The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-01-10

chief industries of the town are
the manufacture of buggies and
sleighs. A large stock of sleighs
have been manufactured, but there
is no snow-and consequently no
purchasers. For the benefit of
Mifflinburg, let us have slide
b. H. Custer, the new postmaster
at Swinoford, has been appointed
Merchantile Appraiser by the Sny-
der county Commissioners for 1889.
Mr.. Custer is business man of rare
business talent, an excellent penns-
man and apt accountant. The ap.
pointment is a most appropriate one,
and we congratulate the Commits
sioners on their good Judgment.
j. II. Rhoads and bride returned
from their honeymoon trip on Fri
day of last week and the event was
celebrated by most pleasant social
gathering at the residence OF Capt.
ID. I. Rhoads in the evening. The
guests were treated to grand sup
per, aud the .Middlebirgh Banl
rendered the- couple one of their
choicest serenades.
Saturday, Dec. 30, the editor en-
joyed the generous ho ospitalities of
George Snyder of West Beaver for a
day and night The day was spent
in hunting rabbits and pheasants
in company with chosen few. Our
trip was most pleasant one and we
marched up main street when we
came home, which is sufficient eyi-
dence that we had game to carry.
The Snyder county Auditors arc
at work in the court house this week
audityy the county's accounts of
last year. They are business men
aud carry on tho work in most
straightforward and business-like
manner. The work OF the County
Commissioners during the past year
makes very creditable showing,a
proves them competent officers.
A party of nine hunters, two of
them Bender Cofroad and Harvey
Whitaker, of Beartown, Lancaster
county, returned from the noun.
tains of Mifflin county, this State,
on Friday, from successful deer
hunt Six were killed, of which Cof.
road shot three and wounded the
fourth. Two of the deer were shot
while running together, an eXtraor-
dinary shot, for which Mr.. Cofroad
claims the championship of the
State.-Phiid. Times, Dee. ~.
Two students of Wrightsville In
stitute, under the management of
Prof, Harris, one of the most schol-
arly educators in the State, return
ed home on Friday, Dec. 2lst.-NIiss
Sue Mench and Miss Carrie Wilton
myor. We were shown the certif-
cate of scholarship of Miss Mench,
ran TO 6i!-7O being the highest.
Miss W., we are informed, ran near
ly or quite MS high. This is
remarkable for young students and
demonstrates that we have talent,
too.-Middle6ryh Cor. Times.
One oily tongued mischief maker
can cause more trouble in IL commu-
nifty, than an organized gang of
thugs and horse thieves. The latter
are satisfied with taking your pro-
perty and then you can protect your
self with the law against them. But
there is no law that will so readily
reach the sneaking mischief maker
who robs neighbors of their good
will for each other, and oftentimes
steals into n family circle with their
poisonous utterancess, destroying
the peace and harmony of house
hold.
She stood before the glass for
three solid hours applying the re
sources of Art to the disgusting of
Nature. She painted her cheeks,
penciled her eyebrows, arranged in
becoming shape her store hair, put
padding here and a hump there,
squeezed where Nature wanted ex-
pansion and expanded where it was
neither necessary nor graceful.
Then when the struggle between
Nature and Art was ended, to the
great discontinue of Nature, she
sat herself down and wrote poem
in praise of the ''Self made Wo-
man. ."-Es.