Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1886-08-25

TIL you have cut 1t OF close at the ground,
and guard it as you do your pocket book.
See to it that every time the stalk grows to
the length of three inches, cut it off close
at the ground. Two or three summers of
that kind of treatment will effectually kill
it. 1t will be tho pest of your farm life if
you neglect it so that it spreads over your
farm.
The Democratic party last week, under
the lead of Randall, with his pocket full of
postoffice and other appointees, distributed
the nominations over the state where he
thinks they will do him the most good for
Presidential nomination in 1888. Black is
to be the henchmen to hold the office hold
ers Of the state generally and the southern
tier Of counties particularly. Stevenson is
to keep the boys in line in Philadelphia.
Africa is to whoop the boys of the Juniata
region. Brennan is to scoop the Allegheny
and western region of the state, and Rick
etts is to hold all of the anthracite region
people. There is taffy for all, but the Wal
lace peonle.
go, Charles, let us turn and go off some
other way; there is that bad man following
us.''
'Who is the fellow, my deah i'
"Why, that Is the man who was so near
marrying me before met you. Just hate
him.
'sBy Jove, so do l."
"You2"
"Yaas."
"You don't know him. How can you hate
him 2"
"He didn't marry you, don't you know,
my love."-Texas Siftings.
A noted politician of Tuscarora valley saw
something blacker than moonlight in his
yard the other night. alt is not a COW, not
horse, not a human being, it may be q
black bear, or a strange black dog" he said
to himself. So he delibefated and re-
scratched his head. Then he shouted "hiss :
get out" but the object didn't bulge Then
he took down his true and trusty blunder-
bus. SHOW get out or I'll shoot!'' be cried,
and the next thing the echoes of the hills
were resounding with the report of his gun.
he ran out to examine what he had shot
He had hit. II was the iron wash kettle that
had been left lay in the yard. He is good
shot.
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week says: Five years ago Mr.. W. d. Cra-
mer, while engaged in experimenting the
loading of car with boxes at Miffiin sta
ton, lost gold masonic pin with his name
engraved thereon. which had been present.
ed to him by the railroad employees at Mif-
fin. He priced 1t highly, and had given up
all hopes of ever finding it. The other day
a party residing in the vicinity OF Ryde was
overheard remarking that he had gold pin
with ". ID. Cramer's name on it, which he
had found in a freight car five years ago.
This information was at once communicate
ed to Mr.. c., who Immediately took steps
to recover his long-lost prize. 1t is now in
his possession, and wills is exceedingly hap
py over his good luck.
The Lewistown Sentinel of last week
says Monday night about eight O'Clock,
Nettie, aged eleven years, and Mary, aged
nine, children of Jacob Harlsnd, residing in
the Bratton row, opposite the Methodist
cemetery, undertook to ill lamp in the
dark. After they had poured the oil for a
little time it seemed to them it was running
over, when the oldest girl said she would
light a match and see, but the younger took
this upon herself, and hastily striking it too
close to the oil the gas famed up and set
ting fire to her clothes burned her so seri-
ously that she died Tuesday morning about
seven O'Clock. Mrs. Harland and friends
residing in the neighborhood ran to their
assistance and tearing up strip of carpet
soon succeeded in extinguishing the fire, but
too late to save the little girl. Mrs. Beckie
Haller, an aunt of the children, residing in
the adjoining house, picked the lamp up and
carried it out, the consequence being that
| diC oSAiOu-i. oaN IA hSi
efforts to save her daughter Mrs. Harland
was also badly burned about the lower
limbs.
On last Friday evening We were the re-
cipients of call from Postmaster Crawford
Dr.. ando and the enterprising boot and
shoe man G.. ". Heck, all prominent MEM
bers of the black wing of the erring breth-
rem. These leaders of the dark hued De-
mocracy appeared quite rampant when they
made their entrance into the editorial sane
tum of the SENTINEL office, but we losked
upon them with pity, knowing that their
stalwart frames would be convulsed with
grief at the ignominious defeat they will
receive in November at the hands Of the
Republican party. While We were gazing
upon them with compassion they seemed to
feel their utter rout from afar off and their
features became downcast, and they had a
ifaraway and scared look. Postmaster Craw-
ford was so moved as to confess that he
felt that defeat for them was in the air, and
that last, but not the least, their daily air
castles and nightly dreams of representing
the Democracy of Mlffiintown, as Samuel
Josephs, Sanders and Squire McMuilen
would not be realized. Gentlemen, We feel
for you, but we can't reach you. Such are the
fortunes of war. Call again gentlemen and
: we will condole with you every time.
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