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The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1881-11-10

Out opanlsn lace taxes the lead.
Yokes aud collars Stimulating
yokes appear on many imported cos.
tunes.
Granite cloth is one Of the hand.
soonest fabrics shown for suitings.
Many large pokes are trimmed
with wreath Of flowers within the
brim.
Velvet, plush and fur bands will
all be used for thinning midwinter
suits.
The majority Of bonnets have very
wide strings, but some have narrow
ones.
In mercantile invoices, all large
bopnets are classed as pokes, small
ones cottages.
Moire will be much used in com.
bination with cashmere aud other
wooden stuffs.
Cashmeres and cbeviots continue
to be the leading fabrics for ordina-
ry wear.
Loose twisted cbamois leather and
undressed kid gloves are as much
worn as ever. u
Derby felts, under new names and
only slightly different forms, will
again lee worn.
Peaked or pointed bodices with
gathered scarf panier draperies will
be much worn.
Even when new skirts are round
aud clinging in effect, the draperies
are extremely bouIaut
Floral decorations, either of real
or artificial flowers, are co ming in
vogue for wedding cakes.
:. Heavy double box-plai ted ruch-
ings adorn the bottom OF the skirt
Of many handsome costumes.
Large collars are worn by child
ren, girls in their teens, young la
dies, matrons and elderly women.
Pretty fancy apron 8 are made o
all silk. satin aud moire with trims
mings Of lace aud artificial flowers.
Broad Byron golfers, trimmed
with Tunis lace laid on over the lin
en- to look like embroidery, are
worn.
All sorts Of felt, plush, AMI furry
beaver hats and bounets will be
worn, but pokes are the first favor
ties.
Jackets are giving place to long
dolmans, French pelisses. circle and
Pompadour or Mother Hubbard
cloaks.
Camels bair cloth, serges and a
new light cloth called Rhadames are
the leading WOO len dress goods OF
the season.
Feathers Of all kinds, from whole
and half birds, heads aud wings, to
ostrich plumes and tips are extreme
ly fashionable.
Over dresses and all draperies are
looped high giving the pauier effect
around the hips, and the rooster tail
effect in the back.
Large. very large bounots are the
most fashionable, but, small aud me-
dium sizes and cottage and turbau
shapes continue in vogue.
Lace 10 used to an enormous ok
tent In trimming all sorts OF winter
garm euts--dresses, wraps. fchus for
house wear, basques aud jsckets.
Buckles. clasps, slides and all sorts
Of ornaments in sbalone or compress
ed mother-of-pessl, JET silver and
Rhine crystal, silver, steal and gilt
will b much worn.
The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1881-11-10
The Green Mountain Justice.

"The snow Is deep" the justice said |;
"There's mighty mischief overhead"
"Hich talk indeed |" his wife exclaim-
ed
what, sir | shall Providence be
blamed "
The justice, laughing, said "Oh, no
only meant the load OF snow
Upon the roofs. The barn In weak ;
| greatly fear the roof will break.
So hand me up the gpada, my dear.
Ill mount the barn, the roof to clear. ="
NO !" said his wife; the barn IL
high,
And IL you slip. and fall, and die,
How will my living be secured 7
Stephen, your life is not insured
But tic rope your waist around,
And II will hold you safe and sound"
If will" said he. Now for the roof,
All snugly tied and danger-proof
Excelsior Excel but no
The rope Is not secured below !"
Said Rachel, Climb, the end to throw
Across the top, and will go
And tie the end around my waist"
"Well, every woman to her taste:
| You always would be tightly laced.
Rachel, when you became my bride,
! thought the knot securely tied;
But lest the bond should break in
twain
! I'll have 1t fastened once again.
Below the arm-pits tied around,
|She takes her station on the ground.
8Whle on the roof, beyond the ridge,
.E Die shovels clear the lower edge;
[But, sad inischance! the lossened snow
[omes sliding down, to plunge below
Md as he tumbles with the slide,
IN Rachel goes on t'other side.
g. ust half way up the justice hung,
ust half way up the woman swung.
|Ciood land o. Goshenw shouted she;
= Why, do you zee it p answered he.
he couple, dangling In the breeze
ike turkeys, hung outside to freeze,
/ their rope'send and wits end. too,
boot back and forth what best to do.
ried Stephen: Take it coolly. wife,
j have their ups and downs In life."
ioth Rachel: What n pity it's
joke at such time as this.
man whose wife is being hung
pould know enough to hold his
tongue ----'-''
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SCVOGI'IA-SOIyE.

BROWN. Esq, BstnwoiL S.
The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1881-11-10

PETERSON Ia constantly Improving. ."-ELNIRA
IN. ~ HusBASDNAN.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1881-03-11

Hon. A. W. Bradford, Ex-Governor OF
MARYLAND, died at his residence IN Bal
timore.
An organ factory is being erected at
Hagerstowu ~,
At meeting of the Shenandoah Val
ley Railroad Co.'S. aasaannanlaaalln =
town, it was decl>.0A. y q =
tract at once the extension of the road
south from Waynesboro' to Salem, dis
tance of ninety miles, when it will con
meet with the Atlantic and Mississippi
road The route Will be by way of
Lexington.
1t is proposed to establish four fish
Matching stations on the Eastern Shore.
The recent freshet in the Susquehanna
river brought down an immense number
of logs. AT least / 900 went ashore on
Iilghmans Island. The owners have
been reclaiming their property.
About 1 800 tons of ore are awaiting
the resumption of work at the Montgom.
cry county gold mine The crushing
mill is being thoroughly put in order
and the pipes that were frozen up have
been replaced with new
A highly esteemed young lady of Po.
comoke City, who was laboring under
temporary insanity, was missing from
her home. A search was Immediately
instituted, but it was not until aftel
some time that she was found. She had
hid herself in a chest and closed the lid.
When released she was almost suffo-
Gated.
Nearly thirty carloads of steel rails
for the extension of the Shenandoah Val
ley Railroad beyond Milford have passed
through Hagerstown within the last two
days. The rails are part of a thousand
tons of foreign rails received at New
ae'fss for the new raiIi-oad
On Monday evening last Captain A.
Hands cunning scow, when returning
from the flats to Hayre-de-Grace, was
struck by flaw; and, going under, half
filled with water, was obliged to lay at
anchor until morning in that condition.
There We're four gentlemen from Balti-
more on board at the time, who failed to
enjoy that part of the days cunning.
There were over 200 cases of measles
at Homecoming recently.
The Advertiser says dIummers are as
thick in Salisbury as English sparrows.
From all parts Of the State comes the
report that "the growing wheat is look
ing well.
Peach growers are now pretty general
ly coming to concede that the germ is
not killed.
Subscriptions are being made for the
of establishing a national bank
at Salisbury,
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NO. 81.
ITEMS OF INTEREST.


Nii-~is-ipps l>n.a. 600 white and
eJ2,000 eol'5.s,e e'1nll.l lSilans, :
a veil is q protection against the sun
of heaven and the sons Of earth.
People who have no money to spare
for a wedding get married 10y telegraph;
are married ''on tick, as it were.
Emma Abbott says she was stark
crazy when she was first in love. After
the first attack she took the matter more
calmly.
The following example will serve as
ink for ordinary use: II parts gals, 5
parts green vitriol, > parts gum senegal,
and 100 parts water.
Many consumptives are cured by
going to Minnesota while many native
born young Minnesota people die with
lung troubles.
During the operate festival in Ciucin-
natl last week the Eupljrr' eXultingly
said that; Music, heavenly maid, IS in
the city" Whereupon the indianapolis
Ne,rS cruelty remarked, "She is long
way from home then
A very tall. thin Highlander said that
he chad a cold in his head, originating
in wet feet She looked at him slowly
from head to foot and back again, as if
measuring the distance the cold had to
travel, and then calculated, Gracious
me you must hayo wet your feet some
time last year
The Boston CoUia asks if our dumb
animals are ever Of the feminine gender.
Oh, yes there's Ella Phant, Aunt Elope,
the little deers and lots Of others
Ne,r Foih Commercial. Not to mention
4 -. : .I.a...
the Moll Usks, Polly Wogg, Liz Ard.
ct al.-Phil4}elphi4 BVdefin.
Austrian scenery has received an ad-
dition in the shape of lake of pur-
water, which suddenly made its appear
ance one day last summer, where few
inmates before field of wheat had been
growing The land fell in with crash
like thunder All sorts Of theories havo
been invented to explain the phenome-
non.
That was a witty man who, being de-
tanned by a snow blockade, penncd Il
despatch which ran thus, My dear sir
| have every motive for visiting vou ex-
cept locomotive" So was the other
who in a similar circumstance telegraph
ed to his firm in New York, 81 shall not
be in the Office to-day, as ] have not got
home yesterday vet.
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Few Friends.

A few friends, 70 travel with us
Up and down tho path Of life,
Civ a ze-t b. each enjoyment,
Pluck the sting f-om toll and strife;
And II rugged be the pathway
A il will sometimes I Wren,
Friendly hands may point to beauties
Which alone we had not seen.
A few friends, 10 gather with us
Round the sacrcd fires aT nome.
With sweet mu7ic. books and converse.
All the Horld outside may gloam.
just fow, and not the many
Lest simplicity depart,
And f9rmality and fashion
Takes the place Of brain anil heart.
A few friends, in timc of trouble,
When the soul is bruised and crossed.
Like a ship on stormy billows,
Crippled, lashcd and tempost-tos-od;
Then, when helpless and forsakm.
Do we prize the procions few,
That will guide us into haven
And rtill keep our bark in view
A few friends beyond the river,
Waiting on tho farther shore.
Make us long to reach the harber
Ofthc dear ones gone before;
Aud we strive for nobler virtues.
Scatter seeds of truth and love,
81 q D..
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The Cat.

Cats are curious cattle. They are sell
fish. They are grasping. When the
attributes We're parcelled out among the
animals the catgut the gift of music
She got it by yiolins.
No one knows where cats come from;
but since the fashion of seal sacques
came in, everybody knows where most
of sem go to. But this is kept a pro
found secret among the owners of seal
garments. They set the seal Of secrecy
upon it. PulThaps they are wise.
The cat has nine lives; that is to say,
she lives nine times longer than she
ought
This suggests problem, which lovers
of mathematics-there are those, alasl
who love them-can puzzle over.
If it takes nine tailOrs to make one live
man, and nine lives to make one cat.
what does a catamount to? Correspond
ents sending answers viii please enclose
a three GENT stamp, not for publication.
III foi, the llse Of the compiler of This
authentIc history
The cat is not subject to tax Efforts
have been made to insert clause in
the dog law to include cats, bnt thus far
the cats have inserted their own claws
Not only do they eseane tax, but the
taxidermist also. Thv, do their own
stuffing
At the time Of the food, Father Noah
endeavered to keep the cat out of the
ark, but the cat got her back up and
passed in under the guise OF a camel.
Until very recently every ship has
since that time carried a cat.
Many stories are told of the seafaring
cat, including nine tails, which are Of
ten red.
In Egypt cats We're regarded as sacred
animals. To kill one was an offence
punishable with death.
The cat remembers this, and to this
day takes a fence on the slightest provo
cation,
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MARYLAND NOTES.

Hon. A. W. Bradford, Ex-Governor OF
MARYLAND. died at his residence in Bal
timore.
An organ factory is being erected at
Hagerstowu. "
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1881-03-11

A reporter OF the Chicago Inter- Ocea0
has been investigating the trade in glass
eyes From the leading dealer in the
West, firm which has sold glass eyes
for many years, he learned that there
were as many as a thousand wearers of
them in that city and that from 900 to
500 eyes are sold there every year The
best eyes are made at Uri, in Germany
the manufacture centering at that place
/ on account of the occurrence there of
4 fine silicates and other minerals needed
\ in the business. The German eyes with
stemd the corrosiye action Of tears and
VI Ela5Ise nee As''' Ne> 49, @'.'s s.'s-'s
At Uli are made also vast quantities
of eyes used by taxidermists in mount
ing birds, animals, and other natural
history specimens, besides superior
quality of glass marbles, known to boys
as agates.
The artificial eye is a delicate shell or
case. very light and thin, and concave
so as to fit over what is left of the eye
ball. The shell is cut from a hollow
ball or bubble Of glass, the ms IS blown
in. and the whole is delicately recoated.
The trade in Chicago has underground
curious change Twenty years ago thero
were sold very many more dark eyes
than LIGHT. but from that period ON tho
sale of dark ewes has been perceptlblY
dvino out. Now nearly all are hight
eyes. say twenty light to one dark. In
BOSTON the percentage is even larger,
about thirtv-fvc blue or light eyes to
one brown: while on the other hand, IN
New Orleans fifty brown or dark eyes
are sold to one light. Regarding the
change of color in Chicago OF course
1.. I,.. ,,n4Iipfr +o do with 1t, No
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condition. The sugar cane was killed as
IL stood.
wwhile excavafing urde- Oh Nortlrop
Market, ON Auckingliam street, Halifax.
n s.. the workmen struck vein of
gold quartz, from which several rich SAM
pies have been secured.
Prewett, Spur & Co.'S bucket manu-
factory. at Nashville, Tenn, was burned.
Loss, 30, 600 dollars insurance 10000
dollars
A fire in J. A. Fay & Co.'S manufactory
of wood working machinery, at the south
west corner Of Front and John streets,
Cincinnati, burnt out the building. The
origin Of the fire is attributed to sponta-
peous combustion. The total los is es-
timated at 100000 dollars: insurance,
81. 500 dollars, in about thirty compan-
les.
aThe Committee of Investigation in the
North Carolina House of Representatives,
composed of three Democrats and two
white Republicans, reported unanimous
ly, after a long investigation, that Wat
son Ocoloredl, Republican member from
Fdgecombe, obtained from the clerk Of
the House a certificate of per diem IN
favor of John Newell (colored, a Repub-
lican member from Bladen, and forged
Newell's name upon the warrant ON
which the money was obtained from the
State treasury.
The St. Louis Merchants Exchange
have adopted a resolution declaring the
/ hog cholera reports abroad without foun
! dation. A similar resolution was adop
ted by the Philadelphia Commercial Ex
change.
The Chicago Ilumbermens Exchang,
held its annual meeting. The President
address contained the startling s'aiemen
that, owing to the enormous growth o
the lumber business, it will take onl7
twenty years to exhaust the great pin,
forests of the country, if the present rate
of depletion continues The receipts O
lumber of all kinds at this port dur
ing the year 1880 were 1,564,00000C
feet.
The new Cabinet, with the exception
Of Secretary Of War Lincoln, qualified
and assumed the duties Of their respec
tive departments. President Garfield
presided at cabinet meeting, and il
the afternoon received a portion of the
host of callers that had been waiting
around the White House all day.
The executive of the United States Of
Colombia has executed contract Will
the Central and South American Gable
Company for cable north and soutl
from the Isthmus Of Panama, to connec
with the United States and Europe, via
Central America and Mexico.
Charlotte Thompson, the actress ha.
been robbed of $4,000 dollars worth 0
diamonds and iewelry at Toledo, Ohio
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4 Grand Showing for. tho South

u the tWenty-eight new IRON furnaces
completed in the United States last
year, SIX We're located in Virginia and
five in other Southern States Four
new furnaces are now in course of con
struction in the South, and three more
are projected.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1881-03-11
F0RTY-SIXTH CONGRESS.
SENATE,

MARCH 3.-The Senate referred the
Supplemental Funding bill to the Fl
nance Committee, and refused to consider
Mr. Hoar's amendment to the Deficiency
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suafihs oDJ~-s. -.f -sssss4- -
tons Of the eye can be performed in very
many instances, and the glass eye fitted
on the stump, which moves quite ma
turally.
Sometimes those who have lost an eve
will keep two or three artificial substi-
tutes. They will use one for the day
light with small pupil, and another for
night time with large pupil to offset
the dilatation.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1881-03-11

Every man must work at something.
The moment he stops working for
the devil employs him,
Morning journal and courier., 1881-10-24

 King Oscar of Sweden has written drama Is Oscar wild?-B0st07a Transcript.
 ''Six Girls" is the title of the latest novel. It is expected that sequel entitled ''Our Broken Gate'' will be issued soon.-CHtcoqo Tribune.
 Money often leads men astray. Some of them will run after dollar; but a hound is more avaricious He will follow scent OtI City Derrick.
 Congressman Crapo unintentionally made good point when he quoted at the Worces- ter convention ''God reigns, but the gov ernment at Washington still lives. ''-B0Sto7a Globe.
 The Czar says he is ready to meet death whenever it comes. It may not be out of place in this connection to say that death is ready to meet the Czar whenever he goes- Boston Transcript.
 In the Treasury Department mail last week was letter from an unknown Cleve- lander inclosing $50 conscience money. If you will notice 1t, 1t is the $1O and the $50 consciences that thus come to light and not the million dollar still small voice.-Boston Transcript.
 She (bewitchingly)-"oh, I am so glad Browne!" He (fattered) -sIndeed, and may ask why ?'' she-"Oh because the girls are so jealous, and I want to prove that 1 do not monopolize all the good-looking men," Browne satisfied, but not so happy as he expected to be.-Rochester Express.
 The following funeral announcement (''1ettre de taire-part'') has been sent to us: Monsieur and Madame Jose Per let, Monsieur Polydore and Mademoiselle Anastasie Perlet, Madame veuve Pourly, nee Perlet, have the pain of announcing to you the mournful departure of M Antoine Perlet, their son, brother and nephew, at Paris, this morning by the Paris-Lyons rail- way, in his twenty fifth year, provided with 8 first class ticket. Prize pour Sm.-Le Fi0nTO
Morning journal and courier., 1881-10-24
Price Four Cents

The Lambeth waterworks were incorDo- rated as private water company in 17S5. In 1G98 the Grand Junction Canal company was incorporated as private water company. In 1906 the West Middlesex waterworks were in- corporated as private water company. The Southwark and VauxhaI Water company was chartered in 1805 as private water compa- ny. In 1885 the Southwark Water company was chartered as private water company. In 1909 the Kent waterworks was incorpo- rated as private water company
 Without enumerating any more it re- mains for me to say (and presume that Mir. Dudley will be fair enough to say the same thlng) that the city of London has tried the management of waterworks city-wise over and over again, and through the long period of years since the days of William the Con- queror have continued their wise and judi clous conduct in leaving to private industry the supply of water to the immense popula- tion of the city of London And I here state that there is no hydraulic engineer of any note that would hazard his reputation in saying that the water companies of London are not monuments of hydraulic skill and that the citizens of London are not amply supplied. The value of the shares of the New River Water company is a silly argu- ment in favor of the City of New Haven purchasing the waterworks when the history of waterworks in London is thus explained The Lord Mayor, Aldermen, Common Coun- ell and the citizens of London have had the right for 700 years to supply London and in cising it. P.
Morning journal and courier., 1881-10-24
Monday Morning, Oct. A, 1881.
FREE SCHOOL BOOKS.


 It is the practice in many cities and towns where there are ''school systems'' to supply needy children with school books paid for out of the public money, but in some places in Massachusetts and Maine the authorities supply text books to all, as we'll as all other materials used in the schools. Such is the case in Fall River and Newton, Massachu- settss and in Lewiston, Maine.
 Some of the details of the working of the system in Fall River have recently been pub- ished and they are interesting In Fall River books and other school material are purchased by the superintendent at the low est wholesale prices, and are consigned to the care of the teachers, who are responsible for their use and safe keeping. They in turn hold the pupils responsible. Successive classes use the books, which are labeled s.city property" until they are worn out, and the 16ss WEich so often accrues by changes and advances and the laying aside of half-worn books at home is avoided. Thus the aggregate amount expended for school books is very much less than under the old system, averaging to each enrolled pupil about 60 cents per year. Last, year Fall River expended for school DOOhS aAu SgdtlOucry po,IOO, d41A G1o enrolment of pupils was 9,368. One effect of the system has been a great increase in the average attendance, and even with this increased general expense, the cost per capita of the schools in Fall River is less than that of almost any other city in New England.
 The Springfield Ua,ion which has taken pains to inquire into the working of the free text book system, approves it. It says: ''The theory of the public school is that ed ueRtion is a matter of interest and importance to the whole community. The community as whole bears the burden, and it is quite as proper and importantsthat the community should furnish the books and tools necessary for acquiring an education as that it should furnish teachers and school houses. If, as has been proved at Fall River, the free book system brings to the school larger average attendance, a grand result is gained toward the object for which the schools are estab- lished." The system has just been introduc- ed at Lowell, Mass. and is under serious consideration in other places in the State.