The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-05-02
For the Post.
Letter From New York.

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The ice has cleared from Lake
Champlain mt last. Navigation is
about opening. Schooncrs are he.
ing rugged, steam yachts fitting
about, wharvcs being repaired and
1t seems ~ If summer has at last
reached this northern town. Last
week the lights were lit for the first
time this season in the light house
ON the reef near this village and
red light also was seen on the break
water protecting this hubor.
In this section many are making
for visiting New York
city dfrlng the Centennial. New
York city has every confidence that
1t can show fine time, but to one
liyingoutsideo of that city and through
its papers to watch the jealous feel
ing existing among The members of
the committees of arrangements.
thier partiAlity toward strangers.
their neglect to show proper courtesy
to distinguished foreigners and cm-
bassadors, the unwillingncss of these
capitalists III donating funds-all in.
deed seem unbecoming the metro
polltan city of our Republic.
Is IT not n pity our people did not
insist upon the rcposc of our Ia
mentcd Grants remains within the
limits of the Nations Capitol city.
Then indeed some suitable shaft
would already have been at least
commenced.
New York city with it's millions of
wealth has i'll four years time been
but able to raise one third the amount
1t so hnstily promised aud yet could
so easily contribute.
Last week Capt. Read of the L. s.
Regular Infantry stationed at Platts-
bur- few miles below here com
mitted suicide. Ii is rumored that
ere long the troops viii be stationed
here to garrison Fort Montgomery.
| promise you II full description of
this fort before long 1t is II worthy
point of interest.
[ see from the papers that both
sides are working hard on the Pro
hibltlon question in the keystone
State. Vermont = or claims To bc II
prohibition state. I'm the town of
Bennington all the hotels have clos
cd because the landlords give as
reason, that it does not pay them to
keep up II hotel unless thcg are al
lowed To keep and run bar To
me this seems ilimsy excuse. 1t Is
rath an action ON their part OF re
vcngc on To cndcayor to make the
measure unpopular So that it will be
repealed The best citizens of Vt.
with whom | have spoken speak of
II rs II success, Some features of
Vermont prohibi,ory laws are un-
pleasant and it seems carried very
far. Here is one instance. A per
son travelling through the state is
liable to have his baggage searched
III every town he enters 10y amy petty
official to enable him to ascertain
whether you carry any form of alco-
holic drink. This is spoken of by
travelling men as very unpleasant and
seemingly hard.
Pickerel fishing or rather shooting
is in full season here. In this time
of the year the pickerel come from
the lake into the swamps for the pur-
pose of spawning. Although it is
against the law of the state, the
would-be sportsman G) stands at the
edge of the swamp and with rifle or
shot gun shoots AT the fish as they
swim along the shore. BY the CON
cussion sometimes eight pickerel
are obtained ut one shot. Some are
quite large. Several were brought
here weighing fifteen pounds. All
through the day the report of guns
is heard and in the evening many
fish brought to the town or sent
away by rail.
l was shown the other evening
quite an interesting relic. During
the second war with England, when
her troops were marching along the
lake for the purpose of taking Al
bany, seventeen young men left this
school at Plattsburgh and advancing
to meet the British, they hid along
the road and kept molesting them
for miles. They succeeded in this
manner in killing quite number of
the British, among them some Off
GERS. For this action Congress vot-