The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1879-05-29
LEwIsTOwN DIVISION.
Local News, &c.

Festival time.
Ice cream days.
No circus as yet.
Locust blossoms,
Fishing is the rage.
Coming-the 4th Of July.
The price Of wheat is grad ually ad-
Yancing.
Potato bugs are appearing In large
numbers.
New spring suits are appearing On
every hand.
The Fourth ofJuly will fall on II FRI
day this year.
Black chip is tho favorito bonnet for
all occasions.
The walking fever has shout died
out.-What next
Vegetation is making rapid pro.
gress since the recent rains.
There is every indi ,ation that the
grass crop will be immense.
A large crop of potatoes has been
put out in this neighborhood.
Indications po;st to a big day at
sunbury OH the Fourth Of July.
The man who will not forget any
thing is not going to learn much more.
A woman is never too busy to step
in next door to see how new carpet
looks.
Pennsylvania has now seventeen cit
1cs, Bradford being tho last incorpo-
yated.
Some men nre like brooks. they are
always murmuring. Middleburg has
her share.
Lumber has not been so cheap in
twenty years rs now, says q Williams
Tort paper.
Caution notices for farmers 10 post
on their promises are kept for sale at
this Office.
The yards surrounding several of the
residences in this place are beautiful
to look upon.
From all accounts there is every
prospect for good yield Of peaches in
this county this year.
IT, yot wish to sec old Dame Nature
in her gorgeous spring attire, take a
stroll through the country.
The small hoy now freQuepts tn,
watering places, and comes home with
Ills shirt turned wrong side out.
ARRIvuD-weN, Mr.. Allison SwoDk
after o proiractod absence. has arrived
In town ani we are all rejoicei to see
him.
We are glad to see our friend Peter
Tsuch OH our streets again having re-
turned from Western tour Of inspcc-
tion.
In seventeen million years the sur
w i'll cease 10 shine, so scientists tell us
but no one seems TO be alarmed at the
statement.
Primary Election sIed for Saturday
june 7th. The standing Committee mo
on Tuesday last and fixed the above date
for the Primary Elsotio U.
A family of Gipsies consisting Of
man, woman, childron all of u size,
I9purps big and little, screaching old
fiddle aud horrible sounding banjo.
The printing Of a v,luminops Paper
Book for the Supreme Court-l000
Circulars and other Job work has
delayed this issue after the usual day.
The sweet season looms when lazy
man can sit at his doorstep, mop his
brow and throw II neighborhood into
agony with the awful suspicion that he
has been working.
Court commenced Monday morning,
B. l.. Junkin aud associates Yoder and
O'Neil on the Bench. Attendance
large. Complete court proceedings
will appear in our next Issue.
In q neighboring county the thievss
have new dodge. Thoy call on a
farmer AND inform him that his broth.
or or some relative was fatally injured
and desires to SEQ him. II no ,is fool.
ish enough TO belive their story they
rob his house during his absence.
ossroHLsN. -Qn Monday night las,
some villaiaons scamp o. ssapps s,ols
Cal dutslIu3 three large. white GosAin
,roo''srs fpr shish hs would hardly have
taken hepss apd lot on Msin Street. &c
highly did hs prize them. II thsy had
,s'o'ss bic whals large stock Of Sprlng A
Hs~asr soodp rhlsh BE- cells u CUR.
'tr'slsg'y lsv pslsep hs wsuld sst mpprs
ass lsss ~ - dssply. We wish. b
s'ah dlsssvsv " thtssss--As wosld give
tsee y >1o,>ese szpSItis ssst Dslss'