Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1886-08-18

weakened and ruined by simply neglect.
There is no medicine, for regulating the
bowels and restor ing natural action to the
digestive organs, equal to Ayers Pills.
"What is your husbands business l'' de-
manded the census marshal. "He has no
business" replied the woman of the house.
"Well, what does he work at 7'' "He does
not work at all he's labor reformer"
"Sure enough; aud what do you do 2"
"Plain sewing and washing and ironing -
Burdette.
An exchange states that an Ohio Pork
raiser has made test as to the manner of
feeding corn to hogs. One bushel Of corn
fed from the cob made nine pounds OF pork,
the same quantity ground and fed raw made
twelve pounds of pork. One bushel of corn
boiled made thirteen pounds, and one bush
ell of meal cooked made sixteen and one
half pounds.
The lights of parties gigging in the river
can be seen almost every evening. Last
week one evening a party of young men
from town who were gigging stopped their
sport about midnight long enough to make
coffee and to eat lunch, after which they
waded about tho river until daylight. 1t is
rumored that they captured about dozen
small mullets.
The Chambersburg Repository of last
week says: Charley Green, a well known
colored man of this place, died suddenly in
the colored Baptist church on Saturday ev-
ening from apoplexy of the brain. He was
attending services when he was taken sick,
and being blind was led to the door. He
was again taken to the church, laid upon q
bench and expired in few minutes.
Under the Pension bill passed at this ses-
sion of Congress $50 veterans who have lost
one hand and ,lS5 who have lost one foot
will receive an increase in pension from $24
to $50 per month 8 los veterans who have
,ost an arm above the elbow and 2 ,64l who
have leg above the knee will have an in
J crease from $50 to $50 per month 443 vet
!; Grams who have lost an arm at the shoulder
joint will receive an increase from S37 so
to S45 per month.
"Horace why don't you sit down
You've been standing there for over an
hour" "Cawn't sit down, Pweddie. Co.
ing to the reception, you know" well,
what of that Its early yet" "Just had
my trowsers cweased, Fweddie. Do you
think Tye got s-s-s-softening of the bwain i''
Life.
Free Traders held a conference last week
ir New York and determined to go into the
E Congressional districts to fight for Free
Trade. What they want is Congress thai
t will dance when they fiddle. All the reve.
nue. reformers in the country are asked tC
: contribute one dollar to the cause, which
:, means one dollar from each Democrat who
will pay it to help elect Free Trade Con
gressmen. The Democracy are strongly at
tached to their party, but the New York
Free Traders will find that they are not mad,
of green cheese.
brother who looks just like him, and mum
Der of people from distant parts of th,
county that visited Pannebaker's Island
last Saturday, mistook him for the Commi S
sioner. Their boards are alike, their CON-
pie xion and size alike, and they dress alike
History repeats itself in individuals as wei
as in events in which many people are in.
terested, aud if Shakespeare had lived il
these time. or the Barton brothers had liv.
, ed in Shakespeare's time, one might be
lievc that they had been taken to represent
in his Comedy of Errors, the twin brother.
AntiphoIus of Ephesus, and Antipholus o
Syracuse.
Rev. Mr.. Lawson continuing his conve
sation): "And as l came in, Mrs. Buggins
l became convinced that Mr.. Buggins haC
at last experienced change of heart. sav
him praying in the garden on his bendet
knees" N. B.-Buggins was digginI
worms for Sunday morning fishing trip
{, and she knew it.-Tidbits.
: The Miffiin county Republican conven
c tion placed the following ticket in the field
Assembly, W. P. Stevenson, of McVeytown
Associate Judge, Hiram Rodgers, of Brow
township; Prothonotary, Lafayette Webb
of Lewistown Register and Recorder, NJ
P. Wakefield, of I.ewistown District At
:, torney, A. W. Porter, OF Lewistown Di
rector of Poor, John W. Carver, of Uniol
township; Coroner, S. Walters, of Lewis
town Representative Delegate, C. S. Gar
y mittee, T. B. Reed, of Granville township
u Congressional Conferees, John Mcdowell
e A. C. Strobe, John Campbell.
The important work of the adiourne'
Congress may be summed up in bills, suct
=" as the bill approaching sl4 ,473 900 for ma
81 tional works in river and harbor. A nava
bill that provides for two new sea going ar
IL mored vessels, and for the completion O
10 the four double-terretted monitors. Tn
bogus butter bill that places tax of tw
" per cent. on oleomargarine, and the Ian
70 grant forfeiture bill, that will restore sever
). al hundred thousand acres to the public do
It main, that ha d been granted to railroad
n that failed to fulfill the provisions of tn
" grant. There are in Pennsylvania to-day
so-called railroad companies that obtaine
ID the right of way to run a railroad througl
n the land. The road or roads have not beef
le built. The leases should be forfeited.
The Huntingdon Journal of last week re
marks: The manufacturers of the sprin
tooth harrow are creating considerable
trouble and annoyance to the farmers
Is Lancaster county, by alleging that they ar
y using harrows upon which they have pat
~ ents, and are therefore infringing upon thei
rights. Already forty suits have been enter
III ed, and in nearly every instance the farmer
70 pay the ten dollars demanded, and thus saw