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The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1886-03-25
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MCCLURE.

On q Sunday morning, not very
long ago, certain gun-smiih not
many mllos from BaInerv.ll, happen
cd up early, took breakfast aud
rlartod for his shop to put the fin
Ishing touches on II gun he had
made to order for party at - =
Tho gun was Just finished
wAen L neiShbos happend to dgop in,
whom he invited to assist him in
testing the good qualities Of the gun.
After each had fred several shots,
the manufacturer of shooting irons
said that ho promised to have the
gun ut Mcclure that after noon and
send It up on the mail tram; to which
tue uciSbor replied, that they did 'ut
run trains over this road on Sunday.
This amt sunday, is i6!' OK
claimed the astonishod gunNmaker
"Why, of course it il ~
We'll why in h-ll didn't you tell
mo before
Tho two went to tho house whore
tLoy found tho good wife busy at
her Saturdays work, They are now
waiting for some On9 to come along
aud ask them to subscribe for the
MIdilcburgh PosT.
Oar school will close in q week
from next Monday.
Tho roads are almost impGssiUle.
The mud is knee deep.
\ giyl had Il desire to see the ma
chiuery il BrGtton " Middleswarth' +
siayo factory. Sho got too intimate
with tho crcss-cut saw which caught
her hand aud badly lacerated it. The
mar operating the machine ierked
hcr away in time to prevent the saw
flom making two girls out Of one.
To-day Ed Lash leaves with his
entire family for Kansas. Some
time in April there will be "big eX
oduS" from Mlillin county to Kansas
and Nebraska.
Ou Saturday several marksmen
gathered at Mcclure to contest for
a yearliug calf, but they couldn't
raise the amount asked for tho calf,
snd the champion went home ignor-
ant of the the glory aud the calf that
awaited him.
Reeder IL Howell are about ready
to start their new machinery.
Young America is already busy
hiding easter eggs. Eco.
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You have often seen women with
marked blueness or paleness of face,
vitiated appetites, and a craving for
unwholesome food. These are signs
.of n disordered liver, and the trouble
must be corrected or worse results
are sure to follow. Husbands and
fathers cannot afford to treat this
matter lightly. DR.. Kennedy's "Fa-
vorite Remedy" which dispels liver
disease, costs less than sick wives and
daughters. You will find it very
profitable investment. March.
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II is estimated by Insurance COM
paies that IN tho Uuitod States last
year dwelling houses were burned at
the rate Of one every hour, with an
average loss Of 1896 Barns and
stables, fifty per week. Country
stores, three per day, with a loss Of
$4,000 per week Ten hotels burn
weekly with Il loss per year of SIS
100000. Every other day lumber
yard goes up in smoke, each repre-
sentiug $4,000 Folty~four cotton
factories, the loss in each case being
S2S OOG, forty-threo wooloL-mills, at
S2j, 600 each, and forty.two chomi-
cal works at S27,OO0 each, were de-
stroyed by fire last year. Forty-two
boot and shoe factories We're con
sumot los, wear. the loa. h,,,,,,,,. e.
600 ench. Theatres were Tapped up
by the flames Mt the rate of five per
month, average loss $4,000. Only
about half as many court houses
were destroyed, tho cost of each be-
ing about $4,000.
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ANONYMOUS
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Seven Philadelphia news boys en- =
gagged in pie'ea,ing match the 9TH
er evening for the amusement Apollo
Senate, Knights of Sparta. The
pies were large, thick, and very jul,
cy-made of cherries, The boy
who, without the aid Of knife, fork
or fingers first finished his pie, was
to have a dollar. Every boy was
to have fifty cents in addition. The
pics were on narrow table, and ai
ter each boys hands had been tied
bohnd him time was called. In FIVE
minutes Jimmy Daucherty bad eaten
every crumb, licked the plate clean,
and looked like painted devil in II
pautomime. Two OF the boys were
down on their knees, having dropped
their pies on the floor.
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LOO 90 IN FRIES.

We will pay $40 for for the largest
list Of words given 10 tho defining
part Of Webs,ers Dictionary formed
fJrmcd ilom the wCrd IALU STRAIT
Ed. so for the best temperance
poem. $50 for the best comic poem
$40 for the bes, story Of 1000 words
$40 for the best song aud music.
$40 for the best pen and ink sketch.
50 for the best three riddles. S5
for the nearest guess ut tho number
of "Grd's' in our next lMay) num-
Der. S;j for the most difficult ten
questions ia Gramm4p with proper
answers. 81 for the most dlillcul;
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years, S:5 .or best story by giil uns
der II years. s. for tue best ex-
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"How often, aud at what intervals
la July 4th occurred on Sunday
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SntnrdnY. April 3 1856

ut 10 o'clock A. NJ. the following described Rca,
trtis ~ WI w =
Nmith. TRACT No. l. Scnd EN.
al that certain lot Of ground situate In tho
Borough lihits Of Mililcburgh Snyder county
Pa, bounded ON the North by lands OF samuel
Witcum.cr, East 10y Il publtc Road leading IT,
lrankln South by Lands of John Meyer and
West 10y land ut samuel Witteumycr, contain.
ing 10 SQUARE PEACHES, mo q or les
whnrcpu are erected a RRlOK DWELLING
HOUSE, coon STABLE, and excellent water
at tn, dnpr,hnl 10 30 so.d as the property Of Dr.
Gritr Barber,
Grimm. TRACT No. 2. Ncud Tx.
All tiat certain lot oi ground situate iu tine
town ui trr,hurE. Siydcr county, Pa, bounded
on the North 10y New Market street, East by
Willow Street, south 10y Hn Alloy AMI West by
lot ui Lydia Fisher, containing ON E.fuU RlH
ACRE more or less. Whci,pu are erected u TWO
STORY FRAME NNElLlNG mon 81,
BLACK SsllIIl SIlJr and other necessary
uufhs.lGiugs.
Seized. taken into execution, and to be SOLD ~
the property OF Juhl =. StCH"u.
NER u. MlDDLUSWARr, Sheriff.
Shcnl's oil!co, Mddiebunsh, IA. March II.
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Thursday, March Is, 1856.

Tho indianapolis Times puts it
very poiutedly when it says Paris
has 5000 more boggars this year
than last. iceland is visited hy
famine. London is threatened by
mobs Of discontehted workmen
The rural districts Of England ore
full of misery. Thugs nre not
quite as pleasant with us as they
have been, nor as they will be, but,
comparing our condition with that
OF other countries, We still have
good reason for singing Hail Col
unbia' with much enthusiasm"
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Commissioners Once, MiddlObugh, Ia
March Is, 1888.
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SheriRs Sale.

Whereas by virtue OF sundry wrts issued out
OF the Court of Common Iled' OF - tydcr county ,
Pa. and TO mo directed | viii expose tu public
sale at tho Court HuusC, In Middlehurgh ON
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1886-10-07
HldlrcatieY,aI

Mn. ED1ToR: I send you the folio w
Ing as bit of information for your
many readers: we had in the County
last year 66 free public schools, with
an attendance of3T27 students. This
year we have 76 schools, with an at.
tendance of 4133 students, an increase
OF ten schools and 40G students.
Last year we had II teachers clas
sified as follows: white so, colored IT
males AZ females, 35. This year we
have 80 teachers classified as follows:
whites 66, colored %, males 81, fe-
males 35, on increase of 70 mae
teachers.
: The average monthly wages paid
to teaohers of each Sex arc males
20,9O. Females, 22,79.
Notwithstanding the increase ot
schools, and teachers, we find Ito av
erage the County, that the schools
run as long this year as they did las
The school found being tho sam,
each year, to wit, $5G96,5o.
| LABAE MAULDIN.
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Common HErrOrs.

Nine newspapers out OF ton, and
ninoty and nine persons out of ouo
hundred, when they speak of "Cou-
gross" mean tao lower house alone,
and call q Representative a "Con-
gressman." Tho Senate and the
House takon together constitute the
Congress, and II Senator is as much
n Congressman as a Representative
'is. A like confusion os terms exists
regarding the words "ministor" and
"ambnssndor.' Our representatives
ut Foreign Courts are not in any
sense ambassadors. They are more
ly minister's resident. Only six
countries in tho world-the five great
Earopcan powers and Turkcy-send
or receive ambassadors.
The difforcnco botwron M act and
q law is also very great but the con-
temporary press gonorallyr speak Of
tiSiii No lHtSiilit'ti. "a Ii uCJ lluN De
passed by both houses of Cong, oss
receiovo the Presidents si.tnntlre,
and go on tho statute bu, k bit uA-
til the courts have passed upon it, it
Is not law. Many acts nro incons.itu-
tronnl otbcrs aro inoparati"c, otho:s
again conflict with "s!ab!I,b ii laws. IN
act does not become ,,.w until it has
proven u raiaon d'cto. Another un-A
morican blundnr whiri, is cons tarlly
made, il speaking OF . private soldier
aa q common sollinr This may do in
European cnuntrien, whore olnss dis
tinctionS arc rightly observed in CHI!
rs well rs military life, but it wrn't DO
at oil in tho4 free md glorious rnDuh
lie whore, ~ tho evangelist Saws thcr,
is nothing common or un"loNn
Tho4c errors picked up at random -.
but one startling out to iul them IL
books, newspapers and magazines oi
the beat class could light on two o"
three billions of them yeay~-N. Y. !
MHN utH E'rDrGSs.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1886-10-07
lock out for seed CORN Now

1t is no exagoration to say, remarks
n writer in the -1moricdn -1ggicultu-
riSt, that millions Of dollars arc lost
every year from planting seed corn
that will not grow. We tested q
number of samples lust spring OF corn
of our own growing and from some
of the best farmers in tho neiphbor-
hood, and did not find one that was
hunifolmly good. Some of the ears
from the outside Of the crib would be
good, but those from the inside would
bo poor. Farmers would say: 81
know good seed corn when ! SEQ it
and will warrant this to grow:" but
on testing it more than half the kcr
nels would not germinate. The
trouble is not due 80 much to imma-
turity, rs to the careless method of
gathering and keeping the corn. II
the corn is thoroughly dry whom put
m the crib, and aftcrward kept dry
the chances ere TINT it will prove
good. The growers Of seed sweet
corn, the late varieties of which are
exceedingly difficult to cure properly
build narrow racks on which the ears
are spread out for several DAYS or
weeks. There is a general impress
sion that corn for seed should be loft
glowing till it is thoroughly maturod
This is n mistake. Practily it is far
safer to cut corn for seed very early
and let it ripen in the shock, thsn to
run the risk of having it niped by an |
early frost, or of having the curing
delayed by the shorter days and damn
weather of the late season The first
point Is to get the corn thoroughly
Try before putting in the crib. And
then the crib should be very narrow
md with open Stats at bottom and
,ides and good wide roof to keen
,ff' driving rains. If oil those condi.
ions cannot be secured the only way
We can be sure of good seed corn is to
select the hest ears and leave the
husks attached to the butts ard tie
them mp IN traces, RRGk hang the |
tlaees in an airy barn on room.for the !
winter Tho few farmers who had
such corn last spring could get their
own price ior it,
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We do not believe in carrying
Church prejudices into official circles
on politics; so when we have tho or
portunity of recommending an. of our
friends, as a suitnbie rsrson for over.
seer OF a goXeFnment distillerv, we
do not take the trouble to find out
whether he was inmcrced, sprinilcd
or. poured.
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MN POSITION NOW:

Several weeks ego I placed my or.
ders Vlincipa!ly) in the Northern
Markets for large and We'll assorted
Sto.k Of Goods. . Since that time all
Wuulen GooGs lave advanced 20 to
25 per cent. I now propose to give
my customers the benefit OF the
advance.
IS TnrtIN Good Beams for
$G.ep0.
Other grades proportionatcly Low.
VVC2meM's R'oEI6as. all sOl~
ids 51 cents.
Mems BrOgaGRs, all solid.
$I.0O.
Nice Suits of Clothes,
ranging i'll price from 5000 to $500.
VIII guarantee nice Suit as cheap
rs you can buy in Gceenville, OF re-
fund the money.
20 Wards Standard PRINTS
$I.O0.
All Grades of TOBACCO in Stock
Try the ''Dark EHOrSe,'' best 10
cent Tobacco in the County. These
nro strictly Cash prices.
My stock consisting of DRYGOODS
STAPLE and FINE CLOTHING, all
Grades.
BOOTS and SHOES, every quality.
HATS and CAPS, all varieties.
HARDWARE and GROCERIES.
Everything usually kept in Gen
eral Store, is now ready, and is the
largest in this Section. BARGAINS
are awaiting all.
Respectfully,
w ID. Glenn,
ilBERTY s. G.
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A SrRTKH THAT WuIAN WIZ. MAKE.
Some day th2 women will strike,
perhaps the sooNcr the be!tc,, not
for places i'll politics, but for the con.
troll and guidance OF su2jal life, and
We may 1--we - SEQ the day when a
man who is not gentleman in all
relations Of life, will he hovcotel and
left to herd with hisown kind. Taoro
is no excuse for man who Is q bOor,
who IS given to bad company and
openly indWlgos his vicious tastes.
There is place for him but it is not
among la;lies, nor is it compliment
to a man who tries 10 bo a gentleman
who offers all possible respect to Il
lady, to find i'll his society, on culal
term, n man whom he knows to be
unworthy. To taboo linn is the pre-
roH0tivc Of the lady, and much as
they may rail at society and it's fail
mgs, there is no cut SO deep TO n
man aS to be advertised rs unworthy
to go into tho society Of people whose
respect ho docs not comprehend until
it il lost.
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1s the Power of the Press WNRn-
~.--,, incH

/. The Groenville News says: Tho
Newberry UoralI and Ne'cS, and the
Prosperity Reporter AMI Ne'cs op-
posed Judge Cothran. Is the power
of tho press waning brethren, or did
we little bullet headed bulls tackle II
locomotive beyond our guage?
We await the remarks of our os-
teemed cotompornlies on this deeply
melancholy occasion.
That just the way brother Williams
always does, when he gets "busted.'
&@ rnshes out, aud tells ali about it,
n,.... .tt If lis lrcthern can get q
't.@ a. 1nu me of lis esteemed
.>l... @r .,u,.~ q, .. ut the truth rs
,.r1." r. a.,.... m...h,r of his in
,:ex ..:.t..s. s..utc'.t. .."@ gestsit.
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Clerk S Sale.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
County, OF PJCKENS.
IN COURT or CONNON PLE4S.

IN COURT or COMMON Pleas.
John T. Bruce vs George Blake ct al.
DURSUANT to n Judgment for
4 foreclosure and sale in the Above
stated case, made on the 9th day of
June 1886, by Hon. J. b. Kershaw,
presicing Judge, L will sell to tho
highest bidder, at Pickens G. H., dur
ing the legal hours of sale, on Sale
day in November next, the following
described REAL ESTATE, to wit:
All that Tract or Parcel of Land in
the County of Pickens, Dacusyille
Township, adjoining lands of John
Jamison, w W. f. Bright, T. p.
cooper and others, containing forty
(4O) acres more or less.
TERMS:-Cash. Purchaser to pay
for all papers.
J. j. LEWIS, c.cp.
oct. 7, 1886 9 4
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Clerks Bale.
Cds State Of South Carolina
pICKENs CouNTY.
IN COURT OF COMMON Pleas.
George McAdIma, Administration OF al
vs. II. j. Hart. ct nj.

FO"RSUANT TO Tie terms Of dccreta'
1 order made IN tnc ,borc stated ,zao
on the 3Oth OF September 1885 hy Hon.
j. II. Hudson presiding Judge, I Will
sell to tlo hiKheH. bidder ut Pickcn& G.
H., duridg the legal hours Of sale on
SnlcsdaY IL Move ml,cr next the foil, wing
described HEAb ESTATE, to wit:
All that piece parcel OF tract Of land in
Pickcna County, on Golden Creek,
known IA the mill Place, continuing
follrie cen Q4 acres moro or less-nd-
joining lands Of John ". Thomas, Eva
line Hunt, Louisa Hunt and others. On
this tract there is good Grist Mill, Cot
ton Gin, &c.
TERMS:
One half the purchase money to be paid
in cash, balance on one years credit
with interest from date, secured by
boud Of purchaser and mortgage Of the
premises. Purchaser allowed to pay all
cash. Purchaser to pay for all papers
and for recording same.
J. j. LEWIS, C.C.P.
oct. 7, 1886 2 1t
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Clerk S Sale.
D
state of South Caroline
COUNTY OF PICKENs.
IN COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.
James NJ. Fortnor, ct ol. Plaintiffs,
against
James Former ct II -. Defendants
Complaint for Pnrti ito n.

BY virtuo of deorotol order made in
IL the above stated case by Judge Ker-
ahaw, and tilod the 18th day of Septem-
Dor 1886. will sell to the highest bid der
Hu solodNy in Novemborn rneI:, during the
leg"i &o"12 Of sale, the fol lowing tract of
LA ND, TO Wit:
All that Piece, Parcel, or Tract Of land
situate i'll the County and State aforesaid,
on waters of Saluda River adjoining
lands Of Mrs. Martin, james Fortner and
others, confirming two hundred 5000
acres, moro or loss, it boing the samo
tract of land whereon the defendant, w.
4. Fortnor now liv ca.
TERMS-Ono-haIf (l) the purchase
money to bo paid in cash on day of sale,
and tho remainder in twelve months, to
be secured by bond of the purchaser and
q mortgage oftho promises.
. J. J. LEWIS, C.C.P.
oct, 7, 1886. o 4
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Clerks Sale.
- O.
state of South Carolina
H.. County Of Pickens
In Court of Common Pleas

In Court of Common Pleas
o. Il. Dover, ct al. VS.. Cornelius Keith.
pURSUAT to the terms of decree for
i sale made in the above stated case by
Hon. j. Fl. Hudson, presiding Judge,
on the 21st day of September, 1886, /
will sell to the highest bidder at Pickons
q. H., during the legal hours of sale on
saleday i'll November next the following
described REAL ESTATE, to wit:
All that tract of Land in Pickens
County, bounded on the North by Salu-
da River, South by Table Rock Noun
tain, and containing eight hundred and
twenty-one (92D acres, moro or less, as
represented by plot of the samo, recor-
led i'll Location Book "B," page 4O4, in
tho Clerks office for said County of Pick
ons.
TERMS-CASH. Purchaser to pay
for titles.
J. J. LEWIS, c.c.P.
oct. 7, 1886 q 4
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) usIge gyothsysn For Congrcss.

Ihe = lharleston ~ Fetcs tt2i<t Courier
referring TO the nomination of Col.
Cothran in the Congressional prima-
ny, states that the Hon. James s.
Cothran, of Abbeville, who has cen
nominated for Congress from the
Third Congressional District as sue
cessor of Col. D. Wyatt Aiken, is
known to the people of South Carroll
na as one of the ablest AID purest
public men in the State. Judge |
Cothran is thoroughly educated, is q |
polished writer, an eloquent speaker
a thorough lawyer, and has proven
himself an. eminent and impartial
Judge. ....
In the war Between the States he
fought with conspicuous gallantry,
and bears upon his person the marks
OF wounds received, on more thu,
one hard fou5ht' field. Throughout
his life he has ever commanded the
full respect add confdeno of his fel-
low--eitizens, who have never he sta
ted to follow when and whore he led.
I In every position of honor and trust
to which he has been called, Judge
'Cothran hos served the State with
singular devotion and success, and
no public man, in South Carolina, or
in any ether State, has frmer hold
npon the admiration and kindly re-
gard of the people. A gentleman by
instinct, Christian in profession
and practice, his courteous manners
and exemplary conduct have made
him q model for the young men of
South Carolina. who have mover
had set before them a higher type of
manhood or Of all the qualities that
constitute useful and honorable
citizen. In the new sphere, of duty to
which ho has beon' called. without
solicitation or effort; on his part,
there If no question that he will
serve the people of the Third Dis.
trict, and Of tho State. with tho wis
dom and fidelity which he has ever
displayed, and will add to his new
position moro Of honor than he can
derive from it,
Judge Cothran has always been in
perfect harmony with the Democracy
OF the country on MI the leading
questions OF the day, and, although
he has not giv:n utter mco to his
views upon some of the questions
which are now brought most prom
inently to tho front, there is every
reason to believe that he stands
now, where he has always stood,
fairly and squarely upon the platforms
OF the Democratic party, and thathe
will be in Congress- q firm supporter
of tho Administration and of the
policy which has given to tho Dom
c>ceocracy the control of tho State and
General Government. His nolnina-
ton, in spite Of strong opposition
in nearly all the counties Of the Dis
trict, and after canvass in which he
has taken no part whatever, is the
highest evidence Of the confidence
reposed by the people in his private
and public character, oa it is ut tho
same timo the highest tribute that
! l,D b., I, IL l..