The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-09-05

Shoot m quick.
Miss Hattie Swartz of Troxelville
spent Sunday with her brother, J.
w. Swartz.
J. NJ. Steininger of the PosT took
an 49, inch German Carp "out of
the Wet on Monday night.
Last week William Romig sold his
house and two lost in the west end
of town to T.. A. Steininger for $780,
Henry Repninger of Franklin is
putting the slate on j. w. Orwig =
new house. 1t is a mechanical Job.
Squirrels appear to be plenty in
the west end of the county. A party
of four from Beavertown killed forty
on Tuesday.
A Lawn festival will be held at
Smithgrove, Saturday evening, Sep.
Z, 1889 for the benefit of repairing
the church. All are invited.
When man gets three sheets in
the wind" it is time for him to wrap
the drapery of his couch about him
and lie down to pleasant dreams.
J. G. Meyer of Adamsburg has
purchased one thousand acres of
timber land in Somerset Co., and
will commence cutting it out forth
with.
We are sorry to learn that Vim.
Sholly of Jackson township was kick
ed by II horse and had three ribs
broken. He will be laid up for at
least five weeks.
The cigarette habit is increasing
faster than the cigar habit. Last
year taxes on 2,151, ,5l5,2 26O over the
year before. For the same period
3, ,S67, 1856, $50 cigars were taxed, an
increase of %, ,35S, 800.
We expect to invest literally in
DIR. Brown-Sequrd's Elixir of life to
bring back to life lot of fellows
who promised to pay their subscrip-
tion ut September Court las sure
as they lived Therell be dead
men, dead men sure.
NOTICE To TAX PAYERs.-All taxes
that are in my duplicate and not pay
ed for the year 1883 must be paid on
or before the 1st of December or |
must collect them according to law.
WM. G. SMITH, Collector of w. .B. twp.
Sept. |, 's9. 3w
George Layton killed II black
snake on Shade mountain on Mon
day that measured feet and 6 inch
es in length. As it had no ring
around its neck, no horns, didn't
whistle and had no bell on, this may
be accepted as true snake story.
Grand Rapids, Mich, offered a
boundy for the killing of English
sparrows and up to date boys have
slaughtered over O,O00 of the pests.
In addition the boys have filed a
horse with bird shot, punctured the
leg of one of their number with the
same, and put out the eye of anoth.
er.
Speaking of the magnitude of a
million a wheat broker says that il
], 100000 bushels were loaded on
freight cars, 500 bushels to the car,
lit would fill train over fifteen
miles long if transported by the
common wagon, forty-four bushels
per wagon, it would make line OF
teams l42 miles long.
Tie katydids and crickets have
opened their nightly concerts, indi.
cative of the approach of fall-the
martains have left us, while the
song birds are fiocking preparatory
to their migration southwark, and
soon we will have nothing left of the
feathered tribe but the wick ed little
English sparrows.
William Meyer of Freeburg, deal
er in granite and marble, set up q
} beautiful granite headstone over the
grave of Frederick Il. Kremer on
Monday. He also at the same time
put up beautiful white Portland
marble monument over the remains
of Mrs. Laura Smith. and a marble
head-stone for Mrs. Levi Stuck
Mr. Meyer is not only one of the
oldest but one of the most skilled
workers in marble in the State and
we dare say his work on our GENE
terry bears out the assertion.