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The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1882-01-05
When to Stop Advertising.

When nobody else thinks lit pays
to advertise"
When you want to get out OF bus
mess with stock ou hand.
When you want TO get rid OF the
trouble Of waiting on custoners.
When you would rather have your
own way aud fail, than take advice
and win.
When men stop making fortunes
right in your very sight, solely
through the discreet use Of this
mighty agent.
When population ceases to multi
ply, and the generations that crowd
on after you and never heard of you
stop coming on.
When every man has become &c
thoroughly a creature of habit that
he will certainly buy this year where
he bought last.
When you can forget the words
of tho shrewdest aud most success
ful business men concerning the
cause of their prosperity.
When you have convinced every
body whose life will touch yours tha
you have better goods and lowel
prices than they can ever get any.
where outside of your store.
When you perceive it to be thu
rule that men who never do and new
or did advertise arc outstrippine
their neighbors in tho same line o.
business. --Es.
The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1882-01-05
The Lime-KiIn Club.

"Doan' seek to make angels OF yer
selves quietly began Brother Card
ner as the meeting opened. "In
de fust place dis am no sort o ken"
try fur angels, an in de mex place
yer would be mighty lonesome. Do
man or woman who becomes so
sweet an soft an' good dat dey ex-
poet ebery mint to riso up an fly
doan' take rs much comfort as folks
who feel dat il will be clus shave
to git inter Heaven. Aleetle wick
odness pickles man an makes him
keep all do better, Whom trade
mules wid man ] prefer dat he
should suspect mo wild an intensbun'
TO make an chen S25 by do opera
shun. When deal wid O butch or
like to feel dat he will work .iu 10
ounces O bone fur obery eight oun"
ces O meat il don watch him. i
like to have do boot-maker tell me
dat American COW skin am Franch
calf, an | am pleased when do sto'
clork warrants TO cont caliker to
wash like sheet iron. De nau who
am not lcetle wicked has no chance
to feel sorry no use fur prayer
no need o churches. lie can't say
to fellow man Il wronged yer
I'm sorry-shake.' De man who
neber sins makes poo mex doall
Neighbour. De woman who keeps
fellin of her shoulders to see il
wings have started makes o poo
mother an' wuss housewife. II
you have never Injured man an
gone to him an sxed his pardon an
made up you doan' know what roa
happiness am. II yer conscience
has neber driben you to prayer yor
can't feel dc goodness ob do Lawd
My advice to you am to be a leetlC
wicked-not 'nuff to make men foa
or hate yor, but jist 'nuff to keel
you convicted dat you must holp t
support churches au' pay clus atten
shuu to what do preacheas say o
you'll be left benin when do pur
ceshun starts"
The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1882-01-05
In Good Hands.

He was young country fellow, a
little awkward and bashful, but ol
sterling worth Of character She
was Cincinnati bclle, aud had
sense enough to appreciate his
worth, despite his awkwardness and
bashfulness, and was his fances.
On very gloomy Sunday evening
last winter they were standing in
front of the window in the parlor OF
her homo on East Walnut Hills
watching tho snow-Aakes rapidly
falling outside. He was not up in
society small talk, and being hard up
for something to say, remarked. as
he watched the snow falling "This
will be hard on tho old mans Sheep
"Never mind. dear, said she. slip-
pling her arm around him, ~ will
take cure OF one Vi them
The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1882-01-05
Grit,
paid extra ns usual.

The force of will Isl potent ele-
ment in determining longevity.
This single point must be granted,
without argument, that of two mon
every way alike, and similarly cir
cumsianced, the one who h\s the
greater courage and grit will bh the
longer lived. One does not need to
practice medicine long to learn that
men die who might just as well live
il they resolve to 1.-Two, and that
myriads who are invalids could be.
come strong if they had native or
acquired will to vow they would dc
50 Those who have no other quail
ity favorable to life, whose body OF.
gans are nearly all diseased, tc
whom each day is a day OF pain,
who are best by life-shortening in.
nuences, yet d. live by will alone -
Or. q. ~ Beoyd
The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1882-01-05
Perils Of the Deep.

The world-renowned swimmer,
Capt. Paul Boyton, in an interview
with newspaper correspondent at
the seashore, related tho following
incidents in bis experience
Reporter.-"Captain Boyton, you
must have seen q large part OF the
world 2"
Capt. Boyton. sir, by the
aid of my Rubber Life Saving Dress,
l have Travelled 10000 miles on the
rivers of America and Europe have
also been presented to the crowned
heads of England, France, Germany
Austria, Belgium Italy Holland,
Spain and Portugal, and have in my
possession forty-two medals and de-
corations |; I have three times re-
ceived the order Of knighthood, and
been elected honorary member o'
committees, clubs, corders and soci-
eties.'
Reporter.-"Were your various
trips accompanied by much dan
ger ?"
Capt. Boyton-"Tbat depends mp
on what you may call dangerous
During my trip down the river
Tagus iu Spain, l had to "shoot'
one hundred and two waterwalls
tho highest being about eighty 1--WE
feet, and iunumorable rapids. Cross
ing the Straits Of Messina, / had
three rits broken in . fight witt
sharks and coming down the So
name, ariver in France, ! received Q
charge ofshot from sn excited and
The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1882-01-05
As Usual.

The commercial traveller Of
Philadelphia house while in Ten
ncssee approached stranger as the
train was about to start, and said:
"Aro you going on this train r.
II am
"llavo you any baggage 7"
NO"
"Well, my friend, you can do me
II favor, and it won't cost you any,
thing. You see, I've two rousing
big trunks, and they always make
me pay extra for ono of them.
You can get ono checked on your
ticket, aud well euchro them
See .''
"Ycs, ] SOC but / haven't any
ticket"
"But l thought you said you
were going on this train 7"
$50 am. I'm the conductor
"Oh |"
lie paid extra no usual.
The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1882-01-05
Don't Deceive Me.

What asking me again for mons
ey ~ replied a Michigan, avenue
merchant as an old woman requested
him for mercy's sake to give her
nickel.
If you please. sir"
ut was only yesterday l gave
you a dime"
~ know it,"
"And I'll bet you went right to a
saloon with it."
"Oh, no sir"
Don't deceive me-"
II wouldn't deceive you for the
world, sir. I'm too much ofa lady
to 60 into saloon, and besides that
| have trusty boy whom can send
with bottle"
"Did you buy bread or whiskey
with that money ?"
swell, sir, ] dipped coppers with
the old man to see which it should
be, and the penny fell into q crack
Of the floor and we compromised on
gin and a riot which sent him to the
Work House for sixty days. I've
no one to dip with now, and the
money shall go for the silk stock
ings I've needed these many
weeks
The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1882-01-05
The Lower Glasses

Who arc they The toiling mill
ions, the laboring man and woman,
the farmer, the mechanic, the artis-
an, the inventor, the producer Far
from it. These are natures nobility.
No matter il they are high or low in
station, rich or door in pelf. con
spicuous or humble in position, they
are surely upper circles in the order
OF Nature, whatever the Fictitious
distinction OF society, fashionable or
unfashionabl, decrees. 1t is not
low, it is the highest duty, privilege
and pleasure for the great man and
high -souled woman to earn what
they possess, to work their own way
through life, TO be architects OF their
own fortunes. Some may rank the
classes we have alluded to as only
relatively low, aud, in fact, the mid-
ding classes. We insist they are
absolutely tho very highest. II
there be class of human beings on
earth who may be properly denom-
mated low, it Is that class who
spend without earning who consume
without producing, who dissipate on
the earnings Of their fathers or roc
latives without being anything in
and Of themselves. Mechanic.
The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1882-01-05
MARRIeD--DlED.

In the columns side by side,
Stands the captions. Married, Died.
What fine ironyi in this
That shares with death our nuptial
blis.,
That blends beneath our earnest gaze
The story of two wondrous days?
The kiss ofdeath, of blushing bride,
Sarc, = c blend in-Married, Died.
hroJbing breast of heart that bleeds,
prful, bright or dull eye reads
es whose message is not clear,
lrred and BROKEN through tear
~ fingers, hand of age,
tace the line along the page
cath and cupid side by side
port in man with-Married, Died.
les" IA uiem, there asong,
Il and roll their notes along,
age bells that ring or toll
= "a glad or passing soul
4 chancel cell the crowd,
Clad 9, satin, gown or shroud,
To tn. urch we twice may ride,
Heed the bandinage-Murried, Died.
Hoist the anchor sail away; .
Summer winds of sunlit bay
Lure thee DER the outer bar,
Where the white capped breakers are
staunch thy painted shallow be,
Strong to ride life's restless sea,
God shall rule the surging tide
That laps the shores Of Married, Died
Orange blossoms, ripen wheat,
Springs of rue or lilies sweet.
Curls OF gold or locks of snow,
Wedding robes or garb of woe,
Hands In loving hands to rest,
Or folded lie on pulseless breast
Who shall blooms and fruit divide.
sohear the stories-Married, Died =?
The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1882-01-05
What We May Do.

No human being can be isolated
and self- sustained. The strongest
and bravcst and most helpful have
yet, acknowledged or upacknowlcdg~
ed TO themselves, moments Of hun.
CRY soul-yearniogs for conpanionsbir
aud sympathy. For the want oI
this, what wrecks OF humanity Ii
strewn about us youth wasted foI
making scmblauce OF friendship
adrilt at the mercy Of chance for th,
CRASH Of firm hand, auI kin lis
loving bcartto counsel, 1t is this
yearDIn,, so fatal to its posses-or i
not guided rightly, such lfo ancho,
If safely placed. Friendlc,s 3
What tragedy there may be hidder
10 that one littlo word Mono to Ia
Dor for none to weep or smile with
none to care whether wc loso or win
In lies struggle a kind word ol
smile, coming to such a one expcc
tedly at such II crisis of life, how
often has it been like the plank to
tho drowning man lacking which
no must surely havo perish i
These, surely, VIC may bcstow as W
pass those less favored than our.
selves. whose souls are Whiting fol
our sympathetic recognition.
The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1882-01-05
Table Manners.

II is not now the custom, rs il us
ed to DO, to wait until every Que is
helped haste or impatience are out
Of place, but it is proper to eat
whenever the food is placed before
one. One is not expected to ask
twice for soup, fish, or salad, aud is
seldom helped second time to de-
sert.
Preference for whito or dark meat,
rare or we'll done, should DO ex-
pressed without hesitation, and oil
food taken or declined promptly aud
in courteous terms. WellIbred peo.
pie never handle the glass, silver or
china unnecessarily, or tho food I;
thoy never make bread pills or drink
or speak with food in their mouths,
or leave the table while eating or
complain of the dinner.
When the child is strong enough
to manage fork, give him one in
stead of a spoon, and when tho Dig
nifty of knife is arrived AZ, teach
him the use Of it, aud also, when
done with the knife and fork, t, lay
them in close parallel across the
plate, the handles to the right.
Teach him TO use spoon prop
erly to lay it in the saucer while
he drinks his tea noiselessly, (hold-
ing the cup by the handle), to leave
it in the saucer II the cup is to be
re-filled. and to place it in the emp
ty cup when done.
Table manners forbid oil unneces.
sary Gathering of knives and forks
Salt is taken on the knife, which ID
tapped on the fore finger Of the left
hand, instead of the fork. The
| hand is the proper medium for re-
, moving grape skins and fruit pitt
, from the mouth to the plate, and
the napkin should hide all use o
the toothpick.
Vegetables are generally eaten
with fork or spoon. Asparagus
may be taken in the fingers water
crosses, celery radishes and olives
are always so eaten. Cheese is gen.
orally taken with fork.
Economical housewives cover The
table with square of baize, cantor
flannel, or cloth of some kind, ovel
which the linen one is spread this
improves the appearance, keeps the
cloth from wearing at the edges o.
the table, and prevents noise.
However one may economic ir
household labor, good taste aud
much pains taking should govern
the appointments Of the table aud
dining room.
An attractive table is good ap'
petizer and has something to dc
with good behavior. Human nature
is easily affected by the atmosphere
with which it is surrounded chill
dren cannot be expected to behave
we'll in an hour given over to fret
fulness, disorder and furry. Table
manners for the housekeeper begir
in seeing that her table is neat and
attractive, and calculated to inspire
cheerfulness from it she should ban
ish as far as possible, all vexations,
cares and worries.
The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1882-01-05
Weighing q Hog.

A dog fight sends the pulse OF
village up to l3O,.aud a foot-raco or
q kpockdown will almost restore
gray hairs to their original color
but for real excitem ,nt lot d man
come along in front OF the tavern
about rundown driving q hog
Hay, where are you going J"
"Going to sell .his hog
Hell on a minute How much
does he weigh T.
"Oh about 235."
you're oil; he won't go over
2oO."
Every chair il vacated on tho in
slant. Every oye is fastened on tho
hog roofing in the gutter. and every
man flatters himself that he can
guoss within a pound of the pork
cr's weight.
THAT hog will jist exactly 60 lo5
pounds" says tho blacksmith, after
long sqnint.
HE won't go an ounce over 1856"
adds the cooper.
"I've got q 81 bill that says that
hog W III kick at DO Gays the hard
ware man.
"You must bo Wild" growls tho
grocer IL cant sec over 100
pounds OF meat there"
Twenty mon take a walk around
the porker, and squint and shake
their heads and look wise, aud the
owner finally says:
"If ho don't go over 900 shall
feel that | am no guesser.
"Over go! II that hog Weighs
200 pounds I'll treat this crowd ex-
elaine the owner of the bus line
81 dunno bout that" mused the
Squire. who is on his way to the
grocery aftor butter. "Somo hogs
weigh moro and somo less. What
breed is this hog y
"Berkshire. "
"Weli, I've seen somo o thom
Berlishiros that weighol like II load
o sand and then agin Two soon en-
where they was all skin and bone
Has anybody guessed that this hog
will weigh Co.,
NO."
"Woll, that's lootlo steep, but
I've kinlor sot my idea on $50, y
BY this time the crowd has in
creased to hundred and the ex-
citement is intense. Tho Squire
lays half dollar on $50, and the
owner OF tho hog rakos in severn
bets on "betweon 30 and 225 " The
porker 10 driven to the hay scales
and the silence is almost painful AZ
the Weighing takes place.
Two hundred auu twontyethreo
calls the weigher.
: Growls aud lamentations snitC
the evening air, and Stockholders
pass over tho wagers to the luck,
guessers, chief Of whom is the own
or Of the hog.
swell. TN clear beat ont" says
o the Squire. II folt dead sure he
would weigh over 300"
3 ooh, know You were all way off,
r explains the guiloless owner. "Whel
0 we weighed him here at noon h'
tipped at exactly 223, and | knew h'
: couldu't have picked up or lost owe
t a pound"
The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1882-01-05
H o e t r v.
AN ODD YoUNGlMAN.

He was the.most amazing man
Tint ever struck the town
To-day there are.but few who can
Correctly write him down.
He seemed to be quite guileless and
A little fresh, mayhap;
And yet they could not beat his hand,
Or get him in trap.
He made remarks that other folks
Would never dare to make
And those who thought his,statements
jokes,
Discovered their mistake.
To catch him in some awful lie
Their deepest arts they used
The more to catch him folks did try,
The more they got confused.
They cannot fathom him at all,
Which makes them feel quite cheap;
But every one agrees to call
The fellow lawful deep"
An actor shrewd, who chose topass
For simple, fresh and green
And yet, whose like they swear alas,
Had ne'er before been seen,
But twas no mystery'about
This very puzzling youth
The secrets in line let out,
He simply told the truth.
--BosToN Posi-.
The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1882-01-05

dust OF twenty years had lain on
Charles golden hair, but the moth
or had never forgotten him ! The
old man patted her cold hands,
hands that had labored 80 hard tha
they we're scanned aud wrinkled and
calloused with years Of toll, and the
wedding ring was worn TO mere
thread Of gold-and then he pressed
his thin lips to them and cried. She
had encouraged and had strengthens
ed him in every trial Of life Why,
what woman she had been What
worker What a leader in Israel I
Always with tho gift OF prayer or
service. They had stood at many
death-bed together-closed the
eyes OF loved ones, and then sat
down with the Bible between them
to read the promises. Now she was
about to cross the dark river alone.
And it was strange and sad to the
old man aud the yellow-haired
granddaughter left them to hear
her babble Of walking in the woods,
Of gathering May flowers aud stroll
ing with John, of petty household
cares that she had always put down
with q strong, resolute hand OF
wedding feasts aud death bod
triumphs, and whom at midnight
was hoard the bridegroom's voice,
and the old man, bonding over her,
cried pitifully, and tue young grand
daughter kissed her pale brow,
there was a solemn Joy in her voice
rs che spoke the names of her child
rem one by one, as If she saw them
with immortal eyes, aud with a glad
smile put on immortality. They lod
the old man sobbing away, and
when he saw her again the glad
morniug sun was shining, the all
was jubilaut with the song Of bird:
and she lay asleep on the couch I'm
der tho north window whore he ha6
80 often seen her lio down to rest
while waiting for the Sabbath bell
And che wore tho same best silk
and the string of gold beais abou
her thin neck. and the folds of whit,
tulle Only now the brooch with it
miniature was wanting, aud in its
place was white rose aud spray oil
cedar--she had loved cedar, she b I'd
loved to sing over her work
"Oh. may in his court be sean.
Like II young cedar fresh and green"
But what strange transformation
was there ? The wrinkles wore gone
The traces of age, and pnin, ant
weariness were oil smoothed ont
the face had grown strangely young
and a placid smilo was laid on th
cold lips. The old man was awe'
by this likeness to tho bride OF hi
youth He kissed the unrespousiv
lips and said softly
You've found Heaven fret. Jane
but yon'll come for me soon! II
our first parting in ovor sevent.
years, but it won't be for long
won't be for long |"
And it was not. The winte
SHOWS have not fallen, aud there
another grave, and to-day woul
have been their diamond wedding
We had planned much for it, and
wonder-I wonder-but no ! Whel
they are there is neither marriag
The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1882-01-05

Faith is simple, it is to believe /,
filth is sublime, it is to be born
again.
Happiness and unhappiness are
qualities Of mind, not Of place Of pos
sition.
The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1882-01-05

~ know" said a little girl to her
elder sisters young man at the sup,
per table, "ihat yon will joia our so
ciety for tho protection oi little birds,
because manma says you are very
fond Of larks." Thon there. was a
silence and tho Limburger cheese
might have been heard scrambling
around in it, tin box on tho cupboard
shelf,
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1882-06-03

II = a quelques soirs de celia un
de nos meilleurs citoyens, tut ar
ret6 sur la levee Young dams cette
paroisse par deux hommes blancs
armes de pistolets qui saisirent
son cneval a la bride ct le saluant
de Pexpression peu euphonique "la
bourse ou la vie." Avec beau
coup de presence d'esprit glissa de
sa poche son portefeuille qui con
tenait un peu d'argent ct des pa
piers de valeur ct lie jeta dams
l'herbe voisine Ell de Pautre main il
tendit un cinquante sous de mon
naie aux brigauds, 1ui desappoin;
tes s'enfuirent a toutes jambes.--
Quel dommage que la loi ne puis
Sc pas METRE la main sur des gems
CONNIE ceux-la.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1882-06-03

COALITION DAMS LA V1RGINIE.-
La coalition dams la Virginie in !.
ventee par Malone CONNIE specu.
lation politique fait 6asco. Les
elements don't ellie etait composee
await trop d'incongruite pour
Qu'elle put Sc maintenir apres la
distribution des faveurs qui en- de-
pendaient. Malone ct Riddlebar.
ger ont obtenu leur siege au Senat,
ct leurs lieutenants ont etc payes
par le patronage federale- ct de
pEtat ct Cameron est gouver-
neur. Les gems hohnetes entrai
mes dams ces debacles ont etc de-
goutes, ct un nombre suffisant s'est
revolte pour empecher un change
ment d'arrondissenent pour la re-
presentation au Congress a lavan.
tage des intrigants. II ny a pas
de doute qua l'elcction en- au,
tome la clssse des repudiateurs
sera repoussee.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1882-06-03

500 pieds pour en- faire un sembla-
bic emploi dams ]e lime district
des chemins publics payable hors
des memes fonds de 1882.
La proposition suivante faite a
ce corps par M. E. I. Addison,
Experimentation du journal
lie Meridional, fut lue ct acceptee !;
Remuneration lui sera faite trimes-
triellement, savoir
de publier toutes les notices,
(afiches), proclamations, Licences
en- blanc, tous les blancs que les
officers du juri de police pourront
avoir besoin, la liste de juris de
cour lie venire) ct d'imprimer
toute autre matiere don't la pa
roisse en- sersit, d'apres la loi, res
ponsable pour lie paiement--de
publier toutes les performances, re-
solutions ct minutes du juri de
police en- les langues anglaise ct
francaise-le tout pendant lannee
commencant lie Ter janvier ct ter
minant lie 81 d6cembre 1882. pour
lie prix ct la somme de deux cents
quatre-vingt dollars"
M. Vanslyke fut appointe a Pef
fet de faire construire une barriere
GU encourage en- fiji de fer antours
de la prison de paroisse il est au-
torise de Ia faire faire de la lar
geur ct de la hauteur quill jugera
convenable pour faci1iter sa cons
truction, ledit Vanslyke est pleine-
ment autorise de tirer un warrant
(manda) sur lie Tresorier de pa
roisse pour la somme qui sera ne.
cessaire, payable hors du surplus
des fonds de 1881.
Pour les complies alloues voyez
la partie anglaise.
LIE juri de police s'ajourne jus.
eu'au premier lundl de juin pro-
chain, 1882.
HOWARD HoFFPAUIR. president
AMBROSE LAcoUR, greffier.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1882-06-03

Voulez.vous sayoir ce qu'une
industrie intelligente peut faire
dams ce beau ct rich pays des At
takapas, allez chez Jean Boyance,
Q'ami Pays de notre petit village.
Une petite porte dune simplicite
esquise ct dune peinture irr6pro'
chable vous introduit a ses entou-
RACES. La dun cote tous les le.
gumes du pays en- plein rapport,
dun autre cote des abres fruitiers
sans nombre ct de toute espece--
peches, pommiers, poiriers, chatai-
gniers, marrons, noisettes, ceri-
siers greffes sur merisiers, bana-
niers-plus loin vous voyez un
etaDg tout peuple de poissons ct
de tortues, ct tout ceci dams un
espace de terrain tres retreci ct
ou d'autres trouveraient fort diff
cile de pousser en- plat de raids.
Nous citons ces fats pour deux
raisons premierement, Gu louange
de notre digne concitoyen, ct Sc
condement pour prouver que 81 lie
pays nest pas plus richie, ce nest
pas la faute du pays, mais celle de
ses enfants.