The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1886-04-29
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TRo oxELvILLK.-The weather has
been beautiful during the past ten
days and hope 1t may continue so.
w e had fine refreshing shower on
Saturday evening, accompanied by
vivid lightning and heavy thunder.
The inuoh needed and anxiously wish
cd for rain continued nearly all night.
Nature has doffed her sombre gar
ments and donned her most beautiful,
pleasant and comfortable robes.
Most OF our farmers have finished
sowing oats. Most OF the corn ground
was plowed In the fall and forepart Of
the winter and the farmers are now
busily engaged In preparing 1t for
planting. The growing wheat looks
as promising as have ever seen it at
this season Of the year, and u plenti
full harvest may be expected.
Old, young and middle-aeed men go
out in the mountain every day, except
Sunday, trout fishing. Some meet
with good, some with middling and
Others with poor success; aud again
Others with general 'Fishermen's
luck" sc. a party started out this
morning with n two horse team load
ed with provender, provisions, camp
and fishing tackle, bound
for Trester's Valley, intending to re
main out a week. The party is COM
posed OF the following gentlemen:
Archibald, John +. and Rob. Middles-
warth, Rob. Beaver, Ephrailn Howell
and others.
Owen Goss has been to the city lay
ing In a heavy stock OF splendid, cheap
and substantial goods. On his return
he took stroll over the Gettysburg
battlefield"
John Zechman has raised his house
three feet or more and put a new wall
under it. He is also building a kitch-
on to the rear Of his house. After 1t
Is finished John will have nice home
and apleasant place for the enter |
tainment Of the travelling public.
They are "house cleaning" all over
town.
Everybody had plenty OF Easter"
eggs in our village.
James Mattern, one OF Troxelville's
Inc and intelligent young men, left
our little village and went to Adams.
burg to clerk for A. s. Helfrich.
James Is an honest and Trustworthy
,oung man.
oh, almost forgot to mention that
n referring to the closing exercises OF
he Mcclure school, stirred up a
iornets nest. A feller under cover OF
he nom deplume Ego" takes me to
ask. He should have added another
yllable, then the name would truly
'epresent his character. He thinks It
quite clever to call another correspon-
lent fool need not soil my paper
% call him by that name, for his own
words betray him. He puts me In
mind OF the Ass in the Fable" who
put on Lions skin, roamed about
all the silly animals he
net, and, seeing a fox, he tried to
alarm him also. But Reynard, hav-
ng heard his voice, said, swell, to
Do sure! and should have been
too, II had not heard you
pray" l will just say In passing by,
hat ] think IL beneath the dignity of
! gentleman to waste ammunition on a
)rainless Ass. To "Minnie" and Mr..
Howell l, perhaps, owe an apology.
should have remembered the adage,
III you cannot consistently commend
! thing do not censurs." But my
lear Minnie, assure you ! meant no
toward you. My motive
vas to do you q kindness. Please do
rot impugn my motive. Remember:
1T is better to hear the rebuks OF the /,
wise. than to hear the song Of fool"
3ut, II you think - your soi-dssant
lsssndsr. that ] en- "fool," then rs- !
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