The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1880-05-06
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IN ror For the past few weeks your
columns have been ,]'A mp wish your
Wcsl HEAVIER cor,sgo ui,nrs that We at
uo' feel liz, in,ru!py- that ,hcu com.
uuuicl.io1s may lee read with interest ie
tteir roNn county hy 90, parties c4Ecrruod
: ! have 900 doubt, but ! fsir the m.j jYr,'y
cf Your readers fad but ycFy hIue so,ii,
ily in them. Your advice to them To- let
the unlt,r drop was soon fciloncd hy no
less th,n o communications in on. sauc,
re u,iadins u. OF the No,d, uttered Ly ,Hc
eN.Ircsilrnt Flight it out ON ,nis line II
q nk"s all sowmer."
Three week, ago tbc people OF Newton
voted for License or rroL,b ton during
tae rIS, . years. have seen somr htld
election. srias done bnt ueycr any thins
in eowparrs5u 90 that was done lcre OCT
,htt dAy. TDe town Is dnid,I into 3
wards, hence iLcrooIy3 different place.
of voting r.c Temperance Vss.lc wer.
on ban, i.In a u uu.., o. %. ~. havi. Z
.rom % g. 10 Ladies TT each place OF c,,,,
lion ii ws- with gr.a, ii'i,J.jy that per.
tuus could LloN through tbi. d,oas,ilp
10 tdi bAlIt boz, uaJ there w., not .
mnn yo,,i rau jly bat h,d to onhrr sc.
crpt or refuse q ticket handed to lin ty
the fir Sex hey a,so hal FREQ lunch
rom u51l ulu. u, mt --ln the Other hand
h,psoli7g3l,s'I T"rj not idle, dlus
rcre .rce Of c'urss, ant several instances
cluh De m'nt,Ourl where m,u confined
90 ,hsir roJm' ~ 'cSness Nc,e carried
10 the pl,i- to y9,e--tbo result OF this
Spiritel crmplisn was u majority Of
votes ia favor Of License 80 that He"ton
will have / saloons each paying $500
License cash in advance,
We have seen several le'tors from young
men asaiug n,.lce in regard to coming
west--wa.t wages they could command
NJ labortrs by tho day or mouth--1ow
far they wol!i have to 20 from here to
Homestead Sc 1T young man has learn.
ct good trade sach as carpenter, plas-
,crer, mason, painter or blacksmi th then
he can always get plenty Of work, but ii
he has tc depend on days labor he best
stay in the east unless be has some friend
out here TO engage place for him. We
see plenty Of such men every day having
employment and generally deadbrokca,
but to man having some little capital
The west offers splendid inducements, aud
probably no safer investment could be
made t an by purchasing real estate, for
the " ny emigration is coming into the
state Land must and is in fact already ad.
yaneing in figure $. do not know Of any
desirable Homestead claims to be had
nearer than 80 miles from here. Those
who wish TO take up claims have been
going TO Hol gman aud Ners counties 100
mile mort b west and our eastern counties
have been feeding them for tho last q
months as their crops were an entir
failure. Farmers 10 this section have had
heir corn plauted for the last = weeks
but as it was We ry dry it has not COM
monced TO come up, as we have had a
tolerable steady rain the past "a hours
We should not hear any croaking in re
gard to rain for some line to come, wheat
is looking very we II, although on sandy
land IL was cut pretty badly by the storm
last sunday, and here let me adj tha the
joke is on A. u. Becker as be took 4
hours nap that sunday p. m. and did,not
know there had been any wind here the
storm was light comp arcd TO farther east
no loss of property or life. aud yet old
settlers ssy il was the most severe st orm
they ever saw in this state, we are having
plenty Of heavy frost, this spring, on both
Monday and Tuesday mornings there W as
ice frozen oue,fourth Of ao inch ia thick
ness. Granlisn ssems rather on the d.
cline in.western markets just at pres
ent. HARVEY
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