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The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1883-11-29

The vast population, traffic and
turmoil of the worlds metropolis are
strikingly suggested by the simple
statement that 1900 trains leave the
railroad stations of London every
twenty-four hours.
The stone upon which George
Washington stood when ho took the
oath OF Office as the first President
OF the United States, is now set in
the wall Of the main corridor OF
Bellsvue Hospital, New York, but is
to be Incorporated into the monu-
ment now 10 course of erection on
the steps Of the sub treasury build.
ing. 4, q
Virginia gave Hancock nearly 85,-
200 majority in 1880. In 1882 Ma.
hone carried the State by l,4OO, and
now it has gone Democratic by
something like 10000. This plainly
shows that the State is doubtful, and
that IL will be fair fighting ground
in 1884. That the chances for car
ryipg Il under the present issues lies
with the Republicapl win he oaner.
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MOTHER.

Don't call your mother "old WON
an" Let her always be mother.
: Old lady is bad enough, but "old
woman" applied to her who gave you
life and nursed you in infancy is
rude and unkind.
Once it was Mother. I am very
hungry Mother, mend my jackets"
"Mother, put mp my dinner" and
then mother, with her loving hands,
would spread the bread and butter
and stow away the luncheon, aud
SOW on the great patches. her heart
brimming with affection for the im-
petuous, curley little pate that gave
her so many steps, and disturbed
her with his boisterous mirth.
Now she ia tho ''od woman" but
she did not think it would ever come
to that. She looked on through the
future years anI saw her boy to
manhood grown, and he stood trans
figured iu the light of her own beau-
tiful love. Never WAS there moro
noble son than he, honored Of the
world aud the staff Of her declining
years.
Ay, he was her support even thon,
but she did not know it. She never
realized that it was her little boy that
gavo her strength for her daily toll,
and that bis slender form was oil
that upheld her over tho brink Of
dark dispair.
She only knew that she loved the
child, and felt among tho mists of
nge his love would bear her gently
its irfirmaties to the dark
hall that leads to the life beyond.
But the son has forgotten the ten
dor ministrations now. Adrift from
the tender moorings Of home, he is
cold, selfish and heartless. "Mother
has no sacred moaning to tho prodi-
sal. She is the "old woman wrin-
iled and grey, lame and blind, Pity |
her, oh grave, and dry those tears
hat run down her furrowed cheeks
Have compassion on her sensitive
leart, and offor it thy quiet rest, that
t may forget how much it longed to
DO dear mother" to tho boy it nour-
shed through Il careless childhood,
7ho, in return for all its kindness.
las only returned reproach. Dear
'eader; are you guilty Of like fngrae-
tudei
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There Wero Giants in those Days.

Years ago the Sawkill was ther
only village tavern in Milford Pa
and was kept by q remarkable man
named Lewis Cornelious, who, at the
time Of his death in 1871, must have
been the heaviest man in the coun
try. The following is copy Of Q
copy OF a certificate entry in one OF
tho books of record in the Clerks
office OF tho county, the original en-
try having been made Immediately
after Mr.. Cornelious' death:
Lewis Cornelious-Died September
q, 1871.
His height was 6 feet.
circumference below the waist, 8 feet
2 inches.
circumference above the waist, G feet
"a inches.
Circumference OF arm above the ell
bow, 2 feet, 2 inches.
Circumference of arm below tho el.
bow, foot 8 inches.
circumference Of wrist, foot 3 inch~
es.
circumference of thigh, 4 feet, 2 in.
circumference OF calf of leg, 2 feet 7
inches.
circumference of ankle, / foot 7 in.
His weighe was 645t pounds, with-
out clothing.
During his lifetime Mr.. Cornelius
would not consent to be weighed
The above was bis weight after
death, and after a long illness, dur
ting which he had lost much flesh.
Alr. Cornelious was survived by a
wife and seven children, three sons
and four daughters. The manage.
ment OF the hotel has never passed
out OF the hands of the family. The
wife, three sons and one daughter
ire dead, and tho house is now man-
aged by the remaining daughter.
Two OF the sons weighed over three
hundred pounds each at the time of
heir death, and the deceased daugh-
Ter weighed over four hundred. One
son, who died two years ago, had
been sheriff of the county five times.
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cNILDREN'S ETIQUETTE.

Always say, yes sir, no sir, yes pa.
pa, no papa, thank you, good night,
good moruinS.
Use no slang words.
Clean faces, clean clothes, clean
shoes and clean iingor-aais; indi cate
good breeding.
Never leave your clothes about
the room. Have place for every.
thing aud everything in its place
Rap before entering n room, and
never leave it with your back toward
the company. Remember this.
Always offer your seat to q lady or
an old gentleman.
Never put your feet on cushions
chairs, or tables.
Never overlook any ono who is read
ing or writing, nor talk or read
aloud while others arc reading.
Never talk or whisper at meetings
or public places, and especially in a
private room where any one is sing
ing or playing tho piano.
BE careful to injure no ones feel
ings by unkind remaik ks.
Never tell tales, make faces, call
names, ridicule the lame mimic the
unfortunate, nor be cruel to insects
birds or anything else.
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WHISKEY AND TALENT.

Take that bottle and go out and
get me some whiskey," said Col
Jimjams TO the sad-eyed woman
whose misfotune it was to be the
wife Of convivial inebrinte.
"Glve me money to buy il with
"Give you money! Why, any
darn fool can get whisky if ho has
money, but to get whiskey without
money is what takes talent.
thought you had some talent"
Taking mp the bottle with n sigh,
the patient, long~suffering woman
went ont. Ip short time she re-
turned. Apparently she had been
successful, for she placed the bottle
before him, and said, in low, re-
proachful tones.
There take it, and drink to your
hearts content"
Now, that's what call smart.
fou havo got real genius or on
couldn't get whiskey without mon
ey )" and placing the bottle to his
mouth he was about to quench his
thirst when he discovered to bottle
was empty.
"Why, what does this mean ?"
at means that anybody can drink
whisky when the whisky is in the
bottle, but it takes roal talent TO
drink wisky when there il none in
the bottle. Drink away. know
you have got talent
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Another fraud is reported by th

Another fraud is reported by the
Hazleton ''Plain Speaker" Farmers
read tLis "For some time past q
man named Frank Bennecht, rep-
resenting himsalf as agent for John
Motter, a heavy horse dealor Of
Harrisburg, has been praoticing
some tricks on the farmers in some
OF the surrounding counties aud
parts of Luzerne. His method of
working is simply to go among the
people to whom Mr.. Motor is we'll
known and to endeavor to purchase
horses for the latter. Agreeing on a
price be presents the farmer with a
check on certain bank, and adds
that no has made arrangements with
q prominent man in the neighbor-
hood. by which the farmer can get
his money immediately il he SO de-
sires. This scheme appears TO
work well, as several have lately
been swindled Constables are now
on the lookout for him. but at pres,
ent his whereabouts 10 unknown"
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IS IT WORTH WHILE,
JOAQUIN. MILLER.

IL II worth while to jostle a brother,
Bearing his load on the rough road
of lifef
Is II worth while that we jeer at each
other,
In hlackness OF heart that we war
to the knife
God pity us all In our pltiful strife.
God pity us all as we jostle each
other;
God pardon us all for the triuinps
we feel
When fellow goes down meath his
load on the leather,
Pierced to the heart; words are
keaner than steel,
And mightier far for woe than veal.
Were it not well in this brief life's
journey,
On over the isthmus, down into the
tide,
We gave him fish instead of a ser.
pent,
Ere folding the hands to be and
abide
Forever, and aye, IN dust at his side.
Look ut the roses saluting each other;
Look at the heards all in peace Oh
the plain,
Man, and man only, makes war on his
brother
And laughs Ia his heart ut his peri
and pain,
-Shaned by the beasts that go down on
the plain.
Is it worth while that we battle and
humble
Some poor fellow down into tb
dust
God pity us all, Time too soon will
tumble
All of us together, like leaves in
gust,
Humbled. indeed, down into the
dust.
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LISTEN BOYS 4!

Wordsworth says "Tho boy il
Father of the man" and the Glove.
land, (Ohio) Farmer offers this good
advice to aspiring boys:
The highest attainment for you,
my boy is to be a man. This
world is full Of couutorfeits. But il
is a grand thing TO stand upright in
defense Of truth and principle When
prosecutions come Some hide their
faces until the storm passes by 9TH
ers, can be bought for q mess of pot =
tage. From such a one, turn away.
But stand by n friend DO man ;
do not run away when dan ger
threatens to overwhclm him or yours
self Think for yourself. Real
good books aud rcad mans faces.
The eye is the window to the soul /:
use your eyes aud hold your tongue.
III opposition comes meet it mans
fully. II success crowns your efforts
bear it quietly Do your own think
ing and keep your own secrets,
worship no man for his wealth nor
his lineage. Fine feathers don't al.
ways cover fine birds. Bo sober, be
honest, 6c just in all your dealings
with tho world bo true. They
will sell you for money or populari.
ty ; don't trust them. Wear but
one face and let that be an honest
ono.
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When . young man escorts bis
girl home after evening service, he
fuds that the longest way round is
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1883-11-29
TOO LATE.

When the crumblipg bones ol
John Howard Payne were carried in
State across the ocean, and borne to
their last resting place amid the
pealing Of music and singing OF
reqniems. tho whole mutton locking
on, it was impossible not to remem-
Der how much the life of the poor
poet would have been warmed and
frightened by a very little Of this
appreciation and honor.
II, instead OF the universal lauda
ton which has been given to the
dead Poe, hearty, genuine effort
bad been made by one or two friends
to keep him from ruin, he might
have lived happily for many years.
1t has always been the habit of the
world to neglect its heroes aud lead
ers while they are living, and to
heap honor and praise on them as
soon as they are deaf and blind to
boath. "Baili6s," sang poor Moore,
(who himself knew the bailiff well)
may seize my last blanket to-day,
whose pail will be held up by mobiles
Tomorrow"
When Ben Johnson lay dying in
poverty and hunger, Charles l., who
bad long known of his want, sent
him small sum, without any kindly
message.
II will have none OF of his aims"
said the poet. He sends it to me
because | live in an alley. Take il
back and tell him his soul lives in an
alley!'
Thousands OF years ago the Prov
erb was old. Better being a living
dog than dead lion" Especially,
let us add, il the living dog is not
starved by his friends in food or
praise or love.
Americans are usually too crowd
oil and hurried by the incessant
struggle, to cordially cheer aud en-
courage each other. Detraction and
iault-fndipg followed. Lincoln and
darheld to the very minute they
were struck down, when they became
popular demi-gods. Some of our
public men might be tempted to wish
ior assassination as good luck, COM
pared with the perpetual lashes Of
the knout Of public opinion.
Even in our individual lives, we
are too aptto keep back the express,
sions OF our admiration aud love for
our living friend to lavish II on him
when dead. Sisters and brothers,
even husbands and wives aud par.
ents, treat each other with petulence
and selfish colduess for years. until
death comes, when they sob out on
the ceffin Of the dead an affection
which would have illuminated their
nves. He knows now how I lovod
him!' they cry. 80 /
The living man hears aud knows
'nat wbich IL told him Bnt thsrei is |
S'ways the possibility that the dead
90 not know.
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jeff Davis, says a writer in a N

jeff Davis, says a writer in q New
York evening paper, really was put
In irons while in prison ut Fortress
Monroe but his captors had hard
time in getting the chains on him
When he learned that he was 10 DO
ironed his excitement rose to fury
as he paced his cell, venting itself in
incoherent rawlings and while the
four men employed In riveting his
chains were doing so, the writings
and upheavals Of the ipfuriated man
developed the strength Of a maniac,
aud only ceased from sheer eshss-
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1883-11-29

John Gedlinger, q miner at tho
Cuyler Colliery, near Girardville, by
mistake poured . basin Of soaldlug
water upon his head, All the skin
and hair have fallen off and IL is be-
lieved that his sight will be do
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1883-11-29
TIE LIMEKrLN CLUB.

"uo am Ue u0ctan aekeC
Brother Gardner, az Samuel SMr
finally got room Tor bis feet and th,
meeting came to order.
"ln the fust place he am a youne
man who t'ars up sidewalks, lugs of
gates, takes up two seats iu de stree
kyar. walks six abreast on de side.
walk, cultivates slang an au onl,
two p'ints removed from loafer
lie graduates. He has l'arned som,
Latin, some surgery, and what b,
doan' know bout medicine he ain
gwine to practice on. by an by yo,
har Of him as a successful doctah
lie has stuck his stakes an drawr
hie lines. lie has l'arnod dat cas-
tor lilo an 4 rentlo cathartic, an b,
will purceed from dat to fggor WIN
may be good fur typhoid fever.
"De doctah nm n man who puck
ers his mouf an shakes his head
be am very careful not to talk too
much. II one Of his patients foun
dat aqua pura meant water de
doctah would consider tho case
hopeless. What he lacks in knowl-
edge he rcck ms dc family will make
up in good nussin'.
"Tbe dOciah am q wise man. II
he fluids de pulse up an dc tongue
coated he kLows dar am fever. II
it shouldn't happen to be fever de
medicine would do just dc same
good. When he can't tell case Of
measles from case of small pox he
kills two birds WITH one stone by
prescribin' fur dc latter
"1f a family doctah should sot
down an tell patient dat he had
bilioue fever, an dat he was givin
him sartin remedies an dat lie would
be out in twelve or fourteen days, dc
patient would expire inside of two
hours. De only safe way am to
shake de head, scare do wife inter
fits, an pronounce it case of life an
death whar de chill'en mus be
spanked and tied mp, do doah-bell
muffled. au' all de relashuns tele-
sraphed to. It's only arter dc pat
lent am seen sawin' wood de week
arter dat he am told what a clus
shave he had.
"De doctah am q man who sticks.
When he gifts hold Of case dar' am
no let go onless he am pulled Off III
he can't cure he kin advise trip to
Mackinaw or Florida, an il dc pat
lent am uncivil huff to die on his
hands all odder doctahs am ready to
testify dat his life was preserved q
hull var longer dan could have bin
expected. Do doctah who would ad-
init dat q case was too complicated
fur him would be hustled outer dc
ring in no time.
"De dotah am a great stickler fur
dc professional 1t amt profession
al to advertise dat he am doctah.
De public mus take him for q bank
robber or hoss-iockey an keep up
de inquirin' until it aln diskivered
dat he am doctah. 1t amt profess
sional fur two doctahs to meet ober
de same patient, fur fear he will git
we'll. 1T amt professional for one
doctah to amt dat anoder has writ
ten morphine whar' he meant quin-
inc an' killed somebody. Eben when
a coroner's jury am sittin' on do
body OF a butchered woman it amt
professional fur doctah to call il q
case of abortion. 1t mus be his
opinyun dat de waman was run ober
by a train of kyars. Nobody eber
a'ars OF a doctah maxim mistakes
Dc undertaken kivers 'em up an dc
fraternity take do witness stand.
Let us now purceed to bizness."
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MIDDLEBURGH -NYDER co, PENNA. NOV EMBER 49, 1888
LOVE IN THE DEPOT.

A " mau arrived at The depot
here recently from the East with
seven children 10 tow, and at almost
the same hour man reached the
anne depot from tue North with Ave
offspring OF various nges and sizes.
She was widow aud he widower,
aud the children had not boen
spanked more than once around be-
fore there was sort of mutual SYM
patby that begot admiration and
then friendship. One Of the widows
boys offered ono OF tho widower's 4
girls bite of his friend cake which
was accepted in the spirit rendered,
and II lO-year old girl belonging to
the man made to tho2-year-old belong.
ing to tho woman, and soon secured
the privilege Of wiping its nose and
combing its hair. Presently the
widowcr made bold to inquire
"Madam, am wrong in believing
that you are widow 7"
81 bavo been widow fourteen
months to-day" sho answered.
"Great SCOTS but it's Just four
teen months to day since my Hau-
ner died !
(which way be you going ?"
"To 1llanoy.'
"That's just where ! am going,
too. Did you promise your husband
never to marry again ?"
NO.
And l didn't promise my wife,
either. Fact is, believe shall
unite as soon as find some good
womau."
And my children need fathers
care, she sighed as she pulled little
John Henry off the window -sill and
bumped him into a scat.
The man got up and walked
around tho waiting room aud took
closer look at the children. Then
le returned and said
II suppose you've got u few hun.
ired dollars, belonging to some
,hurch can wash and bako and mend,
md are OF mild and fo,,giving dis
position .''
"Yes, that's me.
"Well lam kinder religious, even
tempered, and am worth about S2,-
300 I'm sort o'struck on you. There's
'omething about your eyes that re-
minds me Of Hammer"
Aud you look like Alonzo around
he mouth" she sighed.
Then he bent over and whispered
omething about Chicago aud get
ing married, and she nodded her
read. lie gathered his children un.
ler his wing, took them into cor-
Ter, and solemnly aud im, ressively
Observed 7
"Children, I'm going to git mar
led to that woman over there and
i've you new mother. IL any OF
'ou are going to kick and boo.h hoo
bout it, begin now, 80 that can
une ye down before the train goes.
ienry, you are the oldest. Are you
,oing to declare you'll run away or
ommit suicide Let me know light
ow for this is good place to prance
o around with ehingle
Henry said he guessed it would
% all right, aud the rest of the
rowd seemed to agree, and ten min.
tes later tho widowor and widow +
at holding hands and trying to eat
eanuts, and tho twelve children
'ere biting, and pulling hair aud
licking to see who should have
eat on the steam heater.
"This is kinder tho work of heay-
n chuckled tho widower as he hitch
d little nearer.
'You bet, love !" she replied as
he shucked another peanut with her
,eth.
The Osceola times., 1883-09-01
been converted to the Mormon faith. I

been converted to the Mormon faith.
tell you If you work it right, all of Scheid-
elhoff's customers will just pour around
to my store. I'll go away fishing for
few days TO make the thing look feasible
like, and the sympathy that my wife
will get and the trade she'll do will
give my business boom that will tide
us over these dull times"
"You are not half as much Of a fool as
you look" satd the editor.
swell, that's neither here nor there.
You send up one of your young men to
take the bearings of my place, and to
get some points as to my bad character
from the neigebors. Give me a whole
column; don't spare me; say that l
keep my old grandmother chained in
the cellar. Pile it on thick as you have
a mind to. I'll pay the bill-full rates.
A whole column, remember, on the first
page, with big headlines. So long"
The Osceola times., 1883-09-01
A WHITE LEPER.
The Second Case Discovered on the Pacific
Coast.
Coast.
sam Francisoo Chronlcle.

ran ! franclsco Chronicle.
An unquestonable case of genuine
leprosy was presented at the Health
Office yesterday. The subject was a
Swede, who had the appearance of being
forty or forty-live years Of age, although
he might have been much younger, so
utterly does this dread disease destroy
the ordinary indications that denote
ones stage of life Formerly he WIS
sailor, trading at China and the East
Indies, where by long and constant in
tercourse and contact with those leprous
nations he absorbed the faint OF the dis
ease. For some years past he has been
residing in San Francisco, going out
through the country during the summer
to work az harvest hand, The disease
began to develop itself while he was
in Merced county, and be went to the
county hospital there, where, the ply
sicians being unfamiliar with lcprosy,
tr lated him for another complaint, but
as the disease withstood all their reno.
dies and steadily advanced, they became
5liNlpuN VI llH tllAt tHt1uIlt4, tIfl
wrote to DR.. Meares, the health officer of
san Francisco, as the best authority on
this coast in such cases, and sent the man
. hitbcr to be examined.
When DR.. Mcarcs examined him yes
terday he had no hesitancy IN prot Vnc-
ing 1t an unmistakablo case OF genuine
leprosy, and rs II is not TO the interest O,
the state that persons .hus afflicted
should be scattered about among the e.
tients in the different county hospitals,
he was sent to the pcst house here. This
is :hc second case Of leprosy in which
the patient was white man, that has
occurred here. The other was q native
of Ohio, who followed the sea for many
years, spending a great portion os the
time in China and the China seas. When
the disease first appeared on him, hc
went home 70 Ohio, but, finding that il
baflled all treatment and continued to
progress. he concluded 10 go back to the
East Indies. He arrived at San Francis
co, and being too sick TO proceed further,
he went to the small pox hospital here,
where he remained until he died, which
was Il short time AGO.
IN the meantime his iinccrs had decay
ed away and fallen of at the joints, and
his feet had half dropped off. The Swede
whom Or. Meares examined yesterday
will doubtless 90 in the same way. His
fingers are drawn out Of their natural
position; his skin has lcathery appear
ance, with nodules forming all over his
body, particularly on his face and fore
head, which wears an unnatural color
His fate is sealed AMI a horrible fate u
is. dying by degrees and rotting away by
inches.