The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1888-07-19
T0WNAno COUNTRY.

Strength il born of stuggle faith
of doubt of discord law and free
dom Of oppression.
George Spangler of Nebraska, son
of Adam Spangler of Middleburgh,
is home on visit.
The Middleburgh Band is funish-
ing the music for the Regatta ut
Sunbury this week.
4 Splitter a. Co, manufacturers of
rustic chairs will give chairs in ex-
change for hickory withs.
On Sunday a spicial over the s.
and L. Road conveyed three carloads
of boats and boatmen to the Reagtta
at Sunbury.
The heights by great men reached and kept
Were not attained by sudden night
But while their companions slept.
Were tolllng upward In the night"
The earth and the fullness thereof
was promised to the seed of Jacob.
1t may be timely to recall that two
of Jacobs sons were Benjamin and
Levi
Nj. ]. Orwig, who was at home
during the 4th of July week has been
given control of the railroad and
express Office at MADEIRA, Pa.
Milt. is getting to be quite an expert
/ at the key.
A. j. Crossgrove and his men have
been plying the paint brush on ID.
A. Kearn's new house for the last
few weeks and it is now acknowledg
ed the most handsome edifce in
Snyder county.
For three years we have been fish
ing at Judge Smith for a subscriber
without success until Monday when
me surrendered, handed over 81, 90
.-aild declared the PosT in its new
dress bait too tempting to resist.
'FN A good many papers are transpos-
Y ing Harrison's name backwards, and
making ''No-sir- out of it. Now
I. we will take his first name the Other
way, and we make Ben -iam-in" on,
of it, and you bet he is going to dc
it.
In this issue will be found Il
pennsylvania Dutch" letter. Ev.
cry issue will contain one from this
on as long as they can be obtained
Every Presidential campaign is full
of absurdities and our Solomon will
enjoy himself while he "shoots folly
as it flies"
The Sunbury DoHy Democra
which would not condescend to ex
change with us, weekly takes advan
tage of our local columns without
credit. It's last bright dash in jour
nalism is the stealing of our story OF
Judge Bucher and getting credit fol
it in the city dailies.
We elsewhere publish full tex
OF the law relating to Canada this
ties. Our farmer friends tell u,
that the best way to destroy thes,
pests is to keep cutting them off ev
ary few weeks and they will di'
plants, roots and all. This il
an easy radiance of the nuisance.
w. F. Walter of Akron, Ohio, vel,
unexpectly turnedupin Middleburgl
on Saturday afternoon and will re
main week or so. The Colonel
- ports white Harrison hat, Har
nQp handkerchief and is Harrison
NJ Ian throughout. Whether he has
Job lot OF matrimonial contracts OF
hand is matter open for specula
ton.
Altoona is sure of boom. An ap
preparation of S2S5, 900 has beer
made by the Pennsylvania Railroad
1or improvements, and ground wai
btaked off for paint shop to have
capacity of forty-eight cars ant
ransfer pit, and to costrSl5O, 900
cabinet shed and a middle divi
on rouud house will also be bull
lis summer.
The next eclipse of the moon vii
pccur on the night of July %, ant
will be more interesting than the
Pne on January last. The diameter
pf the earth's shadow will be mucl
nrger at that time in proportion tc
ie diameter of the moon, dark
hing its surface more totally. II
Fill take place at midnight wher
4 hs.,aoon will be higher in the heav
fns, and will be visible in this sec