Choster-wcil
prepared for scratching
A small child in Beaver county Il
few days ago dranE concentrated lye
and died from the effects.
Two Astronomical events OF great in
tcrcst are to occur this ycar--on May
y transit of Mercury. and on July -
total eclipse Of the sun.
Saturday June 8lh being tho day fx-
cd for tho primary election. Candi-
dates from hence forth ill that time
will be ut home--but seldom.
April 3Oth. Charles c. Secholi, the
Sewing Machine Agent, and one oI
the clcaverest fellows you can NEE,
made hay in his lot-too early Char>
ley.
Decoration day will be the next leea
holiday. Wonder if the "usual cere
monies" will constitute the rites Of pb-
scrvance TO the soldier dead of Mid
d!eburs.
The Democratic Convention Assem-
bled in the Courthouse, on Monda,
last, and in the absence Of L. Il. Hum
mel, Esq, chairman, II. b. Iottricb
was made temporary chairman and T.
Grier Barber, NJ. d. Secretary. Aftel
organization, Thomas Bower, of Franl;
lin was elected Representative, II. Il
lIcttrick Senatorial delegates. Tn
delegates were instructed for Senate
A. II. Dill, for Governor, 'as long r
there is II reasonable chance for hi
nomination" Adjourned sine die.
When up country few days ago OF
business and pleasure VIC dropped i
on our old friend Moses Specht Mer
chant, Postmaster, landlord, ticket an
express agent and found him master {
oil, and able to wait upon his numer
Gus customers who had called TO SC
and buy his large stock of new good
His partner in life if not in busines
with an amabiity and apparer
knowledge Of business seldom surpass
ed, rendered material assistance in th
store. Perhaps Mrs S. ability to Al
sist in business, accounts in SON
measure for the sherill's success in col
ducting so large and sound busines
A Counterfeit Detector.-As the cour
try will in few weeks, be in possess
ion of a full silver currency, and as
natural result there will be percept
ible increase Of counterfets; it woul
therefore be we'll for our citizens
fortify themselves against this specie
OF deception. The following is an i
fallible detector and is used in tn
United States Mint Nitrate silver,
grains nitric acid, Is grains water
ounces. 1t should be mixed well al
shaken. The least drop upon a bog
coin will instantly turn the counte
felt black. Tho concoction can be HI
at any drug store, and will cost abo'
10 cents.
SNAKE SToRY.--The Newport LEDG
of last week comes TO the front wi
the first snake story Of the seasC
which reads as follows;
One day last week Mr. SAINT
Fickes, of Juniata township, had qu
an adventure with snake. He v
plowing, and coming to loose stun
ho turned it over to be out Of the W
of his plow, when, to his horror
large snake reared up in front Of h
TO the height Of about three feet, mi
ing threatening darts at him with
fangs. Mr.. Fickes became frighten
and ran from the reptile, andno 500
er had the man turned than the en'
gave chaso. Mr.. Fickes fell 70
ground, andfn his fall grabbed "
!. handful Of gtcund and dssbed y
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