The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1884-05-15
GLEANlNGS.

Maryland s To be- marked ~ $4,000
iIunumcnt.
Texas merchants complain that there
.rc three commercial travellers 10 every
customer
Several women have apple to street
1ailway companies in san Francisco
ipr positions as drivers.
Sweet potatoes cut in squares and
tried in beef gravy have been success
,ully introduced ut many of the dinners
# the season.
Miss Anna A. sill, who founded the
Ad1cs' seminary ut Rockford, H., tlir-
l,-hvc years ago. and has remained
ID It's head ever since, has rendered her
designation.
1t is understood that Mr.. Abbey has
sngagcd Sarah Bcrnharit for "a tour ot
;hc principal cities of th county at
Sl.2)O night, size to furnish her own
ompany. and he TO pay ail costs of
transportation.
A shocm ikcr ut Stamford, Conn,
has occupied the same bench in the
same shop for so many years that he
has three times wore away the part of
the floor where his feet had rested. aud
puts on new half sole G leather over
thc hoe every year.
DR.. l.. II. Washington says that when
pneumonia attacks the steady, square
drinkcr, one who carrie, regularly his
pint to u quart of whisky daily. the
trpaim m comes CN'.u~Ncly under the
domain Of the undertaken. - the iir,.
case o! recovery has Yet TO be- reported.
a Southern paper advises everybody
TO stay at home this summer because
of ono great nuSauc' who will con-
front the traveller Cyorywhcrc-ih that
irreprc>sibc individual who persists in
canvass!ng a train TO know tine prefer
ences of passenger, Tor President.
Eli Perkins saws he did not person.
nlly know Col. llun'. OF VI cAig.u. who
bcqucatrcd him, 'Jp,h H.iuts,' aui
the mother of "Ar.,mu, Ward $500
each. IA year a.u. however, he
saws, Il received II letter from him re-
qucs,ing m To send Linn two If my
humorous works. did 80. Col
Hunt did not leave l. an, thing.
Speaking on the subject of dances
Rev. Father Dillon, OF ElSton. Pa,
recently said: IL think = Young g.rl
who attends such lace puts pre-
MUM on her virtue, aud parents who
allow their children To- 60 tu either
place an excessive amount of conf
dcncc upon the virtue of their daugh-
ters or else are not proper cus:odians
OF them
a Maiden lane, New York, j,wolcr
has on exhibition brilliant ruby
which weighs ten and onr-Aalf carat>.
\, -. ~. ..lI l,..
rsj,h, from whom it was bought hv u
European potcniate # limited iuris-
Licton, who gave it 10 a p.ima donna.
who went to Chicago and sang, ard
was compelled to sell her jewels to pay
her bills.
Extra Bnly' Smith, the veteran cx
Governor OF Virginia, mas wlit,u 10 :
relative in Troy, New York. giving ;
synopsis of the events OF his lity II
the letter he lin Is occasion ID S.y
although shave with my right an,
write with my left hand, ! Yet am Sc
nervous in both that ! wri.c wuh grra
labor and dilli.ul,y.' II, wa, bor,
two years before the death Of Genera
Washington
The Scientific ADlyfcaR stvs tha
most OF the article sold rs bear grraS
is made in this way; Take of waste,
hogs lard Ii puun.s avuirdupoiS
melt II by the heat ut - water bath
add Il balsam Of Perm drains, llowc
of bcnzo.n and bright palm oil dram
Of each; stir vigorously 10 promote 50
luton for a few minutes, tauA r,moyt
the pan from the BATH, AMI, after re
nose for Il short time, loIr oil lh'
clear portion from the sediment, anC
stir the liquid mass until it bcEns &c
cool.
4 Corran is so poll . tha, il you n
quirc after hi, health lee answer,
Thanks To- the honor You do me il
:shing such = question; my heath j.
good" 4 sick man Bays 90 the pcr,oi
who visits him: "lhauk, to your y,,i,
feel better Ii a Corcan speaks 60 ;
Japanese he commences: ~ uu are s'
learned, "lou arc 50 grou';' and i
lie meets Il funeral procession he stop
Il, and. going up 10 ia" ilil, says
Il profoundly regret this death of In!
N.riuoUs man" even il he had never il
lis life seen or heard of the dciunct.
Representative and Scuutor-c'cc
Blackburn, OF Kentucky, was ouc'
siump.ug his district in company VIII
lis opponent. A. one meeting he sp,k ,k
first and charmed the audience by tn
hammer rather than the matter OF hi
lcmarks. Then the other man got II
md turned the tide of popularity W.T.
s.nElc sentence. iu winch he IK"Ac
Mr.. B,acnuurn 10 tho swan, "iha
Leautiful bird. which gl.doS along, a.
perfection Of grace, and dips an
curves in lines Of beauty on.
draws an inch or 80 Of water
a bronze tablet h1, been placed upor
thc front Of the new Pennsylvania Na
tional Bank Building, Philadelphia
Pa, bearing the inscription; "On ,hi
rite originally stood the dwelling il
which Thomas Jefferson drafted tn
Declaration of Independence whic
was adopted by the Continental Con
ErcSs in this city. July /, l716 Erected
1913; removed, 1853. The LrdgO say
that the question whether Jritrrso
drafted tie document in the corue
house or in the one adjoining on a.
west still is . matter Of dispute, hut 4
the bank building covers both lots I'll
accuracy of the inscription on t.c tai
Let is not disputed.
Tho different kinds Of dyowoo.
used in this country aro logwoOd au
iustic, from the West lndies; linz
from tho shores Of tho Pacific, and Il
bar and cam woods from Africa. ii
woods mentioned. with the cXceptiC
Of fustc, which is yellow. are red, b.
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