The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1886-04-01

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his hand caught In circle saw last
Friday in his stave mill-cutting of
two fingers aud badly laceratiDg the
others.
$. +. Sheary will please accept our
thanks for beautiful calendar, ad-
vertising the Continental Fire, Light
ming and Tornado Insurance Company
for which lie is agent.
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Have tho routine medicines of the
profession done you no good 2 Are
you discouraged and miserable ? II
so, test the propeitias of the great
Vegetables Specific, DIR. WALKER 5
CALIFoRYIA VINEGAR BrrTERs, the
finest invigorant, corrective AMI al
terative that has ever seen the light,
and you will find relief
A GYPsY's WARN1SG. Every one
knows that our worthy Sheriff, Ner
h. Middleswarth, Is rs pure Ms snow
and rs chaste as lee, bat he is Il brick
with gilt edges all the same, as the
following story told by himself will
show. While driving along the
muddy roads in the east end of the
county one day last week, he met a
band of Gypsies with whom he enter
ed into conversation. Presently he
winked at one OF the women. She
looked ut him for moment and then
blnrted out sure, my dear, and I
don't Ln0w ,rLut yot picdn ~ AS the
Gyps husband was in the wagon, Ner
had important business ahead and
drove on. lie now sleeps with his
pistol under his pillow.
The public schools in this county
will soon all close, aud the teachers
will have nuislind their six months
"labor of love- IN training the youth.
ful mind in the right direction. II
the pupils have retentive memories
they will be the better for the course
OF instruction they have received /;
but il they have forgctful memories
then their training in useful knowl-
edge which has been impaired to
them will do them little good. 1t is
to be hoped tina, the latter is not the
case. And what shall be suid of the
teachers ? Some of them will remain
with us, while others will leave, and
their smiling faces will be for others
to look upon This will be hard for
some OF our young men who have
been counting their society the past
six months, aud who now mus t
look out for others to choer their
dropping spirits
Eli Glisar, who holds forth at the
Centrevilie Hotel, aud Is the best
hostler in the state, recently had u
,trange experience with IL strange
dog. Two men came to the hotel
who had the animal in their possis
sion. lie was foot sore and looked
hungry. They offered to give him to
Eli 'for keeps if he promised to take
good care Of him and feed him we'll
assuring him that he was always han.
cry. Eli went to work at the dog
with such earnest as to put the
groom Of Maud 5. to blush. The
name OF the dog was "Siler." After
II weeks grooming and feeding. he
ventured to leave the dog out for n
gambol. The animal circled around
for few minutes as il to locate him.
self, and then struck II Doe line for
Omaha. Eli ran to the corner q the
hotel and in tones husky with excite.
ment called out Here Sci, Here Sci,
go to h i | kick YOU out OF de
she'd correctly any how
LOOKOUT FOR HIM.-The ubiuui.
tous swindler has evolved Il plan bv
which t. swiudle the honest farmer.
a chap in clerical broadrloth and
white choker enters a farmhouse and
asks for lodging or dinner, as the case
may be. During his stay he am
nounces himself to be II travelling
Bible distributor, in the service of
institution, and lie generally
goes SO far as to present the family
Bible from II well filled
valise. lie is careful To say that his
society requires its distributing mem.
bers to pay their own way, aud OK
hibit vouchers thereof. After par
taking Of the good folks hospitality
he prepares to leave and asks for his
bill. lie is generally told no charge
is made, but he calls attention to
"the rules" and insists on paying
twsnty-iivecents per meal. Then he
mildly requires Il receipt on his blank
form, IA voucher you know" aud
gets the farmer to sign it. In 90 days
there Is II notice from a neighborng
bank to the pious farmer to call and.
pay the note for $lG2, 20, which it
bought and which bears the farmers
CENTREyILLE, -On Thursday the
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