Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1883-04-25

Forty-four kinds of PIE were serv-
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Forty-four kinds of pie we're serv-
ed at q Grafton, Vt, church festival.
The dropping of . needle Is a very
small affair, and yet may prove both
instructive and amusing. The other
day two ladies, dressed in the height
of fashion, were seated on their spring
bottom chairs talking and at the samo
time engaged at some fancy needle work.
One was aged 81 and the other 35
years and their combined weight 307
pounds. The younger of the ladies
dropped needle on the carpet, and
how to pick it up was the question.
She was strapped, padded and splin-
tered, and could not bend. She how
ever, made the attempt, bending for
ward, sideways and all other ways, but
could not come within q foot of the
needle, and finally gave it up. Her
companion, who had more experience
in such matters, remarked that "where
there was a will there was a way, If a
person only knew how" and gently
sat down on the carpet, picked up the
needle, aud with the aid of chair got
up again on her feet This may be
valuable information from other fat
and fashionable ladies who may drop a
needle.
A sad case of father deserting bis
children has just been brought to light
in Ferguson Valley. A man named
Thomas Troy resided In the valley for
some time. His wife died rdcently and
left two boys, aged 8 and 10 years, to
the Gaze of the unnatural father.
Every night be would come home in
toxicsted, break up what little furni-
tuae they possessed and beating the
little boys numerically He finally
deserted the children and left them to
get along as best as they could,
After waiting the coming of the father
for some time the boys left their mis-
erable home and wandered as far as
Bratton township, where they begged
among the farmers and slept in the
barns. The people became afraid that
they would set something on f.e, and
sent word to Constable Jenkins to
come and take them away. Accord
ingly Mr. jenkins started after them
and found them about mile above
this place, along the railroad. where
they had built a fire to warm them
selves. They were brought to McVey-
town on Saturday morning and on Sat
urday evening were sent to the poor
house.-McVeytown Journal.
The Philadelphia Times Of the 18th
inst, publishes the following, relative
to rhad fishing. The information that
it impsrts will interest people here
in Juniata among the mountains where
we love to eat shad, if We do not
enjoy the right to catch them in the
Juniata river
Notwithstanding the fact that the rain
fell copiously Howell Il Hunt made a
cast with their big shad seine at CLIQUE
ester yesturday morning After few
fathoms os the net had been paid out
it becomes entangled in some logs ard
as very badly torn, and when hauled to
shore but one shad was entangled In
its meshes. Captain Stepart, who has
charge of the fishing, says the shad
will not come up the river in number
until the water becomes warmer. For
several weeks men have been employed
in overbauling the nets and getting
things in general good order for the
season. Two years ago colored men
we're almost entirely employed, but
last year white men we're put IN their
places, but the proprietors soon found
out that they could not stand the ex-
posure, and this year AZ negroes and 3
white men comprised the crew. The
seine used at this fishery is the largest
in the Delaware, being 4o5 fathom
long, and in depth from % to 90 feet,
and gathers N more fish than all the
other nets put together. Last year
$4,000 shad were captured, besides
500, 900 herring. and the seasons was
not considered remarkable good. Two
hauls were made yesturday on the food
and ebbSdes and two more were made
in the evening, but the catch was not
so good. Benefits fishery, which is
above Cooper's Point, Camden
also captured large number of sbad.
His seine is $50 fathoms long and
from 80 to 40 feet in depth. He en-
ploys 80 men In the year 1881 the
largest quantity of shad ever known
was captured in the Delaware. Last
year there was decrease. In Camden
county the statistics show that there
we're l54 900 fish taken, being de-
crease of $4,000 The catch by the
fisherman was good yesturday.