The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-06-13

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for in the Post Office at Middle
burgh, Pa, May, 1889:
s. b. Martin, Hon. John Rife. Miss
Lizzie Raker, II. Sholl
j. W. SwARTz, p Nj.
Pennsylvania is in bondage. Three
plaques have been sent us, viz
wind, water, and locusts. Egypt
had seven, and if the Prohibition
Amendment don't pass we may look
for toads, lice, lightning-rod ped
dlers and book agents.
The merits of advertising in news
papers were well estimated by a
prominent soap man of Philadelphia,
when he said that he confined his
advertising to newspapers Because
the man who does not read newspa-
pers does not use soap
w. II. Allison, editor of the Juni-
alta Herald, had a narrow escape
from drowing during the flood.
Brother Bill had scrap of news all
to himself and he worked it for all it
was worth. He wasn't used to wa
ter and it paralized him. Oh, for a
flood to get even.
John l.. Sullivan says that if
broken-down business men would
diet themselves their blood would
soop get in good condition and their
health become robust. He thinks
the average business man eats and
drinks too much for the sedentary
life he leads.
The editor of this paper is not an
aspirant to Horace Greely fame as n
fruit-grower, but we have u straw
berry bed in our garden that has
been wonder to the people of this
town. On Monday we presented
G. l.. Smith of the Central Hotel
with berry that measured ct by 81
inches in circumference.
We are inclined to berate our con-
dition, in the loss of property and
the like, but we should rise in
thanksgiving that while thousands
of lives have been swept away we
are spared. If we are called upon
, to help the suffering, wherever the
, call may come, there let our charity
, fall.
A number of Gypsies, having
seven horses, were encamped ut
Penns creek, about three miles be-
low Selinsgrove, and when the st torm
came they drove into the covered
, bridge for shelter. While they
were in the bridge it was swept
away, and they and their hors es
, were drowned.-Licerpooi SIN.
We note the point made by Judge
Rhone, in the Luzerne Legal RegiS-
ter, published by Geo. b, Kulp. In
, an opinion in Mclean s Estate, he
says the skill necessarily exercised
by an attorney to keep parties out
of law is as much subject for com
pensation as final success in pro.
tracted legal contests. Good, sound
this, Judge.
g There is in the United States q
dog for every three inhabitants.
The cost of keeping twenty million
Q dogs is at least'S2OO, 100000 per an
nun. The food given to an average
; dog every year, if fed to chickens,
would yield a return of more than
: ten dollars. Heightened dogs are
4 very expensive, their food costing a
: good deal more than that of some
l people.
Subscribers to this paper should
, examine the address on their pa
, pers. The figures indicate the date
to which the subscription had been
! paid. For instance
Jno. Jones, June II, 's6
! indicates that John Jones has paid
for his paper until June II, 1886, and
that he is in arrears for three years
and ought to come in and pay up, OF
9 send the amount.
s This is the season of the year foi
h picnics and excursions. Every one
q who can afford to take vacation
from duty and toll does so about
this season of the year. Now, il
Z Z ever, nature invites tired humanity
. to rest and recreation, midst The
beauties of her favored season
!, , None are so poor but that they car
!, devote day or two of the spring
and summer months to rational out.
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