Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1883-10-17

%oeeoiS Itdu Oi county, Nltt1e. /.
''How would a lecture by me on
Mount Vesuvius suit the inhabitants
OF your village" VERY well, sir; very
well indeed, he answered. "A lect-
ure by you ON Mount vesuvius would
suit them a great deal better than a
lecture by you in this village
That they drank 1t down in Hun
tingdon, is evidenced by what the Jour-
nal of the 10th inst, says, which is as
follows: A gentleman, in whose ver-
acity We have implicit confidence, told
US few evenings since that one day
last week, while standing on Allegheny
street, be had counted seventy persons
passing along that thoroughfare who
were more or less under the influence
OF liquor, msjorIty of them so drunk
that they behaved more like imbeciles
than rational beings.
One morning last week Josiah Flick
es, while at work on a railroad track,
near Duncannon, Perry county, step
ped out of the way of an approaching
train of cars, and stepped in the way
of another train coming on a parallel
track. He was Knocked over an EN-
bankment 25 feet high. When lie was
restored to consciousness be asked what
struck him. The remarkable thing a
bout it all Is that he was not severely
hurt, and after a few days of duty he
was able to resume work.
The barn of Frederick Baker, about
3 miles from Lewistown, was destroyed
BY fire some nights ago. "The con-
tents consisted of one hundred bushels
of wheat, three hundred bushels of 2o-
tatoes, fifteen tons of hay, buggy, hay
rake, Haines thresher and shaker, and
a windmill The live stock was all in
the fields excepting one calf which was
taken out in time to save its life. The
loss will amount to about $4,000, the
barn being insured for $1,000, but
there was nothing on the crops"
At Pittsburg, Washington, D. C.,
Rochester, N. Y. Trenton, n. j.,
Providence, h. l., New York City, and
~ a hundred other places within the
limits of the Republic, the Sth day of
October was celebrated as the BIZ Cen
tennial anniversary of the landing of
the first German colonists in America
In Pennsyivania-ln PittsSurg, the
procession was 10 miles long, 400 wag
obs were in line, and 10000 people on
foot. Hurrah for Germany There
were ar hundred thousand people in
line in Philadelphia.
The Bloomfield Advocate of last
week says, Mrs. Thompson, wife of Col.
r. f. Thompson, of Watts township,
lied very suddenly last Friday. She
lad proceeded to the spring house about
,ne O'Clock in the afternoon in her usu-
II health, intending to churu butter.
Her daughter thinking she staid long
,r than usual went TO look after her,
md found her mother sitting near the
'prlng house, her head resting on the !
,hurn. dead 1t is thought she died |
rom heart disease. She was in her
i3rd year, and her death is sad be- |
eavement TO her husband and children. |
The Chambersburg Repository tells
he following: kiss me quick" ex-
claimed South Main street lassie to
Ter dsvOut admirer They were stand
ng at the door and the mantle of night
vas around them '.Kiss NE quick"
nd the lips which formed the words
we're roseate and sweet. His arms
Tirded her zonelike waist, and with an
'motiou which spoke of deep yearning
owe he drew her TO him. Snow dar-
ing but there was no osculatory
He simply said
gosh ~ and stared up town with the
apidity ofa double electric discharge
;he had pin in her mouth.
A citizen of Rome, Ga, while
the railroad tracks in that
.ity got his foot caught fast in a
irog. While trying to get loose he
aw the Chattanooga train on the
East Tennessee, Virginia Il Georgia
Road come dashing over the bridge.
Wild with fright, the man jerked
lis leg almost out of joint, and came
near breaking his foot. But the
rain was almost upon him, and he
lecided to unlace his shoe, pull his
DOT out, and leave the shoe to be
He acted upon this thought
nd as he got his foot out the train
,lided by on another track
1t is queer, TO contemplate the diff
erent results of falling. Lawyer Par
Ter fell over his horse and was so severely
'urt that he was housed several days, /
nd is now about on crutches. Judge
elder fell off a fence backward ard
vas so badly hurt tina. he was kept in
loors a number of days b. L.
fell from the loft of a corn
Iouse, and was scarcely hurt. Last
yeek Louis Loeffer, while taking part
Il the German demonstration IN PITTS
'urg, fell off his horse and broke his
eck, and on the same occasion, and in
he same procession, Herman Waiver
'er fell off a wagon and broke his neck.
queer, isn't it how people fall, and are
Iot burt, are hurt, OF are killed.
Our foreman. Johu Z. Mcdonald. |
lid, without our knowledge, on Satur-
lay last, IN spite of rain and darkness,
mite matrimouially with one of Honey !
irove's fair daughters. The "devil'' /
S mad, brcause he was not let into the 1
ecret, and tie whole Office is out of
form" over the event But John IS
,lusbingly happy, and We hope he and
lis partner may always work at the |
'case" in harmony together, and have |
20 ''pi, but such as will add to their |
and never get down to the |
'Noppareil' in life but always have it
Long Primer" style; aud such "cuts"
Is they may be exact copies of the